TLC (British and Irish TV channel)

TLC is a British pay television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is based on the American cable network named TLC. It launched on 30 April 2013 at 8:00 p.m.,^[1] replacing Discovery Real Time and DMAX +2.^[2]

TLC

Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	United Kingdom Ireland
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift service	TLC +1
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Sister channels	Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Turbo DMAX Food Network HGTV Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really Cartoon Network Boomerang Cartoonito CNN International
History
Launched	30 April 2013, 8pm
Replaced	Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living (2005–2013)
Links
Website	uk.tlc.com
Availability
Streaming media
Sky Go	Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Go	Watch live (UK only) Watch live (+1) (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere	Watch live (Ireland only)

The original version of TLC was launched in 1994 and was subsequently renamed Discovery Home & Leisure and later Discovery Real Time as part of Discovery's catalogue of themed channels. Given that TLC was chasing a completely different demographic than the old TLC, Discovery treated it as a new channel launch rather than a return.

On 30 April 2013, TLC +1 was launched, replacing DMAX +2.

A two-hour timeshift, TLC +2, was launched on 16 September 2013. It closed down on 27 April 2018, and was rebranded as Discovery Turbo +1.^[3]

Programming

Programming consists of acquired shows and original commissions.^[4][5][6] TLC also features an Oprah Winfrey Network branded programme block.^[7]

Current programming

Acquired shows

• 90 Day Fiancé
• Beachfront Bargain Hunt
• Brides of Beverly Hills
• Cake Boss
• Cheer Perfection
• Curvy Brides
• Extreme Couponing
• Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
• Breaking Amish
• Breaking the Faith
• Dating Naked
• Devious Maids
• The Dr. Oz Show
• The Exes
• The Golden Girls
• Gypsy Brides US
• OutDaughtered
• I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
• Last Chance Saloon
• Long Island Medium
• Mistresses
• My Mother Is Obsessed
• My Lottery Dream Home
• My Strange Addiction
• The Nanny
• Oprah's Lifeclass
• Oprah's Next Chapter
• Toddlers & Tiaras
• Say Yes to the Dress
• Scorned
• Secret Princes
• Super Soul Sunday
• Swinger Wives
• Teleshopping
• Your Style in His Hands

Original commissions

• Celebrity Fat Fighters
• Jodie Marsh On...
• Last Chance Salon
• My Naked Secret
• Ultimate Shopper
• Undercover Mums
• Your Style in His Hands
• The Charlotte Crosby Experience
• If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World
• Katie Price's Pony Club
• Say Yes to the Dress: UK
• Curvy Brides Boutique - filmed in Essex^[8][9][10]

References

1. Szalai, Georg (27 March 2013). "Discovery Communications to Launch TLC in U.K., Ireland". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
2. Hadley, Paul (24 April 2013). "Changes to Discovery channels this month". Entertainment Interactive. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
3. "System Updates". Overnights.tv. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
4. Munn, Patrick (27 March 2013). "TLC To Launch in UK on April 30th". TVWise. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
5. Whittingham, Clive (25 April 2013). "TLC stocks UK schedule". C21Media. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
6. Munn, Patrick (26 April 2013). "TLC Acquires UK Rights To TV Land's 'The Exes' & 'Happily Divorced'". TVWise. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
7. Whittingham, Clive (4 April 2013). "OWN gets TLC UK block". C21Media. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
8. "Curvy Brides Boutique". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
9. Caitlin Moran (1 January 2020). "TV for big girls". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
10. "TLC: Curvy Brides Boutique". Retrieved 15 October 2021.

External links

• Official website