Full GREAT! Action listings for Monday 2 November 2026, with times in London local time.

Frankenheimer’s sequel is the only reason to stay in

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Great Action has one real event on Monday, and it starts at 21:00: French Connection II, a 1975 film directed by John Frankenheimer, with Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey back in the cast. At 150 minutes it takes the whole of the late evening, and it is a better bet than most of what the other channels offer at that hour, which runs to Gogglebox, Murder: Suspect No 1 and a Michael Palin travelogue on 5action.

It is the sort of film this channel exists to show. A crime thriller from a serious director, in a slot where a rolling strand would otherwise sit.

The build-up is less distinguished. Burn Notice fills 19:00 and 20:00 with A Dark Road and Friendly Fire, the same two episodes the channel ran at 11:00 and noon. Anyone who watched the daytime pair has seen tonight’s. Against NCIS on 5usa it is a reasonable fallback for people who like the show, and nothing more.

If you would rather have your film in daylight, Zulu Dawn runs at 13:00 for 150 minutes, with Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster and John Mills in a 1979 war film. Telly Savalas and James Coburn follow at 15:30 in A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die, a Western from the early 1970s that the channel has already shown twice in the past fortnight.

After midnight, Pistol Whipped (2008, Steven Seagal) turns up at 00:16 for the third time in the window. The Unit repeats its 18:00 episode at 23:30.


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Frequently asked questions

What’s on GREAT! Action tonight?

On Monday 2 November 2026, GREAT! Action shows Burn Notice at 7pm, Burn Notice at 8pm and French Connection II at 9pm.

Is there a film on GREAT! Action tonight?

Yes: French Connection II (1975) at 9pm.

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.