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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
Sky Documentaries has announced the commission of documentary feature, Flight 149 (w/t). The Sky Original film, produced by Drum Studios, will explore a dramatic moment in British political history when the passengers of BA Flight 149 were taken hostage. On 2nd August 1990, Iraq takes the world by surprise and invades Kuwait. Hours later, BA […]
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, executive produced by Daniel Radcliffe, and directed by Dan Hartley (Lad: A Yorkshire Story), will be available on demand on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW from November 18th. The film is a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who is selected […]
UK/US producer Lightbox, founded by Academy Award-winner Simon Chinn and Emmy Award-winner Jonathan Chinn, is in production on a premium three-part documentary series for Sky Documentaries telling the extraordinary story of a group of young women from across the globe who join forces to bring down a predatory Italian policeman. Based on the hit podcast, […]
Sky UK&I has announced the acquisition of Untold Stories: Hair On Set, a new documentary revealing the untold story of Afro hair on film sets, by British actress and filmmaker, Fola Evans-Akingbola (Ten Percent, The Night Agent). The acquisition comes as Sky UK&I announces a new commitment that all productions for Sky Original programming with […]
A new Sky Original documentary, Williams and Mansell: Red 5, will debut on Sky Documentaries and NOW on July 8th. The documentary features some of the biggest names in F1 as it follows Nigel Mansell and the Williams Racing team’s rise to fame told through the eyes of his team, family, and drivers such as […]
Sky News has announced Windrush and Us, a new documentary exploring the experiences of the third generation of Windrush descendants, hosted by Trevor Phillips. Marking the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in Britain in 1948, Windrush and Us will look back at the period of Caribbean migration, the adventurous spirit […]
Zai Bennett, Sky’s Managing Director of Content, has revealed that the broadcaster has commissioned a three-part series, 7/7: Britain’s Day of Terror (w/t) which will launch on Sky Documentaries and NOW in 2025 to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings. Bennett told members of the Royal Television Society in London that the […]