This is quite a quick turn around for the BBC. Normally it is at least a year (or as many as three) between showings of the movie Minority Report.
This coming Saturday (22nd November) BBC2 from 23:30 (that’s half eleven in old money) will be graced with a few brief appearances of Kathryn in the Tom Cruise-led sci-fi action film.
Auntie Beeb must have taken a liking to the film as they’re actually accelerating the frequency of broadcasts as it was only back in May of this year that it was last on our screens. I’m not aware of other films around that it could be tied to in any way. Often networks broadcast older titles related to new cinema releases. They must get special rates from the distributor to help with promotion of the latest franchise sequel for instance. The Hunger Games was recently repeated in the UK on national TV, just ahead of Mockingjay Part 1 hitting the big screens today (Thursday, 20th Nov).
Back in May it was BBC Scotland that had to wait another 25 hours for their chance at watching Minority Report. I can only assume that due to the recent independence referendum result they’ve now been included in the main showing. It is BBC Wales that has to suffer a 24.5 hours delay this time.
For those interested (and why wouldn’t you be?) KM UK already has a comprehensive set of HD screencaps and the promo image above in the Gallery.
Full details can be found on the BBC website here.
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