Sky Documentaries HD [UK] TV guide for the week

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Sky Documentaries HD [UK]

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Sky Documentaries HD TV guide for 5 June

  1. Urban Secrets

    Alan Cumming visits Liverpool, cutting through cliches about football and the Beatles to explore its less-celebrated treasures. Among his destinations are a 1930s banking building that has remained un

  2. Queen of Speed

    A look at the career of French driver Michele Mouton, charting her battle to rise to the top of the male-dominated world of rallying in the 1970s and '80s.

  3. Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon

    An exploration of the life and career of the Beatles superstar, with a look at the strange parallels between him and his killer Mark David Chapman.

  4. My Icon: Moeen Ali

    English cricket star Moeen Ali discusses the individuals that have inspired him during his life and career.

  5. The United Way

    The story of Manchester United Football Club, co-written and narrated by Eric Cantona, and featuring insight from David Beckham, Peter Schmeichel, Teddy Sheringham and more.

  6. My Icon: Leon McKenzie

    The former Norwich City forward and professional boxer discusses the individuals that have inspired him during his life and career.

  7. The Directors

    The life and career of Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique film-making style.

  8. Discovering: Jean Simmons

    A profile of the London-born actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Hamlet and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for Guys and Dolls.

  9. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist

    Documentary about the rise and fall of Marco Pantani, the maverick Italian cyclist found dead less than six years after winning the Tour de France.

  10. Brazil 2002

    Documentary following the Brazilian national team through the 2002 World Cup, which culminated in the country's fifth victory in the tournament.

  11. The Two Escobars

    How the fates of two Colombians - Andrés Escobar, the inspirational captain of Nacional, and Pablo Escobar, the notorious leader of the Medellin cartel - were permanently linked.

  12. Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager

    Documentary exploring the career of the much-loved former England, Barcelona and Newcastle United manager. Via the Hand of God and Paul Gascoigne's tears, to titles across Europe, Robson overcame the

  13. Football Bomber: The Dortmund Bus Attack

    Documentary recounting the attack on Borussia Dortmund's team bus in 2017, featuring interviews with the players involved.

  14. The Directors

    The life and career of Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique film-making style.

  15. Discovering: Jean Simmons

    A profile of the London-born actress, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Hamlet and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress for Guys and Dolls.

  16. Discovering: Al Pacino

    A look at the life and career of the American actor, who shot to fame in The Godfather, before starring in Serpico, Scarface and Scent of a Woman, for which he won an Academy Award.

  17. Discovering: Bill Murray

    A look at the life and career of the American actor, the star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Lost in Translation.

  18. The Directors

    The life and work of director Christopher Nolan, whose films include Memento, Insomnia, the Dark Knight trilogy, The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet.

About Sky Documentaries HD

Sky Documentaries HD [UK] is a British Sky HD channel dedicated to documentary films, documentary series and authored investigative projects. It broadcasts in English and launched on 27 May 2020 as Sky's dedicated documentary channel.

The schedule covers politics, culture, sport, music, social conflicts and notable public figures. It also includes biographical projects, journalistic series, investigations and films from HBO Documentary Films and Showtime Documentary Films.

The channel focuses on causes, consequences, witnesses and the people at the centre of a story. The Sky Documentaries HD [UK] TV guide includes documentary premieres, authored series, investigations and repeat showings.