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Director:	Bob Marsden Cristin Cricco-Powell Rob Lambie
Starring:	Louis Molloy Dan Gold Nikole Lowe Phil Kyle
Narrated:	Max Beesley
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	2
Num Episodes:	12
Executive Producer:	Fenton Bailey Randy Barbato
Producer:	Margaret Meenaghan
Runtime:	60 minutes
Company:	World of Wonder
Network:	Discovery Real Time
Related:	Miami Ink LA Ink NY Ink Rio Ink

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.

Premise

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

Main members

• Louis Molloy
• Nikole Lowe
• Dan Gold
• Phil Kyle^[3]

Celebrity customers

• Iwan Thomas
• Darren Thompson
• Shane Lynch
• Alex Kramer
• Emily Scott

Episodes

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

See also

• List of tattoo TV shows

External links

• • London Ink at Discovery Real Time

Notes and References

1. Web site: Discovery promo sees London get 'inked' . Digital Spy . 12 September 2007 . 6 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206111204/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a75530/discovery-promo-sees-london-get-inked/ . 6 February 2023 . dead.
2. Web site: London Ink . Big Tattoo Planet . 1 April 2008 . 6 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206111045/https://www.bigtattooplanet.com/features/media/london-ink . 6 February 2023 . dead.
3. Web site: London Ink . Metacritic . 5 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205153735/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/london-ink . 5 February 2023 . dead.