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You had the film channels: 'Prem1ere', 'TEN: The Movie Channel' and 'MirrorVision'.
There was 'The Cable Jukebox' too.
A short lived horse racing info channel called 'Sporting Facts'.
'Yesterday in the Commons'

Until the late 1980s, Sky Channel was cable exclusive and was enctypted to prevent unauthorised viewing. But well before the 1989 Astra launch the channel had done clear.

HVC was actually played out at each headend. A tape was sent for each night of programming.