Millions receive free TV upgrade with four brand new channels – check your box now

TELLY fans can now find four more channels on their TV that are completely free.

The channels are launching on Pluto TV and Samsung TV Plus, which are available to millions of Brits for nothing.

Pluto TV is available on a number of platforms, including Virgin Media, smart TVs by Samsung and LG, Amazon Fire TV and even PlayStation devices.

Both already have hundreds of free channels available to watch without needing to sign up.

But now they’ve gained four more channels from UKTV.

Some of the best loved shows from Dave, Drama, W and Yesterday will be put out on four themed channels.

UKTV Play Heroes, UKTV Play Laughs, UKTV Play Full Throttle and UKTV Play Uncovered.

UKTV Play Heroes features programmes on the frontline with medics and police, including the likes of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, Inside the Ambulance, 999: Rescue Squad, Special Ops: Crime Squad, Cop Car Workshop, Inside the Operating Theatre, Nurses Down Under and The Shift: Women on the Force.

Meanwhile, UKTV Play Laughs is home to comedy favourites such as Hypothetical, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Judge Romesh and Comedians Giving Lectures.

UKTV Play Full Throttle takes viewers to the skies, on the tracks and on the road, with everything plane, train and car related.

Expect shows like Bangers & Cash, Architecture the Railways Built, Warbird Workshop, Yianni: Supercar Customiser, Secrets of the Railways, Train Truckers, Impossible Railways, Secrets of the London Underground, and Modern Wheels or Classic Steals.

And UKTV Play Uncovered is for aimed at interested in history and engineering, with everything from Abandoned Engineering and Forbidden History, to World War 2 From Above and War Factories.

The channels are the latest in a huge line of so-called FAST channels – Free Ad-supported Streaming TV.

“FAST is a fantastic opportunity to reach new audiences with our rich content catalogue and showcase a wide array of genres across the four new channels,” said UKTV’s Jonathan Newman.

“Thanks to the hard work of a group of passionate experts from across UKTV, our new FAST channels will be a valuable complement to the existing channel network and will help supercharge the UKTV Play streaming service by further extending its reach.”

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