Plus was a digital channel run by
Granada Sky Broadcasting. It was launched on 1 October 1996 under the original name of Granada Plus, and during its availability it underwent successive rebrands as G Plus, G+ and then simply Plus. However, it remained widely referred to by the public at large by its original name. On 1 November 2004, it was permanently closed down by ITV plc in an attempt to bring its replacement,
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
, onto Sky.
History
Granada Plus was launched on 1 October 1996 at 7pm. From launch, the channel initially showed only programmes made originally by
Granada Television
ITV Granada, formerly known as Granada Television, is the ITV (TV network), ITV franchisee for the North West of England and Isle of Man. From 1956 to 1968 it broadcast to both the north west and Yorkshire on weekdays only, as ABC Weekend TV, ...
and
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00&nbs ...
(itself recently acquired by Granada Television), such as ''
On the Buses'', ''
Crown Court
The Crown Court is the criminal trial court, court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is ...
'', ''
The Comedians'' and ''
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club''. One of the channel's biggest attractions was a thrice-daily repeat of classic ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'', with a five-episode omnibus every weekend. The channel started showing episodes in original broadcast order from April 1976, (some cut slightly for timing reasons), until they got up to February 1994 on 1 November 2004. After Plus had secured the rights to show programmes originally made by
Yorkshire Television
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
, they started showing classic episodes of ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...
'', usually straight after Coronation Street, at 9:30 in the morning and 12:30 in the afternoon, each weekday.
Many of these programmes would have been unshown since their original transmissions, and hence were of value to those interested in classic television, but these early schedules lacked the commercial appeal of rival channel
UK Gold, which had long since moved from showing little-seen gems to showing television's 'greatest hits'.
Before the launch of
ITV2
ITV2 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the fiv ...
, the channel also occasionally broadcast live
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
football matches involving either
Manchester United
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
or
Newcastle United on nights when the national ITV network was unable to broadcast the matches live.
It was not long before Granada Plus revamped their on-screen identity, and in order to look more contemporary, they started showing more recent programmes made by the
ITV network (at the time, Granada were busy buying up old rivals such as
Yorkshire Television
ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...
and
Tyne Tees Television, in preparation for a unified
ITV plc
ITV plc is a British media company that holds 13 of the 15 regional television licences that make up the ITV (TV network), ITV network (Channel 3), the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom.
ITV plc ...
), as well as programme stock which had been originally shown on the
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
. Granada Plus also began screening many classic US shows popular with British viewers and airing promos with the stars of those shows (such as
James MacArthur for ''
Hawaii Five-O'',
Cheryl Ladd
Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor; July 12, 1951) is an American actress, singer, and author best known for her role as Kris Munroe in the ABC television series '' Charlie's Angels'', whose cast she joined in its second season in 1977 ...
for ''
Charlie's Angels'',
Philip Michael Thomas for ''
Miami Vice
''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, Ricardo "Rico" Tub ...
'' and
Ben Murphy
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Early life
Murphy was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Benjamin R. Castleberry and Nadi ...
for ''
Alias Smith and Jones'' - the last two had also originally aired on the BBC in Britain). The channel also aired British premieres of at least three US series: ''
10-8: Officers on Duty'', ''
Fortune Hunter'' and the 1988 revival of ''
Mission: Impossible''.
Many of the channel's programmes were cut by up to five minutes for
commercial
Commercial may refer to:
* (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services
** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money
* a dose of advertising ...
timing purposes, which was not a popular choice with viewers.
Closure
The future of Plus came into doubt by late 2003, when ITV had planned for a new channel similar to Plus to be launched. Originally conceived as 'ITV Gold', it evolved in its conception to ITV3. It would have been originally launched on both Freeview, NTL and Telewest, with a later launch on Sky in March 2005, likely due to ITV rejecting a deal to encrypt ITV3, and the limitations faced by Sky boxes in exceeding the 500-channel limit. Due to the similarity in both channels' content, many believed that ITV3 would replace Plus, only for this rumour to be frequently debunked by GSB themselves. ITV also looked to either sell or close the GSB channels.
However, come 1 November 2004 — ITV3's launch date — it was looking increasingly likely that ITV plc's new channel would not be launched on
Sky Digital. However, frantic discussions were going on behind the scenes: ITV wanted the 7 million or so Sky viewers available; Sky did not want to give
Freeview any advantage; and to further complicate matters, ITV wanted the new channel to be as high up on the
EPG as possible. ITV looked into Plus, which was in a high EPG slot, channel 118. Plus also had access to archives of programmes that were sought after by ITV for the new channel.
At 1pm on that day, just 8 hours before launch, ITV and Sky finally reached a deal: ITV would buy out
Sky
The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the planetary surface, surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere of Earth, atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from ...
's 49.5% stake in GSB for £10 million. This meant ITV plc completely took full control of the two GSB channels, Plus and
Men & Motors.
Shortly afterwards, ITV plc decided to close Plus, and moved ITV2 to channel 118 making space for ITV3.
An hour-and-a-half later that afternoon, while in the middle of a commercial break, Plus suddenly cut to a closedown slide, and, on digital cable and satellite platforms, shortly afterwards disappeared. The final programme on Plus was ''
Pie in the Sky'', but only half of it was shown before ITV ceased transmission of Plus. On Sky, Plus was immediately removed minutes after closure, with ITV2 and ITV3 appearing on channels 118 and 119 in an EPG update. On NTL and Telewest, Plus broadcast a GSB logo with looped music, before cutting into a test card asking viewers to move to ITV3.
Transmission of Plus officially ceased at 5:15pm, when it was replaced by holding slides for ITV3. The channel was replaced on digital cable and satellite, but on analogue cable, the closedown slide remained for over six years and was finally removed in April 2011 due to analogue cable becoming obsolete.
The team at Plus were caught unaware as they had sent out their regular highlights email at 3:50pm. ITV3 launched at 9pm.
Programming
*''
10-8: Officers on Duty''
*
1-2-3 Go!
*''
A Bit of a Do
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''
*''
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC1 and BBC2 between 1989 and 1995. It ran for four series ...
'' (now on
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
)
*''
A Family at War'' (now on
Talking Pictures TV)
*
Allsorts
*
Alphabet Zoo
*''
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Agatha Christie's Poirot'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Albion Market''
*''
Alfresco''
*''
Alias Smith and Jones''
*''
An Audience with...''
*''Aspel & Company''
*''
The Avengers'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
Batman
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''
*''
Beadle's About''
*''
The Benny Hill Show
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''
*''
Bewitched''
*''
Bless This House'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Blind Date''
*''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
''
*''
Boon''
*''
The Brian Conley Show''
*''
Brian Conley: This Way up!''
*''
The Brittas Empire'' (now on
Gold
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)
*''
Brush Strokes'' (now on
Drama
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)
*''
Bullseye'' (now on
Challenge)
*''
Cagney & Lacey''
*''
Canned Carrott''
*
Catweazle
*
Catherine Cookson Dramas
*''
Carrott's Commercial Breakdown''
*''
Charlie's Angels''
*''
Children's Ward''
*''
Classic Coronation Street'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Classic Emmerdale'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Cold Feet
''Cold Feet'' is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV (TV network), ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his 1997 Comedy Premieres, Comedy ...
''
*''
The Comedians''
*''
Crown Court
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''
*''
The Dame Edna Experience''
*''
Dandelion Dead''
*''
Dempsey & Makepeace'' (now on
ITV4)
*''The
Dick Emery Show''
*''
The Dick Van Dyke Show''
*''
Doctor in the House Doctor in the House may refer to:
* Doctor in the House (novel), ''Doctor in the House'' (novel), a 1952 novel by Richard Gordon
** Doctor in the House (film), ''Doctor in the House'' (film), a 1954 British film adaptation of the novel
*** Doctor i ...
''
*
Donahue
*''
The Dukes of Hazzard''
*''
Duty Free''
*''The Elvis Presley Show''
*''
Ever Decreasing Circles'' (now on
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
)
*''
The Equalizer''
*''
Faith in the Future''
*''
Fame''
*''
Families''
*''The Flying Lady''
*''
Fortune Hunter''
*''
French Fields'' (now on
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
)
*''
Fresh Fields'' (now on
Drama
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)
*''
George and Mildred'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Gladiators''
*
The Grand
*''
The Grumbleweeds Radio Show''
*''The Gunners''
*''
Hadleigh''
*''
Hale and Pace''
*''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...
''
*''
Hart to Hart''
*''
Hawaii Five-O''
*''
Heartbeat'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
The High Chaparral''
*''
Hill Street Blues''
*''
Hogan's Heroes'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
Home to Roost''
*''
Hornblower!'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
I Dream of Jeannie
''I Dream of Jeannie'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy sitcom television series created by Sidney Sheldon and starring Barbara Eden as a beautiful but guileless 2,000-year-old Jinn, genie and Larry Hagman as an astronaut with whom s ...
''
*''
In Loving Memory'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
In Sickness and in Health''
*''
Inspector Morse
Endeavour Morse, GM, is the namesake character of the series of "Morse" detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, a Detective Chief Inspector in the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England.
On television he was portrayed by John ...
'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''The
Jack Dee Show''
*''
Jeeves & Wooster''
*''
The Kenny Everett Video Show''
*''
The Krypton Factor''
*''
The Liver Birds''
*''
London's Burning''
*''
Love Thy Neighbour Love Thy Neighbor or Love Thy Neighbour may also refer to:
Film
* Love Thy Neighbor (1940 film), ''Love Thy Neighbor'' (1940 film), an American film
* Love Thy Neighbour (1967 film), ''Love Thy Neighbour'' (1967 film), a Danish-German comedy fil ...
''
*''
Magnum, P.I.''
*''
Man About the House'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Marc''
*
The Magic Ball
*''
Me and my Girl
''Me and My Girl'' is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The story, set in the late 1930s, tells of an unapologetically unrefined Cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson, wh ...
''
*''
Miami Vice
''Miami Vice'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series stars Don Johnson as James "Sonny" Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs, Ricardo "Rico" Tub ...
''
*''
Minder'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
Mind Your Language''
*''
Mission: Impossible'' (now on
CBS Justice)
*''
Murder, She Wrote
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'' (now on
5USA
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)
*''
The New Statesman''
*''
No Place Like Home''
*''
Not on Your Nellie!''
*''
Only When I Laugh''
*''
On the Buses'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*
Our Backyard
*''
Peak Practice''
*''
Pie in the Sky'' (now on
Drama
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)
* Plus On Plus
*''
The Piglet Files'' (now on
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
)
*''
The Professionals'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
The Rag Trade
''The Rag Trade'' is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by ITV (TV network), ITV between 1977 and 1978. Although a comedy, it shed light on gender, politics and the "class war" on the factory floor.
Th ...
''
*
The Return of the Antelope
* Time For A Story
*''
Rich Tea & Sympathy''
* Richard & Judy Exclusives
*''
Rising Damp'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
Robin's Nest'' (now on
Talking Pictures TV)
*''
The Rockford Files''
*''
Rory McGrath's Commercial Breakdown''
*''
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries''
*
Runway
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*''
The Saint'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
Second Thoughts''
*''
Shang-a-Lang!''
*''
Shelley''
*''
Shortland Street
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''
*''
Singles''
*''
Sorry!'' (now on
That's TV)
*''
Spitting Image''
*''
The Stanley Baxter Picture Show''
*''
The Stanley Baxter Series''
*''
Starsky & Hutch
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''
*''
Stay Lucky!''
*''
Stingers''
*
Strange but True?
*
Strange but True? Encounters
*''
Supersonic
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''
*''
Surgical Spirit''
*''
Surprise! Surprise!''
*''
The Sweeney'' (now on
ITV4)
*''
Sykes''
*''
Taggart
''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries ''Killer'' from 6 until 20 Septe ...
'' (now on
Alibi and
Drama
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)
*''
Tales of the Unexpected'' (now on
Sky Arts)
*''
Terry and June''
*''
That's My Boy!''
*''There's Nothing to Worry About!''
*''
Thomas & Sarah''
*''
Through the Keyhole
''Through the Keyhole'' is a British comedy panel game show created by the TV producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by David Frost, Sir David Frost in the studio and Loyd Grossman on location. The location presenter explores celebrities' h ...
''
*
Tickle On The Tum
*''
Till Death Us Do Part''
*''
The Two of us''
*''
The Upper Hand'' (now on
Drama
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)
*''
Up Pompeii!''
*''
Upstairs, Downstairs'' (now on
Talking Pictures TV)
*''
Up the Garden Path''
*''
Van der Valk'' (now on
Talking Pictures TV)
*''
Waiting for God'' (now on
Drama
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)
*''
Watching''
*''
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club''
*''
Wish Me Luck''
*''
Wycliffe'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
*''
You Bet!''
*''
You're Only Young Twice'' (now on
ITV3
ITV3 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. The channel was first launched on Monday 1 November 2004 at 9 pm, replacing Plus (British TV channel), Plus ...
)
Identity
The very first identity of Granada Plus upon its launch featured its 1996–1998 logo etched in purple curtains, with either people or objects making contact with it.
The channel was renamed G Plus in 1998, and it received new idents featuring the logo interacting with the background. The idents were replaced in 1999. Around 2002, Granada Plus, now named simply Plus, got a new look, which showed a pale blue ball with a white plus sign on it. The idents showed the 3D logo in everyday places, as seen in the stills of the idents. The idents would be scrapped in 2004 as Plus was discontinued for ITV3 on 1 November.
References
External links
Granada Plus at TVARK.{{Granada and Carlton
Defunct television channels in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 1996
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2004
Granada Plus