Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

We're in for a week of finishes with flourishes as Torchwood: Children Of Earth's fifth and final episode airs tonight, Friday 10 July at 9:00pm on BBC 1. We're hoping the practically perfect pace set up by the past four nights (reviewed here) doesn't wind down to a last-minute miraculous machinations conclusion. All parts crossed.

Straight on Captain Jack's heels, at 10:00pm on FX, the gruesome groom-to-be, Dexter, has his own third season finale. Will he become the hubby with a hobby to hide? Find out tonight or in repeats on Sunday, the 12th and Tuesday, the 14th.

Our final finale reminder is to watch for Flight Of The Conchords' Bret and Jemaine's fate, to be tunefully revealed on BBC 4 Tuesday at 10:30pm. Have the boys strummed their last?

Potter fans may wish to swish wands to ITV1 at 7:00pm on Saturday, 11th of July for the documentary Harry Potter: Behind the Magic. We say 'may' because these sorts of behind-the-scenes shows are best left to those who know the books front to back and from all angles, as spoilers and surprises may be brewing and bubble up.

Not to be outdone by pubescent prestidigitation and series showdowns, this week also holds a healthy dose of returning shows.

Mock The Week has returned to our tellies with the first new season ep shown again on Sunday, 12 July at 11:40pm on BBC 2. The second episode airs Thursday 16 July at 9:00pm. The comedy panel show, hosted by Dara Ó Briain (whom we interviewed), crams some of Britain's best satire-soaked laughs into a tightly-packed half an hour of funny.

If you're itching to know the next flavour we'll crave as a nation - once we tire of Levi Roots' Reggae Reggae breakfast bars and power drinks - witness the latest inane, insane and incredible inventions in the Dragons' Den on BBC 2, Wednesday 15 July at 9:00pm.

On Thursday, 16th July at 7:25am on E4, you can catch the pilot episode of Veronica Mars, a series, starring pre-Heroes Kristen Bell, that may have slid by you barely noticed. It airs an hour later on E4+1 and even that's a bit early to rise for a leisurely watch or a hurried pre-work peek, granted, but it plays again at 11:05 and 12:05am. Perhaps an early lunch date with the high school detective can be arranged?

And here - if the scheduling scribes haven't toyed with us widescreen-eyed mortals - are the dates, times and places for a beefy bevy of the best films on telly in the course of the coming week. Check your local listings for last second sneaky switcheroos and enjoy.

A Fish Called Wanda
On: BBC 1 
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 10:45pm

Alien 3
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Tuesday 14th July 2009
Time: 2:10pm (and 11:00pm)

Alien: Resurrection
On: E4  
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm, 23:05pm/00:05am 13/14 July E4/+1)

Almost Famous
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 1:05pm (and 11:55pm)

American Beauty
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 01:20am

An American Werewolf In London
On: SCI FI
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:50pm (and 1:00am 13 July)

Arlington Road
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 4:00pm

Armageddon
On: BBC 1
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:45pm

Big
On: Sky Screen 1    
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 4:15pm

Blade Runner
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 2:15pm

Blood Simple
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 10:00pm

Blue Collar
On: Sky Movies Drama  
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 02:45am

Blazing Saddles
On: TCM
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 00:50am 12 July)

Boogie Nights
On: TCM  
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 1:55am 11 July)

Buffalo '66
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 2:25pm

Caddyshack
On: Comedy Central 
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm CC+1)

Cape Fear (1962)
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 01:55am (and 00:55am 15 July)

Chinatown
On: Film4 
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 11:00pm (and midnight Film4+1)

Clear And Present Danger
On: Watch  
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 11:30pm (and 00:30am 12 July Watch+1, 9:00/10:00pm 12 July Watch/+1)

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror 
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 3:00pm

Cloverfield
On: Sky Screen 2 
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 10:35am (and 6:20pm)

Dark City
On: TCM
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:50pm

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 2:10pm (and 3:10pm Premiere+1)

Earth Girls Are Easy
On: SCI FI  
Date: Thursday 9th July
Time: 6:00pm

Edward Scissorhands
On: Sky Screen 1   
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 11:50am (and 8:00pm)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
On: Sky Movies Comedy 
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 2:45pm (and 9:45pm)

Galaxy Quest
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 1:25pm (and 7:15pm, 6:05pm 16 July Sky Screen 1)

Good Morning, Vietnam
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 8:00pm (and 10:00am & 8:00pm 14 July)

Gulliver's Travels (1939)
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 3:25pm (ans 4:25pm Film4+1, 4:35/5:35pm 15 July Film4/+1)

Hard Rain
On: Watch
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 23:00pm (and midnight Watch+1)

Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 8:00pm (qnd 1:55 pm 11 July, 1:50pm & 6:40pm 12 July)

Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban
On: ITV1
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 4:25pm

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
On: Sky Movies Family 
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 8:30pm

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:00am (and 11:00am Premiere+1, 8:00/9:00pm Premiere/+1 and daily at similar times through 18 July)

Hoppity Goes To Town
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 3:00pm and 4:00pm Film4+1, 11:00am/noon 14 July Film4/+1)

Hot Shots!
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 12:05pm (and 10:00pm)

Hulk
On: ITV2
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 6:20pm

I, Robot
On: Film4
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Ice Age: The Meltdown
On: ITV2 
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 2:40pm

Identity
On: Movies 24 
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 9:00pm (and midnight Movies 24+)

In The Line Of Fire
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Tuesday 14th July 2009
Time: 4:55pm

Jacob's Ladder
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 08:00am (and 4:25pm)

Lost In Space
On: Watch
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Watch+1, 6:25/7:25pm 12 Julu Watch/+1)

Mad Dog And Glory
On: TCM
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 11:10pm

Marathon Man
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:50pm (and 11:50pm Film4+1)

Masters Of The Universe
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 3:10pm

Memphis Belle
On: ITV3
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 9:00pm

National Lampoon's Animal House
On: ITV4
Date: Mondayday 13th July
Time: midnight

No Country For Old Men
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 08:35am (and 10:55pm)

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 07:10am (and 4:55am 14 July)

Predator
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 00:10am

Rec
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 10:30pm

Saturday Night Fever
On: Sky Screen 1   
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 01:00am

Saving Private Ryan
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 12:10pm (and 9:00pm)

Schindler's List
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:00pm

Shaolin Soccer
On: Bravo  
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Bravo+1, 6:45/7:45pm 11 July Bravo/+1)

Shoot 'Em Up
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 11:50pm

Sleepers
On: Sky Movies Drama 
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 00:10am

Some Kind Of Wonderful
On: Sky Movies Drama    
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 4:15pm

Son Of Rambow
On: Sky Screen 1 
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 8:00pm (and 8:00pm 15 July, 2:25am 16 July Sky Family)

Sorry, Wrong Number
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 07:10am (and 4:15am 15 July)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 2:05pm

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 2:10pm

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 2:15pm

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 12:35pm

Star Trek: Nemesis
On: Film4  
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 6:50pm (and 7:50pm Film4+1)

Strange Days
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 01:15am

Summer Of Sam
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 11:30pm (and 2:10am 15 July)

Taxi Driver
On: Sky Screen 1   
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 00:40am

Teen Wolf
On: Sky Movies Comedy 
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 2:30pm (and 9:45pm)

The Addams Family
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 1:00pm (and 8:00pm)

The Addams Family Values
On: Sky Movies Family 
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 4:45pm (and 10:10pm)

The Big Lebowski
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 10:05pm

The Boston Strangler
On: Sky Screen 1 
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 03:00am

The Conversation
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 06:00am (and 2:30am 15 July)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 08:40am (and 1:00am 13 July)

The Duellists
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 04:05am

The Fifth Element
On: Film4  
Date: Thursday 16th July 2009
Time: 11:05pm (and 00:05am 17 July Film4+1)

The Fly (1958)
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 5:00pm (and 6:00pm Film4+1)

The Frighteners
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 08:30am (and 5:00pm)

The Grifters
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 00:20am

The Howling
On: ITV4
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 10:05pm

The Hunger
On: TCM
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: midnight

The Incredible Hulk
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 1:00pm (and 9:00pm)

The Iron Giant
On: FIVER
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 5:00pm (and 6:00pm 12 July)

The Lost Boys
On: Bravo
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 22:00pm (and 11:00pm Bravo+1)

The Mission
On: ITV3
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm 15 July)

The Mist
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 2:20pm (and 9:00pm)

The Omen
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 11:30am (and 7:00pm)

The Prophecy
On: Movies 24 
Date: Tuesday 14th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 2:00am Movies24+)

The Quick And The Dead
On: more4   
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 00:25am 11 July)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 3:55pm (and 11:40pm)

The Running Man
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 9:40pm

The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad
On: five
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 3:45pm

The Shining
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 5:55pm (and 10:05pm 16 July)

The Sixth Sense
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 4:00pm (and 00:05am 11 July, 1:35pm 13 July, 8:15am 16 July)

The Terminator
On: E! 
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 3:00pm

THX 1138
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 11:50am

Trading Places
On: Sky Movies Comedy 
Date: Sunday 12th July
Time: 2:30pm (and 9:45pm)

Three Days Of The Condor
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 13th July
Time: 8:00pm

Tremors 2: Aftershocks
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 08:40am (and 8:15am 15 July)

True Lies
On: ITV1 
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 10:30pm

Village Of The Damned (1960)
On: TCM 
Date: Wednesday 15th July
Time: 03:30am

What Lies Beneath
On: Sky1
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 9:00pm (and 11:00pm 12 July Sky2)

Wild At Heart
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 11th July
Time: 00:05am

X-Men
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 4:00pm (and 11:05pm, noon & 7:10pm 15 July)

Young Frankenstein
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Thursday 16th July
Time: 6:10pm

Zodiac
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 10th July
Time: 6:20pm