Sky Documentaries HD
Irlande
Sky Documentaries HD is a television channel available to viewers in Ireland, focusing on non-fiction programming across a wide range of subjects. Its schedule typically includes documentary films and series covering history, science, nature, crime, and current affairs. The channel broadcasts in high definition, offering clearer picture quality for detailed visual content. As part of the Sky platform, it is accessible via satellite subscription services in the region.
Programme
00:10 - 02:30
Bowling for Columbine
Film, Documentary
Taking the Columbine High School massacre as its starting point, Michael Moore asks why America is obsessed with guns and violence, talking to NRA chairman Charlton Heston in a delightfully embarrassing interview for the movie star. Other interviewees include Marilyn Manson, who...
02:30 - 03:30
Liverpool Narcos
Heroin
Mini-Series, Documentary
Waves of heroin began to spread through Liverpool in the early 1980s, offering new opportunities for the criminal underworld that would also turn lives and communities upside down.
03:30 - 04:30
Liverpool Narcos
Ecstasy
Mini-Series, Documentary
When ecstasy first arrived in Liverpool, it sparked a cultural revolution and a new breed of criminal, one that quickly realised millions of pounds could be made from selling it.
04:30 - 05:30
Liverpool Narcos
Cocaine
Mini-Series, Documentary
In the 1990s, the cocaine boom sparked the deadliest chapter in Liverpool's drugs war as the underworld established direct contact with Colombian cartels to flood the UK with the drug.
05:30 - 06:00
Premier League Legends
Robbie Fowler
Sport, Soccer
Series profiling some of the greatest players to grace the Barclays Premier League. Here the focus is on former Liverpool, Manchester City and Leeds United striker Robbie Fowler.
06:00 - 07:00
Discovering Film
Jean Harlow
Documentary, Biography
A profile of the American actress Jean Harlow, who rose to fame as a Hollywood sex symbol and starred in several films with Clark Gable in the 1930s before her untimely death at age 26.
07:00 - 08:00
The Movies
The Nineties
Mini-Series, Entertainment
A look at stars of the 1990s, like Julia Roberts and Will Smith, and beloved films such as "Jurassic Park," "Titanic" and "Pulp Fiction.".
08:00 - 09:00
Discovering Film
Lee Marvin
Documentary, Biography
An intimate look at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actor Lee Marvin, known for his 'tough guy' roles in films like 'Cat Ballou', 'The Professionals', and 'The Dirty Dozen'.
09:00 - 10:00
The Directors
Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and career of Kathryn Bigelow, whose portfolio of work includes 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'The Hurt Locker', the latter of which won her the Academy Award for Best Director.
10:00 - 10:55
The Sixties
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll
Documentary, History
Examine the exciting changes in music, attitude to politics and counterculture of the late 1960s, including the birth of the hippy movement.
10:55 - 12:00
The Civil War
Universe of Battle: 1863
Mini-Series, Documentary
The turning point of the war occurs at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln makes a memorable speech as he dedicates the Union cemetery at Gettysburg, and draft riots break out in New York.
12:00 - 13:00
Urban Secrets
London: From the House of God to the House of Sin
Travel, History
On his journey of discovery through the UK, Alan Cumming explores the capital as he uncovers the history of London, delving into hidden secrets at the iconic St Paul's Cathedral and taking a guided tour of Soho.
13:00 - 15:00
The Thin Blue Line
Film, Documentary
Film-maker Errol Morris reconstructs and investigates in riveting detail the case of Randall Dale Adams, a man who was kept on Death Row in Texas for 12 years when he was falsely convicted of killing a policeman. In this documentary detective story, Morris examines the fantasy...
15:00 - 17:00
Bobby
Film, Documentary
An intimate portrait of the life and career of Bobby Moore, the man who captained England to victory in the 1966 World Cup, featuring interviews with those closest to him.
17:00 - 18:00
The Directors
Kathryn Bigelow
Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and career of Kathryn Bigelow, whose portfolio of work includes 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'The Hurt Locker', the latter of which won her the Academy Award for Best Director.
18:00 - 19:00
Disasters From Space
Episode 5
Documentary, Natural World
From deadly storms and volcanic chaos to blizzards and explosions, investigators use satellite technology to uncover the causes of disaster.
19:00 - 21:00
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes
Documentary, History
The story of Chernobyl is told through a discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and newly recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there.
21:00 - 22:40
The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door
Documentary
Through firsthand testimony from senior intelligence leaders, journalists and victims, this film details the events of the 2018 Novichok nerve agent attack that transformed a quiet English city into the epicentre of a geopolitical crisis.
22:40 - 00:50
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
Film, Documentary
Focusing on the aftermath of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings and the defamation lawsuit that victims' families brought against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.