Draft:U&Dave

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Background

U&Dave (formerly Dave) is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV. Advertising itself as "the home of witty banter", the channel broadcasts mainly comedy series produced by the BBC, along with some factual programming. The channel's current name was rebranded from UKTV G2, on October 15, 2007.

1st ID (October 15, 2007-April 28, 2014)

Visuals: Unknown.

Variants:

  • Sailing Boat:
  • Brass Band:
  • Snowball Fight:
  • Dinner Party:
  • Elephant:
  • Tents:
  • The following idents were added on October 26, 2008 to mark the channel's first anniversary:
    • King of the Swingers:
    • Wacky Races:
    • Human Cannonball:
    • Cowboys and Indians:
  • A special ident for the tenth series premiere of Red Dwarf is used on October 4, 2012. Here, a spaceship made out of metal parts (one of them is showing the logo) and shaped like the "Dave" logo is shown moving towards the camera to reveal the entire spaceship over a space background.

Technique: Live-action. Directed at Red Bee Media.

Audio: Unknown.

2nd ID (April 29, 2014-November 8, 2022)

Visuals: Unknown.

Variants:

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: Unknown.

3rd ID (November 9, 2022-)

Visuals: Depends on the ident, a situation occurs as "Dave" is shown on various ways. Sometimes, a quote can be seen in place of the logo in the generic ident, as the logo is now seen in a different way.

Later Variant: When the channel rebranded to U&Dave on July 16, 2024, "U&" is added beside "Dave".

Variants:

  • Football:
    • The short version
  • Gym:
  • Road:
  • Station:
  • Outsiders custom idents: This was used when Outsiders premiered on Dave back in 2022.
    • Woodland:
    • Outsiders:

Technique: Live-action.

Audio:

External Links

UKTV G2
U&Dave
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