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href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sky One" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky1" title="Sky1 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sky1" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sky One" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%B1" title="اسکای۱ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسکای۱" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sky One" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sky One" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One" title="Sky One – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Sky One" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky Group</a> (<a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sister channels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sky_UK#Television_channels" title="Sky UK">List of Sky UK channels</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">26 April 1982<br />(39&#160;years, 4&#160;months and 6&#160;days)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_(British_TV_channel)" title="Galaxy (British TV channel)">Galaxy</a> (on the <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">BSB</a> service)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">1 September 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a> (channel)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a> (programming)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Satellite Television (1982–1984)</li> <li>Sky Channel (1984–1989)</li> <li>Sky 1 (1996–1997, 2011–2017)</li> <li>Sky1 (2008–2011)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="ib-tv-channel-availability"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Availability <br />(at time of closure)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef; color: #202122;"><a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">Streaming media</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Go" title="Sky Go">Sky Go</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://go.sky.com/">Watch live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Now_(Sky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Now (Sky)">Now</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nowtv.com/">Watch live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Virgin TV Anywhere (UK)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anywhere.virginmedia.com/channels/live/sky1/">Watch live</a> (UK only)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Virgin TV Anywhere (Ireland)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.virginmediatv.ie/en/tv/channel-asset.html/753737255281/location/6651943228.html/">Watch live</a> (Ireland only)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sky One</b> was a British <a href="/wiki/Pay_television" title="Pay television">pay television</a> channel operated and owned by <a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky Group</a> (a division of <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as <a href="/wiki/Sky_Television_(1984%E2%80%931990)" title="Sky Television (1984–1990)">Satellite Television</a>, it was Europe's first <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite</a> and non-<a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">terrestrial</a> channel.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From 31 July 1989, it became Sky One and broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom and Ireland as <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">British Sky Broadcasting</a>'s flagship channel. It existed until 1 September 2021, when it closed down as part of a restructuring with its <a href="/wiki/Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">EPG</a> position taken by <a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a> and much of its content library moved to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Deadline_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sky One included some very popular <a href="/wiki/List_of_programmes_broadcast_by_Sky_One" title="List of programmes broadcast by Sky One">original programmes</a>—such as <i><a href="/wiki/An_Idiot_Abroad" title="An Idiot Abroad">An Idiot Abroad</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse" title="Brainiac: Science Abuse">Brainiac: Science Abuse</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Russell_Howard_Hour" title="The Russell Howard Hour">The Russell Howard Hour</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)" title="Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)">Battlestar Galactica</a></i>—and many imported from North America, including <i><a href="/wiki/24_(TV_series)" title="24 (TV series)">24</a></i> (seasons 3–9, and its spinoff <i><a href="/wiki/24:_Live_Another_Day" title="24: Live Another Day">Live Another Day</a></i>), <i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Star Trek: Voyager</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bones_(TV_series)" title="Bones (TV series)">Bones</a></i> (seasons 1–6, first half), <i><a href="/wiki/Caprica_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caprica (TV series)">Caprica</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)" title="Fringe (TV series)">Fringe</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Modern_Family" title="Modern Family">Modern Family</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" title="Glee (TV series)">Glee</a></i> (seasons 3–6), <i><a href="/wiki/House_(TV_series)" title="House (TV series)">House</a></i> (seasons 5–8), <i><a href="/wiki/Lie_to_Me" title="Lie to Me">Lie to Me</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_(2004_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost (2004 TV series)">Lost</a></i> (seasons 3–6), <i><a href="/wiki/Prison_Break" title="Prison Break">Prison Break</a></i> (seasons 3–4), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate" title="Stargate">Stargate</a></i> (<i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_SG-1" title="Stargate SG-1">SG-1</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_Atlantis" title="Stargate Atlantis">Atlantis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_Universe" title="Stargate Universe">Universe</a></i>), <i><a href="/wiki/Touch_(American_TV_series)" title="Touch (American TV series)">Touch</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/About_a_Boy_(TV_series)" title="About a Boy (TV series)">About a Boy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Middle_(TV_series)" title="The Middle (TV series)">The Middle</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)" title="Manifest (TV series)">Manifest</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/You,_Me_and_the_Apocalypse" title="You, Me and the Apocalypse">You, Me and the Apocalypse</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blacklist" title="The Blacklist">The Blacklist</a></i>. Other American imports included <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> military/action dramas, science-fiction and <a href="/wiki/Arrowverse" title="Arrowverse">Arrowverse</a> superhero shows and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Blacklist" title="The Blacklist">The Blacklist</a></i> (seasons 4–8). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sky_One" title="Timeline of Sky One">Timeline of Sky One</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sky_Television_(1984%E2%80%931990)" title="Sky Television (1984–1990)">Sky Television (1984–1990)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1982–1984:_Satellite_Television"><span id="1982.E2.80.931984:_Satellite_Television"></span>1982–1984: Satellite Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: 1982–1984: Satellite Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky One started on 26 April 1982 as <b>Satellite Television Limited</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and was Europe's first ever <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable</a> and satellite channel, originally broadcasting from the <a href="/wiki/Orbital_Test_Satellite" title="Orbital Test Satellite">Orbital Test Satellite</a> aimed at cable operators all over the continent. At first, the station struggled financially due to disappointing ratings in the countries in which it was officially available, which in turn led to insufficient <a href="/wiki/Advertising_revenue" title="Advertising revenue">advertising revenue</a> and increasing difficulty in covering the high transmission costs. Initially, the channel's own programming and continuity was played out from the Molinare studios at <a href="/wiki/Carnaby_Street" title="Carnaby Street">Fouberts Place</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End of London</a>. </p><p>On 27 June 1983, the shareholders of Satellite Television agreed a £5 million offer to give <a href="/wiki/News_UK" title="News UK">News International</a> 65% of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> With the successful launch of the Intelsat V satellite in October 1983<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> was able to extend the broadcast hours and the number of countries able to receive the signal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984–1989:_Sky_Channel"><span id="1984.E2.80.931989:_Sky_Channel"></span>1984–1989: Sky Channel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: 1984–1989: Sky Channel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Directie_Sky_Channel,_Patrick_Cox,_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine,_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg/220px-Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg/330px-Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg/440px-Directie_Sky_Channel%2C_Patrick_Cox%2C_Gary_Dabey_en_Makome_Salbantine%2C_Bestanddeelnr_933-0167.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3664" data-file-height="2442" /></a><figcaption>Sky Channel management 1984: Patrick Cox, Gary Davey and Malcolm Tallantire</figcaption></figure> <p>On 16 January 1984, Satellite Television Limited was renamed <b>Sky Channel</b> and finally became available in the UK to <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Cable" title="Swindon Cable">Swindon Cable</a>'s 10,000 subscribers. It began incorporating a large number of American imports in its schedules and also increased the quantity of home-grown productions, including a number of new music shows with <a href="/wiki/Gary_Davies" title="Gary Davies">Gary Davies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blackburn" title="Tony Blackburn">Tony Blackburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linda_de_Mol" title="Linda de Mol">Linda de Mol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Sharp" title="Pat Sharp">Pat Sharp</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Jensen" title="David Jensen">David "Kid" Jensen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anthea_Turner" title="Anthea Turner">Anthea Turner</a> presenting programmes such as <i>Euro Top 40</i>, and <i>UK Top 50 Chart</i>. New children's programmes like <i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Factory_(TV_series)" title="Fun Factory (TV series)">Fun Factory</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_DJ_Kat_Show" title="The DJ Kat Show">The DJ Kat Show</a></i>, many of which came not only from Sky's own studios in London (Sky having already abandoned the Molinare facilities by then), but also included programmes produced in the Netherlands by <a href="/wiki/John_de_Mol" class="mw-redirect" title="John de Mol">John de Mol</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Endemol" title="Endemol">production company</a>. </p><p>On 8 June 1988, Murdoch announced his plans to expand Sky's four channels, thus creating the <b>Sky Television Network</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On 5 February 1989, the service (Sky Channel, <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Movies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eurosport" title="Eurosport">Eurosport</a>) was launched as prime-time broadcasts to European cable operators ended and were replaced by Eurosport, a joint venture between Sky and the <a href="/wiki/European_Broadcasting_Union" title="European Broadcasting Union">European Broadcasting Union</a> aimed at a <a href="/wiki/Pan-European_identity" title="Pan-European identity">pan-European</a> audience (like Sky Channel had been up to that point for a time afterwards, some of Sky's previous pan-European programming continued to be broadcast before Eurosport's start-up, under the branding of <i>Sky Europe</i>). </p><p>A new raft of shows were created for the channel, including the daily talent show <i>Sky Star Search</i>; game shows (<i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i>, based on the 1980s American version, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right_(British_game_show)" title="The Price Is Right (British game show)">The Price Is Right</a></i>); weekly documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/Frank_Bough" title="Frank Bough">Frank Bough's World</a></i>; daily late night talk show <i>Jameson Tonight</i>; agony aunt advice show <i>A Problem Shared</i>; and <i>Sky by Day</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sky TV's variation on ITV's more popular <i><a href="/wiki/This_Morning_(TV_programme)" title="This Morning (TV programme)">This Morning</a></i>, hosted by former <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a> DJ Tony Blackburn (who by then had moved to commercial radio) and former <i><a href="/wiki/Magpie_(TV_series)" title="Magpie (TV series)">Magpie</a></i> presenter <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Hanley" title="Jenny Hanley">Jenny Hanley</a>, as the show aired a mix of entertainment, gossip and fashion. </p><p>The "New Sky Channel", as it was dubbed in on-air promotion prior to its 5 February 1989 launch, continued to broadcast its signature children's programmes (<i><a href="/wiki/The_DJ_Kat_Show" title="The DJ Kat Show">The DJ Kat Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Factory_(TV_series)" title="Fun Factory (TV series)">Fun Factory</a></i>), and also expanded its daytime programming with six back-to-back soaps (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Sullivans" title="The Sullivans">The Sullivans</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/As_the_World_Turns" title="As the World Turns">As the World Turns</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Loving_(TV_series)" title="Loving (TV series)">Loving</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Doctors" title="The Young Doctors">The Young Doctors</a></i>) while reducing music programming to only one or two hours per day.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Classic sitcoms (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Lucy_Show" title="The Lucy Show">The Lucy Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Affair" title="Family Affair">Family Affair</a></i>) and more recent comedies (<i><a href="/wiki/Three%27s_Company" title="Three&#39;s Company">Three's Company</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Ties" title="Family Ties">Family Ties</a></i>) as well as put on the schedule along with dramas (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco" title="The Streets of San Francisco">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Trapper_John,_M.D." title="Trapper John, M.D.">Trapper John, M.D.</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Emergency!" title="Emergency!">Emergency!</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Boat" title="The Love Boat">The Love Boat</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Island" title="Fantasy Island">Fantasy Island</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Voyagers!" title="Voyagers!">Voyagers!</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Eight_Is_Enough" title="Eight Is Enough">Eight Is Enough</a></i>) were included. Sky Channel also aired classic movies, made-for-TV movies and miniseries (beginning with <i><a href="/wiki/Spearfield%27s_Daughter" title="Spearfield&#39;s Daughter">Spearfield's Daughter</a></i> on its first night). <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>'s recent variety show <i><a href="/wiki/Dolly_(1987_TV_series)" title="Dolly (1987 TV series)">Dolly</a></i>, popular Australian science and technology show <i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_Tomorrow_(TV_series)" title="Beyond Tomorrow (TV series)">Beyond 2000</a></i>, the <i>Nescafé UK Top 50</i> chart show, Sunday morning religious programme <i><a href="/wiki/Hour_of_Power" title="Hour of Power">Hour of Power</a></i>, hour-long weekend edition of celebrity news magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight" title="Entertainment Tonight">Entertainment Tonight</a></i> and telecasts of <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a> rounded out Sky Channel's weekend schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Special event programming included late night live telecasts of boxing matches and various music concerts (such as <a href="/wiki/Bon_Jovi" title="Bon Jovi">Bon Jovi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bros_(British_band)" title="Bros (British band)">Bros</a> in August 1989). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1989–2021:_Sky_One"><span id="1989.E2.80.932021:_Sky_One"></span>1989–2021: Sky One</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: 1989–2021: Sky One"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 31 July 1989, the channel was renamed <b>Sky One</b> and closed in most European countries, broadcasting only to the British Isles. During September of that year, Sky One began to air more recent programming as an early success being <i><a href="/wiki/Moonlighting_(TV_series)" title="Moonlighting (TV series)">Moonlighting</a></i> (which the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> had previously screened but not repeated), <i><a href="/wiki/ALF_(TV_series)" title="ALF (TV series)">ALF</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Wiseguy_(TV_series)" title="Wiseguy (TV series)">Wiseguy</a></i>, also aired the British television premiere of a new drama series <i><a href="/wiki/21_Jump_Street" title="21 Jump Street">21 Jump Street</a></i>. Back-to-back soaps (<i><a href="/wiki/Rich_Man,_Poor_Man_(miniseries)" title="Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries)">Rich Man, Poor Man</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Falcon_Crest" title="Falcon Crest">Falcon Crest</a></i>) as well as action shows (<i><a href="/wiki/Riptide_(American_TV_series)" title="Riptide (American TV series)">Riptide</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Hunter_(1984_American_TV_series)" title="Hunter (1984 American TV series)">Hunter</a></i>) were also added to its prime time schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A number of Australian dramas (<i><a href="/wiki/Against_the_Wind_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Against the Wind (TV series)">Against the Wind</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Boney_(TV_series)" title="Boney (TV series)">Boney</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Town_Like_Alice_(miniseries)" title="A Town Like Alice (miniseries)">A Town Like Alice</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Barrier_Reef_(TV_series)" title="Barrier Reef (TV series)">Barrier Reef</a></i>), as well as the soap operas (<i><a href="/wiki/Return_to_Eden" title="Return to Eden">Return to Eden</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chances_(TV_series)" title="Chances (TV series)">Chances</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/E_Street_(TV_series)" title="E Street (TV series)">E Street</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Beach" title="Paradise Beach">Paradise Beach</a></i>) were aired. Some Australian children's programmes, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Skippy_the_Bush_Kangaroo" title="Skippy the Bush Kangaroo">Skippy the Bush Kangaroo</a></i> and <i>Zoo Family</i> also aired on Sky One. In 1990 and early 1991 (prior to the launch of <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a>), Sky One broadcast numerous live cricket telecasts during which it pre-empted its regularly scheduled programming. </p><p>Following the merger with <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">British Satellite Broadcasting</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Galaxy_(British_TV_channel)" title="Galaxy (British TV channel)">Galaxy</a> on 2 November 1990, Sky One also picked up new sitcoms (<i><a href="/wiki/Parker_Lewis_Can%27t_Lose" title="Parker Lewis Can&#39;t Lose">Parker Lewis Can't Lose</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Growing_Pains_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Growing Pains (TV series)">Growing Pains</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Brown" title="Murphy Brown">Murphy Brown</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Living_Color" title="In Living Color">In Living Color</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wings_(1990_TV_series)" title="Wings (1990 TV series)">Wings</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Women" title="Designing Women">Designing Women</a></i>), dramas (<i><a href="/wiki/China_Beach" title="China Beach">China Beach</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hill_Street_Blues" title="Hill Street Blues">Hill Street Blues</a></i> and the soap operas, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_and_the_Beautiful" title="The Bold and the Beautiful">The Bold and the Beautiful</a></i>), reruns of classic sitcoms (<i><a href="/wiki/Bewitched" title="Bewitched">Bewitched</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(1964_TV_series)" title="The Addams Family (1964 TV series)">The Addams Family</a></i>), a new animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(1987_TV_series)" title="Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)">Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles</a></i> was added to children's programmes, and daily dating game show <i>Love at First Sight</i> was presented by Helen Brumby and <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Brookes" title="Bruno Brookes">Bruno Brookes</a>. Following the daily repeats of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_in_Space" title="Lost in Space">Lost in Space</a></i>, Sky One picked up a number of science-fiction shows which became a crucial part of its evening line-up such as the UK premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Alien_Nation_(TV_series)" title="Alien Nation (TV series)">Alien Nation</a></i>, also added reruns of <i><a href="/wiki/V_(franchise)" title="V (franchise)">V</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/V_(1983_miniseries)" title="V (1983 miniseries)">1983 miniseries</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/V_The_Final_Battle" title="V The Final Battle">The Final Battle</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/V_(1984_TV_series)" title="V (1984 TV series)">television series</a>) and <i><a href="/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)" title="Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)">Battlestar Galactica</a></i> in 1991. After the 1992 airing of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Flash_(1990_TV_series)" title="The Flash (1990 TV series)">The Flash</a></i>, Sky One also picked up <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i> which had previously aired on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a> began a long twice per day run of the franchise in a late afternoon and a late evening timeslot on Mondays to Fridays. </p><p>A staple of Sky One prime time schedule in its early years were glossy American miniseries such as <i><a href="/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)" title="Roots (1977 miniseries)">Roots</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgun_(1980_miniseries)" title="Shōgun (1980 miniseries)">Shōgun</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Masada_(miniseries)" title="Masada (miniseries)">Masada</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thorn_Birds_(miniseries)" title="The Thorn Birds (miniseries)">The Thorn Birds</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/North_and_South_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="North and South (TV miniseries)">North and South</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lonesome_Dove_(miniseries)" title="Lonesome Dove (miniseries)">Lonesome Dove</a></i>, which aired mostly in two-hour installments each week Sundays to Tuesdays. As the format was beginning to fade in the United States, the miniseries were reduced to two nights in late 1992 and then rescheduled to Tuesdays and Wednesdays in early 1994 under its new title called <i>Midweek Drama</i>, before being dropped altogether shortly after that and reappearing only as special event programming. In 1993, Sky One finally replaced its long-running Sunday night drama <i><a href="/wiki/21_Jump_Street" title="21 Jump Street">21 Jump Street</a></i> with exclusive premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_Indiana_Jones_Chronicles" title="The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles">The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles</a></i> and later <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i>. The Sunday night timeslot was ultimately given to new episodes of the hit teen soap <i><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_90210" title="Beverly Hills, 90210">Beverly Hills, 90210</a></i> which was later paired off with its spin-off <i><a href="/wiki/Melrose_Place" title="Melrose Place">Melrose Place</a></i>. After many years in the clear on 1 September of that year, Sky One was encrypted as part of the new <a href="/wiki/Sky_Multichannels" title="Sky Multichannels">Sky Multichannels</a> subscription package, and could no longer be viewed outside Britain and Ireland without exporting a box, or receiving it over cable (although it had already been encrypted for a while since its original launch and first went in the clear in around 1987). </p><p>The start of 1995 saw Sky One begin 24-hour broadcasting and initially the overnight hours were filled by music videos. However by the end of the decade, overnight programming consisted of the same range of programmes broadcast at all other times of the day. </p><p>On 1 October 1998, Sky One's <a href="/wiki/Digital_television" title="Digital television">digital</a> feed launched with Sky Digital. Sky One was one of the four last remaining channels on the analogue platform when it was switched off at midnight on 27 September 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2000, a dedicated feed of Sky One for Ireland was launched for most of this Irish feed's existence, the only difference between it and the United Kingdom feed has been differing commercials and programme promotions. In June 2003, the channel started broadcasting in <a href="/wiki/16:9_aspect_ratio" title="16:9 aspect ratio">16:9</a> <a href="/wiki/Widescreen" title="Widescreen">widescreen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, all television commercials were broadcast in <a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">4:3</a> until 21 November 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> because they were played off the same servers for all Sky channels, many of which were not broadcast in widescreen. </p><p>On 25 August 2012, <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Murphy" title="Stuart Murphy">Stuart Murphy</a>, director of Sky entertainment channels, announced that a one-hour <a href="/wiki/Timeshift_channel" title="Timeshift channel">timeshift</a> of Sky One and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a> will due to start in the autumn, with the former launching on 12 November of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For New Year's Day 2014 (1 January), Sky One was temporarily renamed <b>Sky Onesie</b> aiming "to encourage viewers to snuggle up in front of the television wearing <a href="/wiki/Onesie_(jumpsuit)" title="Onesie (jumpsuit)">onesies</a>, in a bid to recover from <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" title="New Year&#39;s Eve">the previous night's celebrations</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2017, Sky One began broadcasting some sports coverage. This included a partial simulcast of <i><a href="/wiki/Soccer_Saturday" title="Soccer Saturday">Soccer Saturday</a></i>, highlights of, and occasional live coverage of, <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> motor racing and the occasional live football match. The summer of 2019 saw Sky One show highlights of the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2019 Cricket World Cup">2019 Cricket World Cup</a> and live coverage of England's matches in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Netball_World_Cup" title="2019 Netball World Cup">2019 Netball World Cup</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004_programme_relaunch">2004 programme relaunch</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 2004 programme relaunch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky One's programme lineup was relaunched at the start of 2004, with Sky television head <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Airey" title="Dawn Airey">Dawn Airey</a> stating the channel had become too associated with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, science fiction shows such as <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise" title="Star Trek: Enterprise">Star Trek: Enterprise</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(TV_series)" title="Andromeda (TV series)">Andromeda</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_SG-1" title="Stargate SG-1">Stargate SG-1</a></i> (the latter of which continues to be shown extensively on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Mix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sci-Fi" title="Sky Sci-Fi">Sky Sci-Fi</a> to this day) and raunchy factual entertainment shows such as <i>the LWT-produced</i> <i><a href="/wiki/Uncovered_(TV_series)" title="Uncovered (TV series)">Ibiza Uncovered</a></i>. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The channel was also struggling to acquire new American series, as FTA broadcasters had become familiar with Sky's tricks to buy the majority of US programming, with <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> picking up the likes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sopranos" title="The Sopranos">The Sopranos</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Without_a_Trace" title="Without a Trace">Without a Trace</a></i> on an exclusive basis (although both programmes have since aired on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic" title="Sky Atlantic">Sky Atlantic</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Five</a> picking up the likes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shield" title="The Shield">The Shield</a></i> and the <a href="/wiki/CSI_(franchise)" title="CSI (franchise)"><i>CSI</i></a> franchise, which was at the peak of its popularity during this period. </p><p>Other competitors in the pay TV field also latched on to this, with <a href="/wiki/LivingTV" class="mw-redirect" title="LivingTV">LivingTV</a> nabbing the likes of <i><a href="/wiki/Will_%26_Grace" title="Will &amp; Grace">Will &amp; Grace</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ally_McBeal" title="Ally McBeal">Ally McBeal</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arcadia" title="Joan of Arcadia">Joan of Arcadia</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Charmed" title="Charmed">Charmed</a></i>, and later the likes of <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Legal" title="Boston Legal">Boston Legal</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Grey%27s_Anatomy" title="Grey&#39;s Anatomy">Grey's Anatomy</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Universal_TV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel)">Hallmark Channel</a>, which acquired <i><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit">Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit</a></i> (whilst Sky One held the rights to the original <i>Law &amp; Order</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Newly appointed controller of Sky One, Sara Ramsden, struck a deal with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._International_Television_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. International Television Distribution">Warner Bros. International Television Distribution</a> to acquire five new US dramas: mainly the medical drama <i><a href="/wiki/Nip/Tuck" title="Nip/Tuck">Nip/Tuck</a></i> (which Sky acquired the first-run pay TV rights to after Channel 4 had already bought the FTA rights) and the CBS police procedural drama <i><a href="/wiki/Cold_Case" title="Cold Case">Cold Case</a></i>. The channel also poached the popular espionage drama 24 after finding success on BBC Two for its first two seasons. Other new shows acquired by Sky One for 2004 included <i><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_(TV_series)" title="Las Vegas (TV series)">Las Vegas</a></i> and as part of the WB deal, <i>Tarzan and Jane</i>, the unproduced <i><a href="/wiki/Fearless_(TV_pilot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fearless (TV pilot)">Fearless</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Skin_(American_TV_series)" title="Skin (American TV series)">Skin</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sky_Two_and_Sky_Three">Sky Two and Sky Three</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Sky Two and Sky Three"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The success of the channel led to the launch of a sister service <a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky 2</a> on 1 September 1996, broadcasts more first-run programmes between 7:00&#160;pm and 6:00&#160;am only. The spin-off channel was not a success as it was closed on 31 August 1997, which was replaced by <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="National Geographic (British and Irish TV channel)">the UK's version of National Geographic</a> from the following day, and Sky One reverts back to its original name. </p><p>On 9 December 2002, the channel was relaunched as Sky One Mix. On 21 September 2004, the channel was renamed Sky Mix. On 31 October 2005, Sky Mix was renamed Sky Two with the launch of a second sister channel <a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Three</a>. </p><p>Sky Two was renamed <b>Sky Replay</b> on 27 August 2020, and Sky Three was renamed <b>Pick</b> on 28 February 2011. On 3 October 2023, it was announced that Pick will rebrand as Sky Mix on 18 October of that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="High-definition">High-definition</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: High-definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To coincide with the launch of <a href="/wiki/Sky%2B_HD" title="Sky+ HD">Sky HD</a>, Sky One HD began broadcasting on 22 May 2006. The channel is a <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a> of Sky One and screens <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition</a> versions of some of the channel's programming, which include <i><a href="/wiki/Lost_(2004_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost (2004 TV series)">Lost</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bones_(TV_series)" title="Bones (TV series)">Bones</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/24_(TV_series)" title="24 (TV series)">24</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">WWE SmackDown</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)" title="Fringe (TV series)">Fringe</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Prison_Break" title="Prison Break">Prison Break</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/House_(TV_series)" title="House (TV series)">House</a></i>, and most recently new episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons#Animation" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. Programmes that are not available in HD are "upscaled" (although Sky One showed its widescreen version of the television show <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle" title="Malcolm in the Middle">Malcolm in the Middle</a></i>, unlike most American broadcasts, since the film was originally filmed on <a href="/wiki/Panavision" title="Panavision">Panavision</a> widescreen film but cropped to full-screen by most broadcasters. This airing of the show preserves the film's appearance without stretching or upscaling, although some scenes were compromised for widescreen and had to be upscaled). </p><p>Sky stated that they intended to increase the amount of HD content they show, and hoped that by the end of 2008, two-thirds of all <a href="/wiki/Prime_time#United_Kingdom" title="Prime time">prime time</a> shows, and 90% of their own original commissions, would be in HD.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A new logo was introduced along with the rebrand on 31 August 2008. </p><p>On 1 October 2010, Sky1 HD launched on <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a> channel 122, with <a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky2</a> moving to channel 123 and <a href="/wiki/Pick_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick (TV channel)">Sky3</a> moving to channel 180 on 22 September 2010, to make way for the new service.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Virgin_Media_dispute">Virgin Media dispute</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Virgin Media dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK#Virgin_Media_dispute" title="Sky UK">Sky UK §&#160;Virgin Media dispute</a></div> <p>On 1 March 2007 at midnight, Sky's basic channels – which included Sky One, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky Two</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Mix" title="Sky Mix">Sky Three</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_News" title="Sky Sports News">Sky Sports News</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Travel" title="Sky Travel">Sky Travel</a> and Sky Travel Extra – were removed from the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a> cable television services after a dispute from <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">BSkyB</a>. This was due to the expiry of their previous <a href="/wiki/Carriage_dispute" title="Carriage dispute">carriage agreement</a> and the companies' inability to reach a new deal.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Virgin issued legal proceedings against Sky over the dispute in April 2007. </p><p>At the beginning of March 2008, the two companies were reported to have resumed discussions over the dispute. Virgin chief executive Neil Berkett was reported as saying they had "continued interest in securing Sky basics back on our platform". The resumed talks had followed shortly after both Virgin and BSkyB had launched appeals against a recent <a href="/wiki/Competition_Appeal_Tribunal" title="Competition Appeal Tribunal">Competition Appeal Tribunal</a> ruling on BSkyB's 17.9% stake in <a href="/wiki/ITV_plc" title="ITV plc">ITV plc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 November 2008, a carriage deal between BSkyB and Virgin Media was reached and BSkyB's channels were available on Virgin's cable service from 13 November of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-techradar.com_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techradar.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Sky basic channels were spread across each tier of Virgin's cable television service: Sky Three and Sky News were made available in the lowest M tier; Sky Sports News joined the M+ tier; Sky One and Sky Two were made available in the L tier; and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts 1</a>, Sky Arts 2, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Real_Lives" title="Sky Real Lives">Sky Real Lives</a> and Sky Real Lives 2 joined the XL tier.<sup id="cite_ref-techradar.com_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-techradar.com-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Closure">Closure</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was announced on 27 July 2021 that Sky One would be retired and that a new channel, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a> would replace its EPG slot on Sky. Another channel, <a href="/wiki/Sky_Max" title="Sky Max">Sky Max</a> would launch on the same day. Most of Sky's original content and the drama output would move there, while most of the comedy output would move to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Comedy" title="Sky Comedy">Sky Comedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Deadline_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deadline-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Prodigal_Son_(TV_series)" title="Prodigal Son (TV series)">Prodigal Son</a></i> was the channel's last programme. </p><p>At the time of closure, it was available via digital satellite on <a href="/wiki/Sky_UK" title="Sky UK">Sky</a>, digital cable on <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media" title="Virgin Media">Virgin Media</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_Protocol_television" title="Internet Protocol television">IPTV</a> on <a href="/wiki/TalkTalk_TV" title="TalkTalk TV">TalkTalk TV</a> and online via <a href="/wiki/Sky_Go" title="Sky Go">Sky Go</a> and <a href="/wiki/Now_(Sky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Now (Sky)">Now</a>. In the Republic of Ireland, the channel was available via <a href="/wiki/Sky_Ireland" title="Sky Ireland">Sky Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Media_Ireland" title="Virgin Media Ireland">Virgin Media Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eir_(telecommunications)" title="Eir (telecommunications)">Eir Vision</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continuity_announcers">Continuity announcers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Continuity announcers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Sport#Bruce_Hammal" title="Trans World Sport">Bruce Hammal</a> was the station's continuity announcer from 1984 to 1997. <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio" title="Absolute Radio">Absolute Radio</a> <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">DJ</a> <a href="/wiki/Claire_Sturgess" title="Claire Sturgess">Claire Sturgess</a> has been a "voice" of Sky One since 1998, and was the sole announcer from 2001 until 2005. As one of Sky One's four announcers, her voice-overs are pre-recorded once a week and played out by an automated system. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Live continuity announcements air each evening. In 2009, they were voiced by announcers Dave Kelly, Faye Bamford and Philippa Collins. In 2010, three new continuity announcers were hired, Katie Morton, Katie Hudson and Paul Daniels, replacing all the previous announcers. In 2011, two new part-time announcers were hired.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> During the day, pre-recorded announcements air, promoting shows from all the different Sky channels.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_logos">Former logos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Former logos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="(1989–1993)"><img alt="(1989–1993)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg/98px-Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg/146px-Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg/195px-Sky_One_logo_1993_-_1995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(1989–1993)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="(1995–1996)"><img alt="(1995–1996)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg/109px-Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg/164px-Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg/219px-Sky_One_logo_1995_-_1996.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(1995–1996)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="(1996–1997)"><img alt="(1996–1997)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg/87px-Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg/131px-Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg/175px-Sky_One_logo_1996_-_1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="484" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(1996–1997)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_logo_1998_-_2002.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="(1998–2002)"><img alt="(1998–2002)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Sky_One_logo_1998_-_2002.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="101" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="101" data-file-height="85" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(1998–2002)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_logo_2002_-_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="(2002–2004)"><img alt="(2002–2004)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Sky_One_logo_2002_-_2004.jpg/120px-Sky_One_logo_2002_-_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Sky_One_logo_2002_-_2004.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="135" data-file-height="45" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(2002–2004)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky1_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(2008–2011)"><img alt="(2008–2011)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Sky1_logo.svg/120px-Sky1_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Sky1_logo.svg/180px-Sky1_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Sky1_logo.svg/240px-Sky1_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="411" data-file-height="243" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(2008–2011)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_1_2015_logo.png" class="mw-file-description" title="(2015–2017)"><img alt="(2015–2017)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Sky_1_2015_logo.png/120px-Sky_1_2015_logo.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Sky_1_2015_logo.png/180px-Sky_1_2015_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Sky_1_2015_logo.png/240px-Sky_1_2015_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(2015–2017)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_2017.png" class="mw-file-description" title="(2017–2020)"><img alt="(2017–2020)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Sky_One_2017.png/120px-Sky_One_2017.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Sky_One_2017.png/180px-Sky_One_2017.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Sky_One_2017.png/240px-Sky_One_2017.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="83" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(2017–2020)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_programmes_broadcast_by_Sky_One" title="List of programmes broadcast by Sky One">List of programmes broadcast by Sky One</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_and_1990s">1980s and 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: 1980s and 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky commissioned many homegrown programmes since it first started broadcasting back in 1984, but it was not until 1989 when content went beyond music and children's shows. </p><p>During the early years in commissioned some new game shows including: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(6 February 1989)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right_(British_game_show)" title="The Price Is Right (British game show)">The Price Is Right</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(4 September 1989)</span></li> <li><i>Love at First Sight</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(3 September 1990)</span></li> <li><i>Wife of the Week</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(11 December 1990)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anything_for_Money" title="Anything for Money">Anything for Money</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(6 February 1991)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Games_World" title="Games World">Games World</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1 March 1993)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blockbusters_(British_game_show)" title="Blockbusters (British game show)">Blockbusters</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(18 April 1994)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spellbound_(game_show)" title="Spellbound (game show)">Spellbound</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(3 October 1994)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!_(British_game_show)" title="Jeopardy! (British game show)">Jeopardy!</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(4 December 1995)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Through_the_Keyhole" title="Through the Keyhole">Through the Keyhole</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(22 February 1996)</span></li> <li><i>Beat the Crusher</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(21 September 1998)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prickly_Heat_(game_show)" title="Prickly Heat (game show)">Prickly Heat</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(11 October 1998)</span></li> <li><i>Dating Hell</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(13 March 1999)</span></li></ul> </div> <p>The channel commissioned a number of home grown programmes (for example, dramas such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(TV_series)" title="The Wanderer (TV series)">The Wanderer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Springhill_(TV_series)" title="Springhill (TV series)">Springhill</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Team_(TV_series)" title="Dream Team (TV series)">Dream Team</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Island_One" title="Space Island One">Space Island One</a></i>) while expanding its small number of Australian television series, notably include: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chances_(TV_series)" title="Chances (TV series)">Chances</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(4 March 1992)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/E_Street_(TV_series)" title="E Street (TV series)">E Street</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(5 April 1992)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paradise_Beach" title="Paradise Beach">Paradise Beach</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(6 September 1993)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s_and_2010s">2000s and 2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: 2000s and 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky One focused in science-fiction and other series in the 2000s which did not have a lot of successes, including: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Strangerers" title="The Strangerers">The Strangerers</a></i>, a science-fiction sitcom show about two aliens on Earth, that was dropped after one series and never repeated</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Murray" title="Al Murray">Al Murray</a>'s sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Gentlemen_Please" title="Time Gentlemen Please">Time Gentlemen Please</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baddiel%27s_Syndrome" title="Baddiel&#39;s Syndrome">Baddiel's Syndrome</a></i>, a sitcom starring <a href="/wiki/David_Baddiel" title="David Baddiel">David Baddiel</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hex_(TV_series)" title="Hex (TV series)">Hex</a></i>, another science-fiction show which was cancelled in April 2006</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mile_High" title="Mile High">Mile High</a></i>, which only lasted from 2003 to 2005</li> <li>Sky also co-produced <i><a href="/wiki/The_4400" title="The 4400">The 4400</a></i> and co-financed the first series of <i><a href="/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)" title="Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)">Battlestar Galactica</a></i> in 2004</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Team_(TV_series)" title="Dream Team (TV series)">Dream Team</a></i>, about a fictional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> team</li></ul> <p>Sky One also screened <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> shows such as: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i>Cruise with Stelios</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Wars_(TV_series)" title="Road Wars (TV series)">Road Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shock_Treatment_(TV_series)" title="Shock Treatment (TV series)">Shock Treatment</a></i></li> <li><i>World's Deadliest Gangs</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pineapple_Dance_Studios_(TV_series)" title="Pineapple Dance Studios (TV series)">Pineapple Dance Studios</a></i></li> <li><i>World of Pain</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Raja" title="Road Raja">Road Raja</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uncovered_(TV_series)" title="Uncovered (TV series)">Uncovered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cirque_de_Celebrit%C3%A9" title="Cirque de Celebrité">Cirque de Celebrité</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray:_The_School_Musical" title="Hairspray: The School Musical">Hairspray: The School Musical</a></i></li></ul> </div> <p>The channel received relative success with scientific shows such as: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse" title="Brainiac: Science Abuse">Brainiac: Science Abuse</a></i> and spin-offs <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brainiac:_History_Abuse" title="Brainiac: History Abuse">Brainiac: History Abuse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brainiac%27s_Test_Tube_Baby" title="Brainiac&#39;s Test Tube Baby">Brainiac's Test Tube Baby</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i>Mission Implausible</i></li></ul> <p>Sky One commissioned a two-part <i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_Hogfather" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s Hogfather">Terry Pratchett's Hogfather</a></i> series for Christmas 2006, this proved to be successful and so in 2008, Sky brought out an adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_The_Colour_of_Magic" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s The Colour of Magic">The Colour of Magic</a></i> and its second half <i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Fantastic" title="The Light Fantastic">The Light Fantastic</a></i>. On 30 May 2010, Sky One also released <i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_Going_Postal" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s Going Postal">Terry Pratchett's Going Postal</a></i>, the 33rd book in the <i><a href="/wiki/Discworld" title="Discworld">Discworld</a></i> series. </p><p>Sky One had also re-commissioned a number of earlier game shows including <i><a href="/wiki/Blockbusters_(British_game_show)" title="Blockbusters (British game show)">Blockbusters</a></i>, which brought the series back once again between 30 October 2000 and 23 March 2001 was produced by <a href="/wiki/Fremantle_(company)" title="Fremantle (company)">Grundy</a> (now owns the format) and presented by <a href="/wiki/Liza_Tarbuck" title="Liza Tarbuck">Liza Tarbuck</a>, but did not capture the same degree of popularity as the <a href="/wiki/Bob_Holness" title="Bob Holness">Holness</a> incarnation. The most recent game show was from <a href="/wiki/Mark_Burnett" title="Mark Burnett">Mark Burnett</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Are_You_Smarter_than_a_10_Year_Old%3F_(British_game_show)" title="Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? (British game show)">Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?</a></i>, based on a United States format. On 30 January 2008, Sky One announced plans to bring back the British 1990s combat-based game show <i><a href="/wiki/Gladiators_(2008_UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gladiators (2008 UK TV series)">Gladiators</a></i>, which was subsequently cancelled on 12 April 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They also showed the sketch show <i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Enfield%27s_Brand_Spanking_New_Show" title="Harry Enfield&#39;s Brand Spanking New Show">Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show</a></i>. </p><p>In 2010, Sky One focused on commissioning several quite long-running or well known comedy infused shows, starting with <i><a href="/wiki/A_League_of_Their_Own_(British_game_show)" title="A League of Their Own (British game show)">A League of Their Own</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/An_Idiot_Abroad" title="An Idiot Abroad">An Idiot Abroad</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Crackers" title="Little Crackers">Little Crackers</a></i>. In 2011, Sky One premiered supermarket sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Trollied" title="Trollied">Trollied</a></i>, which had broadcast six series and over 50 episodes, becoming Sky One's longest running comedy series. Not all shows were well received, at least by its home country audience, including <i><a href="/wiki/Parents_(TV_series)" title="Parents (TV series)">Parents</a></i> which was broadcast in 2012 and was not popular, leading Sky not to commission it for a second series. <i><a href="/wiki/Moone_Boy" title="Moone Boy">Moone Boy</a></i>, a series written by and starring <a href="/wiki/Chris_O%27Dowd" title="Chris O&#39;Dowd">Chris O'Dowd</a>, first screened in 2012, became an instant hit internationally. It lasted three series, and ended in 2015. </p><p>In 2017, Sky One stopped showing factual content and moved to showing more comedy and drama programmes as well as selected sports coverage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png/220px-Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png/330px-Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/Sky_One_Hit_Mix_Interview.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="273" /></a><figcaption>American pop group <a href="/wiki/E.Y.C._(band)" title="E.Y.C. (band)">E.Y.C.</a> interview on the <i>Coca-Cola Hit Mix</i> weekly show</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky_2_(and_Sky_One)_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sky_2_%28and_Sky_One%29_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png/220px-Sky_2_%28and_Sky_One%29_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Sky_2_%28and_Sky_One%29_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png/330px-Sky_2_%28and_Sky_One%29_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Sky_2_%28and_Sky_One%29_out_of_hours_music_broadcast.png 2x" data-file-width="364" data-file-height="274" /></a><figcaption>British singer <a href="/wiki/Matt_Goss" title="Matt Goss">Matt Goss</a> on the music brand which would simultaneously broadcast on Sky One and Sky Two's <i>Hit Mix (Long Play)</i></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1994, Sky One started their own music show called <i>The Coca Cola Hit Mix</i> (also known as <i>The Hit Mix</i>) hosted by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Christian" title="Terry Christian">Terry Christian</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> featuring music news and guests at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The show featured regular competitions, phone-ins with guests and other features. This later evolved into a late night broadcast called <i>Hit Mix Long Play</i> which would broadcast simultaneously on both Sky One and <a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky Two</a> playing music videos from various genres; the show also featured themed topics such as "Step by Step" which would feature music videos with stairs in the song or video when the scheduled programming had finished. This became a popular part of the brand and would often have exclusive first play on new releases that week.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>A later expansion of the music brand would be Sky One's <i>Morning Glory</i> show which would feature music videos in the early morning before the scheduled programming would start, which also featured various themes as well as caller requests.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky One occasionally screened feature films which were shown with <a href="/wiki/Television_advertisement" title="Television advertisement">advertisement breaks</a>, as well as several premium movie channels including <a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Cinema</a> and its sister services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_imports">American imports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: American imports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The channel became known for its first-run American imports such as: <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rescue_911" title="Rescue 911">Rescue 911</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Unsolved_Mysteries" title="Unsolved Mysteries">Unsolved Mysteries</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer" title="Buffy the Vampire Slayer">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i>, as well as some older programmes included <i><a href="/wiki/Hill_Street_Blues" title="Hill Street Blues">Hill Street Blues</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)" title="M*A*S*H (TV series)">M*A*S*H</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Quantum_Leap_(1989_TV_series)" title="Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)">Quantum Leap</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a>'s various comedy series. It relies heavily on screenings for this network as they coming from <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox Broadcasting Company</a> with other shows like <i><a href="/wiki/The_X-Files" title="The X-Files">The X-Files</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Living_Color" title="In Living Color">In Living Color</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cops_(TV_program)" title="Cops (TV program)">Cops</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Millennium_(TV_series)" title="Millennium (TV series)">Millennium</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Hill" title="King of the Hill">King of the Hill</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle" title="Malcolm in the Middle">Malcolm in the Middle</a></i>. Another early and long-running fixture was <i><a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i> ran all through the 1990s, but in the early 2000s as the show suddenly disappeared from its regular schedule and has not been screened on any Sky channel since. </p><p>Sky One was also the original home to the UK's first-run showings of <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i> for series 4–6 of both shows (Channel 4 had shown series 1–3 first), giving Sky One some of the highest ratings for any satellite channel. In 2000, 2.8 million viewers watched an episode of <i>Friends</i>, the highest-rated show on this network. However, when <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> launched their own digital sister service <a href="/wiki/E4_(channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="E4 (channel)">E4</a> they outbid Sky One for exclusive first-run rights to both shows.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Sky One still held the repeat rights for the early series of both shows for several years. Since 2011, <i>Friends</i> has been shown on <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(British_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (British TV channel)">Comedy Central</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="WWF/WWE"><span id="WWF.2FWWE"></span>WWF/WWE</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: WWF/WWE"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1989, Sky Channel (later Sky One) was the home of <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">World Wrestling Federation</a> in the UK. Certain special events such as <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1990)" title="Royal Rumble (1990)">Royal Rumble</a>, <a href="/wiki/UK_Rampage" title="UK Rampage">UK Rampage</a> and <a href="/wiki/This_Tuesday_in_Texas" title="This Tuesday in Texas">This Tuesday in Texas</a> aired on Sky One, whilst a live broadcast of <a href="/wiki/WrestleMania_VI" title="WrestleMania VI">WrestleMania VI</a> and others include <a href="/wiki/SummerSlam" title="SummerSlam">SummerSlam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Survivor_Series" title="Survivor Series">Survivor Series</a>, shown on taped delay a number of days after the events were recorded, aired on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Movies</a>. </p><p>Sky moved all the special events to Sky Movies in 1991, before they transferred to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> on 1 September 1992 when the channel became a subscription service. From 1995, subscribers to the Sky Sports channel would see not only a taped delay showing of these pay-per-view events, but Sky also offered a live showing starting a midnight UK time on the evening the event took place. Sky One continued to air WWF/WWE shows on Friday night and Saturday/Sunday morning that were produced for <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">syndicated television</a> in the United States from the early 1990s until the late 2010s. Sky Sports aired <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">Monday Night Raw</a></i> and later <i><a href="/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown</a></i> alongside all pay-per-view events and required an additional subscription to be able to view the Sports package, this led to the WWF/WWE content on Sky One being available to more viewers in the UK than the shows that aired only on Sky Sports. </p><p>While WWF/WWE pay-per-view events aired on Sky Sports, other shows include <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling" title="WWF Superstars of Wrestling">Superstars</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Wrestling_Challenge" title="WWF Wrestling Challenge">Wrestling Challenge</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_All_American_Wrestling" title="WWF All American Wrestling">All American Wrestling</a></i>, <i>Action Zone</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Mania" title="WWF Mania">Mania</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_LiveWire" class="mw-redirect" title="WWF LiveWire">LiveWire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Shotgun_Saturday_Night" title="WWF Shotgun Saturday Night">Shotgun</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/WWF_Jakked/Metal" title="WWF Jakked/Metal">Metal</a></i> which aired on Saturday or Sunday exclusively on Sky One with repeats throughout the week on the channel. These were often shows edited for younger viewers to fit the timeslot (especially during the riskier content of the Attitude era) and had dubbed commentary especially for the UK audience. </p><p>Sky One continued to broadcast an edited one hour version of <i>Raw</i> on Sunday mornings before all WWE programmes moved to rival network BT Sport,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which later rebranded as <a href="/wiki/TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)" title="TNT Sports (United Kingdom)">TNT Sports</a> on 18 July 2023. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Simpsons"><i>The Simpsons</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: The Simpsons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 September 1990, Sky One launched the hit American animated series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> which became a signature show and aired continuously on the channel for 31 years until it was ceased in 2021 (as well as the Sunday morning religious programme <i><a href="/wiki/Hour_of_Power" title="Hour of Power">Hour of Power</a></i> was another to remain the schedule during most of its run), it had a long association within the series from its early years and was used extensively in the channel's advertising campaigns. Sky One aired new episodes of the show on Sunday nights, later switching to Friday nights from 2010, whilst older episodes were shown in double bill slots on weeknights for many years, and on some occasions, as many as four episodes would be shown back-to-back on weeknights, usually with some kind of theme connecting them in some way. </p><p>Sky One was the exclusive British broadcaster of <i>The Simpsons</i> until it made its terrestrial debut on the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> from 23 November 1996, where it continued until 7 May 2004, having lost the rights to <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> on 18 February 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Typically, Channel 4 premieres episodes around three or four years after they have first aired on Sky One. </p><p>On 17 March 2009, Sky One broadcast <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_(season_20)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Simpsons (season 20)">the 20th season</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Grandfather" title="In the Name of the Grandfather">In the Name of the Grandfather</a>" for the first time – five days before its original US airing – to be shown in the United Kingdom as gathered over one million viewers. Sky One had also aired episodes within three days after its US first-run, including "<a href="/wiki/Judge_Me_Tender" title="Judge Me Tender">Judge Me Tender</a>" on 27 May 2010. In November 2012, <i>The Simpsons</i> was not broadcast on the timeshift service because BSkyB is prohibited from doing so under the current terms of their licensing agreement with <a href="/wiki/20th_Television" title="20th Television">20th Century Fox Television Distribution</a> included an on-screen message appears redirecting viewers to Sky One.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As of 2017, <i>The Simpsons</i> is available to watch on the timeshifted channel. </p><p>Following the death of voice actress <a href="/wiki/Marcia_Wallace" title="Marcia Wallace">Marcia Wallace</a>, Sky One broadcasts three of best episodes from 6:30&#160;pm including "<a href="/wiki/Bart_the_Lover" title="Bart the Lover">Bart the Lover</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_Ned-Liest_Catch" title="The Ned-Liest Catch">The Ned-Liest Catch</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Ned_%27n%27_Edna%27s_Blend_Agenda" title="Ned &#39;n&#39; Edna&#39;s Blend Agenda">Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda</a>" on 28 October 2013. </p><p>Since the closure of Sky One, episodes of the show have continued to be broadcast regularly on <a href="/wiki/Sky_Showcase" title="Sky Showcase">Sky Showcase</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Star_Trek"><i>Star Trek</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Star Trek"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky One obtained the first-run rights for <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a></i> on 1 July 1990, which previously had been with the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>. During its entire run of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">The Original Series</a></i>, Sky One had chosen three episodes – "<a href="/wiki/Plato%27s_Stepchildren" title="Plato&#39;s Stepchildren">Plato's Stepchildren</a>", "<a href="/wiki/The_Empath" title="The Empath">The Empath</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Whom_Gods_Destroy_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)" title="Whom Gods Destroy (Star Trek: The Original Series)">Whom Gods Destroy</a>" – as well as <a href="/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)" title="The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)">the unseen pilot</a> were eventually shown on satellite television, but not screened by the BBC between 19 August 1992 and 19 January 1994 for similar reasons following audience complaints after broadcast. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">The Next Generation</a></i> was initially shown five nights a week at 5:00&#160;pm (repeated again at 10:30&#160;pm) between 5 October 1992 and 16 August 1993, starting with "<a href="/wiki/Encounter_at_Farpoint" title="Encounter at Farpoint">Encounter at Farpoint</a>" and running all the way up to "<a href="/wiki/Timescape_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Timescape (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">Timescape</a>". The channel also acquired rerun rights to the episodes from the first three seasons previously aired on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a> – with the addition of "<a href="/wiki/The_High_Ground_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="The High Ground (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">The High Ground</a>", which saw its first British broadcast on 29 November 1992 with the <a href="/wiki/United_Ireland" title="United Ireland">Irish reunification</a> line edited out, and a feature-length version of "<a href="/wiki/Unification_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">Unification</a>" was shown for <a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Channel_(British_TV_channel)" title="The Movie Channel (British TV channel)">an exclusive movie channel</a> on 7 March 1993 rather than as part of this entire run. The whole series was shown again with "<a href="/wiki/Descent_(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Descent (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">Descent</a>" held over to act as the premiere to the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_(season_7)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 7)">seventh season</a> on 31 July 1994, which was run every Sunday evenings at 7:00&#160;pm once it had completed production and was available to be shown before the <a href="/wiki/All_Good_Things..._(Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)" title="All Good Things... (Star Trek: The Next Generation)">last-ever episode</a> aired on 29 January 1995. </p><p>Sky One also bought the first-run rights for other <i>Star Trek</i> shows: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Deep Space Nine</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(15 August 1993)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Voyager</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(22 October 1995)</span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise" title="Star Trek: Enterprise">Enterprise</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(6 January 2002)</span></li></ul> <p>The episodes of these later series were shown as they were in the United States with repeats between new ones, however soon held back broadcast the entire series at once, as well as various science-fiction shows that would fill the gaps including <i><a href="/wiki/Stargate_SG-1" title="Stargate SG-1">Stargate SG-1</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(TV_series)" title="Andromeda (TV series)">Andromeda</a></i>. It was moved to <a href="/wiki/Sky_Replay" title="Sky Replay">Sky Two</a> for a short time, until the channel was ceased on 31 August 1997 due to poor ratings. Monday nights at 8:00&#160;pm was the traditional time for the series, however at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Enterprise_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek: Enterprise (season 4)">fourth season of <i>Enterprise</i></a> was moved to Tuesdays within the place also taken by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>, which lasted until the <a href="/wiki/These_Are_the_Voyages..." title="These Are the Voyages...">final episode</a> was broadcast on 2 August 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Most_watched">Most watched</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Most watched"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SkyOneShare_v2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/SkyOneShare_v2.png/300px-SkyOneShare_v2.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/SkyOneShare_v2.png/450px-SkyOneShare_v2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/SkyOneShare_v2.png/600px-SkyOneShare_v2.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Sky One share of viewing 1992–2008. Peak was 9.5%, July 1993, current 0.9%.</figcaption></figure> <p>The following is a list of the ten most watched shows on Sky One, based on Live +7 data supplied by <a href="/wiki/BARB" class="mw-redirect" title="BARB">BARB</a> up to 30 November 2020, within the number of viewers does not include repeats: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Show </th> <th>Episode </th> <th>Number of<br />viewers </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Friends:_The_Reunion" title="Friends: The Reunion">Friends: The Reunion</a></i></td> <td>5,300,000</td> <td>27 May 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i></td> <td>6.01 – "<a href="/wiki/The_One_After_Vegas" title="The One After Vegas">The One After Vegas</a>"</td> <td>2,860,000</td> <td>13 January 2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/An_Idiot_Abroad" title="An Idiot Abroad">An Idiot Abroad</a></i></td> <td>2.01 – "Desert Island"</td> <td>2,659,000</td> <td>23 September 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>2.07 – "Climb Mount Fuji"</td> <td>2,656,000</td> <td>4 November 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_Hogfather" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s Hogfather">Terry Pratchett's Hogfather</a></i></td> <td>"Part One"</td> <td>2,647,000</td> <td>17 December 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Friends</i></td> <td>5.01 – "<a href="/wiki/The_One_After_Ross_Says_Rachel" title="The One After Ross Says Rachel">The One After Ross Says Rachel</a>"</td> <td>2,410,000</td> <td>7 January 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>5.15 – "<a href="/wiki/The_One_with_the_Girl_Who_Hits_Joey" title="The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey">The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey</a>"</td> <td>2,320,000</td> <td>15 April 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><i>An Idiot Abroad</i></td> <td>2.08 – "Karl Comes Home"</td> <td>2,302,000</td> <td>11 November 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i></td> <td>17.15 – "<a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson,_This_Is_Your_Wife" title="Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife">Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife</a>"</td> <td>2,301,000</td> <td>23 April 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td rowspan="1"><i>An Idiot Abroad</i></td> <td>3.03 – "China"</td> <td>2,260,000</td> <td>14 December 2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_One&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Showcase">Sky Showcase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Box_Office" title="Sky Box Office">Box Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_F1" title="Sky Sports F1">F1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_News" title="Sky Sports News">News</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Witness" title="Sky Witness">Sky Witness</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Defunct channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Now_(British_TV_channel)" title="Now (British TV channel)">Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_(British_TV_channel)" title="Galaxy (British TV channel)">Galaxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Power_Station_(TV_channel)" title="The Power Station (TV channel)">The Power Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">The Sports Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Comedy_Channel_(British_TV_channel)" title="The Comedy Channel (British TV channel)">The Comedy Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts#Previous_life" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_2#Original_Channel_(1996–1997)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky 2">Sky 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Channel_(British_TV_channel)" title="The Movie Channel (British TV channel)">The Movie Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Scottish" title="Sky Scottish">Sky Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Soap" title="Sky Soap">Sky Soap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/.tv_(TV_channel)" title=".tv (TV channel)">.tv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PremPlus" title="PremPlus">PremPlus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Ireland" title="Sky News Ireland">Sky News Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Amp" title="The Amp">The Amp</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sky One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Travel" title="Sky Travel">Sky Travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Real_Lives" title="Sky Real Lives">Sky Real Lives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bravo_(British_TV_channel)" title="Bravo (British TV channel)">Bravo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bravo_2" title="Bravo 2">2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackpot247" title="Jackpot247">Challenge Jackpot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_One_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Channel One (British and Irish TV channel)">Channel One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Living" title="Sky Living">Sky Living</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Living_Loves" title="Sky Living Loves">Loves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_3D" title="Sky 3D">Sky 3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real_Lives_(TV_channel)" title="Real Lives (TV channel)">Real Lives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merit_(TV_channel)" title="Merit (TV channel)">Merit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Joint ventures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_Racing" title="Sky Sports Racing">Sky Sports Racing</a></li> <li>A&amp;E Networks UK <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_(European_TV_channel)" title="History (European TV channel)">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H2_(A%26E_Networks)" title="H2 (A&amp;E Networks)">H2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaze_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Blaze (British and Irish TV channel)">Blaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_%26_Investigation_(European_TV_channel)" title="Crime &amp; Investigation (European TV channel)">Crime &amp; Investigation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginx_TV" title="Ginx TV">Ginx TV</a></li> <li>Paramount UK Partnership <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(British_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (British TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Extra" title="Comedy Central Extra">Extra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Arabia" title="Sky News Arabia">Sky News Arabia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Defunct JVs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>A&amp;E Networks UK <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Lifetime (British and Irish TV channel)">Lifetime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Biography_Channel_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="The Biography Channel (British and Irish TV channel)">Bio</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Defunct magazines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sky_Magazine" title="Sky Magazine">Sky Magazine</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sky_Kids_(magazine)" title="Sky Kids (magazine)">Sky Kids</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amstrad" title="Amstrad">Amstrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diagonal_View" title="Diagonal View">Diagonal View</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freesat_from_Sky" title="Freesat from Sky">Freesat from Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_Demand_(Sky)" title="On Demand (Sky)">On Demand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports_Active" title="Sky Sports Active">Sky Sports Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digibox" title="Digibox">Digibox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minidish" title="Minidish">Minidish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B" title="Sky+">Sky+</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky%2B_HD" title="Sky+ HD">HD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Q" title="Sky Q">Sky Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Betting_%26_Gaming" title="Sky Betting &amp; Gaming">Sky Betting &amp; Gaming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Broadband" title="Sky Broadband">Sky Broadband</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Active" title="Sky Active">Sky Active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Go" title="Sky Go">Sky Go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Radio" title="Sky News Radio">Sky News Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Store" title="Sky Store">Sky Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Text" title="Sky Text">Sky Text</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Vision" title="Sky Vision">Sky Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Now_(streaming_service)" title="Now (streaming service)">Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Cloud_(company)" title="The Cloud (company)">The Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Open...." class="mw-redirect" title="Open....">Open....</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Multichannels" title="Sky Multichannels">Sky Multichannels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="wraplinks"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Deutschland" title="Sky Deutschland">Germany and Austria</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_One_(German_TV_channel)" title="Sky One (German TV channel)">Sky One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic_(German_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Atlantic (German TV channel)">Sky Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema_(German_TV_channel)" title="Sky Cinema (German TV channel)">Sky Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Krimi" title="Sky Krimi">Sky Krimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Crime_(German_TV_channel)" title="Sky Crime (German TV channel)">Sky Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(Germany)" title="Sky Sport (Germany)">Sky Sport</a> <ul><li>Sky Sport News</li> <li>Sky Sport Bundesliga</li> <li>Sky Sport F1</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_3D_(German_TV_channel)" title="Sky 3D (German TV channel)">Sky 3D</a></li> <li>Sky Arts</li> <li>Sky Select</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Comedy_(German_TV_channel)" title="Sky Comedy (German TV channel)">Sky Comedy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Store" title="Sky Store">Sky Store</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sky_Italia" title="Sky Italia">Italy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Uno" title="Sky Uno">Sky Uno</a></li> <li>Sky Arte</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Atlantic_(Italian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Atlantic (Italian TV channel)">Sky Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Sky Cinema (Italian TV channel)">Sky Cinema</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema_Due" title="Sky Cinema Due">Due</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Meteo_24" title="Sky Meteo 24">Sky Meteo 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Primafila" title="Sky Primafila">Sky Primafila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sport_(Italy)" title="Sky Sport (Italy)">Sky Sport</a> <ul><li>Sky Sport F1</li> <li>Sky Sport MotoGP</li> <li>Sky Sport 24</li> <li>Sky Calcio</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_TG24" title="Sky TG24">Sky TG24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cielo_(TV_channel)" title="Cielo (TV channel)">Cielo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV8_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="TV8 (Italian TV channel)">TV8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Documentaries_(Italian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Documentaries (Italian TV channel)">Sky Documentaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Investigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Investigation">Sky Investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Nature_(Italian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Nature (Italian TV channel)">Sky Nature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Serie" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Serie">Sky Serie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5.5em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Uno" title="Sky Uno">Sky Vivo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Show" title="Sky Show">Sky Show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_3D_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Sky 3D (Italian TV channel)">Sky 3D</a></li> <li>Sky Music</li> <li>Sky Radio</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Sky_Group" title="Timeline of Sky Group">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticisms_of_Sky_UK" title="Criticisms of Sky UK">Criticisms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">British Satellite Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Television_(1984%E2%80%931990)" title="Sky Television (1984–1990)">Sky Television (1984–1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_TV_Group" title="Living TV Group">Living TV Group</a></li> <li>Former joint ventures &amp; properties <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_News_Channel" title="Australian News Channel">Australian News Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITV_Digital_Channels" title="ITV Digital Channels">Granada Sky Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SKY_Perfect_JSAT#Sky_PerfecTV" title="SKY Perfect JSAT">Japan Sky Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_M%C3%A9xico" title="Sky México">Sky México</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Brasil" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky Brasil">Sky Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stream_TV" title="Stream TV">Stream TV</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Campus" title="Sky Campus">Sky Campus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Studios" title="Sky Studios">Sky Studios</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jupiter_Entertainment" title="Jupiter Entertainment">Jupiter Entertainment</a> (60%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Productions" title="Love Productions">Love Productions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Espa%C3%B1a" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky España">Sky España</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Switzerland" title="Sky Switzerland">Sky Switzerland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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One</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Channel_(British_TV_channel)" title="The Movie Channel (British TV channel)">The Movie Channel</a><br /> ▼<br /> <i>Retained</i> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Now_(British_TV_channel)" title="Now (British TV channel)">Now</a><br /> ▼<br /> <a href="/wiki/Sky_News" title="Sky News">Sky News</a> &amp; <a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts#Previous_life" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Power_Station_(TV_channel)" title="The Power Station (TV channel)">The Power Station</a><br /> ▼<br /> <a href="/wiki/Sky_Cinema" title="Sky Cinema">Sky Movies</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">The Sports Channel</a> <br /> ▼<br /><a href="/wiki/Sky_Sports" title="Sky Sports">Sky Sports</a> </p> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;text-align: center;width:10em;"><div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Computer_Channel_(BSB)" title="The Computer Channel (BSB)">The Computer Channel</a> <br /> ▼<br /> <i>Extinct</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b>Other:</b> <a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_House" title="Marco Polo House">Marco Polo House</a></li> <li>Marcopolo (now <a href="/wiki/Thor_(satellite)" title="Thor (satellite)">Thor</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Television_(1984%E2%80%931990)" title="Sky Television (1984–1990)">Sky Television</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/The_DJ_Kat_Show" title="The DJ Kat Show">The DJ Kat Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Factory_(TV_series)" title="Fun Factory (TV series)">Fun Factory</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Price_Is_Right_(British_game_show)" title="The Price Is Right (British game show)">The New Price Is Right</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sale_of_the_Century_(British_game_show)" title="Sale of the Century (British game show)">Sale of the Century</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blockbusters_(British_game_show)" title="Blockbusters (British game show)">Blockbusters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CI5:_The_New_Professionals" title="CI5: The New Professionals">CI5: The New Professionals</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diana:_Her_True_Story_(film)" title="Diana: Her True Story (film)">Diana: Her True Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dream_Team_(TV_series)" title="Dream Team (TV series)">Dream Team</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Games_World" title="Games World">Games World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guilty!_(TV_series)" title="Guilty! (TV series)">Guilty!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!_(British_game_show)" title="Jeopardy! (British game show)">Jeopardy!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Police_Stop!" title="Police Stop!">Police Stop!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prickly_Heat_(game_show)" title="Prickly Heat (game show)">Prickly Heat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Island_One" title="Space Island One">Space Island One</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Precinct" title="Space Precinct">Space Precinct</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spellbound_(game_show)" title="Spellbound (game show)">Spellbound</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Springhill_(TV_series)" title="Springhill (TV series)">Springhill</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Through_the_Keyhole" title="Through the Keyhole">Through the Keyhole</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uncovered_(TV_series)" title="Uncovered (TV series)">Uncovered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Villa" title="The Villa">The Villa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(TV_series)" title="The Wanderer (TV series)">The Wanderer</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/All-Star_Cup" title="All-Star Cup">All-Star Cup</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angela_and_Friends" title="Angela and Friends">Angela and Friends</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Are_You_Smarter_than_a_10_Year_Old%3F_(British_game_show)" title="Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? 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Smashed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray:_The_School_Musical" title="Hairspray: The School Musical">Hairspray: The School Musical</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harry_Enfield%27s_Brand_Spanking_New_Show" title="Harry Enfield&#39;s Brand Spanking New Show">Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hex_(TV_series)" title="Hex (TV series)">Hex</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Is_Harry_on_the_Boat%3F" title="Is Harry on the Boat?">Is Harry on the Boat?</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kirsty%27s_Home_Videos" title="Kirsty&#39;s Home Videos">Kirsty's Home Videos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Monsters_(game_show)" title="Little Monsters (game show)">Little Monsters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Match_(TV_series)" title="The Match (TV series)">The Match</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mile_High" title="Mile High">Mile High</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noel%27s_Christmas_Presents" title="Noel&#39;s Christmas Presents">Noel's Christmas Presents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noel%27s_HQ" title="Noel&#39;s HQ">Noel's HQ</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_the_Truth_(British_game_show)" title="Nothing but the Truth (British game show)">Nothing but the Truth</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oops_TV" title="Oops TV">Oops TV</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pop_Years" title="The Pop Years">The Pop Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porno_Valley" title="Porno Valley">Porno Valley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Project_Catwalk" title="Project Catwalk">Project Catwalk</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Race_(TV_series)" title="The Race (TV series)">The Race</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Raja" title="Road Raja">Road Raja</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Road_Wars_(TV_series)" title="Road Wars (TV series)">Road Wars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kemp:_Behind_the_Story" title="Ross Kemp: Behind the Story">Ross Kemp: Behind the 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href="/wiki/The_Sun_Military_Awards" title="The Sun Military Awards">The Sun Military Awards</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Take_(TV_series)" title="The Take (TV series)">The Take</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taste_(TV_series)" title="Taste (TV series)">Taste</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_Hogfather" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s Hogfather">Terry Pratchett's Hogfather</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett%27s_The_Colour_of_Magic" title="Terry Pratchett&#39;s The Colour of Magic">Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/There%27s_Something_About_Miriam" title="There&#39;s Something About Miriam">There's Something About Miriam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Gentlemen_Please" title="Time Gentlemen Please">Time Gentleman, Please!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UK_Border_Force_(TV_series)" title="UK Border Force (TV series)">UK Border Force</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vroom_Vroom_(TV_series)" title="Vroom Vroom (TV series)">Vroom! Vroom!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Rooney%27s_Street_Striker" title="Wayne Rooney&#39;s Street Striker">Wayne Rooney's Street Striker</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s debuts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/After_Hours_(2015_British_TV_series)" title="After Hours (2015 British TV series)">After Hours</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agatha_Raisin_(TV_series)" title="Agatha Raisin (TV series)">Agatha Raisin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Banjo%27s_Secret_Street_Crew" title="Ashley Banjo&#39;s Secret Street Crew">Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Angel_(game_show)" title="The Angel (game show)">The Angel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Spell_(TV_series)" title="The Big Spell (TV series)">The Big Spell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bailey%27s_Birdwatching_Bonanza" title="Bill Bailey&#39;s Birdwatching Bonanza">Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bliss_(2018_TV_series)" title="Bliss (2018 TV series)">Bliss</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bounty_Hunters_(British_TV_series)" title="Bounty Hunters (British TV series)">Bounty Hunters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brassic" title="Brassic">Brassic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bring_the_Noise_(game_show)" title="Bring the Noise (game show)">Bring the Noise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bulletproof_(TV_series)" title="Bulletproof (TV series)">Bulletproof</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Caf%C3%A9_(British_TV_series)" title="The Café (British TV series)">The Café</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carters_Get_Rich" title="Carters Get Rich">Carters Get Rich</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chickens_(TV_series)" title="Chickens (TV series)">Chickens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chris_%26_Wes:_Let%27s_Do_This" title="Chris &amp; Wes: Let&#39;s Do This">Chris &amp; Wes: Let's Do This</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cop_Squad" title="Cop Squad">Cop Squad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Critical_(TV_series)" title="Critical (TV series)">Critical</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curfew_(2019_TV_series)" title="Curfew (2019 TV series)">Curfew</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough%27s_Conquest_of_the_Skies_3D" title="David Attenborough&#39;s Conquest of the Skies 3D">David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 3D</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Delicious_(TV_series)" title="Delicious (TV series)">Delicious</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Discovery_of_Witches_(TV_series)" title="A Discovery of Witches (TV series)">A Discovery of Witches</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_Me_Now_(TV_series)" title="Don&#39;t Stop Me Now (TV series)">Don't Stop Me Now!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duck_Quacks_Don%27t_Echo" title="Duck Quacks Don&#39;t Echo">Duck Quacks Don't Echo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emergency_with_Angela_Griffin" title="Emergency with Angela Griffin">Emergency with Angela Griffin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fat_Families" title="Fat Families">Fat Families</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Football%27s_Next_Star" title="Football&#39;s Next Star">Football's Next Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Five_(TV_series)" title="The Five (TV series)">The Five</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frayed_(TV_series)" title="Frayed (TV series)">Frayed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gadget_Geeks" title="Gadget Geeks">Gadget Geeks</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Got_to_Dance" title="Got to Dance">Got to Dance</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harrow:_A_Very_British_School" title="Harrow: A Very British School">Harrow: A Very British School</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heist_(TV_series)" title="The Heist (TV series)">The Heist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hooten_%26_the_Lady" title="Hooten &amp; the Lady">Hooten &amp; the Lady</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Idiot_Abroad" title="An Idiot Abroad">An Idiot Abroad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Inside_Gatwick" title="Inside Gatwick">Inside Gatwick</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Long_Run" title="In the Long Run">In the Long Run</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jamestown_(TV_series)" title="Jamestown (TV series)">Jamestown</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Nerds_(British_TV_series)" title="King of the Nerds (British TV series)">King of the Nerds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kumars_at_No._42" title="The Kumars at No. 42">The Kumars</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_League_of_Their_Own_(British_game_show)" title="A League of Their Own (British game show)">A League of Their Own</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Crackers" title="Little Crackers">Little Crackers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_the_Dream_(British_TV_series)" title="Living the Dream (British TV series)">Living the Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Liza_%26_Huey%27s_Pet_Nation" title="Liza &amp; Huey&#39;s Pet Nation">Liza &amp; Huey's Pet Nation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louie_Spence%27s_Showbusiness" title="Louie Spence&#39;s Showbusiness">Louie Spence's Showbusiness</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Dogs_(British_TV_series)" title="Mad Dogs (British TV series)">Mad Dogs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moaning_of_Life" title="The Moaning of Life">The Moaning of Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moominvalley_(TV_series)" title="Moominvalley (TV series)">Moominvalley</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moonfleet_(2013_TV_series)" title="Moonfleet (2013 TV series)">Moonfleet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moone_Boy" title="Moone Boy">Moone Boy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_(TV_series)" title="Mount Pleasant (TV series)">Mount Pleasant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Must_Be_the_Music" title="Must Be the Music">Must Be the Music</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Obese:_A_Year_to_Save_My_Life" title="Obese: A Year to Save My Life">Obese: A Year to Save My Life</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Hundred_and_Eighty" title="One Hundred and Eighty">One Hundred and Eighty</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parents_(TV_series)" title="Parents (TV series)">Parents</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pineapple_Dance_Studios_(TV_series)" title="Pineapple Dance Studios (TV series)">Pineapple Dance Studios</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prison:_First_%26_Last_24_Hours" title="Prison: First &amp; Last 24 Hours">Prison: First &amp; Last 24 Hours</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reluctant_Landlord" title="The Reluctant Landlord">The Reluctant Landlord</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rob_%26_Romesh_Vs" title="Rob &amp; Romesh Vs">Rob &amp; Romesh Vs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kemp:_Battle_for_the_Amazon" title="Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon">Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ross_Kemp:_Extreme_World" title="Ross Kemp: Extreme World">Ross Kemp: Extreme World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rovers_(TV_series)" title="Rovers (TV series)">Rovers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Runaway_(TV_series)" title="The Runaway (TV series)">The Runaway</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Russell_Howard_Hour" title="The Russell Howard Hour">The Russell Howard Hour</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Safebreakers" title="Safebreakers">Safebreakers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showboaters" title="Showboaters">Showboaters</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sick_of_It_(TV_series)" title="Sick of It (TV series)">Sick of It</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sick_Note_(TV_series)" title="Sick Note (TV series)">Sick Note</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sinbad_(TV_series)" title="Sinbad (TV series)">Sinbad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sing:_Ultimate_A_Cappella" title="Sing: Ultimate A Cappella">Sing: Ultimate A Cappella</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Smoke_(TV_series)" title="The Smoke (TV series)">The Smoke</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_(2011_TV_series)" title="Spy (2011 TV series)">Spy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee%27s_Lucky_Man" title="Stan Lee&#39;s Lucky Man">Stan Lee's Lucky Man</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Starlings_(TV_series)" title="Starlings (TV series)">Starlings</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stella_(British_TV_series)" title="Stella (British TV series)">Stella</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_Search_Seize" title="Stop Search Seize">Stop Search Seize</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strike_Back_(TV_series)" title="Strike Back (TV series)">Strike Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Temple_(TV_series)" title="Temple (TV series)">Temple</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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