Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

It's comedy fiesta week on UK TV and the conga line forms tonight.

Two BBC productions of substantial weight and chuckles fire up tonight starting at 9:00pm on BBC1 with the new series of Have I Got News For You. It's followed at 9:30pm by The Armstrong & Miller Show, putting their own tag team brand of funny to the test. That hour is in direct competition with Peepshow and repeats of IT Crowd, same time, different channel. So, just in case you're torn, A Bit More News For You then runs Saturday 17 October at 9:30pm on BBC2 and A&M's series premiere repeat airs Thursday 22 October at 11:45pm on BBC4.

The life and times of Daisy and Tim sneaked by unnoticed by many people (without the necessary pomp and far too little promotion in our view) when the brilliant series Spaced first aired in 1999. Yes, 1999. If you missed it or don't own the two series DVDs - for shame! - or even if you know every word and fake fight move by heart, tune in anyway and bring an uninitiated friend or two round on Monday 19th October at 10:00pm to watch Jessica Stevenson and Simon Pegg on Dave. It's repeated Tuesday the 20th at 12:10am, so another batch of mates can make the second sitting.

Mock The Week regular Russell will host his own show, Russell Howard's Good News, which will tackle current topics of interest, with big squeezes of comedy slathered round, no doubt, at 10:30pm Thursday 22 October on BBC3, and viewers can submit news stories through Twitter or the BBC website. We chatted with Mr Howard here and wish him every success - and a lot of fun - tonight and in weeks to come.

Now, on to this week's collection of 70s and 80s classics, creaky and contemporary comedies (some with extra cheese), and new and old shock, shlock and horror films scheduled to air over the next seven days.

Please also note: the ordinal numbers for dates will help you scan through this simple list with your browser's search function. Enter '17th' in your browser's Find box or window to highlight and/or tab through all movies shown on Saturday. Enjoy!

American Beauty
On: Sky Movies Indie  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:25pm

An American Werewolf In London
On: Movies 24
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:00pm

Arlington Road
On: Sky Movies Drama 
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 2:30pm

Back To The Future
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 10:40am (and 8:00pm)

Badlands
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats  
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 1:05pm (and 10:10pm)

Blade
On: Five
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 10:20pm

Braveheart
On: Film4 
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Burn After Reading
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 11:20am (and 10:00pm, 1:15pm & 9:00pm 22nd Oct Sky Screen 2)

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
On: Five USA
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 4:45pm (and 2:45pm 18th Oct)

Cadillac Man
On: ITV1 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 01:05am

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 11:35am (and 2:30am 19th Oct)

Cloverfield
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 4:40pm (and midnight, 1:55pm & 9:00pm 21st Oct)

Coming To America
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 1:15pm (and 8:00pm)

Coneheads
On: Sky Movies Comedy  
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 04:55am

Death Becomes Her
On: Sky Movies Comedy 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 07:00am (and 6:00pm)

Death Race
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 1:50pm (and 10:35pm)

Deep Blue Sea
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 7:15pm

Demolition Man
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 11:10pm 18th Oct)

Desperado
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 00:20am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 05:20am

Eagle Eye
On: Sky Movies Premiere  
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Premiere+1)

Eastern Promises
On: Sky Screen 2 
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 01:15am

Edward Scissorhands
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats 
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:00am (and 6:05pm)

Fargo
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 10:00pm

Fatal Attraction
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 10:00pm

Firestarter
On: ITV4   
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 11:10pm

Frantic
On: ITV3 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 11:00pm 21st Oct)

F/X
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 7:05pm (and 00:35am 17th Oct, 5:15pm 21st Oct)

Ghost Town
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:00am (and 11:00am Premiere+1 & 8:00/9:00pm Premiere/+1 then daily at simialr times through 23rd Oct)

Good Morning, Vietnam
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 3:20pm (and 1:55am 21st Oct)

Hancock
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror 
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:55am (and 9:00pm)

Hannibal
On: Sky Screen 2 
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 02:40am (and 2:15am 20th Oct Sky Horror)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 11:15am (and 9:00pm, 5:20pm & 10:40pm 21st Oct Sky Horror)

High Fidelity
On: Sky Movies Indie  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 3:40pm (and 1:25pm 21st Oct)

Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
On: Sky Movies Family 
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 1:00pm (and 10:05pm)

Iron Man
On: Sky Screen 2 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 2:15pm (and 9:00pm)

Jaws
On: ITV4
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 10:30pm

King Kong (1976)
On: SCI FI  
Date: Friday 16th October 2009
Time: 8:00pm (and 3:20pm 17th Oct)

Kiss The Girls
On: Film4
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Lethal Weapon 2
On: Bravo
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Bravo+1, 9:00/10:00pm 18th Oct Bravo/+1)

Live And Let Die
On: ITV1   
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 3:40pm

Mars Attacks!
On: ITV4  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 7:45pm

Michael Clayton
On: Sky Movies Indie  
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 1:00pm (and 11:40pm)

Million Dollar Baby
On: Film4   
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Muriel's Wedding
On: BBC 2
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:10pm

No Country For Old Men
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 12:50pm (and 6:50pm)

Oldboy
On: Film4
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 10:35pm (and 11:35pm Film4+1, 11:40pm/00:40am 22nd/23rd Oct Film4/+1)

Pacific Heights
On: Five
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 11:05pm

Pineapple Express
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: midnight (and 1:00am 17th Oct)

Predator
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats  
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 9:50pm (and 9:00pm 21st Oct, 3:20am 22nd Oct)

Predator 2
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:05am (and 7:00pm)

Raiders Of The Lost Ark
On: Sky Movies Family  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: noon (and 8:00pm)

Rain Man
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats 
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:30am (and 8:00pm)

Rec
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 03:00am

Romancing The Stone
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 03:00am (and 7:50am & 6:10pm 22nd Oct)

Saw
On: Channel 4  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 11:20pm (and 00:20am 18th Oct 4+1)

School Of Rock
On: E4 
Date: Wednesday 21st October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm E4+1)

Scream 2
On: Five USA   
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 9:00pm

Seconds
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 11:50am (and 2:50am 21st Oct)

Shoot 'Em Up
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller   
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:35pm

Shooter
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 1:35pm (and 9:00pm)

Silkwood
On: Sky Movies Drama  
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 11:40am

Son Of Rambow
On: Sky Movies Family 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 9:00pm (amd 2:30am 17th Oct)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 08:00am

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 08:00am

Star Trek: First Contact
On: Sky Screen 1 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 09:15am (and 3:55pm)

Spider-Man
On: Five 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 7:40pm

The Bank Job
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 11:50am (and 9:00pm, 3:00pm & 9:00pm 22nd Oct Sky Action)

The Birds
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 08:00am (and 5:05pm)

The Blair Witch Project
On: Film4  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 11:35pm (and 00:35am 20th Oct Film4+1)

The Boston Strangler
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 00:20am (and 2:50am 19th Oct, Sky Screen 1, 2:35am 22nd Oct Sky Horror)

The Butterfly Effect
On: Movies 24 +  
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 02:00am

The Conversation
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 02:00am

The Cooler
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 11:15pm (and 00:15am 19th Oct Film4+1)

The Damned
On: BBC 2   
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 02:05am

The Dark Knight
On: Sky Screen 1  
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 1:20pm (and 8:00pm, 9:00pm 19th Oct, 5:25pm 20th Oct Sky Action)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
On: Sky Movies Classics 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 7:10pm (and 11:10pm)

The Dead Zone
On: Five USA  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 9:00pm

The Firm
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 6:20pm

The Godfather Part II
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 2:45pm (and 1:50am 21st Oct)

The Gumball Rally
On: TCM 
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 1:00pm (and 5:00am 20th Oct)

The Last Of The Mohicans
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 11:30pm

The Last Samurai
On: ITV1 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 10:35pm

The Matrix Revolutions
On: ITV2
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm 21st Oct)

The Mist
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 11:30am (and 6:55pm, (9:00pm 20th Oct Sky Screen 2)

The Pawnbroker
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 00:45am

The Phantom
On: Five
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 5:45pm

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
On: Film4
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 6:45pm (and 7:45pm Film4+1)

The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:10am (and 5:35pm, 10:00am & 5:25pm 18th Oct)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 10:40am (and 8:15pm)

The Shining
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 08:20am (and 11:45pm, 9:10am 22nd Oct)

The Silence Of The Lambs
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 10:05pm (and 10:45pm 21st Oct Sky Screen 2)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
On: ITV1  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 10:35pm

The Usual Suspects
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 01:45am

The X Files
On: Channel 4
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm 4+1)

Three Kings
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Tuesday 20th October
Time: 8:00pm

THX 1138
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 03:25am (and 8:00am 22nd Oct)

Time Bandits
On: Film4 
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 6:45pm (and 7:45pm Film4+1)

Trading Places
On: Sky1
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm 18th Oct, 9:00pm 22nd Oct Sky2)

Trekkies
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 12:35pm (and 8:20pm)

Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
On: Sky Movies Premiere 
Date: Saturday 17th October
Time: 11:50am (and 12:50pm Premier+1 & 5:00/6:00pm Premiere/+1 and daily at similar times through 30th Oct)

Wall Street
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats  
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 11:00am (and 10:00pm)

What Dreams May Come
On: Sky Movies Drama  
Date: Monday 19th October
Time: 4:15pm

X-Men
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats 
Date: Friday 16th October
Time: 12:55pm (and 8:00pm)

Young Frankenstein
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 07:00am (and 6:00pm)