What’s leaving Sky and NOW in July / August 2021?
David Farnor | On 25, Jul 2021
Sky’s growing number of original shows and ever-expanding catalogue of blockbusters is handy for keeping your days and nights occupied, but before you break open new box sets or devour some blockbusting films, don’t miss your chance to catch some modern gems before their rights expire and they depart.
That means taking care not to miss out some of Sky’s exclusives, such as Mare of Easttown and Westworld. Or, if you’ve got Sky Cinema, Ad Astra, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and Frozen 2.
This is your last chance to stream the following:
TV
Murder at the Cottage: Season 1 – 27th July
Two days before Christmas in 1996, Sophie Toscan du Plantier was brutally murdered at her holiday cottage in Schull, West Cork. The murder rocked the quiet Irish town and 24 years later, the case remains a mystery. Already binged through Netflix’s true crime series? Follow it up with Jim Sheridan’s own take on the case.
Yonderland: Season 1 to 3 – 5th August
Sky’s delightful family comedy from the people behind Horrible Histories and Ghosts sees everyday housewife Debbie (Martha Howe-Douglas) fulfil a prophecy that brings her, via a portal in her kitchen cupboard, to the magical, puppet-filled land of Yonderland.
The Trip To Greece: Season 4 – 5th August
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for their fourth culinary odyssey of prickly conversations, self-aware sightseeing and lots of impressions.
Sally4Ever: Season 1 – 5th August
Julia Davis’ exquisitely horrible comedy is howlingly funny – and seriously depraved.
Intelligence: Season 2 – 5th August
Nick Mohammed’s laugh-out-loud spy comedy makes a confident and smart return.
Code 404: Season 1 – 5th August
Daniel Mays and Stephen Graham are laugh-out-loud funny in this surprising and silly cop comedy.
Bloods: Season 1 – 5th August
Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks are a winning double-act in this energetic, entertaining comedy.
Betty: Season 1 – 19th August
Crystal Moselle’s freewheeling follow-up to Skate Kitchen is a beautifully uplifting ride.
Other TV shows and box sets leaving in July / August 2021:
26th July
Paul Abbott: The South Bank Show: Season 3
29th July
The Killer Within: Season 1
Guessable?: Season 2
30th July
Monkey Life: Season 5
31st July
Laguna Beach: Season 1 to 3
MTV Cribs: Season 1
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Season 4
The City: Season 1 to 2
Reverie: Season 1
Killjoys: Season 1 to 4
Food Factory: Season 4
A Touch Of Cloth: Season 3
Alien Files: Unsealed: Season 3
Enrico Caruso: Legends Of Opera: Season 1
Primal Survivor: Season 2
When Sharks Attack: Season 4
3rd August
MTV Floribama Shore: Season 4
The Challenge: Season 36
4th August
Impossible Animals: Season 1
Tales Of The Unexpected: Season 1 to 9
5th August
The Blacklist: Season 8
After Hours: Season 1
American Pickers: Season 15
Bliss: Season 1
Bounty Hunters: Season 1
Camping (UK): Season 1
Carters Get Rich: Season 1
Hunderby: Season 1
In The Long Run: Season 1
Moone Boy: Season 1 to 3
Ray Donovan: Season 5
Sick Note: Season 1 to 2
The Newsroom: Season 2
The Reluctant Landlord: Season 1 to 2
Trollied: Season 1 to 7
Two Weeks To Live: Season 1
6th August
Forged In Fire: Knife Or Death: Season 2
7th August
Catfish: The TV Show: Season 8
To Catch A Smuggler: Season 2
10th August
Lost Cities With Albert Lin: New Discoveries: Season 1
Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein’s Shadow: Season 1
12th August
French and Saunders: Season 1
The Outpost: Season 1
City on a Hill: Season 2
13th August
Lawless Island: Season 3
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 17, Part 1
Station 19: Season 4
Lawless Island: Season 3
Totti: One Captain: Season 1
14th August
Design Dealers: Season 1
15th August
Orangutan Jungle School: Season 1 to 2
French and Saunders: Season 3
16th August
Jam & Jerusalem: Season 1
18th August
Ancient Aliens: Season 11
19th August
Dice: Season 2
20th August
Grey’s Anatomy: Season 17, Part 2
21st August
Rob & Romesh Vs: Season 3
23rd August
My Life on MTV: Season 1
24th August
The Night Caller: Season 1
True Detective: Season 3
25th August
An Unexpected Killer: Season 1
American Pickers: Season16
Bored to Death: Season 3
Sky Cinema
IT: Chapter Two – 14th August
IT’s much-anticipated horror sequel boasts an epic scope but muddles its focus.
Predator – 31st July
“Get to the chopper!”
Close Encounters of the Third Kind – 31st July
Do do doo. Dum. Dummmm. Steven Spielberg made jaws drop with those five notes, a deceptively simple piece about mankind connecting with a higher power and one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time.
Gone Girl – 31st July
A gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.
Kill Bill – 31st July
Both parts of Quentin Tarantino’s rip-roaring rampage of revenge depart at once.
There Will Be Blood – 31st July
Paul Thomas Anderson’s tale of America, ambition and the selfishness of man is free-range cinema of the highest quality.
Paddington – 5th August
A charming, funny film that embraces everyone in the audience, regardless of age or origin.
Other movies leaving in July / August 2021:
26th July
10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up
Killerman
Ready or Not
The Crow
27th July
The Top Ten Show: Women Directors
28th July
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
The Top Ten Show: Musicals
The Top Ten Show: Time Twisters
The World’s End
30th July
Corporate Animals
31st July
A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life
Amistad
Brothers In Arms (2019)
Hard Eight
Hud
Just Go With It
Kill Bill: Vol 1
Kill Bill: Vol 2
Mousehunt
Predator 2
Primal Fear
Satanic Panic
The Blind Side
The Devil’s Advocate
The Duellists
The Others
The Wolf’s Call
White House Down
2nd August
Superman Returns
5th August
The Mustang
7th August
The Informer (2019)
8th August
Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass 2
10th August
Equalizer 2: Special
11th August
Don’t Let Go
Reservoir Dogs
12th August
The Kill Team
14th August
Terminator: Dark Fate
19th August
The Big Wish
Villains