James R | On 07, May 2023

Sky continues to drop weekly episodes of HBO’s Succession through month, but there are still more HBO gems to unwrap, from the return of Perry Mason and Bel-Air, as well as the debut of HBO’s White House Plumbers. For more information on the latest Sky TV packages and pricing, click here.

Don’t have Sky? You can also stream all of the above live and on-demand through NOW, Sky’s contract-free VOD service, which costs £9.99 a month for an Entertainment Membership.

Sky Cinema, meanwhile, continues to benefit from its new model of replacing daily releases with weekend premieres. This month’s line-up includes Dead Shot, Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Halloween Ends and Ticket to Paradise. Plus, for Sky Cinema subscribers on Sky platforms, there’s the added bonus of Paramount+ titles being included for free. For more information on getting Sky Cinema, click here. Again, if you don’t have Sky, you can also stream Sky Cinema’s movie catalogue live and on-demand through NOW, for £11.99 a month.

Here’s what’s coming soon to Sky and NOW in May 2023:

Entertainment / TV

My Friend Misty (Sky Kids) – 1st May

Executive produced by Fearne Cotton, this show sees animated character Misty (voiced by Daisy Haggard) set out to build kids emotional resilience. Misty surprises a group of children in the show with magical visits, helping them to deal with their feelings both good and bad by providing a series of tips and practical exercises to support them in difficult situations.

Perry Mason: Season 2 (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) – 2nd May

Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the DA goes to the city’s Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry (played by Matthew Rhys), Della (Juliet Rylance), and Paul (Chris Chalk) find themselves at the center of a case that will uncover far reaching conspiracies and force them to reckon with what it truly means to be guilty.

Bel-Air: Season 2 (Peacock, 9pm) – 5th May

More than thirty years after the Fresh Prince’s life first got flipped-turned upside down, get ready to see Will’s journey from Philly to LA in a whole new light. Set in modern-day America, Peacock Original Bel-Air imagines the beloved sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through a new, dramatic take on Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.

Salinger (Sky Arts, 9pm) – 9th May

This documentary includes interviews with 150 subjects, including J.D. Salinger’s friends and colleagues – who have never spoken on the record before – as well as previously unseen film footage, photographs and other material.

The Man Who Played with Fire (Sky Documentaries, 9pm) – 14th May

This gripping four-part Scandi Noir thriller explores the 1986 unsolved assassination of Sweden’s Prime Minister, Olof Palme. A case that sent shockwaves around the world, and is often dubbed “Europe’s J.F.K shooting”. All parts arrive at once.

Last King of the Cross: Season 1 (Sky Max, 9pm) – 18th May

For what profits a man who gains a kingdom but loses his soul? Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography, Last King of The Cross is an operatic story of two brothers, Sam and John Ibrahim who organise the street but lose each other in their ascent to power. The elevated serialised drama tracks John Ibrahim’s rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects, to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul in Sydney’s Kings Cross — a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long with every form of criminality on offer. All episode arrive at once.

Der Pass: Season 3 (Sky Atlantic, 9pm) – 19th May

In the third season of this hit crime thriller, a string of mysterious murders on both sides of the Germany- Austria border shocks the region. However, German detective Ellie Stocker and Austrian investigator Gedeon Winter, formerly cross-border partners, have become bitter enemies. While Gedeon sets out to find his childhood tormentor, Ellie is still trying to uncover the truth about the murder of her colleague. Soon, though, both will face a decision between retribution and forgiveness in their search for justice.

White House Plumbers: Season 1 (Sky Atlantic, TBC) – 30th May

White House Plumbers takes the audience behind-the-scenes of the Watergate scandal as Nixon’s political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), accidentally topple the presidency they were zealously trying to protect… and their families along with it. Chronicling actions on the ground, this satirical drama begins in 1971 when the White House hires Hunt and Liddy, former CIA and FBI, respectively, to investigate the Pentagon Papers leak. After failing upward, the unlikely pair lands on the Committee to Re-Elect the President, plotting several unbelievable covert ops – including bugging the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex. Proving that history can sometimes be stranger than fiction, White House Plumbers sheds light on the lesser-known series of events that led to one of America’s greatest political crimes.

 

Sky Cinema

Ticket to Paradise – 5th May

George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made.

Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia – 6th May

When Mia discovers that her magical gem is part of a prophecy, she is transported through the power of an ancient book into the land of Centopia, a world of wonder now under threat from a poisonous and monstrous enemy known as Toxor. Taking destiny into their own hands, Mia and her friends embark on an adventure to mysterious faraway islands in a thrilling quest to save the world from evil. Based on the hit TV series Mia and Me.

The Old Way – 7th May

Nicolas Cage stars in his first-ever Western as Colton Briggs, a cold-blooded gunslinger turned respectable family man. When an outlaw and his gang put Colton and his family in peril, Colton is forced to take up arms with an unlikely partner — his 12-year-old daughter (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) – in this action-filled film that builds toward its fateful showdown with pulse- pounding suspense.

Dead Shot – 12th May

When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary (Colin Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer (Aml Ameen). After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970’s London. Raw and suspenseful, Borderland is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge. Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Felicity Jones and Mark Strong star.

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris – 13th May

In partnership with the House of Dior, Mrs Harris Goes To Paris tells the story of a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress and decides that she must have one of her own. After she works, starves, and gambles to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris which will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.

Vengeance – 14th May

Vengeance, the directorial debut from writer and star B.J. Novak (“The Office”), is a darkly comic thriller about Ben Manalowitz, a journalist and podcaster who travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

Halloween Ends – 19th May

This is Laurie Strode’s last stand. After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history reaches its epic, terrifying conclusion as Laurie Strode faces off for the last time against the embodiment of evil, Michael Myers, in a final confrontation unlike any captured on-screen before. Only one of them will survive.

Confess Fletch – 20th May

In this delightful comedy romp, Jon Hamm stars as the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch, who becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit–from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbour and Fletch’s Italian girlfriend. Crime, in fact, has never been this disorganised.

Alone Together – 21st May

Two strangers embroiled in bad relationships wind up in the same New York Airbnb. Romance with Katie Holmes.

Lyle Lyle Crocodile – 26th May

Josh struggles to adapt and make friends when his family up sticks and move to New York. That all changes when he meets a lovable, singing crocodile named Lyle. Starring Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem and Constance Wu.

To Catch a Killer – 27th May

Eleanor (Shailene Woodley) is a talented but troubled young rookie detective wrestling with the demons of her past, when she is called to the scene of a brutal mass shooting – the work of a new and terrifying murderer. The police and FBI launch a nationwide manhunt but are thwarted at every turn by the killer’s enigmatic, and unprecedented behaviour. Despite her lack of experience, Eleanor is drawn deeper and deeper into the case as she, and her newfound mentor (Ben Mendelsohn), realise that she may be the only person, given her own tortured psyche, who can understand the mind of this singular killer. In this adrenaline fuelled thriller, Eleanor must stop at nothing to bring this elusive murderer to justice. Starring Shailene Woodley and Ben Mendelsohn.

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