Films on TV Tonight
Thursday 6 August 2026 · 10 films on tonight
Captain Phillips
In 2009, Somali pirates storm a US container ship and hold Captain Richard Phillips and his crew captive.
Dance With a Stranger
A fact-based account of events leading up to the death of Ruth Ellis, who became the last woman hanged in England.
Casino Royale
Action-packed reboot of the James Bond series. Newly qualified agent 007 is sent on his first mission - investigating banker Le Chiffre, who is suspected of aiding international terrorists. Bond follows Le Chiffre's trail from the Bahamas and Miami to the poker tables of Montenegro, aided by beautiful Treasury official Vesper Lynd.
Garbo: Where Did You Go?
An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures audiences.
The Horror of Frankenstein
Tongue-in-cheek chiller about a ruthlessly sadistic student who will stop at nothing in pursuit of advancing his shocking scientific experiments. Young Victor Frankenstein murders his own father in order to inherit his title and fortune, and drops out of school to concentrate on his unholy attempts to resurrect dead creatures.
The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Author and physician Doyle discusses his life with a biographer while dealing with personal problems.
Superman
Portraying the early years of the man of steel, from his birth on the planet Krypton to his arrival on Earth and the first of his epic battles with the arch-criminal Lex Luthor. The superhero must prevent Luthor's nefarious scheme to rearrange the west coast of America with the help of a couple of nuclear bombs.
Copycat
A criminal psychologist, who is still traumatised by an attempt on her life, and two homicide detectives pursue a psychopath who is imitating infamous serial killers.
The Bank Job
London, 1971: Terry Leather's ex-girlfriend Martine turns up with a tempting proposition. A bank's alarm is scheduled to be turned off for a week, so Terry and his team tunnel through to the vault from a neighbouring property.
Women Talking
The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony's men. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out, and the women talk about their new situation.
Every film on TV tonight, Thursday 6 August 2026, in prime time (from around 8pm) and late evening, with start time, genre, running time and synopsis. The full evening schedule is on TV tonight; for tomorrow there's TV tomorrow night.