By James Whittington, 26th June 2025
July is an explosive month on LEGEND, with seven high-octane primetime Channel premieres guaranteed to keep audiences on the edge of their sofas.
Leading the way is IN THE LINE OF DUTY, an explosive, round-the clock, real-time thriller starring Aaron Eckhart, and D.O.A., a suspense neo-noir thriller, a remake of the 1950 film, starring Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan and Charlotte Rampling. Also keeping the sparks flying is BURNING RUBBER, a high-speed thriller, staring John Travolta, Michael Madsen and Shania Twain, and TERMINAL VELOCITY, sky-diving gripper starring Charlie Sheen and Nastassja Kinski.
Plus, there is BEST OF THE BEST, an edge of the mat showdown martial art drama starring Eric Roberts. Roberts also stars in BEST OF THE REST 2, where revenge is on the cards for our Tae Kwon Do misfits. Also showing for the first time on the channel is PRIMAL, in which an animal-hunting starring Nicolas Cage is in a fight to the death.
THE FALL GUY, in which Lee Majors stars as Colt Seavers, a maverick Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a bounty hunter, continues its run at weeknights at 7pm, with series 2 coming to LEGEND.
Let's start on the 5th with IN THE LINE OF DUTY. Disgraced cop Frank Penny (Aaron Eckhart) is on a rogue mission of redemption to find the Chief of Police's (Giancarlo Esposito) abducted daughter. With the girl's chances of survival already slim, Penny makes a fatal mistake and kills the twisted abductor, eliminating their only lead as to the girl's whereabouts. Now joined by ambitious reporter Ava (Courtney Eaton) who is live streaming the search, all hell breaks loose when the dead abductor's brother (Ben McKenzie) arrives on the scene with a bloody thirst for revenge. Cult TV doesn't come cooler then THE FALL GUY and Season 2 starts on the 10th. Colt Seavers (Lee Majors) is a Hollywood stuntman by trade but also moonlights as a bounty hunter – and there's never any shortage of bail-jumping bad guys to hunt down. Spectacular stunt work and an unforgettable theme song (sung by Majors), distinguishes this as a classic 1980s action-adventure series, which ran from 1981 for five seasons. The same day its action all the way in BEST OF THE BEST. A misfit team of American kickboxers must undergo rigorous training for an all-important contest against a ruthless Korean team. Along the way, the hardened fighters learn to lay their personal ghosts to rest. Stars Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland and Christopher Penn.
A remake of a classic on the 12th, D.O.A. Time is running out for Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid). He has just 24 hours to unravel the bitter truth surrounding his own poisoning. In his desperate search, everyone’s a suspect, even the woman who loves him (Meg Ryan). Both find themselves suddenly living on the edge. In a night filled with fear, danger and passion. Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, creators of superstar "Max Headroom". The 17th brings BEST OF THE BEST 2 where three former members of the United State karate team set up a martial arts studio in Las Vegas. But one of them has been murdered during a no-holds-barred competition staged inside "The Coliseum", a brutal underground fighting arena. Eithan Hawke reprises his role as Alex Grady, now out for revenge for the savage death of his friend. Nicolas Cage goes PRIMAL on the 19th playing Frank Walsh, a hunter and collector of rare and exotic animals, bags a priceless white jaguar for a zoo, he figures it’ll be smooth sailing to a big payday. But the ship bearing Frank’s precious cargo has two predators caged in its hold: the cat, and a political assassin being extradited to the U.S. After the assassin breaks free – and then frees the jaguar – Frank stalks the ship’s cramped corridors in pursuit of his prey.
John Travolta is BURNING RUBBER on the 24th starring as veteran race car driver Derek Bornt, in a gripping story rooted in high-speed danger. A retired car racing legend is drawn back to the dirt track when his son, an aspiring driver, joins a rival racing team, sparking an intense and dangerous competition between father and son. Co-stars Michael Madsen and Shania Twain. On the 26th we reach TERMINAL VELOCITY with Charlie Sheen as Ditch Brodie, a daredevil skydiving instructor who falls for a mysterious beauty (Natassja Kinski) who is looking for a lesson. Tragically she plunges to her death during a parachute jump! Suddenly, Sheen finds himself hurled headlong into a nightmare world of intrigue and deceit - caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Russian mafia.
Related show tags: THE FALL GUY, IN THE LINE OF DUTY, BURNING RUBBER, D.O.A., TERMINAL VELOCITY, BEST OF THE BEST, BEST OF THE REST 2, PRIMAL MORE FEATURES LEGEND line-up for November brings Stone, Gibson, Willis and Van Damme Posted on 23rd October 2025
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