Golden Globe nominated American drama series True Blood exclusively on Sky Box Sets from 13th August

LONDON, 22-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — From 13th August, Sky customers will be able to watch all seven seasons of Golden Globe nominated, American drama series True Blood exclusively with Sky Box Sets. Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris,True Blood is the birth child of Academy Award®-and-Emmy®-winner Alan Ball. This sexy and chilling series is sure to keep your heart racing and your blood pumping this summer.

True Blood follows Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin: X-Men: Days of Future Past, The Piano), a telepathic barmaid living in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, whose life is turned upside down when a Vampire (Stephen Moyer: Waking the Dead and Devil’s Knot) walks into her life and introduces her to a strange new supernatural world. All seven seasons suck viewers into a scary, dark and mysterious universe where Sookie and other Bon Temps residents battle it out to stay alive in a town where nobody’s safe.

Nominated for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards and winner of Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series, the show has also been nominated for a BAFTA and nominated no less than four times for a Golden Globe. In 2010, Anna Paquin won a Golden Globe for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama’ only highlighting the talent involved with the creation of the series, writers, producers and actors alike. Some of the finest talent include Academy Award winner Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård (Battleship, The Giver).

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The complete box set, seasons 1-7, of True Blood will be available exclusively on demand with Sky Box Sets from 13th August 2015.

For further information please contact:
Sky
Amy Holland
Product & Brand PR
Amy.Holland@Sky.uk

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Golden Globe nominated American drama series True Blood exclusively on Sky Box Sets from 13th August