What’s On Screen – Friday 7th July 2017

Title: Mission: Impossible 5 (2015)

Format: Film

Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller

Certificate: 12

Platform: Netflix

Date Added: UK Netflix: 7th July 2017

Cast: Ving Rhames, Jingchu Zhang, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg

Synopsis: When the IMF is dissolved, Ethan Hunt and his allies launch their own war against the Syndicate, a group of renegade spies bent on world destruction.

Title: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Format: Film

Genre: Comedy

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: Fast-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads for Los Angeles after an old friend is murdered before his eyes. His search for the killers leads him into conflict with a seemingly untouchable drug kingpin, but he also has to contend with the local force, who do not want him taking matters into his own hands.

Cast: Eddie Murphy, Gilbert R. Hill, Judge Reinhold

Time: 4:35pm

Channel: Sky Cinema Comedy

• Sky: Channels 301–312 (SD/HD); Channels 314, 330–337, 339, 340 (SD) | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin Media(UK): Channels 401, 403–412 (HD); Channels 402, 431, 433–442 | Virgin Media (Ireland): Channels 301–309, 318, 320, 321 ; Channels 331–341 (HD) | Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• TalkTalk TV: Channels 501–511 (SD)
• BT: Channels 501–511 (SD)
• Now TV: Watch live (UK only)

Title: Phone Booth (2002)

Format: Film

Genre: Thriller

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: A smart-mouthed PR executive answers a public phone and the caller on the other end warns him that if he hangs up he will be shot. The unseen gunman then puts his target through a tortuous series of mind games, as well as incriminating him in the death of a bystander.

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Paula Jai Parker, Richard T. Jones, Colin Farrell

Time: 3:50pm

Channel: Sky Cinema Crime & Thriller

• Sky: Channels 301–312 (SD/HD); Channels 314, 330–337, 339, 340 (SD) | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin Media(UK): Channels 401, 403–412 (HD); Channels 402, 431, 433–442 | Virgin Media (Ireland): Channels 301–309, 318, 320, 321 ; Channels 331–341 (HD) | Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• TalkTalk TV: Channels 501–511 (SD)
• BT: Channels 501–511 (SD)
• Now TV: Watch live (UK only)

Title: Lethal Weapon-Commencement (S1/Ep18)

Format: Series

Genre: Action/ Comedy

Synopsis: Just as he is building on a new relationship with Karen Palmer, Riggs’ trauma regarding his late wife returns. He makes a shocking discovery about Miranda’s demise that leads him back to the cartel in a frantic search for answers and his wild desperation leaves Murtaugh torn between his commitment to his partner and his devotion to his family.

Cast: Damon Wayans, Keesha Sharp, Chandler Kinney, Dante Brown, Clayne Crawford

Time: 9pm

Channel: ITV

• Freeview: Channel 3; Channel 33 (+1); Channel 103 (HD)
• Freesat: Channel 103; Channel 111 (HD); Channel 112 (+1)
• Sky (UK): Channel 103 (SD); Channel 131 (+1); Channel 178 (HD) | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only) | Virgin Media (UK): Channel 103; Channel 113 (HD)
• ITV Hub: Watch live (UK only)
• TVPlayer: Watch live (UK only)

Title: Zoo (S3/Ep1)

Format: Series

Genre: Sci-fi

Synopsis: In the return of the sci-fi series, ten years have passed since the animals were cured, the Earth’s dwindling population comes under threat when an army of lab-created hybrids targets mankind.

Cast: Nonso Anozie, Alyssa Diaz, James Wolk, Billy Burke

Time: 9pm

Channel: Sky 1

• Sky: Channel 106 (SD/HD); Channel 130 (+1) On Demand | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
•  Virgin Media (UK): Channel 109 (HD); Channel 110 (On Demand) | Virgin Media Ireland: Channel 114; Channel 143 (HD) | Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• Now TV: Watch live (UK only)
• TalkTalk TV: Channel 301
• WightFibre: Channel 9

https://youtu.be/JKeh_-gosxw

Title: Jimi Hendrix: American Landing

Format: TV

Genre: Documentary; Music

Synopsis: Documentary charting the rise of the guitarist, who become a global star following his incendiary performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.

Time: 10pm

Channel: Sky Arts

• Sky (UK): Channel 121 (SD/HD); Channel 223 (SD) On Demand | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin Media (UK): Channel 122; Channel 206 (HD) | Virgin Media Ireland: Channel 141; Channel 145 (HD) | Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• Now TV: Watch live (UK only)
• TalkTalk TV: Channel 305

Title: Half Past Dead (2002)

Format: Film

Genre: Action

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: Hi-tech crooks storm New Alcatraz jail, intent on freeing a death-row inmate who knows the whereabouts of $200million in gold bullion, but have reckoned without the intervention of a hardened FBI agent, who is working undercover as a prisoner to infiltrate gangster operations.

Cast: Ja Rule, Morris Chestnut, Kurupt, Nia Peeples, Steven Seagal

Time: 11pm

Channel: Spike

• Freeview: Channel 31
• Freesat: Channel 141
• Sky (UK): Channel 160; Channel 219 (+1)
• Virgin Media (UK): Channel 154
• TVPlayer: Watch Live (UK only)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb9hqsSfL-c

Title: The Paperboy (2012)

Format: Film

Genre: Drama; Thriller

Certificate: 15

Synopsis: A reporter returns to his Florida home-town to investigate a case involving a death row inmate. He enlists the help of his younger brother, who falls in love with a woman infatuated with the condemned man and determined to marry him on his release.

Cast: David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman

Time: 1:25am

Channel: Channel 4

• Freesat: Channel 104 (SD); Channel 121 (+1); Channel 126 (HD)
• Sky: Channel 104 (SD); Channel 135 (+1); Channel (HD) | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin Media (UK): Channel 104; Channel 141 (HD); Channel 142 (+1) | Virgin Media (Ireland): Channel 111 ; Channel 142 (HD)| Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• All 4: Watch live
• TVPlayer: Watch live (UK only)

Title: Legends Of Chamberlain Heights (S1/Ep1)

Format: Series

Genre: Comedy; Animation

Synopsis: Animation following the lives of high-school freshmen Jamal, Malik and Grover. Jamal concocts his own drug in a bid to get the guys access to Randy’s party.

Cast: Josiah Johnson, Quinn Hawking, Michael Starrbury, Jay Pharoah, Tiffany Haddish

Time: 2am

Channel: Comedy Central

• Sky: Channel 112 (SD/HD); Channel 127 (+1); Channel 205 (SD) | Sky Go: Watch live (UK & Ireland only)
• Virgin Media(UK): Channel 132; Channel 133 (+1); Channel 177 (HD)| Virgin Media (Ireland): Channel 127; Channel 128(+1); Channel 177 (HD) | Virgin TV Anywhere: Watch live (UK only)
• TalkTalk TV: Channel 307 (SD)
• BT: Channel 307; Channel 370 (HD)
• Now TV: Watch live (UK only)
• WightFibre: Channel 115