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{{about|the retired British TV channel|the Italian version|Sky Uno|the Germany & Austria version|Sky One (Germany)|the New Zealand TV channel formerly called Sky 1|Sky 5|the fictional aircraft|UFO (British TV series)}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Sky One
| logo =
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| logo_caption = Final logo, used from 2020 to 2021
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| launch_date = April 26th, 1982<br>({{Age in years, months and days|1982|04|26|2021|09|01}})
| closed_date = September 1st, 2021
| owner = [[Sky Group]] ([[Comcast]])
| sister_channels = [[Sky UK#Television channels|List of Sky UK channels]]
| picture_format = [[High-definition television|HDTV]] [[1080i]]<br />(downscaled to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SD]] feed)
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| area = {{plainlist|
*[[United Kingdom]]
*[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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| replaced_by = [[Sky Showcase]] (channel)<br />[[Sky Max]] (programming)
| former_names = {{plainlist|
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'''Sky One''' was a British [[pay television]] channel operated and owned by [[Sky Group]] (a division of [[Comcast]]). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as [[Sky Television (1984–1990)|Satellite Television]], it was Europe's first [[satellite television|satellite]] and non-[[terrestrial television|terrestrial]] channel.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=It Was 20 Years Ago Today...|url=http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=1053209847
Sky One included some very popular [[List of programmes broadcast by Sky One|original programmes]]—such as ''[[An Idiot Abroad]]'', ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]]'', ''[[The Russell Howard Hour]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''—and many imported from North America, including ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' (seasons 3–9, and its spinoff ''[[24: Live Another Day|Live Another Day]]''),
==History==
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A new raft of shows were created for the channel, including the daily talent show ''Sky Star Search''; game shows (''[[Sale of the Century (British game show)|Sale of the Century]]'', based on the 1980s American version, and ''[[The Price Is Right (British game show)|The Price Is Right]]''); weekly documentary series ''[[Frank Bough|Frank Bough's World]]''; daily late night talk show ''Jameson Tonight''; agony aunt advice show ''A Problem Shared''; and ''Sky by Day'',<ref>From Sunday, you'll never say there's.... Advert The Times (London, England), Friday, 3 February 1989; pg12</ref> Sky TV's variation on ITV's more popular ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'', hosted by former [[BBC Radio 1]] DJ Tony Blackburn (who by then had moved to commercial radio) and former ''[[Magpie (TV series)|Magpie]]'' presenter [[Jenny Hanley]], as the show aired a mix of entertainment, gossip and fashion.
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 (''[[The DJ Kat Show]]'' and ''[[Fun Factory (TV series)|Fun Factory]]''), and also expanded its daytime programming with six back-to-back soaps (''[[The Sullivans]]'', ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' and ''[[The Young Doctors]]'') while reducing music programming to only one or two hours per day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Monday May 1|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW9QJ8HXsAAZ1oZ.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507102040/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW9QJ8HXsAAZ1oZ.jpg|archive-date=7 May 2020|website=pbs.twimg.com}}</ref> Classic sitcoms (''[[The Lucy Show]]'' and ''[[Family Affair]]'') and more recent comedies (''[[Three's Company]]'' and ''[[Family Ties]]'') as well as put on the schedule along with dramas (''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'', ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'', ''[[Emergency!]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Voyagers!]]'' and ''[[Eight Is Enough]]'') were included. Sky Channel also aired classic movies, made-for-TV movies and miniseries (beginning with ''[[Spearfield's Daughter]]'' on its first night). [[Dolly Parton]]'s recent variety show ''[[Dolly (1987 TV series)|Dolly]]'', popular Australian science and technology show ''[[Beyond Tomorrow (TV series)|Beyond 2000]]'', the ''Nescafé UK Top 50'' chart show, Sunday morning religious programme ''[[Hour of Power]]'', hour-long weekend edition of celebrity news magazine ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' and telecasts of [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] rounded out Sky Channel's weekend schedule.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saturday April 29 1989|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWy-Af5WAAIrCeW.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506090713/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWy-Af5WAAIrCeW.jpg|archive-date=6 May 2020|website=pbs.twimg.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sunday April 30|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW4TI0yX0AAkvAr.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506141742/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EW4TI0yX0AAkvAr.jpg|archive-date=
===1989–2021: Sky One===
On 31 July 1989, the channel was renamed '''Sky One''' and closed in most European countries, broadcasting only to the
Following the merger with [[British Satellite Broadcasting]]'s [[Galaxy (British TV channel)|Galaxy]] on 2 November 1990, Sky One also picked up new sitcoms (''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'', ''[[Growing Pains (TV series)|Growing Pains]]'', ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[In Living Color]]'', ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' and ''[[Designing Women]]''), dramas (''[[China Beach]]'', ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' and the soap operas, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' and ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''), reruns of classic sitcoms (''[[Bewitched]]'' and ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]''), a new animated series ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles]]'' was added to children's programmes, and daily dating game show ''Love at First Sight'' was presented by Helen Brumby and [[Bruno Brookes]]. Following the daily repeats of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Lost in Space]]'', 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 ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'', also added reruns of ''[[V (franchise)|V]]'' ([[V (1983 miniseries)|1983 miniseries]], ''[[V The Final Battle|The Final Battle]]'' and the [[V (1984 TV series)|television series]]) and ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' in 1991. After the 1992 airing of ''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'', Sky One also picked up ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' which had previously aired on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] began a long twice per day run of the franchise in a late afternoon and a late evening timeslot on Mondays to Fridays.
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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.
On 1 October 1998, Sky One's [[digital television|digital]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Switch-off to cost Sky 100,000 subs|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/switch-off-cost-sky-100000-subs/507967
</ref> However, all television commercials were broadcast in [[Aspect ratio (image)|4:3]] until 21 November 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |title=9.1 The Evolution of Television {{!}} Media and Culture |url=https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-massmedia/chapter/9-1-the-evolution-of-television/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=courses.lumenlearning.com}}</ref> because they were played off the same servers for all Sky channels, many of which were not broadcast in widescreen.
On 25 August 2012, [[Stuart Murphy]], director of Sky entertainment channels, announced that a one-hour [[timeshift channel|timeshift]] of Sky One and [[Sky Atlantic]] will due to start in the autumn, with the former launching on 12 November of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2012/aug/25/stuart-murphy-sky-launch-new-sky-channels-video|title=Sky's Stuart Murphy announces the launch of two new channels – video|author1=Andy Gallagher |author2=Josh Strauss |author3=Emily Brinnand |name-list-style=amp |date=25 August 2012|work=[[guardian.co.uk]]|access-date=26 August 2012}}</ref> For New Year's Day 2014 (1 January), Sky One was temporarily renamed '''Sky Onesie''' aiming "to encourage viewers to snuggle up in front of the television wearing [[onesie (jumpsuit)|onesie]]s, in a bid to recover from [[New Year's Eve|the previous night's celebrations]]".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Drewett|first=Meg|date=31 December 2013|title=Sky 1 to be renamed for New Year's Day|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a540968/sky-1-to-be-renamed-sky-onesie-for-new-years-day-viewing/|access-date=30 November 2020|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2017, Sky One began broadcasting some sports coverage. This included a partial simulcast of ''[[Soccer Saturday]]'', highlights of, and occasional live coverage of, [[Formula One]] motor racing and the occasional live football match. The summer of 2019 saw Sky One show highlights of the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]] and live coverage of England's matches in the [[2019 Netball World Cup]].
====2004 programme relaunch====
Sky One's programme lineup was relaunched at the start of 2004, with Sky television head [[Dawn Airey]] stating the channel had become too associated with ''[[The Simpsons]]'', science fiction shows such as ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' and ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' (the latter of which continues to be shown extensively on [[Sky Max]], [[Sky Mix]] and [[Sky Sci-Fi]] to this day) and raunchy factual entertainment shows such as ''the LWT-produced'' ''[[Uncovered (TV series)|Ibiza Uncovered]]''. <ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Deans |first=Jason |date=2003-07-08 |title=Airey snaps up Warner Bros shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/08/broadcasting1 |access-date=2024-06-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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 [[Channel 4]] picking up the likes of ''[[The Sopranos]]'' and ''[[Without a Trace]]'' on an exclusive basis (although both programmes have since aired on [[Sky Atlantic]]) and [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Five]] picking up the likes of ''[[The Shield]]'' and the [[CSI (franchise)|''CSI'']] franchise, which was at the peak of its popularity during this period.
Other competitors in the pay TV field also latched on to this, with [[LivingTV]] nabbing the likes of ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', and later the likes of ''[[Boston Legal]]'' and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', and [[Universal TV (British and Irish TV channel)|Hallmark Channel]], which acquired ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (whilst Sky One held the rights to the original ''Law & Order'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Week |first=Marketing |date=2003-10-23 |title=Sky One struggles as viewers turn off |url=https://www.marketingweek.com/sky-one-struggles-as-viewers-turn-off/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Marketing Week |language=en}}</ref>
Newly appointed controller of Sky One, Sara Ramsden, struck a deal with [[Warner Bros. International Television Distribution]] to acquire five new US dramas: mainly the medical drama ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'' (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 ''[[Cold Case]]''. 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 ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' and as part of the WB deal, ''Tarzan and Jane'', the unproduced ''[[Fearless (TV pilot)|Fearless]]'' and ''[[Skin (American TV series)|Skin]]''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Debra |date=2003-07-08 |title=Sky TV gets dramatic |url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/sky-tv-gets-dramatic-1117888989/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
====Sky Two and Sky Three====
The success of the channel led to the launch of a sister service [[Sky Replay|Sky 2]] on 1 September 1996, broadcasts more first-run programmes between 7
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 [[
Sky Two was renamed
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====Virgin Media dispute====
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On 1 March 2007 at midnight, Sky's basic channels – which included Sky One, [[Sky Replay|Sky Two]], [[
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 [[Competition Appeal Tribunal]] ruling on BSkyB's 17.9% stake in [[ITV plc]].<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/02/virginmedia |title= Virgin in talks to resolve dispute over Sky channels |date=2 March 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London | author=Robinson, James}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a90679/talks-resume-over-sky-carriage-dispute.html |title= 'Talks resume' over Sky carriage dispute |date=3 March 2008 |work=Digital Spy |author=West, Dave}}</ref>
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* ''[[Hex (TV series)|Hex]]'', another science-fiction show which was cancelled in April 2006
* ''[[Mile High]]'', which only lasted from 2003 to 2005
* Sky also co-produced ''[[The 4400]]'' and co-financed the first series of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' in 2004
* ''[[Dream Team (TV series)|Dream Team]]'', about a fictional [[association football|football]] team
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* ''Mission Implausible''
Sky One commissioned a two-part ''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather]]'' series for Christmas 2006, this proved to be successful and so in 2008, Sky brought out an adaptation of ''[[Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
Sky One had also re-commissioned a number of earlier game shows including ''[[Blockbusters (British game show)|Blockbusters]]'', which brought the series back once again between 30 October 2000 and 23 March 2001 was produced by [[Fremantle (company)|Grundy]] (now owns the format) and presented by [[Liza Tarbuck]], but did not capture the same degree of popularity as the [[Bob Holness|Holness]] incarnation. The most recent game show was from [[Mark Burnett]]
In 2010, Sky One focused on commissioning several quite long-running or well known comedy infused shows, starting with ''[[A League of Their Own (British game show)|A League of Their Own]]'', ''[[An Idiot Abroad]]'' and ''[[Little Crackers]]''. In 2011, Sky One premiered supermarket sitcom ''[[Trollied]]'', 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 ''[[Parents (TV series)|Parents]]'' which was broadcast in 2012 and was not popular, leading Sky not to commission it for a second series. ''[[Moone Boy]]'', a series written by and starring [[Chris O'Dowd]], first screened in 2012, became an instant hit internationally. It lasted three series, and ended in 2015.
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===American imports===
The channel became known for its first-run American imports such as: ''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Rescue 911]]'', ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[South Park]]'', as well as some older programmes included ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' and [[Lucille Ball]]'s various comedy series. It relies heavily on screenings for this network as they coming from [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] with other shows like ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[In Living Color]]'', ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'', ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'', ''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]''. Another early and long-running fixture was ''[[Married... with Children]]'' 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.
Sky One was also the original home to the UK's first-run showings of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ''[[Friends]]'' 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 ''Friends'', the highest-rated show on this network. However, when [[Channel 4]] launched their own digital sister service [[E4 (channel)|E4]] they outbid Sky One for exclusive first-run rights to both shows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/channel-4s-record-pound125m-bid-for-friends-and-er-sees-off-sky-739017.html|title=Channel 4's record £125m bid for 'Friends' and 'ER' sees off Sky|date=17 December 1999|website=The Independent}}</ref> However, Sky One still held the repeat rights for the early series of both shows for several years. Since 2011, ''Friends'' has been shown on [[Comedy Central (British TV channel)|Comedy Central]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Szalai|first1=Georg|title='Friends' to Stay on Comedy Central UK|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/friends-stay-comedy-central-uk-814766|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=12 August 2015|access-date=3 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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On 17 March 2009, Sky One broadcast [[The Simpsons (season 20)|the 20th season]] episode "[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]" 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 "[[Judge Me Tender]]" on 27 May 2010. In November 2012, ''The Simpsons'' was not broadcast on the timeshift service because BSkyB is prohibited from doing so under the current terms of their licensing agreement with [[20th Television|20th Century Fox Television Distribution]] included an on-screen message appears redirecting viewers to Sky One.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/10/bskyb-launching-sky11-on-november-12th-channel-will-not-air-the-simpsons/|title=BSkyB Launching Sky1+1 on November 12th, Channel Will Not Air 'The Simpsons'|publisher=TVWise|date=24 October 2012}}</ref> As of 2017, ''The Simpsons'' is available to watch on the timeshifted channel.
Following the death of voice actress [[Marcia Wallace]], Sky One broadcasts three of best episodes from 6
====''Star Trek''====
Sky One obtained the first-run rights for ''[[Star Trek]]'' on 1 July 1990, which previously had been with the [[BBC]]. During its entire run of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'', Sky One had chosen three episodes – "[[Plato's Stepchildren]]", "[[The Empath]]" and "[[Whom Gods Destroy (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Whom Gods Destroy]]" – as well as [[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|the unseen pilot]] 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.
''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]'' was initially shown five nights a week at 5
Sky One also bought the first-run rights for other ''Star Trek'' shows:
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* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' {{small|(6 January 2002)}}
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 ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]''. It was moved to [[Sky Replay|Sky Two]] for a short time, until the channel was ceased on 31 August 1997 due to poor ratings. Monday nights at 8
===Most watched===
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-one}}
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