SKY REVEALS AUGUST PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS

Sky have revealed their slate of programming highlights coming to their portfolio of channels during August 2024.

Rob & Romesh Vs

Series 7

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 to Vegas 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.

The Body Next Door

In November 2015, an astonishing and macabre discovery thrusts Beddau, a sleepy former mining village in the heart of the Welsh Valleys, into the spotlight. What begins as a seemingly harmless prank involving a medical skeleton found in the secure garden of a quiet residential block takes a horrifying turn when it is revealed that the 'skeleton' is, in fact, a dead body. What emerges is a gripping murder mystery intertwined with a dramatic family saga.

Adam Hills: Foot Fault

Comedian and host of The Last Leg Adam Hills takes viewers behind the scenes of a global campaign around the growing form of the sport - Para-Standing Tennis - and its potential as a future Grand Slam and Paralympic event. Adam visits some of the most famous tennis locations in the world, meeting and playing with former Grand Slam winners, as well as uncovering the barriers faced by aspiring tennis players with disabilities who want to be included by their sport at the highest level.

Klitschko: More than a Fight

Academy Award winner Kevin MacDonald directs this feature-length documentary charting Vitali Klitschko’s journey from the boxing ring to political office, ultimately leading the defence of the capital when it was attacked by Russian forces in February 2022.

With unprecedented access to the former heavyweight boxing world champion along with his brother Wladimir, the film combines a retrospective story of the brothers’ Soviet childhood and their incredible sporting career with present-day footage capturing what it takes to hold the city and country together during wartime.

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

In the third spin-off series of the seminal apocalyptic survival series The Walking Dead, Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) washes ashore in France, struggling to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. 

Transmission details for all titles mentioned above will be confirmed in due course.