New & Returning TV Drama & Comedy Coming To Sky & NOW In 2022
As we head towards the end of 2021, Sky has released a rundown of some of the dramas and comedies you can expect to find across their channels next year. From returning favourites to brand new original series, here is our pick of things to watch out for on Sky & NOW in 2022.
New Drama On Sky & NOW
The Gilded Age – Sky Atlantic – 25th January 2022
Julian Fellows, the creator of Downton Abbey, presents a Sky Original drama set on the brink of the modern age. It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook (Louisa Jacobson), a young, orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott (Denée Benton), an African- American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbours as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path. Also starring Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector.
Fear Index – Sky Atlantic – February 2022
A fast-paced thriller based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris. Dr Alex Hoffman (Josh Hartnett) is a computer scientist and genius who is ready to make a killing. Alongside his Hedge Fund business partner and best friend, Hugo, he’s launching VIXAL-4 to investors – an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and promises returns of billions. But this is not the day Alex and Hugo had planned on. What follows are the worst 24 hours of Alex’s life – cutting across reality, memory and paranoid fantasy, forcing him to question everything he sees with his own eyes.
The four-part limited series is adapted by Paul Andrew Williams (Song for Marion) & Caroline Bartleet, and directed by David Caffrey (The Alienist, Peaky Blinders).
The Midwich Cuckoos – Sky Max – Spring 2022
An exciting modern-day reimagining of John Wyndham’s science fiction classic starring Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley. Midwich is a quiet commuter town where nothing much happens. That is, until the twilight hours of a late summer’s day, when everyone within a set area of the town falls unconscious. The curious incident seems temporary and those affected regain consciousness, but every woman of child-bearing age inside the zone has suddenly and inexplicably fallen pregnant. As the children of the phenomenon grow, it becomes clear they are not of this world.
The series is written by David Farr, Sasha Hails, Namsi Khan and Laura Lomas. Alice Troughton (‘Baghdad Central’, ‘Cucumber’, ‘A Discovery of Witches’) is the lead director, with Jennifer Perrott (‘Gentleman Jack’, ‘Doctor Who’) serving as director.
Extinction (working title) – Sky Max – Spring 2022
1st July 2019. A date that George (Pappa Essiedu – ‘I May Destroy You’) can never forget… No matter how hard he tries. Trapped in a loop that keeps returning him to 1 July, he discovers the existence of a secret organisation known “The Lazarus Project” – a crack team of agents who prevent global catastrophe by resetting time. George signs on with the group as their latest recruit, but when tragedy strikes, George must decide if he can live with the consequences to save the world, or take a different path…
This propulsive action thriller comes from Joe Barton (Giri/Haji) and also stars Tom Burke, Anjli Mohindra, Caroline Quentin, Rudi Dharmalingam and Lukas Loughran.
The Rising – Sky Atlantic – Spring 2022
Neve Kelly is dead. Understandably, she’s scared and confused by this new (non) existence, but moreover, when she realises she has been murdered, she’s furious. Determined to find her killer and get justice, she takes advantage of her new supernatural abilities to go where the police can’t and investigate her own death. In doing so, she uncovers deeply buried secrets and is forced to re-examine everything about her life and the people she cared about.
This adaptation of the Belgian crime thriller ‘Hotel Beau Séjouris’ the first series produced entirely in-house from Sky Studios. Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother) stars as Neve, alongside newcomers Nenda Neururer and Solly McLeod.
The Baby – Sky Atlantic – 2022
When 38-year-old Natasha (Michelle de Swarte) is unexpectedly landed with a baby, her life of doing what she wants, when she wants, dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative and with violent powers, the baby twists Natasha’s life into a horror show. Where does it come from? What does it want? And what lengths will Natasha have to go to in order to get her life back?
Written by debut screenwriter Siân Robins-Grace (‘Kaos’, ‘Sex Education’), ‘The Baby’ is is co-created by Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer (Production Manager on ‘Gangs of London’, ‘Liar’). The eight-part series is produced by global content company SISTER (‘Giri/Haji’, ‘Chernobyl’, ‘Gangs of London’) and Proverbial Pictures.
And Then You Run – Sky Max – 2022
A close-knit group of rebellious London schoolgirls open the door to chaos when a spontaneous getaway to Rotterdam descends into a race across Europe with five kilos of heroin and a gun in their luggage. Tara (Leah McNamara) and her childhood friends – reckless Stink (Vivian Oparah), bright Ruth (Yasmin Monet Prince) and fearful Nessi (Isidora Fairhurst) – are hunted across the continent by her uncle Reagan, a notorious gangster determined to find his missing cache of drugs. But he isn’t the only one they should fear – all the while a terrifying and mythical serial killer known only as ‘The Traveller’ is on a collision course with them all.
Adapted?by Ben?Chanan?(Cyberbully, The Capture),?based on Zoran?Drvenkar’s thriller novel, “You”, the series also stars Richard Coyle (Sabrina, The Fall) as Reagan, Cillian O’Sullivan (Vikings, The Blacklist) as Orin, Francis Magee (White Lines, Britannia) as Turi, Darren Cahill (Brassic, Vikings) as Darian and Christian Rubeck (What Happened to Monday) as The Traveller.
Django – Sky Atlantic – 2022
A high concept retelling of the classic Western Django (loosely based on the Sergio Corbucci feature film). Award-winning Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl, The Mustang, Bullhead, Rust and Bone) plays the mysterious gunfighter, Django, and is joined by an international cast including Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Prometheus), Nicholas Pinnock (For Life, Marcella) and Lisa Vicari (Dark).
House of the Dragon – Sky Atlantic – 2022
Based on George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood,” the series, which is set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” tells the story of House Targaryen. Starring Paddy Considine (The Third Day), Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One), Emma D’Arcy (Truth Seekers), Matt Smith (The Crown), Steve Toussaint (It’s A Sin), Eve Best (Nurse Jackie) and Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill).
The Time Traveller’s Wife – Sky Atlantic – 2022
Adapted by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock) from the beloved novel of the same name, The Time Traveler’s Wife follows the intricate and magical love story between Clare (Rose Leslie, Game of Thrones), and Henry (Theo James, Divergent), and a marriage with a problem… time travel.
The White House Plumbers – Sky Atlantic – 2022
Based in part on public records and the book Integrity by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh, the five-part limited series The White House Plumbers will tell the true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect. Also stars Domhnall Gleeson and Lena Headey.
We Own This City – Sky Atlantic – 2022
Based on the book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, ‘We Own This City’ is a limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force – and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police work.
From George Pelecanos and David Simon (the creators of The Wire), and starring Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, The Punisher), Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and Jamie Hector (The Wire).
Returning Drama On Sky & NOW
- A Discovery of Witches, Season 3 – Sky Max – 7th January 2022 at 9pm
- Euphoria, Season 2 – Sky Atlantic – 10th January 2022
- Babylon Berlin, Season 4 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Das Boot, Season 3 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Devils, Season 2 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Gangs of London, Season 2 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- The Flight Attendant, Season 2 – Sky Max – 2022
- I Hate Suzie, Season 2 – Sky Max – 2022
- The Nevers, Part 2 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Raised by Wolves, Season 2 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Westworld, Season 4 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
New Comedy On Sky & NOW In 2022
Funny Woman – Sky Max – 2022
A young woman from Blackpool finds her voice in the male-dominated world of 1960s comedy, and in doing so takes London by storm. Gemma Arterton stars as Barbara Parker – a Blackpool Beauty queen with dreams of making it in London. It turns out London is not as quite as swinging as the one she expected, but after a series of setbacks, Barbara finds her uncompromising northern wit is her secret weapon, and she becomes a surprise hit with audiences in a new sitcom that will have an impact on British comedy for decades to come.
Based on the Nick Hornby novel ‘Funny Girl’. Also stars David Threlfall and Rupert Everett.
Returning Comedy On Sky & NOW In 2022
- Frayed, Season 2 – Sky Comedy – January 2022
- Avenue 5, Season 2 – Sky Comedy – 2022
- Bloods, Season 2 – Sky Comedy – Spring 2022
- Brassic, Season 4 – Sky Max – 2022
- Barry, Season 3 – Sky Atlantic – 2022
- Breeders, Season 3 – Sky Comedy – 2022
- Code 404, Season 3 – Sky Comedy – 2022
- Righteous Gemstones, Season 2 – Sky Comedy – 2022
- Upright, Season 2 – Sky Max – 2022
All of these shows will appear on the NOW streaming service alongside their respective Sky channel mentioned in the article. If you want to keep track of any of these shows, click on the title, add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
