Sky Original Urban Myths Returning for Season Three

Urban Myths, which was nominated for an International Emmy Award, has been greenlit for a third season on Sky Arts.

The next chapter of the anthology series sees students from the National Film and Television School (NFTS) taking over the creative direction. The third installment, “Bleak House Guest,” stars Stephen Mangan as Charles Dickens. It will air in spring 2019.

Urban Myths is distributed internationally by Sky Vision.

Morwenna Gordon, commissioning editor for Sky, said: “We’re incredibly proud of ‘Bleak House Guest’ and thoroughly enjoyed the process of working with SLAM and the NFTS on this project. With Stephen Mangan, Ian Hart and Monica Dolan in front of the camera, and a talented crew of NFTS alumni, It will make a world class addition to our next series of Urban Myths.”

Jon Wardle, NFTS director, said: “We are extremely grateful to Sky Arts for giving our graduates and students this opportunity to create an episode for such a high-profile series. Our Bridges to Industry scheme is such an important aspect of what we do at NFTS, and we couldn’t give our students and graduates this career-enhancing experience without the continued support of our industry champions like Sky.”

Louise Delamere, producer for Slam Films, said: “SLAM is delighted to have worked together with Sky and the NFTS on the Bridges to Industry initiative. This unique endeavor resulted in an Urban Myth which SLAM are incredibly proud of—not just for the quality of the program itself but for the opportunities we were able to offer young, emerging talent.”