2026 W48
FMTV — your week in television
Monday
30 NovClassic Comedy UK
20.00Porridge
S1E5: "Ways and Means"
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
30 min
20.30The Young Ones
S1E4: "Bomb"
An atom bomb lands in the middle of the boys' kitchen, but they're divided over what to do with it. Vyvyan, for example, can't work out why he can't set it off.
30 min
21.00Nightingales
S1E6: "Terence in the Midst"
Is the nightingale's job so simple that even a monkey can do it? They try to get rid of Terence but he leaves of his own accord.
30 min
Monday
30 NovClassic Comedy UK
20.00Porridge
S1E5: "Ways and Means"
Who would want to spend eight hours a day sewing fishing nets? Not Fletch, who is hell-bent on a cushy job in the library.
30 min
20.30The Young Ones
S1E4: "Bomb"
An atom bomb lands in the middle of the boys' kitchen, but they're divided over what to do with it. Vyvyan, for example, can't work out why he can't set it off.
30 min
21.00Nightingales
S1E6: "Terence in the Midst"
Is the nightingale's job so simple that even a monkey can do it? They try to get rid of Terence but he leaves of his own accord.
30 min
Tuesday
1 DecClassic Comedy US
20.00M*A*S*H*
S1E17: "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
Frank throws his back out whilst spending the evening with Margaret, and ends up in traction. He promptly applies for the Purple Heart, having been 'technically' wounded at a frontline unit. Tommy Gillis, an old friend of Hawkeye's, is writing a book about the war, and pays him a visit. Later, Tommy is brought into the camp, seriously wounded, and Hawkeye can't save him. A 15-year-old kid is in the hospital to have his appendix out. He joined up to be a hero back home, but Hawkeye has him sent home, giving him Frank's purple heart.
30 min
20.30Cheers
S1E17: "Diane's Perfect Date"
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
30 min
21.00Sledge Hammer!
S1E5: "Dori Day Afternoon"
Sledge and Dori find themselves in a hostage situation as a result of a foiled bank robbery.
30 min
Wednesday
2 DecIn Focus
20.00Loving Vincent
Directors: DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman. Starring: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk.
In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
90 min
Thursday
3 DecPick 'n' Mix
19.30University Challenge
S56E21: TBA
TBA
30 min
20.00Heroes
S1E17: "Company Man"
H.R.G.'s past catches up to him as Matt and Ted Sprague, come to Texas looking for answers, and take him, his wife, son and Claire hostage -- leading to a tragic, explosive showdown. Secrets are revealed and new threats to the "heroes" are introduced.
60 min
21.00The Prisoner
"Many Happy Returns"
Number Six awakes to a deserted Village. He realises that he has the perfect opportunity to escape his captors. He builds a raft and sets sail away from The Village. During his voyage he comes across some gunrunners who steal his remaining supplies and leave him to drown. He is eventually washed up on the south coast of England. He manages to get back to London to find a "Mrs Butterworth" living in his house. The next day is Number Six's birthday and Mrs Butterworth has a surprise planned for him.
50 min
Friday
4 DecFrankie's Film Club: Once Upon A Time
20.00Once Upon A Time In America
Director: Sergio Leone. Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams.
A former New York gangster returns after decades in exile, confronting the friendships, dreams, and regrets that shaped his rise from street kid to Prohibition-era mobster.
230 min
Saturday
5 DecNetflix and Chill
19.30Blue Eye Samurai
"The Great Fire of 1657"
As an army approaches, Akemi must choose her path. While Taigen risks his life for the royal family, Mizu remains hell-bent on her mission.
45 min
20.15Mindhunter
S1E9: "Episode 9"
Holden's methods during a disturbing interview with mass murderer Richard Speck create dissension among the team and kick off an internal FBI probe.
45 min
21.30**NEW** Mr Inbetween
S1E1: "Pee Pee Guy"
A business associate falls from grace, while Ray takes the fall for a mate. A chance meeting in the park and a new apprentice.
30 min
Sunday
6 DecPrestige TV
19.00House
S8:E20: "Post Mortem"
Over his years performing autopsies at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, Dr. Peter Treiber often identifies mistakes made by physicians that caused the patient's death. These observations make him question the skills of nearly all the doctors on staff, all that is, except House. When he falls ill, he demands that only House make medical decisions concerning his care. Unfortunately, House and Wilson have taken off on an impromptu road trip without telling anyone, leaving the team to figure out how to treat Treiber while making him believe that House is calling all the shots. Lastly, Chase decides to step out of House's shadow and leave the hospital.
60 min
20.00Deadwood
S1E9: "No Other Sons or Daughters"
With annexation looming, Swearengen calls a meeting to set up an informal government.
60 min
21.00Band of Brothers
"Why We Fight"
Easy Co. finally enters Germany, to surprisingly little resistance, and has a chance to relax for the first time in a long time. A patrol in a nearby forest discovers an abandoned Nazi concentration camp, still filled with emaciated prisoners. The local citizenry, unbelievably disavowing knowledge of its existence, is made to clean it up, as the news arrives that Hitler is dead.
60 min