What’s on TV – 24 August 2019

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Westerns

Sky 304 Virgin 434 /HD 404

Comedy

Sky 308 Virgin 438 /HD 408

Family

Sky 306 Virgin 436 /HD 406

Hits

Sky 303 Virgin 433 /HD 403

Sci-Fi/Horror

Sky 311 Virgin 441 /HD 411

Disney

Sky 305 Virgin 435 /HD 405

Drama

Sky 310 Virgin 440 /HD 410

Action

Sky 307 Virgin 437 /HD 407

Thriller

Sky 309 Virgin 439 /HD 409

Premiere

Sky 301 Virgin 431 /HD 401

TCM

Sky 315 Virgin 415 /HD 416

True Movies

Sky 319 FS 303 Virgin 424

SKY/VIRGIN MOVIES

S A T U R D A Y

SATURDAY

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24 August

RADIO 1 FREEVIEW^700

Sky 0101 Virgin 901 Freesat 700

5.00am Reading Festival. 6.00

Matt and Mollie. 10.00 Maya and

Jordan. 11.00 Jordan Joins Maya.

1.00pm Dev and Alice. 4.00 Radio

1’s Dance Anthems. 7.0 0 1Xtra’s

Takeover with DJ Target. 9.00

1Xtra’s Rap Show. 11.00 Diplo

and Friends. 1.00am Reading

Festival. 4.00 David Guetta: Live

from Summer Daze Festival. 5.00

to 6.00am Radio 1’s Wind Down.

RADIO 2 FREEVIEW^702

Sky 0102 Virgin 902 Freesat 702

6.00am Sounds of the 60s with

Tony Blackburn. 8.00 Dermot

O’Leary. 10.00 Alan and Mel’s

Summer Escape. 1.00pm Pick of

the Pops. 3.00 Rylan on Saturday.

6.00 Liza Tarbuck. 8.00 Johnnie

Walker. 9.00 Motown at the BBC.

10.00 Craig Charles. 12.00m’t Ana

Matronic’s Dance Devotion. 2.00am

Best of Radio 2 Live: Stevie Wonder.

3.00 Motown on the Mersey. 4.00

to 6.00am Angela Scanlon.

RADIO 3 FREEVIEW^703

Sky 0103 Virgin 903 Freesat 703

7.0 0am Breakfast. 9.00 News;

Summer Record Review. 11.45 New

Generation Artists. 12.30pm This

Classical Life. 1.00 News; Inside

Music. 3.00 Sound of Cinema. 4.00

Jazz Record Requests. 5.00 J to Z.

6.30 Private Passions. 7. 30 BBC

Proms. 10.15 New Music Show.

12.00m’t Geoff rey Smith’s Jazz.

1.00 to 7.00am Through the Night.

RADIO 4 FREEVIEW^704

Sky 0104 Virgin 904 Freesat 704

6.00am News and Papers; Open

Country. 6.30 Farming Today This

Week; Weather. 7.0 0 Today. 9.00

Saturday Live. 10.30 (FM) Alex

Edelman’s Special Relationships.

10.30am to 7.00pm (LW) Cricket:

The Ashes – Live: England v

Australia. The third day of the third

Test at Headingley. 11.00 (FM)

The Origin of Stuff. 11.30 (FM)

From Our Own Correspondent.

12.00noon (FM) News. 12.05pm

(FM) The Money Clinic. 12.30 (FM)

The Now Show. 1.00 (FM) News.

1.10 (FM) Any Questions? 2.00 (FM)

Any Answers? 2.30 (FM) Drama:

Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost

Time. 4.30 (FM) Weekend Woman’s

Hour. 5.00 (FM) Saturday PM. 5.30

(FM) The Inquiry. 5.55 Shipping.

6.00 (FM) News. 6.15 (FM) Loose

Ends. 7.0 0 Four Thought. 7.1 5

Saturday Review. 8.00 Archive on

4: Losing My Voice. 9.00 Drama:

Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost

Time. 10.00 News; Weather. 10.15

Unreliable Evidence. 11.00 The 3rd

Degree. 11.30 Poems for Idle

Workers. 12.00m’t News; Weather.

12.30am Short Works; Shipping.

1.00 World Service. 5.20 Shipping.

5.30 News; Bells on Sunday.

5.45 to 6.00am Four Thought.

RADIO 5 LIVE FREEVIEW^705

Sky 0105 Virgin 905 Freesat 705

5.00am 5 Live Boxing. 5.30 Robbie

Savage’s Premier League Breakfast.

6.00 Saturday Breakfast. 9.00

Geoff Lloyd. 11.00 Fighting Talk.

12.00noon 5 Live Sport. 3.00pm

5 Live Sport: Premier League

Football. 5.00 Sports Report.

6.00 6-0-6. 8.00 Kermode and

Mayo’s Film Review. 9.00 Stephen

Nolan. 12.00m’t Paradise.

1.00 to 5.00am Up All Night.

6.00 AM A Stork’s Journey (2017)

7.4 0 American Summer Comedy

drama. (2016, 15) ★★

9.40 Fantastic Beasts:

The Crimes of Grindelwald

12.00 NOON Aquaman As 8.00pm.

2.25 PM Arizona (2017, 15) ★★

4.00 A Stork’s Journey (2017)

5.40 Fantastic Beasts:

The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantasy. (2018, 12) ★★★★

8.00 Aquaman Adventure

starring Jason Momoa.

(2018, 12) ★★★

10.25 p

Assassination Nation

Comedy thriller. Four high-

school friends are targeted

by an armed mob. Stars

Odessa Young and Hari

Nef. (2018, 18) ★★★★

12.20 AM Sorry to Bother You

Comedy. (2018, 15) ★★★★

2.20 Arizona (2017, 15) ★★

3.50 to 5.30 AM Dark Minds

Thriller. (2016, 12) ★★★

7.1 0 AM Here Comes the Boom

Comedy. (2012, 12) ★★★

9.00 You, Me and Him

Comedy. (2017, 15) ★★

10.45 Mamma Mia! See 6.00pm.

12.45 PM Johnny English Strikes

Again See 8.00pm.

2.25 Game Night See 9.40pm.

4.10 The First Wives Club (1996)

6.00 Mamma Mia! Musical.

(2008, PG) ★★★★★

8.00 Johnny English Strikes

Again Comedy sequel.

The spy investigates a

cyber attack. Stars Rowan

Atkinson. (2018, PG) ★★★

9.40 Game Night Comedy.

A group of friends become

entangled in a kidnapping

mystery. Stars Jason

Bateman. (2018) ★★★★

11.25 Super Troopers 2 (2018) ★★

1.10 AM This Is the End (2013)

3.05 Bad Teacher (2011) ★★★

4.50 to 6.40 AM The Bromley

Boys (2018, PG) ★★★

6.00 AM Star Wars: Episode I –

The Phantom Menace

8.30 Star Wars: Episode II –

Attack of the Clones

11.00 Star Wars: The Clone Wars

12.45 PM Star Wars: Episode III –

Revenge of the Sith (2005)

3.10 Star Wars: Episode I – The

Phantom Menace (1999)

5.30 Star Wars: Episode II –

Attack of the Clones (2002)

8.00 Star Wars: Episode III

• Revenge of the Sith
  Sci-fi adventure sequel.
  Stars Hayden Christensen.
  (2005, 12) ★★★★
  10.30 Star Wars: Episode
  VIII –The Last Jedi
  Sci-fi sequel. Rey attempts
  to recruit Luke. Stars Mark
  Hamill. (2017, 12) ★★★★
  1.15 AM The Running Man Sci-fi
  thriller. (1987, 18) ★★★
  3.05 to 5.00 AM Machete Action
  thriller starring Danny
  Trejo. (2010, 18) ★★★

6.10 AM Lego DC Super Hero

Girls: Super-Villain High

7. 3 0 Smallfoot (2018, U) ★★★
   9.15 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (2012)
   10.45 The Smurfs (2011, U) ★★
   12.35 PM The Smurfs 2 (2013) ★★
   2.25 Smallfoot (2018, U) ★★★
   4.10 The Karate Kid Martial-arts
   remake. (2010, PG) ★★★
   6.40 Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
   (2005, PG) ★★★★★

8.00 The Mask of Zorro

Adventure. The hero looks

for a suitable successor.

Stars Antonio Banderas.

(1998, PG) ★★★★

10.20 Zathura: A Space

Adventure Sci-fi. Two

brothers are plunged into

intergalactic adventures.

(2005, PG) ★★★

12.05 AM The Karate Kid 2.35 The

Nightmare Before Christmas

4.05 Open Season 3 (2010) ★★★

5.25 to 6.50 AM Batman

Unlimited (2016, PG) ★★★

7.0 0 AM The Lego Movie (2014)

8.50 Spider-Man: Into the

Spider-Verse See 7.00pm.

10.50 Venom See 9.00pm.

12.50 PM After Earth Sci-fi action

adventure. (2013, 12) ★★

2.40 Maze Runner: The Death

Cure Sci-fi starring Dylan

O’Brien. (2018, 12) ★★★

5.05 The Lego Movie Animated

comedy. (2014, U) ★★★★★

6.00 AM Close Encounters of the

Third Kind (1977) ★★★★★

8.30 Planet of the Apes Sci-fi

adventure. (2001, 12) ★★★

10.45 Guardians of the Galaxy

See 6.45pm.

1.00 PM Deadpool 2 See 9.00pm.

3.00 X-Men Origins: Wolverine

(2009, 12) ★★★★

5.00 Beetlejuice Horror comedy.

(1988, 15) ★★★★★

6.15 AM The Fox and the Hound

7.45 One Hundred and One

Dalmatians (1961)

9.15 Cinderella (1950, U) ★★★★

10.35 Mulan (1998, U) ★★★★

12.10 PM Mary Poppins As 7pm.

2.40 Cinderella (1950, U) ★★★★

4.00 One Hundred and One

Dalmatians (1961)

5.30 Pocahontas Animated

drama. (1995, U) ★★★

6.50 AM The Curious Case of

Benjamin Button (2008)

9.55 Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

11.45 Philadelphia Oscar-winning

drama. (1993, 12) ★★★★

1.55 PM That Good Night

Drama. (2017, 12) ★★

3.35 Atonement Romantic

drama. (2007, 15) ★★★★

5.45 Erin Brockovich Fact-based

drama. (2000, 15) ★★★★

7.0 0 Spider-Man: Into the

Spider-Verse Animation

with the voice of Shameik

Moore and Hailee Steinfeld.

(2018, PG) ★★★★

9.00 Venom Adventure

fantasy. A journalist gains

superhuman strength and

power. Stars Tom Hardy.

(2018, 15) ★★★

6.45 Guardians of the

Galaxy Sci-fi. A band

of ex-prisoners battles an

alien warlord. Stars Chris

Pratt. (2014, 12) ★★★★

9.00 Deadpool 2 Action

sequel. The anti-hero tries

to protect a mutant. Stars

Ryan Reynolds and Josh

Brolin. (2018, 15) ★★★★

7.0 0 Mary Poppins Fantasy.

A magical nanny transforms

the lives of two children.

Stars Julie Andrews.

(1964, U) ★★★★★

9.25 Sleeping Beauty

Animated adventure.

A princess is condemned

by a curse to sleep for 100

years. (1959, U) ★★★

8.00 The Shape of Water

Fantasy. A mute cleaning

lady makes a life-changing

discovery. Stars Sally

Hawkins. (2017) ★★★★★

10.10 Fifty Shades Freed

Romantic thriller sequel.

The couple’s happiness is

put at risk. Stars Dakota

Johnson. (2018, 18) ★★★

10.55 Blades of Glory Ice-skating

comedy. (2007, 12) ★★★

12.40 AM Rambo (2008, 18) ★★★

2.20 Roman J. Israel, Esq (2017)

4.30 to 6.15 AM Patrick (2018)

11.05 X-Men Origins: Wolverine

1.00 AM The Possession of

Hannah Grace 2.30 SiREN

4.00 to 6.30 AM Close Encounters

of the Third Kind (1977)

10.45 The Fox and the Hound

12.20 AM The Muppet Movie

2.00 Pete’s Dragon (1977, U) ★★

3.50 to 5.30 AM The Hunchback

of Notre Dame (1996)

12.05 AM Notorious Music

biopic. (2009, 15) ★★★

2.15 Backstabbing for Beginners

Drama. (2018, 15) ★★

4.10 to 7.10 AM The Bible (1966)

7.0 0 AM The Waltons Drama.

11.00 And the Beat Goes On

Biopic of Sonny Bono and

Cher. (1999, PG) ★★★

1.00 PM Perry Mason: The Case

of the Murdered Madam

3.00 Perry Mason: The Case of

the Notorious Nun (1986)

5.00 Perry Mason: The Case of

the Sinister Spirit Mystery

drama. (1987, PG) ★★★

7. 25 AM The Belles of St Trinian’s
   9.25 To Kill a Mockingbird
   (1962, PG, b&w) ★★★★★
   12.00 NOON Anne of the Thousand
   Days (1969, PG) ★★★
   3.00 PM Star in the Dust Western
   drama. (1955, PG) ★★★
   4.40 Oklahoma Territory
   (1960, U, b&w) ★★★
   6.05 Apache Drums Western
   adventure. (1951, U) ★★★

6.15 AM Once Upon a Time in the

West (1968, 15) ★★★★★

9.05 True Grit See 5.50pm.

11.15 Tombstone See 8.00pm.

1.30 PM High Noon Western.

(1952, U, b&w) ★★★★★

3.00 Once Upon a Time in the

West (1968, 15) ★★★★★

5.50 True Grit Western drama

starring John Wayne.

(1969, PG) ★★★★★

7.0 0 AM The Hurricane Heist

8.55 The Ladykillers Comedy

remake. (2004, 15) ★★★

10.45 Extremely Wicked,

Shockingly Evil, and Vile

Biopic. (2019, 15) ★★★★

12.40 PM The Italian Job (1969)

2.25 Munich Political thriller.

(2005, 15) ★★★★

5.10 Layer Cake Gangster crime

thriller. (2004, 15) ★★★★

7.0 0 Perry Mason:

The Case of the

Wicked Wives Mystery

drama starring Paul

Sorvino. (1993, PG) ★★★

9.00 Perry Mason:

The Case of the Lady

in the Lake Mystery

starring Raymond Burr and

Barbara Hale. (1987) ★★★

7.45 Sherlock Holmes:

Terror by Night Mystery

starring Basil Rathbone

and Alan Mowbray.

(1946, U, b&w) ★★★★

9.00 The Outlaw Josey

Wales Western. A solider

joins a band of guerillas.

Stars Clint Eastwood.

(1976, 18) ★★★★★

8.00 Tombstone Western.

Marshal Wyatt Earp tackles

a marauding outlaw and

his gang. Stars Kurt

Russell. (1993, 15) ★★★★

10.15 Hostiles Western.

An army captain escorts a

Native American chief to his

homeland. Stars Christian

Bale. (2017, 15) ★★★★

7.0 0 RocknRolla Comedy

thriller. Two crooks trigger

a feud between criminal

gangs. Stars Gerard

Butler. (2008, 15) ★★

9.00 The Italian Job Crime

caper. An ex-con plots a

massive bullion robbery in

Turin. Stars Michael Caine.

(1969, PG) ★★★★★

11.00 The Case of the Murdered

Madam 1.00 AM Waltons

3.00 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

5.00 to 7.00 AM

Highway to Heaven

11.45 Ransom Thriller starring Mel

Gibson. (1996, 15) ★★★★

2.20 AM Tango & Cash Action

thriller. (1989, 18) ★★★

4.30 to 6.00 AM Best Directors

12.30 AM Django Unchained

Western. (2012, 18) ★★★★

3.25 High Noon See 1.30pm.

5.05 to 7.05 AM Shenandoah

Western. (1965, PG) ★★★

10.45 The Krays (1990) ★★★★

12.45 AM Rising Sun (1993) ★★★

3.05 Black Rain (1989, 18) ★★★

5.15 to 7.00 AM Sam Churchill:

Search for a Homeless Man