Sky Greats HD
Ireland
Sky Greats HD is a channel available to Sky subscribers in Ireland, primarily focused on broadcasting classic films from past decades. The schedule typically features a rotation of well-known Hollywood titles, often from the 1970s through the 1990s, presented in high definition. Viewers in Ireland can find it listed among the entertainment channels on the Sky platform, where it airs movies without commercial interruption during the film itself. The channel does not produce original programming or current series, instead relying on a library of older cinematic releases. Its programming is in English and aligns with the general movie channel offerings available to Irish audiences through satellite television.
Schedule
01:00 - 03:30
Jerry Maguire
Drama, Film
A sports agent who makes the mistake of saying what he believes finds himself sacked and abandoned by all his clients apart from small time footballer Rod Tidwell. Maguire's personal life starts to fall apart as he's torn between love and money in Cameron Crowe's metaphor on...
03:30 - 05:40
Cool Hand Luke
Drama, Film
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of...
05:40 - 06:20
Sky Cinema Preview
Sept 2026
Entertainment
Previews of the great films now playing on Sky Cinema, plus other highlights showing on Sky.
06:20 - 08:55
Empire of the Sun
Film, Adventure
Young Jim has to grow up fast after the Japanese invade Shanghai. Separated from his parents and alone in a prisoner of war camp, Jim must fight to survive.
08:55 - 10:35
The Breakfast Club
Film, Comedy
Five school kids - an athlete, a spoiled rich kid, a brainy nerd, an introverted loner and a rebellious punk - are brought together on a day-long detention where they break the rules, bare their souls and find they have more in common than just attending the same high school.
10:35 - 12:10
Blazing Saddles
Film, Comedy
Bart, a black railroad worker is appointed sheriff of a town marked for destruction by Hedley Lamarr, a scheming politician. As Lamarr tries to drive out the town's residents, Bart decides to stand in his way.
12:10 - 14:35
Jerry Maguire
Drama, Film
A sports agent who makes the mistake of saying what he believes finds himself sacked and abandoned by all his clients apart from small time footballer Rod Tidwell. Maguire's personal life starts to fall apart as he's torn between love and money in Cameron Crowe's metaphor on...
14:35 - 16:35
Grease
Film, Musical
High-spirited musical set in the 1950s America, in which a girl and boy who met on the beach are unexpectedly reunited at high school. She cannot understand how different he has become. Can the leather-clad, tough-talking leader of the T-Birds really be the same person? Perhaps...
16:35 - 18:35
Grease 2
Film, Musical
When Rydell new boy Michael meets hot Pink Lady Stephanie he is instantly smitten, but Michael's a geek and top T-Bird Johnny wants Stephanie back. Will an image change help him get the girl?
18:35 - 21:00
Hook
Children's, Film
Grown-up Peter Pan has to return to Neverland to rediscover his true identity in order to rescue his children from the clutches of the evil Captain Hook. Peter has grown up into a workaholic executive but takes time off for a holiday in London. Once there, his children are...
21:00 - 22:45
Jumanji
Film, Family
Alan Parrish disappeared as a young boy. Nobody believes his friend's story that he was sucked into the game they were playing. Twenty-six years later, two children find the game in their attic, and when they start to play, Alan is released, but the game isn't over yet, and Alan...
22:45 - 00:40
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Film, Family
A ten-year-old boy befriends and shelters a gentle alien creature who has been stranded on Earth. When the authorities are alerted to this unusual house guest, the boy tries to help the creature return home before menacing government agents close in. The film won three Academy...