Best new things you should watch on Sky and NOW

We've become more and more attached to our screens over the course of the past year, with brilliant box-sets and Oscar-winning films launching directly into our living rooms — as lockdowns continued and cinemas remained closed.

Now that restrictions are starting to lift, our attachment to home entertainment may be less of a necessity, but to be honest, we always need brilliant TV and film recommendations.

What to watch on Sky and NOW: Where can I watch them?

Once upon a time, you could only access the latest Sky films and boxsets if you had a Sky subscription, but now if you've signed up to NOW (formerly NOW TV), you can access all the same brilliant programs and latest movies as Sky customers — so it's really up to you which platform you choose. If you're an existing Sky customer with access to Sky Originals and want to add on the Sky Cinema package you can do that, too.

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With new boxsets and films being premiered exclusively on Sky channels each month, it can be hard to keep track of what to watch if you're an existing member, or, if you've completed Netflix and are considering adding Sky or NOW to your streaming service roster, this edit of what's on offer might entice you...

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What to watch on Sky and NOW: What boxsets are available?

From high-stakes financial thriller Devils, to Kate Winslet's latest gripping detective series Mare of Easttown and Kaley Cuoco's star turn in The Flight Attendant — it's safe to say Sky Originals entertainment offers some of the best boxsets around.

What to watch on Sky and NOW: What films are available?

Not forgetting the latest Hollywood blockbusters also on offer on Sky and NOW Cinema — like Tenet, The Witches and recent Oscar-winner Promising Young Woman.

So without further ado, here's the best of the bunch of what Sky and NOW have to offer...

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A flight attendant's life gets turned upside down after she wakes up in a hotel room with a dead man, but with no memory of what happened.

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Polar opposite paramedics are paired together in this brand new Sky comedy — with seemingly nothing in common, tough-acting introvert Maleek and chatty divorceé Wendy soon become each other's life support, both personally and professionally.

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A secret agent is given a single word as his weapon and sent to prevent the onset of World War III. He must travel through time and bend the laws of nature in order to be successful in his mission.

Starring Elizabeth Debicki (aka the next Diana in The Crown), John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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Release date: 14th May on Sky Atlantic

This eight-part psychological drama is set in Ancient Rome and told from the perspective of the prominent females of the time, including Livia Drusilla — wife and advisor of Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.

The Sky drama series examines the power struggles of Ancient Rome, through the lens of sex, violence, love, ambition and betrayal.

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Release date: 17th May

What do you get when you pair sci-fi with period drama? A brilliant boxset it seems. From the mind of Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Josh Whedon, comes this supernatural world following a gang of women with extraordinary powers known as 'the touched,' set in Victorian London.

Starring Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson, James Norton and Olivia Williams (among others).

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Release date: 27th May on Sky One

Paul and Ally (Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard) struggle to balance their full-time careers, while dealing with the many trials and tribulations that come their way while raising their two young children. Hilarity ensues in this American-British comedy, partially based on Freeman's own experience as a parent.

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Release date: 29th May on Sky Cinema and NOW

The Queen's favourite corgi lives a life of luxury at Buckingham Palace. However, he ends up on the streets after he is blamed for a very inappropriate diplomatic situation during dinner with the President of the United States.

Family-friendly comedy starring Jack Whitehall as Rex the Corgi and Julie Walters as the voice of the Queen.

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Release date: 31st May on Sky Cinema

The 2020 remake of the childhood Roald Dahl classic is arriving on Sky at the end of the month.

Starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, the film — which has been reimagined by director Robert Zemeckis — also stars Octavia Spencer as the grandmother, who takes in her young orphaned grandson, after his parents die in a car crash in 1967.

As the boy and his grandmother encounter some glamorous but diabolical witches, she whisks him away to a seaside resort... Little do they realise the biggest witches convention of all time is taking place there.

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Release date: TBC on Sky and NOW

Inspired by real events, Landscapers brings us the story of mild-mannered Susan and her husband, and asks us how they came to kill Susan’s parents and bury them in the back garden of their Mansfield home, in a crime that remained undiscovered for over a decade.

Starring Olivia Coleman and David Thewlis, we can't wait to watch this brilliant-sounding true crime series.

Release date: 8th June on Sky One and NOW

The hilarious show starring David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed is back for a second season this summer — following a hapless NSA agent who is tasked with working with the difficult head of GCHQ's cyber crimes unit in the UK.

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Release date: TBC 2021 on Sky Atlantic and NOW

A chilling nine-part German haunted house drama series is arriving on Sky soon.

Following the story of 16 year-old Juri and his father Jaschek, who move into a run-down building in a housing complex on the outskirts of a city.

While Jaschek tries to establish a new life for himself as the building's caretaker, son Juri soon discovers that the building has a life of its own and feeds on the suffering of its inhabitants — including his father, who has already fallen under the its dangerous spell.

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Release date: TBC 2021 on Alibi and NOW

Spooks star Nicola Walker will take the lead in this brand new crime drama, headed to the channel later this year.

Walker voiced the lead character DI Annika Strandhed in the Radio 4 drama, on which the series is based — and the TV version will follow the detective as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit in Scotland.

Th official synopsis reads: 'This specialist unit is tasked with investigating the unexplained, sometimes brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland.

'Walker will be joined by some other familiar faces, like Katie Leung (Cho Chang from Harry Potter— recently in Roadkill), Ukweli Roach (Blindspot) and Jamie Sives (Guilt).

Release date: TBC 2021

Although there's been no confirmation that this series will premiere on Sky and NOW, it's produced by Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley and is also adapted from a novel by the same author — Liane Moriarty — so we suspect that this is where the psychological thriller will end up for its UK release.

Just like BLL, Kidman will feature as executive producer — as well as starring in the show — which has been filmed in Australia.

Nine Perfect Strangers is set in a wellness retreat, where we are introduced to nine city dwellers who are also strangers to each other. The story focuses mainly on middle-aged romance writer, Frances (Melissa McCarthy) who has lost her spark, before later being introduced to ethereal and dangerous-looking retreat leader Masha (Kidman).

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Carey Mulligan stars in this black comedy revenge thriller about a woman who goes to nightclubs each week, pretending to be fall-down drunk, to catch out the supposed 'nice guys' that come and see if she's okay, before taking her home.

Cassie (Mulligan) is determined to teach these guys a lesson they won't forget about consent, due to something mysterious happening in her past that caused her to drop out of medical school.

Featuring an all-star cast including Laverne Cox, Alison Brie, Bo Burnham, Jennifer Coolidge, Adam Brody, Max Greenfield and Connie Britton — it's also directed by Emerald Fennell (who won an Oscar for the film) and produced by Margot Robbie.

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Patrick Dempsey is Dominic Morgan — a powerful financial trader at a London Investment Bank, who's been mentoring the head of trading as he makes his way up in the business. However, their relationship takes a dark turn after a worldwide financial conspiracy is uncovered, and loyalties are thrown into question, in this gripping financial thriller.

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