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Madeleine (Finished)
Talking Pictures TV - Monday 19th August 2019 - 17:30
1950. Drama. Directed by David Lean. Stars Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Leslie Banks & Elizabeth Sellars. The true story of Madeleine Smith, a Scotswoman on trial for murder.
Glimpses of Blackpool in 1974
Talking Pictures TV - Monday 19th August 2019 - 19:50
Student film focusing on a trip around Blackpool and surrounding areas in 1974. Starting off in Preston around the new indoor market (to be demolished soon) for new shoes before we head to the pier.
Clockwise (1986)
Talking Pictures TV - Monday 19th August 2019 - 20:00
1986. Comedy. Director: Christopher Morahan. Stars John Cleese, Penelope Wilton & Alison Steadman. A headmaster runs his school by the clock - until one little slip destroyed his schedule.
Lytton's Diary
Talking Pictures TV - Monday 19th August 2019 - 22:00
The Ancien Regime. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. The owner of the Daily News makes Lytton an offer he can't refuse... Or can he? (S2, E03)
The Mountain Men
Talking Pictures TV - Monday 19th August 2019 - 23:00
1980. Adventure. Director: Richard Lang. Stars Charlton Heston, Brian Keith & Victoria Racimo. A pair of frontiersmen fight & guzzle liquor in their search for a legendary valley.
The Looking Glass War
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 01:00
1970. Action. Director: Frank R Pierson. Stars Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark & Ralph Richardson. From the John le Carre novel; a British spy sends a Polish defector to East Germany on a mission
Mandy
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 03:10
1952. Drama. Director: Alexander Mackendrick. Stars Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins & Terence Morgan. A family's struggle to give their deaf daughter a better life.
Great West End Theatres
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 05:00
Haymarket Theatre Royal. Ian McKellen, Steven Berkoff and Martin Shaw are among the famous faces sharing their memories of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Donald Sinden presents.
She Knows Y'Know
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 06:00
1962. Comedy. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Hylda Baker, Cyril Smith, Joan Sanderson & Alfred Burke. A young girl's sudden pregnancy unfolds dramas between two families.
The Detectives
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 07:30
Hit And Miss. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West
Stock Car
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 08:30
1955. Drama. After the death of her father while motor racing, the daughter (Rona Anderson) is dissuaded from selling his garage by fellow racer Larry (Paul Carpenter) who helps her run the garage
Thunder Rock
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 09:50
1942. Supernatural drama starring Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen & James Mason. One of The Boulting Brothers' finest, a disillusioned writer becomes a lighthouse keeper living in solitude.
Frieda
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 12:00
1947. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling & Flora Robson. An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII marries a German woman who helps him escape.
Scotland Yard
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 14:00
1955. Murder Anonymous. Directed by Ken Hughes. Starring Peter Arne, Ewen Solon and Jill Bennett. An inspector sets out to prove that a blind man murdered his wife's lover. (S1, E14)
Fighting Man of the Plains
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 14:35
1949. Western. Stars Randolph Scott, Bill Williams & Victor Jory. Jim Dancer, one of Quantrill's Raiders, stages attacks on Kansas on behalf of the fallen Confederacy.
The Missing Million
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 16:30
1942. Crime. Director: Phil Brandon. Stars Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Hilliard. When a millionaire mysteriously disappears before his wedding, a chain of violent events is set into action
Cairo Road
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 18:10
1950. Drama. Director: David Macdonald. Stars Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey & Maria Mauban. The Egyptian narcotics bureau unit investigate the murder of a rich colonel.
Yesterday's Enemy
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 20:00
1959. War. Director: Val Guest. Stars Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Gordon Jackson & Leo McKern. During the Japanese invasion of Burma, the remnant of a British Army Brigade HQ escapes through the jungle.
Lytton's Diary
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 22:00
The Miracle Man. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. It seems like everyone's telling Lytton what to do, but he prefers to focus on a faith-healer evangelist instead. (S2, E04)
Impulse (1984)
Talking Pictures TV - Tuesday 20th August 2019 - 23:00
1984. Horror. Directed by Graham Baker. Stars Tim Matheson, Meg Tilly & Hume Cronyn. After an earthquake in a rural town, the local citizens start to exhibit bizarre & violent behaviour.
The Long Duel
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 00:50
1967. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews and Andrew Keir. An Indian tribal leader becomes a bandit to protest British oppression and tyranny.
The Admirable Crichton
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 03:00
1957. Comedy. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker & Sally Ann Howes. A Lord, his family and servants are stranded on an Island where class is rendered redundant.
Great West End Theatres
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 05:00
Palace Theatre. Donald Sinden is joined by stage stars Anthony Andrews, Michael Ball and Simon Callow, and heads backstage at the Palace Theatre, exploring the history of the West End venue.
Pit of Darkness
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 06:00
1961. Crime drama. A partner of a safe making firm is found unconscious on a bomb site. A large safe his company installed has been robbed. Starring William Franklyn and Nigel Green.
The Detectives
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 07:35
Song Of A Guilty Heart. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West
1920s Chester - Glimpses
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 08:35
charming footage of Chester in the 20s, professionally shot of an era long gone.
Impulse (1955)
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 08:40
1955. Drama. Directed by Charles De la Tour & Cy Endfield. Stars Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith & Joy Shelton. A Night club singer tricks an estate agent into thinking he killed a jewel thief.
The Captain's Paradise
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 10:20
1953. Comedy. Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Stars Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson & Miles Malleson. The Captain of a ferry boat between Gibraltar & Morocco has a woman in each port.
A Day Out In London In The 50s
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 12:05
Glimpses: Amateur footage of well-known London landmarks; Eros, Trafalgar Square and outside Buckingham Palace.
Train of Events
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 12:10
1949. Drama. Directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. Starring Jack Warner, Susan Shaw and Gladys Henson. A train disaster is told as four short stories
Scotland Yard
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 14:00
1956. The Wall of Death. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Cyril Chamberlain, Vernon Greeves and Vanda Godsell. A murder at a fairground proves a puzzling case for the police. (S1, E15)
Some People
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 14:35
1962. Drama. Directed by Clive Donner. Starring Kenneth More, Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills and David Hemmings.The story of three teenaged tearaways who find themselves at odds with society
Will You Stop
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 16:25
1937. Comedy. Directed by William Watson. Stars Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan & Hugh Cameron. Tim has written a skit about Antony and Cleopatra for the department store's annual employee show.
Jassy
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 16:45
1947. Drama. Director: Bernard Knowles. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc & Dennis Price. During the 17th century, Jassy is believed to be a witch after receiving visions of approaching disasters.
Noose for a Lady
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 18:45
1953. Crime. Stars: Dennis Price, Rona Anderson & Ronald Howard. A taut, complex whodunit with a brilliantly nerve-racking climax. The directorial debut of director Wolf Rilla.
Madness of the Heart
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 20:15
1949. Drama. Directed by Charles Bennett. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Paul Dupuis, Kathleen Byron & Maxwell Reed. Lydia Garth's romance is plagued by her complaint of recurring spells of blurred vision.
Lytton's Diary
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 22:00
National Hero. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. The new editor hires a trendy young reporter for the diary, but Lytton's own interests are stuck firmly in the past (S2, E05)
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Talking Pictures TV - Wednesday 21st August 2019 - 23:00
1965. Mystery. Director: Otto Preminger. Stars Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley & Laurence Olivier. A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed
The Rake's Progress
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 01:10
1945. Drama. Directed by Sidney Gilliat. Stars Rex Harrison, Jean Kent & Lilli Palmer. A young Englishman flunks out of Oxford & decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goals.
Silent Dust
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 03:30
1949. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell & George Woodbridge. A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead veteran son
Shoulder Arms
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 05:10
1918. Comedy. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Stars Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance & Syd Chaplin. Charlie is a boot camp private, with a dream of being a hero, who goes on a daring mission.
The Hostage
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 06:00
1956. Drama. A South American revolutionary is facing death for murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage. Starring Ron Randell.
The Detectives
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 07:30
Escort. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West
Beyond the Curtain
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 08:30
1960. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Starring Richard Greene, Eva Bartok and Marius Goring. East German refugee Karen finds herself back at home when the flight she works on is forced down.
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 10:15
1964. Drama. Directed by Don Sharp. Stars Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, Suzan Farmer & John Cairney. A deserter of the Spanish Armada arrives on the British coast and terrorizes the local inhabitants.
Battle of the V1
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 12:00
1958. War. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina & Christopher Lee. Polish Resistance discover a mysterious pilot-less plane.
Rooms
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 14:00
Angela and Lionel Pt1. Stars Joanna Dunham, Rhoda Lewis, Tenniel Evans & Ray Brooks. Recently separated from their respective spouses, Angela & Lionel are in the same boat, like feathers in the night.
Nowhere To Go
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 14:30
1958. Crime. Directors: Seth Holt, Basil Dearden. Stars George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee. Paul Gregory is released from jail following a stretch for robbing a woman who falls for his charms.
Ramrod
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 16:30
1947. Western. Connie Dickson (Veronica Lake) plans to marry a sheep rancher, but her father teams up with land baron Frank Ivey to drive the man out of town.
Portrait of Alison
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 18:20
1955. Crime. Director: Guy Green. Stars Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester. A Francis Durbridge story. A painter is commissioned to paint a portrait of a girl killed in Italy.
Wanted For Murder
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 20:00
1946. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Starring Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr & Roland Culver. The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession...
Lytton's Diary
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 22:00
What a Wonderful World. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman & Holly De Jong. An beauty competition offers Lytton a little in the way of a story, until sabotage enters the fray. (S2, E06)
The Innocents
Talking Pictures TV - Thursday 22nd August 2019 - 23:00
1961. Horror. Director: Jack Clayton. Stars Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Pamela Franklin & Peter Wyngarde. A Governess believes ghosts are causing the children's bizarre behaviour.
The Black Rose
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 01:00
1950. Adventure. Director: Henry Hathaway. Stars Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins & Cecile Aubry. An exiled English nobleman travels to Asia in search of riches and stumbles into romance.
Vicious Circle
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 03:20
1957. Thriller. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars John Mills, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries & Noelle Middleton. Howard finds himself in a predicament after he finds an actress murdered in his flat.
Saints & Sinners
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 05:00
1965. Dear George, The Siamese Cat is Missing. Human stories uncovered by the reporters of the New York City 'Record' newspaper. (S1, E01)
The Delavine Affair
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 06:00
1955. Crime drama starring Peter Reynolds, Honor Blackman and Gordon Jackson. The death of a local man leads a local reporter to seek his killer.
The Detectives
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 07:15
Queen Of Craven Point. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West
The Wedding Of Lilli Marlene
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 08:15
1953. War Time Drama. Lilli will not marry her love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James.
The Big Trail
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 10:00
1930. Western. Director: Raoul Walsh. Stars John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill & Tyrone Power Sr. Breck Coleman agrees to lead & protect pioneers trying to make their way on the treacherous Oregon Trail
Circle of Danger
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 12:25
1951. Drama. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Stars Ray Milland, Patricia Roc & Marius Goring. An American in England finds the truth behind his brother's death in occupied France.
Rooms
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 14:00
Angela and Lionel Pt2. Stars Joanna Dunham, Ray Brooks, Tenniel Evans. Lionel not only accepts his newfound freedom but is determined to make the most of it.
Guilt Is My Shadow
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 14:30
1950. Drama. Directed by Roy Kellino. Stars Patrick Holt, Elizabeth Sellars and Peter Reynolds. A farmer is enjoying an idyllic life in Devon, until his nephew arrives on the run from the police.
Make Mine Mink
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 16:15
1960. Comedy. Director: Robert Asher. Stars Terry-Thomas, Billie Whitelaw, Athene Seyler & Hattie Jacques. Boarding house residents find new excitement in life by stealing mink coats.
Cage Of Gold
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 18:15
1950. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Herbert Lom & Bernard Lee. A young widowed bride receives an unexpected visit when she remarries.
Bond Street
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 20:00
1948. Drama. Director: Gordon Parry. Stars: Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison. A young British woman is getting married, and as she goes through her trousseau, she uncovers their stories.
The Legend of Hell House
Talking Pictures TV - Friday 23rd August 2019 - 22:10
1973. Horror. Director: John Hough. Stars Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt & Pamela Franklin. A psychiatrist and his wife take mediums into the Belasco House, which is haunted by its past victims
Sudden Fear
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 00:00
1952. Drama. Directed by David Miller. Stars Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame & Bruce Bennett. After an actor marries a rich playwright, he plots with his mistress how to get rid of her.
Port of New York
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 02:15
1949. Drama. Directed by Laslo Benedek. Stars Scott Brady, Yul Brynner & Richard Rober. Two narcotics agents go after murderous drug dealers who use the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Two Way Stretch
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 03:55
1960. Comedy. Directed by Robert Day. Stars Peter Sellers, David Lodge & Bernard Cribbins. Dodger Lane intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison.
BFI: Juno Helps Out
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 05:40
1953. Family. CFF. Director: William C. Hammond. When two school kids step in to try and help their peaky mum with the housework, family dog Juno (Trained by Barbara Woodhouse) is enlisted too.
Phantom From Space
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 06:00
1953. Sci-Fi. Directed by W Lee Wilder. Stars Ted Cooper, Noreen Nash, Dick Sands & Burt Wenland. A radioactive alien crash lands on Earth near a LA laboratory. His arrival attracts much attention.
Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 07:30
False Witness. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Rodney Bunker. Army payroll messengers are found dead, murdered by a gang of bandits.
The Strange World Of Planet X
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 08:00
1958. Sci-fi. A British laboratory studying magnetic fields is warned by a cosmic visitor of the dangers in their experiments. Starring Forrest Tucker and Martin Benson.
Witness In The Dark
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 09:30
1959. Drama. A burglar murders an old woman but a blind girl 'witnesses' the robber as he flees. Stars Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Nigel Green & Richard O'Sullivan
Inquest
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 10:45
1940. Drama directed by Roy Boulting. A young widow accused of murder is defended by a distinguished QC. Stars Elizabeth Allan.
Flockton Flyer
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 12:00
Op It. 1978. Stars David Neal, Catrin Strong & Anthony Sharp. Everyone is very busy. Bob and the volunteers have freight deliveries up and down the railway (S2, E05)
The Two-Headed Spy
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 12:30
1958. Drama. Directed by Andre De Toth. Stars Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala & Erik Schumann. A British spy disguises himself as a Nazi to infiltrate the Gestapo and sabotage the war effort.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 14:30
1948. Bio. Directors: Anthony Kimmins. Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Morland Graham. In the Jacobite Rising, Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a rebellion to restore his family to the throne.
Bless This House
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 16:45
1972. Comedy. Directed by Gerald Thomas. Stars Sidney James, Diana Coupland & Sally Geeson. Middle-aged homeowner, Sid Abbot, just wants to get on with building his illegal whisky still.
Above Us The Waves
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 18:30
1955. War Drama. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars John Gregson, John Mills & Donald Sinden. War Drama about the British attack on the German battleship 'Tirpitz' in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
Guns of Darkness
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 20:30
1962. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Leslie Caron, David Niven & James Robertson Justice. An English couple and a deposed ruler head for the border during a South American revolution.
Songwriter
Talking Pictures TV - Saturday 24th August 2019 - 22:35
1984. Drama. Director: Alan Rudolph. Stars Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Melinda Dillon. Doc Jenkins is a songwriter who tries to leave his singing roots but he gets mixed up in a bad deal.
Billy Liar
Talking Pictures TV - Sunday 25th August 2019 - 00:30
1963. Comedy. Director: John Schlesinger. Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie & Wilfred Pickles. A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy.