Sky Documentaries & Sky Nature Channels Get Launch Date

Sky Documentaries and Sky Nature are slated to launch on May 27 alongside Sky HISTORY, a co-branded venture between Sky and A+E Networks formerly known as HISTORY.

Sky’s two brand-new factual channels will include extensive on-demand libraries and offer hundreds of hours of factual programming with a mix of original commissions and acquired content. They will be available to Sky customers at no extra charge through linear and on-demand, and will also launch on NOW TV, available as part of the NOW TV Entertainment Pass.

Sky Documentaries will feature a mix of feature-length documentaries and series, ranging in topics from sport and politics to real-life controversies. Among the titles that will be landing on the channel are Hillary, McMillions, Ali Vs Cavett, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men and The Plastic Nile. Sky Nature, dedicated to natural history programming, will feature the Sky original series Wild Animal Babies and Sky’s existing David Attenborough collection as well as Love Nature 4K’s programming in the U.K., with shows including Gangs of Lemur Island, Africa’s Underwater Wonders and Mysteries of the Mekong.

Sky HISTORY will be the home of The UnXplained, Ancient Superstructures, Secret Wars Uncovered and Washington, produced by renowned historian Doris Kearns Godwin and narrated by actor Jeff Daniels.