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In 2022, the brilliant W channel launched on Freeview, as it became free-to-air for the first time. Home to award-winning entertainment and factual TV, you can watch live on channel 25, or catch up via UKTV Play on your Freeview Play TV right now. Want to see what's on? Take a look at just some of the shows on our watch list.

Alex Jones: Making Babies

Presenter Alex Jones trains as a fertility assistant at one of the leading fertility clinics in the UK, known for their world-renowned research and innovative technology.

Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over

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This fascinating series sees award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley spend a weekend with a range of extraordinary British families. It's an uncompromising look at modern life, behind the door of some of Britain's more unconventional households, with people leading lifestyles that some others might judge.

Dating With My Mates

Dating with my mates - UKTV Play

 

Brand-new reality series where a group of four single friends go out for a three-course dinner with a twist - with each course, a date joins the mates at their table.

Emma Willis: Delivering Babies

Emma experiences the training process on a maternity ward, working four shifts a week, to discover what makes it one of the toughest, but most rewarding careers possible.

Rochelle Humes: Interior Designer in the Making

Rochelle Humes: Interior designer in the making - UKTV Play

 

TV presenter and former pop star Rochelle Humes takes her passion for all things interior into the homes of ten families looking for inspiration, guidance and interior design expertise.

Inside the Ambulance

Reality series following paramedics from the West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Emergency: First Time Medics

Emergency: First time medics - W channel

 

Follow real-time shifts of newly-qualified doctors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading and gain a deeper understanding of how it feels to be at the sharp end of this incredibly demanding job.

If you can't see W Channel on your TV, your may need to retune - for more advice take a look at our retune videos.

For more recommendations, head to Channel 100 on your Freeview Play TV.

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