London Ink is a British reality television show on Discovery Real Time that follows the tattoo artists Louis Molloy, Nikole Lowe, Dan Gold, and Phil Kyle.

London Ink
Directed by
  • Bob Marsden
  • Cristin Cricco-Powell
  • Rob Lambie
Starring
Narrated byMax Beesley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Fenton Bailey
  • Randy Barbato
ProducerMargaret Meenaghan
Running time60 minutes
Production companyWorld of Wonder
Original release
NetworkDiscovery Real Time
Release23 September 2007 (2007-09-23) –
23 November 2008 (2008-11-23)
Related

Premise edit

Each of the artists brings a different style to London Ink. Louis Molloy, is an expert in parallel and straight lines and other difficult shapes, and has tattooed David Beckham. Dan Gold is an avid graffiti artist in the freehand new wave graffiti style. New Zealand artist Nikole Lowe specializes in Japanese, Tibetan, and Indian-themed art. American Phil Kyle brings a new wave old school style with his own twist over to England. The show is a spin-off of Miami Ink and premiered on 23 September 2007.[1]

The first series was filmed at London Tattoo in Islington, London. The shop lives on as a day to day tattoo studio London Tattoo at the Islington location.[2]

Cast edit

Main members

Celebrity customers

Episodes edit

  • Season 1 - 6 episodes
  • Season 2 - 6 episodes

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Discovery promo sees London get 'inked'". Digital Spy. 12 September 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  2. ^ "London Ink". Big Tattoo Planet. 1 April 2008. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ "London Ink". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

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