Sky Arts delves into The Private Lies of celebrities with Alison Jackson
Alison Jackson: Private Lies - Sunday 26 February 9.30pm Sky Arts 1 HD
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Alison Jackson, the renowned photographer has returned to Sky Arts for 2012 with Private Lies, an inimitable (no pun intended) mixture of real news and satirical reconstructions, which will receive its UK premiere on Sky Arts 1 HD this February.
Private Lies looks at some of the biggest news moments of 2011; from the Royal wedding, to the Libyan crisis. Jackson is renowned for her convincingly realistic work, which imagines what’s going on behind the scenes of these momentous occasions.
Jackson captures news stories featuring Colonel Gaddafi, Barack Obama, Cheryl Cole, Simon Cowell, Ryan Giggs and Lady Gaga, and parodies the celebrity stories of the year.
Creating footage as if it were taken from hidden cameras, Alison Jackson throws a unique light on a host of celebrities. She follows Prince William and the mischief he may have got up to on his stag do with Prince Harry and friends, she enters the palace for William and Kate’s first patriotic Christmas together and catches up with Elton John to see how he’s coping being a parent. Other events covered include the mystery around Wayne Rooney’s hair transplant and the possible answer to how David and Victoria Beckham selected Harper as a baby name.
“Alison Jackson Private Lies is an astute satirical look at celebrities and their possible secret lives and escapades,” comments James Hunt, channel director of Sky Arts. “We’ve seen an increasing appetite for satire with our audiences and Private Lies is a brilliantly funny commentary on celebrity culture.”
Jackson work raises questions about whether we can believe what we see when we are bombarded with celebrity news imagery. Alison Jackson Private Lies contains a mixture of real news footage and satirical reconstructionsandwill broadcast on Sunday 26 February 9.30pm on Sky Arts 1 HD.
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NOTES TO EDITOR
Alison Jackson: Private Lies
Co-produced by Alison Jackson Studios and October Films
Alison Jackson, Executive Producer and Director
Jeremy Daldry, Executive Producer for October Films
October Films
October Films is one of the UK’s most successful independent production companies with an unsurpassed reputation for producing intelligent factual programming – from hard-hitting current affairs to factual entertainment series; from observational documentaries to history and science programming.
Founded in 1989, the company has attracted worldwide recognition and has won over 90 international television awards including BAFTAs, RTS Awards and a number of Emmys.
Creating flagship programming for both UK and International broadcasters, October Film’s production slate includes primetime programming such as, Michael Jackson and the Doctor – A Fatal Friendship (C4 & MSNBC), The Great Treehouse Challenge (Sky 1), My Flat Pack Home (UKTV), Back From the Dead (C4 & National Geographic Channel), The Hunt for Britain’s Sex Traffickers (C4), 18 Pregnant Schoolgirls (BBC3), Rude Tube (C4 & E4), Caribbean Cops (Virgin 1), Chris Ryan’s Elite Force (Discovery EMEA & Bravo), Sandwiches Unwrapped (Dispatches – C4), The Hunt for Shannon Matthews (C4), Sun, Sea and A&E (Virgin 1), The Fun Police (Cutting Edge, C4) and Repo Men (cutting Edge, C4) .
www.octoberfilms.co.uk
Sky Arts
Sky is the only broadcaster in the UK and Ireland with channels dedicated solely to the arts, with 48 hours of the best arts content from around the world across Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2 daily. Recent highlights include the latest season of the Met Opera, Chekhov Comedy Shorts, a season of brand new plays starring the cream of British comedic talent, Tim Marlow on Sculpture 3D and The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
Sky Arts also seeks to connect with culture on the ground; creating and collaborating with the best of the arts in the UK and Ireland to bring new experiences to life. The flagship show, The Book Show, now goes to four literary festivals including Hay and Cheltenham. Sky Arts Creative Wish is part of Sky Arts Ignition Series which launched in in 2011 to invest in the arts landscape of the UK. The Series will seek to collaborate with six arts organisations over the next three years in the creation of brand new works; Sky Arts Ignition Series: Futures Fund will support five young artists with a bursary of £30,000 each, enabling Sky Arts to back the creation of new works of art as well as nurture emerging talent. Sky Arts also encourages new formats and methods for accessing opera; beaming the world’s first live opera in 3D to cinemas across the UK and Ireland from ENO. Follow us on twitter @skyarts. See sky.com/arts