New Dawn for TV

IF A CERTAIN beer manufacturer did TV channels, they’d probably come up with something like Sky Atlantic.

Pulling the strings behind the scenes you’d have geniuses such as Martin Scorsese and The Wire creator, David Simon, while out front a cast of the best TV actors on the planet would be joined by the likes of Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Kate Winslet.

Reruns of the greatest series ever made (The Sopranos, The Wire, etc) would be combined with a mouthwatering offering of new shows from what has been a golden age in American television (see highlights panel), a smattering of the network’s own quality commissions, and a few bits from Sky Arts. It really is that good.