Sky Max was a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on 1 September 2021, it previously broadcast British drama and unscripted series, including Brassic, COBRA, The Lazarus Project, A League of Their Own, and Rob & Romesh Vs, as well as acquired programming from the United States.
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. The majority of drama and unscripted programming previously shown on Sky One was moved to Sky Max, while most of Sky One's comedy series were transferred to Sky Comedy. Sky Max shut down alongside Sky Showcase on 24 February 2026 and was replaced by the relaunched Sky One channel.
Programming at closure The remaining shows listed below were still on the air at the time of Sky Max's closure in February 2026, with the majority of future series moved to Sky One. Mr. Bigstuff (2024–25) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (series 29–33; 2021–25) Rob & Romesh Vs (series 4–8; 2022–26)
Acquired programming
From (series 3) Hacks (series 3–4) The Paper (series 1) Ted (series 1) The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (series 1–3) The Walking Dead: Dead City (series 1–2)
Former programming Drama Wolfe (2021) COBRA (series 2–3; 2021–23) Temple (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 Brassic (series 3–7; 2021–25) Agatha Raisin (series 4; 2021–22) Frayed (series 2; 2022) Funny Woman (2023–24) Then You Run (2023) Small Town, Big Story (2025)
Unscripted Game shows A League of Their Own (series 16–20; 2021–25) Rob Beckett's Smart TV (2024–25)
Reality Dating No Filter (series 2; 2022) Got, Got Need (2022) Player Pranks (2022) Hold The Front Page (2023–24) The Overlap On Tour (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) The Deirdre O'Kane Show (2021) Fantasy Football League (series 7–8; 2022–24)
Acquired programming
Based on a True Story Bel-Air (series 2) The Blacklist (series 9–10) Creature Commandos (series 1) Evil (series 4) Fantasy Island The Flash (series 7–9) The Flight Attendant (series 2) Last King of the Cross 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) Peacemaker Poker Face Resident Alien (series 2–4) Revival SEAL Team (series 5–7) Supergirl (series 6) S.W.A.T. (series 5–8) Tales of the Walking Dead The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Warrior (series 3)
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 Fear The Walking Dead 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 Welcome to Wrexham You, Me and the Apocalypse
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