Ronnie Wood to front music show for Sky

Ronnie Wood to front music show for Sky
Ronnie Wood to front music show for Sky (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Ronnie Wood is getting his own television show. The Rolling Stone, whose show on Absolute Radio has picked up several awards, will present The Ronnie Wood Show on Sky Arts from February next year. The format will see him joined in the studio by guests and music business friends and feature live performances and interviews. He said: "I've had so much fun doing my radio show and had lots of success with recent awards, so I'm really excited it's now going to TV to give the audience the chance to see behind the scenes." DJ Jo Whiley also gets her own show about the music industry and will present a spin-off, Jo Whiley Live, featuring bands playing extended sets. She said: "Doing a show like this with Sky Arts is a hugely exciting project for me. Performance is going to be a big part of both shows; getting on the established acts but also the opportunity to give new bands a showcase on the channel. "I'm delighted to be part of a programme that gives a forum to debate the complex issues facing the music industry today, and I'm looking forward to giving our guests the opportunity to really speak their mind." Her show starts in October. Channel director of Sky Arts James Hunt said both shows would be "innovative and exciting".

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.