Stories That Matter

Our factual programming spans Sky and partner channels, from award-winning documentaries to true-crime, nature and history. It’s a trusted space where audiences tune in and brands make meaningful connections.

Mysterious Islands

Explore haunting ruins and discover strange creatures. Around the world, islands are worlds within themselves, isolated and scarce on resources. From North Sentinel, one of the most forbidden islands in the world to places familiar as Ireland and Naples, this wide ranging team of experts investigates an array of intriguing island mysteries.

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Katie Price: Nothing To Hide

A Sky Original four-part series from Louis Theroux’s BAFTA-winning Mindhouse (Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, Lockerbie) and BAFTA and International Emmy-winning director, Paddy Wivell, brings a documentary lens to Katie’s story, combining extraordinary unseen footage with first-time testimony to deliver a revealing portrait of one of Britain’s most enduring celebrity figures.

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The Wargame

Based on the award-winning Sky News podcast of the same name, The Wargame sees constructed documentary meeting propulsive drama and takes viewers beyond the news cycle and behind closed doors into a sealed COBR-style crisis room where real-world senior politicians, military leaders and intelligence chiefs are challenged to confront a high-stakes scenario: a Russian attack on UK soil.

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Dame Judi Dench is joined by her great friend Sir Ian McKellen for tea and a warm, candid conversation about their extraordinary lives both on stage and off. From Shakespeare, stage fright and the insecurities of acting to the worldwide fame of the Lord of the Rings and James Bond movies, they reflect on success, failure and the importance of never taking either too seriously. Along the way Ian speaks movingly about coming out, his defining role in the fight against Section 28, and one of his greatest regrets; never sharing the truth about himself with his parents.

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Tea With Judi Dench

The Salisbury Poisonings: The Spy Next Door

The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door traces the extraordinary chain of events setin motion when former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury, England. Through firsthand testimony from senior intelligence officials, counterterrorism leaders, journalists and victims whose lives were forever changed, the film uncovers how authorities raced to identify the perpetrators, contain a deadly chemical weapon and respond to one of the most brazen acts of state-sponsored aggression on British soil.

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Machines can rewrite history – and no one knows that better than action legend and chemical engineering graduate Dolph Lundgren. Join him as he uncovers the stories behind history’s most groundbreaking machines: witness secret stealth helicopters, spy planes outrunning missiles, espionage tech that won wars, to the rocket that took humanity to the moon. Drawing on his background in chemical engineering, Dolph brings keen insight and charisma to this thrilling ride through the gears, guts, and genius behind the machines that reshaped our world.

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History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren

Voices of the Valleys

Voices of the Valleys follows three Male Voice Choirs from across Wales and their charismatic conductors as they each prepare for a key event in their choral calendar, from challenging competitions to a performance in front of over 70,000 people. Follow the passionate choristers, from a twenty-four-year-old soloist yet to reach his full potential to one of Wales’s more experienced and celebrated tenors, and explore the pride and dedication involved in keeping this rich tradition alive and thriving.

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When Ellie Williams’ allegations of grooming went viral, they tore the town of Barrow apart and triggered national outrage. Police quickly denied there was a grooming gang and Ellie was sentenced to eight and a half years in jail. But was there truth beneath the lies? And did the focus on proving one young woman a liar lead to denial of a wider grooming problem?

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Groomed: The Truth Behind The Lie

K9 PD with Jim Belushi

K9 PD with Jim Belushi” showcases intense moments caught on camera of officers and their K9 partners facing high-stakes calls, told through gripping footage from surveillance cameras, body and dash cams, drones and more. Actor and lifelong K9 advocate Jim Belushi returns to the world of heroic K9s — only this time, it’s for real — serving as host of the series, which captures the courage, precision, and raw instinct behind one of law enforcement’s most formidable partnerships

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Savage Mountain

Savage Mountain documents the highs and lows of Kristin’s journey from a relative newcomer to the multiple world-record holder as she takes on one of the most ambitious challenges in mountaineering history. While each of the 14 peaks expeditions typically takes two months to complete, Kristin unbelievably summited all mountains in just 92 days, halving the record held previously by Nims Purja. Uniquely, she was the only mountaineer to share such a record with her climbing partner, the Nepalese Tenjen Lama Sherpa.

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The Alien Autopsy Scandal

From BAFTA-winning director John Dower, this Sky Original docauseries revisits the infamous 1995 ‘alien dissection’ footage that shocked the world. Was it real or a masterful hoax? As UFO sightings and government disclosures fuel global debate, the series dives into the mystery’s origins, the filmmakers behind it, and the wider world of ufology – from Roswell to Scotland’s Calvine incident.

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Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic S3

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Returning for its third season, the series will see Ant back, full of determination that by Spring 2026 his parents will finally move into the front section of the house. As there is still plenty to do to get there to make the house feel like home, Ant continues to restore more iconic and classic cars, with each project helping fund the renovation.

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Rob Rinder: The Crime I Can’t Forget

In this deeply personal film, Rob Rinder returns to his roots as a criminal defence barrister to revisit one of the most haunting cases of his career. Twenty years on, Rinder revisits the case, reflecting on the events and examining his own role within them. As Rinder confronts the enduring emotional weight of the case, the film asks a careful and considered question: whether developments in the law, including the possibility of a trial in absence, might offer a route to further scrutiny of the evidence.

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Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard

Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard is a celebratory documentary that looks back on the life and career of one of Britain’s most anarchic and influential comedians. Through archive footage and tributes from those closest to him, it charts Mayall’s rise from the alternative comedy scene of the 1980s to mainstream success in hit shows like The Young Ones, Bottom and The New Statesman.

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Critter Fixers S6

100 miles south of Atlanta, Dr. Hodges and Dr. Ferguson are two longtime friends who own and operate Critter Fixer Veterinary Hospital. Together with their staff they treat over 20,000 patients. From cute family pets in need of medical attention, to life-or-death rescues, the Critter Fixers cover it all.

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Naked & Afraid: Global Showdown

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New Naked And Afraid spin-off series. A 10 episode survival competition series, dubbed the Olympics of survival. Set on Africa’s wild coast, pairs of contestants representing their home nations will compete against each other in this global survival show.

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Johnny Vegas: Little Shop Of Antiques S2

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Johnny Vegas is back, and so is his Little Shop of Antiques. Only this time, he’s thinking bigger, better and more business savvy, and seeing if his business can truly thrive. This isn’t just a man buying and selling knick knacks, it’s Johnny’s quest to turn his tiny corner of Dagfields into something extraordinary.

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Stanley Tucci believes that the best way to understand a country is through its food. Nowhere is this truer than in Italy, where the shape of your pasta and the sauce you serve it with speak directly to identity—and differentiate each region from the next. In this new series, Stanley’s on a culinary quest to explore the connection between the food, the land, and the people of the country he loves.

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Tucci in Italy S2

Amsterdam Central

Amsterdam Central, Europe’s busiest rail network, sees over 2000,000 travellers daily, thanks to 900+ dedicated heroes working behind the scenes. As this 135-year-old architectural masterpiece undergoes its biggest renovation yet, meet the unstoppable team keeping the station running smoothly. Where one journey ends, another begins.

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Wild Philippines

The two-part series Wild Philippines takes the viewers on a fascinating journey through the varied natural world of the Philippines, a group of islands located on the Ring of Fire in the Pacific. The country’s geological landscape, shaped by volcanic eruptions and deep trenches, is truly impressive. In each of the documentary’s two episodes, we encounter several animal protagonists at different times of their lives. Wild Philippines is a powerful, compelling expedition through the beauty and natural treasures of this vast archipelago, centred around the fascinating fauna that inhabits the islands.

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Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny

Through use of recently declassified CIA documents, X-Files alumnus David Duchovny uncovers some of the most closely guarded government secrets from post-war history – mysteries and conspiracies we’ve long suspected but to which we’ve never had answers.

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Britain’s Countryside Killers S4

This series delves into murder cases that deeply affected different towns and villages in the quaint British countryside, leaving them with events for which they would prefer not to be notorious. Each episode focuses on a different case that transformed once-idyllic landscapes into crime scenes forever imprinted in local memory. Episodes include the 2017 murder of eighteen-year-old college student Ellen Higginbottom in Wigan, who was murdered with seemingly no rationale provided by the murderer, and the story of fatal attraction from Lancashire, in which ex-lover murders the new girlfriend of a man she can’t let go.

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Hazardous History with Henry Winkler S2

Hosted, narrated, and executive produced by Emmy® Award winning TV legend Henry Winkler, Hazardous History with Henry Winkler tells the nostalgic “back in my day” tales of unregulated experiences from a time before we knew better. Each episode tells the stories of the things Americans did for fun, for money, or out of plain boredom that you can’t do anymore. Pastimes, practices, and products that were once allowed, even encouraged, which you will never see again in modern America. There was a time, not long ago, when doctors would recommend smoking, when food was stored in toxic refrigerators, and children unknowingly played with radioactive toys, flew down slides that ripped their skin off, and decorated Christmas trees with ornaments made from asbestos.

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World War II with Tom Hanks

Over 20 episodes, World War II with Tom Hanks presents a sweeping and definitive retelling of the Second World War, drawing on rarely seen archival material, powerful, evocative storytelling, and insights from leading historians. Spanning the origins of the conflict, its decisive turning points, and the human stories at its heart, the series offers a panoramic and emotionally resonant perspective on the war that reshaped the modern world.

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WWE’s Greatest Moments

WWE’S GREATEST MOMENTS returns for a second series this April. The show provides fans a front-row seat to relive the iconic events that have shaped WWE history. It will feature legendary play-by-play announcer Michael Cole hosting half-hour episodes with various WWE Superstars & Legends, including Stone Cold, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Owens and others, to share vivid recollections and perspectives on the most remarkable moments in wrestling history.

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