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Sky Atlantic is a British channel owned by that launched in 2011 and broadcasts in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel airs original British-produced dramas like Fortitude, Tin Star, and Gangs of London but is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States. It has held the domestic rights to programming since 2011, which is set to expire in early 2026, and has previously held the domestic rights to Showtime programming from 2016 to 2021. It is exclusively available on the satellite TV platform (including and Now).

broadcasts a German-language version of the channel in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, while broadcasts an Italian-language version of the channel in Italy. Their programming is also dominated by acquired series, usually dubbed in the domestic language. The Italian channel also premieres Sky Originals produced in the country, like Gomorrah, The Young Pope, and .

Background
Launch
It was announced on 25 October 2010 that Sky Atlantic would launch on Sky channel 108, which was previously occupied by Sky 3. Sky Atlantic launched on 1 February 2011 on in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

At launch, was the director of programmes for , , Pick and Sky Atlantic. On 5 May 2011, Elaine Pyke, the head of drama at Sky, was promoted to director of Sky Atlantic, reporting to Murphy. Programmes on the channel are also offered to Sky customers via on-demand channels including the On Demand and services and Now. Both and had held talks with Sky over the new channel but have been unable to agree a carriage deal, in Virgin's case due to pricing.

Additional channels
A one-hour timeshift of Sky Atlantic started broadcasting on 20 September 2012 on channel 173 as Sky Atlantic +1. It moved to channel 170 on 9 June 2015 as part of a reshuffle which also included the closure of Sky 3D, Sky Livingit becoming Real Lives and Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 merging to become simply . It moved to channel 217 on 18 July 2017 as part of the reshuffle which included Sky Sports Mix moving to entertainment, and again to 208 on 1 May 2018 as part of Sky's major EPG reshuffle due to Sky Atlantic being channel 108.

Sky Atlantic was available in both standard definition and high definition, the latter on Sky Atlantic HD. Sky Atlantic also utilises the HD swap bouquet system developed by Sky, which switches SD channels with HD channels for HD Pack subscribers, meaning Sky Atlantic HD is on channel 108 and the standard definition version appears on channel 808.

Sky Atlantic VIP was a rewards channel for subscribers of Sky TV who had been with Sky for two or more years and for subscribers who had the Sky Original Bundle (later Sky Entertainment pack, then Sky Signature pack). The HD version also required the HD pack in the UK and the Sky Box Sets pack in Ireland. The channel only broadcast brand new episodes of a popular show a week or so before being shown on the main Sky Atlantic channel. An example of this is when episodes of Riviera were shown first on Sky Atlantic VIP, then a week or so later on Sky Atlantic. Sky Atlantic VIP was under Sky VIP's "See-It-First" offer. Sky VIP is a rewards programme for long-term Sky subscribers. When the channel was not broadcasting a brand new episode of a programme, the channel was off-air resulting in the channel being on-air only for a few hours per week. The channel only broadcast adverts for programmes on Sky channels. The SD version was on Sky channel 994 with the HD version on channel 995. The channel closed on 12 June 2019.

In January 2024, select programming begun being simulcast on .

Acquisitions
Sky Atlantic relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes, with more than 50% of all programming coming from . Although the channel mainly screens dramas, blocks in the channel's schedule were dedicated to comedies and movies. The launch of Sky Atlantic in 2011 followed the broadcaster's £150m, five-year deal to buy exclusive UK and Ireland television rights to HBO's entire archive, new HBO programming and a first-look deal on all co-productions. Although it has been renewed since, the exclusivity deal with HBO is set to expire in early 2026, allowing for the launch of the Max streaming service in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. In December 2024, a new agreement was made between Sky and Warner Bros. Discovery that allows Sky to maintain life-of-series rights to select HBO programming released before the deal ends, including House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, Euphoria, and . Sky still planned to make new acquisitions via separate agreements on a programme-by-programme basis, while new series in existing franchises would continue to be released exclusively on Sky but all other future HBO original programming, like the untitled Harry Potter series, would be released on Max.

In January 2016, Sky expanded the acquired programming on Atlantic after purchasing the broadcast rights to Showtime programming; however, Sky Atlantic does not broadcast all Showtime programmes, as some series would later air on Channel 4 as part of a separate deal. The deal with Showtime expired in December 2021, with all future series becoming exclusive to the Paramount+ streaming service which launched in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy in 2022, while a separate agreement allowed Billions to continue on Sky.

Current programming
Drama
Save Me drama Renewed for final seriesRetitled Save Me Too for the second series

Comedy
Small Town, Big Story drama27 February 2025 Pending

Co-productions
Gangs of London AMC/United States Pending
Sweetpea drama/United States Renewed
The Day of the Jackal thrillerPeacock/United States Renewed

Acquired programming
  • Euphoria
  • The Gilded Age
  • House of the Dragon
  • The Last of Us
  • The White Lotus

Upcoming programming
Drama
Atomic drama Post-production

Comedy
The Death of Bunny Munro drama Post-production

Acquired programming
  • Task (September 2025)
  • (Late 2025)

Former programming
Drama
Hit & Miss2012
The British2012
FortitudePsychological thriller2015–18
Riviera2017–20
Tin Star2017–20
Little Birds drama2020
This EnglandBiographical drama2022

Comedy
This is Jinsy2011–14 Previously aired the pilot episode on
Walking and TalkingTeen 2012
2012–15
Common Ground2013
Mr. Sloane 2014
Doll & Em (series 2)2015 Previously aired on for series 1.
Camping2016
The Trip (series 3)2017 Previously aired on for series 1–2. Moved to for series 4.
I Hate Suzie drama2020–22 Retitled I Hate Suzie Too for the second series
Dreamland2023

Unscripted
2011–19 for Game of Thrones
The Devil's Dinner Party2011–12
2012
Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia2012
God Save The QueensDocuseries2012
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge2012–16 Edited version of the web series of the same name
Adam Buxton's Bug2012
Ronna and Beverly2012
Don't Sit In The Front Row2012–13
Set List: Stand Up Without a Net2013–14

Co-productions
FalcónCanal+/France
/Germany		2012
The TunnelCanal+/France2013–17
Penny Dreadful dramaShowtime/United States2014–16
The Last PanthersCanal+/France2015
GuerrillaShowtime/United States2017
BritanniaHistorical fantasyAmazon Prime Video (series 1)
/United States (series 2–3)		2018–21
Patrick MelroseDramaShowtime/United States2018
Sally4Ever/United States2018
Chernobyl/United States2019
Catherine the Great/United States2019
Upright (series 1)/Australia2019 Moved to for series 2.
The EndDrama/Australia2020
The Third DayPsychological thriller/United States2020
DominaSky Atlantic/Italy
MGM+/United States (series 2)		2021–23
Landscapers /United States2021
The Baby/United States2022
The Lovers /United States2023
Mary & George/United States2024
The Tattooist of AuschwitzPeacock/United States
Stan/Australia		2024
Biographical dramaPeacock/United States2025

Acquired programming
HBO programming
  • Angels In America
  • Band Of Brothers
  • Banshee
  • Barry (series 1–2)
  • Big Little Lies
  • Bored to Death
  • The Brink
  • Camping
  • Carnivàle
  • The Comeback
  • Crashing
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm (series 1–9)
  • The Deuce
  • Divorce
  • Enlightened
  • Entourage
  • Funny or Die Presents
  • Game of Thrones
  • Girls
  • Here and Now
  • How to Make It in America
  • The Idol
  • I Know This Much Is True
  • Insecure (series 1–3)
  • Irma Vep
  • John Adams
  • Julia
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (series 1–6)
  • The Leftovers
  • Looking
  • Lovecraft Country
  • Luck
  • Mare of Easttown
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Mosaic
  • Mrs. Fletcher
  • My Brilliant Friend
  • The Newsroom
  • The Night Of
  • Olive Kitteridge
  • The Outsider
  • The Pacific
  • The Penguin
  • Perry Mason
  • The Plot Against America
  • Quarry
  • Raised By Wolves
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (series 12–17)
  • The Regime
  • Room 104 (series 1)
  • Scenes from a Marriage
  • Sex and the City
  • Sharp Objects
  • Show Me a Hero
  • Silicon Valley
  • Six Feet Under
  • The Staircase
  • Succession
  • The Sympathizer
  • Tell Me You Love Me
  • The Time Traveler's Wife
  • Togetherness
  • Trackers
  • Treme
  • Vinyl
  • Watchmen
  • We Own This City
  • Westworld
  • White House Plumbers

Showtime programming
  • The Affair
  • American Rust (series 1)
  • Billions
  • The Borgias
  • Black Monday (series 1–2)
  • Brotherhood
  • Californication
  • City on a Hill (series 1–2)
  • The Comey Rule
  • Dexter
  • Dice
  • Escape at Dannemora
  • The Good Lord Bird
  • House of Lies
  • I'm Dying Up Here
  • The Loudest Voice
  • (series 1–2)
  • Weeds
  • Yellowjackets (series 1)
  • Your Honor (series 1)

Miscellaneous

Most watched programmes
The following is a list of the ten most watched programmes on Sky Atlantic (all of them being episodes of Game of Thrones), based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB up to 20 May 2019. The number of viewers does not include repeats or Irish ratings. Additionally, all of these episodes were the most viewed programme of the week on non-terrestrial television in the UK. Game of Thrones is Sky's most popular show.
1Game of Thrones8.04 – The Last of the Starks5,430,4516 May 2019
28.02 – A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms5,266,03422 April 2019
48.05 – The Bells5,039,35513 May 2019
38.06 – The Iron Throne5,011,27720 May 2019
58.03 – The Long Night4,983,91029 April 2019
68.01 – Winterfell4,380,83415 April 2019
77.07 – The Dragon and the Wolf3,535,00028 August 2017
17 July 2017
97.05 – 3,420,00014 August 2017
31 July 2017

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