| Two Thousand Acres of Sky | |
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Two Thousand Acres of Sky complete series cover. |
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| Genre | Comedy/Drama/Romance |
| Developed by | BBC Drama Group Zenith Entertainment |
| Starring | Michelle Collins Paul Kaye John Straiton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 48 minutes (season 1) 60 minutes (season 2-3) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC Television |
| Original run | 3 January 2001 – 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Himmelblå |
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| Website | |
Two Thousand Acres of Sky was a TV drama which aired on BBC Television from 2001 to 2003. It is also syndicated in the United States on PBS. It was created and written by Timothy Prager. The Executive Producer was Adrian Bate.
The show takes place on the fictional island of Ronansay off the coast of Skye. The actual filming location was the sea-side village of Port Logan.
In 2008, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation created a remake of the series called Himmelblå (in English: Skyblue) taking place on the island of Ylvingen, which is the island's actual name, in the county of Nordland in northern Norway. The show has been a formidable success in Norway with 1.2 million viewers at the start of the second season, 57.2% of the total amount of viewers in Norway. The first season of Himmelblå was aired by the Swedish public broadcaster SVT and by the Icelandic public broadcaster RUV during the autumn 2009.
Contents |
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Season |
# of Episodes |
Original airdate | DVD releases | ||
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| 1 | 6 | 2001 | R2: 24 May 2004 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 2001–2002 | R2: 13 September 2004 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 2003 | R2: 27 June 2005 | ||
| Complete series | 22 | – | R2: 19 September 2005 | ||
Abby is a single mother living in London with her two children. She sees an advertisement for a family with 2 children to run a B&B on an island off Scotland called Ronansay. The islanders have posted the advert as their local school is due to close due to only 3 children attending, they need an extra 2 children to keep the school open
Abby persuades her friend Kenny to pretend to be her husband and they are successful in their application to move to the island.
Abby begins a relationship with a local farmer, called Allistair. Kenny finds this relationship difficult as he is secretly in love with Abby. Kenny in turn begins a relationship with a local girl.
After Abby and Alistair end their relationship, Kenny invites Abby's ex husband Robbie from London to stay. Abby and Robbie decide to give their marriage another chance so Kenny decides to leave the island. On Kennys last night he goes out fishing alone and his boat sinks. Kenny manages to swim to shore but the following morning he is found dead on the beach.