SKY DOCUMENTARIES
THE CHANNEL WILL feature Sky originals and US exclusives, covering a wide range of topics from sport and music to politics and real-life. Here’s what’s coming up…
MCMILLIONS
Wednesday, 9pm & 10.05pm
This six-part documentary series, executive-produced by Mark Wahlberg, reveals the true story of how $24 million was stolen from fast-food chain Mcdonald’s. In the US throughout the 1990s, the burger giant awarded prizes in its Monopoly promotional game tie-in, unaware that the biggest winning tickets were being stolen and sold on.
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ALI VS CAVETT Friday, 9pm
A fascinating insight into boxing legend Muhammad Ali through his many appearances on the Emmywinning The Dick Cavett Show.
The heavyweight world champion appeared on the show multiple times between 1968 and 1979 and proved to be an entertaining and provocative guest as he used his appearances to have candid conversations with the host about his prowess in the ring, his controversial decision to refuse to serve in the Vietnam War, and the status of race relations in America.
THE PLASTIC NILE Monday 1 June
A look at the devastating effect of plastic pollution on the world’s longest river. Reporter Alex Crawford and a film crew travel from the
River Nile’s source at Lake Victoria to its mouth in Egypt, revealing how humans’ plastic pollution is destroying one of the world’s oldest and most important waterways.
HILLARY Thursday 11 June
A four-part series in which Hillary Clinton, former First Lady and the first female presidential candidate of a major US political party, opens up about her life and career – from her views on political rival Bernie Sanders to her husband Bill’s affair with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky in 1995.
WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN Wednesday 24 June
This four-part history of the New York rap collective traces their beginnings from poverty-stricken childhoods in Staten Island to becoming one of the most influential hip-hop acts of their times.