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Orbit Gold (104): Britain's comedy treasures
Status: agreed in principle with Paul 3 November 2026. Configured in 0.87.0, not yet installed.
Identity: the classic British comedy institution: 60s to 90s sitcoms everyone knows, warm, timeless and familiar. Tagline idea: "The good old days, every day."
History, verified: UKTV has described Gold as "well entrenched in the UK's psyche as the home of national treasure comedies", naming Only Fools and Horses and The Vicar of Dibley. Source: Wikipedia, U&Gold, read 3 November 2026. UK Gold's exact 1990s schedules aren't verified, so the blocks borrow the feeling, not a real schedule.
Core: Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, Father Ted, The Vicar of Dibley, Keeping Up Appearances, Open All Hours, Porridge, Blackadder, One Foot in the Grave.
Supporting: Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!, Hi-de-Hi!, The Good Life, Butterflies, As Time Goes By, Waiting for God, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Never the Twain, Brush Strokes, Still Open All Hours, Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister, To the Manor Born, Ever Decreasing Circles, Just Good Friends, Men Behaving Badly, Red Dwarf, Birds Of A Feather, Rising Damp, Steptoe and Son, The Likely Lads, Citizen Smith, Gimme Gimme Gimme, The Royle Family.
Surprises: Saturday 17:00 to 19:00: The Two Ronnies, Minder, Lovejoy.
Time of day: 06:00 to 17:00 gentle classics. 17:00 to 22:00 the big ones. 22:00 to 02:00 late laughs. 02:00 to 06:00 repeats. Sunday Gold, Sunday 18:00 to 22:00: Only Fools and Horses in order.
Order: mixed, except Only Fools and Horses and Blackadder in order.
Crossover: preferred home of Red Dwarf. Taskmaster and 8 Out of 10 Cats have Orbit 2 as their preferred home, and Peep Show and The IT Crowd have Orbit Three; Gold keeps all four, outside its core. Orbit 1 is the preferred home of Last of the Summer Wine, Bread and Goodnight Sweetheart.
To measure after phase-in: repeats of short series. In a week's replay from real episode counts, Fawlty Towers (12 episodes) airs about 7 times, down from 11, with no episode twice in the week.
New arrivals: British sitcoms and sketch comedy from the 60s to the 90s, and later revivals of them.