Discovery Travel & Living (UK & Ireland)
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Discovery Travel & Living (UK & Ireland) is a TV channel in the United Kingdom
and Ireland
and is a channel from Discovery Networks Western Europe
. Discovery Travel & Living was launched as Discovery Travel & Adventure in 1998. In early 2005, it was repositioned and rebranded as Discovery Travel & Living as a part of a "lifestyle" package from Discovery Communications, also including Discovery Home & Health
and Discovery Real Time
.
Nowadays, much of the schedule is taken up by programmes about real estate, most notably A Place in the Sun
and its spinoffs, as well as House Doctor
.
A one hour timeshifted version named Discovery Travel & Living +1 launched on Sky on 24 November 2008. The timeshift channel closed on 20 January 2009 to make way for the launch of Investigation Discovery.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and is a channel from Discovery Networks Western Europe
Discovery Networks Western Europe
Discovery Networks Western Europe is a branch of Discovery Networks International.It holds the responsibility for overseeing Discovery Networks International channels in 30 different countries including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, the Netherlands and other...
. Discovery Travel & Living was launched as Discovery Travel & Adventure in 1998. In early 2005, it was repositioned and rebranded as Discovery Travel & Living as a part of a "lifestyle" package from Discovery Communications, also including Discovery Home & Health
Discovery Home & Health (UK & Ireland)
Home & Health is a television channel. It was launched as part of the Discovery Channels bouquet of channels, as Discovery Health, following a similar format to the American channel of the same name....
and Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time is a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks Europe.It was originally launched in the UK in March 1992 as TLC, a British version of the US channel of the same name...
.
Nowadays, much of the schedule is taken up by programmes about real estate, most notably A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun (TV series)
A Place in the Sun is a British FreeForm/Channel 4 lifestyle programme about buying property abroad. It most often focuses on places in southern Europe, but in recent years has also featured a number of places in other areas of the world...
and its spinoffs, as well as House Doctor
House Doctor
This article is about the original TV show, The House Doctor which featured Ann Maurice; originally broadcast in the UK the show is now reaching a global audience.For the San Francisco Bay area interior designer known as the "House Doctor", see Lisa Quinn...
.
A one hour timeshifted version named Discovery Travel & Living +1 launched on Sky on 24 November 2008. The timeshift channel closed on 20 January 2009 to make way for the launch of Investigation Discovery.