As per Radio Times, the BBC2 showing of Borderline on Sunday 29th at 6am is a UK TV premiere...sixty-three years after the film was made.

so, and heres what I was thinking about this morning, is this the largest gap between a film being made and its premier on tv? - i'm setting a cut off point of 1936 as thats roughly when tv started to take off [yes, yes, i know thats not strictly true ok ]

63 years seems reasonable as the longest - but their must be other box office successes of the past that have for whatever reason, not been shown cut or uncut on tv.

Imagine it takes The Dark Knight 63 years to premiere!

Does anyone know the reason why both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight Rises(on Sky only) have been shown on UK TV, but not The Dark Knight.

Maybe they're scared the Daily Mail will accuse them of glamorising knife crime?

I'm sure Christopher Nolan wrote and directed the film purely to come up with new and exciting ways to increase knife crime in his home country...

Dark Knight hasn't been on Sky?

Yep it has but can't find it anywhere on a Sky Go or their Sky Store. They can't have the rights else they would have the trilogy on ago like they have with other film series - Back to The Future, Bond et al

With thanks to posters above for the updates, here then is our list for the next 7 days:-


FRIDAY 27TH:-

ALL ABOUT STEVE (2009), C4, 12.55-2.30am (Saturday).

SUNDAY 29TH:-

BORDERLINE (1950), BBC2, 6.00-7.30am.

LARRY CROWNE (2011), ITV, 10.20pm-12.10am.

Angels & Demons (2009) will finally premiere on Channel 5 on Sunday, October 13.

Exact details TBC.

Cropped to 16:9, no doubt.

Friends with Benefits on Channel 4, Saturday 05/10

Here is a list of the forthcoming movie premieres:-

SATURDAY 5TH:- FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (2011), CH.4, 9.00-11.05pm.

EASY A (2010), CH.4, 11.05pm-12.55am.

SUNDAY 6th:- KILLERS (2010), CH.5, 9.00-11.05pm.

MONDAY 7TH:- GOODNIGHT FOR JUSTICE 2, CH.5, 3.15-5.00pm.

TUESDAY 8TH:- TABU (2012), Film4, 12.50-3.35am (Wednesday).

THURSDAY 10TH:- MONSIEUR LAZHAR (2011), Film4, 11.00am-12.55pm.

SUNDAY 13TH:- ANGELS & DEMONS (2009), CH.5, t.b.c.

[quote=Mr Sirs;68968498]Here is a list of the forthcoming movie premieres:-


This is a half-decent film, so it deserves better than an 11pm premiere time.
http://dvdfever.co.uk/?p=3633

Far more so than...


The film with the crappiest title of all time!

Easy A is a fantastic film. It deserves much more recognition. Watch it guys !

It isn't the largest gap. On the morning of Saturday 1 June BBC2 showed a triple bill of old RKO films, all of which were TV premieres, as per Radio Times - Curtain Call (1940), its sequel Foorlight Fever (1941) and Sing and Like It (1934). So the bar is now set at seventy-nine years.

The oldest film BBC2 has shown on Saturday or Sunday mornings in their old film slot this year has been The Gay Diplomat from 1931, not a premiere apparently but no one I know remembers a previous showing in at least the last thirty years. As far as I know, eighty-two years between film production and TV broadcast on a terrestrial channel may be a record. The only other contenders I can think of are Channel 4's broadcasts of The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916) in 1993. The occasional silent has turned up on Film 4 though.

No doubt there are plenty of early talkies, let alone silents, that have never been shown on terrestrial TV.

More details on forthcoming premieres:-


TUESDAY 8TH:- TABU (2012), Film4, 12.50-3.35am (Wednesday).

THURSDAY 10TH:- MONSIEUR LAZHAR (2011), Film4, 11.00am-12.55pm.

SATURDAY 12TH:- THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (2011), Channel 4, 9.00-11.05pm.

THE HOLE (2009), Channel 4, 11.05pm-12.55am.

SUNDAY 13TH:- ANGELS & DEMONS (2009), CH.5, 9.00-11.45pm.

SENNA (2010), ITV, 10.20pm-12.20am.

MONDAY 14TH:- 5 DAYS OF WAR (2011), Movie Mix, 11.15pm-1.30am.

And another update:-



TUESDAY 8TH:- TABU (2012), Film4, 12.50-3.35am (Wednesday).

THURSDAY 10TH:- MONSIEUR LAZHAR (2011), Film4, 11.00am-12.55pm.

SATURDAY 12TH:- THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (2011), Channel 4, 9.00-11.05pm.

THE HOLE (2009), Channel 4, 11.05pm-12.55am.

SUNDAY 13TH:- ANGELS & DEMONS (2009), CH.5, 9.00-11.45pm.

SENNA (2010), ITV, 10.20pm-12.20am.

MONDAY 14TH:- 5 DAYS OF WAR (2011), Movie Mix, 11.15pm-1.30am.

SUNDAY 20TH:- CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (2009). Channel 5, 4.10-?pm.

Seriously how many times are they going to show The Hole? It seems to be on permanent rotation.

you're probably confusing THE HOLE (2009) with THE HOLE (2001)

Whoops, you're right

There's another belated premiere coming up, this time on Channel 4 on Wednesday night or rather the early hours of Thursday 17th. They're showing the 1935 Indian film Devdas as part of its century of Indian film season, this one for the first time on UK television, as per Radio Times.

The documentary Closer To The Edge (Shown in cinemas as TT3D: Closer to the Edge) is Premiereing on ITV on 1st November - 22:35 - 00:45

Plus here are the movie premieres coming up :-

SATURDAY 19TH - THE WAY BACK (2010), Ch. 4, 11.40pm-2.00am.

SUNDAY 20TH - CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (2009), Ch.5, 4.20-6.10pm.

THURSDAY 24TH - EVERYTHING MUST GO (2010), Film 4, 9.00-10.55pm.

SUNDAY 27TH - SCREAM 4, Ch. 5, 9.00-?pm.

Just to add the year for Scream 4.

Hang on a minute Channel 5 showing a film after 2 years? I bet it gets pulled...