SKY REVEALS OCTOBER PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS

Sky have revealed the new and returning programming airing on its portfolio of channels this October.

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Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Fallout) in this new Sky original six-part coming of rage story. Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make much of an impression – people walk past her in the street without a second glance. Then everything in her life turns upside down.

A League Of Their Own: The Rally

This brand-new adventure sees the A League of Their Own gang reunite to compete in an epic rally from London to Turin. The show will see Jill Scott, Maisie Adam, Micah Richards, Tom Davis and Jamie Redknapp paired off into teams and pitted against one another for the ultimate prize – the ALOTO Rally Cup.

The race across Europe will be in six rally stages, deploying planes, trains and automobiles, as each team attempts to reach their destination with the most points.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Back with its patented brand of chaos and commotion, Never Mind the Buzzcocks returns to our screens with host Greg Davies and regular panellists Noel Fielding and Jamali Maddix. With Daisy May Cooper taking time off after the birth of her son, multi award-winning comedian, actor and writer, Sophie Willan will be taking on team captain duties before Daisy returns for this year’s Christmas Special.

This series will also see the launch of four special themed episodes, as era-defining girl power icon Mel B will bring the Scary and add the Spice for “Buzzcocks Does the Nineties”. Cultural icon and frontwoman of The Gossip, Beth Ditto will join for “Buzzcocks Does the Noughties”.

The one and only Goddess of Grunge, Courtney Love, will be in the hot seat for “Buzzcocks Does Rock”, and Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards will join for “Buzzcocks Does Girl & Boy Bands.”

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book Of Carol

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol picks up where season one left off, following fan-favourite characters Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride).

They both confront old demons while she fights to find her friend and he struggles with his decision to stay in France, causing tension at the Nest. Additionally, Genet (Anne Charrier)'s movement builds momentum, setting Pouvoir on a violent collision course with the Union of Hope in the fight for France's future.

Portrait Artist Of The Year

Stephen Mangan is back again for the eleventh edition of Portrait Artist of the Year, inviting another group of talented artists to take on the challenge of a lifetime. With another veritable rogue’s gallery of famous faces lined up to sit for our competitors, our artists will be looking to impress both our panel of esteemed judges and the sitter themselves.

Just one artist will be chosen to be Portrait Artist of the Year, and take on a £10,000 commission for a major British institution, with last year's winner Wendy Barratt seeing her portrait of conservationist Dr Jane Goodall proudly displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.

The Frost Tapes

The Frost Tapes charts almost half a century of dizzying social, political, and cultural change through the eyes of the one man who had a front-row seat to it all: Sir David Frost. Made in collaboration with Frost’s son, Wilfred, each episode is built on over 50 years’ worth of rare or never-before-seen archive footage, supplemented by interviews with an extraordinary list of contributors who help uncover Frost’s incredible life and career as one of the nation’s most renowned news anchors.

Transmission details will be announced in due course.