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Films on UK TV

Posted by Phantasy on Thursday, August 21 2014 at 10:25:29AM

Saturday 23 August, 12.20pm - 2.35pm, Movie Mix
Monday 25 August, 2.20pm - 4.30pm, Movie Mix

MAGIC IN THE WATER (1995, Can/US)
Children's adventure. On holiday in Canada, 9-year-old Ashley (Sarah Wayne) claims to have seen the local lake monster.

Saturday 23 August, 1.00pm - 3.00pm, True Entertainment

LOVE COMES SOFTLY (2003, US TVM)
When a woman is widowed while on the wagon trail West, she decides on a marriage of convenience to a widower with a bratty 9-year-old daughter, Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak).

Saturday 23 August, 3.00pm - 5.00pm, C5

The WIZARD OF OZ (1939, US)
Classic fantasy musical. When a huge tornado hits her home in Kansas, Dorothy (Judy Garland) is whisked into a strange and dazzling world. There she must escape the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West and find her way to the Emerald City.

Saturday 23 August, 11.05pm - 12.50am, ITV4
Wednesday 27 August, 11.00pm - 12.50am, ITV4

BOOGEYMAN (2005, US)
A young man, traumatised by childhood memories of his father being dragged away by a monster hiding in his bedroom closet, returns to the family home to confront his demons. Skye McCole Bartusiak plays Franny, a ghostly 10-year-old girl he meets nearby, and Aaron Murphy plays the man as an 8-year-old boy. Videocaps

Sunday 24 August, 6.00am - 8.00am, True Entertainment

A GRANDPA FOR CHRISTMAS (2007, US TVM)
An actor about to retire is put in the awkward position of having to take care of a granddaughter he never knew he had, 10-year-old Becca (Juliette Goglia).

Sunday 24 August, 8.00am - 10.10am, Movie Mix
Monday 25 August, 12.10pm - 2.20pm, Movie Mix

HEIDI (2005, UK)
In this adaptation of the classic novel, Emma Bolger plays 8-year-old orphan Heidi who is sent to live with her curmudgeon grandfather in the Swiss Alps, where she makes friends with local boy Peter (Sam Friend). She is just settling in when she is sent to Frankfurt as a companion to 11-year-old crippled girl Clara (Jessica Claridge). Videocaps

Sunday 24 August, 10.10am - 12.00pm, Movie Mix
Tuesday 26 August, 2.30pm - 4.25pm, Movie Mix

MADELINE (1998, US/Ger)
Orphan Madeline (Hatty Jones) faces her greatest challenge when the owner of the school she attends announces he wants to sell the property. Features twelve 10-year-old girls! Videocaps

Sunday 24 August, 3.30pm - 5.25pm, ITV2
Monday 25 August, 5.00pm - 6.55pm, ITV2

HORRID HENRY: THE MOVIE (2011, UK)
'Horrid' Henry (Theo Stevenson) finds himself trying to save the school he always claims to hate, when the head of a rival, fee-paying, school tries to close it down. Videocaps

Sunday 24 August, 11.15pm - 1.35am, ITV2

The BUTTERFLY EFFECT (2004, US)
7-year-olds Evan (Logan Lerman), Kayleigh (Sarah Widdows), Tommy (Cameron Bright) and Lenny (Jake Kaese) suffer traumatic childhoods, especially Evan, who has periodic blackouts. When Evan grows up, he realises the blackouts are times when he has gone back in time to change the past, but every time he makes things worse. Videocaps

Monday 25 August, 9.15am - 11.25am, BBC2

POLLYANNA (1960, US)
Young orphan Pollyanna (Hayley Mills) arrives in a small town that is embattled by feuds to live with her wealthy aunt, where her optimistic, cheerful outlook eventually lifts the community out of the doldrums. Kevin Corcoran plays Jimmy Bean, a boy from the local orphanage, who befriends Pollyanna. Videocaps

Monday 25 August, 4.20pm - 8.00pm, Drama

GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2011, UK TV)
TV mini series. The life of poor orphan boy Pip (Oscar Kennedy, first 45 minutes) suddenly changes when he comes into a fortune from an unknown benefactor. Izzy Meikle-Small plays Estella, the adopted daughter of the mysterious Miss Havisham.

Monday 25 August, 5.15pm - 7.15pm, Film4

TOOTH FAIRY (2010, US/Can)
An ice hockey player is transformed into a real-life fairy as punishment for telling his girlfriend's daughter, 6-year-old Tess (Destiny Whitlock), that tooth fairies don't exist. Chase Ellison plays Randy, Tess's teenage brother.

Monday 25 August, 9.00pm - 11.00pm, Film4

INTRUDERS (2011, UK/Sp)
Two children, Juan (Izán Corchero) and Mia (Ella Purnell), living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them.

Tuesday 26 August, 11.00am - 12.45pm, Film4

SPYKIDS 4: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD (2011, US)
When a retired spy is called back into action she invites her stepchildren Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (Mason Cook) along for the adventure to stop the evil Timekeeper from taking over the world. Videocaps

Tuesday 26 August, 3.05pm - 4.55pm, Film4

CHARLOTTE'S WEB (2006, US)
Dakota Fanning plays Fern, a farmer's daughter determined to save runt pig Wilbur from her father's axe, with the help of Charlotte, the cunning web-spinning spider. Louis Corbett plays Avery, Fern's younger brother.

Thursday 28 August, 10.55pm - 12.50am, Movie Mix

NOWHERE TO RUN (1993, US)
Action adventure. An escaped convict becomes friends with a widow and her children, Mookie (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman), who are being harassed by land developers. Videocaps

Thursday 28 August, 11.00pm - 1.10am, ITV4

MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (1983, UK)
A set of comic sketches, notably including "Every Sperm is Sacred", a large scale musical number featuring a father with an unfeasibly large number of children. (Some of the children also briefly appear in the endpiece set in Heaven.) Videocaps

Friday 29 August, 9.00pm - 11.05pm, Film4

ALONG CAME A SPIDER (2001, US/Ger)
Following the abduction of 12-year-old Megan Rose (Mika Boorem) from school, a psychological profiler is forced to join the hunt when he's contacted by the kidnapper. Anton Yelchin plays Dimitri, Megan's schoolfriend. Videocaps




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