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British comedy used to be a very rare thing indeed on Sky, with Time Gentlemen Please and Baddiel's Syndrome two of the few attempts from the past. However, from 2011, comedy was very much back on the agenda at Sky, and a raft of new home-grown shows are now being broadcast and are also in the pipeline. Hits include Spy, Trollied and Stella. |
Sky1 Web Links
- BSkyB Homepage
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- BSkyB Commissioning Details (for Producers/Writers)
Contact Details For BSkyB
- By Phone: 08702 404040
- By Post: British Sky Broadcasting Group, Grant Way, Isleworth, TW7 5QD
Sky1 - New & Current Shows
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A League Of Their OwnSports panel show for Sky1. Hosted by James Corden, with regulars including Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp and John Bishop. |
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A Touch Of ClothSpoof crime drama created by Charlie Brooker. Stars John Hannah and Suranne Jones. Due to be broadcast in May. |
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Café, TheGentle sitcom set in and around a Weston-super-Mare cafe which acts as the social hub of the seaside town. |
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ChickensSitcom pilot written by and starring Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet, set in a sleepy English village during World War I. Six-part series ordered by Sky1 for 2013. |
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Kumars At No. 42B, TheThe Kumars are back, but the recession has hit and this time things are a little bit different. |
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Moone BoySemi-autobiographical sitcom written by Chris O'Dowd about a boy growing up in Ireland. Due for broadcast in May 2012. |
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Mount PleasantComedy drama about a woman in the affluent north, and her friends, family and relationships. 10 part second series starts in August. |
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ParentsNew Sky sitcom about a married couple with two teenage kids who are forced to move into their parents' home. Due to be broadcast in May. |
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SpySky sitcom about a man accidentally recruited as a trainee spy for MI5. Stars Darren Boyd and Robert Lindsay. Series 2 filming from June. |
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StarlingsSky1 comedy drama about a dysfunctional family living in Derbyshire. Written by Matt King and Steve Edge. |
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StellaComedy drama written by and starring Ruth Jones as Stella, a single mother struggling in the Welsh valleys. Series 2 expected in January 2013. |
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That Hidden Camera FamilyHidden camera prank show for Sky1 based around an 'ordinary family'. |
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TrolliedNew Sky1 sitcom set in a north-west budget supermarket. Stars Jane Horrocks and Mark Addy. Two 13-episode series ordered. Next series will be on in August. |
Other Older Shows Commissioned By Sky1
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Angina Monologues, TheVictoria Wood takes to the stage for a night of comedy in support of The British Heart Foundation. |
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Baddiel's SyndromeThe trials and tribulations of David (played by David Baddiel), a world-weary thirty-something trying to make sense of his complicated life. |
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It's Going To PenaltiesPanel show for Sky1 all about football. James Nesbitt hosts, with team captains David Ginola, Jodie Kidd and Shane Warne. |
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Little CrackersFestive season of autobiographical short films written by and starring some of Britain's top comedy stars, including Stephen Fry and Barbara Windsor. |
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Terry Pratchett's Going PostalOn Discworld, arch-swindler Moist Von Lipwig is made Postmaster of Ankh-Morpork's rundown Postal Service. Richard Coyle stars. |
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Terry Pratchett's HogfatherAdaptation of Terry Pratchett's Christmas-themed Discworld tale. There is an attempt to kill the Hogfather, so his duties are taken over by Death. |
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Terry Pratchett's The Colour Of MagicAn adptation of the first two Discworld novels, in which the cowardly wizard Rincewind travels with Twoflower, the Disc's first tourist. |
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Terry Pratchett's Unseen AcademicalsOn Discworld, the Unseen University of Wizardry sets up a football team in order to secure a large finical endowment. |
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Time Gentlemen PleasePatriotic landlord Guv runs a pub so successful it has no name, and is frequented only by a group of life's greatest losers. |
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Wall Of FameTopical entertainment panel show from Sky which utilises a large video wall. Hosted by David Walliams. |
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