Very quiet next week with only a couple of items of note. BBC2 is showing the first two (of eight total) episodes of Dopesick at 10 p.m, with an impressive cast headed by Michael Keaton. Both of these episodes are also directed by Barry Levinson.
And after an otherwise fallow week, Film4 has a premiere with Jethica at 12:35 a.m. in the early hours of Saturday 4th May.
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In terms of repeats, nothing too notable although Film4 has a good run of late night repeats of films throughout the week with The Assistant at 1:55 a.m. on Sunday 28th, Wild Nights With Emily at 2:10 a.m. on Monday 29th, the 2021 French film Happening at 1:50 a.m. on Wednesday 1st May and the 2019 French film Les Miserables at 1:10 a.m. on Friday 3rd.
Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
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colinr0380
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jlnight
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Re: Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
City Lights (1931), Sat 4th May, Sky Arts.
Kill Your Friends, Sat 4th May, London Live. Or...
Red King, White Knight (1989 TVM), Sat 4th May, Talking Pictures. Also Thu 9th May.
The Mood Man, Sun 5th May, Talking Pictures. (Baim archive short)
Alibi Breaker (1937), Mon 6th May, Talking Pictures.
The PSI Factor, late Tue 7th May, Talking Pictures.
Dead Presidents, Fri 10th May, Film4.
Re: the late Michael Verhoeven - My Mother's Courage was apparently shown on 25/01/2005 on BBC2. As far as Killing Cars is concerned you'd need to go back to the second day of 1990 to find it on late-night ITV.
Kill Your Friends, Sat 4th May, London Live. Or...
Red King, White Knight (1989 TVM), Sat 4th May, Talking Pictures. Also Thu 9th May.
The Mood Man, Sun 5th May, Talking Pictures. (Baim archive short)
Alibi Breaker (1937), Mon 6th May, Talking Pictures.
The PSI Factor, late Tue 7th May, Talking Pictures.
Dead Presidents, Fri 10th May, Film4.
Re: the late Michael Verhoeven - My Mother's Courage was apparently shown on 25/01/2005 on BBC2. As far as Killing Cars is concerned you'd need to go back to the second day of 1990 to find it on late-night ITV.
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colinr0380
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:30 pm
- Location: Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, UK
Re: Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
A weird week. The single big premiere is M. Night Shyamalan's Old showing on Channel 4 at 9 p.m. on Saturday 4th. That clashes against BBC4 beginning a new 'world television' series with the first two (of six total) of Romanian drama Spy/Master also at 9 p.m.
In TV series terms, Dopesick continues on BBC2 with episodes 3 and 4 from 10 p.m. on Sunday 5th (though its coming after the snooker, so expect considerable delays or outright cancellation). And in the most bizarre occurrence since the BBC picked up all five seasons of The Wire five years late and then blew through them all in one go, the BBC has picked up all nine seasons of the Meghan Markle-starring series Suits and is starting to show the first 2011 series on BBC1 in double bills of episodes at 10:40 p.m. on Friday 10th (plus the third episode immediately follows on BBC3 that evening too). This has been a bit controversial, with the boss of ITV complaining about the BBC buying up American shows, although I suppose the counter-argument would be to ask where ITV's bid for the show was for the last thirteen or so years?
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So that's it for new stuff. Film-wise, jlnight has noted the big one of Dead Presidents on Film4 on Friday 10th at 11:10 p.m. - I can't remember the last time that one aired! (Hopefully it augurs well for an upgrade from the old Criterion Laserdisc! Hint, hint!). Which got qualified praise from Siskel and Ebert back in the day, but the kind of review with reservations that left me wanting to see the film for myself.
Repeat-wise, BBC4 is doing a lot of tributes to Alan Bennett as he is turning 90 on Thursday 9th. Sunday 5th has one of the more notable screenings, of Sunset Across The Bay from 1975 and directed by Stephen Frears, at 10 p.m., which is followed by a couple of classic episodes of his Talking Heads series with A Cream Cracker Under The Setee at 11:10 p.m. and Her Big Chance at 11:45 p.m., followed by a 2014 interview between Bennett and Nicholas Hytner at 12:20 a.m.
As exciting as Sunset Across The Bay is BBC4 beginning to show Bennett's three part 1995 series about Westminster Abbey from 8 p.m. on Monday 6th.
Then BBC4 devotes another night to Bennet on his 90th birthday itself with a 2009 Mark Lawson interview at 8 p.m, the inevitable repeat screening of The Lady In The Van film at 9 p.m. and then three more of the Talking Heads episodes with the also Maggie Smith starring A Bed Among The Lentils at 10:40 p.m., the Thora Hird starring Waiting For The Telegram at 11:30 p.m., and the Patricia Routledge starring Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet at Midnight.
And BBC4's 'archive television' strand on Wednesday 8th is showing the other John Le Carré series A Perfect Spy with an new introduction with Peter Egan at 10 p.m. followed at 10:15 p.m. by a triple bill of the first three episodes (of seven total, so the next four will probably turn up next Wednesday)
In TV series terms, Dopesick continues on BBC2 with episodes 3 and 4 from 10 p.m. on Sunday 5th (though its coming after the snooker, so expect considerable delays or outright cancellation). And in the most bizarre occurrence since the BBC picked up all five seasons of The Wire five years late and then blew through them all in one go, the BBC has picked up all nine seasons of the Meghan Markle-starring series Suits and is starting to show the first 2011 series on BBC1 in double bills of episodes at 10:40 p.m. on Friday 10th (plus the third episode immediately follows on BBC3 that evening too). This has been a bit controversial, with the boss of ITV complaining about the BBC buying up American shows, although I suppose the counter-argument would be to ask where ITV's bid for the show was for the last thirteen or so years?
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So that's it for new stuff. Film-wise, jlnight has noted the big one of Dead Presidents on Film4 on Friday 10th at 11:10 p.m. - I can't remember the last time that one aired! (Hopefully it augurs well for an upgrade from the old Criterion Laserdisc! Hint, hint!). Which got qualified praise from Siskel and Ebert back in the day, but the kind of review with reservations that left me wanting to see the film for myself.
Repeat-wise, BBC4 is doing a lot of tributes to Alan Bennett as he is turning 90 on Thursday 9th. Sunday 5th has one of the more notable screenings, of Sunset Across The Bay from 1975 and directed by Stephen Frears, at 10 p.m., which is followed by a couple of classic episodes of his Talking Heads series with A Cream Cracker Under The Setee at 11:10 p.m. and Her Big Chance at 11:45 p.m., followed by a 2014 interview between Bennett and Nicholas Hytner at 12:20 a.m.
As exciting as Sunset Across The Bay is BBC4 beginning to show Bennett's three part 1995 series about Westminster Abbey from 8 p.m. on Monday 6th.
Then BBC4 devotes another night to Bennet on his 90th birthday itself with a 2009 Mark Lawson interview at 8 p.m, the inevitable repeat screening of The Lady In The Van film at 9 p.m. and then three more of the Talking Heads episodes with the also Maggie Smith starring A Bed Among The Lentils at 10:40 p.m., the Thora Hird starring Waiting For The Telegram at 11:30 p.m., and the Patricia Routledge starring Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet at Midnight.
And BBC4's 'archive television' strand on Wednesday 8th is showing the other John Le Carré series A Perfect Spy with an new introduction with Peter Egan at 10 p.m. followed at 10:15 p.m. by a triple bill of the first three episodes (of seven total, so the next four will probably turn up next Wednesday)