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Thar she blows! It can only be the Weekend!

So like a mid eighteenth century Whaling vessel let us be your sea hardened, weather beaten, bearded captain with a stern but fair persona. As we sail hard heartedly across vast oceans of retro movie mayhem, we'll peer one eyed through our brass telescope for the elusive humped back of cinematic greatness before we thrust our long and rusty harpoons into the salty meaty flesh of celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 5th APRIL

Crocodile Dundee (1986) Film4 1:00 pm-2:50 pm (1 hour 50 minutes)

A New York reporter searches the Australian Outback for a maverick hunter with a legendary reputation, and invites the adventurer back to America. But the die-hard Aussie needs to draw on all his survival skills to adjust to life in the urban jungle. Comedy adventure, written by and starring Paul Hogan, with Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon and Mark Blum. Edited for daytime broadcast.

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Jeepers Peepers! It's weekend time once more.

So on a tropical beach beneath the bright yellow sun, gently shaded by a plume of palm trees, lent against a ramshackle Tiki bar made from bamboo, decorated with Mayan figurines and coconuts let us be your Sunkist Hawaiian shirted bar keep as we mix for you a brightly coloured fruity cocktail of mega cinematic greatness, with a zesty after taste of retro movie awesomeness and a  tiny squeeze of celluloid wonder.

Have a happy retro weekend!

SATURDAY 27th July

The Goonies (1985) GOLD 12:00pm-2:20pm (2 hours 20 minutes)

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Salvador Dali's moustache! it's the weekend hooray!

Like a troupe of excited chimpanzees making faces while merrily playing on tyre swings waiting for bananas let us be your happy little zoo keeper as we bring to you a bucket full cinematic retro juicy pleasure.

Have a happy retro weekend :-)

SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) ITV1 London 2:45pm-5:20pm (2 hours 35 minutes)

The rebel heroes set out to rescue Han Solo from the clutches of alien gangster Jabba the Hutt before preparing for a decisive attack on the evil Empire. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker faces a more personal battle in a final confrontation with Darth Vader that leads him to the inner sanctum of the Emperor himself. Conclusion of the sci-fi saga, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.

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Welcome one and all to this weeks retro weekend movie rundown. Do we have some classics for you this week?! 8 movies that span a generation, from Saturday it’s all about angry cops and toilet humour and on Sunday it’s about getting in touch with your inner child and reminiscing. So grab some munchies, relax, peel your eyes open and enjoy!Have a happy retro weekend :-)

SATURDAY 5th MAY

Die Hard (1988) Channel 4 9:30pm-12:10am (2 hours 40 minutes)

New York cop John McClane is in LA to visit his wife and kids over the Christmas holiday. Stopping off at his wife's place of work, he realises armed men have hijacked the building and are holding the corporation's staff to ransom - and only he has the ability to fight back. Action thriller, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia.

Tango & Cash (1989) ITV4 9:30pm-11:35pm (2 hours 5 minutes)

Two rival LA detectives are constant thorns in the side of a ruthless drug baron, so he has them framed for murder and sent to prison. Surrounded by vengeful crooks they put behind bars, the combative duo are forced to bury their differences to escape and prove their innocence. Action adventure, with Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher and Jack Palance.

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) ITV4 11:35pm-1:45am (2 hours 10 minutes)

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