Films on Freeview this week

Calm with Horses

Sunday 23:35 - 01:40, Film4 (14)

(2019) Crime drama. A former boxer-turned-gangster heavy is not as ruthless as his employers would like, which causes tension. [S]

Double Team

Sunday 23:40 - 01:40, LEGEND (41)

Action adventure with Jean-Claude Van Damme. When a mission goes wrong, a CIA agent is forced to team up with a flamboyant arms dealer to protect his pregnant wife from a violent terrorist. (1997)

Crush

Today 00:00 - 01:50, E4 (13)

(2022) High-school romcom. A skilled artist is forced to join the school track team when she's accused of being a graffiti artist. Can she find the real culprit, and impress her dream girl? [S]

Knock at the Cabin

Today 00:05 - 02:05, 4seven (49)

(2023) M Night Shyamalan's jarringly intimate end-of-days horror with Dave Bautista. An armed group insist that a family of three must make an impossible life-or-death choice. [S]

The Punisher

Today 01:08 - 02:35, Great! Action (42)

Vigilante action with Thomas Jane and John Travolta. After his family is massacred, an FBI agent becomes one-man army The Punisher - and no criminal is safe from his brutal form of justice... (2004)

Jimmy Somerville: Smalltown Boy

Today 01:25 - 02:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

2025. Director: Olivier Simonnet. Meet pop icon Jimmy Somerville who left his mark on the 1980s. He has had a lasting influence on British pop without ever betraying his own identity.

Misericordia

Today 01:30 - 03:15, Channel 4 (4)

(2024) French psychosexual comedy-drama. A young man moves in with his old boss's widow. And what's the story with the shabby neighbour and the mysterious priest? [S]

Stratton

Today 01:40 - 03:30, LEGEND (41)

Fast-paced thriller with Dominic Cooper. A British Special Boat Service commando is sent on a mission to hunt down a former Soviet associate who has gone rogue. (2017)

Swept Up By Christmas

Today 01:40 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive rom com starring Lindy Booth and Justin Bruening. Tasked with downsizing a grand estate, what treasures will antiques dealer Gwen and cleaner Reed uncover in the run up to Christmas? (2019)

Shayda

Today 01:40 - 04:00, Film4 (14)

(2023) Noora Nisari's poignant drama with Zar Amir Ebrahimi as an Australian-Iranian woman fighting to start afresh with her daughter after fleeing an abusive marriage in 1990s Melbourne. [S]

Swan Song

Today 02:05 - 04:10, 4seven (49)

(2021) Comedy. A retired but still fabulous hairstylist to the stars (Udo Kier) gets one last job, in the finale of Todd Stephens' trilogy about being gay in small-town America. [S]

Jail Bait (1954)

Today 02:30 - 04:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Crime. Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. Stars Lyle Talbot & Dolores Fuller. A young man is drawn into the life of crime and then blackmails a plastic surgeon to change his face to evade the law. [S]

Meteor Moon

Today 03:05 - 05:00, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Sci-fi action. It's a deadly race against time to prevent a global disaster after a meteor crashes into the moon and puts it on a collision course with Earth. (2020)

Hollow Triumph

Today 07:10 - 08:45, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1948. Drama. Directed by Steve Sekely. Stars Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Leslie Brooks & Eduard Franz. Pursued by the gambler he robbed, John Muller takes on a new identity, with ironic results. [S]

The Delavine Affair

Today 08:45 - 10:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1955. Crime drama starring Peter Reynolds, Honor Blackman and Gordon Jackson. The death of a local man leads a local reporter to seek his killer. [S]

Meteor Moon

Today 09:00 - 10:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Sci-fi action. It's a deadly race against time to prevent a global disaster after a meteor crashes into the moon and puts it on a collision course with Earth. (2020)

The Christmas Club

Today 10:10 - 12:05, Great! Christmas (52)

Yuletide romance starring Elizabeth Mitchell. When two busy strangers unite to help an elderly woman find her Christmas savings, they realise what their lives have been missing: true love. (2019)

Triassic Hunt

Today 11:00 - 12:50, LEGEND (41)

Dino-scares! When an accident leads to two genetically-recreated dinosaurs on the loose, a group of hired guns must capture them before they destroy everything in their path. (2020)

The Shepherd of the Hills

Today 11:00 - 13:00, Film4 (14)

(1941) John Wayne stars as a moody young man living in the Ozarks who has sworn revenge on his long-absent father for deserting his mother. Then a kindly stranger appears on the scene... [S]

And The Same To You

Today 11:35 - 13:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1959. Comedy starring Sid James, Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Tommy Cooper and Vera Day. The boxing-mad nephew of a pious clergyman embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his boxing career a secret. [S]

The True Story of Jesse James

Today 13:00 - 14:50, Film4 (14)

(1957) Robert Wagner stars as the infamous outlaw in Nicholas Ray's western, which follows the last 18 years of the robber's life. [S]

Sleeping Car To Trieste

Today 13:30 - 15:20, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1948. Drama. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Jean Kent, Bonar Colleano, Albert Lieven & David Tomlinson. Agents break into an embassy in Paris to steal a diary filled with political secrets. [S]

In Old California

Today 14:05 - 15:10, 5ACTION (46)

Upbeat western starring John Wayne and Binnie Barnes. A pharmacist who settles in California during the Gold Rush is forced to confront a bullying local gunman. (1942)[S]

The Mouse That Roared

Today 14:50 - 16:30, Film4 (14)

(1959) Satirical comedy starring Peter Sellers (in a triple role) and the original Doctor Who, William Hartnell. The world's smallest state, Grand Fenwick, declares war on the USA. [AD,S]

Columbo: Undercover

Today 15:00 - 17:00, 5DRAMA (33)

Murder mystery starring Peter Falk and Ed Begley Jr. The grizzled detective sets out to solve an unusual case where two men have apparently killed each other. (1992)[AD,S]

Dangerous Cargo

Today 15:20 - 16:35, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Drama directed by John Harlow. Tim (Jack Watling) is tricked by a wartime friend (Terence Alexander) into revealing details of a gold shipment. [S]

The Proud Rebel

Today 15:46 - 17:00, Great! Action (42)

Western starring Alan Ladd. A soldier returns home after the Civil War to find his wife dead and his son shocked into silence. He rides out, determined to find both a cure and justice. (1958)

Jubal

Today 16:30 - 18:35, Film4 (14)

(1956) Western with Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Rod Steiger and Valerie French. A cowboy is given a job by a rancher, sparking lethal jealousy in a colleague and desire in the boss's wife. [AD,S]

Brighton Rock

Today 16:35 - 18:25, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1947. Crime. Directed by John Boulting. Stars Richard Attenborough & Hermione Baddeley. Small time gang leader, Pinkie Brown, desperately tries to cover his tracks after he murders a journalist. [S]

Merry Mystery Christmas

Today 18:00 - 19:50, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive rom-com with Brittany Bristow. Reporter Leslie teams up with local detective Preston to catch a Christmas display thief, but as they follow the clues, will love be the real story? (2023)

Men in Black: International

Today 18:45 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(2019) Fourth instalment of the sci-fi comedy franchise with Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Liam Neeson. An alien-obsessed rookie joins London's Men in Black team. [AD,S]

Maigret

Today 20:00 - 21:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

Maigret and the Liberty Bar. 1997. Stars Bruno Cremer, Pascale Roberts & Marina Golovine. Maigret is sent to Antibes to investigate the murder of an Australian who'd been with French intelligence. [S]

War for the Planet of the Apes

Today 21:00 - 23:45, Film4 (14)

(2017) Andy Serkis reprises his pioneering role as super-intelligent primate Caesar for the third part of the rebooted Apes saga, and it's all-out war between apes and humans. [AD,S]

Bullshot

Today 21:50 - 23:40, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1983. Comedy. Directed by Dick Clement. Stars Alan Shearman, Diz White & Ronald E. House. Dashing Captain, Hugh 'Bullshot' Crummond, must put his talents to the test and save the world. [S]

Sexy Beast

Today 22:00 - 23:50, 4seven (49)

(2000) Jonathan Glazer's thriller with Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. A criminal's blissful retirment is shattered by a psychopathic gangster who insists on one more job. [AD,S]

Adult: Can You Keep It Up

Today 22:10 - 00:00, your TV (71)

Sex comedy: Blundering idiot is set an ultimatum by his girlfriend. Keep a job for a week or she leaves him. Only innuendo and comedy pratfalls can stop him. 1975 (18)

Mud

Today 23:00 - 01:05, BBC TWO (2)

Two young lads join a spirited mystery man's quest to reunite with his one true love, unaware of the forces and feelings that must be faced. Also in HD. [2012] [S,AD]

Anna

Today 23:45 - 02:05, Film4 (14)

(2019) Luc Besson's action-thriller about a young Russian assassin, with Sasha Luss. A scout offers Anna an opportunity to become a model in Paris, but can she escape her links to the KGB? [S]

Christmas By Design

Tomorrow 01:50 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive rom-com with Rebecca Dalton. Reluctantly in her hometown for Christmas, can NYC fashion designer Charlotte discover what's really important in life with the help of a charming local? (2023)

The Future

Tomorrow 02:05 - 03:50, Film4 (14)

(2011) Existentialist comedy-drama. Miranda July and Hamish Linklater play a couple whose directionless lives take an unexpected turn when they adopt a cat. Sex/strong language. [S]

The First Travelling Saleslady

Tomorrow 02:50 - 04:40, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1956. Comedy Western. A corset store owner goes broke and becomes a traveling sales lady in Texas 1897. Starring Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson and a young Clint Eastwood.

Meteor Storm

Tomorrow 03:20 - 04:45, Great! Action (42)

Sci-fi action adventure starring Kari Matchett. An astronomer works to save the city of San Francisco from total annihilation when a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event turns into a nightmare (2010).

A Taste Of Money

Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:20, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1960. Comedy. Director: Max Varnel. Stars Jean Cadell, Dick Emery and Pete Murray. An elderly spinster plots to rob her employers with the perfect crime! [S]

House of Blackmail

Tomorrow 07:20 - 08:45, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1953. Crime. Directed by Maurice Elvey. An Army officer (William Sylvester) and Carol (Mary Germaine) must solve the murder of a blackmailer or be charged themselves. [S]

Susan Lenox: Her Rise and Fall

Tomorrow 08:45 - 10:20, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1931. Drama. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Stars Greta Garbo & Clark Gable. A young girl who escapes from home to find a new life, falls in love with a kind stranger, but fate keeps them apart. [S]

Mad Mel and Mister Gibson

Tomorrow 10:20 - 11:25, TalkingPictures TV (82)

2021. The rise, fall and resurrection of Mel Gibson, one of the most successful but also controversial Hollywood stars. From Mad Max to The Passion of the Christ, from Lethal Weapon to Braveheart.

Apocalypse Pompeii

Tomorrow 11:00 - 12:50, LEGEND (41)

Action adventure starring Adrian Paul (Highlander). As an ex-commando and his family visit the coastal town of Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius is on the brink of eruption once more... (2014)

They Rode West

Tomorrow 11:00 - 12:45, Film4 (14)

(1954) Tough western. A cavalry doctor (Robert Francis) discovers a Native American tribe is dying of malaria, but his by-the-book captain (Phil Carey) refuses to allow their treatment. [S]

Stranger In Town

Tomorrow 11:25 - 13:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1957. Drama. Directed George Pollock. Starring Alex Nicol, Anne Paige & Mary Laura Wood. In a sleepy village, a composer is shot dead and a woman is found gassed. Who killed them and why? [S]

The Nevadan

Tomorrow 12:45 - 14:25, Film4 (14)

(1950) Western with Randolph Scott and Dorothy Malone. A cunning US Marshal pretends to be a doofus to get a bank robber to take him to the hidden loot. [S]

Against a Crooked Sky

Tomorrow 13:00 - 14:45, LEGEND (41)

Western with Richard Boone. A man recruits a prospector to help him save his sister from a band of Apaches, but is forced to endure a terrible challenge to bring her safely home. (1975)

Anzio

Tomorrow 13:00 - 15:25, Great! Action (42)

Powerful war epic with Robert Mitchum and Peter Falk. Caution costs on the Italian coast, when, after an unopposed landing at Anzio in 1944, Allied troops dig in instead of advancing to Rome... (1968)

The Christmas Contest

Tomorrow 14:00 - 15:50, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive rivalry starring Candace Cameron Bure and John Brotherton. Exes Lara and Ben compete in a charity Christmas contest, but will they be too wrapped up in winning to notice true love? (2021)

The Blood Beast Terror

Tomorrow 14:00 - 15:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Monstrous horror starring Peter Cushing. A scientist unwittingly creates a creature that transforms from a beautiful woman who no man can resist into a giant, and blood-lusting, Dead Head moth. (1968)

Send Me No Flowers

Tomorrow 14:25 - 16:30, Film4 (14)

(1964) Romcom starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day. Thinking he has just a few months to live, a man makes his wife suspect he's having an affair when he tries to find her a new partner. [S]

In Which We Serve

Tomorrow 14:40 - 16:30, BBC TWO (2)

Noel Coward stars in the story of HMS Torrin, from its construction to its final sinking. Also in HD. [1942] [S,AD]

The Professionals

Tomorrow 14:45 - 17:00, LEGEND (41)

Western with Burt Lancaster. A Texan rancher hires four mercenaries to find his wife, who was abducted and taken to Mexico by bandits - but they soon discover she doesn't want to be rescued. (1966)

Columbo: A Stitch in Crime

Tomorrow 15:05 - 16:35, 5DRAMA (33)

Columbo brings his distinctive investigative style to bear on a case where a surgeon appears to be involved in a murder. (1973).[S]

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Tomorrow 15:15 - 17:05, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. War. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde & Bonar Colleano. In 1944, passengers of a downed aircraft discuss their lives while awaiting rescue from the North Sea. [S]

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Tomorrow 16:30 - 18:40, Film4 (14)

(1973) Can Sinbad stop a master magician from reaching the Fountain of Destiny on the lost land of Lemuria and being crowned the new leader of Marabia? [AD,S]

Mr Denning Drives North

Tomorrow 17:05 - 18:55, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1951. Crime. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Stars John Mills, Phyllis Calvert & Eileen Moore. A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's boyfriend and then tries to it cover up... [S]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Tomorrow 18:40 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(2023) Seventh instalment in the frenetic sci-fi franchise. The Maximals - part animal, part robot - join the Autobots to battle against planet-munching Unicron and his Terrorcon cronies. [AD,S]

Tales of Manhattan

Tomorrow 20:00 - 22:20, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1942. Drama. Director: Julien Duvivier. Stars Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Henry Fonda. An anthology of five stories revolving around a cursed tailcoat that brings misfortune to all who wear it. [S]

Red Sun

Tomorrow 21:00 - 23:25, LEGEND (41)

Spaghetti Western with Charles Bronson. In 1870, a gang of crooks robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the US President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it. (1971)

Cocaine Bear

Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:55, Film4 (14)

(2023) Darkly comic ursine misadventure about a disparate group of people who happen across a coked-up bear - aka Pablo Eskobear - in the American wilderness. With Keri Russell. [AD,S]

Riddick

Tomorrow 22:01 - 23:30, Great! Action (42)

Sci-fi action with Vin Diesel. Intergalactic antihero Riddick has been betrayed and left for dead on a sun-scorched planet. But even in this desolate world, he soon has a target on his back... (2013)

Adult: Adventures of a Private Eye

Tomorrow 22:05 - 00:00, your TV (71)

Sex comedy: While his boss is away, a private eye helps a woman who is being blackmailed. Stars Christopher Neil, Suzy Kendall and Harry H. Corbett. 1977 (18)

Got It Made

Tomorrow 22:15 - 00:00, Together TV (83)

Norfolk-set coming-of-age drama. Mere days before her wedding, an aristocratic girl discovers some hideous truths about the people closest to her. Contains sexual scenes. (1974)

So Evil, So Young

Tomorrow 22:20 - 23:55, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1961. Drama. Director: Godfrey Grayson. Stars Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock & John Charlesworth. Framed for robbery and sent to a reform school, a young girl becomes the target of a vicious warden. [S]

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Tomorrow 23:00 - 01:15, Film4 (14)

(2017) Oscar-winning dark comedy drama. Can a bereaved mum use precisely worded billboards to force the cops to solve her daughter's murder? Starring Frances McDormand. [AD,S]

Knocked Up

Tomorrow 23:25 - 01:30, BBC ONE Lon (1)

A one-night stand leads to an unexpected pregnancy and a crash course in growing up. Contains very strong language, adult humour and some sexual content. Also in HD. [2007] [S,AD]

The Kitchen

Tomorrow 23:25 - 01:30, 4seven (49)

(2023) Dystopian thriller from Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares. In a future London where social housing is being eradicated, residents on a threatened estate fight for their community. [S]

The Rough and the Smooth

Tomorrow 23:55 - 02:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1959. Drama. Starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton and William Bendix. Directed by Robert Siodmak. An archaeologist forsakes his fiancée for a passionate affair with a beautiful German woman. [S]

Can You Keep It Up For A Week?

Wednesday 00:00 - 02:00, Together TV (83)

Comedy. Annette will marry Gil, her hapless boyfriend, on condition he keeps his new job for a week without getting up to mischief with other women. Contains sexual scenes. (1975)

Nomadland

Wednesday 01:15 - 03:25, Film4 (14)

(2020) BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar-winning docu-drama with Frances McDormand. A middle-aged woman with no money makes a van her home and takes to the roads of America looking for work. [AD,S]

A Reason To Live, A Reason To Die

Wednesday 01:30 - 03:20, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Spaghetti Western with James Coburn. A disgraced Union officer during the American Civil War offers to save seven men condemned to death if they help him regain his honour. (1972)

Belle's Christmas Gift

Wednesday 01:55 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Romance with Desiree Ross. Grieving her fiancé, Alesha visits her Caribbean grandmother and, while organising a charity event, discovers that love can be the sweetest holiday surprise. (2024)

The Party's Over

Wednesday 02:00 - 03:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1965. Drama. Directed by Guy Hamilton. A controversial film of its time. A young American girl is caught up in the wild London scene. Starring Oliver Reed.

The House That Dripped Blood

Wednesday 03:10 - 05:00, LEGEND (41)

Horror anthology with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a host of famous faces. A policeman investigates curious cases including an eerie waxwork and a cloak that bestows vampiric powers. (1971)

Jet Stream

Wednesday 03:20 - 04:40, Great! Action (42)

Turbulent adventure with David Chokachi, Ruth Kearney and Steven Hartley. Batten down the hatches as a TV weatherman and a scientist team up to save humanity from a deadly weather phenomenon (2013).

Fate Takes a Hand

Wednesday 06:00 - 07:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1961. Drama. Director: Max Varnel. Stars Ronald Howard, Christina Gregg, Basil Dignam. Letters recovered from a stolen mail bag significantly impact the lives of the recipients 15 years later. [S]

The Dark Road

Wednesday 07:45 - 09:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1948. Drama. Directed by Alfred J. Goulding. Stars Farnham Baxter, Cyril Chamberlain & Sydney Bromley. The story of Sidney Robertson and his rise from a petty thief to an underworld crime boss. [S]

The Blood Beast Terror

Wednesday 09:00 - 10:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Monstrous horror starring Peter Cushing. A scientist unwittingly creates a creature that transforms from a beautiful woman who no man can resist into a giant, and blood-lusting, Dead Head moth. (1968)

Highly Dangerous

Wednesday 09:15 - 11:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1950. Drama. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring. An entomologist travels to a Balkan country to investigate germ warfare. [S]

Charming Christmas

Wednesday 10:15 - 12:05, Great! Christmas (52)

Holiday romance with Julie Benz. An uptight woman agrees to play Mrs Claus at her family's department store, and finds herself becoming merrier working alongside a charming man playing Santa. (2015)

Destination Gobi

Wednesday 11:00 - 12:50, Film4 (14)

(1953) Fact-based Second World War adventure. Richard Widmark stars as a US Navy officer who leads an alliance of scientists and tribesmen against the Japanese in Mongolia. [S]

The Son of Monte Cristo

Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1940. Action. Director: Rowland V. Lee. Louis Hayward, George Sanders, Joan Bennett. Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. [S]

This Gun for Hire

Wednesday 12:50 - 14:30, Film4 (14)

(1942) Classic noir starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. As a cold-blooded assassin seek vengeance for a double cross, he unwisely falls for the girlfriend of the cop who's pursuing him. [S]

My Cousin Rachel (1952)

Wednesday 13:55 - 15:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1952. Mystery. Directed by Henry Koster. Stars Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton & Audrey Dalton. The heir to a considerable fortune attempts to find out if the woman he loves is a murderess. [S]

Dunkirk (1958)

Wednesday 14:25 - 16:35, BBC TWO (2)

A dramatic reconstruction of the World War II defeat at Dunkirk, told through the experiences of three characters. Also in HD. [1958] [S]

The Comancheros

Wednesday 14:30 - 16:40, Film4 (14)

(1961) Western starring John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. A Texas Ranger is forced to team up with his prisoner while he's on a covert mission to take on a band of thieves and gunrunners. [S]

The Curse of the Werewolf

Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00, LEGEND (41)

Hairy Hammer horror starring notorious hell-raiser Oliver Reed in his first credited role as Leon, a man who has lived a cursed existence thanks to the evil circumstances of his conception. (1961)

Columbo: Murder Under Glass

Wednesday 15:05 - 16:35, 5DRAMA (33)

Detective story starring Peter Falk and Louis Jourdan. A crooked cook provides Columbo with an alarming menu of corruption, blackmail and poison. (1978)[AD,S]

Hobson's Choice

Wednesday 15:50 - 18:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Drama. Director: David Lean. Stars Charles Laughton, John Mills & Brenda de Banzie. Henry Hobson's three daughters want to marry, but he refuses as traditions require him to pay settlements. [S]

Any Gun Can Play

Wednesday 15:51 - 17:00, Great! Action (42)

Action-packed western with Edd Byrnes. A mysterious gunslinger and bounty hunter plays a game of cat and mouse with bandits who have stolen precious gold from a train. (1967)

The Holiday Proposal Plan

Wednesday 16:00 - 17:50, Great! Christmas (52)

Second-chance romance with Tatyana Ali and Jesse Kove. Sonny and her ex reluctantly team up to get their best friends back together. But will more than one flame be rekindled this Christmas? (2023)

Earth vs the Flying Saucers

Wednesday 16:40 - 18:25, Film4 (14)

(1956) Sci-fi thriller. Hugh Marlowe stars as a scientist who discovers Earth is threatened by a fleet of flying saucers bent on global conquest. With special effects by Ray Harryhausen. [S]

Dark Storm

Wednesday 17:00 - 18:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Devastating sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Baldwin. When a top secret anti-matter weapon malfunctions it imbues a scientist with incredible abilities, including control of the weather. (2006)

Moonfall

Wednesday 18:25 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(2022) Sci-fi disaster with Halle Berry. A NASA bigwig, a disgraced astronaut and a conspiracy theorist are all that stand between the Earth and a plummeting Moon. But are aliens involved? [AD,S]

Bill

Wednesday 19:35 - 21:00, BBC THREE (23)

Family comedy from the performers of Horrible Histories. Young Bill Shakespeare leaves Stratford to follow his latest dream, to be a playwright in London. Also in HD. [2015] [S,AD]

Modesty Blaise

Wednesday 21:10 - 23:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1966. Action. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Monica Vitti, Dirk Bogarde & Terrence Stamp. A spy spoof in the 60s tradition with comic book heroine, Modesty Blaise. Set in the Italian Mediterranean. [S]

Out of Time

Wednesday 22:05 - 23:15, 5STAR (32)

Thriller starring Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes. A police chief becomes a murder suspect when his lover and her husband are killed in an arson attack. (2003)[S]

Adult: Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Wednesday 22:05 - 23:50, your TV (71)

Sex comedy: A cabbie has no trouble picking up girls who are more than willing to join him for a ride. Stars Barry Evans & and Ian Lavender. 1976 (18)

Knocked Up (2007)

Wednesday 22:45 - 00:45, BBC THREE (23)

A one-night stand leads to an unexpected pregnancy and a crash course in growing up. Contains very strong language, adult humour and some sexual content. Also in HD. [2007] [S,AD]

Terminator Salvation

Wednesday 22:45 - 00:30, ITV1 (3)

Sci-fi action film sequel starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, 2009. John Connor and a mysterious stranger delve into the heart of Skynet and uncover a terrible secret. [S,AD]

Beast

Wednesday 22:50 - 00:40, Film4 (14)

(2022) Thrilling romp starring Idris Elba as an all-action doctor who must protect his family from a man-slaying lion in the wilds of South Africa, armed with a jeep and a keen right hook. [AD,S]

Slow West

Thursday 00:40 - 02:20, Film4 (14)

(2015) Violent offbeat western starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Michael Fassbender. A 16-year-old Scottish lad travels to 1870s Colorado on the trail of his true love. [S]

Meet Mr Callaghan

Thursday 01:15 - 03:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Crime drama directed by Charles Saunders. Private detective Slim Callaghan (Derrick De Marney) is hired to find out why a rich uncle changed his will. [S]

Christmas Ever After

Thursday 01:55 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive romance with Ali Stroker. Matt is a dead ringer for the cover star from romance novelist Izzi's books; could he be the inspiration that fixes her writer's block this holiday season? (2020)

In Fear

Thursday 02:20 - 04:00, Film4 (14)

(2013) Psychological horror with Iain De Caestecker and Alice Englert. A couple get lost in remote rural lanes as they drive to a music festival. Frustration turns to fear as dusk falls... [S]

Storm Chasers

Thursday 03:00 - 04:35, Great! Action (42)

Disaster drama starring Top Gun's Kelly McGillis. A woman teams up with a FEMA agent to investigate a series of deadly tornadoes, to prove that the twisters' patterns are predictable. (1998)

Dark Storm

Thursday 03:15 - 05:00, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Devastating sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Baldwin. When a top secret anti-matter weapon malfunctions it imbues a scientist with incredible abilities, including control of the weather. (2006)

The Rossiter Case

Thursday 06:00 - 07:35, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1951. Drama. Directed by Francis Searle. Stars Helen Shingler, Clement McCallin & Sheila Burrell. After an accident results in her paralysis, a woman fears that her husband will abandon her. [S]

Confession

Thursday 07:35 - 09:25, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1955. Crime. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton & Jefferson Clifford. After several killings of thieves occur, a priest is then marked for murder after hearing a confession. [S]

Three Sundays to Live

Thursday 09:25 - 10:45, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1957. Mystery. Director: Ernest Morris. Stars Kieron Moore, Jane Griffiths & Basil Dignam. Frank Martin is accused of murder and the only woman who can prove his innocence is missing. [S]

Men In War

Thursday 10:45 - 12:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1957. War. Director: Anthony Mann. Stars Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Aldo Ray & Vic Morrow. During the Korean War, Lt. Benson and his troops find a colonel experiencing psychological combat trauma. [S]

Leave Her to Heaven

Thursday 11:00 - 13:15, Film4 (14)

(1945) Riveting film noir melodrama starring Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney as an irredeemably evil, possessive woman who resorts to murder to keep her husband (Cornel Wilde) with her. [S]

Dark Storm

Thursday 12:00 - 13:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Devastating sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Baldwin. When a top secret anti-matter weapon malfunctions it imbues a scientist with incredible abilities, including control of the weather. (2006)

The Longest Day

Thursday 13:15 - 16:55, Film4 (14)

(1962) War drama. Darryl F Zanuck's classic Oscar-winning recreation of the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, with an all-star British, American, German and French cast. [AD,S]

Shark Lake

Thursday 14:00 - 15:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Toothy thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. A lake town is plunged into blood-soaked chaos when man-eating sharks invade their waters. (2015)

The Battle of the River Plate

Thursday 14:35 - 16:30, BBC TWO (2)

Second World War naval adventure based on the true story of the pursuit of the seemingly unstoppable German battleship Graf Spee. Also in HD. [1956] [S]

Interrupted Journey

Thursday 14:35 - 16:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1949. Thriller. Director: Daniel Birt. Stars Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden & Tom Walls. John's wife appears to have been shot after her body is found in the wreckage of a crash. [S]

Columbo: Now You See Him

Thursday 15:05 - 17:00, 5DRAMA (33)

Feature-length murder mystery starring Peter Falk, Harvey Hart and Jack Cassidy. During an evening of unusual entertainment, there is magic, illusion, sleight of hand - and murder. (1976)[S]

Scrooge

Thursday 16:45 - 18:20, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1935. Family. Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) is persuaded to change his ways one Christmas by visitations from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come. Also stars Donald Calthrop. [S]

The Man from Colorado

Thursday 16:55 - 18:55, Film4 (14)

(1948) Western. When a sadistic Union colonel (Glenn Ford) becomes a federal judge after the Civil War, his friend (William Holden) takes the deputy job to try and temper his actions. [AD,S]

Behind Enemy Lines

Thursday 18:55 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(2001) Thriller with Owen Wilson. A US Navy flight officer on a NATO reconnaissance mission has to fend for himself when he's shot down by Serb forces in the former Yugoslavia. Violence. [S]

The Battle of the River Plate

Thursday 20:00 - 21:55, BBC FOUR (9)

Second World War naval adventure based on the true story of the pursuit of the seemingly unstoppable German battleship Graf Spee. Also in HD. [1956] [S]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Thursday 21:00 - 22:50, BBC THREE (23)

Katniss Everdeen joins a community determined to lead a rebellion against the Capitol. Contains some violent scenes. Also in HD. [2014] [S]

Django Unchained

Thursday 21:00 - 00:20, Film4 (14)

(2012) Quentin Tarantino's darkly comic, award-laden western with Jamie Foxx, Christopher Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson. A freed slave searches for his wife... and revenge. [AD,S]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Thursday 21:55 - 23:55, BBC FOUR (9)

Cold War thriller about a retired MI6 agent who must track down a Soviet mole. Contains some strong language, some sexual content and some violence. Also in HD. [2011] [S,AD]

Force 10 From Navarone

Thursday 22:01 - 23:30, Great! Action (42)

Explosive sequel with Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. An elite strike force assembles in WWII Yugoslavia, but do they have the daring and dynamite to deal the Nazis a brutal blow? (1978)

Adult: Secrets of a Windmill Girl

Thursday 22:10 - 23:50, your TV (71)

Sex Drama: Fictional film about a stripper at the (in)famous Windmill Theatre in London's Soho. 1966 (18)

Jack Reacher

Thursday 22:45 - 00:55, ITV1 (3)

Mystery action thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, 2012. When five people are gunned down by a sniper, only one man has the skills to take the true criminals out. [S,AD]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

Thursday 22:50 - 00:55, BBC THREE (23)

Katniss joins the Star Squad and grasps her chance for revenge on President Snow. Contains prolonged violence and upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [2015] [S]

Hell or High Water

Thursday 23:00 - 00:40, BBC TWO (2)

A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme. Contains very strong language and graphic violent scenes. Also in HD. [2016] [S,AD]

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Friday 00:20 - 02:10, Film4 (14)

(2021) Tom Hardy returns as Marvel's gnarly antihero, to face a symbiote spawned from Venom's own blood living inside a serial killer who looks just like Woody Harrelson. Yikes. [AD,S]

The Velvet Touch

Friday 00:35 - 02:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1948. Thriller. A police captain (Sydney Greenstreet) must solve the murder of a producer. Was it his ex or his ex ex? Stars Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn & Claire Trevor. [S]

A Very Country Christmas Homecoming

Friday 01:50 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive rom-com with Greyston Holt and Bea Santos. Back from a magical honeymoon, and with the paparazzi hot on their heels, Zane and Jeannette try to plan a family Christmas. (2021)

For Those in Peril

Friday 02:10 - 04:00, Film4 (14)

(2013) Dark drama. George MacKay plays the lone survivor of a Scottish fishing tragedy. But, back on dry land, things just seem to get even worse for him. Self harm/very strong language. [S]

The Rhythm Section

Friday 02:15 - 04:05, Channel 4 (4)

(2020) Blake Lively and Jude Law star in Reed Morano's thriller from the producers of the James Bond films. A woman seeks vengeance on the people who killed her family. [S,SL]

East of Sudan

Friday 06:00 - 07:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1964. Adventure. Directed by Nathan Juran. Stars Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Sims & Derek Fowlds. Two colonial soldiers in 19th-century Africa risk their lives to save a governess and her charge. [S]

The Black Rider

Friday 07:55 - 09:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson and Lionel Jeffries. A local reporter discovers a group of enemy agents, but will the story get him promotion? [S]

A Song For Christmas

Friday 08:10 - 10:00, Great! Christmas (52)

A pop star fleeing the demands of her chaotic life stays with a local family. Will a traditional family Christmas and the prospect of love allow her to appreciate the important things in life? (2017)

Shark Lake

Friday 09:00 - 10:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Toothy thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. A lake town is plunged into blood-soaked chaos when man-eating sharks invade their waters. (2015)

Behind the Mask

Friday 10:15 - 12:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1958. Drama. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars: Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton & Carl Möhner. A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for a drug addict colleague after the death of a patient. [S]

Gunman's Walk

Friday 11:00 - 12:55, Film4 (14)

(1958) Western. Van Heflin stars as a veteran frontiersman whose determination to mould his sons in his gun-totin' image backfires disastrously. With Tab Hunter and James Darren. [S]

Doctor In The House

Friday 12:25 - 14:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow & Kenneth More. The adventures of a new medical student and his friends at St. Swithin's hospital in London. [S]

Arizona Raiders

Friday 12:55 - 14:40, Film4 (14)

(1965) William Whitney's brutal western. Two former Confederate rebels are offered their freedom if they can track, catch or even kill their former gang mates. Starring Audie Murphy. [S]

They Rode West

Friday 14:40 - 16:20, Film4 (14)

(1954) Tough western. A cavalry doctor (Robert Francis) discovers a Native American tribe is dying of malaria, but his by-the-book captain (Phil Carey) refuses to allow their treatment. [S]

Rio Lobo

Friday 14:40 - 16:00, 5ACTION (46)

Western adventure starring John Wayne and Jorge Rivero. A Union army colonel sets out to settle scores and find the traitors responsible for his friend's death. (1970) [S]

Brandy for the Parson

Friday 14:50 - 16:25, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1951. Comedy. A young couple on a boating holiday off the Kent coast get caught up in a smuggling racket. Starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey & Alfie Bass. [S]

Angels One Five

Friday 14:55 - 16:30, BBC TWO (2)

World War II drama relating the Battle of Britain through the eyes of the operations room of a Kent fighter station during the summer of 1940. Also in HD. [1952] [S]

Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm

Friday 15:10 - 17:05, 5DRAMA (33)

Detective drama with the unorthodox lieutenant. A wine connoisseur realises that his thriving vineyard is under threat of being sold by his brother, leading to a murder. (1973)

Warlock

Friday 16:20 - 18:45, Film4 (14)

(1959) Western starring Henry Fonda. A gunfighter is hired to protect a town from a raiding gang. But a vendetta could undermine him. With Anthony Quinn, Richard Widmark and Dorothy Malone. [S]

The Land That Time Forgot

Friday 17:00 - 18:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Fantastical prehistoric adventure inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' literary classic. A newlywed couple on a romantic cruise stumble upon an island overrun by ancient malevolent creatures. (2009)

Men Of Sherwood Forest

Friday 18:00 - 19:35, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1954. Adventure. Director: Val Guest. Stars: Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith & Eileen Moore. In 1194, on his return from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart is taken prisoner in Germany. [S]

Twister

Friday 18:45 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(1996) Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in writer Michael Crichton's tornado-chasing action adventure about a bunch of clever misfits hunting the perfect storm. [S]

The Inbetweeners Movie

Friday 21:00 - 23:00, E4 (13)

(2011) Outrageous comedy with Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison and James Buckley. School is over, so the boys celebrate with a scandalous lads' holiday in Crete. [AD,S]

Predator

Friday 21:00 - 23:10, Film4 (14)

(1987) Sci-fi thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. A US commando unit gets trapped in the jungle by a murderous, seemingly invincible alien hunter. But they ain't got time to bleed. [AD,S]

Captain Kronos The Vampire Hunter

Friday 21:10 - 22:55, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1974. Adventure Horror. Directed by Brian Clemens. Stars Horst Janson, John Carson & Caroline Munro. A master swordsman, former soldier and his assistant go on the hunt for vampires. [S]

Die Hard with a Vengeance

Friday 22:00 - 00:00, BBC TWO (2)

John McClane races around New York as he attempts to thwart a bomber's deadly game. Contains very strong language and some violent scenes. Also in HD. [1995] [S,AD]

Déjà vu

Friday 22:01 - 23:35, Great! Action (42)

Time-bending thriller with Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer. After a ferry bombing in New Orleans leaves many dead, can top-secret tech send agent Doug Carlin back in time to stop the crime? (2006)

Adult: Emmanuelle in Soho

Friday 22:05 - 23:25, your TV (71)

Sex drama: Emmanuelle lives in London's Soho where everything in the realm of erotic is available. 1981 (18)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Friday 22:05 - 23:10, 5ACTION (46)

Four men hijack a New York subway car, taking the passengers hostage and demanding £1m dollars. Thriller starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. (1974)[S]

Dune

Friday 22:05 - 00:05, ITV2 (6)

Epic multi-Oscar-winning sci-fi drama film starring Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, 2021. A brilliant and gifted young man is born into a destiny beyond his understanding. [S,AD]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Friday 23:00 - 01:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

2002. Drama. Director: David Attwood. Stars Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart & Richard E. Grant. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate after being told an heir's estate is plagued by a ghostly dog. [S]

Boss Level

Friday 23:10 - 01:10, Film4 (14)

(2020) Groundhog day shoot 'em up with Frank Grillo, Naomi Watts and Mel Gibson. Ray gets killed every day. Can he escape by unravelling the mystery of why a bunch of people want him dead? [S]

Waterhole #3

Friday 23:10 - 00:15, 5ACTION (46)

Western comedy starring James Coburn and Carroll O'Connor. A stolen gold shipment sparks a deadly chase across Arizona as gambler Lewton Cole, bandits and the law race to claim the loot. (1967)[S]

Tomb Raider

Friday 23:20 - 01:15, ITV1 (3)

Action-adventure film starring Alicia Vikander and Dominic West, 2018. The fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer discovers the island where her father disappeared. [S,AD]

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Friday 23:30 - 01:55, BBC ONE Lon (1)

Before his rise to power, young Coriolanus Snow mentors at the tenth Hunger Games. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [2023] [S]

Blue Story

Saturday 00:00 - 01:25, BBC TWO (2)

A feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends in south London. Contains very strong language, some sexual content, graphic violence and... Also in HD. [2018] [S]

This Is England

Saturday 00:10 - 01:55, Channel 4 (4)

(2006) Shane Meadows' award-winning drama. In the 1980s, a bullied 13-year-old finds friendship with a group of skinheads. But one of them is also a violent racist. [AD,S]

Christmas Truce

Saturday 00:55 - 02:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Romantic war drama with Craig Olejnik and Ali Liebert. After falling in love amid the Battle of the Bulge, a US soldier and a Belgian woman vow to reunite at war's end - if they survive... (2015)

BFI: A Message From Mars

Saturday 01:00 - 02:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1913. Sci-Fi. Director: J. Wallett Waller. The first silent British sci-fi feature (with new score). A Martian visits earth to cure a selfish man (similar to 'A Christmas Carol') on Christmas Eve.

Anna

Saturday 01:10 - 03:30, Film4 (14)

(2019) Luc Besson's action-thriller about a young Russian assassin, with Sasha Luss. A scout offers Anna an opportunity to become a model in Paris, but can she escape her links to the KGB? [S]

Broken Blossoms

Saturday 02:15 - 04:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1936. Directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Dolly Hass and Arthur Margetson. A Chinese missionary comes to England where he helps a young girl who is ill treated by her father. [S]

The Land That Time Forgot

Saturday 03:15 - 05:00, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Fantastical prehistoric adventure inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' literary classic. A newlywed couple on a romantic cruise stumble upon an island overrun by ancient malevolent creatures. (2009)

Firequake

Saturday 03:25 - 04:50, Great! Action (42)

Sci-fi action with Alexandra Paul, Zoe Barker and Nigel Barber. When a new, highly explosive energy source seeps into the Earth's crust, can its creator save humanity from being extinguished (2014)?

The Captain's Paradise

Saturday 06:00 - 07:45, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1953. Comedy. Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Stars Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson & Miles Malleson. The Captain of a ferry boat between Gibraltar & Morocco has a woman in each port. [S]

Sinners' Holiday

Saturday 07:45 - 09:00, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1930. Crime Drama. Directed by John G. Adolfi. Stars Grant Withers & James Cagney. Ma Delano runs a boardwalk penny arcade but below is a bootleg operation which causes trouble for her family. [S]

Christmas by The Book

Saturday 10:10 - 12:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive romance with Lindy Booth. With two weeks to recreate the magical Christmas in her book, a bestselling author gets her tinsel in a tangle. But could it be better than what's on the page? (2022)

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Saturday 11:00 - 13:05, Film4 (14)

(2019) Family adventure with Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria and Michael Peña. Everyone's favourite young explorer must track down her parents, who are missing in Peru. [AD,S]

Teenage Zombies

Saturday 12:00 - 13:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1959. Horror. Directed by Jerry Warren. Stars Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor & Steve Conte. A group of teens become stranded on an island and are captured by a mad scientist with villainous plans. [S]

Ice Cold in Alex

Saturday 12:35 - 14:45, BBC TWO (2)

Libya, 1942. Captain Anson is cut off from his unit and must return to Alexandria. Also in HD. [1957] [S]

Evolution

Saturday 12:40 - 14:40, Channel 4 (4)

(2001) Sci-fi comedy directed by Ghostbusters' Ivan Reitman. Can David Duchovny, Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones save humanity from a rapidly evolving alien species? [S]

Christmas with a View

Saturday 13:00 - 14:05, Great! Christmas (52)

Heartwarming holiday romance with Kaitlyn Leeb. A celebrity chef and a restaurateur cook up a holiday dalliance, but will their love simmer to perfection or boil over before New Year's Eve? (2018)

Patrick

Saturday 13:05 - 14:55, Film4 (14)

(2018) Feel-good British family comedy. Sarah's (Beattie Edmondson) chaotic life gets even more complicated when she inherits a naughty pug from her nan. [S]

Marley & Me

Saturday 13:50 - 16:00, 4seven (49)

(2008) True-life comedy-drama. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston star as newly married journalists who welcome a truly unruly puppy into their lives. Also starring Alan Arkin. [AD,S]

The Professionals

Saturday 13:55 - 16:15, LEGEND (41)

Western with Burt Lancaster. A Texan rancher hires four mercenaries to find his wife, who was abducted and taken to Mexico by bandits - but they soon discover she doesn't want to be rescued. (1966)

The Woman in Green

Saturday 13:55 - 15:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1945. Mystery. Director: Roy William Neill. Stars: Basil Rathbone and Henry Daniell. Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious murders of women, all of whom have their forefinger severed. [S]

Force 10 From Navarone

Saturday 14:06 - 15:35, Great! Action (42)

Explosive sequel with Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Edward Fox. An elite strike force assembles in WWII Yugoslavia, but do they have the daring and dynamite to deal the Nazis a brutal blow? (1978)

All That Heaven Allows

Saturday 14:55 - 16:40, Film4 (14)

(1955) Romantic drama with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson. A wealthy widow decides to restart her life. But her children and her social set disapprove of her lover, forcing her to rethink. [S]

Nativity!

Saturday 15:40 - 17:20, BBC ONE Lon (1)

A teacher (Martin Freeman) is put in charge of his school's version of the Nativity. Also in HD. [2009] [S,AD]

The Cruel Sea

Saturday 15:50 - 18:25, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1953. War. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden & Denholm Elliott. The dramatic story of a British convoy escort ship and its novice crew who set out to save lives. [S]

Against a Crooked Sky

Saturday 16:15 - 18:05, LEGEND (41)

Western with Richard Boone. A man recruits a prospector to help him save his sister from a band of Apaches, but is forced to endure a terrible challenge to bring her safely home. (1975)

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Saturday 16:40 - 18:50, Film4 (14)

(1973) Can Sinbad stop a master magician from reaching the Fountain of Destiny on the lost land of Lemuria and being crowned the new leader of Marabia? [AD,S]

Johnny Guitar

Saturday 17:00 - 18:10, 5ACTION (46)

Classic western starring Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden. A woman saloon keeper hires an old flame, once a feared gunfighter, to fend off a powerful neighbour. (1954)[S]

The Blood Beast Terror

Saturday 17:00 - 18:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Monstrous horror starring Peter Cushing. A scientist unwittingly creates a creature that transforms from a beautiful woman who no man can resist into a giant, and blood-lusting, Dead Head moth. (1968)

The Simpsons Movie

Saturday 18:00 - 19:45, E4 (13)

(2007) Animated comedy. When Homer's love for a pig causes world-threatening pollution, Springfield gets enclosed in a huge dome. D'oh! Will he do the decent thing and save his neighbours? [AD,S]

Patton

Saturday 18:31 - 21:00, Great! Action (42)

Oscar-winning World War II biopic with George C. Scott and Karl Malden. Expect blood, guts, glory and controversy as Francis Ford Coppola traces the career of US General George S. Patton. (1970)

Men in Black: International

Saturday 18:50 - 21:00, Film4 (14)

(2019) Fourth instalment of the sci-fi comedy franchise with Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson and Liam Neeson. An alien-obsessed rookie joins London's Men in Black team.

Miss Congeniality

Saturday 19:55 - 21:00, ITV2 (6)

Comedy film starring Sandra Bullock and Michael Caine, 2000. A beauty pageant receives a threat from a criminal, leading an FBI agent to go undercover as a contestant to find him. [S,AD]

Prey

Saturday 21:00 - 22:55, Film4 (14)

(2022) It's Predator, 1719 style. Amber Midthunder stars as a Comanche hunter who must save her tribe from an extraterrestrial threat in this action prequel. If it bleeds, you can kill it.

Ran

Saturday 21:00 - 23:35, BBC FOUR (9)

Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in medieval Japan. Contains prolonged violent scenes. Also in HD. [1985] [S]

Meet the Parents

Saturday 21:00 - 22:10, ITV2 (6)

Guffaw-inducing comedy film starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, 2000. A male nurse and chronic underachiever meets his worst nightmare in the form of his fiancee's ex-CIA dad. [S]

Bellman and True

Saturday 21:10 - 23:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1987. Thriller. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Stars Bernard Jill, Derek Newark & Richard Hope. A computer expert is forced to use his scientific genius to pull off a daring bank heist. [S]

Riddick

Saturday 22:01 - 23:30, Great! Action (42)

Sci-fi action with Vin Diesel. Intergalactic antihero Riddick has been betrayed and left for dead on a sun-scorched planet. But even in this desolate world, he soon has a target on his back... (2013)

Adult: Adventures: Plumber's Mate

Saturday 22:05 - 23:50, your TV (71)

Sex comedy: Sid South gets to meet lots of young ladies through his work, but he has landed himself in really hot water. Stars Christopher Neil and Christopher Biggins. 1978 (18)

Terminator Salvation

Saturday 22:45 - 00:55, ITV1 (3)

Sci-fi action film sequel starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, 2009. John Connor and a mysterious stranger delve into the heart of Skynet and uncover a terrible secret. [S,AD]

Cocaine Bear

Saturday 22:55 - 00:50, Film4 (14)

(2023) Darkly comic ursine misadventure about a disparate group of people who happen across a coked-up bear - aka Pablo Eskobear - in the American wilderness. With Keri Russell.

Ambulance

Saturday 22:55 - 01:30, Channel 4 (4)

(2022) Michael Bay's high-octane thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal. After a botched heist, two brothers try to evade the LAPD in an ambulance, while a paramedic operates on a cop in the back. [AD,S]

A Simple Favour

Saturday 23:00 - 00:50, BBC ONE Lon (1)

A small-town vlogger tries to uncover the truth about her best friend's disappearance. Contains very strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [2018] [S,AD]

Evolution

Sunday 00:05 - 02:05, 4seven (49)

(2001) Sci-fi comedy directed by Ghostbusters' Ivan Reitman. Can David Duchovny, Julianne Moore and Orlando Jones save humanity from a rapidly evolving alien species? [S]

Godland

Sunday 00:15 - 02:30, BBC TWO (2)

In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [2022] [S]

Layer Cake

Sunday 00:31 - 01:45, Great! Action (42)

Stylish gangland thriller with Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller. One last job drags a ready-to-retire drug dealer deeper into London's underworld. But will he come out on top - or lose his head? (2004)

Glass

Sunday 00:50 - 03:25, Film4 (14)

(2019) M. Night Shyamalan directs an all-star cast in this genre-bending superhero sequel. Three superhumans team up to escape a psychiatric ward. With Bruce Willis in a cagoule.

The Runaway Train

Sunday 01:05 - 03:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1985. Action. Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy. Stars Jon Voight, Eric Roberts & Rebecca De Mornay. Two escaped convicts and a railway worker find themselves trapped on an out of control train. [S]

Firestarter

Sunday 01:30 - 03:10, Channel 4 (4)

(2022) Stephen King adaptation with Zac Efron. Superpowered parents try to protect their pyrokinetic daughter from a shadowy organisation. Can they stop her becoming a twisted firestarter? [AD,S]

Tangled Up in Christmas

Sunday 01:35 - 03:00, Great! Christmas (52)

Festive sibling rivalry with Molly Flanagan and Tess Rianne Sullivan. Can two sisters team up to plan their family's annual Christmas charity event - without getting their tinsel in a twist? (2025)

Shark Lake

Sunday 02:40 - 04:30, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Toothy thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. A lake town is plunged into blood-soaked chaos when man-eating sharks invade their waters. (2015)

Backtrace

Sunday 03:10 - 05:00, LEGEND (41)

Crime thriller with Sylvester Stallone. After suffering a brain injury, the only surviving thief from a bank heist is given an experimental drug to rebuild his memory and help crack the case. (2018)

A Saint, A Woman, A Devil

Sunday 03:15 - 05:05, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1977. Drama. Director: Peter Savage. Stars Joanna Bell, Marc Stevens & Sonny Landham. Sylvia is a seemingly quiet and saintly person. But she is hiding a promiscuous multiple personality disorder. [S]

The Atomic Submarine

Sunday 06:00 - 07:30, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1959. Sci-fi. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. Stars Arthur Franz & Dick Foran. A submarine is sent out to investigate a series of naval disasters, but the crew also get caught up in the chaos. [S]

The Four Feathers (1939)

Sunday 09:00 - 11:15, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1939. Adventure. Director: Zoltan Korda. Stars John Clements, Ralph Richardson & C. Aubrey Smith. A British officer seeks to redeem his cowardice 'feathers' by secretly aiding his former comrades. [S]

The Man from Colorado

Sunday 11:00 - 13:00, Film4 (14)

(1948) Western. When a sadistic Union colonel (Glenn Ford) becomes a federal judge after the Civil War, his friend (William Holden) takes the deputy job to try and temper his actions.

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer

Sunday 11:15 - 12:50, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1956. Western. Directed by Albert C. Gannaway & Ismael Rodríguez. Stars Bruce Bennett & Lon Chaney Jr. Frontiersman Daniel Boone and his family fight for survival when his settlement is attacked. [S]

Columbo: Double Exposure

Sunday 11:55 - 13:30, 5USA (21)

Classic film starring the famous detective. Columbo investigates a particularly complicated case of blackmail. (1973)

Jane Eyre

Sunday 12:10 - 13:45, BBC TWO (2)

Based on Charlotte Bronte's classic novel about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with Mr Rochester. Also in HD. [1944] [S]

A Lawless Street

Sunday 12:20 - 14:00, Great! Action (42)

Western starring Randolph Scott and Angela Lansbury. As tensions and treachery simmer in Medicine Bend, can Marshal Ware rid the town of its villains - before the villains get rid of him? (1955)

The Railway Children

Sunday 12:50 - 14:55, TalkingPictures TV (82)

2000. Drama. Directed by Catherine Morshead. Stars Jenny Agutter & Richard Attenborough. Three children are forced to move to Yorkshire with their mother after their father is falsely imprisoned. [S]

Sea Wife

Sunday 13:00 - 14:40, Film4 (14)

(1957) Offbeat melodrama starring Richard Burton (as an RAF officer), Joan Collins (as a nun), Basil Sydney and Cy Grant, who end up on a life raft together after their ship is torpedoed.

Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs Columbo

Sunday 13:30 - 15:35, 5USA (21)

Feature-length detective drama starring Peter Falk. When a crooked estate agent dies in prison, his widow vows to kill both Columbo and his beloved wife. (1990)

Spellbound

Sunday 13:45 - 15:30, BBC TWO (2)

Hitchcock thriller. A psychoanalyst falls in love with her new boss, knowing that he is an amnesiac who may also be a killer. Features dream sequences designed by Salvador Dali. Also in HD. [1945] [S]

Playing with Fire

Sunday 13:50 - 15:45, E4 (13)

(2019) Fun-filled family comedy starring John Cena. A macho fireman has to babysit three impish kids after saving them from a blaze in the remote California woodlands. [AD,S]

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sunday 14:40 - 16:30, Film4 (14)

(2020) Madcap adventure-comedy video game adaptation with Jim Carrey and Ben Schwartz. Can nippy ring-chasing hedgehog Sonic escape the clutches of an evil moustachioed scientist?

They Came To Cordura

Sunday 15:01 - 16:35, Great! Action (42)

Western starring Gary Cooper. On a mission to Mexico, a cowardly army major is asked to transport soldiers praised for bravery. But along the way, they reveal their true nature (1959).

Columbo: Swan Song

Sunday 15:35 - 17:45, 5USA (21)

Detective drama starring Peter Falk and Johnny Cash. A corrupt country-singing evangelist is prepared to break the Sixth Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill. (1974)

Will Penny

Sunday 15:50 - 17:00, 5ACTION (46)

Thoughtful western starring Charlton Heston and Joan Hackett. A middle-aged cowhand runs into a gang of thieves and a beautiful woman as he searches for work. (1968)[S]

Spies in Disguise

Sunday 16:30 - 18:30, Film4 (14)

(2019) Animated spy comedy caper with the voice of Will Smith. The 'world's most awesome spy' gets framed and has to go undercover as a pigeon to prove his innocence.

Matilda

Sunday 16:45 - 17:50, ITV2 (6)

Fantasy comedy film starring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito, 1996. A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses her skills to deal with her family and free her school. [S,AD]

The Sons Of Katie Elder

Sunday 17:36 - 19:05, Great! Action (42)

Western with John Wayne and Dean Martin. There are respects to pay and scores to settle when four brothers come home for their mother's funeral and learn the truth about their father's death. (1965)

Columbo: Etude in Black

Sunday 17:45 - 19:50, 5USA (21)

Columbo suspects foul play when he investigates a music conductor whose lover dies after threatening to expose their affair to the man's wife. (1972)[S]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Sunday 18:30 - 20:50, Film4 (14)

(2023) Seventh instalment in the frenetic sci-fi franchise. The Maximals - part animal, part robot - join the Autobots to battle against planet-munching Unicron and his Terrorcon cronies.

Dark Storm

Sunday 19:00 - 20:50, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Devastating sci-fi thriller starring Stephen Baldwin. When a top secret anti-matter weapon malfunctions it imbues a scientist with incredible abilities, including control of the weather. (2006)

Ring of Spies

Sunday 19:05 - 20:55, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1964. Drama. Director: Robert Tronson. Stars Bernard Lee, William Sylvester, David Kossoff & Margaret Tyzack. A secret agent asks Henry Houghton to steal military secrets in exchange for money. [S]

Columbo: A Bird in the Hand

Sunday 19:50 - 21:50, 5USA (21)

The crumpled sleuth investigates the death of a bullying sports magnate killed in a hit-and-run accident. Detective drama starring Peter Falk and Tyne Daly. (1991)

Miss Congeniality II: Armed and Fabulous

Sunday 19:50 - 21:00, ITV2 (6)

Comedy film sequel starring Sandra Bullock and Regina King, 2005. When Miss USA is kidnapped, star FBI agent Gracie Hart goes undercover in Las Vegas to investigate. [S,AD]

Tombstone

Sunday 21:00 - 23:40, Film4 (14)

(1993) Western. Kurt Russell stars in the story of legendary Wild West lawman Wyatt Earp told through the medium of the moustache. With Val Kilmer as 'Doc' Holliday and Charlton Heston.

Meet the Fockers

Sunday 21:00 - 22:05, ITV2 (6)

Hilarious slapstick comedy film sequel starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, 2004. All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meet the Focker family for the first time. [S]

The Inbetweeners 2

Sunday 22:00 - 00:00, E4 (13)

(2014) Adult comedy sequel. The lads visit Jay in Australia after he tells them he's living a life of hedonism and sexual promiscuity as a superstar DJ. [AD,S]

This Is England

Sunday 22:00 - 00:10, 4seven (49)

(2006) Shane Meadows' award-winning drama. In the 1980s, a bullied 13-year-old finds friendship with a group of skinheads. But one of them is also a violent racist. [AD,S]

Hang 'em High

Sunday 22:01 - 23:25, Great! Action (42)

Electrifying western with Clint Eastwood. Nine vigilantes make two mistakes when they hang Jed Cooper - hanging the wrong man and not finishing the job. Now Jed is hell-bent on vengeance... (1968)

Adult: Confessions: Galaxy Affair

Sunday 22:05 - 00:05, your TV (71)

Sex Thriller: A playboy has to prove himself against the only woman in the world who's never had an orgasm. Stars Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Bernie Winters and Anthony Booth. 1979 (18)

Meet the Fockers

Sunday 22:10 - 23:20, ITV2 (6)

Hilarious slapstick comedy film sequel starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, 2004. All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meet the Focker family for the first time. [S]

What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice

Sunday 22:10 - 00:10, TalkingPictures TV (82)

1969. Drama. Directed by Lee H. Katzin. Stars Ruth Gordon, Geraldine Page & Robert Fuller. Alice applies for the job of housekeeper in order to find out what happened to a missing widowed friend. [S]

Another Simple Favour

Sunday 22:30 - 00:25, BBC ONE Lon (1)

On the picturesque island of Capri, former friends Stephanie and Emily reunite for a wedding celebration that spirals into a deadly game of deception. Also in HD. [2025] [S]

The Hurt Locker

Sunday 22:45 - 00:50, BBC TWO (2)

Powerful Oscar-winning drama about a US military unit in Iraq. Contains very strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [2008] [S,AD]

Pandorum

Sunday 23:00 - 01:10, LEGEND XTRA (69)

Action mystery starring Dennis Quaid. A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. (2009)

A Quiet Place Part II

Sunday 23:40 - 01:30, Film4 (14)

(2020) Hushed-horror sequel with Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy. Armed only with a hearing aid, can the family evade the vicious aliens with super-hearing, and find a community to live in?