Sky Arts goes 'Inside The Actors Studio'

Sky Arts has picked up the UK rights to long-running US talk show Inside The Actors Studio.

The channel - formerly known as Artsworld - has acquired seasons 12 and 13 of the show, each episode of which features a one-one interview with an actor in front of an audience of drama students. Subjects include Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Eddie Murphy, Jodie Foster and Kiefer Sutherland.

The series, which previously aired on ITV and the Performance Channel, begins on Sky Arts in January.