TCM Movies

This article is about the UK television channel. For the USA and other countries' versions of Turner Classic Movies, seeTurner Classic MoviesandTurner Classic Movies (around the world).

"TNT (British TV channel)" redirects here. For the current British TV channel using TNT branding, seeTNT Sports (United Kingdom).

TCM Movies

Broadcast area	United Kingdom,Ireland,MaltaandGibraltar
Headquarters	Turner House, Great Marlborough Street, London,United Kingdom
Programming
Picture format	16:9576iSDTV
Timeshiftservice	Turner Classic Movies 2 (2006–2013) TCM Movies +1 (2013–2023)
Ownership
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery International
Sister channels	Boomerang Cartoon Network Cartoonito CNN International
History
Launched	17 September 1993(1993-09-17)(as TNT) 15 October 1999(1999-10-15)(as Turner Classic Movies/TCM Movies)
Closed	1 July 2000(2000-07-01)(as TNT) 7 July 2023(2023-07-07)(as Turner Classic Movies/TCM Movies)
Replaced by	Sky Documentaries
Former names	TNT (1993–1999) Turner Classic Movies (1999–2019)
Links
Website	www.tcmuk.tv

TCM Movies(formerlyTNTandTurner Classic Movies) was a Britishpay televisionchannel, focussing mostly on classic movies, mostly from theTurner EntertainmentandWarner Bros.film libraries, which included manyMGMtitles, along with movie-related profiles and some classic American television series.

History

TNT logo

On 17 September 1993,TNTlaunched as an evening and overnight classic movie channel. The channel originally timeshared withCartoon Network UKand was broadcast daily from 7:00PM until 5:00AM, but in September 1996, the channel's start time was pushed back to 9:00PM. The first film to be broadcast on TNT at 7:00PM on 17 September 1993 was the 1966 filmSpinoutstarringElvis Presley.Both channels were available free-to-air on satellite. Its slogan was "Classic Movies".

In 1999, TNT fully moved to a general entertainment schedule - it had been showing the weekly wrestling programmeWCW Monday Nitrosince 1996 - and the films shown on the channel were transferred to a new channel, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which launched at 9pm on 15 October 1999 with the 1946 movieThe Big Sleep.

TNT was closed on 1 July 2000 and TCM took over TNT's space on various platforms.

By now, Cartoon Network in the UK had become pay channels but Turner Classic Movies continued to broadcastfree-to-airuntil January 2004 when it joined Sky's subscription packages.

In 2009, Turner Classic Movies received a graphical makeover and a new logo in an attempt to attract a younger audience. With the makeover several new films were added to the channel's catalogue.A high definition version of the channel launched on 4 September 2012,at the same time the standard definition version began broadcasting in16:9widescreen,whereas Turner Classic Movies 2 continued to be broadcast in4:3.

On 2 March 2009, Turner Classic Movies UK sold the Sky EPG slot, when Travel Channel 2 closed.

A one-hour timeshift, Turner Classic Movies +1, launched on 13 August 2013, replacing Turner Classic Movies 2.

On 25 July 2019, the HD channel closed on Sky.

Turner Classic Movies was renamed TCM Movies on 1 August 2019.

The channel closed on 7 July 2023, and some of the channel's former film programming was moved to sister channelQuest.The last movie shown on the channel wasMurder Most Fouland the last content shown on the channel before the closedown was aClose Upshort dedicated toArnold Schwarzenegger.

Turner Classic Movies 2

Turner Classic Movies 2(TCM2) was a spin-off of the original channel and broadcast on Sky channel 318. The channel launched alongside Cartoon Network Too on 24 April 2006. It also showed popular films from theTurner Entertainmentlibrary (which includesMGMandWarner Bros.films).

Films were shown from 7:00PM to 3:00AM (later changed to 8:00PM to 4:00AM on 25 March 2010) (interspersed with various original short films about the films) from Monday-Sunday, and the following week included a new line-up. This allowed the viewer to "catch-up on the big films", thus allowing the chance to see the preferred film on any day of the week. The channel timeshared withCartoonito(originally the original version of Cartoon Network Too from 24 April 2006 until 23 May 2007), another UK-only spin-off channel. The channel began airingAdult Swimat 10pm every Wednesday as of 4 January 2012, before moving to Friday later in April 2012.

Closure

For unknown reasons, Turner Classic Movies 2 closed at 4:00AM on 12 August 2013 with Turner Classic Movies +1 launching the next day, 13 August 2013.

Other programming

Television series

• Band of Brothers
• Danger Man(Series 2–4 only)
• Deadwood
• Gunsmoke
• Wild Boys
• The Pillars of the Earth
• Kung Fu
• Rome
• The Thorn Birds
• Hell on Wheels
• Ed Sullivan's Rock n'Roll Classics
• The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show

Adult Swim

AsAdult Swimshows cannot be shown on the UK version ofCartoon Network(asOfcomregulated children's channels are not allowed to broadcast adult content), they were shown on Turner Classic Movies 2 instead. They typically started at 1:15 AM on Saturday and included shows such as:

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Robot Chicken
• Metalocalypse
• The Venture Bros.
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
• Squidbillies

Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling launched on TNT (UK) in April 1996 withWCW Monday Nitro.On 9 October 1998WCW Thunderwas added. Both aired in a 9pm to 12.30am (variant) block starting with the debut of Thunder. When TNT (UK) was closed down, WCW programming was briefly moved over to Turner Classic Movies and thenBravo.Trailers aired on Turner Classic Movies informing viewers of the change.

WCW Nitro

• 1996 to 1997 - Friday Nights - 9pm - 10pm
• 1997 to 1998 - Friday Nights - 9pm - 11pm
• 1998 to 2000 - Friday Nights - 9pm - 11.35pm
• 2000 - Friday Nights - 9pm - 11pm

(WCW Nitro then changed to Bravo in 2000, on Thursday Nights - 9pm - 11pm, until March 2001, when WCW was purchased by theWorld Wrestling Federation).

WCW Thunder

• 9 October 1998 to 2000 - Friday Nights - 11.35pm - 1am

See also

• Turner Classic Movies

External links

• Official UK Site