BBC America TV Guide — Sunday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full BBC America TV guide for Sunday, 9 August 2026. 16 programmes listed , including 3 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 2h

Spaceballs

Comedy, Science Fiction Film ★ 6.8

The King of planet Druidia hires a mercenary to rescue his kidnapped daughter from a wicked Dark Lord who wants Druidia's clean air.

★ Cast & Info

02:00 3h

The Blues Brothers

Music, Comedy, Action, Crime Film ★ 7.7

Two bluesmen contact their former band members and go on a mission from God to raise $5,000 to keep the orphanage in which they were raised from closing down.

★ Cast & Info

05:00 2h

Airplane!

Comedy Film ★ 7.3

A former Navy pilot suffering from wartime trauma is forced to take the controls of an airliner when the cockpit crew is incapacitated with food poisoning.

★ Cast & Info

Morning

07:00 1h

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E1 · One Ocean Documentary

One Ocean

Using new technology, oceanographers travel beneath the waves to explore the Earth's vast oceans, from the tropical coral reefs to the planet's frozen poles.

08:00 1h

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E3 · The Deep Documentary

The Deep

An abundance of life thrives in the pitch-black darkness of the seabed, which is the largest living space on Earth, but also the least-explored.

09:00 1h

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E4 · Big Blue Documentary

Big Blue

Far from the shore, a marine desert has almost nothing to eat, but houses some of the largest creatures on Earth; sperm whales hunt for squid 3,000 feet deep.

10:00 1h

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E7 · Our Blue Planet Documentary

Our Blue Planet

David Attenborough examines the impact of human activity on the ocean, which has been changing faster and in more ways than at any point in human history.

11:00 1h 10m

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E3 · Coral Reefs Documentary

Coral Reefs

While survival in coral reefs can be a challenge, creatures have found many solutions; a turtle uses trickery to skip the line for an underwater "health spa."

Daytime

12:10 1h 10m

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E5 · Green Seas Documentary

Green Seas

In the green seas of the Earth, sunlight brings life to vast kelp forests, mangroves, seagrass prairies and algae blooms, and animals fight for space and food.

13:20 1h 10m

The Blue Planet II

S1 · E6 · Coasts Documentary

Coasts

At the coast, land and sea collide, creating a dynamic and challenging habitat that encapsulates the ways wildlife survives in an ever-changing world.

14:30 1h

South Pacific

S1 · E1 · Ocean of Islands Nature

Ocean of Islands

In the Pacific, 20,000 islands stretch from the tropics to the subantarctic; coral gardens grow in its warmest waters, while icebergs float in its coldest.

15:30 1h

South Pacific

S1 · E2 · Castaways Nature

Castaways

The South Pacific's 20,000 islands are among the most isolated in the world, but every single one is colonized by castaways who succeeded against all odds.

16:30 2h 30m

S.W.A.T.

Other Film

The officers of the Los Angeles S.W.A.T. team try to restore their tarnished reputation by successfully transporting a drug kingpin to federal authorities.

Evening

19:00 2h

Unstoppable

Action, Thriller Film ★ 6.5

An expert engineer and a novice conductor race to stop a runaway, poisonous train from crashing and causing a catastrophe in a large town directly in its path.

★ Cast & Info

21:00 2h 30m

The Book of Eli

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction Film ★ 6.8

In post-apocalyptic America, an enigmatic wanderer fights for his life after he runs afoul of a corrupt town boss who wants the rare book he is carrying.

★ Cast & Info

23:30 2h

Unstoppable

Action, Thriller Film ★ 6.5

An expert engineer and a novice conductor race to stop a runaway, poisonous train from crashing and causing a catastrophe in a large town directly in its path.

★ Cast & Info

Early Morning

Morning

Daytime

Evening

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