16:00 – Coming Up On Cab TV…
Your schedule of programmes for this afternoon and evening,
16:06 – Speed Racer
The Terrifying Gambler (27/52)
High speed cartoon thrills.
16:29 – Tom and Jerry
Barbecue Brawl (1956)
Cartoon antics with the cat and mouse duo.
16:37 – Le Chevalier Du Labyrinthe
One-off showing of the first episode of the French adaptation of Knightmare, in which dungeoneers must undertake a quest beset with peril in order to win a Sega Megadrive.
17:03 – Knightmare – The VR Pilot
Footage from an ill-fated 2003 attempt to revive Knightmare using then state-of-the-art VR graphics. It was not a success.
17:16 – Sykes
Bird (Series 2, 11/15)
Comedy
17:44 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The Nude Man (Series 3, 9/13)
Surreal sketch comedy
18:16 – Blake’s 7
Orbit (Series 4, 11/13)
Sci-fi action drama
19:05 – M*A*S*H
End Run (Season 5, 18/25)
Comedy set during the Korean War.
19:30 – Ideal
The Seduction (Series 1, 02/08)
Manchester-based comedy series starring Johnny Vegas as small-time dope dealer Moz.
19:59 – Shoestring
Another Man’s Castle (Series 2, 08/10)
Off-beat detective drama
20:54 – The Bill
Long Odds (Series 1, 04/11)
The long-running police saga continues
21:47 – Film: Last Night (1998)
Last Night is a 1998 Canadian apocalyptic black comedy-drama film directed by Don McKellar and starring McKellar, Sandra Oh and Callum Keith Rennie.
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring, for reasons explained, at midnight. While widower Patrick Wheeler (McKellar) braces for his fate, he meets Sandra (Sandra Oh), the wife of a businessman, who is intent on committing suicide. Meanwhile, Patrick’s friend Craig Zwiller (Callum Keith Rennie), embracing a hedonistic approach to the apocalypse, decides to have as much sex as he can while there is still time.