It took its name from the BBC series Horizon, which formed a staple of its output in the early years.

[2] The channel was rebranded with a new look on 8 May 2001, with a one-hour timeshift service - UK Horizons +1 Hour, later shortened simply to UK Horizons +1, launching on the same day on Sky Digital.

[5] In July 2002, UKTV announced an offshoot network to the channel - UK History, which would launch in October 2002.

[7][8] The changeover took place on 8 March 2004, with UKTV Documentary taking over the UK Horizons and UK Horizons +1 networks on Sky and Telewest and UKTV People launching as a standalone network.

[9] This article on a United Kingdom television channel is a stub.