Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

We start the week with a musical treat and a temporary fix for our Doctor Who habits. On Monday, September 6th, at 8:30pm, BBC3 hosts Doctor Who At The Proms 2010 where a number of Who cast and characters will tap toes and sway eye stalks to Murray Gold's music. We'll have a special remembrance on the day from a fan who was in attendance at the filming of the programme. You'll find it in our TV section on Monday, with an additional reminder about the broadcast.

We heard good things about Deadwood, but missed the show when it first aired here. We reckon we'll rectify that gap in our TV western drama viewing and TCM aims to help, with daily airings of episodes starting with the pilot, showing on Monday, September 6th at 11:00pm. That can headline a week of great western fare including Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America, and Michael Mann's colonial frontier classic, The Last Of The Mohicans, details on air dates and times of which follow in our film listing.

If it wasn't so slickly written and admirably acted, it might be harder for modern women to watch the excellent Mad Men. In fact, that's what the men at the ad agency would call us, "modern women". And they'd say it with a lechy snear, in the office, right to our faces. The sixties-set drama enters its fourth season with opening episode, Public Relations, and takes place over that most American of holidays, Thanksgiving, a concept as foreign as the accepted behaviour and brazen belt notching of some of Mad Men's always interesting characters. We're just thankful for a new series, which you can catch on Wednesday, September 8th at 10:00pm on BBC4. 

After an extended break that left a serious dent in our Thursday night funny quotables quotient, Mock The Week, hosted by Dara Ó Briain, returns at 10:00pm on September 9th to BBC2. Chris Addison, Milton Jones and Andi Osho are the guest starring stand-ups sitting down with weekly panel bosses Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard and Andy Parsons.

Now, on to the films showing through the weekend and a bit beyond. As always, if we missed anything interesting, have a shout in the comments, with our thanks.

Please also note: the ordinal numbers for dates will help you scan through this simple list with your browser's search function. Enter '4th' in your browser's Find box or window to highlight and/or tab through all movies shown on Saturday. Enjoy!

Army Of Darkness
On: TCM
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 9:00pm (and 1:00am 4th Sept)

Cape Fear (1962)
On: Alibi
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 00:55am (and 1:55am Alibi+1, 10:35/11:35pm 3rd Sept)

Cloverfield
On: Film4
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Deathwatch
On: Film4
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 01:10am (and 2:10am Film4+1)

Desperado
On: Five USA
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Five USA+1, 9/10:00pm 7th Sept)

Dune
On: Five USA
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 2:15pm (and 3:15pm Five USA+1)

Flash Gordon
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 4:50pm (and 5:50pm ITV4+1)

For Your Eyes Only
On: ITV1
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 4:15pm

Gremlins 2: The New Batch
On: Five
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 5:10pm

Grosse Pointe Blank
On: BBC 1
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 11:15pm

Groundhog Day
On: Bravo
Date: Thursday 2nd September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Bravo+1, 6/7:00pm 9th Sept)

Hero
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 00:10am (and 1:10am Film4+1)

Highlander
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: midnight (and 1:00am 5th Sept ITV4+1, 11/midnight 7th Sept)

Kiki's Delivery Service
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 4:45pm (and 5:45pm Film4+1)

Logan's Run
On: Film4
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 6:35pm (and 7:35pm Film4+1)

Moonraker
On: ITV1
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 1:25pm

National Lampoon's Animal House
On: ITV4
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 00:45am (and 1:45am ITV4+1)

Once Upon A Time In America
On: Film4
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 10:50pm (and 11:50pm Fim4+1)

Point Break
On: FIVER
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Fiver+1, 9/10:00pm 6th Sept)

Run Lola Run
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 4:40pm (and midnight)

Secondhand Lions
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 1:00pm (and 2:00pm Film4+1)

Shallow Grave
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Terminator Salvation
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 10:00am (and 11:00am Premiere+1, 8/9:00pm, then daily at similar times through 9th Sept)

The Last Of The Mohicans
On: Five
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 9:00pm

The Pursuit Of Happyness
On: Five
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 8:00pm

The Warlords
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 11:00pm (and midnight Film4+1)

This Is England
On: Channel 4
Date: Monday 6th September
Time: 11:10pm (and 00:10am 7th Sept 4+1)

Three Kings
On: ITV2
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm ITV2+1, 10/11:00pm 8th Sept)

Transformers
On: Channel 4
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 6:20pm (and 7:20pm 4+1)

The Blues Brothers
On: ITV4
Date: Friday 3rd September
Time: 10:10pm (and 11:10m ITV4+1)

The Bourne Ultimatum
On: ITV1
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 8:45pm

The Faculty
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 1:10pm (and 7:15pm)

Unforgiven
On: TCM
Date: Tuesday 7th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 00:30am 8th Sept)

Wallace And Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
On: BBC 1
Date: Saturday 4th September
Time: 6:20pm

X-Men
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 5th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)