All Sky 1 articles – Page 18
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NewsSky 1 gets Trollied in drive for original UK comedy
Sky 1 has ordered a comedy set in a budget supermarket in the north-west, featuring bored checkout assistants, ineffectual managers and angry customers.
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NewsPineapple Dance Studios waltzes to Australia
Australian pay TV network Foxtel has waltzed off with Pineapple Dance Studios as part of a multi-show deal with distributor ITV Studios Global Entertainment.
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RatingsSky1's Runaway audience of 426,000
THURDAY: Sky1’s latest Martina Cole adaptation managed a strong start, but could not match previous hit The Take.
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NewsBring us your ideas first, Sky tells indies
Sky’s portfolio of channels is hunting an 8pm documentary series, a female-focused drama and more ideas with “true multiplatform potential”, execs have told suppliers.
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NewsMagnum and CPL vie for Sky 1 panel show
Sky 1 is piloting two news-based panel shows, hosted by Jack Dee and David Walliams, which will go head to head to win a commission.
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RatingsSpartacus returns with 480,000
MONDAY: An orgy of nudity and violence marked the return of Spartacus, which debuted in its new Sky1 slot with nearly half a million viewers.
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Behind The ScenesA Different Breed, Sky 1
Using the ‘performance doc’ style pioneered for Pineapple Dance Studios helped us blur the lines between ob doc and comedy, says Jonathan Stadlen.
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NewsNew Sinbad going Down Under
Sky1’s big budget remake of Sinbad has been sold into Australia by BBC Worldwide.
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RatingsGot to Dance final tops 1m
SUNDAY: The final of Sky1 competition Got To Dance drew more than a million viewers - its biggest audience of the second series.
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RatingsRoss Kemp returns with 450,000
MONDAY: Ross Kemp’s new investigation series for Sky1 launched with his best performance for the broadcaster since 2009.
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NewsMaverick to turn cameras on local feuds for Sky 1
Sky 1 has ordered a series from Maverick Television about solving neighbourhood disputes.
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NewsGervais and co to set up indie for new series
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington are setting up their own indie and have won a debut commission to produce the second series of An Idiot Abroad for Sky 1.
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NewsKarl Pilkington back on the road for Sky
Ricky Gervais sidekick Karl Pilkington, who fronted unconventional travelogue An Idiot Abroad for Sky, has revealed details of his next series.
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NewsGriffin to join Ambulance Service for Sky 1
Former Holby City star Angela Griffin is to front a peaktime Sky 1 documentary series on the West Midlands Ambulance Service.
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NewsSky revives voting on mobiles
Sky has brought mobile voting back to TV screens for the first time since 2007 with talent show Got To Dance.
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NewsSky to pump millions more into development
Sky is ramping up its commitment to original content by more than doubling the amount it spends on developing shows.
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NewsSky 1 extends League episodes
Sky 1’s hit sports quiz A League Of Their Own is to be extended to hour-long episodes for its third series.
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RatingsSky1 holds Louis Spence audience
WEDNESDAY: New Sky1 series Louie Spence’s Showbusiness managed to hold its audience on its second outing, with just a small dip in viewers.
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NewsIdiot Abroad goes further afield
Hit comedy travelogue An Idiot Abroad has been sold into a host of territories, including the US, Canada and Europe.
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NewsSky1 to air Victoria Wood's stage return
Victoria Wood is set to return to the stage for the first time in 10 years for a live comedy show, Angina Monologues, to be broadcast on Sky 1.