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
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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 episodes (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)
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jlnight
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Re: Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
William at the Circus (episodic version), Sat 11th May, Talking Pictures.
Modern Times (1936), Sat 11th May, Sky Arts.
Homeboy (1988), Sat 11th May, London Live. Or...
A Matter of Choice (1963), Sat 11th May, Talking Pictures. Also Thu 16th May.
York (1972), Sun 12th May, Talking Pictures. (Baim archive short)
They Made Me a Fugitive, Wed 15th May, Legend. (recently on TPTV)
Blue Bayou (2021), Thu 16th May, Film4. Or...
Commandos (1968), Thu 16th May, Legend.
Tangled Evidence, late Thu 16th May, Talking Pictures.
A Violent Man (2022), Fri 17th May, Legend.
Modern Times (1936), Sat 11th May, Sky Arts.
Homeboy (1988), Sat 11th May, London Live. Or...
A Matter of Choice (1963), Sat 11th May, Talking Pictures. Also Thu 16th May.
York (1972), Sun 12th May, Talking Pictures. (Baim archive short)
They Made Me a Fugitive, Wed 15th May, Legend. (recently on TPTV)
Blue Bayou (2021), Thu 16th May, Film4. Or...
Commandos (1968), Thu 16th May, Legend.
Tangled Evidence, late Thu 16th May, Talking Pictures.
A Violent Man (2022), Fri 17th May, Legend.
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colinr0380
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Re: Upcoming Movies on TV (UK)
After a few fallow weeks there is an explosion of interesting stuff next week. In a counterprogramming move against the final of the Eurovision Song Contest over on BBC1 at 8 p.m., Channel 4's premiere of the weekend is Joe Carnahan's Copshop at 9 p.m. on Saturday 11th (a repeat of Carnahan's 2010 film version of The A-Team turns up on ITV4 at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 15th), which clashes up against Channel 5 showing another one of its "too hot for 2:15 p.m." TV movies with The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story at 10 p.m. (followed by a swift repeat of that Judd Nelson starring "Girl In A Basement" film from back in March straight after at 11:40 p.m., which is great since I had to forsake that one for recording Undergods on Film4 back then. Throw in a repeat of the An Invitation To Murder film at 8 p.m. to create a triple bill of films and that makes Channel 5 the surprising winner of the weekend!)
On Sunday 12th there is the third in the "Read" series (following Christopher Eccleston with Kes and Alex Kingston with Frankenstein) with Steve Pemberton doing an hour long reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day at 9 p.m., which is followed by a repeat of the 2021 profile of Ishiguro at 10 p.m. and a 2015 interview between Ishiguro and Mark Lawson at 11:20 p.m.
The big news of the week is that on Tuesday 14th BBC1 starts the second season of Tokyo Vice with a double bill of episodes 1 and 2 at 10:40 p.m., although that unfortunately clashes with BBC4's Storyville documentary of the week, Praying For Armageddon, at 10 p.m.
Film4's one premiere of the week is Blue Bayou at 9 p.m. on Thursday 16th. Which clashes against a repeat of the Dustin Hoffman directed film Quartet at 9 p.m. on BBC4, which gets regularly shown but however is more excitingly followed by a very rare showing of the 1986 documentary Tosca's Kiss at 10:30 p.m. - the Grey Gardens of Italian opera singers? I may have to forsake Blue Bayou in the hopes that it will be repeated again later in order to pick that one up.
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Repeat-wise, nothing too notable although it is amusing to note just how packed the evening of Saturday 11th is: aside from the three channels above BBC3 is repeating the first three episodes of that Suits series from 9 p.m.; BBC4 is also showing episodes 3 & 4 of Romanian drama Spy/Master at 9 p.m. ; BBC2 is showing Mr Holmes at 8 p.m.; ITV1 is showing the 2006 Casino Royale at 8 p.m.; ITV2 is showing the 2020 The Invisible Man film at 9 p.m.; ITV4 is showing Twister at 6.45 followed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes at 9 p.m.; and the 5Star channel has Jupiter Ascending at 5:25 p.m. followed by Kong: Skull Island at 9 p.m.
It's almost as if the Eurovision Song Contest drives the other channels crazy in trying to provide alternatives!
And Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? is showing on BBC2 at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday 14th, thereby clashing with both Tokyo Vice and Praying For Armageddon!
On Sunday 12th there is the third in the "Read" series (following Christopher Eccleston with Kes and Alex Kingston with Frankenstein) with Steve Pemberton doing an hour long reading of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day at 9 p.m., which is followed by a repeat of the 2021 profile of Ishiguro at 10 p.m. and a 2015 interview between Ishiguro and Mark Lawson at 11:20 p.m.
The big news of the week is that on Tuesday 14th BBC1 starts the second season of Tokyo Vice with a double bill of episodes 1 and 2 at 10:40 p.m., although that unfortunately clashes with BBC4's Storyville documentary of the week, Praying For Armageddon, at 10 p.m.
Film4's one premiere of the week is Blue Bayou at 9 p.m. on Thursday 16th. Which clashes against a repeat of the Dustin Hoffman directed film Quartet at 9 p.m. on BBC4, which gets regularly shown but however is more excitingly followed by a very rare showing of the 1986 documentary Tosca's Kiss at 10:30 p.m. - the Grey Gardens of Italian opera singers? I may have to forsake Blue Bayou in the hopes that it will be repeated again later in order to pick that one up.
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Repeat-wise, nothing too notable although it is amusing to note just how packed the evening of Saturday 11th is: aside from the three channels above BBC3 is repeating the first three episodes of that Suits series from 9 p.m.; BBC4 is also showing episodes 3 & 4 of Romanian drama Spy/Master at 9 p.m. ; BBC2 is showing Mr Holmes at 8 p.m.; ITV1 is showing the 2006 Casino Royale at 8 p.m.; ITV2 is showing the 2020 The Invisible Man film at 9 p.m.; ITV4 is showing Twister at 6.45 followed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes at 9 p.m.; and the 5Star channel has Jupiter Ascending at 5:25 p.m. followed by Kong: Skull Island at 9 p.m.
It's almost as if the Eurovision Song Contest drives the other channels crazy in trying to provide alternatives!
And Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? is showing on BBC2 at 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday 14th, thereby clashing with both Tokyo Vice and Praying For Armageddon!