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12:30pm: News just in for UK viewers, Prison Break is going to Sky One!


Sky One has stolen the exclusive UK rights to US drama Prison Break from Five.

The deal with 20th Century Fox International will give Sky One the life of rights for series three of Prison Break and the first two seasons of new US drama Journeyman.

Head of acquisitions for Sky One, Two and Three David Smyth said: "Prison Break originally launched in 2005 and instantly became a global success captivating audiences with its plot twists. The edge of the seat drama is the perfect addition to our must-see slate of US programming."

But a Five spokesperson said: "In the light of Prison Break's declining ratings we didn't feel the asking price for season three represented good value." It is unclear how much Sky has paid for the third and final series of the show.

Prison Break follows the story of Michael Scofield whose brother is wrongly imprisoned for murder.

Scofield, played by heartthrob Wentworth Miller, hatches an elaborate plan to break his brother out of prison.

The first season culminated in a successful breakout while the second season, which concludes next week on Five, followed the escaped prisoners attempts to avoid capture.

Season three is currently in production and creator Paul Scheuring has said that the overall theme will be "redemption".

The first series averaged a 9.2% share for Five while the second series has so far attracted an average share of 8.5%.

The channel has been hotly tipped to pick up Journeyman since the pilot was shown at the LA Screenings last week.

The show is produced, written and directed by the team behind hit US political drama The West Wing, and stars British actor Kevin McKidd as a man who finds himself travelling into the past with a purpose - impacting people's lives for the better - and sometimes the worse.

Smyth said: "The Journeyman pilot was a stand-out pilot at the LA Screenings and we're confident that the series will resonate with Sky One's audience, aided by a knockout performance from British actor Kevin McKidd."

Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution managing director Steve Cornish added: "We are sure that both of these series will fit well with Sky One's schedule and appeal to their core audience. We are looking forward to working with Sky to make Prison Break and Journeyman a success for them."

Sky's most recent high profile steal was Lost from Channel 4. It paid £975,000 per episode for the show, with t he 23-part third series, which ended last week, averaging 1.1 million (7.2%) in its Sunday night slot at 10pm.

[Michael]

you have to laugh. sky took lost, now prison break lol

[lily.]

Sky one had PB in the first place though didn't they?

[Tom4784]

Oh, i have Virgin Media Why can't Sky One get their own programs? I bet nearly half of their programs have been poached from elsewhere.

[Fat.Rat]

Originally posted by L
Sky one had PB in the first place though didn't they?

i thought UKGold did, anyways yeah it sucks for people on VM, lost now PB

[Sarah.]

Sky need to get their own programs. They stole Lost which forced me to have to download.. not that I watch PB but still it sucks for those who haven't got Sky.

[James]

Originally posted by L
Sky one had PB in the first place though didn't they?

Obviously you get them off torrents then. It was on C5 first, then repeated on UKTV Gold.

Typical Sky, waiting till a show gets popular on one channel then grabbing it.

[Razmataz]

Sky takes everything it can. It'll try taking Big Brother soon.

[Crystal-Rose]

oh damn stupid sky!
i have virgin media argh

[Corkie]

It is annoying..

I've never watched Prison Break on a uk television anyway as i've just downloaded them or watched on DVD.


I might watch the last one tonight though as I still haven't seen it for some strange reason...