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Monday
23 NovClassic Comedy UK
20.00Porridge
S1E4: "A Day Out"
The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
30 min
20.30The Young Ones
S1E3: "Boring"
The housemates are bored, so head off to the pub. If only they really opened their eyes and looked around, they might find something interesting going on...
30 min
21.00Nightingales
S1E5: "Scrutiny of the Bounty"
They're under suspicion, and under surveillance.
30 min
Monday
23 NovClassic Comedy UK
20.00Porridge
S1E4: "A Day Out"
The rest of the working party are thrilled to have a day out, but Fletch is masking indifference - what's so exciting about digging a ditch anyway?
30 min
20.30The Young Ones
S1E3: "Boring"
The housemates are bored, so head off to the pub. If only they really opened their eyes and looked around, they might find something interesting going on...
30 min
21.00Nightingales
S1E5: "Scrutiny of the Bounty"
They're under suspicion, and under surveillance.
30 min
Tuesday
24 NovClassic Comedy US
20.00M*A*S*H*
S1E16: "The Ringbanger"
Hawkeye and Trapper operate on a famous Colonel - after discovering that he is particularly ruthless about sacrificing his men, they come up with a scheme to get him sent back to the states with a little unwitting help from Frank, Margaret, and a drunk Henry.
30 min
20.30Cheers
S1E16: "The Boys in the Bar"
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend and teammate of Sam's reveals his homosexuality in a tell-all book.
30 min
21.00Sledge Hammer!
S1E4: "They Shoot Hammers, Don't They?"
Prison escapee John Kogan commandeers a bus and launches a one-man wave of crime and violence, pledging to stop only if Sledge agrees to meet him in a one-on-one gunfight.
30 min
Wednesday
25 NovIn Focus
20.00The Personal History of David Copperfield
Director: Armando Iannucci. Starring: Dev Patel, Aneurin Barnard, Peter Capaldi, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Rosalind Eleazar, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse.
A modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
120 min
Thursday
26 NovPick 'n' Mix
19.30University Challenge
S56E20: TBA
TBA
30 min
20.00Heroes
S1E16: "Unexpected"
Peter painfully learns that someone close may have betrayed him and Claude. Matt's world spirals out of control when radioactive man Ted Sprague and Hana Gitelman, a fierce young woman with "wireless" mental abilities, drop into his life. After blood is spilled, Hiro makes a difficult decision about his mission. Claire is unable to contain her anger at her father.
60 min
21.00The Prisoner
"The General"
"Speedlearn" is a subliminal process for educating the population of The Village, developed by a Professor with the aid of an unseen "General". However, the Professor realises that his creation has the ability to be abused by Number Two and with the help of Number Six intends to destroy the General. After their attempt fails Number Two takes Number Six to meet the General.
50 min
Friday
27 NovFrankie's Film Club: Once Upon A Time
20.00Once Upon A Time In China III
Director: Tsui Hark. Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Max Mok, Hung Yan-yan,
Master Wong and his disciples enroll in the 'Dancing Lion Competition' to stop an assassination plot and to battle an arrogant, deceitful opponent.
90 min
Saturday
28 NovNetflix and Chill
19.30Blue Eye Samurai
"Nothing Broken"
Fowler, bound for Edo, reveals the terrifying scope of his plans. Akemi braces herself for her upcoming wedding. Mizu and Taigen return home.
45 min
20.15Mindhunter
S1E8: "Episode 8"
Bill and Wendy interview candidates for a fourth member of the team. Holden is intrigued by complaints about a school principal's odd habit.
45 min
21.30Ripley
S1E8: "Narcissus"
Tom reinvents himself again, creating an enviable life in Venice — as long as his lies hold.
45 min
Sunday
29 NovPrestige TV
19.00House
S8:E19: "The C-Word"
When the team takes on the case of Emily, a six-year-old girl with multiple health issues, they must collaborate with her mother, Elizabeth, who is also a doctor specializing in Emily's condition. Meanwhile, House and Wilson take a little vacation to treat Wilson's cancer in House's apartment.
60 min
20.00Deadwood
S1E8: "Suffer the Little Children"
Deadwood breathes easier when riders bring a vaccine--and word of a possible Sioux treaty.
60 min
21.00Band of Brothers
"The Last Patrol"
Easy Co. arrives in the Alsacian town of Haguenau near the German border, and are ordered to send a patrol across the river to take enemy prisoners. Lt. Jones, fresh from West Point and eager for combat experience, volunteers to lead. While successful, the mission costs another paratrooper's life, prompting Winters to ignore the order to send a second patrol the next night.
60 min