UK Gold 2, December 2000

[martsstricky1988]

ahhhh happy memories i remember these being used. scary to think its 11 years ago though...

[96SmegHead]

Starbug :D Why did it appear then? Had they just finished showing Red Dwarf and faded into an ident or something?

[gavinpow77]

I just wish, to this very day, that the continuity announcers would slip up once in a while and say, 'Now on BBC1' when they are voicing, say, Yesterday, or Dave.

After all, they are the same teams voicing them. AND the same companies running them. Give or take a bit of Virgin!

[JosephBrianSilco]

I watched UK Gold 2 a fair bit around this time, and remember the start-ups like the one shown here well. I also loved the idents that were used at this time, particularly the apples one, and would feel very tingly when it would come on the TV.

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Does anyone know what ident was used on UK Gold Classics?

[tigerboytony]

There was never a UK Gold Classics channel.

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Thanks for an excellent trip down memory lane. This reminds me of when we first got Sky Digital(around the same time).

[steviegTVreturns]

Well I taped this the day after we had NTL Digital installed, so I was quite impressed with what they had to offer. No match for Sky at that time though.

[k5uk]

UK GOLD > UK GOLD 2 > UKG2 > UKTV G2 > Dave

[ROTSSisalive]

i thought by then UK Gold 2 would've had the Fireworks idents like UK Gold (G.O.L.D)

[myanthony1]

UK Gold 2 got the Fireworks ident shortly after this.

[steviegTVreturns]

May 2001 to be precise, when all of the other UKTV channels got new idents.

[thepod96]

@steviegTVreturns UK Gold 2 seemed to take UK Gold's previous set of idents whenever UK Gold got new idents, until the 2002 lifestyle idents which both channels used.

[tigerboytony]

It did after UK Gold changed their idents. UK Gold 2 took it over, before going off air.

[myanthony1]

Was that a testcard at the beginning or a promo?

[steviegTVreturns]

It was an off air caption, although it only appeared from 5pm onwards on UK Gold 2 on NTL Digital Plus.

[spittingimage4005]

What was uk gold 2?

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

UK Gold 2 was another channel from UKTV showing roughly the same programmes as UK Gold 1 but aimed at a slightly younger male auidance. The channel was then renamed UKTV g2 and then again to Dave.

[steviegTVreturns]

UK Gold 2 as I've said in the Info was an evening channel that repeated UK Gold's daytime schedule. When it became G2 then it got it's own line-up of comedies etc which lead it to be changed to Dave.

[tigerboytony]

and thats when UKTV went down the pan, changing all the channels to pathetic names like Watch, G.O.L.D, Dave, Home and whatever else is out there today :(

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

You tube in 16:9 Now?

[chao772]

I did notice it's in 16:9 Widescreen! ROFL

[tvfanhun]

I love these Idents!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! :)