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Monday
26 OctClassic Comedy UK
20.00Red Dwarf
S1E6: "Me²"
Lister wants Holly to load Kochanski's hologram up as a 2nd hologram, Rimmer decides that another hologram of himself would be much better and hides Kochanski's record tapes.
30 min
20.30The Thick of It
S1E5: "Episode 5"
« Previous Ep. Next Ep. » With a reshuffle about to take place, everyone is trying to raise their profile.
30 min
21.00**NEW** Nightingales
S1E1: "Moonlight Becomes You"
The new lad gets a touch of lycanthropy. Problems with the inspector.
30 min
Monday
26 OctClassic Comedy UK
20.00Red Dwarf
S1E6: "Me²"
Lister wants Holly to load Kochanski's hologram up as a 2nd hologram, Rimmer decides that another hologram of himself would be much better and hides Kochanski's record tapes.
30 min
20.30The Thick of It
S1E5: "Episode 5"
« Previous Ep. Next Ep. » With a reshuffle about to take place, everyone is trying to raise their profile.
30 min
21.00**NEW** Nightingales
S1E1: "Moonlight Becomes You"
The new lad gets a touch of lycanthropy. Problems with the inspector.
30 min
Tuesday
27 OctClassic Comedy US
20.00M*A*S*H*
S1E12: "Dear Dad"
Hawkeye writes home, describing Christmas in Korea: Radar ships a jeep home, a piece at a time; Henry gives the monthly lecture on sex, with the aid of figure A and figure B; Trapper helps deliver a calf; Klinger and Frank get into a fight, but Father Mulcahy smoothes things over; Hawkeye and Trapper sabotage Margaret's tent; Hawkeye flies to the front line dressed as Santa, to help a wounded soldier.
30 min
20.30Cheers
S1E12: "The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One"
An Englishman visits Cheers and tells tale tales of being a WWII spy.
30 min
21.00Moonlighting
S1E6: "The Murder's in the Mail"
We don't have a summary for The Murder's in the Mail yet. Hang in there, or go ahead and contribute one.
60 min
Wednesday
28 OctIn Focus
20.00Elizabeth
Director: Shekhar Kapur. Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, John Gielgud, Richard Attenborough.
The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
120 min
Thursday
29 OctPick 'n' Mix
19.30University Challenge
S56E16: TBA
TBA
30 min
20.00Heroes
S1E12: "Godsend"
Picking up two weeks after recent events, Nathan's determination to save a comatose Peter forces him to turn to Simone for help. Isaac's puzzling "Hiro vs. T-Rex" painting inspires Hiro and Ando to search for the pictured samurai sword. Jessica struggles against Niki's decision to turn herself into police. With his associate Eden dead and Matt on his heels, H.R.G. tries to focus on his orders regarding Sylar. After being offered a choice by the Haitian, Claire struggles with changes her decision has wrought. Taking up his father's quest, Suresh attempts to share information about who is "on the list" of people with special abilities and the threats to their lives. Meanwhile, a new hero makes a shocking debut.
60 min
21.00The Prisoner
"The Chimes of Big Ben"
Number Six has a new next door neighbour, Nadia. She befriends Number Six and tells him that The Village is situated on the Baltic. To cover their plans of escape Number Six enters The Village arts and crafts exhibition competition. His entry entitled "Escape" is the inspiration for their plan to get back to London.
50 min
Friday
30 OctFrankie's Film Club: Friday Night of The Dead
19.00One Cut of The Dead
Director: Shin'ichirō Ueda. Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Harumi Syuhama, Manabu Hosoi, Hiroshi Ichihara, Shuntaro Yamazaki, Shinichiro Osawa.
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
90 min
20.45Train to Busan
Director: Yeon Sang-ho. Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee, Kim Eui-sung.
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
120 min
Saturday
31 OctNetflix and Chill
19.30Blue Eye Samurai
"A Fixed Number of Paths"
Taigen proposes a deal, and Mizu receives an invitation to tea. Life on the road turns out to be more challenging than Akemi imagined.
45 min
20.15Mindhunter
S1E5: "Episode 5"
Holden and Bill return to a perplexing case in Pennsylvania where a set of clues leading in multiple directions leaves no shortage of suspects.
45 min
21.30Ripley
S1E4: "La Dolce Vita"
Tom must deal with Marge's deep skepticism before embarking on a new, fictitious life in Rome.
45 min
Sunday
1 NovPrestige TV
19.00House
S8:E15: "Blowing The Whistle"
The team treats an Army veteran charged with treason after leaking classified information. But the patient's life is put at risk when he refuses treatment unless he and his brother receive information about their late father, a war veteran, which raises questions about loyalty to one's family and country. Meanwhile, Adams suspects House may be sick, so she recruits Wilson and the other team members to plan an intervention and investigate his illness.
60 min
20.00Deadwood
S1E4: "Here Was A Man"
Swearengen directs Farnum to buy back the Garret claim; Alma prevails on Calamity Jane and Hickok for help.
60 min
21.00Band of Brothers
"Replacements"
Replacements join Easy Company. The company parachutes into the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden.
60 min