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Monday
12 OctClassic Comedy UK
20.00Red Dwarf
S1E4: "Waiting for God"
Rimmer talks Holly into telling him the information that Captain Hollister put into Lister and his personal files. Holly informs Rimmer about a unidentified object heading for Red Dwarf and Rimmer brings the pod on board. Lister follows Cat to see where he goes when he disappears off the ships sensors.
30 min
20.30The Thick of It
S1E2: "Episode 3"
An empty London flat threatens the future of a potential Housing Bill. Dan Miller is getting plenty of media-attention for his work on the bill, which is causing creating a degree of envy.
30 min
21.00Blackadder
S1E5: "Witchsmeller Pursuivant"
The cruel witchsmeller pursuivant is sent to root out the source of an outbreak of witchcraft - and quickly lays the blame on Edmund, Lord Percy and Baldrick. If they can't prove their innocence, they'll be burned at the stake.
30 min
Monday
12 OctClassic Comedy UK
20.00Red Dwarf
S1E4: "Waiting for God"
Rimmer talks Holly into telling him the information that Captain Hollister put into Lister and his personal files. Holly informs Rimmer about a unidentified object heading for Red Dwarf and Rimmer brings the pod on board. Lister follows Cat to see where he goes when he disappears off the ships sensors.
30 min
20.30The Thick of It
S1E2: "Episode 3"
An empty London flat threatens the future of a potential Housing Bill. Dan Miller is getting plenty of media-attention for his work on the bill, which is causing creating a degree of envy.
30 min
21.00Blackadder
S1E5: "Witchsmeller Pursuivant"
The cruel witchsmeller pursuivant is sent to root out the source of an outbreak of witchcraft - and quickly lays the blame on Edmund, Lord Percy and Baldrick. If they can't prove their innocence, they'll be burned at the stake.
30 min
Tuesday
13 OctClassic Comedy US
20.00M*A*S*H*
S1E10: "I Hate A Mystery"
A rash of thefts breaks out in the camp. Missing pieces include Frank's silver picture frame, Margaret's hair brush, and Trapper's watch. The camp is searched and everything is found in Hawkeye's locker. Everyone thinks he did it. Hawkeye manages to announce to the camp that the items will be dusted for prints to identify the real thief, and catches Ho-Jon. He needed money to bring his family from the North, and to bribe border guards.
30 min
20.30Cheers
S1E10: "Endless Slumper"
Sam gets a phone call from an old baseball friend, Rick Walker, who has been having a lousy season. He wonders what he should do, and Sam tries to help but can't think of what to do. He suggests getting a lucky charm, and Coach says that Sam used to have one. It turns out Sam still does - a bottle cap, which he says he found. Sam lends Rick the cap and Rick's performance improves greatly - whilst Sam goes through a period of very bad luck. When Sam find out that Rick lost the bottle cap, he gets depressed, as Diane finds out that it was in fact the cap off the last bottle of beer Sam ever drank.
30 min
21.00Moonlighting
S1E4: "The Next Murder You Hear"
Paul McCain reigns over late night AM talk radio, KRKD 1040. During the 2:00 to 6:00 o'clock a.m. time slot, listeners could call "The Heartbreak Hotline" at 555-HART to pour out their fears, hopes and dreams.
60 min
Wednesday
14 OctIn Focus
20.00Cleopatra (1963)
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton.
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
120 min
Thursday
15 OctPick 'n' Mix
19.30University Challenge
S56E14: TBA
TBA
30 min
20.00Heroes
S1E10: "Six Months Ago"
As the clock turns back six months for all of the "Heroes," Mohinder's father Chandra Suresh arrives in New York to begin his quest to find individuals with extraordinary abilities, and meets someone all to eager to be special. Peter celebrates his graduation from nursing school, and learns that Nathan plans to prosecute a case that could mean trouble for the entire Petrelli family. A surprise visit from her father brings out the worst in Niki. Hiro attempts to be a hero and change the future for someone important. Claire joins the cheerleading squad and makes a curious discovery. H.R.G. and the Haitian meet someone special.
60 min
21.00The Ghost in the Shell
S1E10: "Brain Drain iii + Ghost Coast + Epilogue"
TBA
30 min
Friday
16 OctFrankie's Film Club: Friday Night of The Dead
19.00Shaun of the Dead
Director: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost.
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
90 min
20.30Zombieland
Director: Ruben Fleischer. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin.
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.
90 min
Saturday
17 OctNetflix and Chill
19.30Blue Eye Samurai
"Hammerscale"
Lone-wolf warrior Mizu gets stuck with an unexpected travel companion, while Princess Akemi grasps for a way to control her future.
60 min
20.30Mindhunter
S1E3: "Episode 3"
Dr. Wendy Carr joins Holden and Tench in their first success, when their insights lead to an arrest.
60 min
21.30Ripley
S1E2: "Seven Mercies"
On Italy's Amalfi Coast, Tom settles into Dickie's grand villa, but not without arousing suspicion from his girlfriend Marge.
45 min
Sunday
18 OctPrestige TV
19.00House
S8:E13: "Man of the House"
A marriage counselor collapses during a speaking engagement. But when put under close evaluation, the team notices behavioral changes that conflict with his motivational message on the roles of men and women. Meanwhile, House and his Ukrainian green-card "wife," Dominika, make a deal to convince Immigration that they are a happily married couple. This leads to a crash course where both learn something about love and marriage. House chooses Taub as the new team leader.
60 min
20.00Deadwood
S1E2: "Deep Water"
As suspicions arise that 'road agents' may have been the true perpetrators of the massacre, Swearengen takes a special interest in the health of its sole survivor—a young girl ministered to by the unlikely team of Doc Cochran and Calamity Jane.
60 min
21.00Band of Brothers
"Day of Days"
Easy Company lands in Normandy.
60 min