Knowledge Network has loaded up on BBC product after earlier acquiring the BBC Kids channel from Shaw Media.

Now running the BBC-branded digital kids channel through a joint venture with BBC Worldwide, Knowledge Network has licensed around 100 hours of BBC dramas, documentaries, music and arts programming, and natural history fare.

The Canadian specialty channel’s catch includes the BBC dramas Silk and Monarch of the Glen (pictured) and documentaries like How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin and Civilization: Is the West History?.

The BBC product pipeline will help Knowledge Network run BBC Kids as a commercial-free channel countrywide.