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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 15/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 15/10/2019 | 19:15 | Jet Storm (1959) | Drama. Directed by Cy Endfield. Starring Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley & Diane Cilento |
| Wed | 16/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 16/10/2019 | 22:00 | Town on Trial (1957) | rama. Director: John Guillermin. Stars John Mills, Charles Coburn, Derek Farr & Barbara Bates |
| Thu | 17/10/2019 | 01:40 | The Day Will Dawn (1942) | War. Director: Harold French. Stars Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson & Hugh Williams |
| Thu | 17/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 22:00 | Cry, The Beloved Country (1951) | Drama. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Stars Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier & Charles Carson | ||
| Fri | 18/10/2019 | 09:20 | Carry On Admiral (1957) | Comedy - Directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Peggy Cummins & Alfie Bass |
| Fri | 18/10/2019 | 14:30 | Operation Bullshine (1959) | Comedy. Directed by Gilbert Gunn. Stars Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray & Carole Lesley |
| Fri | 18/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 18/10/2019 | 21:00 | Shadows of Fear | TV Series |
| Fri | 18/10/2019 | 22:00 | Nosferatu The Vampyre (1979) | Horror - Director: Werner Herzog. Stars: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz |
| Sat | 19/10/2019 | 00:20 | Quatermass and the Pit (1967) | Sci-fi Horror - Director: Roy Ward Baker. Stars James Donald, Andrew Keir & Barbara Shelley |
| Sat | 19/10/2019 | 15:55 | Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire (1952) | Comedy - Stars Arthur Lucan & Dora Bryan |
| Sat | 19/10/2019 | 17:20 | Desert Mice (1959) | Comedy - Stars Sid James, Dora Bryan, Alfred Marks and Liz Fraser |
| Sat | 19/10/2019 | 20:00 | A Taste Of Honey (1961) | Drama - Stars Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan & Murray Melvin |
| Sat | 19/10/2019 | 23:45 | Defence Of The Realm (1985) | Thriller - Stars Gabriel Bryne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott & Robbie Coltrane |
| Sun | 20/10/2019 | 09:55 | The Terrornauts (1967) | Sci-fi - Zena Marshall & Simon Oates |
| Sun | 20/10/2019 | 12:30 | Circus of Fear (1967) | Thriller - Stars Suzy Kendall, Christopher Lee, Anthony Newlands |
| Sun | 20/10/2019 | 14:15 | Hell Drivers (1957) | Drama - Stanley Baker, David McCallum, Sid James and Sean Connery |
| Sun | 20/10/2019 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | TV Series - Tony Selby, Gerard Ryder, Brian Pettifer |
| Sun | 20/10/2019 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Stars: Douglas Wilmer, William Mervyn, Veronica Strong |
| Mon | 21/10/2019 | 01:35 | Quatermass and the Pit (1967) | Sci-fi Horror - Stars James Donald, Andrew Keir & Barbara Shelley |
| Mon | 21/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 21/10/2019 | 21:00 | Special Branch | TV Series |
| Mon | 21/10/2019 | 23:45 | All The Way Up 1970) | Comedy - Stars Warren Mitchell, Pat Heywood & Elaine Taylor |
| Tue | 22/10/2019 | 01:45 | Cone of Silence (1960) | Drama - Stars Michael Craig, Peter Cushing & Bernard Lee |
| Tue | 22/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 22/10/2019 | 22:00 | The Anderson Tapes (1971) | Crime Thriller - Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Sean Connery, Christopher Walken |
| Wed | 23/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 24/10/2019 | 02:15 | Night Visitor (1971) | Horror - Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard & Liv Ullmann |
| Thu | 24/10/2019 | 12:00 | Idol On Parade (1959) | Comedy. Directed by John Gilling. Stars Anthony Newley, William Bendix & Anne Aubrey |
| Thu | 24/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 25/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 25/10/2019 | 21:00 | Shadows of Fear | TV Series |
| Fri | 25/10/2019 | 22:00 | The Snorkel (1958) | Drama. Directed by Guy Green. Stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John & Mandy Miller |
| Fri | 25/10/2019 | 23:50 | Expresso Bongo (1959) | Drama. Director: Val Guest. Stars Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan & Cliff Richard |
| Sat | 26/10/2019 | 12:30 | The Pirates of Blood River (1962) | Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Stars Kerwin Mathews, Christopher Lee, Marie Devereux & Oliver Reed |
| Sat | 26/10/2019 | 14:10 | On The Beat (1962) | Comedy - Stars Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne & Raymond Huntley |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 01:00 | Only Two Can Play (1962) | Comedy. Director: Sidney Gilliat. Stars Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell & Kenneth Griffith |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 07:55 | Double Bunk (1961) | Comedy Stars Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sidney James & Liz Fraser |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 09:45 | Convict 99 (1938) | Comedy. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Stars Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffat & Googie Withers |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 12:30 | Cone of Silence (1960) | Drama - Stars Michael Craig, Peter Cushing & Bernard Lee |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 16:10 | Some Will, Some Won't (1970) | Comedy - Stars Ronnie Corbett, Thora Hird, Michael Hordern |
| Sun | 27/10/2019 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | TV Series - Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder |
| Mon | 28/10/2019 | 02:30 | Before Winter Comes (1969) | Drama - Stars David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina and John Hurt |
| Mon | 28/10/2019 | 09:25 | The Price of Silence (1959) | Drama - Stars Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn & Mary Clare |
| Mon | 28/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 28/10/2019 | 18:00 | The Purple Plain (1954) | War - Stars Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee & Win Min Than |
| Mon | 28/10/2019 | 21:00 | Special Branch | TV Series |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 00:00 | Prizzi's Honour (1985) | Drama - Stars Jack Nicholson, William Hickey, Anjelica Huston & Kathleen Turner |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 12:25 | Good Morning, Boys (1937) | Comedy - Stars Will Hay, Martita Hunt, Lilli Palmer, Charles Hawtrey & Peter Gawthorne |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 15:20 | The Bargee (1964) | Comedy - Stars Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith & Ronnie Barker |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 18:35 | The Jazz Singer (1980) | Musical - Stars Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier & Lucie Arnaz |
| Tue | 29/10/2019 | 22:00 | Fragment Of Fear (1970) | Drama - David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt & Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 00:00 | Capone (1975) | Drama - Stars Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely & Sylvester Stallone |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 02:00 | Nomads (1986) | Horror - Director: John McTiernan. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down & Anna Maria Monticelli |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 03:50 | On The Beat (1962) | Comedy - Stars Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne & Raymond Huntley |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 12:00 | Hell is a City (1960) | Thriller. Director: Val Guest. Stars Stanley Baker, John Crawford, Billie Whitelaw & Donald Pleasence |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 30/10/2019 | 18:50 | Hobson's Choice (1954) | Drama - Stars Charles Laughton, John Mills & Brenda de Banzie |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 06:05 | Monster From Green Hell (1957) | Sci-fi |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 07:30 | Blood of The Vampire (1958) | Horror |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 09:15 | The Ghost Train (1941) | Comedy Horror - Stars Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch & Kathleen Harrison |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 14:40 | Ghost of Greville Lodge (2000) | Mystery - Stars Jon Newman, Prunella Scales, Marc Danbury & George Cole |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 19:00 | Dr. Crippen (1963) | Horror - Stars Donald Pleasence |
| Thu | 31/10/2019 | 22:00 | Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) | Horror - Stars Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 01:10 | The Hand (1960) | Horror - Stars Derek Bond & Bryan Coleman |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 02:25 | House on Haunted Hill (1959) | Horror - Directed by William Castle. Starring Vincent Price & Carol Ohmart |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 04:30 | Fall of the House of Usher (1950) | Horror |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 14:40 | Some Will, Some Won't (1970) | Comedy - Stars Ronnie Corbett, Thora Hird, Michael Hordern |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 18:00 | Laughter in Paradise (1951) | Comedy - Stars Alastair Sim, George Cole, Fay Compton & Guy Middleton |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 21:00 | Shadows of Fear | TV Series |
| Fri | 01/11/2019 | 23:30 | The Hitch-Hiker (1953) | Thriller |
| Sat | 02/11/2019 | 01:00 | Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) | Sci-fi |
| Sat | 02/11/2019 | 02:45 | Monster From Green Hell (1957) | Sci-fi |
| Sat | 02/11/2019 | 04:10 | Gorgo (1961) | Sci-fi |
| Sat | 02/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sat | 02/11/2019 | 23:50 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | Comedy - Stars George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills |
| Sun | 03/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sun | 03/11/2019 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | TV Series |
| Mon | 04/11/2019 | 01:50 | Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) | Horror |
| Mon | 04/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 04/11/2019 | 18:00 | Ransom (1975) | Stars Sean Connery, Ian Mcshane, John Quentin |
| Mon | 04/11/2019 | 21:00 | Special Branch | TV Series |
| Tue | 05/11/2019 | 12:00 | The Ugly Duckling (1959) | Comedy - Stars Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee, Reginald Beckwith & Richard Wattis |
| Tue | 05/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 06/11/2019 | 00:05 | The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) | Adventure - Stars Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache |
| Wed | 06/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 06/11/2019 | 23:50 | The Anderson Tapes (1971) | Crime Thriller - Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Sean Connery, Christopher Walken |
| Thu | 07/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 08/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Sat | 09/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sat | 09/11/2019 | 21:15 | The Driver (1978) | Action - Stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani |
| Sun | 10/11/2019 | 01:05 | Lost Horizon (1973) | Adventure - Stars Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann & Sally Kellerman |
| Sun | 10/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sun | 10/11/2019 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | TV Series |
| Sun | 10/11/2019 | 22:00 | The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) | Adventure - Stars Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache |
| Mon | 11/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 11/11/2019 | 21:00 | Special Branch | TV Series |
| Tue | 12/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 12/11/2019 | 22:00 | Fear is the Key (1972) | Thriller - Stars Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall & John Vernon |
| Wed | 13/11/2019 | 01:55 | The Snorkel (1958) | Drama - Directed by Guy Green. Stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John & Mandy Miller. |
| Wed | 13/11/2019 | 13:20 | Caesar and Cleopatra (1946) | Biopic - Stars Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and Stewart Granger |
| Wed | 13/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 13/11/2019 | 18:00 | Crooks In Cloisters (1964) | Comedy - Stars Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins & Melvyn Hayes |
| Thu | 14/11/2019 | 11:30 | I'll Be Seeing You (1944) | Stars Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten & Shirley Temple |
| Thu | 14/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 15/11/2019 | 07:25 | The Frightened City (1961) | Drama - Stars Herbert Lom, Sean Connery & John Gregson |
| Fri | 15/11/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 15/11/2019 | 18:40 | Seance On A Wet Afternoon (1964) | Thriller - Stars Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman & Kim Stanley |
| Fri | 15/11/2019 | 22:00 | Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) | Horror - Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters |
| Sat | 16/11/2019 | 09:35 | Hell in the Pacific (1968) | Adventure - Stars Lee Marvin & Toshiro Mifune |
| Sat | 16/11/2019 | 13:45 | Please Turn Over (1960) | Comedy - Stars Ted Ray, Leslie Phillips & Julia Lockwood |
| Sat | 16/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sat | 16/11/2019 | 18:05 | Odd Man Out (1947) | Thriller - Stars Stars Robert Newton, James Mason, Fay Compton & William Hartnell |
| Sun | 17/11/2019 | 15:30 | Catweazle | TV Series |
| Sun | 17/11/2019 | 16:00 | Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) | Comedy - Stars Stars Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford & John Turnbull |
| Sun | 17/11/2019 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | TV Series |
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri | 06/09/2019 | 22:35 | Splice (2009) | Sci-fi Horror |
| Fri | 06/09/2019 | 00:40 | Boogeyman 2 (2007) | |
| Sat | 07/09/2019 | 21:00 | The Thing (1982) | Sci-fi Horror Directed by John Carpenter - Stars Kurt Russell |
| Sat | 07/09/2019 | 23:05 | Summer Camp (2015) | |
| Sun | 08/09/2019 | 21:00 | The 6th Day (2000) | Sci-fi - Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| Sun | 08/09/2019 | 23:20 | The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) | Hammer Horror - Stars Peter Cushing |
| Fri | 13/09/2019 | 21:00 | Bite (2015) | |
| Fri | 13/09/2019 | 22:50 | Bed Of The Dead (2016) | |
| Fri | 13/09/2019 | 00:30 | The Thing (1982) | Sci-fi Horror Directed by John Carpenter - Stars Kurt Russell |
| Sat | 14/09/2019 | 21:00 | The Pact (2012) | |
| Sat | 14/09/2019 | 22:50 | Cherry Falls (2000) | |
| Sat | 14/09/2019 | 00:40 | Dead Mine (2012) | |
| Sat | 14/09/2019 | 02:30 | Don't Blink (2015) | |
| Sun | 15/09/2019 | 21:00 | Cube Zero (2004) | |
| Sun | 15/09/2019 | 22:55 | The Monkey's Paw (2013) | |
| Sun | 15/09/2019 | 00:45 | Bait (2012) | |
| Sun | 15/09/2019 | 02:35 | The Mummy (1959) | Hammer Horror - Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee |
| Fri | 20/09/2019 | 21:00 | The Devil's Candy (2015) | |
| Fri | 20/09/2019 | 22:35 | Howl (2015) | |
| Fri | 20/09/2019 | 00:25 | The Pact (2012) | |
| Fri | 20/09/2019 | 02:15 | Schizo (1976) | Directed by Pete Walker - Stars Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham |
| Sat | 21/09/2019 | 21:00 | Maximum Overdrive (1986) | Stephen King |
| Sat | 21/09/2019 | 22:55 | Sleepwalkers (1992) | Stephen King |
| Sat | 21/09/2019 | 00:45 | Day Of The Dead (2008) | Stars Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, Michael Welch, Ving Rhames |
| Sat | 21/09/2019 | 02:30 | Witchfinder General (1968) | Vincent Price |
| Sun | 22/09/2019 | 21:00 | Alone In The Dark (2005) | |
| Sun | 22/09/2019 | 22:55 | The Disappearance Of Alice Creed | Stars Gemma Arterton |
| Sun | 22/09/2019 | 00:55 | Deathgasm (2015) | Comedy, Horror |
| Sun | 22/09/2019 | 02:40 | The Vault Of Horror (1973) | Classic British horror anthology starring Terry-Thomas and Tom Baker |
| Fri | 27/09/2019 | 21:00 | Lake Placid (1999) | |
| Fri | 27/09/2019 | 00:30 | Sleepwalkers (1992) | Stephen King |
| Fri | 27/09/2019 | 02:20 | Society (1989) | |
| Sat | 28/09/2019 | 00:45 | Demons (1985) | |
| Sun | 29/09/2019 | 21:00 | Cry Wolf (2005) | |
| Sun | 29/09/2019 | 00:40 | Tales From The Crypt (1972) | Horror Anthology - Stars Joan Collins & Peter Cushing |
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