Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Haunted (Zone Horror)
Ghostly TV show starring Matthew Fox. Following the abduction of his son, Frank Taylor is sent to investigate another case of child abduction and is seriously injured whilst trying to apprehend the suspect. On recovering, he discovers that he can receive messages from kindly spirits, but the malevolent presence of the dead suspect plagues him. Season 1, episode 2.
9.00pm Profit (CBS Action)
Jim Profit works for a multinational company, and isn’t above using any means necessary to get ahead, and that includes bribery, blackmail, intimidation, extortion, and even murder. Now everyone at the company, including the president, Charles Gracen are oblivious to his dark side, as a matter of fact, Gracen thinks of him as a golden boy. But Joanne Meltzer, the company’s security chief looks into his eyes, she sees something sinister. And when her boss, Jack Walters is looking into some irregularities at the company, he asks Joanne to look into and initially, the person she cornered said it was Profit who was behind it, but when Profit learned of this, he convinced this person to change the story she told Joanne. But Joanne knows that Profit is evil and so she tries to get the goods on him, at the same time, Profit tries to find a way to neutralize her and anyone else who might believe her. Season 1, episode 2.
10.00pm The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (Film 24)
This US sitcom follows two ‘thirty-something’ women, Jackie Woodman, a magazine writer and aspiring screenwriter. Her pet project is a script about her aunt, who was a roller derby star in the 1930s; and her best friend Tara Wentzel, whose willful ignorance, fleeting confidence, poor judgment and self-loathing constantly get in the way of their success. Stars Laura Kightlinger and Nicolle Tom.
11.00pm Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (Zone Horror)
In 1948, a group of miners finds a gallery full of emeralds in a salt mine in Switzerland, but they are attacked by giant black beetles and only one of them survives. In the present day, the explorer John Palmer is ready to take a vacation in Greece with his family when he is invited by a stranger called Vincent to lead his team in an expedition into a mine in Switzerland. In return, Vincent offers a large amount of cash to John and the cottage nearby a lake and the entrance of the mine for his family to spend the vacation. John accepts the offer, and while leading the group underground in the tunnels, he finds that their ambitious leader Marcel is a very dangerous man. When John meets giant black beetles in the cave, he orders the group to return but Marcel threatens the safety of his family, forcing John to lead the team to the deep location of the emerald mine. Stars Christopher (Blue Lagoon) Atkins.
