Carl Roberts 
Dick Wolf’s FBI franchise returns to Sky with the OG series and the globe-trotting spin-off FBI: International, among other highlights.
It is a crime-busting week on Sky next week. Dick Wolf’s FBI franchise returns to Sky Witness and NOW in Week 32, with OG series FBI and globe-trotting spin-off FBI: International leading the charge. Other highlights include the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin, the premieres of Sonic The Hedgehog 3 and September 5. Also, Mr Bigstuff, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and SWAT release new episodes. There’s plenty to keep the whole family entertained.
FBI
Abandoned – Season 7, episode 1
Special Agents Maggie Bell and OA are back as FBI returns for season seven. From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind the “Law & Order” brand, FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organised crime and counterintelligence.
In the first episode of the new season, the assassination of a seemingly ordinary Brooklyn plumber launches the team into a globe-spanning investigation that ruffles feathers with the CIA. Meanwhile, Tiffany struggles with fieldwork in the aftermath of the Hakim case.
Thursday 7 August 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes weekly
FBI: INTERNATIONAL
A Leader, Not A Tourist – Season 4 , episode 1
Returning for a fourth and final season, FBI: International sees Special Agent Scott Forrester and the Fly Team take on threats to American citizens wherever in the world they may be in a globe-trotting depiction of international law enforcement.
In the opening episode of the season, the Fly Team is introduced to Supervisory Special Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell (new series regular Jesse Lee Soffer) when his partner is shot in Los Angeles and the suspects flee to Budapest, sending Mitchell overseas.
Thursday 7 August 22.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes weekly
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN
Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in the band’s own words and is the first officially sanctioned film on the group.
Tuesday 5 August 21.00 Sky Documentaries & NOW
LOVE SCAM: AN UNBELIEVABLE FRAUD
Love Scam: An Unbelievable Fraud is a Sky Original documentary following German singer Matthias, who one day meets a successful and charismatic lawyer about to be appointed to the European Court of Justice. A hot flirtation turns into a solid relationship based on love and trust. Or so it seems. When the signs that the man of his dreams is leading a double life as a cheat become more apparent, Matthias sticks by him despite warnings from his friends and family.
Until he realises that he himself is at the centre of a web of lies that his partner has built up through emotional manipulation and financial exploitation. Matthias gets to know other victims and looks into the human abyss of his supposedly closest confidant. He decides to take the wrong lawyer to court.
Wednesday 6 August 21.00 Sky Documentaries & NOW
BILLY JOEL: AND SO IT GOES
Part 1 & 2 of 2
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is an expansive portrait of the life and music of Billy Joel, exploring the love, loss, and personal struggles that fuel his songwriting. With unprecedented access to never-before-seen performances, home movies, and personal photographs, along with extensive, in-depth one-on-one interviews, the documentary intimately explores the life and work of Joel, whose music has endured across generations.
Saturday 2 August 21.00 & Sunday 3 August 21.00 Sky Documentaries & NOW
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary. Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Available from Friday, 8 August, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
SEPTEMBER 5
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, a hostage crisis pushes legendary TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard) to thrust an untested sports producer, Geoff Mason (John Magaro), into the spotlight of breaking news coverage. With lives hanging in the balance and the world watching, this pivotal moment, based on a true story, reshaped journalism forever.
Available from Thursday, 7 August, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
THE THICKET
When fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage) is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only as Cutthroat Bill (Juliette Lewis), he rallies a band of unlikely heroes including a grave-digging ex-slave and a street-smart woman-for-hire. Together they embark on a perilous quest to track down Cutthroat Bill that leads them into the deadly “no-man ‘s-land” known as…The Thicket.
Available from Saturday, 2 August, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Legendary Spanish cinema director Pedro Almodóvar presents his first English-language feature, The Room Next Door. Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Available from Sunday 3 August Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW
ALSO NEW THIS WEEK
Mr Bigstuff
Series 2, episode 4
Now that they finally have their dad’s whereabouts, Lee and Glen head to a country estate for a family reunion. But there’s an earthshaking surprise in store…
Thursday 7 August 21.00 Sky Max & NOW
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Bird Always Knows – Season 2, episode 5
Negan makes some big moves, while Maggie takes matters into her own hands.
Thursday 7 August 21.30 Sky Max & NOW
SWAT
Life – Season 8, episode 3
20-Squad faces down a prison hostage situation, only to be thrown into deeper danger when a bomb explodes, freeing maximum-security prisoners from their cells, including someone with a personal grudge against Hondo.
Sunday 3 August 21.00 Sky Max & NOW – New episodes weekly
Creature Commandos
Priyatel Skelet – Season 1, episode 6
As Dr. Phosphorus emerges from his own research, the Creature Commandos face imminent peril.
Tuesday 5 August 22.00 Sky Max & NOW
The Gilded Age
Season 3, episode 7
From Oscar® and Emmy® winner Julian Fellowes, this sprawling period drama chronicles the conflict between old and new in New York City’s glittering Gilded Age. In Season 3, ambition and scandal collide as the Russells take their place at the head of society, the van Rhijn household is thrown into chaos, and both Marian and Peggy strike up new romances.
Monday 4 August 21.00 Sky Atlantic & NOW – New episodes weekly
And Just Like That…
Season 3, episode 11
From executive producer Michael Patrick King, And Just Like That… continues to follow Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Seema, and LTW as they navigate the complicated reality of life, love, sex, and friendship in their 50s in New York City.
Friday 8 August 21.00 Sky Comedy & NOW – New episodes weekly
The Nazi Cartel
Part 2 of 3
Levine feels betrayed when Suarez’s men are released on bail. Suarez, with help from Klaus Altmann, neo-Nazi mercenaries and the military, enacts the deadliest coup in Bolivian history.
Tuesday 5 August 21.00 Sky Documentaries & NOW
Fire Country
Firing Squad – Season 3, episode 2
Bode receives a life-changing opportunity that could impact his future as a firefighter, and Leven Rambin guest stars as Audrey, a former fire camp inmate.
Wednesday 6 August 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
The Rookie
Chaos Agent – Season 7, episode 10
John, Lucy and Angela investigate the suspicious stabbing of three teenage girls. Back at the station, the team experiences technical difficulties while managing a group of prisoners and a wild animal.
Tuesday 5 August 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
Elsbeth
Tearjerker- Season 2, episode 13
While investigating the death of a wealthy real estate developer, Elsbeth is led to the last person to see him alive, a lifestyle consultant named Chloe (Jordana Brewster), who is usually found on the arms of residents of New York City’s Billionaires’ Row
Monday 4 August 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
Chicago Fire
Too Close- Season 13, episode 15
Kidd and Severide eagerly await big news. Pascal searches for the perfect anniversary gift.
Friday 8 August 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
Chicago Med
Down In A Hole – Season 10, episode 15
Ripley struggles to rescue a woman and her daughter trapped in an abandoned well. Frost is caught off guard by the arrival of an old friend from his TV days. Hannah’s big sister gives her some much-needed good news.
Friday 8 August 20.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
Chicago PD
Greater Good- Season 12, episode 15
Kidd and Severide eagerly await big news. Pascal searches for the perfect anniversary gift.
Friday 8 August 22.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly
There’s a great week of entertainment coming from Sky. So, disconnect the phone, sit back, and enjoy the best that’s on offer.
Introducing Carl! As the News Editor at Future of the Force, Carl has been an invaluable member of our team since early 2016. His expertise and dedication have made him an integral part of our editorial staff. Beyond his professional role, Carl is a fervent supporter of Liverpool F.C. and an avid follower of pop culture. He has a deep passion for Halloween, Friday the 13th, and the iconic movie franchises Star Wars and Star Trek.
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