The deal means that the third and all future seasons of Glee will air on Sky 1 from this autumn, leaving their current UK home of E4.

At E4 Glee recorded audiences of up to 2.5m per episode, making it by far and away the largest show on the channel. It was then repeated on Channel 4.

These large audiences have helped the programme to provide a significant amount of charts singles and albums - Glee: The Music Volume 6 ...