Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

On True Blood tonight at 10pm and 10 past midnight, relationships and real estate rights are challenged. If that sounds a bit mundane, mix in vampires, an exorcism and naked romps through woods and you get episode 7, Burning House Of Love, which you'll find on the FX channel.

Feeling fit and up to a marathon this Sunday, 30 August? BBC 2 is showing back-to-back episodes of the six first season shows of The Office. Clock in at 9:00pm for a straight run past midnight. The shows will be intro-ed by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and various cast members as well as celeb admirers and guest stars of the brilliant mockumentary.

The next Doctor Who Greatest Moments has prying eyes for The Enemies. At 8:00pm Thursday, 3 September on BBC 3, Derek Jacobi joins other Whoniverse evil-doers only a minion could love for exclusive interviews, recollections and details of their dasterdly plots and undoings.

What happens when a well-intentioned vampire trying to cut back on the blood intake befriends a neighbourhood boy? Well, modern day equivalents of pitchforks are at the ready in Being Human, also on Thursday, 3 September on BBC 1 at 10:35pm.

Our list of films this week may be a smidgen shorter as Gaye fell asleep at the keyboard while compiling, the result of a long, hard week. (Really. She has the spacebar chin imprint to prove it.)

This list takes you into Bank Holiday Monday and a bit beyond and when that dent wears away, we're sure she'll be accommodating and bring this list through next Thursday, as you've grown accustomed to. So, pop back after the weekend for updates and, as always, check your local schedules for confirmation and avoid tots of the geek inclined tuning in for Horton and finding The Hitcher.

UPDATE 31/08/09: The film list now goes through and including Thursday, 3 September. (And the chin dent is practically a mere memory now. I may miss it.)

300
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 9:00pm (and 6:00pm 1 Sept Sky Action)

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
On: BBC 3 
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 8:30pm (and 9:00pm 2 Sept)

Alien
On: Film4  
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 10:45pm (and 11:45pm Film4+1)

American Beauty
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 11:45pm

An American Werewolf In London
On: SCI FI
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: midnight

Artificial Intelligence: AI
On: G.O.L.D.
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 00:15am (and 1:15am Gold+1)

Back To The Future
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 3:40pm (and 11:25pm)

Back To The Future Part III
On: ITV1
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 4:50pm

Bad Boys
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 10:35am (and 8:00pm)

Badlands
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 12:50pm (and 8:30pm)

Barton Fink
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 09:00am (and 5:20pm)

Big
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 12:45pm (and 1:00am 31 Aug)

Blade Runner
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 06:30am

Boogie Nights
On: TCM
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 9:00pm (and 2:15am 30 Aug)

Caddyshack
On: Comedy Central 
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 01:00am (and 2:00am CC+1, 2:00/3:00am 31 Aug CC/+1)

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
On: ITV2
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 2:30pm

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror 
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 08:00am (and 5:40pm)

Cocktail
On: E4
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm E4+1)

Darkman
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller 
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 11:25pm (and 10:00pm 2 Sept)

Daylight
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 09:50am

Death Becomes Her
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 12:45pm (and 8:00pm)

Death Race
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Thursday 27th August
Time: 8:00pm (and 9:00pm Premiere+1, 10:00/11:00pm 28 Aug, Premiere/+1)

Deep Blue Sea
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 7:00pm

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 09:30am (and 6:25pm)

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 10:00pm

Forbidden Planet
On: TCM
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 1:00pm (and 5:00am 2 Sept)

From Dusk Till Dawn
On: E4
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm E4+1, 11:05pm/00:05am 31 Aug/1 Sept E4/+1)

Galaxy Quest
On: Sky Screen 1 
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 6:00pm

Gone In 60 Seconds
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 1:10pm (and 9:00pm)

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
On: ITV1
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 7:00pm

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
On: Sky Screen 1  
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 8:00pm (and 8:00pm 1 Sept)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 4:40pm (and 4:00pm & 8:00pm 1 Sept)

Hulk
On: ITV2
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 4:15pm

Igor
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Thursday 27th August
Time: 2:00pm (and 3:00pm Premiere+1, noon/1:00pm 28 Aug Premiere/+1)

In Bruges
On: Sky Movies Indie 
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 10:00pm (and 3:35am 2 Sept)

Independence Day
On: Film4
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1, 6:15/7:15pm 3 Sept Film4/+1)

Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom
On: Sky Screen 1 
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 11:20am (and 8:00pm, 1:15pm & 10:00pm 2 Sept Sky Family)

Iron Man
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 3:30pm (and 8:00pm, 12:35pm & 6:45pm 31 Aug)

Juno
On: Sky Movies Indie
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 11:30am (and midnight)

Jurassic Park III
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 09:05am (and 6:20pm)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1
On: BBC 2
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 11:00pm

Kung Fu Panda
On: Sky Movies Family
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 07:30am (and 4:20pm)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
On: BBC 1   
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 10:35pm

Mean Girls
On: Film4
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Meet The Fockers
On: BBC 1
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 8:25pm

Michael Clayton
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 09:10am

Midnight Cowboy
On: Sky Screen 1  
Date: Friday 28th Augus
Time: 01:45am (and 11:40 20 Aug)

Moby Dick (1956)
On: ITV3
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 11:35am

Mousehunt
On: BBC 1
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 2:20pm

Napoleon Dynamite
On: Film4   
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 7:00pm (and 8:00pm Film4+1, 1:00/2:00pm 30 Aug Film4/+1)

Once Upon A Time In Mexico
On: Watch
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 10:15pm(and 11:15pm Watch+1, 9:00/10:00pm 31 Aug Watch/+1)

Pale Rider
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 2:10pm (and 2:30pm 1 Sept)

Phantom Of The Opera
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 08:00am

Predator
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 11:05pm

Princess Mononoke
On: Film4 
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 3:55pm (and 4:55pm Film4+1, 6:15/7:15pm 2 Sept Film4/+1)

P'Tang Yang Kipperbang
On: Film4
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 5:25pm (and 6:25pm Film4+1)

Raiders Of The Lost Ark
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 09:00am (and 6:00pm)

Rear Window
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 07:50am (and 00:25am 29 Aug)

Romancing The Stone
On: Sky Movies Comedy
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 07:25am

Saturday Night Fever
On: Sky Movies Drama 
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 00:10am

Saving Private Ryan
On: Sky Movies Drama 
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 11:30am (and 8:00pm)

Seconds
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 10:10am

Shaolin Soccer
On: Bravo
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Bravo+1, 7:00/8:00pm 29 Aug, 8:00/9:00pm 30 Aug, 6:00/7:00pm 31 Aug Bravo/+1)

Silkwood
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 08:10am

Spider-Man
On: Watch 
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 5:40pm (and 6:40pm Watch+1, 4:00/5:00pm 31 Aug Watch/+1)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 09:30am (and 5:45pm)

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 11:50am (and 8:00pm)

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 4:45pm

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror   
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 5:15pm

Star Trek: Generations
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Monday 31st August
Time: 10:20am

Star Trek: Insurrection
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 09:40am (and 5:25pm)

Star Trek: Nemesis
On: Watch
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Watch+1, 8:00/9:00pm 30 Aug Watch/+1)

Strange Days
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 01:35am

Tales From Earthsea
On: Film4
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 3:10pm (and 4:10pm Film4+1)

The Big Lebowski
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 10:40pm

The Bourne Supremacy
On: ITV2
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 9:00pm (and 11:35pm 1 Sept)

The Bourne Ultimatum
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 6:55pm (and 9:15am 20 Aug Sky Modern Greats, 10:55pm 2 Sept Sky Screen 2)

The Breakfast Club
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 2:45pm (and 8:30am 31 Aug)

The Dark Crystal
On: TCM    
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 3:00pm (and 7:20am 31 Aug)

The Day After Tomorrow
On: Film4
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
On: Sky Movies Classics
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 12:10pm (and 9:00pm)

The Descent
On: Film4  
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 11:25pm (and 00:25am 29 Aug Film4+1, 1:30/2:30am 1 Sept Film4/+1)

The Fog
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:55pm 31 Aug)

The Grifters
On: Sky Movies Drama 
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 02:00am (and 1:30am 2 Sept)

The Hitcher (1986)
On: ITV1 
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 11:55pm

The Krays
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller 
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 00:05am

The Legend Of 1900
On: Sky Movies Drama
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 10:25am

The Muppets Take Manhattan
On: E4   
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 12:35pm (and 1:35pm E4+1, 8:45/9:45am 30 Aug E4/+1

The Omen
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror 
Date: Friday 28th August
Time: 7:05pm (and 8:15am & 3:20pm 3 Sept)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
On: Sky Movies Indie  
Date: Sunday 30th August
Time: 10:50am (and 3:10pm 3 Sept)

The Running Man
On: Sky2
Date: Thursday 27th August
Time: 10:00pm (and 10:00pm 30 Aug)

The Shadow
On: ITV4
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 00:20am

The Sixth Sense
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 5:05pm (and 7:40am Sky Drama, 7:00pm 3 Sept Sky Screen 2)

The Terminator
On: Sky Screen 2  
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 00:50am (and 9:10am 30 Aug , 1:30pm 20 Aug Sky Action, 3:50pm 1 Sept Sky Sci-Fi)

The X Files: I Want To Believe
On: Sky Movies Premiere
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 9:45pm (and 10:45pm Premiere+1 and similar times daily through 4 Sept)

Total Recall
On: ITV2 
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 9:00pm

Tremors 2: Aftershocks
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 08:35am

Universal Soldier
On: five
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 10:00pm

Village Of The Damned
On: TCM
Date: Thursday 3rd September
Time: 01:45am

Wanted
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Tuesday 1st September
Time: 10:00pm

Watership Down
On: Channel 4
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 1:40pm (and 2:40pm 4+1)

Waterworld
On: ITV2
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 11:20pm

What Lies Beneath
On: Sky Movies Sci-Fi/Horror
Date: Friday 28th August)
Time: 12:35pm (and 9:00pm)

X-Men
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller
Date: Saturday 29th August
Time: 16:00pm (and 10:00pm, 10:45am 31 Aug, 3:45pm 2 Sept)

Young Frankenstein
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Wednesday 2nd September
Time: 12:05pm (and 8:00pm)