BBC America TV Guide — Thursday TV Listings & Schedule

Browse the full BBC America TV guide for Thursday, 27 August 2026. 18 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

00:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E15 · Public Enemy Drama

Public Enemy

A serial killer who targets random victims in highly visible places in order to create a sense of fear within the public is the subject of a BAU investigation.

01:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E16 · Mosley Lane Drama

Mosley Lane

Law enforcement in Ashburn, Virginia, asks the BAU to profile a child predator they believe may have been kidnapping children for the past eight years.

02:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E17 · Solitary Man Drama

Solitary Man

A truck driver is abducting women and dumping them in random places all over New Mexico, and the BAU must determine his motives before they can stop him.

03:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E18 · The Fight Drama

The Fight

The team travels to San Francisco to investigate murders of homeless men and team up with a separate group of operatives who believe their cases may be related.

04:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E19 · A Rite of Passage Drama

A Rite of Passage

The BAU team travels to Texas in order to track a serial killer who is targeting illegal immigrants attempting to make safe passage into the United States.

05:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E20 · ...A Thousand Words Drama

...A Thousand Words

The team must profile a tattooed serial murderer that has committed suicide, and they hope to find clues that will lead them to where he left his latest victim.

Morning

06:00 1h

Criminal Minds

S5 · E21 · Exit Wounds Drama

Exit Wounds

Garcia plays a crucial part in a case when she travels to Alaska to investigate small town murders, but she soon finds herself questioning her role.

07:00 30m

Hidden Habitats

S1 · E5 · Canada's Coastal Forests Nature

Canada's Coastal Forests

A comprehensive examination is taken into the many different habitats on Earth, featuring an exploration of Canada's Coastal Forest.

07:30 1h 10m

Blue Planet: Seas of Life

S1 · E1 · Ocean World Nature

Ocean World

An exploration of the seas of planet Earth finds that they are vital to the weather patterns and serve as a flourishing ecosystem for various organisms.

08:40 1h 10m

Blue Planet: Seas of Life

S1 · E7 · Tidal Seas Nature

Tidal Seas

Interested viewers are given a look at the rich tidal marshes and cycles that produce plant life, predators and prey in enormous quantities.

09:50 1h 10m

Blue Planet: Seas of Life

S1 · E5 · Seasonal Seas Nature

Seasonal Seas

A look at the light emitted by the sun examines its purpose as the main energy source for the rapid spring and summer growth of the ocean's plankton population.

11:00 1h

Blue Planet: Seas of Life

S1 · E6 · Coral Seas Nature

Coral Seas

Fish and other marine animals find their homes among the coral reefs in the ocean as well as their food source, but the coral must also find ways to survive.

Daytime

12:00 1h

The Blue Planet

S1 · E2 · The Deep Documentary

The Deep

A comprehensive look is taken into how mountain ranges, perpetual night, pressure and temperature extremes create unusual life forms.

13:00 2h

Hot Shots!

Action, Comedy, War Film ★ 6.6

A renegade pilot struggles to overcome the stigma of his father's reputation in the cockpit while competing with a rival pilot for the affections of his doctor.

★ Cast & Info

15:00 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

17:00 3h

The Karate Kid

Action, Drama, Family Film ★ 7.2

A teenager moves from New Jersey to California, where he immediately becomes the target of bullies, until an elderly man teaches him the art of karate.

★ Cast & Info

Evening

20:00 2h 30m

Major League

Comedy Film ★ 6.9

An owner sets out to give her baseball team a losing record so that poor attendance will justify moving them to Miami, but the players find out about her plan.

★ Cast & Info

22:30 2h 30m

Major League II

Comedy Film ★ 5.7

Ruined by their previous success, a misfit baseball team must fight its way back up from the bottom by overcoming inner turmoil and the owner's bad decisions.

★ Cast & Info

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