The FIA World Rally Championship will be screened on Dave next year, after the UKTV network channel agreed a deal with the ISC to secu🤪re the UK broadcast rights🔯.

The agreement, which was brokered by Jane Rogerson, acting head of commissioning for UKTV, is for three-years and will see the championship, which was previously shown on freeview on ITV4, given a Sunday night slot.

The rally coverage will 🐎be embedded in a 'bespoke' weekly 60 minute show, ordered by channel head Steve North, and produ𒀰ced by sports entertainment specialist North One Television.

The presenter of the ear💞ly weekly s꧟how will be announced shortly.

"Rallying has a huge following in Britain and has found its natural home on Dave," saidඣ Rogerson. "We're looking forward to working with North One, who have made Formula 1 a smash hit, to bring the championships to as wide an audience as pos🔯sible."

"Dave has had an astonishing launch and bringing this sport to the channel will give our male skewing audience a compelling and entertaining line up of fa💧b c🦂ontent," added Matthew Littleford, controller of UKTV.

"It's brilliant to be working with North One and ISC to bring the s𝓀how to life."

ISC CEO, Simon Long meanwhile is also happy with the deal: "We are naturally delighted to have secured such a commitment in the UK," he stated. "Dave is very much a channel on the march and its plans to work with us to push WRC into the future were key to our decision to join forces. Dave's demographic and style is perfect for us."

Dave, which bills itself as 'the home of witty banter♛', and which also screens programmes such as Top Gear, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and QI, was launched back in October.

Coverage of the FIA World Rally Championship on Eurosport in the UK will not💯 be🐼 effected and will continue as normal.