Film4 TV Guide
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Documentary. Who was Charlie Chaplin? A simple enough question on the surface of it. But dig a bit deeper and separating the man from the character he played is a little trickier.
2h 15 min 01:25 – 03:40
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 20 min 03:40 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
Father Brown
Crime-comedy starring Alec Guinness. A priest is tasked with accompanying a priceless religious artifact from London to Rome. But the prolific thief Flambeau is hot on his trail.
1h 45 min 11:00 – 12:45
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Historical drama starring Joan Greenwood and Stewart Granger. Princess Dorothea marries the future king of England. But then she meets a Swedish count.
1h 55 min 12:45 – 14:40
Nicholas Nickleby
Drama with Derek Bond, based on Charles Dickens' novel. After his father dies, Nicholas seeks the help of his cold, avaricious, scheming uncle. Predictably, it doesn't go well.
2h 10 min 14:40 – 16:50
The Colditz Story
Classic Second World War drama. John Mills, Lionel Jeffries and Bryan Forbes star as just some of the POWs determined to break out of the infamous German 'escape-proof' prison.
2h 16:50 – 18:50
Fisherman's Friends
Heart-warming comedy based on the real-life story of the Cornish folk ensemble who took the UK charts by storm in 2010, starring Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton.
2h 10 min 18:50 – 21:00
Boston Strangler
Keira Knightley stars as Loretta McLaughlin, the reporter who fought 60s chauvinism to break the story of the notorious titular serial killer, in Matt Ruskin's true crime procedural.
2h 15 min 21:00 – 23:15
She Said
Fact-based drama with Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan. New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey investigate the sexual abuses of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
2h 35 min 23:15 – 01:50
French Exit
Comedy drama with Michelle Pfeiffer. A skint Manhattan socialite moves to Paris with her son and a cat. which may or may not contain the spirit of her dead husband.
2h 10 min 01:50 – 04:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 04:00 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
The Sound Barrier
Drama starring Ralph Richardson as a pioneering aviator determined to break the sound barrier, even if it means risking the lives of those closest to him. Directed by David Lean.
2h 20 min 11:00 – 13:20
Gideon of Scotland Yard
Drama. Jack Hawkins stars as Police Inspector Gideon, who faces outrage and danger in his quest to bring London's criminals to justice. With Anna Massey, John Loder and Cyril Cusack.
1h 50 min 13:20 – 15:10
Animal Farm
George Orwell's cautionary tale reimagined in cartoon form. A farm's animals revolt against their abusive owner only for the pigs to become drunk with their newly found power.
1h 30 min 15:10 – 16:40
Footsteps in the Fog
Atmospheric Victorian melodrama. Stewart Granger plays a sinister aristocrat who poisons his wife. However, his maid knows his secret and tries to use it against him.
1h 45 min 16:40 – 18:25
Legends of the Fall
Oscar-winning turn-of-the-century drama with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. A Montana patriarch's son falls for his brother's fiancée, setting off a tragic chain of events.
2h 35 min 18:25 – 21:00
American Gangster Special
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott talk about making American Gangster, the 2007 crime epic based on an unlikely true story.
10 min 21:00 – 21:10
American Gangster
True crime thriller directed by Ridley Scott. An outcast New York cop is charged with bringing down entrepreneurial Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas.
3h 10 min 21:10 – 00:20
The Mechanic
Thriller with Jason Statham and Donald Sutherland. A hitman is ordered to kill his mentor, but then takes on the dead man's son as an apprentice. Could get complicated. and deadly.
1h 50 min 00:20 – 02:10
A Quiet Place Part II
Hushed-horror sequel with Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy. Armed only with a hearing aid, can the family evade the vicious aliens with super-hearing, and find a community to live in.
1h 50 min 02:10 – 04:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 04:00 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
Wonder Park
Animated adventure featuring the voices of Jennifer Garner, Mila Kunis, John Oliver and Matthew Broderick. A girl's imaginary theme park comes to life when her mum goes to hospital.
1h 45 min 11:00 – 12:45
Spies in Disguise
Animated spy comedy caper with the voice of Will Smith. The 'world's most awesome spy' gets framed and has to go undercover as a pigeon to prove his innocence.
2h 5 min 12:45 – 14:50
The Desert Fox
Drama. James Mason stars in Henry Hathaway's sympathetic portrait of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the final years of his life during the Second World War. With Jessica Tandy.
1h 45 min 14:50 – 16:35
The Perfect Catch
Lindsey and the Boston Red Sox baseball team. Based on Nick Hornby's novel Fever Pitch.
2h 5 min 16:35 – 18:40
The Day After Tomorrow
Tense sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid. A scientist sets out to save his son when global warming plunges the world into a sudden climatic catastrophe.
2h 20 min 18:40 – 21:00
The King's Man
The spy-caper franchise continues with the origins story of the Kingsman agency, as a plucky group battle an international conspiracy at the outbreak of WWI. With Ralph Fiennes.
2h 40 min 21:00 – 23:40
Scream
Meta-comedy horror 're-quel' with Courteney Cox. Killer Ghostface returns to shock the younger generation out of their love of 'elevated horror' with a bit of old-fashioned slashing.
2h 15 min 23:40 – 01:55
Dead of Night
Five uncanny tales of the supernatural in one eerie package, the most famous starring ventriloquist Michael Redgrave and a deadly dummy. Prepare to be spooked.
2h 5 min 01:55 – 04:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 04:00 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Historical drama with Keith Michell as Henry VIII, nobly supported by Donald Pleasance, Charlotte Rampling and Jane Asher. The dying monarch reviews his own life.
2h 25 min 11:00 – 13:25
Oblivion Interview Special
Tom Cruise talks about making the sci-fi-adventure Oblivion.
5 min 13:25 – 13:30
Local Hero
Comedy starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster and Peter Capaldi. A US oil company executive tries to persuade a small Scottish seaside community to sell up their entire village.
2h 15 min 13:30 – 15:45
Mission
Interview Special: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby and director Christopher McQuarrie talk about making the sixth instalment in the thriller series.
5 min 15:45 – 15:50
Midway
Roland Emmerich's sprawling, action-packed war drama about the Battle of Midway, a major turning point in World War II. Starring Ed Skrein, Luke Evans and Woody Harrelson.
2h 45 min 15:50 – 18:35
Oblivion
Sci-fi action-mystery set on a war-ravaged planet Earth that's been largely abandoned by humanity. With Tom Cruise, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman.
2h 25 min 18:35 – 21:00
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Drama starring Emma Thompson as a recently widowed, retired teacher who has a sexual bucket list she wants to get around to now that she has the time and, perhaps, even the energy.
1h 55 min 21:00 – 22:55
Hunter Killer
Nautical action thriller. Gerard Butler stars as an unconventional submarine skipper sent to investigate the torpedoing of a US vessel. With Gary Oldman, Linda Cardellini and Common.
2h 20 min 22:55 – 01:15
Minari
Moving drama. In the 1980s, the Yi family move to rural Arkansas to live the American Dream. But the reality is harsh and the family are soon struggling to survive. In Korean/subs.
2h 15 min 01:15 – 03:30
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 30 min 03:30 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 06:00 – 08:00
LumoTV
Drama. A charming family story of how a young deaf girl learns that Santa is not deaf.
30 min 08:00 – 08:30
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 30 min 08:30 – 11:00
Young Winston
Biopic charting the rise of the future PM from battered Harrow pupil to MP via military action on foreign soil. Directed by Richard Attenborough.
2h 50 min 11:00 – 13:50
Two Way Stretch
Comedy. Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins and David Lodge star as criminals happily incarcerated in a prison run like a home-from-home for old lags and rascals by a liberal governor.
1h 45 min 13:50 – 15:35
Far from the Madding Crowd
Julie Christie and Terence Stamp star in John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel. Bathsheba is not short of suitors, but will marrying any of them lead to happiness.
3h 20 min 15:35 – 18:55
Dante's Peak
Action thriller starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. The inhabitants of a volcano-side resort unwisely ignore a scientist's warning about its imminent eruption.
2h 5 min 18:55 – 21:00
The Menu
Horror with Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy. Only one diner at an exclusive eatery sees through the foam quenelles to the pile of steaming prairie oysters beyond. Mayhem ensues.
2h 10 min 21:00 – 23:10
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Darkly comic sci-fi action thriller with Michelle Yeoh. A laundromat owner's drab existence becomes much more exciting when she must traverse the multiverse to defeat an evil force.
2h 45 min 23:10 – 01:55
Your Name.
Exquisitely romantic anime. A city boy falls for a country girl when they swap bodies. But after the connection is broken, he sets out to find his love. In Japanese/subs.
2h 5 min 01:55 – 04:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 04:00 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
A Kid for Two Farthings
Carol Reed's charming film stars Jonathan Ashmore as a young, impressionable boy who mistakes a one-horned goat for a unicorn in London's colourful Petticoat Lane market.
1h 50 min 11:00 – 12:50
Three Hours to Kill
Western starring Dana Andrews. A man falsely accused of murder gets a last-minute reprieve from the lynch mob so he can track down the real culprit.
1h 35 min 12:50 – 14:25
Mysterious Island
Sci-fi adventure based on Jules Verne's novel. Two men fleeing the US Civil War find an island inhabited by monsters and the mysterious Captain Nemo.
2h 5 min 14:25 – 16:30
Oblivion Interview Special
Tom Cruise talks about making the sci-fi-adventure Oblivion.
5 min 16:30 – 16:35
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
World War II comedy starring Jack Lemmon. A luckless naval lieutenant is duped into commanding a dangerous mission into enemy territory during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
2h 5 min 16:35 – 18:40
Mission
Interview Special: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby and director Christopher McQuarrie talk about making the sixth instalment in the thriller series.
5 min 18:40 – 18:45
Fisherman's Friends
Heart-warming comedy based on the real-life story of the Cornish folk ensemble who took the UK charts by storm in 2010, starring Daniel Mays and Tuppence Middleton.
2h 15 min 18:45 – 21:00
The Unbearable Weight of...
Nicolas Cage stars as, er, Nic Cage - an unbearably talented actor caught up in a CIA investigation while trying to resurrect his ailing career. With Pedro Pascal.
2h 10 min 21:00 – 23:10
The Quiet Girl
Colm Bairéad's poignant drama about a little girl who's sent away from home to live with distant family in rural Ireland. Based on Claire Keegan's novella Foster. In Gaelic/subs.
1h 50 min 23:10 – 01:00
Spencer
Kristen Stewart dons the famous pixie cut to play an embattled Princess Diana in director Pablo Larraín's stylised dramatisation of three stifling Christmas nights at Sandringham.
2h 15 min 01:00 – 03:15
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
2h 45 min 03:15 – 06:00
Teleshopping
Teleshopping.
5h 06:00 – 11:00
Payroll
British crime thriller starring Billie Whitelaw. When Jackie's husband - an armoured van driver - is killed in a heist, she vows to unmask those responsible and take her revenge.
2h 10 min 11:00 – 13:10
A Lawless Street
A non-stop romp of a western from director Joseph H Lewis. In the town of Medicine Bend, only Marshal Calem Ware can keep its citizens from falling into complete lawlessness.
1h 40 min 13:10 – 14:50
Oblivion Interview Special
Tom Cruise talks about making the sci-fi-adventure Oblivion.
5 min 14:50 – 14:55
The Colditz Story
Classic Second World War drama. John Mills, Lionel Jeffries and Bryan Forbes star as just some of the POWs determined to break out of the infamous German 'escape-proof' prison.
2h 14:55 – 16:55
Jingle All the Way
Brian Levant's festive all-action comedy. Arnold Schwarzenegger is on a mission to get his son the must-have Christmas toy, Turbo Man. But it's sold out everywhere.
1h 45 min 16:55 – 18:40
The Day After Tomorrow
Tense sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid. A scientist sets out to save his son when global warming plunges the world into a sudden climatic catastrophe.
2h 20 min 18:40 – 21:00
Wrath of Man
Jason Statham reunites with director Guy Ritchie to give it both barrels as a mysterious hardman working for a money truck firm that keeps getting hit. But is he an inside man.
2h 20 min 21:00 – 23:20