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Discovery UK

London, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Welcome to DiscoveryUK.com - the home of Shark Week, MythBusters, Wheeler Dealers, Deadliest Catch, Gold Rush and more.

Contact & details

TypeDistributor · Distribution · Television
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Websitediscoveryuk.com
Social
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Phone020 8811 3000
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.8IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

7 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

3 wins from 13 nominations across all awards

Moon Machines poster
Highest rated
Moon Machines
2008
8.8409 votes
Spooked Ireland poster
Lowest rated
Spooked Ireland
2023
6.1118 votes
Mostly
documentary, reality-tv, history
Active
1994–2024
Best known for
Hidden Kingdoms

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 32 of 47 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
3637 seasons

2001–2024

Television rating
8.3IMDb

Their films average 7.2, so the television rates 1.1 higher.

Networks
  • Discovery6
  • BBC One4
  • discovery+3
  • DMAX3
  • BBC Two2
  • CBC Television1

Across 21 series matched to TMDB, 356 episodes. 8 still returning or in production.

Longest runningExpedition X · 11 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 51

15 films · 32 TV titles

Titles per year50 titles · busiest 2005 with 5

50 titles across 29 years, averaging 1.7 a year. The last five years hold at 1.4 a year. 6 of those 29 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time10 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.8200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 8.5 across 3 titles. The 6 titles since 2014 average 8.3, holding at their 8.3 overall. 2 of 10 rated titles sit above their 8.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Notable cast
  • George McGavin3
  • Mark Evans3
  • Gordon Buchanan2
  • Steve Backshall2
  • Alisdair Simpson2
Genres
  • Documentary23 of 32
  • Reality-TV7 of 32
  • History4 of 32
  • Horror2 of 32
  • Drama2 of 32

Names appearing on two or more of Discovery UK’s produced titles, across the 32 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Discovery UK on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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