Sky Knowledge Pack
The Sky Knowledge Pack is one of the original 6 Entertainment Packs that Sky TV content was divided into, and since 1st September 2011 it’s now part of the Entertainment Extra package. Where before customers could choose one or more Entertainment Packs in different combinations, the simplified choice now is between Entertainment (Variety and Style & Culture) or Entertainment Extra (all 6 packs).
The original 6 Entertainment Packs are Variety Pack, Style & Culture Pack, News & Events Pack, Knowledge Pack, Music Pack and Children’s Pack.
Channels in the Knowledge Pack
The Knowledge Pack is full of educational goodness but great fun at the same time – here are the channels that make up the pack;
- Discovery Channel, Discovery Channel +1
- Discovery History, Discovery History +1
- Discovery Turbo
- Discovery Science, Discovery Science +1
- Bio.
- Animal Planet, Animal Planet +1
- National Geographic Channel and +1
- Nat Geo Wild
- History, History +1
- Military History
- Eden, Eden +1
- Blighty
- Yesterday, Yesterday +1
- Investigation Discovery
- Crime & Investigation Network and +1
- Current TV
HD Channels in the Knowledge Pack
- Discovery HD
- Bio. HD
- National Geographic Channel HD
- Nat Geo Wild HD
- History HD
- Eden HD
- Crime & Investigation Network HD
What’s on?
Discovery Channel Launched in 1985 with the slogan ‘The world is just awesome’ the Discovery Channel is home to series such as Shark Week, How It’s Made and now Wildest Africa
Discovery History Loads of history content from the Discovery team including World War I in Colour, Time Team and Planes That Never Flew
Discovery Turbo British channel dedicated to cars, bikes, boats, and planes, with programmes such as American Hotrod, Ultimate Biker Challenge and Trainspotting
Discovery Science Broadcasting science documentaries since 1997, with programmes including Extreme Engineering, Invention Nation and It’s All Geek to Me
Bio A US channel devoted to biographical shows, this channel is all about people – from celebrities to tales of adventure and daring of ordinary (or not-so-ordinary) people
Animal Planet Another UK channel from the Discovery people, this one devoted to the animal kingdom, from Animal Crackers to Big Cat Diary and Meerkat Manor
National Geographic Channel Produced by the National Geographic Society, you’ll find high quality documentaries on nature, science, culture, and history
Nat Geo Wild From the same company but focusing on wildlife, popular programmes include Caught In The Act, Planet Carnivore and A Man Among Bears
History From medieval to recent history with a bit of conspiracy theory and more esoteric subjects like UFOs thrown in
Military History Big emphasis on World War II but also has programmes on other periods of miltary history
Eden Documentary channel showing mainly BBC factual favourites such as Big Cat Diary and The Blue Planet
Blighty Formerly UKTV People, a collection of UK-related programming from A Life of Grime to Save Our Boozer and Coast
Yesterday Originally known as UKTV History, so similar to the History Channel, plenty of war documentaries and others like Andrew Marr’s the Making of Modern Britain
Investigation Discovery UK crime channel, documentaries on missing persons, famous crimes and notorious criminals
Crime & Investigation Network Similar to ID (as it’s known) above, focuses on crime and mystery
Current TV News and events channel designed to inform you about the important things going on in the world – programmes include infoMania, Vanguard, The Rotten Tomatoes and SuperNews.
Sky TV Packages
Sky TV Starter Deal
£20 a month
Sky+ triple bundle with TV, broadband and calls. Free Sky+ Box with free standard set-up, 2GB broadband use, evening & weekend calls. Only £20 a month plus £12.25 line rental
Sky+HD Starter
£25.12 a month First 6 Months
Get the HD box FREE with free set-up and have fantastic HD quality TV – includes broadband and Sky Talk Freetime. Full price £30.25 a month plus £12.25 line rental.
Sky+HD with Sky Movies
£46.25 a month
Movies in HD, 850 different movies a month, Free Sky+HD box, HD pack with wide choice of HD channels, broadband and talk. £46.25 a month plus £12.25 line rental.
Sky+HD with Sky Sports
£50.25 a month
The fantastic Sky+HD Box, Sky Entertainment Pack plus Sky Sports! – over 100 sports with exclusive live coverage. £50.25 a month plus £12.25 line rental.