Play UK
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Play UK (previously known as UK Play) was a UKTV-owned channel that broadcast on digital platforms from 1998 - 2002. The collapse of ITV Digital forced the channel to close in 2002. Not only did Play UK repeat many classic comedy series (for example, Big Train and The League of Gentlemen), it also commissioned a surprising amount of home-grown British comedy. Play UK's commissions helped launch the careers of David Mitchell and Robert Webb (The Mitchell and Webb Situation); Matt Lucas and David Walliams (Rock Profile); and Russell Brand (RE:Brand). Not bad going for a small digital channel! |
Play UK Web Links
- UKTV Homepage
- UKTV Commissioning Details (for Producers/Writers)
Contact Details For UKTV
- Email / Online Form
- By Phone: 0845 734 4355
- By Post: UKTV Interactive Ltd, 160 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QA
British Comedy First Broadcast On Play UK
Important note: we have currently only input channel details for about a 1/3 of the comedies in our database and thus this list is unlikley to be complete. We are slowly-but-surely working towards providing a more comprehensive list - please bear with us.
- Mitchell And Webb Situation, The
- RE:Brand
- Rock Profile
- Vic Reeves Examines