I’m doing something a bit different for the opening of this week’s show – we’ll start off with some classic cartoons, before moving on to a block of shows, both cartoons and live action, that would have been seen on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network in the late nineties/early 2000s. The trainers saga continues in Brookside, then another Star Trek: The Next Generation double bill precedes the final episode of Weird Weekends, in which Louis attempts to make a name for himself in the hard-hitting world of gangsta rap. Our main event for tonight is Brassneck, a 1975 Play For Today adapted from the play of the same name. We round off the evening with another episode of Look, Stranger about a family of shrimp fishermen from Morcambe Bay, followed by the ninth episode of Micro Live to take us to closedown.

4.00 The Pink Panther – Pink Punch/Pink Pistons
4.15 Top Cat – S01E24 Choo-Choo Goes Ga-Ga
4.40 Rugrats – S02E03 Chuckie vs. The Potty
4.50 Rugrats – S02E04 Together at Last
5.05 Recess – S02E04 Operation Field Trip
5.15 Hey Arnold!…

This stream is a special presentation of the two Exorcist prequels, which have an interesting history…

Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) was originally hired to helm the prequel to The Exorcist, agreeing to do the film because he found the script and the studio’s approach intriguing. The film, titled Exorcist: The Beginning was completed and even had begun to be marketed (a teaser trailer had been released) when it was shelved by the studio, over concerns about the film’s commercial viability.

Despite Schrader having faithfully directed the script the studio had developed, Morgan Creek (in Schrader’s estimation) had a case of “buyer’s remorse” upon seeing the result in rough cut form, believing that the film was too cerebral and lacking in overt “horror” scenes that would be expected from the franchise.

The studio consequently replaced Schrader with Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Deep Blue Sea), originally with the plan to conduct a few re-shoots. However, ultimately the movie was re-written and re-shot altogether, albeit with many of the same plot points, locations and sets as the original production,…

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: Who’ll Kill Rocket Robin (Season 2, Episode 7)

4.25: Tom & Jerry #058 – Sleepy-Time Tom

After staying out all night with his alley cat friends, Tom attempts to catch Jerry on Mammy Two Shoes’ orders, but he gets sleepy in the process.

4.32: Knightmare: Series 5, Episode 08

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – The Escape (Series 1, Episode 30)

Inside the Olmeque base again, the friends learn that the crystal tower has properties of combining natural heat and light to produce energy. They are told that by increasing the power supply to the heart of the crystal, the Olmeques could cause the volcano to erupt and change the entire climate.

5.25: Shadow Of The Stone – Episode 5

5.50: Futurama – Insane In The Mainframe (Season 3, Episode 11)

Fry and Bender are mistakenly convicted of robbing a bank and are both sent to a robot mental institution

6.12: Blake’s 7 – The Way Back (Series 1,…

Starting from 7.00 PM

The Caretaker (1963)

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)

This week we say goodbye to our opening show, Cowboy Bebop, with the explosive two part finale. Our film tonight is John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China (1986).

4.00 Flouncer’s Music Show

TV Block
6.00 Cowboy Bebop – Sessions 25 and 26: The Real Folk Blues
6.50 Minder – S07E02 Days of Fines and Closures
7.40 The All New Alexei Sayle Show – S02E02
8.10 Murder Most Horrid – S01E02 The Girl From Ipanema
8.40 Absolutely Fabulous – S01E02 Fat
9.10 Trailer Park Boys – S03E02 Temporary Relief Assistant Trailer Park Supervisor
9.35 Limmy’s Show – S03E02
10.05 Peep Show – S08E02 Business Secrets of the Pharaohs

Tonight’s Film
10.30 Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

4pm Transformers – Season 1 Episode 2 – More Than Meets The Eye Part 2

4.20 Thundercats – Season 1 Episode 2 – The Unholy Alliance

4.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Season 1 Episode 2 – Enter The Shredder

5.05 Count Duckula – Series 1 Episode 2- Vampire Vaction

5.30 Eerie Indiana – Episode 2– The Retainer

5.50 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Season 1 Episode 2 – High Five

6:10 Batman – Season 1 Episode 31 – Death In Slow Motion

6:35 The Simpsons – Season 1 Episode 3 – When Flanders Failed

6.55 King Of The Hill – Season 7 Episode 4 – Goodbye Normal Jeans

7:20 South Park –Season 4 – Episode 16 – The Wacky Molestation Adventures

7:45 The Sooty Show – Down Under

8:00 The Twilight Zone – Season 5 – Episode 9 – Over And Out

8:25 The Armando Iannucci Shows – Episode 1 Twats

9:05 Chronological Alan – Knowing Me, Knowing You – Episode 1

9.35 I Love Lucy –Season 2 Episode 29 – The Camping Trip

5:00 GamesMaster (series 3, episode 15)

5:25 Da Ali G Show – ‘Rekognize’ (series 3, episode 2)

5:55 Black Mirror – ‘ArkAngel’ (series 4, episode 2) [CANCELLED]

5:55 Face Off – ‘Supermobile’ (series 3, episode 5)

6:40 Inside No. 9 – ‘The Referee’s a Wanker’ (series 5, episode 1)

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?!?! – STEAMED HAMS!!!

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7:15 The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

FEATURE PRESENTATION

The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

John Boorman (Deliverance) directs this much maligned sequel to William Friedkin’s seminal horror classic. A decade after the events of the first film, Regan MacNeil remembers nothing of her ordeal at the talons of Pazuzu, Demon King of the Winds. However, cutting edge advancements in medical pseudo-science (read: utter guff) may unlock her memories and the darkness dwelling within. Co-starring Richard Burton, James Earl Jones and a swarm of flying locusts.

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WHAT THE CRITICS SAID…

“’Exorcist II’ is arguably the most outrageously misunderstood film of all time,…

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: The Incredible Gem Of Cosmo Khan (Season 2, Episode 6)

4.25: Tom & Jerry #057 – Jerry’s Cousin

Jerry’s tough cousin Muscles protects Jerry from Tom.

4.32: Knightmare: Series 5, Episode 07

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – The Burning Shield (Series 1, Episode 29)

The adventurers find The Burning Shield, a mountain that emits a beam of energy and causes Tao’s golden jar to glow, and inside they find a race of goblin-like humanoids who harness the power of a giant crystal with advanced technology.

5.25: Shadow Of The Stone – Episode 4

5.50: Futurama – Where The Buggalo Roam (Season 3, Episode 10)

Intern Amy Wong’s rich parents host the annual Mars Day picnic, but the original Martians have different plans, so Lieutenant Kif Kroker comes to the rescue.

6.12: The Prisoner – Fall Out (Episode 17 – Series Finale)

Number Six encounters the forces in charge of the Village, but can he finally escape?…