Original programmes Some of the programmes made for Galaxy included:
Jupiter Moon Jupiter Moon was Galaxy's sci-fi soap opera, shown three times a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6.30pm), with an omnibus at weekends. The entire series has been released on Region 1 DVD.
Up Yer News This was Galaxy's topical satire show, which aired a 15-minute episode each weeknight. It featured
Chris Morris,
Armando Iannucci,
Stewart Lee,
Richard Herring,
Patrick Marber,
Steve Coogan,
Rebecca Front,
Doon Mackichan,
David Schneider,
Jon Thomson,
Al Murray,
Julian Clary,
Stephen Fry,
David Baddiel,
Rob Newman,
Steve Punt,
Hugh Dennis,
Henry Normal,
Fred Harris,
Jo Brand,
Mark Heap, and
Alistair McGowan.
The Happening A weekly 90-minute music and comedy show presented by
Jools Holland. was a 30-minute comedy show, made by Noel Gay Television, which sees
Keith Allen as various characters such as Larry 'Ringside' Lewis.
31 West Galaxy's showbiz magazine show broadcast each weeknight, 6.00–6.30pm, presented by Simon Potter, Debbie Flint and Shyama Perera and soap expert Chris Stacey. The show got its name from the placing of BSB's Marcopolo Satellite at 31 degrees west. and featuring interviews with
Sylvester McCoy,
Carole Ann Ford,
Elisabeth Sladen,
Peter Purves,
Wendy Padbury,
Terrance Dicks,
Bob Baker &
Dave Martin,
Nicholas Courtney,
William Russell,
Jon Pertwee,
Frazer Hines,
Deborah Watling and many more.
BBC programmes The archive BBC programmes on Galaxy were: And of the Galaxy logo in particular:
The ident had a lovely warmth to it, with animated swirls of colours and stars. Galaxy archives Apart from
Jupiter Moon and many of Galaxy's imported programming, the vast majority of the original programming made for broadcast by Galaxy, such as
Up Yer News and
The Happening, is now missing. Most was made by various independent production companies, including
Noel Gay Television, with both the broadcaster and production company deleting their master copies – each thinking the other will have kept theirs.
Closure Following the merger of BSB and Sky, the decision was taken to hand over Galaxy's transponder to
Sky One, who took only a few programmes from Galaxy and incorporated them into its channels line up. Galaxy closed down for the last time before 4.00am on 2 December 1990 after an airing of an episode of the
Donald Pleasence House of Horror, ending with a clean playout of the main ident, which quickly zoomed out of vision, showing a black screen for a moment before fading to the station's test card. ==References==