Talking Pictures TV
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Talking Pictures TV is delighted to announce that we are to be FULLY LISTED in Radio Times!! From the issue due out on Tuesday 30th May, we shall be listed in the magazine. We would like to thank all out viewers for sending their messages to the magazine recently, telling them how much you love...
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Digital channel Talking Pictures TV will be available to viewers in five more Local TV areas after agreeing a distribution deal with That’s TV, the UK’s largest Local TV licence operator, it was announced today (TUES). Films from Talking Pictures TV, which is dedicated to classic British cinema, will be broadcast on That’s Lancashire, That’s...
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Talking Pictures TV Launches on Bay TV in Swansea and Latest TV in Brighton Talking Pictures TV are delighted to announce that for our Welsh fans from Saturday 30th July 2016 you will be able to view Talking Pictures TV on Freeview channel 8 every weekend and every weekday 2pm - 4pm. Talking Pictures TV on...
Talking Terror
James Simpson, of InfernalCinema.com, takes a closer look at the most interesting horror, sci-fi and just plain bizarre films to be shown on Talking Pictures TV each week… For the week of Saturday 2nd July – Friday 8th July. First up is Ghost Ship (airing 19.30 on Saturday), a film almost 65 years old. Directed...
TPTV Spotlight
Over a twenty-five year period Lance Comfort was one of the most prolific directors working in Britain, but despite the initial impression of a successful career, he received scant critical attention during his lifetime and worked mostly at the margins of the industry. Born in Harrow in 11 August 1908, he entered the film industry...
TPTV Spotlight
The Lupino Dynasty & Lupino family - One of England’s most celebrated theatrical families. Here is a family tree rundown to this amazing dynasty! The earliest traceable Lupino—who spelled his name Luppino—flourished probably in Italy, c. 1612, and billed himself as Signor Luppino. His descendant George William (1632–93), a singer, reciter, and puppet master, went...
TPTV Spotlight
Nettlefold Studios - In was in 1899 that film pioneer Cecil Hepworth leased a house – The Rosary - for an annual rent of £36 in Hurst Grove, Walton on Thames. He added a film recording studio with electric lighting and a film laboratory. A 15ft by 8ft soundstage was constructed in the back garden...
TPTV Spotlight
John Gilling is not a forgotten filmmaker: after all, he fell in with the heads at Hammer Films, and that ensures a certain recognition amongst aficionados of British horror at least. But he's a figure worthy of greater consideration – and since this is a spotlight dedicated to exploring the dustier recesses of British film,...
Film Reviews
James Simpson, of InfernalCinema.com, takes a closer look at the most interesting horror, sci-fi and just plain bizarre films to be shown on Talking Pictures TV each week... Welcome and what better way to start this new feature on Talking Pictures TV's horror/sci-fi-cult output than to take a look at their upcoming Frightday event? Taking...
