Sky’s new Kardashian show will feature an ex-member of the famous family
REALITY royalty the Kardashian family have found dizzying fame and fortune.
They first came to our attention 15 years ago with US show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which ran until 2021 — then returned this year with Disney+ series The Kardashians . . . and are still going strong.
Now Sky is set to make a documentary looking at the stellar rise of Kim Kardashian, her ample rear, and the rest of the clan.
Also featuring her sisters Kourtney and Khloe, their half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner and parents Kris and Caitlyn Jenner, it promises not to hold back on exploring their ways for growing their brand.
Adding credibility to the claims will be yours truly Caitlyn Jenner. A source said: “The Kardashians story is one of the most fascinating, and unlikely, in the history of TV.
"And the way in which they have grown their fame and exploited it is a fascinating story.
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“That is the focus of this documentary, with some serious talk by people who know what they’re talking about — often from first-hand experience.”
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The Sky documentary, which has yet to be given a title, is set to start filming soon and is expected to air in the middle of next year.
Keeping Up With The Kardashians, or KUWTK, quickly became a hit when first unveiled in 2007 and turned the Californian clan into megastars.
Kim alone is now worth £1.6billion thanks to endless endorsements, ad campaigns and design projects.
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And the family’s wealth and profile continues to grow as The Kardashians’ second series launched in September and is once again holding fans on Disney+ enthralled.
I can also reveal that the action has been one of the biggest draws for the relatively new streaming giant, with thousands of new sign-ups for subscriptions as a direct result of the lure ofall things Kardashian.
You can bet the new Sky doc will prove just as popular.
Sky declined to comment.
JASON’S RIGHT MANC FOR JOB
JASON Manford won’t have far to travel for his latest gig.
The Mancunian comedian has joined the hosting team for Children In Need which is being filmed in Salford.
Jason, who is currently on a nationwide stand-up tour, will present alongside Alex Scott, Mel Giedroyc and Ade Adepitan for the charity spectacular, which airs next Friday on BBC1.
Chris Ramsey is also on board and Jason admits he has already grilled his fellow comic about what’s in store: “Chris rang me and said it’s a long night, so wear comfy shoes.
“He also said the accumulator at the end of the night, when you find out the money you’ve made, is one of the most exciting things in all of television.”
The show will also include CiN specials of BBC favourites Blankety Blank, The Weakest Link and The Repair Shop, as well as covering Joe Wicks walking an epic marathon – one of the many fundraising efforts planned.
It should be a top night.
SIMON’S CORRIE PRANKS
WE saw Simon Gregson's cheeky side when he was transformed into drag diva Bidet Bardot on Queens For The Night.
But the Corrie star did not need to dig deep to find it, because he is often naughty on set.
Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, Simon said: “Friends in the sound department would set challenges for me, saying ‘I bet you can’t do this.’ And I’d say ‘I bet I can.’
“And see if it would get past the edit. And it always did. For some reason, I started going ‘Errr’ before every sentence.
"So they said ‘Do an errr from the door to the other side of the bar’ – and I did!
“And scratching my bum and sniffing my fingers. That’s gone out as well. It just sneaks through the edit, it’s great.
“People seem to like that. I got away with murder and it’s made life very easy at work.”
'Magical'
JULIA Donaldson's Princess Mirror-Belle will be back for a second magical series on CBBC.
Child actress Tallulah Conabeare, who plays the lead, said: “It’s going to be even more fun, magical, and exciting than the first.” All 12 episodes will be available on BBC iPlayer from November 21.
ITALIA 90 REPLAY ON SKY
ENGLAND footie heroes Paul Gascoigne, John Barnes and Terry Butcher will reminisce about the Italia ’90 World Cup in a new Sky documentary.
The trio, who memorably reached the semi-finals with the Three Lions, will appear on the show alongside other icons from the 1990 tournament including Italy’s Salvatore Schillaci, Cameroon’s Roger Milla and West Germany’s Lothar Matthaus.
The doc focuses on five of the most memorable teams in Italia ’90 – England, Cameroon, Italy, Yugoslavia and West Germany – recalling drama on the pitch, as well as off it.
Viewers will witness how the fall of the Berlin Wall, civil tensions in Yugoslavia, plus English football hooliganism, affected the teams going into the tournament.
The first episode of Italia ’90: Four Weeks That Changed The World will air on Sky Documentaries this Sunday at 9pm. The channel is also screening specials on England 1966 World Cup hero Geoff Hurst and Brazil’s 2002 World Cup winning team this month as World Cup fever starts to kick in.
Handy viewing when your Qatar 2022 wall chart’s up.
Ross's race
BEING a passenger in Jonathan Ross's car used to be as scary as his Halloween parties.
The veteran TV host has revealed he was a terrible driver after passing his test many moons ago, so bad he once knocked over a pedestrian TWICE.
He was driving wife Jane Goldman at the time, before stepping out to call an ambulance.
Wossy explains: “I was with my wife and then a gap appeared. I accelerated to go forward and she screamed, so I stopped, and I went ‘What?’
“She went ‘the man’, I went ‘What man?’ I thought, ‘I don’t know what’s going on’, but there was another gap, I thought, ‘F*** it, I’ll get out’, accelerated again, and as I accelerated I saw the man she meant who I had just knocked over, but who was now standing up. As I accelerated I knocked him over again.”
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Speaking on Dave’s Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, he added: “So I knocked over the same man twice. He’d got knocked down, he’d got back up again and I knocked the f*** back down.”
It’s like a Chumbawamba song.
