Preview: Boardwalk Empire

The long-awaited new channel, Sky Atlantic, finally launches tomorrow night, following the five-year deal with American cable giant HBO, giving access to it’s fantastic back catalogue as well as brand new shows. Following the Mariella Frostrup-fronted preview hour which kicks of the channel at 8pm and is to be simulcast across seven of Sky’s channels (just in case you’ve it’s not been promoted heavily enough…), the first programme on the channel will be Martin Scorsese’s Golden Globe-winning Prohibition-era drama, Boardwalk Empire.

Sky Atlantic: First schedules published

The schedules for they heavily-trailed new Sky Atlantic channel have just been published, and they make interesting reading. As well as the much talked-about brand new programmes, the channel is an opportunity to catch-up with a few major series starting from the very first episode, reducing the need to get those box sets.

Sky Atlantic

By now, you’ve probably seen the billboards advertising Sky’s new channel, Sky Atlantic. The result of an exclusive deal between Sky and HBO, it’ll be the home to some of the greatest television series ever made. I’m very, very excited about it, for quite a few reasons.