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Sky Documentaries orders 4 new titles

Sky has announced four new titles coming to Sky Documentaries in 2025: Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park; Who Killed Goldfinger?; The Girl Who Caught a Killer; andAmsterdam Narcos.  Coming to the channel in May is the new Sky Original docuseries Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park, unravelling the story behind the shocking […]

March 25, 2025

Sky acquires Damon Hill doc

Sky has announced the acquisition of the Damon Hill documentary film, titled Hill, which will be coming coming to Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW later this year. The 90-minute film – featuring exclusive, intimate interviews with Hill and his family – tells how he overcame the adversity of losing his legendary father Graham Hill […]

January 20, 2025

Dart Kings coming to Sky

Sky is stepping up to the oche with a new three-part docuseries Dart Kings (3×60’). The series marks the latest collaboration between Sky and Mindhouse Productions following the BAFTA win for Lockerbie earlier this year and the critically acclaimed Tell Them You Love Me. Dart Kings will takes viewers on a nostalgic trip down through […]

November 29, 2024

Prodcos revealed for Sky Development Partnership Fund

Sky Documentaries has selected four diverse owned/led production companies – DARE Pictures, Proper Content, Zandland, and 22Summers – to take part in the newly launched Sky Development Partnership Fund. The programme will see each indie receive tailored support from Sky Documentaries and they will collaborate closely with the commissioning team over six months to work […]

November 18, 2024

Sky orders Boyzone docu-series

For the first time in 30 years, memebers of the Irish boy band Boyzone – Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Michael Graham – will grant exclusive interview access for a three-part Sky documentary series. Revealing their personal experiences in a band that sold over 25 million records, the men will talk candidly about how they grappled […]

August 21, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Harris named Expectation Head of Development for Factual

Expectation has hired Sarah Harris as its new Head of Development for Factual and Factual Drama. Harris will be joining Expectation from Sandpaper Films where she worked as Head of Development and oversaw projects including the recently-announced feature documentary Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate & The Dark Side of the Internet for Sky Documentaries, as well as […]

June 24, 2024

Sky orders Daley Thompson doc

Sky Documentaries has announced Sky Original Daley (w/t), a new feature documentary on the life of Britain’s double Olympic decathlon champion, Daley Thompson. Coming to Sky Documentaries and NOW in July, Daley will be hitting screens just in time for the 2024 Olympics. With unprecedented access and never seen before archive footage, the film chronicles […]

April 4, 2024

Sky Documentaries launches diversity initiative

Sky has announced a new initiative aimed at supporting diverse-owned and diverse-led independent production companies in developing programmes for its factual channels. Sky explains its goal is “to widen the playing field, ensuring they hear from a diverse range of voices as they pursue best-in-class boxsets and premium feature documentaries”. It’s through that diversity that […]

March 22, 2024

Sky unveils slate of new unscripted commissions

Sky has announced an array of new unscripted original and exclusive commissions, coming soon to Sky Documentaries and Sky Arts. Coming to Sky Documentaries later this year, Klitschko: The Fight of his Life (w/t) directed by Kevin Macdonald offers viewers unprecedented access to former heavyweight boxing world champion Vitali Klitschko, along with his brother Wladimir (pictured), […]

February 22, 2024

Sky announces Tell Them You Love Me doc

Sky has announced that Tell Them You Love Me will launch on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW on February 3rd. The Sky Original feature documentary is co-produced with Topic streaming service, and will be distributed by Kino Lorber in North America. The film, which is produced by Louis Theroux’s production company, Mindhouse, and directed by […]

January 15, 2024