Sky’s Factual Channels

Ibiza Narcos, the third instalment of the Narcos strand, presents the story of how a tiny, sleepy Mediterranean Island was transformed into one the world’s most vibrant party capitals, fuelled by a dangerous and lucrative drugs trade.

Coming Soon

Professor Alice Roberts is back to lift the veil on more monarchs in the morgue with a second series of Royal Autopsy. Using a blend of historical and medical expertise and contemporaneous accounts and documents, she and Home Office pathologist Dr Brett Lockyer will be examining the deaths of “The Party King” George IV, “Bloody Mary” Mary I, “The Usurper” Henry IV and “The Forgotten Queen” Anne to reveal how each of these monarchs truly perished.

Now Available

Celebrating what would have been Terry Hall’s 65th birthday, Sky Arts presents a very… well… special tribute to one of the most influential bands of the 20th century – the Specials. Produced with The Specials, this film explores how the band’s music was influenced by social, economic and political events and how they have continued to shape contemporary music and popular culture internationally, with their message of unity and harmony in the face of ongoing political and social challenges.

Now Available

Black Widow follows the decade-long police investigation into one of Britain’s most dangerous female murderers – Dena Thompson. For over 20 years, Dena was known as ‘The Black Widow’ and carried out a sustained campaign of fraud, deception, bigamy, and murder. Using Lonely Hearts columns to lure a succession of husbands and dozens of lovers into her life, she was able to coerce them into giving up their life’s savings, their homes, their families, and their freedom based on her bizarre but convincing stories.

Coming Soon

Renowned former Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton revisits cases he originally led and explores everything from the crime itself through to the breakthrough moment when the suspect was identified and arrested. Sutton takes the viewer on a journey from the moment the police were called to the scene, visits key locations, and explains how he and his team managed to gather enough evidence to secure a conviction.

Episodes Now Available

After 63 years, Barbie is still the most famous doll in the world. The billion-dollar blonde who stokes perennial debate about childhood, femininity and sex. She has captured the innocence and aspiration of hundreds of million of children from the postwar generation to the post-gender. With 150,000 sold every day she is still firmly part of family life and childhoods across the globe. And yet the dark crooked story at the heart of her origin has yet to be fully told.

Now Available

Musicians don’t come much bigger than legends of rock Brian Johnson and Mark Knopfler, lead singers of AC/DC and Dire Straits. Having sold a staggering 300 million records between them, each has left their own mark on our cultural history.

Now, after a lifetime in music, they’re taking a moment to reflect. In this brand new series, Brian, Mark and special guests will embark on a joyous romp through the history of popular music, exploring the key moments that transformed these mavericks into iconic musicians.

Coming Soon

Discover English punk singer-songwriter and Libertines’ legendary front man, Peter Doherty, as he plunges into the depths of addiction at the very height of his popularity.

Over a period of 10 years, Peter Doherty was intimately filmed by director-musician Katia de Vidas who shot over 200 hours of exclusive footage. We experience, in the artist’s own words, Doherty’s moving and emotionally charged fight to overcome his demons and emerge from darkness back into the light.

Now Available