In terms of viewership, Red Dwarf enjoyed its golden years on the BBC2 channel. Since 2009, however, new episodes of the show have been made for and broadcast by a smaller UK digital channel. Previously known as UK Gold Classics, UK Gold 2, UKG2 and UKTV G2, this naming pattern was jettisoned in 2007, when the channel was rebranded with a man's name to reflect its "strong and noisy personality" - according to a spokeswoman, the logic being that "everyone knows a bloke called ________".
Dave