What’s Showing On Sky And NOW Next Week: Get Ready To Walk The Salt Path: A Very British Scandal

Salt Path: A Very British Scandal, Never Mind The Xmas Buzzcocks and Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning lead the line-up on Sky and NOW.

Will you be lighting the fuse one final time as you walk along the Salt Path? Will you Never Mind The Xmas Buzzcocks? Next week on Sky and NOW, you’ll need to! The highlights over the coming week (13th-19th December) include the documentary Salt Path: A Very British Scandal. Also, enjoy Never Mind The Xmas Buzzcocks, and the premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. With other new series and movies premiering, alongside continuations of your favourite shows, you’ll be spoilt for choice next week with the available entertainment.

Salt Path: A Very British Scandal

On its release in 2018, The Salt Path became an overnight sensation. Raynor Winn’s bestselling memoir of financial ruin, terminal illness, and healing through nature became a national obsession. It was the must-read for book clubs up and down the country. It captured the public imagination, sparking book tours, literary prizes, and a runaway hit film. The film starred Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. Raynor and her husband, Moth, were embraced by the nation. However, their story was not all that it seemed.

When Observer journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou received an anonymous tip-off, she picked up a copy of The Salt Path. She read it with a journalist’s eye. Over the course of a months-long investigation, a new story began to emerge. It was pieced together through paper trails, interviews, and testimony from those who knew the Winns before their walk began. The Observer’s findings hit the headlines on 5 July this year. This stunned the public.

Now, with exclusive access to Chloe’s ongoing investigation as new whistleblowers come forward with their own versions of events. This Sky Original documentary from multi-award-winning Candour Productions digs deeper into the truth. With extensive investigative evidence and never-before-seen material, Chloe will venture further into what really happened on the Winns’ reckoning with The Salt Path. With their literary empire teetering on unstable ground, are there even more twists to this uniquely British page-turner?

Monday 15 December 21.00 Sky Documentaries & NOW

Never Mind the Xmas Buzzcocks

Hark! The herald angels sing! Never Mind the Buzzcocks is back on our screens for the traditionally raucous festive special, with Greg, Noel, Jamali and Sophie joined by 80s heartthrob and Christmas crooner Matt Goss, Jingle Belle Jessie J, and Santa admirer Guz Khan. All this, and some very special guests drop in for an all-star finale. Get out the sherry – it’s time to get merry.

Thursday 18 December 21.00 Sky Max & NOW

Irish Blood

Briefcase / Horseshoe – Season 1, episodes 1 & 2

A six-part murder mystery, Irish Blood focuses on Fiona (Alicia Silverstone, Clueless, Bugonia), whose path in life is earmarked by her father, Declan (Jason O’Mara, The Man In The High Castle, The Good Wife), who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday. After years of channelling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends her to Ireland. There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists, and, moreover, that the story of abandonment that has shaped her entire life was a lie. A lie intended to protect her and her mother from her father’s shady business dealings. Fiona resolves to uncover the whole truth about her father and reconnect with the parent she only thought she knew.

​​​​​​Sunday 14 December 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – All episodes available

Mozart on Sky Arts

To accompany the release of the Sky Original drama Amadeus, Sky Arts presents a series of insightful programmes. They are based on Mozart and the most significant figures in his life. Leading these films will be Mozart: Genius for Hire, told through letters between Mozart and his father, Leopold. Read by Matthew Broome and David Harewood respectively, this is the story of how the iconic musician broke free from the constraints of court employment. Mozart embraced a risky life as Vienna’s pioneering freelancer, defying tradition. He composed, taught, and performed on his own terms.

And in Mozart’s Women: A Musical Journey, Lauren Laverne presents the ENO Orchestra as they take us on a tour de force of female talent. They put the spotlight on Mozart’s relationships with his real-life leading ladies. Finally, in Mozart’s Sister, multi-award-winning director Madeleine Hetherton-Miau presents a ‘musical-mystery’ story. This story explores the lost talent of Maria-Anna Mozart.

​​Mozart: Genius for Hire – Tuesday 16 December 21.00 Sky Arts & NOW
Mozart:’s Sister – Wednesday 17 December 21.00 Sky Arts & NOW
Mozart:’s Women: A Musical Journey – Thursday 18 December 21.00 Sky Arts & NOW

COMING TO SKY CINEMA

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

Our lives are the sum of our choices. Ethan (Tom Cruise) and the IMF face the Entity, a rogue AI capable of ending the world by seizing global mainframes. How far will Ethan go to stop it?

​​​​​​Available from Friday 19 December, Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW

The Wedding Banquet

From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating cultural identity, queerness, and family expectations. Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee’s expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet. Starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung, The Wedding Banquet is a poignant and heartfelt reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.

​​​​​​Available from Sunday, 14 December Sky Cinema Premiere & NOW

ALSO NEW THIS WEEK

SKY MAX

Rob & Romesh Vs

Series 8, episode 2

Our dynamic duo has returned! Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are back with another set of challenges set to test them to the limit.

Tuesday 16 December 21.00 Sky Max & NOW – new episodes weekly

A League of Their Own

Season 20, episode 5

It’s the final episode of ALOTO, but we’re bowing out in style as Romesh, Jamie, Micah and Jill are joined by Olympic gold medallist Dame Laura Kenny, along with former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew and the always on fire Big Zuu.

Wednesday 17 December 21.00‌ Sky Max & NOW – new episodes weekly

Revival

Rend the Veil – Season 1, episode 10

The horrifying truth behind Revival Day is revealed, but at a devastating price. Season finale.

Sunday 14 December 22.00‌ Sky Max & NOW – All episodes available

SWAT

Return to Base – Season 8, episode 22

The SWAT team undertakes its final mission when a violent crew of ex-pat Russian mercenaries holds Los Angeles hostage after planting hundreds of hidden explosives across the city in a bid to extort the release of their brutal leader, Dmitri Rykov. When Rykov is brought to SWAT for safekeeping, SWAT HQ comes under attack, forcing Hondo and 20-Squad to fight for their very survival.

Sunday 14 December 21.00 Sky Max & NOW – New episodes weekly

SKY ATLANTIC

All Her Fault

Season 1, episode 7

Years after suffering a tragedy, a chance encounter with a young Milo leads Carrie to fixate on the boy; her obsession takes a dark turn while planning the kidnapping, forcing her to ask for help when things go awry, with deadly consequences.

Friday 19 December 21.00 Sky Atlantic & NOW – All episodes available

IT: Welcome to Derry

Season 1, episode 8

Set in the world of Stephen King’s “IT” universe, IT: Welcome to Derry expands the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in his two-part feature film adaptation, released in 2017 and 2019. Season finale.

Monday 15 December 21.00 Sky Atlantic & NOW – New episodes weekly

SKY COMEDY

I Love LA

Divas Down – Season 1, episode 6

Created, written by, and starring Rachel Sennott (Saturday Night, Bodies Bodies Bodies), I Love LA follows a reunion of a group of codependent friends – played by Sennott, Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker and Josh Hutcherson – and explores how they have each been changed by ambition and new relationships in their time apart.

Monday 15 December 22.00 Sky Comedy & NOW – New episodes weekly

SKY WITNESS

Watson

Teeth Marks / A Variant of Unknown Significance – Season 1 episode 7 & 8

While Watson and the team help a woman whose memory resets every three minutes, Watson struggles with auditory hallucinations and questions whether someone is behind his current decline.

Then, Watson runs into a brilliant con artist and an old friend of Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, when her son, Angus, is admitted to UHOP for temporary paralysis.

Monday 15 December 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

Doc

Something to Prove – Season 2 episode 4

An outdated medical proxy form creates tension between a patient’s ex-husband and current partner. Amy, Jake, and new intern Hannah investigate a college student’s sudden blindness.

Wednesday 17 December 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

Chicago Fire

Broken Things- Season 14, episode 6

A traffic jam forces Violet and Novak to take drastic measures to save a patient. Severide shadows Pascal for a day. Kidd goes the extra mile for Isaiah.

Friday 19 December 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

Chicago Med

The Story of Us – Season 11, episode 6

Secrets are uncovered when Goodwin’s family comes together for Bert. Ripley and Frost treat two children stung by hornets in a treehouse. A team member struggles with relationship woes.

Friday 19 December 20.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

‌Chicago PD

Send Me – Season 13, episode 6

Torres is dragged into a deadly conspiracy when a routine errand takes a violent turn.

Friday 12 December 22.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

FBI

Startup – Season 7, episode 20

When a targeted explosion inside his penthouse kills a CEO, the team must work to figure out how someone accessed the highly secure building. Their task is further complicated when they discover the crime may be the work of an artificial intelligence program. Meanwhile, Maggie pumps the brakes on her personal life.

Thursday 18 December 21.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

FBI: International

We’re Out of Here – Season 4, episode 20

When an American official in charge of a high-profile three-way prisoner swap in Belgrade is detained in Romania, he requests the Fly Team step in and carry out the exchange. When their convoy is attacked and one of the prisoners escapes, the team must do everything in their power to find the missing prisoner before the highly sensitive mission is compromised.

Thursday 18 December 22.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

‌FBI: Most Wanted

Starman – Season 6, episode 19

The Fugitive Task Force investigates the kidnapping of a high-profile astronaut in connection with other disappearances in the area, landing them in the wild world of adult content creators. Meanwhile, Remy and Abby struggle to see eye to eye.

Tuesday 16 December 22.00 Sky Witness & NOW – New episodes Weekly

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