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====UK G² and UKTV G2 (2003–2007)====
On 28 October 2003, it was announced that UK Gold 2 would be relaunched and rebranded as UK G2 (stylized as UK G²) on 12 November.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2003/10/28/2984/beebs_new_comedy_channel | title=Beeb's new comedy channel : News 2003 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide }}</ref> UK G2 was promoted as being an edgier alternative to UK Gold; airing programmes aimed at an 18-34 year-old youth audience. Some of the programmes that already aired on UK Gold moved to the new network, in addition to some programmes from [[Play UK]] (which had closed the year prior). The broadcast hours were also changed, with the channel now operating from 8:00pm to 5:00am.

On 8 March 2004, in-line with its sibling channels, the channel would adopt the full "UKTV" name, becoming UKTV G2. On 1 November, near the channel's first anniversary, a one-hour timeshift service, UKTV G2 +1, was launched on Sky<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/satellite/a16709/epg-debut-for-two-new-1s-wine-tv/ | title=EPG debut for two new +1s, Wine TV | website=[[Digital Spy]] | date=November 2004 }}</ref> and Telewest.,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/cable/a16710/uktv-g2-1-joins-telewest-lineup/ | title=UKTV G2 +1 joins Telewest lineup | website=[[Digital Spy]] | date=November 2004 }}</ref> broadcasting from 9:00pm to 4:00am.

On 7 October 2005, it was announced that UKTV G2 would pilot a sports programming block titled "UKTV Sport". The block would include a new show by the same name, as well as its own logo and [[digital on-screen graphic]]. The block was planned to be a pilot for a dedicated TV channel of the same name, which never came into fruition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/07/broadcasting.digitaltv |title=UKTV to launch sport channel &#124; Media &#124; MediaGuardian |publisher=Guardian |date= 7 October 2005|access-date=15 October 2009 | location=London | first=Tara | last=Conlan}}</ref>