Sky Max

For the TV channel branded as Sky Mix between 2004 and 2005, see Sky Replay.

For the TV channel branded as Sky Mix in 2023, see Sky Mix.

Sky Max

Logo used since 2021
Broadcast area	United Kingdom Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Republic of Ireland
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Sky Group (Comcast)
Sister channels	List of Sky UK channels
History
Launched	1 September 2021;4 years ago (1 September 2021)
Replaced	Sky One
Availability
Streaming media
Sky Go	Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Now	Watch live (UK and Ireland only)
Virgin TV Go	Watch live (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere	Watch live (Ireland only)

Sky Max is a British pay television channel and on-demand service which launched on 1 September 2021. It is owned and operated by Sky Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. ^[1] The service broadcasts a variety of drama, comedy-drama, and unscripted series.

Sky Max was announced on 28 July 2021, along with Sky Showcase, to replace Sky One; the former flagship which had been on air for nearly 40 years. ^{[2] [3]} 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. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Current programming

Comedy drama

• Mr. Bigstuff (2024–present) ^[7]
• Small Town, Big Story (2025) ^[a]

Unscripted

Game shows

• A League of Their Own (series 16–19; 2021–present) ^{[b] [8] [9]}
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks (series 29–33; 2021–present) ^[c]

Reality

• Rob & Romesh Vs (series 4–7; 2022–present) ^[b]
• The Overlap On Tour (2023–present)

Acquired programming

• Creature Commandos
• From (series 3–present) ^[d]
• Hacks (series 3–present) ^[e]
• The Paper
• Poker Face
• Revival
• S.W.A.T. (series 5–8) ^[b]
• Tales of the Walking Dead
• Ted
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
• The Walking Dead: Dead City

Upcoming programming

Drama

• Amadeus (December 2025) ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• Under Salt Marsh (2026) ^{[13] [14]}
• Inheritance (TBA) ^[15]
• Prisoner (TBA) ^{[16] [17]}

Comedy drama

• Force & Majeure (TBA) ^[18]
• They F**k You Up (TBA) ^[19]
• The Trip (series 5; TBA) ^{[b] [20]}

Unscripted

Reality

• The Dyers' Caravan Park (2025) ^[21]
• Gemma Collins: Four Weddings and a Baby (2026) ^[22]

Variety

• Saturday Night Live UK (2026) ^[23]

Acquired programming

• Crystal Lake (2026) ^[24]
• The Good Daughter (2026) ^[25]
• The Miniature Wife (2026) ^[26]

Former programming

Drama

• Wolfe (2021)
• COBRA (series 2–3; 2021–23) ^[b]
• Temple (series 2; 2021) ^[b]
• A Discovery of Witches (series 3; 2022) ^[b]
• The Rising (2022)
• The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
• The Lazarus Project (2022–23)
• A Town Called Malice (2023)

Comedy drama

• Brassic (series 3–7; 2021–25) ^[b]
• Agatha Raisin (series 4; 2021–22) ^[f]
• Frayed (series 2; 2022) ^[g]
• Funny Woman (2023–24)
• Then You Run (2023) ^[h]

Unscripted

Game shows

• Rob Beckett's Smart TV (2024–25)

Reality

• Dating No Filter (series 2; 2022) ^[b]
• 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)
• Romesh: Can't Knock the Hustle (2025)

Variety

• The Russell Howard Hour (series 5–6; 2021–22) ^[b]
• The Deirdre O'Kane Show (2021)
• Fantasy Football League (series 7–8; 2022–24) ^[i]

Acquired programming

• Based on a True Story
• Bel-Air (series 2) ^[j]
• The Blacklist (series 9–10) ^[b]
• Fantasy Island
• The Flash (series 7–9) ^[b]
• The Flight Attendant (series 2) ^[b]
• Last King of the Cross
• Legends of Tomorrow (series 6–7) ^[b]
• The Lost Symbol
• Magnum P.I. (series 4–5) ^[b]
• Manifest (series 3) ^{[b] [k]}
• NCIS: Los Angeles (series 13–14) ^[b]
• NCIS: New Orleans (series 7) ^[b]
• Resident Alien (series 2–4) ^[b]
• Peacemaker
• SEAL Team (series 5–7) ^[b]
• Supergirl (series 6) ^[b]
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
• Warrior (series 3) ^[b]

Second-run programming

The majority of programming listed below previously aired on other Sky UK channels. The list includes both Sky originals and acquired programming.

• An Idiot Abroad
• Banshee
• Bliss
• Bulletproof
• Critical
• Curfew
• Delicious
• The Enfield Haunting
• Entourage
• The Five
• Grimm
• Hawaii Five-0
• Hooten & the Lady
• Intergalactic
• Jamestown
• Jett
• MacGyver
• Mad Dogs
• Merlin
• The Moaning of Life
• Mount Pleasant
• The Office
• Prodigal Son
• Stan Lee's Lucky Man
• Stargate Atlantis
• Stargate SG-1
• Stargate Universe
• Stella
• Strike Back
• The Walking Dead ^[l]
• Welcome to Wrexham ^[m]
• Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
• You, Me and the Apocalypse

Notes

1. Simulcast on Sky Atlantic.
2. Moved from Sky One
3. Revival series. Previously aired on BBC Two from 1996–2015.
4. Moved from Sky Sci-Fi
5. Moved from Amazon Prime Video
6. Moved from Sky One. Co-production with Acorn TV
7. Moved from Sky One. Co-production with ABC TV
8. Co-production with Sky Atlantic (Sky Deutschland)
9. Revival series. Previously aired on BBC Two from 1994–96 and ITV from 1998–2004
10. Moved from Peacock UK
11. Moved to Netflix for series 4
12. Previously aired on Fox UK (series 1–10) and Disney+ (series 11)
13. Previously aired on Disney+

References

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