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 | 15/04/2019 | 8:00 | Time Without Pity (1957) | Crime - Stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing & Alec McCowan |
| Mon | 15/04/2019 | 10:15 | The Dark Man (1951) | Drama - Stars Maxwell Reed, Edward Underdown, Natasha Parry & William Hartnell |
| Mon | 15/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 15/04/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Mon | 15/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Day Of The Triffids (1962) | Sci-fi - Stars Nicole Maurey, Howard Keel, Janette Scott & Kieron Moore |
| Mon | 15/04/2019 | 0:00 | The Brain Machine 1955) | Thriller - Stars Maxwell Reed, Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Allen & Russell Napier |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 8:15 | Great Day In The Morning (1956) | Western - Stars Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo & Ruth Roman |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 11:55 | They Who Dare (1954) | War Drama |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 18:00 | Double Bunk (1961) | Comedy - Stars Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sidney James & Liz Fraser |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 22:00 | Man In The Attic (1953) | Thriller - Stars Jack Palance, Constance Smith & Byron Palmer |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 23:40 | Impulse (1984) | Horror - Stars Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly & Hume Cronyn |
| Tue | 16/04/2019 | 1:30 | Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) | Sci-fi - Stars William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri |
| Wed | 17/04/2019 | 6:00 | Man In The Mirror (1936) | Drama - Stars Edward Everett-Horton & Alastair Sim |
| Wed | 17/04/2019 | 15:30 | The Purple Plain (1954) | War - Stars Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee & Win Min Than |
| Wed | 17/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 17/04/2019 | 1:15 | Kipps (1941) | Comedy - Stars Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert & Philip Frost |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 10:15 | Cone of Silence (1960) | Drama - Stars Michael Craig, Peter Cushing & Bernard Lee |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 15:30 | Crooks In Cloisters (1964) | Comedy - Stars Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins & Melvyn Hayes |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 18:00 | Lost Horizon (1973) | Adventure - Stars Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann & Sally Kellerman |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Thu | 18/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Mob (1951) | Drama - Stars Betty Buehler, Broderick Crawford & Richard Kiley |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 9:40 | When the Whales Came (1989) | Drama - Stars Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, David Threlfall, David Suchet & Jeremy Kemp |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 15:10 | Treasure Island (1972) | Adventure - Stars Orson Welles, Lionel Stander & Kim Burfield |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 18:00 | The Jazz Singer (1980) | Musical - Stars Neil Diamond |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Snorkel (1958) | Thriller - Stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John & Mandy Miller |
| Fri | 19/04/2019 | 23:50 | Nomads (1986) | Horror - Stars Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down & Anna Maria Monticelli |
| Sat | 20/04/2019 | 7:15 | The Final Test (1954) | Comedy - Stars Jack Warner, Robert Morley & George Relph |
| Sat | 20/04/2019 | 16:40 | Smallest Show On Earth (1957) | Comedy - Stars Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna & Bill Travers |
| Sat | 20/04/2019 | 21:00 | Boys From Brazil (1978) | Drama - Stars Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier & James Mason |
| Sun | 21/04/2019 | 6:40 | Man In The Moon (1960) | Comedy - Stars Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field & Michael Hordern |
| Sun | 21/04/2019 | 9:10 | For Those In Peril (1944) | War Drama - Stars David Farrar, Ralph Michael & Robert Wyndham |
| Sun | 21/04/2019 | 10:30 | Androcles and the Lion (1953) | Drama - Stars Alan Young |
| Sun | 21/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Anderson Tapes (1971) | Crime Thriller - Stars Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Walken |
| Mon | 22/04/2019 | 9:00 | Much Too Shy (1942) | Comedy - Stars George Formby |
| Mon | 22/04/2019 | 15:25 | The Wicked Lady (1945) | Drama - Stars Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones & James Mason |
| Mon | 22/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 22/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Mon | 22/04/2019 | 0:30 | The Innocents (1961) | Horror - Stars Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Pamela Franklin & Peter Wyngarde |
| Tue | 23/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 23/04/2019 | 18:10 | The Jazz Singer (1980) | Musical - Stars Neil Diamond |
| Tue | 23/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Tue | 23/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Cat and the Canary (1978) | Thriller - Stars Honor Blackman, Michael Callan & Edward Fox |
| Wed | 24/04/2019 | 10:05 | The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) | Comedy - Stars Maurice Reyna, George Coulouris & Warren Mitchell |
| Wed | 24/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 10:40 | Boys Will Be Boys (1935) | Comedy - Will Hay |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 18:00 | Dr. Crippen (1963) | Horror - Stars Donald Pleasence & Coral Browne |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 22:00 | The Anderson Tapes (1971) | Crime Thriller - Stars Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Walken |
| Thu | 25/04/2019 | 0:00 | The Snorkel (1958) | Thriller - Stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John & Mandy Miller |
| Fri | 26/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 26/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Fri | 26/04/2019 | 22:00 | Boys From Brazil (1978) | Drama - Stars Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier & James Mason |
| Fri | 26/04/2019 | 0:35 | The Boston Strangler (1968) | Drama - Stars Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy & Sally Kellerman |
| Sat | 27/04/2019 | 11:15 | The Galloping Major (1951) | Stars Basil Radford, Sidney James, Jimmy Hanley & Janette Scott |
| Sat | 27/04/2019 | 15:10 | The Villain (1979) | Comedy - Stars Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Ann-Margret |
| Sat | 27/04/2019 | 16:55 | The League of Gentlemen (1960) | Crime, Drama - Stars Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick & Roger Livesey |
| Sat | 27/04/2019 | 21:00 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | Comedy - Stars George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills |
| Sun | 28/04/2019 | 10:55 | Since You Went Away (1944) | Drama - Stars Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple & Joseph Cotten |
| Sun | 28/04/2019 | 22:00 | Billy Liar (1963) | Comedy - Stars Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie & Wilfred Pickles |
| Sun | 28/04/2019 | 0:00 | The Running Man (1963) | Drama - Stars Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates & Felix Aylmer |
| Mon | 29/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 29/04/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Mon | 29/04/2019 | 22:00 | Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) | Horror - Stars Christopher Lee |
| Tue | 30/04/2019 | 8:15 | Counter-Attack (1945) | War Drama - Stars Paul Muni, Marguerite Chapman & Larry Parks |
| Tue | 30/04/2019 | 10:05 | The Golden Salamander (1950) | Drama - Stars Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimee & Herbert Lom |
| Tue | 30/04/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 30/04/2019 | 19:45 | Murder on Campus (1961) | Crime Drama - Directed by Michael Winner, Stars Terence Longden, Donald Gray & Diane Clare |
| Wed | 01/05/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 01/05/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Wed | 01/05/2019 | 22:00 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | Comedy - Stars George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills |
| Wed | 01/05/2019 | 0:15 | Bedazzled (1967) | Comedy - Stars Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron & Raquel Welch |
| Wed | 01/05/2019 | 4:25 | The Green Man (1956) | Comedy - Stars Alastair Sim, Raymond Huntley, George Cole & Terry-Thomas |
| Thu | 02/05/2019 | 8:20 | Spare the Rod (1961) | Drama - Stars Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen & Donald Pleasence |
| Thu | 02/05/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 02/05/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series (1972) Starring Barry Foster |
| Thu | 02/05/2019 | 22:00 | Billy Liar (1963) | Comedy - Stars Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie & Wilfred Pickles |
| Thu | 02/05/2019 | 0:00 | The Informers (1963) | Drama - Stars Nigel Patrick, Margaret Whiting, Katherine Woodville & Colin Blakely |
| Fri | 03/05/2019 | 15:10 | Boys in Brown (1949) | Drama - Stars Richard Attenborough, Jack Warner & Dirk Bogarde |
| Fri | 03/05/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 03/05/2019 | 19:45 | The Flaw (1955) | Crime. Drama |
| Fri | 03/05/2019 | 21:00 | Van Der Valk | TV Series Starring Barry Foster |
| Sat | 04/05/2019 | 15:20 | The Green Man (1956) | Comedy - Stars Alastair Sim, Raymond Huntley, George Cole & Terry-Thomas |
| Sat | 04/05/2019 | 17:00 | It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) | Drama - Stars Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner & Susan Shaw |
| Sat | 04/05/2019 | 21:00 | The Passenger (1975) | Drama - Stars Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre |
| Sat | 04/05/2019 | 23:30 | Gumshoe (1971) | Comedy Drama - Stars Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw & Frank Finlay |
| Sat | 04/05/2019 | 1:10 | The Last Valley (1971) | Drama - Stars Michael Caine, Omar Sharif & Nigel Davenport |
| Sun | 05/05/2019 | 10:50 | The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941) | Drama - Stars James Craig as Jabez Stone |
| Sun | 05/05/2019 | 14:10 | It Should Happen To You (1954) | Stars Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford & Jack Lemmon |
| Sun | 05/05/2019 | 22:00 | The Deep (1977) | Adventure - Stars Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte & Dick Anthony Williams |
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Name | Channel | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | Busy Bodies (1933) - (Laurel & Hardy) | Talking Pictures TV | 7:45am |
| Scrooge (1935) - (Seymour Hicks) | Talking Pictures TV | 8:10am | |
| Towed In A Hole (1932) - (Laurel & Hardy) | Talking Pictures TV | 11:30am | |
| A Christmas Carol (1984) - (George C Scott) | Channel 4 | 11:45am | |
| The Grinch (2000) | ITV | 12:55pm | |
| Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) | ITV | 3:25pm | |
| Scrooge (1951) Alastair Sim B/W | Channel 5 | 4:20pm | |
| For the Love of Ada - Christmas Special (TV Series) | Talking Pictures TV | 4:30pm | |
| The Snowman (1982) | Channel 4 | 4:40pm | |
| Mary Poppins (1964) | BBC1 | 5:00pm | |
| The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012) | Channel 4 | 5:10pm | |
| Carols from King's | BBC2 | 5:50pm | |
| Miracle on 34th Street (1994) | Channel 4 | 6:00pm | |
| Father Ted Christmas Special | More4 | 9:00pm | |
| P2 (2007) | Horror Channel | 9:00pm | |
| The Holly and the Ivy (1952) | Talking Pictures TV | 9:05pm | |
| Gremlins (1984) | ITV | 9:30pm | |
| The Dead Room (Ghost Story) | BBC4 | 10:00pm | |
| Christmas Carols on ITV | ITV | 11:45pm | |
| House On Haunted Hill (1999) | Horror Channel | 12:45am | |
| Christmas Day | Good Morning, Boys (1937) - (Will Hay) | Talking Pictures TV | 6:00am |
| Waterloo Road (1944) | Talking Pictures TV | 7:45am | |
| Carry On Films | ITV3 | 8:30am-12:45am | |
| The Ugly Duckling (1959) | Talking Pictures TV | 9:20am | |
| Bulldog Breed (1960) - (Norman Wisdom) | Talking Pictures TV | 11:15am | |
| Father Christmas (Raymond Briggs) | Channel 4 | 12:05pm | |
| The Snowman (1982) | Channel 4 | 12:40pm | |
| The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012) | Channel 4 | 1:15pm | |
| Arthur Christmas (2011) | Channel 4 | 1:45pm | |
| Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951) - (Alastair Sim) | Talking Pictures TV | 1:50pm | |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | Channel 5 | 3:10pm | |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) | Channel 4 | 4:00pm | |
| Monsters, Inc | ITV | 4:10pm | |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) | Channel 4 | 5:40pm | |
| Oliver Twist (1948) | Talking Pictures TV | 5:40pm | |
| Call the Midwife Christmas Special | BBC1 | 7:45pm | |
| Black Christmas (2006) | Horror Channel | 9:00pm | |
| The Two Ronnies Christmas Comedy Cracker | BBC4 | 9:15pm | |
| A Christmas Horror Story (2015) | Horror Channel | 10:40pm | |
| The Fog (1980) - (John Carpenter) | Horror Channel | 12:40am | |
| Prizzi's Honour (1986) - (Jack Nicholson) | Talking Pictures TV | 1:05am | |
| Boxing Day | Bell Bottom George (1944) - (George Formby) | Talking Pictures TV | 8:05am |
| Beyond Christmas (1940) | Talking Pictures TV | 10:30am | |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | BBC1 | 1:25pm | |
| Passport To Pimlico (1949) | Talking Pictures TV | 1:45pm | |
| A Bridge Too Far (1977) | Channel 5 | 2:20pm | |
| Porridge: The Desperate Hours | BBC2 | 5:15pm | |
| The BFG (2016) | BBC1 | 5:40pm | |
| Mrs Doubtfire (1993) | Channel 4 | 5:45pm | |
| The Blue Lamp (1949) | Talking Pictures TV | 6:15pm | |
| Dad's Army | BBC2 | 6:25pm | |
| The Morecambe ans Wise Christmas Show 1971 | BBC2 | 7:05pm | |
| The Morecambe ans Wise Show: The Lost Tapes 1 of 2 | BBC2 | 7:50pm | |
| The Morecambe ans Wise Show: The Lost Tapes 2 of 2 | BBC2 | 8:30pm | |
| Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were | BBC2 | 9:00pm | |
| Quatermass and the Pit (1967) | Talking Pictures TV | 9:00pm | |
| The ABC Murders (1 of 3) Agatha Christie | BBC1 | 9:00pm | |
| Detectorists Christmas Special | BBC4 | 10:00pm | |
| Dirty Dancing (1987) | Channel 5 | 10:00pm | |
| Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1974) | BBC4 | 10:30pm | |
| The Green Mile (1999) | Channel 4 | 11:00pm | |
| The Vatican Tapes (2015) | Horror Channel | 12:40am | |
| The Witches (1967) (Hammer Horror) | Horror Channel | 2:30am |