GREAT! Movies TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On GREAT! Movies Tonight

GREAT! Movies is a free-to-air film channel, though a fair bit harder to stumble across since a 2025 reshuffle of the Freeview line-up (more on that below). Tonight, Tuesday 11 August 2026, the evening opens with Amber Alert, followed by Trigger Point, then Chief of Station closes the night.

GREAT! Movies Schedule: Tuesday 11 August 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete GREAT! Movies schedule for Tuesday 11 August 2026, on Freeview 62.

What’s on GREAT! Movies today

The small hours open with two contemporary thrillers before the westerns take over. American Siege airs at 12:59am, Bruce Willis as a troubled small-town sheriff drawn in when local thugs take a doctor hostage over a teenager’s decade-old disappearance. Predestination follows at 2:34am, Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook in a 2015 time-travel thriller about a temporal agent sent to catch a fugitive who is always one step ahead.

Two vintage westerns fill the pre-dawn slot. Kentucky Rifle (1955) at 4:15am has Chill Wills, Lance Fuller and Cathy Downs stranded in enemy territory when a wagon carrying guns breaks down. Wrangler (1989) follows at 5:43am, Jeff Fahey in an Australian outback story of a woman fighting to save her family’s ranch while two rival suitors compete for her.

Air Rescue then fills the morning, six instalments back to back from 7:23am to 9:59am, following the pilots and paramedics of Australia’s Westpac Lifesaver helicopter service on a different emergency each time.

From there the schedule settles into its usual run of thrillers. Bad Man’s River takes the 9:59am slot, a 1971 comedy western with Lee Van Cleef and James Mason as rival crooks who team up to rob a government shipment. Framed By My Sister follows at 11:41am, a 2021 drama with Scout Taylor-Compton in which adopted twins discover a long-lost triplet, only for the reunion to turn deadly. Mistaken takes the 1:17pm slot, Lana Parrilla as a divorcee whose stolen identity sends her hunting for the thief. Out of Control follows at 2:48pm, Laura Vandervoort as a forensic scientist drawn into investigating a case that may connect to an unsolved murder. Dispatch takes the 4:22pm slot, Fiona Gubelmann as a 911 operator forced to confront a call she dismissed as a prank once a body turns up. Out of Control repeats at 5:52pm, carrying the day through to the evening handover.

GREAT! Movies tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the GREAT! Movies primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 11 August 2026.

Amber Alert — GREAT! Movies, 7:26pm

Amber Alert opens the evening at 7:26pm. Alaina Huffman plays Detective Amber Cross, brought in when a troubled young man hijacks a bus full of schoolchildren and the standoff turns into a test of her own nerve as much as his. A 2015 crisis thriller built around one situation rather than a twisting plot.

Trigger Point — GREAT! Movies, 9:03pm

At 9:03pm, Trigger Point follows. Jordan Hinson plays a college student who signs up with a group of activists after her father loses his job, only to find the corporation they’re up against is willing to go further than she expected. Also from 2015, and the second Philippe Gagnon film in a row on the channel tonight.

Chief of Station — GREAT! Movies, 10:36pm

The night closes with Chief of Station at 10:36pm, easily the strongest name on tonight’s schedule. Aaron Eckhart plays a former CIA station chief whose wife’s death was ruled an accident until he starts asking questions, with Olga Kurylenko as the old adversary he ends up working alongside. Jesse V. Johnson directs this 2024 spy thriller.

What kind of films are on GREAT! Movies

Classic Hollywood and westerns

The overnight schedule is where the channel’s deepest library lives: 1950s and ’60s Hollywood, John Wayne westerns through to Alan Ladd dramas, accumulated over more than a decade of broadcasting. It’s also the only stretch of the day where the films are genuinely old rather than just cheap, and if you set a recorder for anything here, set it for the small hours.

Lifetime-style crime and thriller movies

Daytime belongs to the made-for-TV thriller that Lifetime and its American equivalents turn out at pace. Missing persons, family secrets, one twist, done inside 90 minutes. Quality swings about a good deal from title to title, and none of it is trying to be more than something to have on.

Contemporary action and thriller premieres

Evenings bring newer titles, generally from the last five to twenty years, mostly domestic-menace thrillers with the occasional proper action picture and a recognisable lead.

How to watch GREAT! Movies

Channel numbers

GREAT! Movies isn’t where it used to be. Here’s where to actually find it now:

Until 4 September 2025 this was an ordinary aerial-only channel on Freeview 50 and Sky 321. GREAT! Mystery has those slots now. Nothing about it costs money, but the broadband requirement is the bit that catches people out, particularly anyone still using an older box.

Streaming online

GREAT! Movies streams free through Great! Player at great-player.com, no account required, with apps for Amazon Fire TV, YouView, and Samsung and LG smart TVs, plus the App Store and Google Play. Alongside the live stream there’s a library of past films, which is how you pick something up after it has aired.

GREAT! sister channels

GREAT! Movies is one of five channels Narrative Entertainment UK Limited runs under the GREAT! banner, all of them part of Sony’s UK line-up before the 2021 sale and rebrand.

All five sit in the same Great! Player app, which is how you reach GREAT! Movies on the platforms that no longer list it.

Frequently asked questions

What channel is GREAT! Movies on Freeview?

Channel 62, a connected Freeview Play slot since 4 September 2025, so it needs broadband as well as an aerial. Older Freeview boxes and standalone recorders without internet access can’t tune in. Freely carries it on 57.

Is GREAT! Movies still on Sky and Virgin Media?

Not under this name. Its old Sky slots (321, HD 318, +1 322) and Virgin Media slot were permanently rebranded to GREAT! Mystery in the same swap. Great! Player is the way to watch it if your TV isn’t set up for Freeview Play or Freely.

What’s on GREAT! Movies tonight?

Amber Alert at 7:26pm, with Alaina Huffman as a detective negotiating a school bus hijacking, Trigger Point at 9:03pm, and Chief of Station at 10:36pm. Aaron Eckhart in Chief of Station, alongside Olga Kurylenko, is the strongest name on tonight’s schedule.

Is GREAT! Movies free to watch, and does it carry adverts?

Free on all three: Freeview Play, Freely and Great! Player. There are ad breaks during films, as on any commercially funded channel, but no subscription and no sign-in required.

Who owns GREAT! Movies?

Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. It launched on Sky in May 2012 as Sony Movie Channel, reached Freeview in January 2017, became Sony Movies in 2019, and took the GREAT! Movies name in May 2021 after Narrative Capital bought Sony’s UK free-to-air channels.

What are the GREAT! sister channels?

GREAT! Action (Freeview 42), GREAT! TV (Freeview 34), GREAT! Romance (Freeview 52) and GREAT! Mystery (Freeview 50), which took over GREAT! Movies’ old, more prominent Freeview slot. All stream free via Great! Player.

Can I watch GREAT! Movies online for free, and is there catch-up?

Yes. Great! Player at great-player.com, plus apps on Freeview Play, Freely, YouView, Amazon Fire TV, and Samsung and LG smart TVs. No account needed, and the film library works as catch-up.

Verdict

The programming hasn’t got worse. The finding of it has. A channel that used to be a couple of button presses away now wants a broadband connection, a Freeview Play box or the Great! Player app, and some willingness to go looking, which is a genuine cost for something whose whole appeal was being there when you flicked past it.

Whether the effort is worth it depends on the night. Tonight’s line-up is two lower-budget Lifetime-style thrillers either side of the strongest title of the three: Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko in the 2024 spy thriller Chief of Station. Worth the extra step for that one alone.

Related: Film4 TV Guide | Freeview Channel Guide | Films on TV This Week