What to watch in Week 32

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.

While we make every effort to ensure details are correct at the time of publication (Thursday 17 July) all dates are subject to amendment and may be moved in the schedule prior to final exchange.

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, organized 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 bands 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 center 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 – All episodes available

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

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 – All episodes available

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 – All episodes available

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 – All episodes available

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