Sky Max is a British

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...

channel and on-demand service which launched on 1 September 2021. It is owned and operated by

Sky Group Sky Group Limited is a British media and telecommunications conglomerate owned by Comcast and headquartered in London. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Sky is Europe's largest media co ...

, a subsidiary of

Comcast Comcast Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Holdings,Before the AT&T Broadband, AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, not th ...

. The service broadcasts a variety of drama, comedy-drama, and unscripted series. Sky Max was announced on 28 July 2021, along with

Sky Showcase Sky Showcase is a British pay television channel which launched on 1 September 2021. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a division of American media company Comcast. Sky Showcase was announced on 28 July 2021, along with Sky Max, as a rep ...

, to replace

Sky One Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1989, ...

; the former flagship which had been on air for nearly 40 years. Sky Max broadcasts the entertainment and drama output previously shown on Sky One, while most of Sky One's comedy output was transferred to Sky Comedy.

Current programming

Comedy drama

* '' Brassic'' (series 3–6; 2021–present) * ''

Funny Woman ''Funny Woman'' is a British drama television series directed by Oliver Parker and adapted for the screen by Morwenna Banks from the best-selling novel '' Funny Girl'' by Nick Hornby. It stars Gemma Arterton with an ensemble cast including ...

'' (2023–present) * '' Mr. Bigstuff'' (2024–present) * '' Small Town, Big Story'' (2025)

Unscripted

Game shows

* '' A League of Their Own'' (series 16–19; 2021–present) * '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (series 29–32; 2021–present) * ''Rob Beckett's Smart TV'' (2024–present)

Reality

* '' Rob & Romesh Vs'' (series 4–7; 2022–present) * ''The Overlap On Tour'' (2023–present)

Acquired programming

* '' Bel-Air'' (series 2–present) * '' From'' (series 3–present) * '' Hacks'' (series 3–present) * '' Last King of the Cross'' * '' Peacemaker'' * '' Poker Face'' * '' Resident Alien'' (series 2–present) * '' S.W.A.T.'' (series 5–present) * '' Ted'' * '' The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon'' * '' The Walking Dead: Dead City''

Upcoming programming

Drama

* '' The Iris Affair'' (2025) * '' Amadeus'' (TBA) * ''

Inheritance Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Offi ...

'' (TBA) * ''Prisoner'' (TBA) * '' Under Salt Marsh'' (TBA)

Comedy drama

* ''They F**k You Up'' (TBA)

Unscripted

Reality

* ''Can't Knock The Hustle'' (2025) * ''The Dyers' Caravan Park'' (2025)

Variety

* ''Saturday Night Live UK'' (2026)

Acquired programming

*'' All Her Fault'' (TBA)

Former programming

Drama

* '' Wolfe'' (2021) * ''

COBRA COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels ...

'' (series 2–3; 2021–23) * ''

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

'' (series 2; 2021) * '' A Discovery of Witches'' (series 3; 2022) * '' The Rising'' (2022) * '' The Midwich Cuckoos'' (2022) * '' The Lazarus Project'' (2022–23) * '' A Town Called Malice'' (2023)

Comedy drama

* '' Agatha Raisin'' (series 4; 2021–22) * '' Frayed'' (series 2; 2022) * '' Then You Run'' (2023)

Unscripted

Reality

* ''Dating No Filter'' (series 2; 2022) * ''Got, Got Need'' (2022) * ''Player Pranks'' (2022) * ''Hold The Front Page'' (2023–24) * ''Joe Lycett's United States Of Birmingham'' (2025) * ''Big Zuu & AJ Tracey's Seriously Rich Flavours'' (2025)

Variety

* '' The Russell Howard Hour'' (series 5–6; 2021–22) * ''The Deirdre O'Kane Show'' (2021) * '' Fantasy Football League'' (series 7–8; 2022–24)

Acquired programming

* '' Based on a True Story'' * ''

The Blacklist ''The Blacklist'' is an American crime thriller television series created by Jon Bokenkamp and developed by John Eisendrath. It stars James Spader as Raymond Reddington, an international criminal and one of the FBI's Most Wanted fugitives ...

'' (series 9–10) * '' Fantasy Island'' * ''

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

'' (series 7–9) * '' The Flight Attendant'' (series 2) * '' Legends of Tomorrow'' (series 6–7) * '' The Lost Symbol'' * '' Magnum P.I.'' (series 4–5) * '' Manifest'' (series 3) * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' (series 13–14) * '' NCIS: New Orleans'' (series 7) * '' SEAL Team'' (series 5–7) * ''

Supergirl Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. Th ...

'' (series 6) * '' The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live'' * ''

Warrior A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal society, tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, social class, class, or caste. History ...

'' (series 3)

Second-run programming

The majority of programming listed below previously aired on other

Sky UK Sky UK Limited (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB)), Trade name, trading as Sky, is a British broadcasting, broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, broadband internet, fixed line and mobile telephone ...

channels. The list includes both Sky originals and acquired programming. * '' An Idiot Abroad'' * '' Banshee'' * ''

Bliss BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known system language until C debuted a few years later. Since then, C ...

'' * '' Bulletproof'' * '' Critical'' * ''

Curfew A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours. Typically, curfews order all people affected by them to remain indoors during the evening and nighttime hours. Such an order is most often issued by public authorit ...

'' * '' Delicious'' * '' The Enfield Haunting'' * '' Entourage'' * '' The Five'' * '' Grimm'' * '' Hawaii Five-0'' * '' Hooten & the Lady'' * '' Intergalactic'' * '' Jamestown'' * '' Jett'' * ''

MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series ''MacGyver''. He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the MacGyver (1985 TV series), 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in Mac ...

'' * '' Mad Dogs'' * ''

Merlin The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN) is an interferometer array of radio telescopes spread across England. The array is run from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire by the University of Manchester on behalf of UK Re ...

'' * '' The Moaning of Life'' * '' Mount Pleasant'' * '' Prodigal Son'' * '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man'' * ''

Stargate Atlantis ''Stargate Atlantis'' (usually stylized in all caps and often abbreviated ''SGA'') is an Adventure film, adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show was created by Brad W ...

'' * ''

Stargate SG-1 ''Stargate SG-1'' (often stylized in all caps, or abbreviated ''SG-1'') is a military science fiction Adventure fiction, adventure television series within Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate, ''Stargate'' franchise. The show, created by Brad Wrig ...

'' * ''

Stargate Universe ''Stargate Universe'' (often abbreviated as ''SGU'') is a military science fiction drama television series and part of MGM's ''Stargate'' franchise. It follows the adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the An ...

'' * '' Stella'' * '' Strike Back'' * '' The Walking Dead'' * '' Welcome to Wrexham'' * ''

You, Me and the Apocalypse ''You, Me and the Apocalypse'' is a British-American comedy-drama miniseries. The series was green-lit on 8 January 2015. It debuted on Sky 1 on 30 September 2015 and on NBC on 28 January 2016. Sky 1 said in March 2016 there would be no sec ...

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