If you are looking for a good film in the United Kingdom then you need to be watching television channels such as Talking Pictures TV, Horror Channel and Film4. All of these are free to air channels meaning they can be viewed on Freeview. Here our pick of the TV Schedules:
- Talking Pictures TV available on Sky 328 | Virgin 445 | Freeview 81 | Freesat 306
- Horror Channel available on Sky | Virgin 149 | Freeview 70 | Freesat 138
- Film4 available on Sky 313 | Virgin 428 (SD) & 429 (HD) | Freeview 15
Talking Pictures specialise in showing older vintage material with many black and white films along with films into the 1970/80’s. If for instance you love the likes of Laurel and Hardy, Will Hay, Alfred Hitchcock then this is most definitely the channel for you. The good news continues as they add different films into the mix each month so you are not just watching the same films or TV series over and over again, UK Gold take note!
The Horror Channel shows a good mix of old and new horror/sci-fi films and also have network premieres every month to keep things fresh.
Film4 is a more general film channel which shows films from all genres. It has themed seasons such as Frightfest in which they show horror movies each night over a few weeks.
Meanwhile we always like to select our must see choices from all of the TV channels over the Christmas period.
What’s On Television – UK TV Schedules
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 06/07/2020 | 09:30 | Ladies Who Do (1963) | Comedy - Stars Peggy Mount, Robert Morley & Harry H. Corbett |
| Mon | 06/07/2020 | 15:00 | The October Man (1947) | Crime - Stars John Mills, Edward Chapman, Joan Greenwood |
| Mon | 06/07/2020 | 23:00 | Circus of Fear (1967) | Drama - Stars Suzy Kendall, Christopher Lee, Anthony Newlands |
| Tue | 07/07/2020 | 09:30 | Don't Ever Leave Me (1949) | Comedy - Stars Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers & Hugh Sinclair |
| Tue | 07/07/2020 | 11:10 | Whistle Down the Wind (1961) | Drama - Stars Bernard Lee, Alan Bates and Hayley Mills |
| Tue | 07/07/2020 | Budgie | TV Series - Stars Adam Faith | |
| Wed | 08/07/2020 | 11:05 | Curtain Up (1952) | Comedy - Stars Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall & Michael Medwin |
| Thu | 09/07/2020 | 07:40 | Dilemma (1962) | Crime - Stars Patricia Burke & Robert Dean |
| Fri | 10/07/2020 | 07:45 | Marry Me (1949) | Comedy - Stars Derek Bond, Susan Shaw, Patrick Holt, Carol Marsh |
| Fri | 10/07/2020 | 14:55 | Crooks In Cloisters (1964) | Comedy - Stars Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins & Melvyn Hayes |
| Fri | 10/07/2020 | 22:00 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) | Comedy - Stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon & Barry Bostwick |
| Fri | 10/07/2020 | 00:00 | Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) | Horror. Director: Werner Herzog. Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz |
| Sat | 11/07/2020 | 11:00 | Devil Girl From Mars (1954) | Sci-fi - Stars Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott & Hazel Court |
| Sat | 11/07/2020 | 20:05 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) | Horror - Stars Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee |
| Sun | 12/07/2020 | 06:15 | Force on Thunder Mountain (1978) | Sci-fi |
| Sun | 12/07/2020 | 13:05 | Raise the Titanic (1980) | Drama - Stars Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer & Alec Guinness |
| Sun | 12/07/2020 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | George Raft, Paul and Barry Ryan, magician David Nixon, dancer Hugh Lambert, Spike Milligan and pianist Russ Conway |
| Mon | 13/07/2020 | 18:00 | Johnny Come Lately (1943) | Drama - Stars James Cagney, Grace George & Marjorie Main |
| Tue | 14/07/2020 | 09:30 | Father's Doing Fine (1952) | Comedy - Stars Richard Attenborough, Heather Thatcher & Virginia Mckenna |
| Tue | 14/07/2020 | 21:00 | Budgie | TV Series - Stars Adam Faith |
| Wed | 15/07/2020 | 15:05 | You Can't Do Without Love (AKA: One Exciting Night) 1944 | Comedy - Stars Vera Lynn & Donald Stewart |
| Thu | 16/07/2020 | 01:50 | The Day Of The Triffids (1962) | Sci-fi - Stars Nicole Maurey, Howard Keel, Janette Scott and Kieron Moore |
| Thu | 16/07/2020 | 22:15 | Man in the Middle (1964) | Drama - Stars Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen & Barry Sullivan |
| Fri | 17/07/2020 | 06:00 | The Butler's Dilemma (1943) | Comedy - Stars Richard Hearne, Ronald Shiner & Hermione Gingold |
| Fri | 17/07/2020 | 22:00 | Straight on Until Morning (1972) | Horror - Stars Rita Tushingham, Tom Bell & Shane Briant |
| Fri | 17/07/2020 | 00:00 | The Skull (1965) | Horror - Stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett |
| Sat | 18/07/2020 | 11:00 | The Terrornauts (1967) | Sci-fi - Stars Zena Marshall & Simon Oates |
| Sun | 19/07/2020 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Charlie Drake and Henry McGee, Freddy Davis, and Robert Harbin |
| Mon | 20/07/2020 | 12:45 | Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) | Drama - Stars Anthony Quayle & Sylvia Syms |
| Mon | 20/07/2020 | 14:35 | Don't Bother To Knock (1961) | Comedy - Stars Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey & Elke Sommer |
| Mon | 20/07/2020 | 18:20 | Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) | Comedy - Stars Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford & John Turnbull |
| Mon | 20/07/2020 | 23:00 | Straight on Until Morning (1972) | Horror - Stars Rita Tushingham, Tom Bell & Shane Briant |
| Tue | 21/07/2020 | 16:35 | Odd Man Out (1947) | Thriller - Stars Robert Newton, James Mason, Fay Compton & William Hartnell |
| Tue | 21/07/2020 | 21:00 | Budgie | TV Series - Adam Faith |
| Wed | 22/07/2020 | 11:40 | The Big Noise (1944) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Wed | 22/07/2020 | 19:00 | Rockets Galore (1958) | Comedy - Stars Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver |
| Thu | 23/07/2020 | 09:00 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Stars William Russell, Cyril Smith & Ronald Leigh-Hunt |
| Thu | 23/07/2020 | 19:00 | Dark City (1950) | Thriller - Stars Charlton Heston, Dean Jagger, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 06:00 | Once In a New Moon (1935) | Sci-fi - Stars Eliot Makeham, Rene Ray & Derrick de Marney |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 07:15 | Corridor Of Mirrors (1948) | Drama - Stars Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen & Christopher Lee |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 10:45 | Flight to Mars (1951) | Sci-fi |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 18:30 | Dr. Crippen (1963) | Horror - Stars Donald Pleasence |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 22:00 | Peeping Tom (1960) | Horror - Stars Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer |
| Fri | 24/07/2020 | 00:00 | Blood From The Mummy's Tomb (1971) | Horror - Stars Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers |
| Sat | 25/07/2020 | 08:40 | The House In Nightmare Park (1973) | Comedy - Stars Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burden |
| Sat | 25/07/2020 | 11:00 | Phantom From Space (1953) | Sci-fi |
| Sat | 25/07/2020 | 15:40 | At The Earth's Core (1976) | Adventure - Stars Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro & Cy Grant |
| Sun | 26/07/2020 | 13:30 | Johnny Come Lately (1943) | Drama - Stars James Cagney, Grace George & Marjorie Main |
| Sun | 26/07/2020 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan |
| Sun | 26/07/2020 | 22:05 | Hurry Sundown (1967) | Drama - Stars Michael Caine, Jane Fonda & John Phillip Law |
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2019 | 21:00 | Die Hard 2 (1990) | Bruce Willis |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2019 | 01:10 | Creepshow (1981) | Stephen King / George A Romero |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 | 14:25 | Turner & Hooch (1989) | Comedy - Tom Hanks |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 | 18:15 | Independence Day (1996) | Sci-fi - Will Smith |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 | 21:00 | Deadpool (2016) | Ryan Reynolds |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 | 23:10 | Midnight Run (1988) | Robert De Niro |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 | 01:45 | Candyman (1992) | Horror - Virginia Madsen |
| Boxing Day | 26/12/2019 | 16:20 | Night at the Museum (2006) | Ben Stiller |
| Boxing Day | 26/12/2019 | 18:35 | Cowboys & Aliens (2011) | Daniel Craig / Harrison Ford |
| Boxing Day | 26/12/2019 | 21:00 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) | Sci-fi |
| Boxing Day | 26/12/2019 | 23:40 | Lucy (2014) | Sci-fi - Scarlett Johansson / Morgan Freeman |
| Boxing Day | 26/12/2019 | 01:25 | The Fly (1986) | Sci-fi Horror - Jeff Goldblum |
| Day | Name | Channel | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | Home For Christmas (1990) | Talking Pictures TV | 09:00 |
| Scrooge (1935) (Seymour Hicks) | Talking Pictures TV | 11:35 | |
| Toy Story 3 (2010) | BBC1 | 13:25 | |
| A Christmas Carol (1984) | Channel 4 | 13:10 | |
| Death On The Nile (1978) | BBC2 | 13:45 | |
| Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) | ITV | 14:40 | |
| Frozen (2013) | BBC1 | 15:00 | |
| Father Christmas | Channel 4 | 15:15 | |
| The Snowman | Channel 4 | 15:50 | |
| The Snowman and the Snowdog | Channel 4 | 16:20 | |
| Elf (2003) | ITV | 17:15 | |
| Home Alone (1990) | Channel 4 | 17:30 | |
| The Morecambe and Wise Show: The Lost Tapes | BBC2 | 18:20 | |
| Oliver Twist (1948) | Talking Pictures TV | 18:40 | |
| Child's Play 2 (1990) | Horror | 21:00 | |
| Martin's Close - Ghost Story | BBC4 | 22:00 | |
| Not Going Out Christmas Special | BBC1 | 22:00 | |
| The Lovers! (1973) (Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox) | Talking Pictures TV | 22:00 | |
| Child's Play 3 (1991) | Horror | 22:40 | |
| P2 (2007) | Horror | 00:25 | |
| Dr Terror's House Of Horrors (1965) | Horror | 02:25 | |
| Christmas Day | Rising Damp Christmas Special | ITV3 | 07:35 |
| Carry On Abroad (1972) | ITV3 | 10:25 | |
| Father Christmas | Channel 4 | 12:15 | |
| The Snowman | Channel 4 | 12:45 | |
| Moana (2016) | BBC1 | 12:55 | |
| Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) | Channel 5 | 13:25 | |
| Scrooge (1970) (Albert Finney) | BBC2 | 14:30 | |
| Finding Dory (2016) | BBC1 | 15:10 | |
| The Snowman and the Snowdog | Channel 4 | 13:20 | |
| Back to the Future (1985) | Channel 4 | 14:35 | |
| Genevieve (1953) | Talking Pictures TV | 15:30 | |
| Scrooge (1951) (Alastair Sim) | Talking Pictures TV | 17:15 | |
| Carry On Camping (1968) | ITV3 | 17:30 | |
| Uncle Buck (1989) | ITV2 | 18:00 | |
| The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show | BBC2 | 19:00 | |
| Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special | BBC1 | 20:30 | |
| A Christmas Horror Story (2015) | Horror | 21:00 | |
| The Two Ronnies: The Unseen Sketches | Channel 5 | 21:30 | |
| Are You Being Served? (1977) | Talking Pictures TV | 22:05 | |
| Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special | BBC1 | 22:30 | |
| Carry On Girls (1973) | ITV3 | 22:50 | |
| Dracula (1958) | Horror | 23:00 | |
| The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) | Horror | 00:35 | |
| Boxing Day | Unearthly Stranger (1963) (Sci-fi) | Talking Pictures TV | 09:25 |
| The Flying Deuces (1939) (Laurel & Hardy) | Talking Pictures TV | 11:30 | |
| Wyatt Earp (1994) | Channel 5 | 12:55 | |
| Guys and Dolls (1955) | BBC2 | 13:05 | |
| The Boss Baby (2017) | BBC1 | 13:50 | |
| Hobson's Choice (1954) | Talking Pictures TV | 14:30 | |
| The Jungle Book (2016) | BBC1 | 15:45 | |
| I'm All Right Jack (1959) | Talking Pictures TV | 16:40 | |
| Cool Runnings (1993) | Channel 5 | 17:15 | |
| Porridge (1979) (Film) | BBC2 | 17:30 | |
| Worzel Gummidge (New) | BBC1 | 18:20 | |
| Paddington 2 (2017) | BBC1 | 19:20 | |
| Skyfall (2012) | ITV | 20:30 | |
| Susan Hill's Ghost Story | Channel 5 | 21:00 | |
| The 6th Day (2000) | Horror | 21:00 | |
| Father Ted Christmas Special (1996) | More4 | 22:00 | |
| Jack The Ripper Part 1 of 2. (1988) | Talking Pictures TV | 22:00 | |
| The Woman In Black (2012) | Channel 5 | 22:55 | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) | Channel 4 | 23:05 | |
| Lucy (2014) | Film4 | 23:40 | |
| The Big Job (1965) | Talking Pictures TV | 00:00 | |
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