TLC (British and Irish TV channel)

{{Short description|British TV channel}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox television channel | name = TLC | logo = TLC UK logo (2026).svg | logo_size = 200px | logo_caption = Logo used since 13 January 2026 | launch_date = {{start date and age|2013|4|30|df=y}}, 8pm | closed_date = | owner = Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA | picture_format = 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) | country = United Kingdom | area = United Kingdom Ireland | language = English | replaced = Discovery Real Time and Discovery Travel & Living (2005–2013) HGTV (on Freeview) | sister_channels = Animal Planet Discovery Channel Discovery History Discovery Science Discovery Turbo DMAX Food Network Investigation Discovery Quest Quest Red Really Cartoon Network Boomerang Cartoonito CNN International | timeshift_service = TLC +1 | website = {{url|uk.tlc.com}} | terr_serv_1 = Freeview | terr_chan_1 = Channel 12 Channel 99 (+1) | online_serv_2 = | online_chan_2 = | online_serv_3 = Virgin TV Go | online_chan_3 = [https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en/epg/1711 Watch live] (UK only) [https://virgintvgo.virginmedia.com/en/epg/1044 Watch live] (+1) (UK only) | online_serv_4 = Virgin TV Anywhere | online_chan_4 = [https://www.virginmediatv.ie/en/epg/IESVC1087 Watch live] (Ireland only) }} '''TLC''' is a British free-to-air television channel, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is based on the American cable network of the same name. It launched on 30 April 2013 at {{nowrap|8pm}},<ref>{{cite web|last=Szalai |first=Georg |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/discovery-launch-tlc-uk-ireland-431281 |title=Discovery Communications to Launch TLC in U.K., Ireland |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=27 March 2013 |access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> replacing Discovery Real Time and DMAX +2.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hadley |first=Paul |url=http://www.entertainment-iuk.com/2013/04/24/changes-to-discovery-channels-this-month/ |title=Changes to Discovery channels this month |publisher=Entertainment Interactive |date=24 April 2013 |access-date=30 April 2013}}</ref>

== History == ===1994=== 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 from the old TLC, Discovery treated it as a new channel launch rather than a return.

===2013=== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx |title=System Updates |publisher=Overnights.tv |access-date=16 September 2013 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728093105/http://www.overnights.tv/public/content/News.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2026=== In the United Kingdom, TLC became free-to-air in January 2026 and refocused to a general entertainment channel with scripted and non-scripted comedy programming, as well as programmes from its existing lineup and new ID Programming <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Goren |first=Or |date=2025-10-20 |title=TLC Channel Is Coming To Freeview As HGTV Shuts Down |url=https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tlc-channel-freeview-hgtv-shuts-down/|access-date=2026-01-01 |website=Cord Busters |language=en-US}}</ref> In Ireland, the HD and +1 channels, which are identical to the UK feed, also became free-to-air in January 2026, while the SD version remains encrypted because it broadcasts advertisements targeted to the Irish market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/What-s-On/Changes-to-the-TV-Guide-January-2026/td-p/5170865|title=Changes to the TV Guide - January 2026|access-date=2026-01-14}}</ref>

==Programming== Programming consists of acquired shows and original commissions.<ref>{{cite web|last=Munn |first=Patrick |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/03/tlc-to-launch-in-uk-on-april-30th/ |title=TLC To Launch in UK on April 30th |publisher=TVWise |date=27 March 2013 |access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Whittingham |first=Clive |url=http://www.c21media.net/archives/109181 |title=TLC stocks UK schedule |publisher=C21Media |date=25 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Munn |first=Patrick |url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/04/tlc-acquires-uk-rights-to-tv-lands-the-exes-happily-divorced/ |title=TLC Acquires UK Rights To TV Land's 'The Exes' & 'Happily Divorced' |publisher=TVWise |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> TLC also features an Oprah Winfrey Network branded programme block.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whittingham |first=Clive |url=http://www.c21media.net/archives/106650 |title=OWN gets TLC UK block |publisher=C21Media |date=4 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

===Current programming=== ====Acquired shows==== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} *''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'' *''Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage'' *''The Big Bang Theory'' *''The Dr. Oz Show'' *''The Exes'' *''The Golden Girls'' *''Gypsy Brides US'' *''Hollywood Demons'' *''OutDaughtered'' *''I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant'' *''Last Chance Saloon'' *''Long Island Medium'' *''Mike & Molly'' *''Mistresses'' *''My Mother Is Obsessed'' *''My Lottery Dream Home'' *''My Strange Addiction'' *''The Nanny'' *''Oprah's Lifeclass'' *''Oprah's Next Chapter'' *''Ruby & Jodi: A Cult of Sin and Influence'' *''People Magazine Investigates'' *''Toddlers & Tiaras'' *''Say Yes to the Dress'' *''Scorned'' *''Secret Princes'' *''Super Soul Sunday'' *''Swinger Wives'' *''The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story'' *''Your Style in His Hands'' *''Young Sheldon'' * The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder {{Div col end}}

====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''<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Radio Times|title=Curvy Brides Boutique|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/fp5vjh/curvy-brides-boutique-season-1/|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Sunday Times|author=Caitlin Moran|date=1 January 2020|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/caitlin-moran-tv-for-big-girls-8vmxzv83z|title=TV for big girls|access-date=8 August 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TLC: Curvy Brides Boutique|url=https://uk.tlc.com/series/curvy-brides-boutique/|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> *''Mock the Week'' (Originally on BBC Two, new episodes aired on TLC since 2026) *''Zero Stars''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.uk.tlc.com}}

Category:Television channels in the United Kingdom Category:Television stations in Ireland Category:Television channels and stations established in 2013 UK and Ireland Category:Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA