Sky is to broadcast a new documentary about comic legend Spike Milligan featuring footage that has not been seen ofr many years.

It is one of a number of documentaries being made about artists past and present. there will be a major documentary about Gary Numan and then a series entitled Lost and Found, an anthology of films spotlighting previously lost or undiscovered footage and archive material from the lives of singer-songwriter Nina Simone, Spike Milligan, writer Laurie Lee and singer Dame Cleo Laine.