By Jake Kanter International TV Editor Sky has unveiled a slate of nine documentaries that will populate the Comcast-owned broadcaster’s new UK channels: Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature.
The channels launch on May 27 and will be the beneficiaries of a £30M ($37M) a year factual content funding boost that has now converted into commissions on Professor Stephen Hawking, Mike Tyson, Steve McQueen and Manchester United. Hawking (Sky Documentaries) BAFTA-winning Atlantic Productions will open up Hawking’s private family archive to reveal the late professor’s human side in a 90-minute documentary. Tyson Bruno (Sky Documentaries) Endemol Shine UK’s Workerbee will chart the rivalry between Mike Tyson and Frank Bruno, as well as reuniting the
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