Sky Productions
Sky Productions develops, commissions and produces original non-film programming for first release on Sky One and Sky Premier. Our aim is to maintain Sky One’s market-leading position and develop Sky Premier as the premium entertainment channel.
Sky Productions for Sky One reflects the youthful vitality of the channel. Several new, original series have already been screened, including ‘Naked in Westminster’ and ‘Miami Uncovered’, which built on the success of ‘Ibiza Uncovered’. Around one third of Sky One’s budget will be spent on original programming next year, a tenfold increase on three years ago.
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The Strangerers - Sky Productions for Sky One
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We are currently in production with a number of new original programmes for first showing on Sky One, including our first original comedy show, ‘The Strangerers’, from the co-creator of Red Dwarf. ‘Guiding Stars’ delivers classic prime time Sunday evening viewing and David Seaman, Lawrence Dallaglio and Caprice are among the celebrities attempting to guide unknown amateurs to success. ‘Summer ‘99 Uncovered’ takes viewers to see young Brits playing away on the island of Tenerife.
‘Battle Stripes’ follows the army’s toughest training course and ‘Gun Law’ looks at all aspects of firearms in this country and abroad. On a less serious note, ‘The Villa’ is where sociology meets suntan oil, providing the scientific solution to dating dilemmas in the 90s. It takes eight young singles, all total strangers, and whisks them away to a Mediterranean villa. Also set in the Mediterranean, ‘Prickly Heat’ gives Julian Clary and Denise Van Outen a spicy taste of life in Mallorca.
Sky Productions for Sky Premier Over on Sky Premier we will continue to present all the best films, including those made by Sky Pictures, but will also introduce the best in quality original drama and comedy. During the coming year, Sky Premier will commission 40 hours of original drama, as well as 30- 40 hours of comedy. This programming will be shown from September 2000.
Sky Productions for Sky Premier will include a wide range of original programming, designed to attract new audiences. These include Trevor Nunn’s filming of the Royal National Theatre’s hit production of the classic musical ‘Oklahoma!’; ‘The People’s Harry Enfield’; ‘The Tenth Kingdom’, an extraordinary fantasy drama in ten one-hour episodes; and ‘The Stretch’, starring Leslie Grantham and Anita Dobson, a London gangster thriller where family meets business with explosive results. This will go into production in October 1999.