Unwind with ITV
Title card
Also known as	Unwind with STV (on STV)
Genre	Ambient television Television filler
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	75 minutes
Production company	Rock Oyster Media
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) – present
Related
ITV Nightscreen Night Vision (on STV)

Unwind with ITV is an ITV ambient television programme. It broadcasts footage of various peaceful environments and computer graphics, over ambient music. Its introduction was, partially, a part of ITV's Britain Get Talking campaign, and is produced by Plymouth-based Rock Oyster Media in collaboration with mental health charity Campaign Against Living Miserably, with music coming from the libraries of the music conglomerate BMG.^[1] It started broadcasting on 2 October 2021.^[2] In November 2022, Unwind was discontinued on STV, with it being replaced by Night Vision, which features news, sport and weather from across Scotland. However in July 2023, Unwind returned to STV following the collapse of Ideal World and now shown alongside Night Vision.

Since November 2022, a round-the-clock feed of Unwind footage is available as part of the line-up of FAST channels offered within the 'Live TV' section of ITVX.^[3][4] The show is also available for late-night viewing on ITV channels 1-4 and ITVBe.

Origins

Unwind with ITV replaced an earlier programme called ITV Nightscreen, which was an hour-and-half filler programme of promotional information about upcoming ITV shows that ran over the late hours of ITV's night-time service. The programme was used to fill the station's overnight downtime, where a closedown would have once been used at the end of programmes. However under ITV's public service broadcasting requirements, the channel is required to operate a 24-hour-a-day service. ITV classified ITV Nightscreen as a regional programme. In 2017, the programme was said to account for more than a third of ITV's regional programming hours. Ofcom considered this an inappropriate means of fulfilling regional quotas and took action to remove the loophole.^[5]

Content

Each episode consists of either ambient aerial, landscape or natural scenery (done by either drone or static cameras) or geometric, morphing digital graphics. These visuals are accompanied by soft, ambient music.