Geek shows and movies on UK TV in the coming week

We've got two surefire new series headed our way in the schedules this week as well as welcome repeats of some firm favourites.

Doctor Who fan favourite, the Hugo Award winning, Steven Moffat authored, The Girl In The Fireplace, will be shown again tonight, Friday 22nd January at 8:10pm on BBC3. If it's not in your collection - and why not?! - enjoy it again this evening, if only as a familiar appetiser for what might be to come with the next Doctor Who head writer and executive producer.

We'll give space for a mention of Spaced at each and every opportunity and Dave hands us that with a marathon run of the brilliant comedy directed by Edgar Wright and starring Jessica Hynes, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost starting at 9:00pm Saturday,  January 23rd. Beginnings introduces Daisy to Tim and both to us and starts what has to be the world's best flat share. Enjoy it all over again from the start to the end of the first series in one big block of televisual magic, and an hour later on Dave Ja Vu. (We're still mightily impressed with that alternative to the +1 channel name.)

This week is when those 'plus' boxes and broadband accounts will show they're worth the added expense and earn their keep, as airing at the same time as Den Of Geek favourite, Being Human (on BB3), Sunday, 24th January at 9:00pm, over on Sky 1 Jack Bauer starts his eighth worst day ever.

Season 8 of the drama series, 24, ramps up and takes off in a double episode run taking us through the hours of 4:00 to 6:00am, unveiling an assassination plot for the formerly retired Jack to once again get dragged back into the line of fire, explosions, torture and traitorous strangers and associates. Whichever show you watch, postpone, or record, when you've seen the episodes, stop back and debate the goings-on, and the series' longevity with us here.

For those who need a sobering show come Monday, Current TV (Sky 183/ Virgin Media 155) offers the documentary One Night In Guantanamo, on the 25th of January at 10:00pm. Perhaps following, within 24 hours, a fictional terrorist drama where the 'heroes' use questionable means is a little too close for comfort for some, and a revelation to many. Interrogation techniques, and the accounts of former British inmates inside and out of the detention camp will be included in the coverage of the notorious location in Cuba, set to close within a year.

After a week away, post-apocalyptic drama Survivors returns on BBC1 at 9:00pm Tuesday 26th January. It's a postponed airing of the second episode of the second series.

Another double premiere happens on Wednesday, 27th January starting at 10:00pm when Mad Men's third season begins on BBC4 with Out Of Town, followed immediately by Love Among The Ruins at 10:45pm.

Now, on to the films showing through the weekend and 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 '23rd' in your browser's Find box or window to highlight and/or tab through all movies shown on Saturday. Enjoy!

28 Days Later
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 11:45pm (and 00:45am Film4+1)

Almost Famous
On: Sky Movies Drama   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 06:10am (and 12:30pm 28th Jan)

American Pie
On: Sky1
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 9:00pm (and 9:00pm 24th Jan & 10:00pm 26th Jan Sky2)

Assassins
On: ITV1     
Date: Monday 25th January
Time: 10:35pm

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
On: Five
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 4:45pm

Basic Instinct
On: ITV2
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 11:45pm (and 10:30pm 25th Jan)

Cloverfield
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 7:20pm

Collateral
On: more4  
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 9:00pm (and 00:20am 23rd Jan)

Con Air
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 11:05pm (and 11:25pm 26th Jan)

Crimson Rivers
On: Film4
Date: Tuesday 26th January
Time: 00:55am (and 1:55am Film4+1)

Die Hard 4.0
On: Film4
Date: Tuesday 26th January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

I, Robot
On: E4
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm E4+1, 9:00/10:00pm 27th Jan E4/+1)

In Bruges
On: Sky Movies Indie    
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 10:00pm

Iron Man
On: Sky Screen 2
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 1:55pm (and 8:55pm)

James And The Giant Peach
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 1:00pm (and 2:00pm Film4+1, 7:25/8:25pm 27th Jan Film4/+1)

Jaws
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Monday 25th January
Time: 11:00am (and 8:00pm)

Jaws 2
On: SCI FI
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 9:50pm (and 2:40pm 24th Jan)

Kalifornia
On: Virgin 1   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Virgin+1)

Little Shop Of Horrors
On: LIVING     
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 6:00pm (and 7:00 & 8:00pm Living+1 & +2, 3/4/5:00pm 24th Jan Living/+1/+2)

Millions
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 7:10pm (and 8:10pm Film4+1)

Mission Of The Shark: The Saga Of The USS Indianapolis
On: True Movies   
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 05:00am (and 11:00am)

National Treasure
On: BBC 3   
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 7:00pm

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 10:15pm (and 2:00pm 27th Jan)

Payback
On: Five
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 9:00pm

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
On: BBC 2   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 10:30pm

Predator
On: FX     
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: midnight

Pulp Fiction
On: BBC 3     
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 11:40pm

Quadrophenia
On: ITV1  
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 11:30pm

Rocky II
On: Bravo
Date: Thursday 21st January
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm Bravo+1, 9:00/10:00pm 22nd Jan Bravo/+1)

Secondhand Lions
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 4:50pm (and 5:50pm Film4+1, 1:00/2:00pm 24th Jan Film4/+1)

Shooter
On: Channel 4  
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 10:00pm (and 11:00pm 4+1)

Short Cuts
On: TCM    
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 11:20pm (and 11:45pm 25th Jan)

Silverado
On: Five USA   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 3:35pm (and 1:45pm 24th Jan)

Slumdog Millionaire
On: Channel 4  
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm 4+1)

Small Soldiers
On: ITV2
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 6:55pm

Sunshine
On: Film4
Date: Monday 25th January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1)

Taken
On: Sky Screen 1
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 10:00pm (and 10:00pm 27th Jan)

The 40 Year Old Virgin
On: ITV2
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 9:00pm (and 9:00pm 27th Jan)

The Dark Knight
On: Sky Movies Modern Greats
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 10:35am (and 5:20pm 11:50pm 26th Jan & 6:25pm 27th Jan, Sky Screen 2)

The Devil's Advocate
On: BBC 1   
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 11:45pm

The Game
On: Sky Movies Action/Thriller  
Date: Monday 25th January
Time: 06:35am (and 12:50pm)

The Howling
On: ITV4    
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 10:30pm

The Life Of David Gale
On: ITV1   
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 11:05pm

The Right Stuff
On: ITV4   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 10:50pm

The Rock
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 12:50pm (and 9:00pm)

The Shawshank Redemption
On: Film4
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 9:00pm (and 10:00pm Film4+1, 9:00/10:00pm 28th Jan Film4+1)

Transporter 3
On: Sky Movies Premiere  
Date: Friday 22nd January
Time: 9:30pm (and 10:30pm Premiere+1 then daily at similar times through 28th Jan)

Unbreakable
On: Sky Screen 2   
Date: Sunday 24th January
Time: 7:00pm

Zack And Miri Make A Porno
On: Sky Movies Comedy   
Date: Saturday 23rd January
Time: 10:00pm (and 3:30am 24th Jan)