Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

True Blood reaches its penultimate near peak in To Love Is To Bury tonight at 10:00pm and ten past midnight. Watch for clues of the Vamp Tramp Killer while a mysterious stranger comes to Tara's aid.

Sherlock Holmes fans can brush up on Conan Doyle's inspired character creation before his latest big screen outing, with Conan Doyle For The Defence, Saturday 26th September on BBC4 at 8:05pm with a double dose of sleuthing that includes repeat airings of 2000-2001's Murder Rooms: Mysteries Of The Real Sherlock Holmes, starring the late Ian Richardson. The first episode, The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes is shown at 9:05pm, following the Conan Doyle documentary.

More beginnings and endings start on Sunday the 27th at 9:00pm on Sky1 with the season 5 finale of House, Both Sides Now, that heralds major changes to come.

Then on Monday 28th September at 9:00pm, Lost fans, who will soon be left high and dry when that epic series washes ashore for the last time, will be watching and banking on FlashForward, a new series debut on channel Five entitled No More Good Days. The cast includes 'Say My Name Exactly As You See It' Joseph Fiennes and Lost alumni Dominic Monaghan and promises grey cell smashing and crashing moments for the sci-fi fantasy fan. Let's hope that it can fill that oceanic gap.

And now to the week's films and, as always, if there's a show or movie this week you feel merits a nod, shout it out in the comments, please.

Please also note: the ordinal numbers for dates will help you scan through this simple list with your browser's search function. Enter '26th' in your browser's Find box or window to highlight and/or tab through all movies shown on Saturday. Enjoy!

16 Blocks
On: BBC 1
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 10:45pm

28 Days Later
On: E4
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm E4+1)

Alien 3
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 4:50pm (and 00:20am 29th Sept)

Back To The Future
On: Five
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 4:55pm (and 9:35am & 5:15pm 29th Sept Sky Sci-Fi)

Back To The Future Part III
On: SCI FI
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 12:40pm (and 8:00pm)

Barton Fink
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 1:40pm (and 8:00pm)

Batman
On: Bravo
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Bravo+1)

Blade Runner
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 2:40pm

Buffalo '66
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 6:00pm (and 11:45pm)

Bulletproof Monk
On: E4
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 11:00pm (and midnight E4+1)

Cloverfield
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 1:25pm (and 9:00pm)

Coming To America
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 1:00pm (and 8:00pm)

Daylight
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 07:05am (and 3:10pm)

Death Becomes Her
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 10:25am (and 6:00pm)

Desperado
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 02:00am

Die Another Day
On: ITV2
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 9:00pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 08:20am (and 4:00am 1st Oct)

District 13
On: Film4
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 10:45pm (and 11:45pm Film4+1, 9:00/10:00pm 1st Oct Film4/+1)

Dog Soldiers
On: Five
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 10:00pm

Dolores Claiborne
On: TCM
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 9:00pm

Dragnet
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 4:40pm (and 4:25am 30th Sept)

Eastern Promises
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 02:10am

Edward Scissorhands
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 10:05pm

F/X
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 09:20am (and 4:30pm)

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 8:00pm

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 2:25pm (and 9:00pm, 1:55pm & 9:00pm 2nd Oct Sky Screen 2)

High Fidelity
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 09:00am (and 8:00pm, 3:50pm 30th Sept, 00:05am 1st Oct)

I, Robot
On: Film4
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Ils (Them)
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 11:25pm (and 00:25am 27th Sept)

In Bruges
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 00:15am (and 10:40pm 1st Oct)

Indiana Jones And the Last Crusade
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 12:55pm (and 10:20pm)

Iron Man
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 25th September 2009
Time: 11:25am (and 8:00pm)

Juno
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 10:50am (and 8:20pm)

Jurassic Park
On: ITV2
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 6:35pm (and 00:10am 1st Oct)

Jurassic Park III
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 6:15pm (and midnight 30th Sept)

Manhunter
On: TCM
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 9:00pm

Mark Of The Vampire
On: TCM
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 5:40pm (and 9:30am 26th Sept)

Midnight Express
On: Channel 4
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 00:50am (and 1:50am 4+1)

Mission: Impossible II
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 09:30am (and 8:00pm)

Mortal Thoughts
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 02:20am

National Lampoon's Vacation
On: FIVER
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 9:00pm

No Country For Old Men
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 1:05pm (and 9:00pm)

No Way Out
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 06:55am

Outpost
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 00:15am (and 01:15am Premiere+1, 00:15/01:15am 26th Sept Premiere/+1)

Pale Rider
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 06:20am

Passenger 57
On: ITV2
Date: Thursday 1st October
Time: 11:35pm

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 04:50am

Persepolis
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 11:00pm (and midnight Film4+1)

Point Break
On: BBC 1
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 10:20pm

Predator
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 00:15am

Pretty In Pink
On: TCM
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 00:55am 28th Sept)

Psycho (1960)
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 02:50am

Raiders Of The Lost Ark
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 08:35am (and 6:00pm)

Saturday Night Fever
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: midnight

Seance on A Wet Afternoon
On: Channel 4
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 1:15pm (and 2:15pm 4+1)

Shoot 'Em Up
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 10:00pm

Sleepers
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 02:05am (and 11:40pm 29th Sept)

Small Soldiers
On: ITV2
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 5:55pm (and 2:55pm 27th Sept)

Strange Days
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 01:55am

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 00:25am

Teen Wolf
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 07:55am (and 00:45am 26th Sept)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
On: ITV2
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 11:30pm

The Accidental Tourist
On: ITV1
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 00:45am

The Big Lebowski
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 30th September
Time: 11:55pm

The Blob (1958)
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 10:00am (and 5:40pm)

The Breakfast Club
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 06:15am (and 3:30pm)

The China Syndrome
On: more4
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 10:45am

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 2:05pm (and 10:50pm)

The Duellists
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 10:25am

The Fast And The Furious
On: Five (105)
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 8:00pm 29th Sept)

The Firm
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 07:05am (and 2:20pm)

The Fugitive
On: ITV1
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 10:35pm

The Godfather
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 1:40pm (and midnight)

The Great Escape
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 6:00pm (and 7:00pm Premiere+1)

The Grifters
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 11:50pm (and midnight 1st Oct)

The Iron Giant
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 06:00am (and 10:30pm 30th Sept Sky Family)

The Italian Job (1969)
On: Sky Movies Action/Thrille
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 06:25am (and 2:10pm)

The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
On: Channel 4
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 7:00pm (and 8:00pm 4+1)

The Mist
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 11:25am (and 6:50pm)

The Pelican Brief
On: ITV1
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 10:35pm

The Princess Bride
On: Five
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 5:00pm

The Prophecy
On: SCI FI
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 9:40pm (and 11:50pm 28th Sept)

The Silence Of The Lambs
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 9:00pm

The Transporter
On: Film4
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1, 9:00/10:00pm 29th Sept Film4/+1)

The Usual Suspects
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 10:00pm

The Year Of Living Dangerously
On: TCM
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 6:45pm (and 10:45am 26th Sept)

Three Kings
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 6:00pm (and 6:50pm 2nd Oct)

Thunderball
On: ITV1
Date: Sunday 27th September
Time: 3:55pm

Trading Places
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 12:30pm (and 8:00pm, 8:40am & 4:25pm 1st Oct)

Trekkies
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Friday 25th September
Time: 09:00am (and 8:30pm)

Tropic Thunder
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 10:00am (and 11:00am Premiere+1 & 8:00/9:00pm Premiere/+1 and similar times daily through 2 Oct)

True Romance
On: Five
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 11:05pm

X-Men
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Saturday 26th September
Time: 08:20am (and 12:15pm, 11:55am & 9:40pm 2nd Oct Sky Modern Greats)

Young Frankenstein
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 28th September
Time: 11:40am (and 11:00pm)