The three-week issue between Virgin Media and UKTV has been resolved and channels such as Dave and Gold will be available again to around four million people.

This means subscribers to Virgin Media will now have renewed access to shows such as Dave's Taskmaster and Red Dwarf (thouh they may have already had them via Freeview) as well as upcoming comedies on Gold such as the sequel to Murder on the Blackpool Express starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson.

Virgin has issued the following statement: "All of your favourite UKTV channels are coming back to your Virgin TV service over the next few days.

So you can go back to enjoying programming from the likes of Dave, Gold, Alibi and Yesterday. These channels include UKTV originals such as Taskmaster, Judge Romesh, and Emma Willis: Delivering Babies, premiere US acquisitions like Quantico, Harrow and Carter, and the very best of the archive from BBC, ITV, C4 and more.

And that’s not all. HD programmes are coming your way too, with Dave HD and Gold HD added to the Virgin Media’s Mix bundle and above.

We’re also increasing our on-demand programming by more than five times, including more hours of catch-up and significantly more boxsets for Virgin Media’s Full House bundle customers.

On top of all of this, all the channels we added in place of the UKTV channels such as YourTV, True Entertainment and the Paramount Network, will be staying on, so you get even more included in your package now.

We understand that this must’ve been quite frustrating for you and we’re really sorry. But now UKTV isn’t only back, it’s now bigger and better than ever."