David Farnor | On 28, Oct 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 True Detective and My Brilliant Friend. Or, if you’ve got Sky Cinema, Harriet, Hero and a whole heap of Hitchcock.

This is your last chance to stream the following:

TV

My Brilliant Friend: Season 1 – 18th November

Based on Elena Ferrante’s bestselling book of the same name, HBO’s lushly produced first foreign language miniseries hits Sky Atlantic. Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, the story follows the lives of two girls over six decades of their friendship. After receiving a phone call, Elena Greco discovers the most important and significant figure in her life, Raffaella “Lila” Cerullo, has gone missing. Knowing this disappearance has been a long time coming, Elena, now a writer, finally sits down to put the story of their intertwining lives on paper, starting from the 1950s where the two first met at school, in an attempt to describe the mystery of Lila – her brilliant friend, and in a way, worst enemy.

True Detective: Season 1 to 2 – 24th November

New Orleans native and novelist Nic Pizzolatto’s crime drama focuses on Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and brooding, Texas-born Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), a pair of homicide detectives in Louisiana who are forced to relive a macabre 1995 murder case 17 years later when new information comes to light.

 

Other TV shows and box sets leaving in October / November 2021:

27th October
Blindspot: Season 3

30th October
Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

31st October
Active Shooter: America Under Fire
Ancient Assassins: Season 1
Bee Gees: In Our Own Time
Bee Gees: One Night Only
Blindspot: Season 4
Christmas Scenes: Season 2
City So Real: Season 1
Drugs, Inc.: Season 7
Engineering Connections: Season 1
Kathryn Bigelow: The Directors: Season 2
Lost Treasures Of Egypt: Season 1
Lost Treasures Of The Maya: Season 1
Megafactories: Season 1
New Year’s Evil: Season 2
Underworld Inc.: Season 1 to 2
Wicked Tuna: North Vs South: Season 6 to 7
World’s Toughest Fixes: Season 1

2nd November
Saturday Night Live: Election Special

4th November
SMILF: Season 1

7th November
Manifest: Season 3

9th November
Gotti: Godfather & Son: Season 1

14th November
Ultimate Vehicles: Season 1

Sky Cinema

Harriet (2019) – 29th October

Cynthia Erivo is sensational in this compelling drama about slave liberator Harriet Tubman.

Hero – 31st October

Zhang Yimou’s thoughtful, stunningly composed martial arts piece is a beautiful, beguiling puzzle-box.

Rear Window – 31st October

Hithcock’s gripping, riveting ride will have you keeping a close eye (and ear) on your neighbours for years to come.

Vertigo – 31st October

James Stewart is on iconic form in Hitchcock’s thriller about a retired detective hired to follow a woman who’s in danger – only for his past demons to haunt him.

The Birds – 31st October

Hitchcock’s classic horror remains one of his best.

Jumanji: The Next Level – 3rd November

The superb ensemble cast level up in this fun but familiar sequel.

Motherless Brooklyn – 13th November

Edward Norton brings old-school appeal to this nostalgic neo-noir.

 

Other movies leaving in October / November 2021:

31st October
Daniel Isn’t Real
Marnie
Pan’s Labyrinth
Snow White and the Red Shoes
Stardog and Turbocat
The Painted Veil

1st November
Jack and Jill
The Green Hornet

2nd November
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Grinch: Special

3rd November
Rambo: Last Blood

5th November
Ordinary Love

8th November
Widows: Special

10th November
Johnny English
Johnny English Reborn

14th November
Little Monsters (2019)

15th November
In The Line Of Duty: Blaze Of Glory
Kid Cop
Kid Cop

19th November
Black Christmas
Blue Story
Return To Oz (2019)

20th November
Come to Daddy

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