BBC America TV Guide — Thursday, 8 October 2026

Browse the full BBC America TV guide for Thursday, 8 October 2026. 14 programmes listed , including 2 tonight. US listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

1. 01:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E1 · Extreme Aggressor Drama

   Extreme Aggressor

   After four women go missing in Seattle in a period of four months, the BAU team is brought in to track down the abductor before he strikes again.

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2. 02:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E2 · Compulsion Drama

   Compulsion

   Gideon and the team are forced to rely on a psychological profile in their search for a serial arsonist who has been terrorizing a college campus.

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3. 03:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E3 · Won't Get Fooled Again Drama

   Won't Get Fooled Again

   The team hunts a serial bomber who appears to be a copycat of Gideon's arch-rival, a madman who murdered his old team years earlier.

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4. 04:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E4 · Plain Sight Drama

   Plain Sight

   The BAU heads to San Diego to help the local authorities track down and capture an elusive rapist-murderer who attacks during broad daylight.

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5. 05:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E5 · Broken Mirror Drama

   Broken Mirror

   While searching for the kidnapped daughter of a district attorney, the team realizes that the person responsible is now after her identical twin sister.

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Morning

1. 06:00 1h

   Criminal Minds

   S1 · E6 · L.D.S.K. Drama

   L.D.S.K.

   When the BAU is asked to identify a killer who is shooting at victims in broad daylight, the team works with local law enforcement officers to find the killer.

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2. 07:00 1h

   Life

   S1 · E1 · Challenges Nature

   Challenges

   Cameras capture footage of the strange animal behaviors that help species to survive, including Brazilian monkeys that have learned to use tools.

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3. 08:00 2h

   The Fly

   Horror, Science Fiction Film ★ 7.4

   

   An accident with an inventor's latest project, a device that can transmit matter over distance, merges his body with that of an insect.

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4. 10:00 3h

   Face/Off

   Action, Crime, Science Fiction Film ★ 7.1

   

   A federal agent has his face surgically altered to match a dangerous criminal's in order to get information from the man's associates.

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Daytime

1. 13:00 2h 30m

   Road House

   Action, Thriller Film ★ 6.8

   

   A gritty bouncer takes a job at a small-town bar to help the owner prevent escalating violence, but his success infuriates the local crime boss, who retaliates.

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2. 15:30 2h

   Punisher: War Zone

   Action, Crime Film ★ 5.8

   

   A hardened vigilante's brutal war on crime is threatened when he accidentally kills an undercover FBI agent during an attempt to take down a mob boss.

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3. 17:30 2h

   First Blood

   Action, Thriller, Drama Film ★ 7.5

   

   A highly skilled and decorated Vietnam War veteran is unjustly arrested and abused until he escapes and wages a one-man war against his tormentors.

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Evening

1. 19:30 2h

   Rambo: First Blood Part II

   Action, Adventure, Thriller, War Film ★ 6.7

   

   A soldier is sent to look for POWs in Vietnam with the expectation that he won't find any, and when he locates one, the U.S. Army leaves him to die.

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2. 21:30 2h 30m

   Rambo III

   Action, Adventure, Thriller, War Film ★ 6.2

   

   A one-man fighting force heads into Afghanistan where he blows things up single-handedly in an effort to rescue a friend from a military stronghold.

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