All Sky 1 articles – Page 19

  • Dream Lives For Sale
    News

    Sky 1 taps trend for buying businesses abroad

    2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

    Sky 1 has ordered a fact-ent series that will see property and business expert Johnnie Irwin offer tips to families looking to emigrate to far-flung locations including Costa Blanca and Tenerife.

  • Fat Families
    News

    Sky1 orders Fat Families special

    2010-11-23T11:31:00Z

    Sky1 has commissioned a studio-based special of hit factual entertainment show Fat Families.

  • Diversity
    News

    Sky orders Diversity 3D special

    2010-11-19T12:00:00Z

    Britain’s Got Talent dance troupe Diversity are to be the subject of a new 3D special for Sky, as the broadcaster continues to ramp up its 3D content.

  • Kate Middleton and Prince William
    News

    Broadcasters line-up William and Kate shows

    2010-11-16T13:37:00Z

    Broadcasters including the BBC and ITV have hastily rescheduled programming this evening to mark the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

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    News

    Controllers hit back over Seven Days marketing

    2010-11-15T12:34:00Z

    Channel controllers including Sky 1’s Stuart Murphy, ITV digital head Zai Bennett and Five’s Jeff Ford have used the Promax conference to hit back at Stephen Lambert’s criticism of the marketing of Channel 4’s Seven Days.

  • Jessie Pavelka
    News

    Sky 1 orders weight-loss series from Eyeworks

    2010-11-04T08:00:00Z

    Sky 1 has ordered a documentary series that will follow a group of super-obese people who are battling to lose weight before their size kills them.

  • Louie Spence
    News

    Louie Spence to give alternative Queen’s Speech

    2010-11-02T10:25:00Z

    Louie Spence is to deliver an alternative Queen’s Speech as part of a series of Pineapple Dance Studios Christmas specials on Sky1.

  • Meera Syal
    News

    Sky adds 3D magic to Christmas comedy short

    2010-10-28T09:32:00Z

    Sky is filming one of its Little Crackers comedy shorts in 3D as it bids to add a dose of “magical realism” to the show.

  • Thorne: Sleepyhead
    Behind The Scenes

    Thorne: Sleepyhead, Sky1

    2010-10-11T12:48:00Z

    After discovering that author Mark Billingham wanted him to play his character DI Thorne, David Morrissey set the wheels in motion.

  • Andy Hamilton
    News

    Indies pilot Old Harry’s Game for Sky

    2010-09-30T08:00:00Z

    Hat Trick and Waddell Media have teamed up to develop an animated version of long-running Radio 4 sitcom Old Harry’s Game for Sky 1.

  • An Idiot Abroad
    Behind The Scenes

    An Idiot Abroad, Sky1 HD

    2010-09-23T07:59:00Z

    Producer Richard Yee puzzled why Sky 1 HD would send a travel-hater to tour the globe. Then he realised that the ranting was the story.

  • An Idiot Abroad
    News

    An Idiot Abroad heads down under

    2010-09-16T11:17:00Z

    Mentorn International has secured Antipodean pre-sales of the Sky 1 HD travel series starring the long-suffering sidekick of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

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    News

    Abbott drama in pipeline for Sky

    2010-08-27T16:13:00Z

    EDINBURGH: Shameless writer Paul Abbott is developing a new family drama for Sky 1.

  • RSPCA
    News

    Middle Child wins Sky 1 deal for RSPCA ob-doc

    2010-08-19T08:00:00Z

    Fledgling indie Middle Child Productions has won its first major commission: a 20-part ob-doc for Sky 1 following frontline RSPCA officers at work.

  • Blake’s 7
    News

    Sky 1 cancels Blake’s 7 remake

    2010-08-04T12:32:00Z

    Sky 1’s plans to remake cult science fiction series Blake’s 7 and produce a spy show with Gillian Anderson have been cancelled.

  • Sinbad (1958)
    News

    Sinbad sets sail to Sky 1

    2010-08-03T11:05:00Z

    Sky 1 has unveiled a slate of new commissions and US acquisitions for its autumn schedule including a new take on the legend of Sinbad and a doc about Prince William’s first trip to Africa.

  • This Is Jinsy
    News

    Lumsden reveals first comedy slate for Sky 1

    2010-07-29T08:00:00Z

    Sky 1 is making a multi-million pound investment in comedy, with shows including Gavin And Stacey’s Ruth Jones starring as a working-class Welsh mum and a series that was originally piloted by BBC3.

  • Lucy Lumsden
    The Broadcast Interview

    Lucy Lumsden, comedy, Sky

    2010-07-29T07:59:00Z

    The satellite broadcaster’s head of comedy tells Alex Farber she is looking to commission the UK’s best writers and wants clever, edgy shows that appeal to a mainstream, family audience.

  • Must Be the Music
    Behind The Scenes

    Must Be the Music, Sky 1

    2010-07-29T07:59:00Z

    For Sky1’s Must Be The Music, executive producer Nicholas Steinberg set out to reinvent the genre - by focusing on musical ability above all else.

  • Wayne Rooney
    News

    Street Striker to return

    2010-07-08T07:25:00Z

    Ad-funded football talent contest Coke Zero Street Striker, presented by Wayne Rooney, has been recommissioned by Sky 1 HD for a third series to start filming in August.