Thursday 19th of May 2005

SPECIES III

MONDAY 11 JULY AT 10PM
Beauty’s only skin deep, they say – and they’re not kidding in this third chilling instalment of the SPECIES trilogy. Guys have got a lot more than safe sex to worry about in the shape of Sara (foxy newcomer SUNNY MABREY of XXX: STATE OF THE UNION fame). This dangerously beautiful femme fatale is looking for a one-night stand with a difference. She’s the most genetically perfect incarnation yet of an alien species that’s desperate to mate with humans and ensure its own survival.
Taken into care at birth by a professor with his own agenda, Sara is the alien/human hybrid daughter of the last SPECIES instalment’s fatally wounded Eve (NATASHA HENSTRIDGE – SPECIES). On a mission to perpetuate her race’s DNA, Sara finds herself on the run from a crack military team… and dodging a bunch of alien hybrids with reproductive ideas of their own. Packed with gruesome effects, white-knuckle action and a generous sprinkling of naughty bits, SPECIES III is a must-see for everyone who loved the spine-tingling erotic thrills of its predecessors. (2004)

GINGER SNAPS WEEKEND INCLUDING GINGER SNAPS BACK UK PREMIERE

FRIDAY 1 - SUNDAY 3 JULY AT 10PM
SNAP! To celebrate the UK Premiere of GINGER SNAPS BACK, we’re screening the first two movies – GINGER SNAPS and GINGER SNAPS UNLEASHED – as part of our GINGER SNAPS WEEKEND. With a different instalment of the cult trilogy airing every night from FRIDAY 1 JULY, don’t miss your first chance to see chapter III on SUNDAY 3 JULY. The prequel to the original GINGER SNAPS, the third part of this hormonally-tinged series takes us back to 19th century Canada to reveal the origin of the dreaded werewolf curse. It’s here we meet the ancestors of our favourite doomy Fitzgerald sisters, who also happen to be called – wait for it! – Ginger and Brigitte (KATHARINE ISABELLE and EMILY PERKINS).
Stumbling through the wilderness, our hapless teen pals chance on a traders’ fort were they are taken in by a motley gaggle of half-crazy outsiders. Their place of refuge turns into a prison when they find themselves under attack from savage werewolves. As tensions rise, the group finds one of its own turning into the very thing they’re trying to keep from the door – and an enigmatic Indian hunter may be the girls’ only hope against the beastly onslaught. (2004) Eliminates wrinkles and signs of

WITCHES OF THE CARIBBEAN

FRIDAY 8 JULY AT 10PM
Tune in to the UK television premiere of this spooky story and get in touch with your inner goth. Seventeen-year-old Angela (NICOLE CAVAZOS) is plagued by nightmares about a 16th century witch who burns to death on a dark beach. In an attempt to lay her inner demons to rest, she jets to a two-week retreat for troubled teens on the Caribbean island of Matau, run by eminent child psychologist Professor Avebury (JOANNA CASSIDY - BLADE RUNNER, GHOSTS OF MARS).
On arrival at the island paradise, Angela encounters other troubled teens – led by the enigmatic Bethany (NICOLE MARIE MONICA) – who seem to fit into her dreams. Little does Angela realize that Matau hides a horrific secret history… and that her nightmares are the echoes of a past life. (2004) Ginger spice – KATHARINE ISABELLE (right) and EMILY PERKINS try to keep the wolf from the door The witching hour approaches… can Angela solve her Caribbean conundrum?

BUGS - Movie

MONDAY 4 JULY AT 10PM
Eeeugghh – as if finding a spider in the bath wasn’t bad enough… how do you fancy the idea of a three-metre long bug that runs faster than a car and looks like a scorpion? A cop falls victim to the armour plated monster while giving chase to a criminal in an underground tunnel. Agent Matt Pollack (ANTONIO SABATO JR – THE BIG HIT) is brought in to investigate what’s happened, drafting in entomologist Emily Foster (ANGIE EVERHART - BORDELLO OF BLOOD) to help. Matt leads a crack team into the tunnel system to stamp out the swarming menace… before it unleashes a tide of destruction in the city above. (2003)

PANDORA’S CLOCK PARTS 1 & 2

MONDAY 18 JULY AND TUESDAY 19 JULY AT 10PM
A packed passenger jet harbouring a deadly payload is heading for JFK airport. Terrorists have loaded the plane with a Doomsday virus, and officials on the ground are less than keen on letting it land. Low on fuel and desperate to save his passengers and crew, Captain James Holland (RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON – STARGATE SG1) has a battle on his hands to avoid being shot out of the sky by an unsympathetic government. You’ll be holding your breath to find out what happens next in this nail-biting two-parter that also features JANE LEEVES (FRASIER). (1996)

PURGATORY – Movie

SATURDAY 23 JULY
AT 10PM
Don’t like westerns? Hold your horses and check this one out. On the run after a bank job, an outlaw band led by Blackjack Britton (ERIC ROBERTS – DR WHO: THE MOVIE) rides into the small town of Refuge to find that none of the townsfolk drinks, swears or carries a gun. It turns out that the town is populated by Wild Bill Hickok (SAM SHEPARD – BLACK HAWK DOWN), Doc Holiday (RANDY QUAID - INDEPENDENCE DAY) and other gun-fighting legends on their best behaviour in a bid to escape Hell. (1999)

UK TV SERIES PREMIERES

REGENESIS

MONDAYS AT 9PM From bio-weapons to designer babies, the future’s here… but has science gone too far? A smash hit on the other side of the Atlantic, REGENESIS follows the fortunes of NorBAC – the North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission.
Under the leadership of Chief Scientist David Sandstrom (PETER OUTERBRIDGE – MEDICAL INVESTIGATION, 24, THE PRETENDER), the NorBAC guys and gals pick their way through a maze of legal, ethical and moral dilemmas as they investigate biotech’s more controversial advances. In PRIONS this month, the team investigates a North American outbreak of mad cow disease, while Sandstrom suspects that an old friend Danny is using a risky performance-enhancing steroid to boost his sporting abilities. The search for deadly mad cow-causing prions continues in THE OLDEST VIRUS, and he NorBAC squad home in on an agricultural business that they suspect is selling infected chickens. Sandstrom, meanwhile, gets the hots when Jill Langston (SARAH STRANGE) interviews for a vacant position with the team.

ANDROMEDA SERIES 5

WEDNESDAYS AT 9PM
Charting the adventures of Captain Dylan Hunt (KEVIN SORBO – HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS) and crew, the previously-unseen fifth series of Gene Roddenberry’s ANDROMEDA continues exclusively on SCI FI this month. Based on the previously unpublished writings of STAR TREK creator GENE RODDENBERRY, ANDROMEDA has already outstripped its peers by running to an unprecedented five series – join us this month and find out what the hullabaloo is all about.
In WHEN GOES AROUND, Dylan is pursued by a mysterious stranger who holds the link between the past and Seefra’s troubled present. ATTEMPTING SCREED sees Dylan beginning to learn the extent of his new powers as a Paradine. SO BURN THE UNTAMED LAMBS finds Dylan and Rhade (STEVE BACIC) fighting to free captive slaves from a cruel labour camp. In WHAT WILL BE WAS NOT, Trance’s (LAURA BERTRAM) misadventure into Seefra-1’s tunnel system exposes the guardian of an ancient Vedran secret.

THE DEAD ZONE SERIES 1-3 BACK-TO-BACK

WEEKDAYS AT 6PM FROM MONDAY 18 JULY
We kid you not folks… it’s the chance we’ve all been waiting for – all three series of THE DEAD ZONE screened consecutively every weekday at 6pm from 18 July. Based on Stephen King’s incredible novel about a man who awakes from a six year coma to find he has the power of premonition, this American adaptation starring ex-Brat Packer Anthony Michael Hall is one of the most successful drama premieres the USA has ever produced. And that’s not even a PR spin…If you look up the show on the internet, your search will confirm that Series 1 smashed all previous cable ratings in the US; Series 2 had viewers crying out for more; and Series 3 picked up the baton to deliver yet more success, resulting in the commission of a fourth instalment. That’s right folks, even though American shows have a hard enough time making it through one or two seasons, THE DEAD ZONE has made it to four. Why has this show outperformed so many others? Watch and find out…

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