Śleboda, SkyShowtime’s first locally commissioned original programme in Poland, has shot to the top of the charts in just over two weeks…
The series has quickly become Sky Showtime’s best-performing series in the market to-date. Already watched by almost half of all subscribers following its launch on 12 December in Poland, audiences continue to demonstrate exceptionally strong loyalty, with a near 90% of viewers returning for subsequent episodes.
Following its overwhelmingly positive reception, SkyShowtime today announced that the crime drama will be available across all markets including Northern Europe, Iberia and the rest of Central & Eastern Europe from 20 February. The finale lands in its home country today (9 January), giving local Polish audiences the first opportunity to watch the entire six-part series.
SkyShowtime Chief Content Officer Kai Finke:
“We’ve been delighted by the extremely strong engagement with Śleboda shown by audiences across Poland since its December launch, with a near 90% of viewers continuing to watch after the first episode, demonstrating not only the popularity of dark and fast-paced crime thrillers, but also an obvious appetite for authentic local productions.
“This success underlines SkyShowtime’s ongoing commitment to producing compelling authentic local originals for our audiences and we’re excited to launch this series, with its A-list Polish cast and creative team, across all our markets from February.”
Featuring outstanding performances by Maria Dębska, Maciej Musiał and Piotr Pacek in the lead roles, the crime drama revolves around Anka (Dębska), a young anthropologist on a journey of self-discovery, who travels to the beautiful landscape of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra mountains only to stumble upon a dead body. She quickly becomes entangled in a murder mystery, crossing paths with Sebastian (Musiał), a shameless journalist on the hunt for a scoop, and Jędrek (Pacek), a local police officer with whom she shared a teenage romance.
An adaptation of the first instalment of the critically acclaimed series of crime novels by Małgorzata Fugiel-Kuźmińska and Michał Kuźmiński, the wider cast includes Joanna Balasz, Andrzej Chyra, Kuba Dyniewicz, Helena Englert, Jan Englert, Tomasz Karolak, Artur Krajewski, Mateusz Janicki, Mateusz Kmiecik, Magdalena Lamparska, Leszek Lichota, Anna Nehrebecka, Józef Pawłowski and Andrzej Zielinski.
Śleboda is directed by Michał Gazda and Bartosz Blaschke, with Tomasz Augustynek as Director of Cinematography and Magdalena Szwedkowicz as Producer. The series is written by Karolina Frankowska and Katarzyna Golenia. The series was filmed in the Republic of Poland with support provided through the Act on Financial Support for Audio-visual Production by the Polish Film Institute and funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
SkyShowtime is available direct-to-consumer via the SkyShowtime app across Apple iOS, tvOS, Android devices, Android TV, Google Chromecast, LG connected TVs, Samsung Smart TVs, select distribution partners across its markets, and through its website www.skyshowtime.com.
