STYLE & CULTURE PACK
More than 21 channels devoted to people, their talents and pastimes, including Discovery Real Time, UKTV and Style TV. Inspirational entertainment covering the latest trends and subcultures, the arts, health and relationship issues, food, home and garden improvements, and European and Asian perspectives on life.
What The Dickens?
Wednesday 3 June, 8pm
Sky Arts quiz master Sandi Toksvig returns in a new series of What The Dickens? These episodes are being filmed at the Guardian Hay Festival, so celebrities including Rick Wakeman, Jan Ravens, John O’Farrell and Frank Skinner will be guest panellists as well as other bookworms, literature fiends and cunning comedians. These bibliophiles will join the exuberant captains Sue Perkins and Chris Addison. How will the teams fare when Sandi poses the irreverent cultural questions on anything from Die Hard to the Bard?
Judy Garland Tribute
From Monday 22 June
Sky Arts 2 pays tribute to Judy Garland on the 40th anniversary of her death with a week of concerts and documentaries featuring the iconic star. Highlights include Judy, Frank & Dean, a performance from 1962 featuring Judy, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin; Judy Garland: The Concert Years, an engrossing documentary hosted by daughter Lorna Luft; and Judy and Liza At The Palladium, featuring a young Liza Minnelli making one of her first stage performances with her mother and including duets of Happy Days Are Here Again and Get Happy, plus Judy's gripping renditions of Once In A Lifetime and Over The Rainbow.
Sofa-Fest
From Friday 26 June, 8pm
Want the festival experience without the overflowing toilets, overpriced food and understaffed bars? Sky Arts brings the music to your living room with a weekend of back-to-back performances from some of the biggest stars ever to rock a stage, including Queen, Clapton, Bowie, the Stones and Neil Young. Some of this year’s headline acts include Cat Stevens: Majikat, a concert which was recorded during his last North American tour in 1976, and Bob Marley Live At The Rainbow.
Britney: For The Record
Saturday 6 June, 11pm
After a bitter divorce, custody battles, drug troubles and a very public meltdown, it looked as though pop princess Britney Spears’ crown hadn’t so much slipped as shattered into shards. In this revealing documentary, Britney speaks candidly about her problems and her plans for a spectacular comeback. Gain an intimate insight into the singer’s extraordinary life. Away from the media furore and frenzy, Britney opens up, speaking candidly and frankly about her past troubles.
The Boy Who Was Tied Up For Life
Tuesday 18 June, 10pm
Sujit Kumar spent the first few years of his life locked inside a chicken coop at his family’s home in Fiji. But this was only the beginning of his nightmare upbringing. After being ‘rescued’ by social services, he was placed in an old people’s home where he spent the next 22 years anchored to a wall, deemed too feral and unmanageable for staff to care for. This moving documentary tells the story of Sujit’s ordeal and how Elizabeth Clayton, an Australian businesswoman, found him and decided to try to give him something approaching a normal life.
Diet Tribe
Wednesday 3 June, 9pm
The inspirational power of close-knit friendship is demonstrated in this new reality series that follows the emotional and physical journeys of a group of female friends. Over recent months our tribe of women have started to come to terms with the elements in their lifestyles that are making them unhappy. Together, they have reached a common goal: to shed their unwanted pounds and to start living a healthy life together over the course of 90 days.
Upstream
Monday - Thursday from 7pm
JCX & Slick look at today’s developments in the hottest new gadgets, videogames, movies, and technology. The show contains user-generated reviews and news from Current.com.
Infomania
Fridays at 7pm and midnight
Current's satirical and hilarious take on this week's media - everything from movie releases and viral videos to gadget crazes and the latest music.
Vanguard
Sundays at 9pm
This is journalism as adventure - exploring global issues and themes with a guerrilla-style approach, getting the facts on the ground and delivering them from an authentic and relevant perspective.
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