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November 4, 2026November 4, 2026

The Sci-Fi epic continues: Six Babylon 5 TV movies land on Legend

LEGEND, the television destination for fans of action, sci-fi, and thrillers, will be airing the Channel premieres of six feature-length BABYLON 5 television movies from Tuesday 10th November to Tuesday 17th November at 6pm.

Following the popular channel rollout of all five seasons of J. Michael Straczynski’s multi-award-winning ’90s space opera series, fans can continue their journey into deep space with these seminal standalone narratives.

The line-up of movies expands upon the intricate political, galactic, and character-driven lore established in the main television series. Viewers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the following cinematic chapters:

BABYLON 5: IN THE BEGINNING is a prequel to the series and is set in the year 2776, the now-aged Centauri Emperor Londo Mollari recalls the never-before-revealed events of the cataclysmic Earth/Minbari War, which almost destroyed the human race and led to the creation of Babylon 5. The following evening BABYLON 5: THIRDSPACE has the station crew discovering an enormous, millions-of-years-old artifact floating in hyperspace. When they activate it, they inadvertently open a gateway to “Thirdspace” – an alternate universe home to a telepathic, hyper-violent alien species. The artifact begins mind-controlling the station’s residents, forcing Captain John Sheridan and the crew into a desperate fight to shut the gateway down before the entity destroys the galaxy.

Martin Sheen and Ian McShane join the cast for BABYLON 5: THE RIVER OF SOULS. An archaeologist brings a stolen soul vessel to Babylon 5, which accidentally unleashes billions of angry, trapped souls. As the station falls into chaos, a fleet of angry Soul Hunters arrives to violently reclaim their stolen property, forcing Captain Elizabeth Lochley to broker a peace. BABYLON 5: A CALL TO ARMS has President John Sheridan receiving apocalyptic visions of an impending attack on Earth. The Drakh, vengeful servants of the defeated Shadows, launch a massive strike force, successfully releasing a slow acting, highly lethal bioweapon into Earth’s atmosphere, giving humanity five years to find a cure. Look out for horror icon Tony Todd.

A disgraced Ranger, David Martel, is given command of an outdated, quirky patrol ship named the Liandra in BABYLON 5: LEGEND OF THE RANGERS. During a routine escort mission for an interstellar diplomatic group, Martel and his crew become the thin line of defence against a dangerous and mysterious new ancient threat known as the “The Hand”. The event concludes with BABYLON 5: THE LOST TALES. This final release focuses on the personal stories of the original crew. Colonel Lochley deals with an Earthforce maintenance worker on Babylon 5 who appears to be possessed by a literal supernatural demon, and President Sheridan is warned by a technomage of a catastrophic future where a young Centauri prince destroys Earth, forcing him to make a difficult moral choice about assassination.

October 28, 2026October 28, 2026

November brings Steven Seagal action and a Brian De Palma masterpiece

November is a treat for fans of Hollywood action and martial arts icon Steven Seagal, as LEGEND presents Channel premieres for five of his films made between 2005 and 2008 – INTO THE SUN, SHADOW MAN, FLIGHT OF FURY, RENEGADE JUSTICE and PISTOL WHIPPED. Still on display is his trademark brutal martial arts style and his “untouchable” screen presence.

Also receiving its Channel premiere is CASUALTIES OF WAR, Brian De Palma’s harrowing 1989 American war drama, celebrated for its emotional depth and unflinching look at the horrors of combat. It still stands as one of the most devastating, and intensely moral entries in the subgenre of Vietnam War cinema. Plus, there is also the Channel premiere of action comedy THE REUNION, starring Amy Smart and John Cena.

Let’s kick-off November on Tuesday the 2nd with the first Steven Seagal channel premiere, INTO THE SUN where stars as Travis Hunter, a former CIA operative tasked with tracking down the killers of Tokyo’s governor. Hunter, who was raised in Japan and possesses deep-rooted ties to the Yakuza underground, soon uncovers a massive, violent conspiracy that goes far beyond a political assassination. He’s back on the 9th as Jack Foster in SHADOW MAN. Seagal is a retired CIA operative, who has been targeted to unknowingly act as a courier to smuggle a highly lethal, top-secret biological weapon out of the United States. Now he must navigate a deadly web of international espionage to rescue his kidnapped daughter. We change gear on the 15th for a war movie from Brian De Palma, CASUALTIES OF WAR. Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is a recent arrival to Vietnam, a naive recruit in a squad of veterans. His loyalty to his hard-nosed sergeant, Meserve (Sean Penn), is sealed when he rescues Eriksson from certain death, but the bond is severely tested when he becomes an unwilling participant in the squad’s abduction of kidnap a young Vietnamese woman.

On the 16th we’re back with Seagal in FLIGHT OF FURY. John Sands (Seagal) is released from prison and offered a clean record if he helps recover a stolen experimental stealth bomber. Teaming up with Capt. Richard Jannick (Mark Bazeley) in Afghanistan, John discovers the aircraft is held by terrorists who intend to launch an attack on the U.S. and Europe. Jumping to the 23rd he’s back this time as Simon Ballester in RENEGADE JUSTICE. Max Ballester is a well-meaning street cop working in a high-crime neighbourhood when he is gunned down in a seemingly random, unsolved drive-by shooting. When his father, Simon Ballester (Seagal) – a dangerous, former government special ops agent, learns of the murder, he executes his own brutal brand of street justice to find his son’s killer. THE REUNION on the 26th Following concerns the death of a wealthy, womanising father, whose siblings Sam (John Cena), Leo, and Douglas are brought together by their sister, Nina (Amy Smart). To their surprise, their father’s will dictates that they cannot simply inherit his millions; instead, they must first go into business together as bail bondsmen. Our moth of Steven Seagal premieres ends on teh 30th with PISTOL WHIPPED. When Matt (Seagall), a down and out ex-cop gets a chance to settle his gambling debts, he takes it. What he doesn’t count on is the deadly game that he would be involved in. Meanwhile, Matt’s love for his only daughter helps him battle one of his greatest enemies, alcoholism.

September 27, 2026September 27, 2026

October on LEGEND brings Damon, Washington and Van Damme channel premieres

Super action heroes come out in full force for October’s LEGEND line-up, headed up by John Travolta and Denzil Washington in the channel premiere of Tony Scott’s intense remake of THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, martial arts legend Claude Van Damme in the channel premiere of KILL ‘EM ALL, and Hollywood action star Scott Adkins, who battles his way through martial arts thriller ACCIDENT MAN, also receiving its channel premiere.

Steven Seagal features heavily on the channel this month. He stars with Vinnie Jones in the channel premiere of crime thriller MERCENARY: ABSOLUTION, and stars in action thrillers THE FOREIGNER (2003) and its explosive 2005 sequel BLACK DAWN – both receiving their channel premieres.

There is also a channel premiere for gripping sci-fi thriller ELYSIUM, directed by Neill Blomkamp (District 9), starring Jodie Foster and Matt Damon.

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Steven Seagal stars as Jonathan Cold in THE FOREIGNER on the 5th, playing a freelance operative and former deep-cover agent. He is hired to transport a mysterious package from France to Germany, drawing him into a dangerous web of political corruption, double-crosses, and murder. Get ready to meet the ACCIDENT MAN on the 9th where Mike Fallon (Scott Adkins) is a seasoned hit man who is known for making his target’s death look like an accident. When Fallon’s girlfriend turns up dead, he goes after his old colleagues to find the one responsible. Experience a BLACK DAWN on the 12th as an ex-CIA agent Jonathan Cold (Steven Seagal) goes undercover as a mercenary for hire. He is hired by arms dealers to break a criminal out of prison, only to discover they are planning to sell parts for a small nuclear bomb to a Chechen terrorist group intending to blow up Los Angeles.

It’s action all the way in KILL ‘EM ALL on the 15th. Following a devastating shootout, Philip (Jean-Claude Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Not long after, a ruthless, heavily armed foreign cartel storms the building. They lock down the hospital and systematically hunt through the corridors to eliminate Philip once and for all. A smart and cool remake on the 19th, Tony Scott directs THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123. Ryder, a criminal mastermind named (John Travolta) hijacks a New York City subway train and demands a $10 million ransom within one hour, forcing a demoted transit dispatcher named Walter Garber (Denzil Washington) to negotiate and outwit him to save the innocent passengers. We jump to the 23rd for our next channel premiere, MERCENARY: ABSOLUTION. When a contract killer (Steven Seagal) encounters a girl on the run from a mob boss (Vinnie Jones) with powerful political ties, he is torn between protecting the girl and remaining loyal to the government agency that hired him for the mission. Sci-Fi thrills on the 26th, ELYSIUM. In the year 2154, two human classes exist: the ultra-wealthy living on a pristine space station called Elysium, and the rest living on a ruined, overpopulated Earth. An ordinary man named Max (Matt Damon) takes on a dangerous mission to reach Elysium to save his life and bring equality to both worlds. Standing in his way is Jessica Delacourt (Jodie foster), Elysium’s ruthless Secretary of Defence.

August 26, 2026August 30, 2026

September contains channel premieres from Travolta, Lundgren and JCVD!

There are channel premieres for eight feature films this month, including military thrillers BASIC, starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, SECOND IN COMMAND, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Guy Hamilton’s classic FORCE 10 FROM NAVORONE, the sequel to the 1961 classic The Guns of Navarone, starring Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Barbara Bach.

Jean-Claude Van Damme also stars in Sci-Fi action film UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN and another cult action hero hitting our TV screens this month is Steven Seagal, starring in crime thrillers CONTRACT TO KILL and KILLING SALAZAR, both directed by Keoni Waxman.

Other channel premieres include neo-Western BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA, and crime thriller BLOOD OF REDEMPTION.

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Let’s start on the 3rd with BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA where we follow John (Ryan Kwanten) and Colt (Freida Pinto), modern-day gunslingers traveling across South America to participate in “The Game”. In this dangerous, underground circuit, participants don bulletproof vests and duel each other until only one combatant is left standing. Jumping to the 7th where things get BASIC as an ex-Ranger turned DEA agent, Tom Hardy (John Travolta), is brought in to investigate the disappearance of a sergeant (Samuel L. Jackson) following a bungled training exercise during a hurricane in Panama. This results in deeply conflicting accounts of murder and corruption. More action on the 10th as Jean Claude Van Damme is SECOND IN COMMAND. Sam Keenan (Van Damme), a Navy SEAL, is appointed as second-in-command at the U.S. Embassy in a turbulent Eastern European nation. When insurgents attempt a coup, Keenan must lead a detachment of Marines to protect the nation’s president and defend the embassy.

More JVCD on the 14th playing one of his most famous characters in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN. Jean-Claude Van Damme is Luc Deveraux, a now-human former bionic soldier. When the government’s sentient AI, S.E.T.H., learns its project is being shut down, it commandeers a cyborg body, kidnaps Deveraux’s daughter, and triggers an army of deadly, upgraded war machines. BLOOD OF REDEMPTION on the 17th concerns Quinn Forte (Billy Zane) who is a powerful mobster who loses everything after being betrayed by his inner circle. Imprisoned for the murder of his father, Quinn is released three years later only to find his former associate Campbell (Vinnie Jones) running his criminal syndicate. Refusing to back down, Quinn teams up with his loyal bodyguard Axel (Dolph Lundgren) to wage war against the traitors and reclaim his empire. Jumping to the 20th and Steven Seagal is back to his best in KILLING SALAZAR. U.S. Marshal Tom Jensen (Steven Seagal) and his elite team, are assigned to protect a dangerous, newly turned cartel informant named Salazar at a luxury hotel safe house. The operation is compromised, forcing the team to defend the compound against brutal hit squads and cartel assassins.

A classic gets a star-studded sequel on the 24th, FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE. Allied commandos Mallory and Miller are tasked with assassinating a German spy, Captain Lescovar, who has infiltrated Yugoslav Partisans. They team up with an American squad (Force 10) to blow up a crucial enemy dam. Robert Shaw and James Fox play the same characters as Gregory Peck and David Niven in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. Seagal has a CONTRACT TO KILL on the 28th playing CIA/DEA enforcer John Harmon who uncovers a deadly plot by Islamic extremists to ally with a Mexican cartel. Tasked with stopping them from smuggling weapons into the U.S., Harmon travels to Istanbul with his team to turn these forces against each other.

August 26, 2026

Those Duke boys are gonna cause trouble on LEGEND in September!

Hazzard County’s most famous cousins are back on British screens. The classic hit action-comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard will receive its channel premiere on action and nostalgic TV channel, LEGEND. Starting on 2nd September 2026, all seven series will be aired at 6pm weeknights.

The Dukes of Hazzard follows the thrilling, high-octane escapades of the fiercely loyal Duke family -cousins Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat), Daisy (Catherine Bach), and wise Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle). Together with their loyal mechanic Cooter Davenport (Ben Jones), they spend their days outwitting Hazzard County’s comically corrupt Commissioner Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and his bumbling, trigger-happy Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best)

At the heart of the series, which captivated millions of viewers globally during its original run, is the iconic, souped-up 1969 Dodge Charger known as the ‘General Lee’. Famous for its Confederate flag roof and its unmistakable Dixie horn, the legendary orange car is known to perform gravity-defying jumps and high-speed chases across the Georgian backroads, accompanied by the legendary narration of country music icon Waylon Jennings.

The Dukes of Hazzard starts 2nd September on LEGEND.

July 27, 2026July 27, 2026

LEGEND brings out Hackman, Stallone and Willis for August channel premieres

Watch out for a sizzling summer line-up on LEGEND this August, headed up the Channel premiere of David Mamet’s neo-noir crime thriller HEIST. Starring Gene Hackman and Danny DeVito it remains the highest-grossing film of the writer-director’s career in the US. Another stand-out director, Renny Harlin has two Channel premieres – breezy action-heist film THE MISFITS, starring Pierce Brosnan, and DRIVEN, an action sports film set in the world of cart open-wheel racing, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone.

Other Channel premieres include action-thriller TEARS OF THE SUN, starring Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci, John Lyde’s B-movie prison thriller RIOT, starring Matthew Reese and UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell, James Cullen Bressack’s KILLING FIELD, starring Bruce Willis and Mark Burman’s war thriller AMBUSH.

Plus, LEGEND continues to ride the nostalgia wave with the continuation of the classic ’90s series BABYLON 5 on weekdays at 7pm, with the channel premiere of Season 3, landing from Thursday 10th August.

Let’s kick off on the 3rd where Pierce Brosnan stars in THE MISFITS. Richard Pace (Brosnan), an internationally renowned thief is recruited by a group of modern-day “Robin Hoods” known as the Misfits. The team (including Nick Cannon and Jamie Chung) breaks Pace out of prison so he can help them pull off the heist of the century – stealing gold bars hidden under a maximum-security prison in the Middle East, which are being used to fund terrorism. Season 3 of BABYLON 5 (titled Point of No Return) stars on the 10th and is widely considered by fans and critics to be the peak of the entire space opera series. Airing originally from 1995 to 1996, this 22-episode season is where creator J. Michael Straczynski’s five-year narrative arc accelerates dramatically, shifting from slow-burn world-building into a full-scale galactic conflict. On the same day we deliver war-torn action in TEARS OF THE SUN. Hardened U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) is sent to rescue an American doctor Dr. Lena Hendricks (Monica Bellucci). When the doctor refuses to abandon a group of refugees, Lt. Waters must choose between his orders and his own conscious.

Willis returns on the 13th in the channel premiere of KILLING FIELD. A decorated cop named David (Bruce Willis) is ambushed by a violent drug cartel during a botched bust. His partner, Cal (Swen Temmel), pursues the criminals to a remote farm owned by Eric (Chad Michael Murray), a troubled Iraq War veteran. When the rest of the gang arrives, the three men must team up to survive the siege. Crime drama on the 17th as Hollywood brings out it’s bug guns for HEIST. Gene Hackman plays cool-fire Joe Moore, Delroy Lindo portrays his long-time sidekick, and Danny DeVito plays the manipulative fence who saddles Joe with one last, difficult job in this ensemble-driven caper centred on an elaborate, split-second snatching of gold ingots by Joe and his crew. Starring Aaron Eckhart and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, AMBUSH on the 20th concerns a group of elite commandos charged with securing classified information that could change the fate of the Vietnam war, and find themselves trapped in an underground. Surrounded by tunnels and the enemy, the team must navigate a labyrinth of tunnels to deliver the package to allied forces and secure their freedom.

Buckle up for high-speed thrills in DRIVEN on the 24th where a young CART driver Jimmy Bly (Kip Pardue) is losing his focus to his arch-rival. To keep Bly in the race, team owner Carl Henry (Burt Reynolds) pulls retired star Joe Tanto (Sylvester Stallone) out of retirement to mentor the rookie. Sylvester Stallone also wrote and produced the film. We have RIOT on the 27th which focuses on a cop who intentionally gets arrested and sent to a maximum-security prison to exact revenge on a Russian mob boss (played by UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell) who murdered his family. Also stars Dolph Lundgren.

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026

Interview with Terry Stone star of Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins

Brutal Brit flick RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS has its channel premiere on Friday at 11:10pm so we chatted to Terry Stone about the challenges of playing Tony Tucker and why he thinks this is the best film in the franchise.

LC: In RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS, Tucker returns home from the Falklands War with severe PTSD. What was that like to emotionally explore?

TS: As an actor it was an interesting thing to play. It took me on a journey so when you see my character laughing a lot in the film it’s like a mask to hide all the shit that’s going on in my head. It also explains how you can go from 1 – 10 in violence. Lots of Footsoldier fans didn’t know that Tony Tucker was in the Army so this was a nice reveal and I think any forces veterans that have experienced real war and combat would understand it.

LC: You co-wrote the script. How did you want this prequel to differ in tone from the original Rise of the Footsoldier films?

TS: With this film we wanted to create the best film in the franchise, and we pulled out all the stops in making this happen. With the backdrop of Covid, the script was amazing and it attracted some great acting talent: PH Moriarty rip, Vinnie Jones, Keith Allen, Bronson Webb and so many great actors from film and television.

LC: What did Nick Nevern bring to the table as a director that helped rebrand the gritty Essex underworld for this instalment?

TS: I think he really ensured that every performance was the best it could be. He worked relentlessly with each actor to ensure this was the standout film in the franchise.

LC: You’ve been playing the role of Tony Tucker on and off for nearly 14 years. How daunting has it been to get right?

TS: I don’t know if my portrayal is a hundred per cent correct – I played him from 33 – 38 years old. (Tucker was murdered in 1995) but I spoke to a lot of people when researching the character, various people who knew him, who said it was chilling watching me – it was as if he was still alive. I never met him so I took that as a huge compliment.

LC: What was it like having Vinnie Jones join the firm as Bernard O’Mahoney, part of Tucker’s security team?

TS: It was great Vinnie is a God of British crime films so to share the screen with him was epic.

LC: Given your own massive history as a key promoter in the UK rave and garage scene, how authentic did it feel stepping back onto sets meant to recreate that era?

TS: It felt real and we recreated everything so the fans got a big dose of nostalgia.

LC: Is it more difficult to prepare for an intense, violent role like Tony Tucker, or to manage the heavy responsibilities of being a producer on the same project?

TS: When you’re not acting, you’re learning your lines, when you’re not learning your lines you’re producing. There was more than one producer on this film so it’s much easier to juggle these responsibilities when you have a great team and partners.

LC: The Inter City Firm and subsequent Essex underworld stories have been heavily documented. How do you strike a balance between respecting the true events and making an entertaining cinema experience?

TS: It has to feel real when you’re doing it and it has to feel real in a documentary style when you’re watching it, as we aren’t making John Wick or an action film, it’s a gritty period crime film set in Essex so it has to feel shocking. You want the audience to look away, laugh and then quote the dialogue.

LC: Origins takes us to the start of the legend. Where do you see the franchise heading as you continue, as producer, to build out this dark, true-crime universe?

TS: I’m no longer involved as an actor or as a producer, I may come back but only if it returns to what made it great in the first place.

LC: Finally, what other projects are you currently working on?

TS: I’m just finishing off a new UK rap film called ‘Tales From The Trap’. It’s a new film franchise, so basically it’s “Rise of the Hoodsoldier” Top Boy on steroids. I’m also working on a film about the Shah of Iran which is really timely and I’m currently presenting two podcasts ‘The Terry Stone Connection’ which has had over 41 million views on YouTube and ‘The Tales From the Trap’ podcast.

You can watch RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS on LEGEND, Friday 17th July, 11.10pm. Sky 148 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 41 / Freesat 137

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026

Fairbrass, Diesel and Stallone are ready for action this July on Legend

In July LEGEND continues with its broadcast of the RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER franchise, this month covering the third, fourth and fifth films in the brutal British gangster saga that has been engaging its millions of fans since 2007.

First up is RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 3: THE PAT TATE STORY, which charts the violent rise of ruthless Essex gangster Pat Tate (Craig Fairbass). Then comes RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 4: MARBELLA, where we follow Pat Tate (Craig Fairbrass) to Spain with his henchmen, Tony (Terry Stone) and Craig (Ronald Manookian) to seek vengeance on those who double-crossed him. Finally, in RISE OF THE FOORSOLDIER: ORIGINS, we follow the story of how Pat, Tony and Craig unite to form their own firm. Vinnie Jones joins the cast.

There are also three other channel premieres – gritty Western drama 3:10 TO YUMA, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, action spy thriller xXx, starring Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson and neo-noir action GET CARTER (2000), starring Sylvester Stallone.

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We kick-off on the 3rd with RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 3: THE PAT TATE STORY where ruthless Essex gangster Tate ends up in prison. Undeterred, he establishes himself as top dog inside and gets himself in shape in preparation for his release – when he plans to reclaim his turf the only way he knows how – with violence, and no mercy. Directed by Zackary Adler, the movie also features Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder playing a ruthless prison inmate. Drama of a very different kind on the 6th as we catch the 3:10 TO YUMA. Dan Evans (Christian Bale) is an impoverished rancher, who agrees to escort a captured notorious outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to a town with a railway station to put him on the 3:10 train to Yuma for trial, a task complicated by Wade’s ruthless gang in pursuit. Directed by James Mangold. Grab your passports for on the 10th its RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER 4: MARABELLA.

Vin Diesel stars as a former extreme sports athlete Xander “XXX” Cage on the 16th in the action-packed thriller xXx. Cage has been scouted by National Security Agency operative Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) for a dangerous covert mission but will he accept? The movie also stars Asia Argento and directed by Rob Cohen (Fast & Furious franchise). We’re back on the streets the next evening for RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS. When Tony Tucker (Terry Stone) lands a job as a nightclub doorman after saving the owner’s grandson, he will do whatever it takes to rise to the top of the game. Teaming up with Essex heavyweight Bernard O’Mahoney (Vinnie Jones) at the height of the 1980s rave scene, Tucker’s audacious ventures see him join forces with Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe to capitalise on the drug-boom. Directed by Andrew Loveday. A remake of Mike Hodge’s 1971 cult classic comes to LEGEND on the 20th, GET CARTER. Sylvester Stallone plays Jack Carter, a ruthless Las Vegas mob enforcer who investigates the suspicious death of his brother, Richie. Jack uncovers a dark web of conspiracy, blackmail, and sexual exploitation involving local crime figures, leading him on a violent quest for vengeance. Michael returns to play Cliff Brumby, a shady, wealthy businessman.

June 2, 2026

Babylon 5 lands on LEGEND from Monday 8 June

LEGEND, the TV destination for fans of action, sci-fi, and thrillers, rides the nostalgia wave with the channel premiere of all five seasons of the classic ’90s series BABYLON 5, which will air weeknights at 7pm from Monday 8 June.

The series will kick off with Babylon 5: The Gathering, the test pilot movie, before Season One launches on Tuesday 9 June. The Gathering covers events which take place roughly one year before those of the first-season episode, providing a framework of backstories and personal relationships for some of the series’ major characters, which include Captain John Sheridan, (Bruce Boxleitner), Commander Susan Ivanova (Claudia Christian), Security Chief Michael Garibaldi (Jerry Doyle), and Ambassador Delenn (Mira Furlan).

Following the end of Season Five, fans can also enjoy the Babylon 5 made-for-TV movies. including In The Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, A Call to Arms, The Legend of the Rangers and The Lost Tales.

The series is set following a war between Earth and the Minbari, where the Babylon 5 station is built to foster peace and trade among various alien species. It serves as a neutral ground, often described as the “last best hope for peace”. Major plotlines included intra-race intrigue and upheaval, inter-race wars and their aftermaths, and embroilment in a millennial cyclic conflict between ancient races. The human characters, in particular, become pivotal to the resistance against Earth’s descent into totalitarianism.

Unlike typical episodic shows of the 90s, Babylon 5 was designed to be told in five seasons, with each episode serving as a chapter in a much larger narrative. In an almost unheard-of feat for American television, creator J. Michael Straczynski wrote 92 out of the 110 episodes himself. It was also a pioneer in using CGI for its space battles and is lauded for deep character arcs where individuals change permanently over the five-year story, often featuring morally grey characters rather than simple heroes and villains. Even years later, the show is highly regarded.

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Legend brings the heat this June

There are ten thrilling channel premieres in June as LEGEND continue to offer a popular mix of nostalgic favourites and modern, star-studded premieres, including Joel Schumacher’s gripping legal drama A TIME TO KILL, Jon Amiel’s psychological thriller COPYCAT and both RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER and RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: PART II – the first two films in the brutal British gangster saga that has been engaging its millions of fans since 2007.

Then there is Ted Kotcheff’s gritty action-drama UNCOMMON VALOR, starring Gene Hackman, Robert Benton’s much-praised revisionist Western BAD COMPANY, starring Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown, and heist action thriller THE SHANGHAI JOB. Further channel premieres include FORTRESS: SNIPER’S EYE, an action-thriller sequel of the original 2021 film, starring Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe, moody Euro-styled thriller MAN ON FIRE, Steve Milner’s Westen TEXAS RANGER.

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Let’s start on the 6th with Gene Hackman starring in UNCOMMON VALOR. Col. Cal Rhodes (Hackman), a retired Marine officer, holds out hope that his son, believed to be a prisoner of war in Laos, is still alive. Despite the government’s refusal to help Rhodes, he assembles a group to find and rescue his son, including skilled soldiers such as Wilkes (Fred Ward) and Sailor (Randall “Tex” Cobb). Funded by MacGregor (Robert Stack), a wealthy executive also looking for his son, Rhodes leads his men on a dangerous mission into the jungles of Laos. Crime drama on the 12th in MAN ON FIRE. Christian Creasy, (Scott Glenn), an agent newly retired from the CIA, agrees to become an Italian businessman’s bodyguard, but things fall apart when terrorists kidnap Samantha (Jade Malle), the Italian’s daughter and Creasy must rescue her. We meet the TEXAS RANGERS on the 13th which is set After the Civil War, Texas is at the mercy of murderous bandits. From the chaos emerges a group of young cowboys summoned to reform the Texas Rangers and restore order.

A 90’s classic comes to LEGEND on the 14th, A TIME TO KILL. A tale of suspicion and prejudice in the deep south as a young lawyer defends a black mill worker charged with murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter. Stars Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Donald and Kiefer Sutherland. We get with BAD COMPANY on the 18th, where Civil War draft dodger Drew Dixon (Barry Brown) avoids the horrors of war by fleeing west, only to become mixed up with a gang of lawless youths led by the debonair con man Jake Rumsey (Jeff Bridges). An iconic British gangster saga starts on the 19th, RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER. The film that started the popular British crime franchise follows Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett) as he evolves from feared football terrace general to a member of one of the most notorious British gangs that operated throughout the late eighties and early nineties. Also starring Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian and Terry Stone.

Orlando Bloom stars in THE SHANGHAI JOB on the 20th where, after messing up a job, security agent Danny (Bloom) is now working on low-level body guarding jobs. Soon he has the chance to redeem himself and escort a valuable Chinese antique out of Shanghai, but events take a turn for the worse. RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: PART II on the 26th is set in 1997 and in this second helping of the ground-shattering franchise, Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett), now a shadow of his former self must fight to regain his place in the criminal underworld. Co-stars Craig Fairbrass Ronald Manookian and Terry Stone. The following evening in the action-thriller sequel FORTRESS: SNIPER’S EYE we follow retired CIA agent Robert Michaels (Bruce Willis) and his son Paul (Jesse Metcalfe). Weeks after the first film, they must protect their high-tech, secluded “Fortress” base from a familiar enemy. We end on the 28th with one of the most critically acclaimed crime thrillers of the 90s, COPYCAT. Fear and death plague San Francisco when a man commits a series of murders, each the re-creation of the work of an infamous serial killer. Now, two women must penetrate the killer’s twisted psyche before he murders again. Stars Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter.