Full GREAT! Action listings for Thursday 29 October 2026, with times in London local time.

Great Action’s one real film is Ang Lee’s war drama, and it arrives in two halves

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Thursday on Great Action is a Burn Notice evening that turns into a proper film night at nine. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is the reason to be here: a 2016 war drama directed by Ang Lee, with Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund and Vin Diesel in the cast. It starts at 21:00, breaks for a five-minute history slot at 21:56, then picks up again at 22:01 for the final 89 minutes. Expect the interruption, and expect the film to run well past ten.
Before it come two hours of Burn Notice, at 19:00 and 20:00. The series ran for seven series and 111 episodes on USA Network, and Great Action treats it as a staple: it airs twice today and has turned up on ten days in the window. That makes it dependable rather than urgent. Nobody is rearranging their evening around it, but it is a decent way to fill the two hours before the film.

The competition at nine is mostly factual and reality: Gogglebox, Grand Designs, The Celebrity Traitors: Uncloaked. If you want a drama with some weight, this is the one place on the dial offering it.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: The Celebrity Traitors (from 8pm)
  • BBC Two: Live: UEFA Women’s Champions League Football (from 7.30pm)
  • ITV1: Long Lost Family
  • Channel 4: Titanic: Building the World’s… (from 8pm)
  • Channel 5: The Yorkshire Vet (from 8pm)
  • BBC Four: The Guns of Navarone (from 8pm)
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Vera (from 8pm)
  • ITV4: Benidorm
  • E4: Gogglebox

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on GREAT! Action tonight?

On Thursday 29 October 2026, GREAT! Action shows Burn Notice at 7pm, Burn Notice at 8pm, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at 9pm, This Week Back Then at 9.56pm and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk at 10.01pm.

Is there a film on GREAT! Action tonight?

Yes: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016) at 9pm and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016) at 10.01pm.

What’s on GREAT! Action late tonight?

After 11pm, GREAT! Action has The Unit at 11.30pm.

What time does GREAT! Action’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with The Unit at 6pm.