Metro (Euro Republics)

Metro is a Euro Republican pay television channel, screening mostly British programming, with a particular focus on comedy but also including drama, documentaries, quiz shows and music, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The channel is owned by EuroMedia.

History
Metro launched as one of the first channels available on ET1 Digital on 1st March, 1996 as UKTV. Originally, it was jointly owned by Modern Times Group (40%), Granada (20%), Channel Four Television Corporation (20%), BBC Enterprises (20%).

During this time, ITV also operated ITV World, which due to being corporate siblings, co-existed with each other and shared programmes.

Originally, UKTV also simulcasted the CBBC strand in tandem with BBC One until 6:35pm with CITV airing afterwards from 6:35pm to 8:15pm, as a lead in to primetime, despite CITV already airing on ITV World at the time. This was later dropped in June 1997 when BBC One & Capital/LWT became available on ET1 Digital. The BBC's Nine O'Clock News would air at 10pm local time, with ITN’s Early Evening News at 6:40pm after CITV was dropped.

UKTV also simulcast the BBC's coverage of the 1997 UK election.

Sometime in 1998, UKTV began to show other programmes that were not from the UK, such as repeats of Shortland Street, Prisoner: Cell Block H and Neighbours.

In 2000, UKTV dropped children's programmes altogether, citing low ratings, replacing them with classic episodes of Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale Farm, The Bill, Casualty and Brookside.

Channel Four Television Corporation sold their stake in UKTV to CLT-UFA in June 2001, with Doctors taking the place of Brookside in the schedules. ITV plc followed suit in March 2004 to set up a separate channel known as Granada. As a result of the latter, UKTV ceased showing Coronation Street and Emmerdale among other programmes in 2004.

UKTV was rebranded in October 2009, bringing the channel's on-screen branding in line with that of BBC One in Britain.

On 30th January 2023, EuroMedia officially announced the rebrand of BBC UKTV as Metro is to occur on Wednesday 15th February 2023, which will reintroduce ITV & Channel 4 programmes alongside BBC programmes. Metro will focus more on offbeat and quirky British comedy, characters and culture.

British comedy

 * 8 Out of 10 Cats (2023-present)
 * 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2023-present)
 * The Adam and Joe Show (2023-present)
 * Alma's Not Normal (2022-present)
 * Bad Education (2012-present)
 * Blackadder (1996-present)
 * Bottom (1996-present)
 * Brass Eye (2023-present)
 * Celebrity Juice (2023-present)
 * Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (2023-present)
 * Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe (2023-present)
 * The Chris & Rosie Ramsay Show (2022-present)
 * Coupling (2001-present)
 * Da Ali G Show (2023-present)
 * The Day Today (1996-2007; 2023-present)
 * Detectorists (2014-present)
 * Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared (2023-present)
 * Drop the Dead Donkey (1996-2005; 2023-present)
 * Early Doors (2005-2009; 2023-present)
 * The Emily Atack Show (2023-present)
 * End of Part One (2023-present)
 * Eurotrash (2023-present)
 * Everyone Else Burns (2023-present)
 * Father Ted (1996-present)
 * Friday Night Dinner (2011-present)
 * Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2005-present)
 * Gavin & Stacey (2008-present)
 * The Graham Norton Show (2007-present)
 * Harry Hill's TV Burp (2003; 2023-present)
 * Have I Got News for You? (1996-present)
 * Hot Metal (2023-present)
 * I Hate You (2023-present)
 * I'm Alan Partridge (1998-present)
 * The Inbetweeners (2023-present)
 * Inside No. 9 (2015-present)
 * Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples (2023-present)
 * Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1996-present)
 * KYTV (1996-2003; 2023-present)
 * The Last Leg (2023-present)
 * Late Night Lycett (2023-present)
 * Little Britain (2004-present)
 * Look Around You (2023-present)
 * Man About the House (2023-present)
 * Meet the Richardsons (2023-present)
 * The Mighty Boosh (2023-present)
 * Moving Wallpaper (2008-2012; 2023-present)
 * Mr. Bean (1996-present)
 * The New Statesman (1996-2004; 2023-present)
 * Newswipe with Charlie Brooker (2023-present)
 * Nighty Night (2004-present)
 * Not Going Out (2006-present)
 * The Office (2001-present)
 * Only Fools and Horses (1996-present)
 * Plebs (2023-present)
 * QI (2004-present)
 * Red Dwarf (1996-present)
 * Rising Damp (1996-2004; 2023-present)
 * The Royle Family (1999-present)
 * Saturday Live (2023-present)
 * Spaced (2000-2003; 2023-present)
 * Spitting Image (1996-2004; 2023-present)
 * Still Game (2003-present)
 * Taskmaster (2016-present)
 * Toast of London (2015-present)
 * Toast of Tinseltown (2021-present)
 * TV Offal (2023-present)
 * Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps (2002-present)
 * Upstart Crow (2015-present)
 * W1A (2015-present)
 * Watching (1996-2004; 2023-present)
 * Would I Lie to You? (2008-present)
 * Wreck (2023-present)
 * The Young Ones (1996-present)