{"id":8078,"date":"2017-11-22T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/sky-expands-originals-slate\/"},"modified":"2017-11-22T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:49:14","slug":"sky-expands-originals-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/11\/22\/sky-expands-originals-slate\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Expands Originals Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sky has announced eight new commissions, bringing its slate of original series for 2018 to more than 50.<\/p>\n<p>Of the platform&#8217;s upcoming originals, about half (24) are returning shows, including <em>Riviera<\/em> with Julia Stiles. Also returning is the comedy thriller <em>Bounty Hunters<\/em>. <em>Gangs of London<\/em> is a brand-new contemporary drama, co-commissioned with Cinemax. There are three brand-new comedies from Sky Arts\u2019 <em>Urban Myths<\/em> series: <em>When Bowie Met Bolan<\/em>, <em>The Dali and The Cooper<\/em> and <em>Public Enemy<\/em>. 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