M.Son of the Century
Based on the Premio Strega-winning and international bestselling book by Antonio Scurati, M.Son of the Century comes to Sky in 2025. The eight-episode series will tell the history of a country that surrendered to dictatorship, and the story of a man who was able to rise from his ashes time and again. It will cover the period from the founding of Fasci Italiani in 1919 through to Mussolini’s infamous speech in parliament following the murder of socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti in 1925. The series will also provide viewers with an insight into Mussolini and his personal relationships, including with his wife Rachele, his lover Margherita Sarfatti, and with other iconic figures from the time.
David di Donatello, Nastro d’Argento, Volpi Cup and Shooting Stars Award winning actor Luca Marinell leads the cast as Benito Mussolini.
Coming to Sky in 2025
Mr Bigstuff
Glen (Ryan Sampson) and his fiancée share a perfect, perfectly mundane life together. Sure, Glen’s got crippling erectile dysfunction and Kirsty has a secret shoplifting habit, but they’re happy. That is until Lee (Danny Dyer) comes crashing into their lives, whilst on the run from a past that’s quickly catching up with him.
The trio are forced together: a perfectionist, a fantasist and an anarchist all living under the same roof in an Essex cul-de-sac. It’s not long before their ‘perfect’ lives start to unravel faster than a cheap carpet.
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Small Town, Big Story
Small Town, Big Story is a warm and witty, very dramatic comedy created and directed by Chris O’Dowd (Moone Boy). Filmed on location in Ireland, the six-part series is about the fictional town Drumban, a rural village of rattled misfits on the border of Ireland and another world, and what happens when a Hollywood production rolls into town and throws the spotlight on a secret that’s been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium. The series stars Christina Hendricks as Wendy Patterson, a local girl done good as a hot shot television producer, and Paddy Considine as Drumban’s local doctor and pillar of the community Seamus Proctor.
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Portrait Artist of the Year S11
Dust off your brushes! A new selection of talented artists, chosen from thousands of entrants, will compete once again in the nation’s favourite art competition, Portrait Artist of the Year. The series is back with host Stephen Mangan and a new batch of amateur and professional artists battling it out to impress expert judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. As always, they’ll be joined by a star-studded lineup of celebrated sitters from the worlds of stage, screen, literature, sport and politics.
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The Radleys
The Radleys is a scarily relatable vampire thriller adapted from the critically acclaimed novel by best-selling author Matt Haig and based on a script developedby British Comedy Award winner Jo Brand. Nestled in a quiet, suburban English town live The Radleys. To their neighbours, they are as ordinary as they come, yet beneath the surface, parents Peter (DamianLewis) and Helen (Kelly Macdonald) are concealing a devastatingly dark secret from their teenage children, Rowxan and Clara. They are abstaining vampires, choosing not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, yet becoming more and more bloodthirsty by the day.
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Robin and the Hoods
Robin and the Hoods, a family comedy comes to Sky Cinema this Summer.
For the tenacious 11-year-old Robin (Darcy Ewart) and her loyal band of friends ‘The Hoods’, the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom. This all new Sky Original also stars Naomi Harris, Gwendoline Christie and Mark Williams.
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The Day of the Jackal
Starring Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal is a bold, modern reimagining of the beloved and respected novel and film. While staying true to the DNA of the original story, this contemporary drama will delve deeper into the chameleon like ‘anti-hero’ at the heart of the story in a high octane, cinematic, globetrotting ‘cat and mouse’ thriller, set amidst the turbulent geo-political landscape of our time.
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Lee
Starring Kate Winslet, the film is not a biopic, instead it explores the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life.
As a middle aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse. Lee Miller defied the expectations and rules of the time and travelled to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific. Her photographs of the war, its victims and its consequences remain among the most significant and historically important of the second world war. She changed war photography forever, but Lee paid an enormous personal price for what she witnessed and the stories she fought to tell.
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Rob & Romesh Vs. S7
Continuing their mission to seek out new pastimes, livelihoods and lifestyles and make a right hash of them, Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are back to prove that jack-of-all-trades are masters of none. The seventh series will see the duo head toVegas to explore the world of UFC, tackle Heavy Metal at its UK heartland, Download Festival, take on Wildlife as they go behind the lens as part of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year and dive into Hollywood to see how they fare as Hollywood stuntmen.
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Brassic S6
After an epic end to the last season, the gang are back with as much wild adventure and hilarity as ever. Reeling from the explosive encounter with Manolito, they set about getting their lives back in order. Only now the landscape is changing, people are getting older and the question of growing up looms in the air. Season 6 is a madcap journey involving man-eating crocodiles, bigamists and a naked cult. The MacDonaghs are creating trouble again, stepping it up a gear as they get high on new-found power.
And amongst all this, we’re taken on an emotional roller coaster, with some heartfelt goodbyes and new love interests on the horizon.
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Sweetpea
In a deviously twisted coming-of-‘rage’ story, Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Fallout) stars as Rhiannon: a quiet wallflower on a darkly comedic and intoxicating journey of self-discovery, with deadly consequences. Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make much of an impression people walk past her in the street without a second glance. She’s continually overlooked for a promotion at work, the guy she likes won’t commit, and her dad is really, really sick . So far, so shit. Then everything in her life turns upside down. Rhiannon is pushed over the edge, and loses control. Suddenly the wallflower is gone, and in its place is a young woman capable of anything… Rhiannon’s life transforms as she steps into a new, intoxicating power, but can she keep her killer secret?
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A Sacrifice
American ex-pat and social psychologist Ben Monroe (Eric Bana) relocates to Berlin to further his research on the epidemic of cult mentality. While he immerses himself in German cultism, his rebellious teenage daughter, Mazzy (Sadie Sink), becomes entwined with a mysterious and enigmatic local boy (Jonas Dassler).
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Funny Woman S2
Funny Woman, starring Gemma Arterton returns to Sky this autumn.
The second series finds Sophie on a high. She is the nation’s favourite TV comedy star; she’s got a group of good friends and her romance with Dennis is full of promise. But trouble is just round the corner: Dennis’s divorce will take three years; Sophie’s new sitcom flops and she uncovers a devastating family secret. Sophie escapes the turmoil by taking a leading role in a film opposite a glamorous French movie heartthrob. The film is a hit and Sophie’s slick new US agent offers her a fresh start in Hollywood… But Sophie returns to London, determined to get the gang back together and to create a new show which reflects her real life and challenges outdated cultural conventions.
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Never Mind The Buzzcocks S4
Much-loved comedy quiz show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, is set to return to Sky Max for a fourth series later this year. the music-themed quiz will see actor and comedian Greg Davies back at the helm as host with returning team captain, Noel Fielding and regular panelist, Jamali Maddix.
Multi award-winning comedian, actor and writer, Sophie Willan, will sit in as opposing team captain for a handful of shows, with Daisy May Cooper returning for the Christmas Special.
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Bonus Track
It’s 2006, and George – a 16-year-old from a small town – is on the road to complete social and academic failure. He knows he’s a gifted musician and dreams of being a star, but no one else seems to agree. So, when Max – the son of a mega-famous musical duo – enrolls at his school and takes an interest in his music, George can’t believe it! Neither can anyone else. But as the boys grow closer, George begins to question why he actually wants to spend time with Max. George is faced with a potential dream come true – if he can just figure out what that dream now really is…
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