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{{Infobox TV channel|
{{Infobox TV channel
name = Eden|
| name = Eden
logosize = 200px|
| logosize = 200px
logofile = Eden logo.svg|
| logofile = Eden logo.png
launch = [[8 March]], [[2004]] |
| launch = 8 March 2004
share = 1.0% (0.2% for +1)<br> |
| share = 0.03%<br>0.02% (+1)
share as of = March 2008|
| share as of = {{Start date|df=yes|2017|04}}
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti]|
| share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/monthly-viewing-summary?_s=4 BARB]
| slogan = 'Never stop wondering'
owner = [[UKTV Network]]<br><small>([[BBC Worldwide]]/[[Virgin Media Television]])</small> |
| country = United Kingdom
picture format = [[16:9]], [[576i]] ([[SDTV]]) |
| broadcast area = United Kingdom<br>Ireland
former names = UKTV Documentary (2004-2009)|
| owner = [[UKTV]]<br><small>([[BBC Worldwide]]/[[Scripps Networks Interactive]])</small>
replaced names = [[UK Horizons]]|
| picture format = [[16:9]], [[576i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])<br>[[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
timeshift names = Eden +1|
| sister names = [[Alibi (TV channel)|Alibi]]<br />[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]]<br />[[Drama (TV channel)|Drama]]<br />[[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]]<br />[[Good Food]]<br />[[Home (TV channel)|Home]]<br />[[Really (TV channel)|Really]]<br />[[W (UK TV channel)|W]]<br />[[Yesterday (TV channel)|Yesterday]]
web = [http://www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk/ Eden] at UKTV.co.uk |
| former names = UKTV Documentary <small>(2004–2009)</small>
sat serv 1 = [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]]|
| replaced names = [[UK Horizons]]
sat chan 1 = Channel 564 <br> Channel 565 (+1)|
| timeshift names = Eden +1
cable serv 1 = [[Virgin Media]]|
| web = [http://eden.uktv.co.uk/ eden.uktv.co.uk]
cable chan 1 = Channel 208|
adsl serv 1 = [[Tiscali TV]]|
| sat serv 1 = [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]]
adsl chan 1 = Channel 130|
| sat chan 1 = Channel 564 (SD/HD)<br>Channel 565 (+1) <br>Channel 572 (SD)
| cable serv 1 = [[Virgin Media]]
|}}
| cable chan 1 = Channel 247 <br>Channel 248 (+1) <br>Channel 249 (HD)
'''Eden''' is a [[digital television|digital]] [[television channel]] broadcasting in the [[United Kingdom]], as part of the [[UKTV]] network of channels.


| cable serv 3 = [[WightFibre]]
The output of the channel is, as the name suggests, entirely [[Documentary film|documentaries]], mainly taken from the [[BBC]] archives such as [[Jacob Bronowski]]'s ''[[The Ascent of Man]]''. However, the majority of the channel's programming is abridged by the BBC for commercial timing purposes - a policy that some critics consider hypocritical.{{who|date=July 2017}}
| cable chan 3 = Channel 74
| iptv serv 1 = [[TalkTalk TV]]
| iptv chan 1 = Channel 315
| iptv serv 2 = [[BT TV|BT]]
| iptv chan 2 = Channel 315 <br> Channel 389 (HD)
| online serv 1 = [[TVPlayer]]
| online chan 1 = [http://www.tvplayer.com/watch/eden Watch live] (UK only) (TVPlayer Plus subscription required)
| online serv 2 = [[Sky Go]]
| online chan 2 = [http://go.sky.com/ Watch live]<br>(UK and Ireland only)
| online serv 3 = Virgin TV Anywhere
| online chan 3 = [http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/channels/live/eden/ Watch live] (UK only)
||}}


'''Eden''' is a [[digital television|digital]] [[television channel]] broadcasting factual content in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the [[UKTV]] network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in its current format on 27 January 2009. The channel is available on [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]], [[Virgin Media]], [[Smallworld Cable]], [[TalkTalk Plus TV]], [[BT TV]], and [[TVPlayer]] (When subscribed to TVPlayer Plus). It isn't available on the digital terrestrial supplier [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]].
The channel was launched on [[8 March]] [[2004]]. Along with [[UKTV People]] it was a replacement for the channel [[UK Horizons]], which closed the day before.


==History==
The channel, along with a time-shifted "+1" version, is available on [[Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)|Sky Digital]]. It is also available (not time-shifted) on [[Virgin Media]] and [[Tiscali TV]]. The +1 services for UKTV Documentary and UKTV History were closed to make space for Watch and it's timeshift on Virgin Media.
The channel launched on 8 March 2004 as '''UKTV Documentary''', showing factual [[Documentary film|documentaries]], mainly taken from the [[BBC]] archives, on a variety of subjects if not covered by another channel in the UKTV network, such as [[Jacob Bronowski]]'s ''[[The Ascent of Man]]''. Much of this programming had come from the former UKTV channel [[UK Horizons]], which had closed down the day before and which the channel, along with [[Blighty (TV channel)|UKTV People]], replaced. UKTV Documentary occupied the same broadcasting slot as UK Horizons.


On 9 October 2008, UKTV announced plans to rebrand UKTV Documentary and UKTV People in early 2009.<ref name="UKTVRebrand3">
==2009 Rebrand==
{{cite web |url=http://uktv.co.uk/press/item/aid/607852|title=UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands – Eden and Blighty|publisher=[[UKTV]]|date=2008-10-09}}</ref> The news came just two days after UKTV's entertainment channels were rebranded to [[Watch (TV channel)|Watch]], [[Gold (UK TV channel)|Gold]] and [[Alibi (TV channel)|Alibi]]. They announced that UKTV Documentary would be rebranded as '''Eden''' and this rebrand took place on 26 January 2009. As part of the rebrand, the channels programming output changed from all documentaries to primarily documentaries focusing on the natural environment. All other documentaries were transferred to [[Yesterday (TV channel)|UKTV History]] or [[Blighty (TV channel)|UKTV People]], depending on their subject matter.
On [[October 9]], [[2008]], UKTV announced plans to rebrand '''UKTV Documentary''' as '''Eden''' on the [[26 January]] [[2009]]. '''Eden''' will target upmarket couples in their 30s and 40s, with children, and will carry the strapline: "One amazing world. One amazing TV channel." The background music in the Eden TV advert is "Feeling Good" by Muse.


==Timeshift==
==Current Programming==
From launch, the channel has had a timeshift service, called '''Eden +1''' and '''UKTV Documentary +1''' before it. The service ran on [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]] and [[Virgin Media]] and broadcast the channels schedule one hour later than usual. The timeshift was removed from Virgin Media in October 2008 to allow bandwidth for new channel [[Watch (TV channel)|Watch]], however the time shift service was restored on 7 October 2011.


==Eden HD==
*[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]]
'''Eden HD''' launched on 4 October 2010 on Sky channel 559, running a [[High-definition television|high-definition]] [[simulcast]] of the main channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/network/item/aid/637940|title=UKTV announces Good Food and Eden HD channel rollout|publisher=UKTV|date=9 August 2010}}</ref> As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels were added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/04a841ee-c729-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html |title=Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV |publisher=Financial Times |date=15 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103053054/http://www.ft.com:80/cms/s/0/04a841ee-c729-11e0-a9ef-00144feabdc0.html |archivedate=3 January 2012 |deadurl=bot: unknown |df= }}</ref> Eden HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.virginmedia.com/customer-news/articles/UKTVNew/|title=Virgin TV just got even bigger|publisher=Virgin Media|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref> On 3 October 2016, Eden HD was added to BTTV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.a516digital.com/2016/10/four-more-hd-channels-arrive-on-bt-tv.html?m=1}}</ref>
*[[The Blue Planet]]
*[[Tribe]]


==Logos==
==Identity==
The UKTV Documentary identity focused around scenes from the landscape of Britain. The ident would first feature a close up shot, for example of a person or a stone, before pulling back to reveal the bigger picture: such as a busy rail station or a stone circle. This was then overlaid with the UKTV Documentary logo, consisting of the UKTV logo on top, and an upper case 'DOCUMENTARY' tag below, aligned to the left of the screen. Alongside the idents, the channel had a [[Digital on-screen graphic]] (DOG) of the same design and also featured a generic UKTV design for all promotions for the channel. The channels house colour was a blue, similar in shade to [[Azure (color)|Azure]], and would feature in numerous changing shades on the end boards of promotions.
<gallery>

Image:UKTV Documentary logo (small).png|UKTV Documentary (2004-2009)
The current Eden identity features explorers in an unknown environment, such as the deep [[jungle]] or the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]], before coming across a landscape, which the logo then forms onto.
File:Eden logo.svg|Eden (2009-Present)

</gallery>
==Programming==
[[File:Eden logo.svg|thumb|Former logo]]
The programming used on the channel is mostly from the [[BBC]] archives, and are therefore edited to fit the time slot: an original broadcast for an hour-long programme on the BBC might be as much as 58 minutes long, while the same programme here might be 42 minutes long without the commercials. Eden is renowned for showing blue-chip natural history but has more recently moved into more scientific programmes while keeping the blue-chip, cinematic identity. Eden has also produced its own exclusive programming, with the most recent series ''[[David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities]]'', produced by Humble Bee Films,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://realscreen.com/2012/04/19/eden-attenborough-examine-natural-curiosities/ |title=Eden, Attenborough examine "Natural Curiosities" |publisher=Realscreen |date=19 April 2012}}</ref> broadcasting from January 2013.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name of show !! Original channel(s) !! Original run
|-
| ''10 Things You Didn't Know About...'' || [[BBC Four]] || 2007-2008
|-
| ''[[Africa (TV series)|Africa]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2013
|-
| ''An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Animal Armageddon]]'' || [[Animal Planet]] (United States) || 2009
|-
| ''Amazing Planet'' || [[National Geographic Channel]] (United States) || 2007
|-
| ''[[Amazon (2008 TV series)|Amazon]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2008
|-
| ''Arctic with Bruce Parry'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Are We Changing Planet Earth?]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2006
|-
| ''Ask Attenborough'' || '''Eden''' || 2011
|-
| ''[[Attenborough and the Giant Egg]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''Attenborough's Paradise Birds'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2015
|-
| ''Australia: The Time Travellers Guide'' || [[ABC1]] (Australia) || 2012
|-
| ''[[The Ballad of Big Al]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2000
|-
| ''[[BBC Wildlife Specials]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1995–present
|-
| ''[[The Bear Family & Me]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''Bahama Blue'' || [[Animal Planet]] || 2015
|-
| ''[[Bang Goes the Theory]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009–present
|-
| ''[[Biggest and Baddest with Niall McCann]]'' || [[Animal Planet]] || 2012-2014
|-
| ''Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery'' || [[BBC Four]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[The Blue Planet]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2001
|-
| ''The Brain: A Secret History'' || [[BBC Four]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Chased by Dinosaurs]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2002
|-
| ''[[The Code (2011 TV series)|The Code]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities]]'' || '''Eden'''<br>[[Watch (TV channel)|Watch]] || 2013–present
|-
| ''[[Deadly (UK TV series)#Deadly 60|Deadly 60]]'' || [[CBBC]] || 2009-2012
|-
| ''Death of a Sea Monster'' || [[National Geographic Channel]] (United States) || 2011
|-
| ''Deserts and Life'' || '''Eden''' || 2012
|-
| ''Dino Stampede'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''Do We Really Need the Moon?'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Earthflight]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2011-2012
|-
| ''[[Earth: The Power of the Planet]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2007
|-
| ''Eden Shorts: From Lens to Screen'' || '''Eden''' || 2015
|-
| ''[[Equator (BBC TV series)|Equator]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2006
|-
| ''Expedition Borneo'' || [[BBC One]] || 2007
|-
| ''[[Favourite Attenborough Moments]]'' || '''UKTV Documentary''' || 2006
|-
| ''[[First Life (TV series)|First Life]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Forecasting the End]]'' || [[The Weather Channel]] || 2013
|-
| ''[[Frozen Planet]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Galápagos (2006 TV series)|Galápagos]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2006
|-
| ''[[Ganges (BBC TV series)|Ganges]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2007
|-
| ''[[Great Barrier Reef (TV series)|Great Barrier Reef]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2012
|-
| ''[[The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Hainan Adventure with Nigel Marven]]'' || '''Eden''' || 2012
|-
| ''[[Himalaya with Michael Palin]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2004
|-
| ''[[Horizon (BBC TV series)|Horizon]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 1964–present
|-
| ''[[How to Grow a Planet]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2012
|-
| ''[[Human Planet]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Humpbacks: From Fire to Ice]]'' || [[ABC1]] (Australia) || 2008
|-
| ''[[The Incredible Human Journey]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Inside Nature's Giants]]'' || [[Channel 4]] || 2009–present
|-
| ''Inside the Human Body'' || [[BBC One]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[James May's Things You Need To Know]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011–present
|-
| ''[[Killer Whale Islands with Nigel Marven]]'' || [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] || 2007
|-
| ''Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2013
|-
| ''[[Last Chance to See (TV series)|Last Chance to See]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Life in Cold Blood]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Life in the Freezer]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1993
|-
| ''[[Life in the Undergrowth]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2005
|-
| ''[[The Life of Birds]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1998
|-
| ''[[The Life of Mammals]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2002–2003
|-
| ''[[Life on Earth (TV series)|Life on Earth]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 1979
|-
| ''[[Life on Fire]]'' || [[Arte]] (France) || 2009-2010
|-
| ''[[Life (BBC TV series)|Life]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''Lion Country'' || [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] || 2010–2011
|-
| ''[[The Living Planet]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1984
|-
| ''[[Lost Land of the Jaguar]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Lost Land of the Tiger]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Lost Land of the Volcano]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Madagascar (TV series)|Madagascar]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Monsters We Met]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2004
|-
| ''[[Monster Bug Wars]]'' || [[Science (TV channel)|Science]] (United States) || 2011–2012
|-
| ''[[Mountain Gorilla (TV series)|Mountain Gorilla]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Museum of Life (documentary)|Museum of Life]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Natural World (TV series)|Natural World]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 1967–present
|-
| ''[[Nature's Great Events]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Nature (TV series)|Nature]]'' || [[PBS]] (United States) || 1982–present
|-
| ''Nigel Marven's Rhino Adventure'' || [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] || 2006
|-
| ''[[Nova (TV series)|Nova]]'' || [[PBS]] (United States) || 1974–present
|-
| ''[[Oceans (TV series)|Oceans]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Ocean Giants]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[On Thin Ice (TV series)|On Thin Ice]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2012
|-
| ''[[Origins of Us]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Planet Dinosaur]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Planet Earth (TV series)|Planet Earth]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Private Life of Plants]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1995
|-
| ''[[Ray Mears' Bushcraft]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2004-2005
|-
| ''[[Ray Mears Goes Walkabout]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''Reconstructing T-Rex'' || [[National Geographic Channel]] (United States) || 2010
|-
| ''[[Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Sea Monsters (TV series)|Sea Monsters]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2003
|-
| ''[[Greg Foot#The Secrets of Everything|The Secrets of Everything]]'' || [[BBC Three]] || 2012
|-
| ''[[South Pacific (TV series)|South Pacific]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''Super Giant Animals'' || [[BBC One]] || 2013
|-
| ''Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''Ten Deadliest Snakes: China'' || [[Animal Planet]]<br>'''Eden''' || 2013
|-
| ''[[Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven]]'' || [[Animal Planet]]<br>'''Eden''' || 2014-2015
|-
| ''Termites - The Inner Sanctum'' || [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] (Austria) || 2011
|-
| ''[[Through Hell and High Water]]'' || [[BBC One]]<br>[[BBC Two]] || 2006
|-
| ''[[The Trials of Life]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1990
|-
| ''Tribal Wives'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2008-2010
|-
| ''[[Tribe (TV series)|Tribe]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2005-2007
|-
| ''[[Tropic of Cancer (BBC TV series)|Tropic of Cancer]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2009
|-
| ''Voyage of the Continents'' || [[Arte]] (France) || 2012
|-
| ''[[Walking with Beasts]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2001
|-
| ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 1999
|-
| ''[[Walking with Monsters]]'' || [[BBC One]] || 2005
|-
| ''[[Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven]]'' || [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]<br>'''Eden''' || 2013
|-
| ''[[Wild Arabia]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2013
|-
| ''[[Wild Brazil]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2014
|-
| ''[[Wild Britain with Ray Mears]]'' || [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]<br>'''Eden''' || 2010–present
|-
| ''[[Wild Canada]]'' || [[CBC Television|CBC]] (Canada) || 2014
|-
| ''[[Wild Caribbean]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2007
|-
| ''[[Wild China]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2008
|-
| ''[[Wild Colombia with Nigel Marven]]'' || '''Eden''' || 2012
|-
| ''[[Wild Down Under]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2003
|-
| ''[[Wonders of the Solar System]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2010
|-
| ''[[Wonders of the Universe]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2011
|-
| ''[[Yellowstone (UK TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' || [[BBC Two]] || 2009
|-
| ''[[Yunnan Adventure with Nigel Marven]]'' || '''Eden''' || 2012
|}

==See also==
* [[UKTV]]
* [[Television in the United Kingdom]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk Eden] at UKTV.co.uk
*{{Official website|http://eden.uktv.co.uk/}}
*[http://thetvroom.com/uktv The TV Room] looks at presentation/branding on the UKTV channels
*[http://thetvroom.com/uktv UKTV at The TV Room]


{{UKTV}}
{{UKTV}}
{{Virgin Media Television}}
{{Media in the United Kingdom|television}}


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Revision as of 15:58, 29 July 2017

Eden
CountryUnited Kingdom
Ownership
OwnerUKTV
(BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive)

Eden is a digital television channel broadcasting factual content in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004 and relaunched in its current format on 27 January 2009. The channel is available on Sky, Virgin Media, Smallworld Cable, TalkTalk Plus TV, BT TV, and TVPlayer (When subscribed to TVPlayer Plus). It isn't available on the digital terrestrial supplier Freeview.

History

The channel launched on 8 March 2004 as UKTV Documentary, showing factual documentaries, mainly taken from the BBC archives, on a variety of subjects if not covered by another channel in the UKTV network, such as Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man. Much of this programming had come from the former UKTV channel UK Horizons, which had closed down the day before and which the channel, along with UKTV People, replaced. UKTV Documentary occupied the same broadcasting slot as UK Horizons.

On 9 October 2008, UKTV announced plans to rebrand UKTV Documentary and UKTV People in early 2009.[1] The news came just two days after UKTV's entertainment channels were rebranded to Watch, Gold and Alibi. They announced that UKTV Documentary would be rebranded as Eden and this rebrand took place on 26 January 2009. As part of the rebrand, the channels programming output changed from all documentaries to primarily documentaries focusing on the natural environment. All other documentaries were transferred to UKTV History or UKTV People, depending on their subject matter.

Timeshift

From launch, the channel has had a timeshift service, called Eden +1 and UKTV Documentary +1 before it. The service ran on Sky and Virgin Media and broadcast the channels schedule one hour later than usual. The timeshift was removed from Virgin Media in October 2008 to allow bandwidth for new channel Watch, however the time shift service was restored on 7 October 2011.

Eden HD

Eden HD launched on 4 October 2010 on Sky channel 559, running a high-definition simulcast of the main channel.[2] As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels were added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012.[3] Eden HD was added to Virgin Media on 7 October 2011.[4] On 3 October 2016, Eden HD was added to BTTV.[5]

Identity

The UKTV Documentary identity focused around scenes from the landscape of Britain. The ident would first feature a close up shot, for example of a person or a stone, before pulling back to reveal the bigger picture: such as a busy rail station or a stone circle. This was then overlaid with the UKTV Documentary logo, consisting of the UKTV logo on top, and an upper case 'DOCUMENTARY' tag below, aligned to the left of the screen. Alongside the idents, the channel had a Digital on-screen graphic (DOG) of the same design and also featured a generic UKTV design for all promotions for the channel. The channels house colour was a blue, similar in shade to Azure, and would feature in numerous changing shades on the end boards of promotions.

The current Eden identity features explorers in an unknown environment, such as the deep jungle or the Antarctic, before coming across a landscape, which the logo then forms onto.

Programming

Former logo

The programming used on the channel is mostly from the BBC archives, and are therefore edited to fit the time slot: an original broadcast for an hour-long programme on the BBC might be as much as 58 minutes long, while the same programme here might be 42 minutes long without the commercials. Eden is renowned for showing blue-chip natural history but has more recently moved into more scientific programmes while keeping the blue-chip, cinematic identity. Eden has also produced its own exclusive programming, with the most recent series David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities, produced by Humble Bee Films,[6] broadcasting from January 2013.

Name of show Original channel(s) Original run
10 Things You Didn't Know About... BBC Four 2007-2008
Africa BBC One 2013
An African Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby BBC Two 2010
Animal Armageddon Animal Planet (United States) 2009
Amazing Planet National Geographic Channel (United States) 2007
Amazon BBC Two 2008
Arctic with Bruce Parry BBC Two 2011
Are We Changing Planet Earth? BBC One 2006
Ask Attenborough Eden 2011
Attenborough and the Giant Egg BBC Two 2011
Attenborough's Paradise Birds BBC Two 2015
Australia: The Time Travellers Guide ABC1 (Australia) 2012
The Ballad of Big Al BBC One 2000
BBC Wildlife Specials BBC One 1995–present
The Bear Family & Me BBC Two 2011
Bahama Blue Animal Planet 2015
Bang Goes the Theory BBC One 2009–present
Biggest and Baddest with Niall McCann Animal Planet 2012-2014
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery BBC Four 2008
The Blue Planet BBC One 2001
The Brain: A Secret History BBC Four 2011
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life BBC One 2009
Chased by Dinosaurs BBC One 2002
The Code BBC Two 2011
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Eden
Watch		 2013–present
Deadly 60 CBBC 2009-2012
Death of a Sea Monster National Geographic Channel (United States) 2011
Deserts and Life Eden 2012
Dino Stampede BBC Two 2011
Do We Really Need the Moon? BBC Two 2011
Earthflight BBC One 2011-2012
Earth: The Power of the Planet BBC Two 2007
Eden Shorts: From Lens to Screen Eden 2015
Equator BBC Two 2006
Expedition Borneo BBC One 2007
Favourite Attenborough Moments UKTV Documentary 2006
First Life BBC Two 2010
Forecasting the End The Weather Channel 2013
Frozen Planet BBC One 2011
Galápagos BBC Two 2006
Ganges BBC Two 2007
Great Barrier Reef BBC Two 2012
The Great Rift: Africa's Wild Heart BBC Two 2010
Hainan Adventure with Nigel Marven Eden 2012
Himalaya with Michael Palin BBC One 2004
Horizon BBC Two 1964–present
How to Grow a Planet BBC Two 2012
Human Planet BBC One 2011
Humpbacks: From Fire to Ice ABC1 (Australia) 2008
The Incredible Human Journey BBC Two 2009
Inside Nature's Giants Channel 4 2009–present
Inside the Human Body BBC One 2011
James May's Things You Need To Know BBC Two 2011–present
Killer Whale Islands with Nigel Marven Channel 5 2007
Killer Whales: Beneath the Surface BBC Two 2013
Last Chance to See BBC Two 2009
Life in Cold Blood BBC One 2008
Life in the Freezer BBC One 1993
Life in the Undergrowth BBC One 2005
The Life of Birds BBC One 1998
The Life of Mammals BBC One 2002–2003
Life on Earth BBC Two 1979
Life on Fire Arte (France) 2009-2010
Life BBC One 2009
Lion Country ITV 2010–2011
The Living Planet BBC One 1984
Lost Land of the Jaguar BBC One 2008
Lost Land of the Tiger BBC One 2010
Lost Land of the Volcano BBC One 2009
Madagascar BBC Two 2011
Monsters We Met BBC Two 2004
Monster Bug Wars Science (United States) 2011–2012
Mountain Gorilla BBC Two 2010
Museum of Life BBC Two 2010
Natural World BBC Two 1967–present
Nature's Great Events BBC One 2009
Nature PBS (United States) 1982–present
Nigel Marven's Rhino Adventure Channel 5 2006
Nova PBS (United States) 1974–present
Oceans BBC Two 2008
Ocean Giants BBC Two 2011
On Thin Ice BBC Two 2009
Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey BBC Two 2012
Origins of Us BBC Two 2011
Planet Dinosaur BBC One 2011
Planet Earth BBC One 2006
The Private Life of Plants BBC One 1995
Ray Mears' Bushcraft BBC Two 2004-2005
Ray Mears Goes Walkabout BBC Two 2008
Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness BBC Two 2009
Reconstructing T-Rex National Geographic Channel (United States) 2010
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds BBC One 2010
Sea Monsters BBC One 2003
The Secrets of Everything BBC Three 2012
South Pacific BBC Two 2009
The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion BBC Two 2010
Super Giant Animals BBC One 2013
Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions BBC One 2009
Ten Deadliest Snakes: China Animal Planet
Eden		 2013
Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven Animal Planet
Eden		 2014-2015
Termites - The Inner Sanctum ORF (Austria) 2011
Through Hell and High Water BBC One
BBC Two		 2006
The Trials of Life BBC One 1990
Tribal Wives BBC Two 2008-2010
Tribe BBC Two 2005-2007
Tropic of Cancer BBC Two 2010
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link BBC One 2009
Voyage of the Continents Arte (France) 2012
Walking with Beasts BBC One 2001
Walking with Dinosaurs BBC One 1999
Walking with Monsters BBC One 2005
Whale Adventure with Nigel Marven Channel 5
Eden		 2013
Wild Arabia BBC Two 2013
Wild Brazil BBC Two 2014
Wild Britain with Ray Mears ITV
Eden		 2010–present
Wild Canada CBC (Canada) 2014
Wild Caribbean BBC Two 2007
Wild China BBC Two 2008
Wild Colombia with Nigel Marven Eden 2012
Wild Down Under BBC Two 2003
Wonders of the Solar System BBC Two 2010
Wonders of the Universe BBC Two 2011
Yellowstone BBC Two 2009
Yunnan Adventure with Nigel Marven Eden 2012

See also

References

  1. ^ "UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands – Eden and Blighty". UKTV. 2008-10-09.
  2. ^ "UKTV announces Good Food and Eden HD channel rollout". UKTV. 9 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV". Financial Times. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Virgin TV just got even bigger". Virgin Media. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.a516digital.com/2016/10/four-more-hd-channels-arrive-on-bt-tv.html?m=1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Eden, Attenborough examine "Natural Curiosities"". Realscreen. 19 April 2012.
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