What’s on Sky in the next fortnight

Award-winning drama The Last Of Us returns for a thrilling second season, Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham sees the titular host travel across the American Birmingham’s, Penelope follows the an alienated 16 year old and the documentary 10 Years of Darkness: ISIS and the Yazidis chronicles the systematic slaughter of the Yazidi all on Sky this fortnight.

The Last Of Us Season 2

Mondays at 9pm on Sky Atlantic

Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.

Joe Lycett’s United States of Birmingham

Tuesday 22nd April at 9pm on Sky Max

It’s no secret that Joe Lycett adores Brum, but his hometown is having a tough time of it. In his self-appointed role as the second city’s ambassador and, with the blessing of the actual Lord Mayor of Birmingham, everyone’s favourite comedy activist is on a mission to put Birmingham firmly back on the map – in fact, all over the map. To do that, Joe is heading to North America, home to no fewer than eighteen Birminghams.

Penelope

Thursday 24th April at 9pm on Sky Atlantic

A 16-year-old who feels alienated from contemporary civilization is pulled into the uncharted wilderness and starts to build a new life for herself there.

10 Years of Darkness: ISIS and the Yazidis

From Friday 2nd May on Sky News

The documentary chronicles the systematic slaughter of the Yazidi people in Sinjar in 2014, the mass abductions of women and children, and the ensuing humanitarian crisis that still reverberates today, with many Yazidi women still enslaved 10 years on.