Talking Pictures TV Programme Schedule
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May 25th - May 31st
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TPTV Schedule May 25th – May 31st
| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 01:55 | Lunch Hour | 1961. Comedy. Shirley Anne Field gives a great performance as a young designer on the brink of an affair with a married executive (Robert Stephens) at the company she works for. Starring Kay Walsh. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 03:10 | The Jazz Singer | 1980. Musical. Director: Richard Fleischer. Stars Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier & Lucie Arnaz. A Jewish musician defies his father's wishes in order to realize his dream of becoming a jazz singer |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 05:30 | IWM: Ordinary People (1942) | Twenty-four hours in London during the Blitz, directed by Jack Lee |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 06:00 | The Cariboo Trail | 1950. Western. Director: Edwin L. Marin. Stars Randolph Scott, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bill Williams. Jim & Mike head into Canada via the Cariboo Trail to raise cattle and dig for gold but find trouble. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 07:40 | BFI: The Christmas Tree | 1966. Family. Starring Brian Blessed, William Burleigh, Anthony Honour & Kate Nicholls. Gary determines to get a tree for children who will be in hospital for Christmas. Directed by Jim Clark. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 08:50 | All At Sea | Short comedy film starring Hal Monty and Max Bygraves as two sailors on leave. Hal tries his hand at boxing but gets more than he bargained for. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 09:00 | Adventures of Captain Fabian | 1951. Drama. Director: William Marshall. Stars Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price. Lea is accused of murder, Captain Fabian rescues her, but becomes deceived by Lea's flirtatious ways. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Piece Of Tomorrow. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 12:00 | Beach Angling In Lowestoft – Glimpses | Circa 1950s. Archive footage of Lowestoft's beach anglers and their families spending the day fishing by the shore. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 12:10 | Medal for the General | (AKA: The Gay Intruders). 1944. War Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Godfrey Tearle, Jeanne de Casalis & Petula Clark. A WWI general finds new meaning when six children are evacuated to his home. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 14:00 | The Five Pennies | 1959. Semi-biographical drama. Director: Melville Shavelson. Stars Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong. The story of Loring Red Nichols, a gifted country boy who becomes a famous trumpeter (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 16:20 | IWM: Read all About It (1945) | Late Second World War British Army educational film in the form of a dramatised discussion about news reporting. Directed by Roy Ward Baker with John Laurie, John Slater and Alfie Bass |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | The Baby. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. As Ruth appears to be going into labour, Ada and Walter are slightly troubled in their new home by the presence of a ghost. (S4, E01) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 17:30 | Great Expectations | 1974. Drama. Directed by Joseph Hardy. Stars Michael York, Sarah Miles, Margaret Leighton, James Mason & Anthony Quayle. Charles Dickens' tale of an orphan given the opportunity to escape from poverty (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 20:00 | Hannay | The Fellowship of the Black Stone. 1988. Stars Robert Powell, Christopher Scoular & Gavin Richards. Hannay is recognised as an officer in military intelligence, an engineer & a prospector (S1, E01) |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 21:00 | Special Branch | Blueprint for Murder. 1973. Stars George Sewell, Patrick Mower & Roger Rowland. A South African diplomat visits London, and the men of Special Branch are assigned to protect him. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 22:00 | The Naked Civil Servant | 1975. Biographical Drama. Directed by Jack Gold. Stars John Hurt, Liz Gebhardt, Patricia Hodge. Based on the autobiography of Quentin Crisp, who lived as an openly gay man in an intolerant era. |
| Mon 25 May 20 | 23:35 | White Water Summer | 1987. Adventure. Director: Jeff Bleckner. Stars Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin & Jonathan Ward. A wilderness guide leads a group of teenagers on their first outdoor adventure. But tragedy strikes |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 01:20 | Salute the Toff | 1952. Drama. Director: Maclean Rogers. Stars John Bentley and Carol Marsh. Based on the 1941 Novel. The sixth in the series featuring upper-class sleuth, Richard Rollison. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 02:55 | A Gunman Has Escaped | 1948. Drama. Stars John Harvey, John Fitzgerald, Robert Cartland. Written by John Gilling. Three armed robbers kill a passer-by in a robbery and flee the city. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | 1971. I Wanted to be with You. Creator: John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas & Shelagh Fraser. The whole family gathers for Phillip's Birthday. Freda's boyfriend is introduced for the first time. (S2, E18) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 05:00 | Together | Episode 4. 1980. Stars Hilda Fenemore, Jonty Miller, Delena Kidd, Sheila Fay, Victor Madden. When Dora takes a new job as a cleaner, Harry has something to say about it. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 05:30 | Together | Episode 5. 1980. Stars Hilda Fenemore, Kathleen Byron, Delena Kidd, Sheila Fay & Victor Madden. Martha voices her concerns to her sister, but gets more than she bargained for. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 06:00 | Light Up the Sky! | 1960. Comedy. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele & Benny Hill. British bittersweet comedy about misfits manning a British Army searchlight battery during the Blitz. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 07:45 | Orders Are Orders | Episode 5. 1980. Stars Hilda Fenemore, Kathleen Byron, Delena Kidd, Sheila Fay & Victor Madden. Martha voices her concerns to her sister, but gets more than she bargained for. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 09:15 | Second Woman | 1950. Drama. James V Kern. Stars Betsy Drake, Robert Young, John Sutton & Florence Bates. An architect's fiancee is killed in a mysterious car accident on the night before their wedding. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 12:00 | The Motor Car 1960s-1970s – Glimpses | A stunningly prophetic old news feature on the motor car and its place in the world. Made in the late 1960s / early 1970s. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 12:10 | Five Guns West | 1955. Western. Director: Roger Corman. Stars John Lund, Dorothy Malone, Mike Connors. Shalee Jethro helps her father run a desert stagecoach station but comes into trouble with bandits. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 13:45 | Chain of Events | 1958. Drama. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw & Lisa Gastoni. A clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 15:00 | Now and Forever | 1956. Drama. Directed by Mario Zampi. Stars Janette Scott, Vernon Gray, Kay Walsh & Jack Warner. A schoolgirl falls in love with the son of a local garage owner and they hatch a plan to elope. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | Bowling. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Ada's convinced that the baby is overdue, and Walter gambles his months pension. (S4, E02) |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 17:30 | Hurricane Smith | 1952. Adventure. Director: Jerry-Hopper. Stars Yvonne de Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig & Forrest Tucker. An oil-field worker looks for his missing sister in Australia and gets involved with a gang. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 19:20 | Scarlet Blade | 1963. Drama. Director: John Gilling. Stars Lionel Jeffries, Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley. In 1648, during the English Civil War, Captain Sylvester switches sides between the Parliamentary and Royal camp. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 21:00 | Quatermass | Lovely Lightening. 1979. Stars John Mills, Quatermass & Annie Morgan take Isabel, survivor of the incident at Ringstone Round to London. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 22:00 | The Driver | 1978. Action. Director: Walter Hill. Stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani. A top cop, and the best getaway driver faceoff against each other in the ultimate game of cat & mouse. |
| Tue 26 May 20 | 23:50 | See No Evil | 1971. Thriller. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Stars Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey & Diane Grayson. A young blind woman, residing in the countryside with her family, is pursued by a killer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 01:35 | White Cargo | 1973. Comedy. Day-dreamer, Albert (David Jason) has hopes of being a superhero and saving the girls. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 03:05 | IWM: A Diary for Timothy (1945) | Impressionist portrait of wartime Britain as presented to new-born baby Timothy, directed by Humphrey Jennings with narration written by E.M Forster and spoken by Michael Redgrave |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 03:55 | Talkies: John Finch | An exclusive interview with John Finch Creator, writer and editor of the iconic series 'A Family at War'. Here John discusses how the concept was born and how the series got the initial 'green light'. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | 1971. A Separate Peace. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas & Shelagh Fraser. The Ashton family are all called home. (S2, E19) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E6) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E7) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 06:00 | Borderline (1950) | 1950. Drama. Directed by William A. Seiter. Stars: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr. Two undercover agents are sent to Mexico to uncover a drug smuggling operation. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 07:40 | The Southern Star | 1969. Comedy. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Stars George Segal, Ursula Andress & Orson Welles. Jules Verne's classic story of the world's largest diamond and the motley crew suspected of stealing it. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 09:45 | The Pursuers | 1961. Drama. Directed by Godfrey Grayson. Stars Cyril Shaps, Francis Matthews, Susan Denny & Sheldon Lawrence. Concentration camp prisoners form an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | 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 |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 12:00 | They Who Dare | 1954. War Drama. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Stars Dirk Bogarde & Denholm Elliott. In Greece during the war, British commandos and patriots are ordered to destroy two strategic German airfields. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 14:05 | A Gunman Has Escaped | 1948. Drama. Stars John Harvey, John Fitzgerald, Robert Cartland. Written by John Gilling. Three armed robbers kill a passer-by in a robbery and flee the city. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 15:10 | Copacabana | 1947. Musical Comedy. Director: Alfred E. Green. Stars Carmen Miranda and Groucho Marx. An agent has his only client pose as both a French chanteuse & Brazilian bombshell to fool a nightclub owner. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | Birth. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Ada is about to become a grandmother but when Ruth's baby arrives, Leslie is at first nowhere to be found. (S4, E03) |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 17:30 | Cambridge in 1945 – Glimpses | A Glimpse at The University of Cambridge and student's life in 1945 and the surrounding streets and the town itself. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 17:55 | Port Afrique | 1956. Drama. Directed by Rudolph Mate. Stars Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, James Hayter & Anthony Newley. An ex-army flier comes home to find his wife dead and suspects murder. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 19:45 | Never Back Losers (1962) | 1962. Crime. Directed by Robert Tronson. Stars Kiri Le Clown, Jack Hedley & Jacqueline Ellis. An insurance investigator makes inquiries into the apparent accidental death of a jockey. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 21:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Age of Miracles. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe. Rumpole defends Hilda's nephew, a canon who has accused of adultery in an ecclesiastical court. |
| Wed 27 May 20 | 22:05 | The Looking Glass War | 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 (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 00:15 | Circle of Deception | 1960. Drama. Directed by Jack Lee. Starring Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman & Harry Andrews. An agent is sent on a dangerous mission to mislead the Germans about the Normandy Landings of 1944. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 02:10 | The Fabulous Dorseys | 1947. Musical. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this rise and rise story of the fabulous Dorsey brothers. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | The Lucky Ones. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas, Colin Campbell & Barbara Flynn. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E01) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E8) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E9) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 06:00 | Happy Go Lovely | 1951. Musical Comedy. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. Stars David Niven, Vera-Ellen & Cesar Romero. Niven plays rich but stuffy B.G. Bruno who is head of a successful greetings card firm in Scotland |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 07:50 | Life In Emergency Ward 10 | 1959. Drama. Based on the smash hit TV series about the daily life and the ups and downs of a hospital. Stars Michael Craig, Wilfred Hyde-White and Joan Sims. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 09:35 | The Steel Key | 1953. Directed By Robert S. Baker and starring Terence Morgan, Joan Rice and Raymond Lovell. A professor working on a steel formula is murdered. Those after the formula will stop at nothing. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | 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 |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 12:00 | IWM: Albert's Savings (1940) | An appeal to the public to save for the war effort, in the form of an 'Albert' monologue recited by Stanley Holloway |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 12:05 | Our Man In Marrakesh | 1966. Comedy. Director: Don Sharp. Stars Tony Randall, Senta Berger, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White & Terry Thomas. A traveller on a bus to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to fix a vote |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 13:55 | IWM: Streaked Lightning (1960) | 1960. Doc. An RAF recruiting/propaganda film built around the image of the English Electric/BAC Lightning fighter. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Spare Some Milk. 1977. Stars Donald Burton , Mary Miller, Anne Dyson, William Marlowe. Some new tenants arrive to take on Linda’s room. They seem more than a little out of place. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 14:30 | BFI: Waverley Steps | 1948. Factual. Director: John Eldridge. With visual grace, and wit, the film entwines a coalman's working day with students' revels by night, the proceedings of a court with the rituals of a courtship |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 15:10 | The Mummy's Shroud | 1967. Horror. Director: John Gilling. Stars Andre Morell, Michael Ripper, Elisabeth Sellars & David Buck. An Ancient Egyptian curse settles upon the doomed members of an archaeological expedition. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | The Admirer. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack. A gentleman admirer starts flirting with Ada and she is flattered but what does Walter think to all this. (S4, E04) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 17:30 | Clockwise (1986) | 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. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 19:30 | Halfway House | 1944. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns & Tom Walls. A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 21:30 | Passport to Shame | 1958. Thriller. Director: Alvin Rakoff. Stars Odile Versois, Herbert Lom, Eddie Constantine, Diana Dors, Brenda de Banzie. A girl on the run from the Parisian police falls prey to a scheming pimp. |
| Thu 28 May 20 | 23:20 | Fear is the Key | 1972. Thriller. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall & John Vernon. After the death of his family, John Talbot hatches an elaborate scheme to bring those responsible to justice. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 01:25 | Killings At Outpost Zeta | 1980. Sci-Fi. A team investigates the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditioners to a strategically important part of a barren world. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 03:15 | A Night of Magic | 1944. Directed by Herbert Wynne. Stars Robert Griffith, Gerald Pring, Billy 'Uke' Scott, Marian Olive & Elsa Tee – Mummies meet chorus girls in this lost British musical comedy. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | For the Duration. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas, Lesley Nunnerley & Ian Thompson. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E02) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E10) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E11) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 06:00 | The Monkey's Paw | 1948. Horror. A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow. Starring Michael Martin-Harvey, Sydney Tafler & Alfie Bass. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 07:15 | Lost Horizon (1973) | 1973. Adventure. Director: Charles Jarrott. Stars Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann & Sally Kellerman. After escaping war torn china, a plane crash leaves people secluded on Shangri-La. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 10:05 | IWM: Flying with Prudence (1946) | Early post-Second World War dramatised RAF instruction film detailing the importance of flight safety. Directed by Cecil Musk edited by John Krish with Patricia Cutts and Derek Elphinstone. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Escort. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 12:00 | The Ghost of Monk's Island | 1966. Action. Directors: Jan Darnley-Smith, Jeremy Summers. Stars Pierre Bedenes, Lucinda Jackson & Peter Bartlett. Four young children are shipwrecked on an island, but they are note alone. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 13:50 | War Time London – Glimpses | Footage of London in war time. Focussing on Piccadilly Circus, then The Strand and Westminster. Shot around 1944. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | More Lies. 1977. Stars. Donald Burton , Mary Miller, Anne Dyson, Julie Shipley. Mr and Mrs Passmore seem to be in quite a spot of bother, what really happened before they fled Africa? |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 14:30 | The Stable Door | 1966. Directed by Pat Jackson. Stars: Harry Fowler.Jack MacGowran, Dandy Nichols. A criminal gang conspire to rob a warehouse. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 15:10 | Next To No Time | 1958. Comedy. Stars Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Irene Handl & Sid James. Whilst on the Queen Elizabeth to New York, David must close a deal before the boat docks. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | Insomnia. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Join Ada, Walter, Ruth and Leslie on this penultimate episode of the season (S4,E05) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 17:30 | Blackout | 1950. Crime Noir. Directed by Robert S Baker. Screenplay by John Gilling. Stars Maxwell Reed & Dinah Sheridan. An ambulance drops a blind patient to the wrong address, where he stumbles over a body. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 18:55 | State Secret | 1950. Drama. Director: Sidney Gilliat. Stars Douglas Fairnbanks Jr. Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins. After WW2, the dictator of a small police state dies during surgery and the Surgeon is held captive. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 21:00 | Van der Valk | A Man of No Importance. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. When a dead man turns up on the deck of a canal barge, everyone is ready to dismiss him as a nonentity. |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 22:00 | The Hand of Night (1968) | 1968. Fantasy Horror. Directed by Frederic Goode Stars William Sylvester, Diane Clare, William Dexter & Terrence De Marney. Visiting Morocco, Paul attends a party, where he meets the mysterious Marisa |
| Fri 29 May 20 | 23:45 | The Reptile | 1966. Horror. Director: John Gilling. Star: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce. A deadly epidemic is spreading through the remote Cornish village of Clagmoor Heath. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 01:30 | Nomads | 1986. Horror. Director: John McTiernan. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down & Anna Maria Monticelli. A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 03:20 | What Men Live By | 1938. Fantasy. Directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Esmond Knight, Eliot Makeham and Olga Lindo. A film based a on the story by Leo Tolstoy about a shoemaker, his wife and an angel punished by God. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Happy Returns. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Campbell, Coral Atkins & Alan Guy. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E03) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E12) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. (S1, E13) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 06:00 | Rode Safely – Glimpses | Made in 1955 by motorcycle experts, featuring International Six Days Trial winner Eric Wilson and legendary mechanic Nobby Clark. We see how motorcyclists deal with a with a variety of hazards. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 06:35 | Scarlet Street | 1945. Drama. Director: Fritz Lang. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett & Dan Duryea. A banker in a dying marriage falls for a thug's girlfriend. They find a cruel way to cash in on his infatuation (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 08:40 | The Ghost Camera | 1933. Crime drama with Henry Kendall, Ida Lupino (her first full feature) and one of John Mills' early films. A lost camera contains a photo of a murder. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | Delaware Hoax. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Bill Walker. The Delaware tribe, friends of Chingachcook, are framed for a murder they didn't commit. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 10:30 | Will Any Gentleman | 1953. Comedy. Director: Michael Anderson. Stars George Cole & Veronica Hurst. A dull, spineless bank clerk attends a hypnotist's show and finds himself transformed into a confident womaniser. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 12:10 | IWM: I Was a Fireman (1943) | 1943. From the Imperial War Museums collection. Directed by Humphrey Jennings. A reconstruction of the work of London's fire-fighting services in the bitter days of winter and spring 1940/41. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 13:45 | So Little Time (1952) | 1952. War Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Marius Goring & Maria Schell. When war returns to Europe for the second time in a generation, the Belgians again suffer occupation. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 15:30 | The Rainbow Jacket | 1954. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Robert Morley, Kay Walsh & Edward Underdown. A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 17:30 | Man on the Run (1949) | 1949. Crime Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Valentine Dyall, Derek Farr & Leslie Perrins. Having deserted the army, Peter Burdon is continually on the run. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 19:15 | The Long Duel | 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. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 21:30 | I Walk Alone (1948) | 1948. Drama. Directed Byron Haskin. Stars Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster & Lizabeth Scott. After taking the rap for his partner, a mobster is released from prison to find his former partner. |
| Sat 30 May 20 | 23:30 | Ransom | 1975. Action. Director: Casper Wrede. Stars: Sean Connery, Ian Mcshane, John Quentin. The chief of Scandinavian national security is tasked to rescue the passengers of a high-jacked British airliner. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 01:20 | Suspect | 1960. Drama. Directed by Roy Boulting and John Boulting. Stars Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing. A young scientist's pioneering work attracts the attention of the authorities. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 03:00 | Fire Maidens From Outerspace | 1956. Sci-Fi comedy. Spacemen land on the 13th Moon of Jupiter and find man-hungry space girls waiting for them. Stars: Harry Fowler, Paul Carpenter & Sydney Tafler. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 04:35 | Master Spy | 1964. Drama. Directed By Montgomery Tully. Starring Stephen Murray. A Russian scientist working for the British is suspected of being a 'plant', sent to monitor nuclear secrets for the Communists. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 06:00 | IWM: Ferry Pilot (1941) | 1941. Documentary about the men and women of the RAF Air Transport Auxiliary, Second World War. Directed by Pat Jackson. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 06:40 | Assignment Redhead | 1956. Drama. Starring Hollywood's Richard Denning as the secret agent, Carole Mathews as the luscious nightclub vocalist and Ronald Adam as the chameleon-like criminal. A story of money and crime. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 08:15 | The Brave Don't Cry | 1952. Drama. Directed by Philip Leacock. Starring John Gregson, Meg Buchanan & John Rae. Based on a true story. In a small Scots mining-town, a mine cave-in seals the entire crew. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Coward. 1957. Director: Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Jonathan White. Tom and his father are attacked by Hurons. Tom runs away in fear leaving his wounded father behind. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 10:30 | A Canterbury Tale | 1944. War. Directors: Michael Powell. Emeric Pressburger. Stars Eric Portman, Shelia Sim, Dennis Price. A 'Land Girl', an GI, and a British soldier find themselves together on the road to Canterbury |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 13:00 | Caesar and Cleopatra | 1946. Biopic. Director: Gabriel Pascal. Stars Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and Stewart Granger. Cleopatra has not been on the throne of the pharaohs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 15:30 | An Ideal Husband | 1947. Comedy. Directed by Alexander Korda. Stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding & Diana Wynyard. A prominent politician is blackmailed after he begins preparing to expose a financial scandal. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 17:30 | The Case of the Battle-Horn. | 1956. Comedy. Stars Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan & Dick Emery. Detectives from Scotland Yard are assigned to look into the disappearance of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Labrador. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Marsh recounts his heroic act at a church 'Meet the Celebrity' afternoon (S5, E06) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 18:30 | Forever Female (1954) | 1954. Comedy. Directed by Irving Rapper. Stars Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas. A writer sells his play to a Broadway producer who wants to transform it into a vehicle for his ex-wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 20:20 | BFI: Terminus | 1961. Drama. Directed by John Schlesinger. Iconic short of a day in the life of a London Railway Station. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | Variety show hosted by Bruce Forsyth. This stars include Adam Faith, The John Barry Seven, Beryl Reid, Rise Stevens, The Dior Dancers, The John Tiller Girls and Beat the Clock. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 22:00 | The Man Who Haunted Himself | 1970. Thriller. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil & Alastair Mackenzie. After recovering from a near-fatal car accident, Pelham finds his life has been turned upside-down. |
| Sun 31 May 20 | 23:50 | Life at the Top | 1965. Drama. Director: Ted Kotcheff. Stars Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman & Michael Craig. This sequel to 'Room At the Top' finds a social climber having an affair with an anchor-woman (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 02:05 | Mr Kingstreet's War | 1972. Thriller. During the Second World War, American couple Mr Kingstreet (John Saxon) and Maggie (Tippi Hedren), run a reserve that is located between British and Italian colonies in South Africa. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 03:55 | Dentist In The Chair | 1960. Comedy. Stars Bob Monkhouse, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor. A burglar breaks into the wrong shop and steals medical instruments instead of silver. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Walter Wants Work | Lost silent film from 1922 made by British Comedies Ltd. Directed by Walter Forde. Stars Walter Forde, Pauline Peters & Tubby Phillips. Walter fails as an organ-grinder and ends up in the workhouse. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Miss Robin Hood | 1952. Comedy. Henry is a mild man who writes adventure stories for his girls. All is fine until he meets Miss Honey! Starring Richard Hearne & Margaret Rutherford. Directed by John Guillermin. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 07:30 | Spare the Rod | 1961. Drama. Director: Leslie Norman. Stars Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen & Donald Pleasence. A new teacher arrives at an East London school to find that his modern education methods are not welcome. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 09:20 | Mad About Men | 1954. Comedy. Director Ralph Thomas. Stars Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford. A schoolteacher meets Miranda, a mermaid. As they look alike, Miranda decides she wants to swap places. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | 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 |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Crooks Tour | 1941. War Comedy. Director: John Baxter. Stars Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynt. Two Soldiers are mistaken for German agents and accidently hand in vital information of Britain's enemies |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 13:40 | The Traitors | 1962. Thriller. Directed by Robert Tronson. Starring Patrick Allen, Jacqueline Ellis & James Maxwell. Espionage story telling how British and U.S. security agents outwit ruthless and cunning traitors. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 15:05 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | 1959. Crime. Director Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Anthony Quaylea and Zsa Zsa Gabor. A barrister tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist for killing his bride, who was a U.S. spy. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | The Christening. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. It is baby Anthony's christening day. All the family converge on St Nicholas Church in Pyrford to celebrate the event. (S4, E06) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Grayson Case | In the style of early Edgar Lustgarten, Crime Cameo, The Grayson Case narrated by J. St John Barry, proves how married Sally Turner's affair with the painter Edwin Grayson led to murder. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 17:50 | The Extra Day | 1956. Comedy drama. Director William Fairchild. Stars Richard Baseheart, Simone Simon and George Baker. The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for a re-shoot. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 19:30 | The Big Blocade (1942) | 1942. Propaganda Documentary. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars: Leslie Banks, Frank Cellier & Alfred Drayton. Depicted in humorous sketches, a film on the blockade of Nazi Germany by the Allies. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Special Branch | Double Exposure. Directed by: Don Leaver. Stars: George Sewell, Patrick Mower & Paul Eddington. Craven and Haggerty investigate a handsome photographer who takes intimate pictures of the famous. |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 22:00 | These Dangerous Years (1957) | 1957. Drama Musical. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Stars: George Baker, Frankie Vaughan & Carole Lesley. When gang leader Dave Wyman is called up for military service, he finds the discipline suits him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 01 Jun 20 | 00:00 | The Mob | 1951. Drama. Directed by Robert Parrish. Stars Betty Buehler, Broderick Crawford & Richard Kiley. An undercover cop poses as a dock worker in order to get the goods on the mobsters. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 01:45 | The Demon | 1980. Horror directed by Percival Rubens and starring Jennifer Holmes, Cameron Mitchell and Craig Gardner. The screams you hear may be your own! |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 03:30 | Vengeance | 1986. Stars Edward Hardwicke and Ron Bergla. Carmody is on the run having stolen money from a firm of London gangsters where he once worked. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | The Things You Never Told Me. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Lesley Nunnerley, Ian Thompson & Patrick Troughton. The iconic 70s drama series continues with the third & final series. (S3, E04) |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Emergency Call | 1952. Drama. A young child must have a blood transfusion, but she has a rare blood group. Can a donor be found? Starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 07:45 | Make Me an Offer | 1954. Comedy. Directed by Cyril Frankel. Starring Peter Finch. The story of Charlie, who as a boy fell in love with a Portland Vase on a trip to a museum, pursues his dream as an antiques dealer. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 09:30 | Ghost Ship | 1953. Thriller. Directed by Vernon Sewell. Starring Hazel Court & Dermot Walsh. A young couple decide to buy a luxury steamboat for a romantic getaway and scoff at warnings that it's haunted. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Act Of God. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Talking Pictures with Marty Wilde | In this exclusive Talking Pictures TV interview, Marty Wilde MBE, talks about his life & experiences in the world of music & entertainment & performs his own composition, a tribute to Eddie Cochran |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 12:50 | Robbery Under Arms | 1957. Action. Directed by Jack Lee and starring Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis and Maureen Swanson. Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's (Finch) bushranger gang in 19th century Australia. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 14:50 | The Bargee | 1964. Comedy. Directed by Duncan Wood. Stars Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith & Ronnie Barker. The film charts the course of love of a Casanova who lives and works on the canals, breaking hearts. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 17:00 | For the Love of Ada | … Special With Ada. Starring Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles & Barbara Mitchell. A Christmas special of the gentle 70s sitcom about Ada and Walter, who find love. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 17:45 | IWM: Captured (1959) | 1959. Film showing the Communist treatment of prisoners of war and how their methods of interrogation and attempts at political indoctrination can be resisted. Alan Dobie, Ray Brooks & Wilfred Bramble |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 19:00 | Men In War | 1957. War. Director: Anthony Mann. Stars Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Aldo Ray & Vic Morrow. During the Korean War, Lt. Benson and his troops find a colonel experiencing psychological combat trauma. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Quatermass | What Lies Beneath. 1979. Directed by: Piers Haggard. Stars: John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale & Margaret Tyzack. Quatermass meets an elderly scientist who may help solve the growing mystery. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 22:00 | That'll Be The Day | 1973. Drama. Directed by Claude Whatham. Stars David Essex, Ringo Starr & Rosemary Leach. David Essex makes his screen debut as Jim MacLaine, who lives a life of dead-end jobs and one-night stands. |
| Tue 02 Jun 20 | 23:50 | Fragment Of Fear | 1970. Drama. Director: Richard C. Sarafian. Stars: David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt and Wilfrid Hyde-White. Tim Brett is holidaying in Italy with his aunt. When she is murdered, he tries to investigate |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 01:50 | Guru In Seven | 1998. Drama. Director: Shani Grewal. Stars: Lalita Ahmed, Peri Allan, Robert Ashe. Sanjay, following a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Jill, is persuaded by his friends to become 'The Guru'. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | You Can Choose Your Friends. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas, Keith Drinkel & Colin Campbell. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E05) |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Private Information | 1952. Drama starring Jill Esmond, Jack Watling, Carol Marsh and Gerard Heinz. Charlotte suspects that the council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 07:20 | The Other Man | 1956. Set in Camden. A road safety film where we visit the Metropolitan Police Motor Driving School. A warning that we must watch the hazards from the other 'man' or woman on the road. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 07:40 | The Last Man To Hang | 1956. Drama. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh Latimer & Eunice Gayson. Conway is on trial for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 09:15 | The Land that Time Forgot | 1975. Adventure. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars Doug McClure, John McEnery & Susan Penhaligon. Survivors of a U-Boat torpedo drift to a strange island inhabited by pre-historic monsters. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Point Of No Return. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 11:55 | The Angel With The Trumpet | 1950. Drama. Stars Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney & Norman Wooland. A powerful, panoramic story of a family's tribulations from the last decades of the 19th Century through to the dark days of Nazi rule. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 13:55 | She Knows Y'Know | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 15:25 | The Flemish Farm | 1943. War drama. Directed by Jeffery Dell and starring Jane Baxter, Clifford Evans and Philip Friend. An injured pilot and his nurse are separated when Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Sun in a Bottle. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Catweazle, an 11th century magician, is cast into the future by magic. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Ringer | 1953. Drama. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Stars Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit & Mai Zetterling. A criminal master of disguise nicknamed 'The Ringer' is out for deadly revenge against a London lawyer. |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 19:10 | They Met in the Dark | 1943. Mystery. Director: Karel Lamac. Stars: James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls. During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Tap End. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles. Controversial remarks and rulings in a domestic violence case causes concern from the Lord Chancellor |
| Wed 03 Jun 20 | 22:05 | I Walk Alone (1948) | 1948. Drama. Directed Byron Haskin. Stars Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster & Lizabeth Scott. After taking the rap for his partner, a mobster is released from prison to get even. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 00:05 | The Reckoning | 1970. Drama. Directed by Jack Gold. Stars Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Rachel Roberts & Douglas Wilmer. A ruthless business executive returns to his Liverpudlian roots to investigate his father's death |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 02:15 | House on Haunted Hill | 1959. Horror. Directed by William Castle. Starring Vincent Price & Carol Ohmart. A millionaire invites five people to a 'haunted house' party, and whoever makes it through the night earns $10,000. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 03:50 | IWM: Britain at Bay (1940) | An inspirational film produced immediately after the fall of France, with commentary by J B Priestley. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Flesh and Blood. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars T.R. Bowen, Colin Douglas & John McKelvey. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E06) |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Shadow of Fear | 1963. Crime drama directed by Ernest Morris and starring Paul Maxwell, Clare Owen and Anita West. Waiting for his flight home from Baghdad, Bill takes a message from a British secret agent. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 07:10 | The Frightened Man | 1952. Crime Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Starring Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray & Thora Hird. Julius (Walsh) is sent down from Oxford to join a gang of jewel thieves who plan a foolhardy raid. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 08:30 | Gentle Trap | 1960. A locksmith on his first burglary is on the run when a rival gang wants his haul. Stars Spencer Teakle & Martin Benson. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 09:40 | Colonel March Investigates | 1953. Crime drama starring Boris Karloff, Joan Sims and Richard Wattis. Colonel March runs the Scotland Yard office for the Department of Queer Complaints and investigates 3 strange crimes. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Crossed Wires. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 12:00 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | 1966. Adventure. Director: Don Sharp. Stars: Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache. Fu Manchu and his army are kidnapping daughters of brilliant scientists to demand ransom. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 13:50 | The Great Milk Bottle Mystery | 1950s short film made by the British Milk association on the loss of 6.4 million milk bottles a week. It's time to do your bit before the coal runs out. Can you help Mrs Jones of 22 Acacia Grove? |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Strangers. 1977. Stars Ray Smith, Jenny Twigge, Jill Gascoine, David Sibley. New resident Jim really is facing his demons alone on the top floow, its amazing what the kindness of strangers can do. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 14:35 | John Betjeman Goes by Train�- King's Lynn to Hunstanton | … – King's Lynn to Hunstanton. 1962. From King's Lynn to Norfolk, Snettisham, Hunstanton and the sea. An unusual and enchanting journey, illuminated by John Betjeman's engaging personality. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 14:50 | Man on the Run (1949) | 1949. Crime Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Valentine Dyall, Derek Farr & Leslie Perrins. Having deserted the army, Peter Burdon is continually on the run. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 16:35 | BFI: Listen to Britain | 1942. Factual. A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life. Stars Leonard Brockington & Joseph Macleod |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | Castle Saburac. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Catweazle, magician from the past, is astonished and frightened by everything around him. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Some Will, Some Won't | 1970. Comedy. Director: Duncan Wood. Stars Ronnie Corbett, Thora Hird, Michael Hordern. In his will, a prankster, Henry Russell, charges his four beneficiaries to justify their inheritance of �150K |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 19:20 | The Rebel (1961) | 1961. Comedy. Directed by Robert Day. Stars: Tony Hancock, George Sanders & Paul Massie. Tony Hancock's feature debut about a self-taught artist who throws in his office job to live in Paris. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 21:25 | Sapphire | 1959. Murder mystery. Directed by Basil Dearden and stars Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell and Michael Craig. Superintendent Robert Hazard investigates a murder, which could be racially motivated. |
| Thu 04 Jun 20 | 23:10 | French Dressing | 1964. Comedy. Director: Ken Russell. Stars James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell. Gormleigh-on-Sea is a quiet seaside resort, until a French sex symbol attempts to make it the new St Tropez. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 00:55 | The Hellions | 1961. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin. Stars Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser & Marty Wilde. Luke and his sons ride into a small South African settlement in search of revenge |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 02:40 | Once A Thief | 1935. Drama. Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) 'borrows' some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Spread a Little Happiness. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas, Colin Campbell & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E07) |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Night Was Our Friend | 1951. Crime Drama. Missing for two years, Martin (Michael Gough) returns home to his wife who is now with another man. Starring Elizabeth Sellars & Michael Gough. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 07:15 | Touch & Go | 1955. Comedy. Directed by Michael Truman. Stars Jack Hawkins, Margaret Johnston & June Thorburn. Jim makes a sudden decision to emigrate to Australia after a row with his boss. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 09:00 | An Ideal Husband | 1947. Comedy. Directed by Alexander Korda. Stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding & Diana Wynyard. A prominent politician is blackmailed after he begins preparing to expose a financial scandal. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Night On The Town. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Surprise Package | 1960. Comedy. Directed by Stanley Donen. Stars Yul Brynner, Noel Coward, Mitzi Gaynor, Lyndon Brook & Eric Pohlmann. A devil-may-care gambler and a small-time hood plan to steal an exiled king's crown |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Temptation. 1977. Stars Ray Smith, Jill Gascoine, Jenny Twigge, Gordon Gostelow. Its surprises all round, Don has a surprise for Ruth, Ian has a surprise for Carol and will Jim give in to temptation? |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 14:30 | June Allyson | Intermission. Stars: June Allyson, Russell Johnson and Eugene Borden. Stranded at a remote hotel a woman helps a man confront his past, but she may not be what she seems. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 15:00 | So Little Time (1952) | 1952. War Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Marius Goring & Maria Schell. When war returns to Europe for the second time in a generation, the Belgians again suffer occupation. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 16:45 | River of Steel | Made in 1951 a beautiful animation directed by Peter Sachs, summarising the manufacture of steel and a humorous glimpse of a world suddenly deprived of its steel. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Curse of Rapkyn. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Mr Bennett is overdrawn at the bank so Carrot seeks Catweazles help. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Forever Female (1954) | 1954. Comedy. Directed by Irving Rapper. Stars Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas. A writer sells his play to a Broadway producer who wants to transform it into a vehicle for his ex-wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 19:20 | Turn The Key Softly | 1953. Drama. Director: Jack Lee. Stars Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison. Three women are released from Holloway prison on the same morning into the bustle of post-war London |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Van der Valk | A Man of No Importance. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. When a dead man turns up on the deck of a canal barge, everyone is ready to dismiss him as a nonentity. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 22:00 | Horrors of the Black Museum | 1959. Horror. Director: Arthur Crabtree. Stars Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow. After a series of murders, crime writer, Edward Bancroft, is following events with particular interest. |
| Fri 05 Jun 20 | 23:40 | Don't Talk To Strange Men | 1962. Thriller. Christina Gregg, Cyril Raymond, Gillian Lind & Dandy Nichols star in this tense and suspenseful British thriller. A serial killer is at large in the British countryside. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 01:05 | The Night Caller | 1965. Sci-Fi directed by John Gilling and starring John Saxon, Maurice Denham and Patricia Haines. Aliens need to find mates from another world or they'll become extinct, they start with earth females |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 02:50 | Flight From Vienna | 1956. Drama. Director: Denis Kavanagh. Stars John Bentley, Theodore Bikel & Donald Gray. When a Hungarian official asks for asylum in the west, he is forced to go back home to prove his sincerity (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Take It on Trust. 1971. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas, Colin Campbell & Roy Russell. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E08) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Mark of The Phoenix | 1957. Crime drama directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Anton Diffring. Crooks steal a secret metal formula and plan to smuggle it into East Germany. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 07:15 | The Balloon Goes Up | 1942. Musical. Comedy duo Ethel Revnell and Gracie West star in this comedy musical. The double act masquerade as WAAFs on a balloon site to help the authorities capture a group of fifth columnists. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 08:25 | Walk A Tightrope | 1963. Drama. Director: Frank Nesbitt. Stars Dan Duryea, Patricia Owens, Terence Cooper. After remarrying, a woman is blackmailed by her former husband, as their marriage was not annulled. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Ethan Allen Story. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Chris Wiggins. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys are at war with the ruthless tax collectors. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 10:30 | Noose for a Lady | 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. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Never Back Losers (1962) | 1962. Crime. Directed by Robert Tronson. Stars Kiri Le Clown, Jack Hedley & Jacqueline Ellis. An insurance investigator makes inquiries into the apparent accidental death of a jockey. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 13:15 | The Shillingbury Blowers | 1979. Drama. Directed by Val Guest and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen and Trevor Howard. The arrival of a pop star and his wife, upsets the status quo of the Shillingbury village brass band. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 14:55 | An Inspector Calls | 1954. Crime. Director: Guy Hamilton. Stars: Alastair Sim, Olga Lindo, Eileen Moore. The Birling family are rich, and complacent. It is 1912, and the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 16:30 | The Small Back Room | 1949. Drama. Directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Stars David Farrar, Jack Hawkins and Kathleen Byron. The best bomb disposal expert must battle his inner self, during the German raids. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 18:40 | Helter Skelter | 1949. Comedy. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns. A radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 20:10 | Eight O'clock Walk (1954) | 1954. Drama. Directed by: Lance Comfort Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell & Maurice Denham. A taxi-driver is accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl on a derelict bomb-site. |
| Sat 06 Jun 20 | 21:55 | Oklahoma Crude | 1973. Comedy. Director: Stanley Kramer. Stars: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills. In 1913 Oklahoma, Lena Doyle aided by her father, stubbornly drills for oil despite pressure to sell her land |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 00:10 | The Hand of Night (1968) | 1968. Fantasy Horror. Directed by Frederic Goode Stars William Sylvester, Diane Clare, William Dexter & Terrence De Marney. Visiting Morocco, Paul attends a party, where he meets the mysterious Marisa |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 01:55 | Turn The Key Softly | 1953. Drama. Director: Jack Lee. Stars Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison. Three women are released from Holloway prison on the same morning into the bustle of post-war London |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 03:30 | The Villain (1979) | 1979. Comedy. Directed by Hal Needham. Stars Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Ann-Margret. A bank robber makes a deal with a corrupt banker to avoid execution in exchange for a dirty assignment. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 05:15 | Wild Wings | Awarded an Oscar as well as four other international awards. At the wildfowl trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire, Peter Scott and his team assist with the protection of many species of of bird life |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 06:00 | The Marked One | 1963. Crime. Director: Francis Searle. Stars William Lucas, Zena Walker & Patrick Jordan. Criminals kidnap a man's daughter in order to obtain forgery plates which they believe to be in his possession (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 07:15 | Sammy's Super T-Shirt | 1978. Comedy. Directed by Jeremy Summers. Stars Reggie Winch, Lawrie Mark & Richard Vernon. Children's Film Foundation. A little boy stands up to his tormentors via the device of a magical T-shirt. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 08:20 | The Trollenberg Terror | 1958. Sci-Fi. A series of deaths on a Swiss mountain-side appear to be connected to a mysterious cloud. Stars: Forrest Tucker, Warren Mitchell & Andrew Faulds. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Witch. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Arch McDonnell. Someone is going to a lot of trouble to convince the townspeople that a witch has cursed them. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 10:30 | The Missing Million | 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 |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 12:05 | Simon and Laura | 1955. Comedy. Director: Muriel Box. Stars: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow. A TV studio want to feature a famous couple in a new show. Will the couple maintain a happy facade? |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 13:55 | Petticoat Lane 1950s | Glimpses: Directed by JB Grainger around the late 1950s. The empty market in the early morning; barrows being wheeled in, people bringing their goods in taxis, others carrying parcels. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 14:10 | Portrait of Clare | 1950. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Margaret Johnston, Richard Todd, Robin Bailey. Clare tells her granddaughter about her life and loves whilst helping her prepare for her engagement party. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 15:55 | Let's Be Happy (1957) | 1957. Musical. Directed by: Henry Levin. Stars: Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin & Robert Flemyng. Jeannie MacLean visits her family's Scottish roots and a romance blossoms with a businessman named Stanley |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Operation Greenfly. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Ruark sends four survivors to an island a week before a rescue exercise (S5, E07) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 18:30 | Elizabeth of Ladymead (1949) | 1949. Drama. Directed by: Herbert Wilcox. Stars: Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams & Michael Lawrence. Ladymead is the gracious Georgian mansion in which Elizabeth lives while her husband's fighting abroad. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 20:30 | Tell Me Another | 1976. True Stories About The Armed Services and the War. Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills. This episode stars Bernard Cribbins, Jon Pertwee and Ted Ray. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | A classic performance filmed live in 1961 at the London Palladium. Bruce Forsyth and Norman Wisdom keep the audience in stitches with their sketches. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 22:00 | This Is My Street | 1964. Drama. Ian Hendry, June Ritchie, John Hurt, Annette Andre, Avice Landone and Mike Pratt feature among an outstanding cast in this mid-sixties realist drama from noted director Sidney Hayers. |
| Sun 07 Jun 20 | 00:00 | Before Winter Comes | 1969. Drama. Director: J. Lee Thompson. Stars: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina and John Hurt. After World War II, in a camp for the displaced, an interpreter mediates between the British and Soviets. |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 00:00 | Before Winter Comes | 1969. Drama. Director: J. Lee Thompson. Stars: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina and John Hurt. After World War II, in a camp for the displaced, an interpreter mediates between the British and Soviets. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 02:05 | I Walk the Line | 1970. Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars: Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld and Estelle Parsons. A small town sheriff's world is turned upside down by a beautiful young woman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 04:05 | Who Goes There! | 1952. Comedy. Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Stars Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson & Peggy Cummins. A private in the Guards is forced to leave his girlfriend in the empty house of a civil servant. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 05:45 | One Man, One Dog | Made in 1971. Filmed at Scotland Yard. An insightful film on the police dogs and their handlers and what was the state of crime in London and surrounding areas in the 1970s. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Bond of Fear | 1956. Crime Drama directed by Henry Cass and starring Dermot Walsh and Jane Barrett. Filmed at Nettlefold. A man and his family on a caravan holiday in France are taken hostage by an escaped convict. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 07:20 | IWM: The Atlantic Community (1956) | Early NATO documentary profiling the United Kingdom. Directed by John Hollingswood with commentary spoken by Robert Beatty. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 07:45 | The Key Man | 1957. Drama. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars: Lee Patterson, Hy Hazell, Colin Gordon. In an attempt to reconstruct a criminal case for his radio show, Hulme's nose for a story leads him into danger. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 09:00 | Nowhere To Go | 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. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Pandora's Box. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Operation Diplomat | 1953. Crime. Directed by John Guillermin. Stars Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton. A surgeon is forced to operate on an injured man by a gang of smugglers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 13:25 | No Place For Jennifer | 1950. Drama. Directed by Henry Cass. Stars Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Janette Scott & Guy Middleton. When 9-year-old Jennifer's parents get divorced, she is sent to a centre for maladjusted children. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 15:10 | Some People | 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 (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Witching Hour. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Carrot has trouble with a parish councillor so he seeks Catweazle's help to spirit her away. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Jumping For Joy | 1956. Comedy. Director John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson & Lionel Jefferies. A young dog racer who finds himself losing his job and his honour. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 19:10 | Sundown | 1941. War Drama. Director: Henry Hathaway. Stars: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders. A British army outpost comes into conflict with African tribes. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Special Branch | Catherine the Great. 1974. Stars George Sewell, Paul Eddington, Frederick Jaeger. Informed that Rehfuss, a dangerous assassin, has slipped into the country, Craven is ordered to bring him in. |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 22:00 | The Gentle Touch | Killers. 1980. Directed by Tony Wharmby. Stars Jill Gascoine, Leslie Schofield & Nigel Rathbone. Maggie Forbes, recently promoted to Detective Inspector, reaches a crossroads in her life. (S1, E01) |
| Mon 08 Jun 20 | 23:00 | A Hill in Korea | 1956. War. Directed by Julian Amyes. Starring George Baker, Stanley Baker & Michael Caine in his first credited film role. In the Korean war, British soldiers try to fight their way back to safety. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 00:40 | The Whole Truth | 1958. Drama. Directed by John Guillermin & Dan Cohen. Stars Stewart Granger, Donna Reed & George Sanders. A film producer becomes a suspect to the stabbing of an actress after his recent affair. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 02:20 | Shoot to Kill | 1947. Crime drama. Directed by William Berke and starring Russell Wade, Luana Walters and Edmund MacDonald. A woman marries a corrupt D.A. to get evidence to help on a recent murder. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 03:35 | Blue Pullman | 1960. Factual. Directed by James Ritchie. The 'Blue Pullman', a new diesel train liaising between Manchester and St. Pancras is prepared for its grand inaugural journey. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | This Year, Next Year. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E09) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 06:00 | The Southerner | 1945. Drama. Director: Jean Renoir. Stars Zachary Scott, Betty Field and J. Carrol Naish. Nature decides to go against a family of cotton pickers after they decide to get their own ground. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 07:50 | Pulborough In the 1950's | A glimpse of 1950s family life with the Morrisons, along with shots of Pulborough. A Tupperware tea in the garden and general footage of '50s Summer family living. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 08:00 | Calling Paul Temple | 1948. Crime Drama starring John Bentley & Dinah Sheridan. Scotland Yard is unable to unravel the 'Rex' murders and cannot manage without the help of Paul Temple and his sidekick 'Steve'. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 09:50 | Forever Vespa | Vespa: Italian symbol of a fresh start at the end of World War II. Years after its arrival on the scene, Vespa is still a cult object worldwide even for the younger generations. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Jagged Edge. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 12:00 | The Fast Lady | 1963. Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Stanley Baxter, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips & Julie Christie. Mr. Troon invests in a vintage Bentley to impress the daughter of a wealthy tycoon (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 14:00 | IWM: Target for Tonight (1941) | Made by the Crown Film Unit for the RAF and regarded as one of the greatest British aviation films of the Second World War, Target for Tonight recreates an early Wellington bomber raid on Nazi Germany |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 15:00 | Geordie | 1955. Comedy. Directed by Frank Launder. Stars Bill Travers, Alastair Sim, Miles Malleson & Raymond Huntley. A Scottish lad represents Britain in the Olympics but insists on wearing his kilt. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Eye of Time. 1970. Stars Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies & Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Catweazle, magician from the past, sees with his 'Eye of Time' when being introduced to betting. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Planter's Wife | 1952. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and starring Jack Hawkins and Claudette Colbert. The marriage of rubber-plantation owner and his wife has survived many disasters, but is now at breaking point. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 19:15 | Last Holiday | 1950. Drama. Directed by Henry Cass. Stars Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell & Kay Walsh. A salesman who learns he has months to live cashes in his savings to live in a fancy hotel. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Quatermass | An Endangered Species. 1979. Stars John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Brewster Mason. Kapp attempts to repair his equipment in order to contact the alien presence.. |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 22:00 | The Lovers! | 1973. Comedy. Director: Herbert Wise. Stars Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Joan Scott. Like everyone else since Adam & Eve, Geoffrey & Beryl want to fall in love. But this is Manchester in 1972 |
| Tue 09 Jun 20 | 23:45 | Penny Gold | 1973. Drama. Director: Jack Cardiff. Stars James Booth, Francesca Annis & Nicky Henson. Mathew is determined to crack the brutal murder of a young woman whose body is identified by her identical twin. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 01:30 | Dementia 13 | 1963. Horror. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. Stars William Campbell, Patrick Magee & Luana Anders. After murdering her husband, Louise tells the family he left on urgent business. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 03:00 | Dick Powell Theatre | Goodbye Hannah. Starring Carolyn Jones & William Berger. Tasked with finding Hannah Cole, Lt. Smith builds up an intriguing portrait of this woman he has never met. (S1, EP9) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | The Fundamental Things Apply. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E10) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1980. Stars Victor Maddern, Sarah Greene, Richard Everrett, Sheila Fay & John Burgess. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Mr Pastry – The Lancers | Lost short film from 1956 from the private collection of Richard Hearne. Mr. Pastry charges through a ballroom while dancing with imaginary partners with whom he was completely out of step. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 06:05 | Tons of Trouble | 1956. Comedy. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Starring Richard Hearne & William Hartnell. Mr Pastry names the apartment boilers he maintains 'Mavis and Ethel'. Trouble begins when he faces the sack. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 07:40 | Strongroom | 1962. Crime. Two car breakers plan a bank robbery. When their hostages get locked in the bank's strongroom, they face becoming potential murderers. Starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon & Ann Lynn. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 09:15 | Carlton-Brown of the F.O. | 1959. Comedy. Directors Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell. Stars Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi. A former British colony in need of economic aid tries to play the British against the Soviets. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | The Outsider. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Josephine and Men | 1956. Comedy. Director: Roy Boulting. Stars: Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden. The trouble with Josephine is that her sympathetic nature leads her to switch from man to man. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Behemoth The Seamonster | 1959. Sci-Fi. Atomic marine tests cause the resurrection of a dormant sea-monster who then threatens to destroy London. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 15:30 | Blind Spot | 1958. Crime Drama directed by Peter Maxwell. Starring Robert Mackenzie, Michael Caine and Delphi Lawrence. US Officer Adams, blinded during the war, is framed on a diamond-smuggling rap. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Magic Face. 1970. Stars Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Catweazle, magician from the past, believes he is under the power of a sorcerer when he has his picture taken |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Arabian Adventure | 1979. Adventure. Director Kevin Connor. Stars Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias. A peasant boy and prince set out to stop an evil magician who seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 19:30 | Offbeat | 1961. Crime Drama. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: William Sylvester, Anthony Dawson, Mai Zetterling. An MI5 man infiltrates the world of new-style criminals behind the robberies that fox the Yard. |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and Portia. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Patricia Hodge. Rumpole defends a scrap dealer accused of selling arms to terrorists |
| Wed 10 Jun 20 | 22:05 | White Mischief | 1988. Crime Drama. Director: Michael Radford. Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland & Greta Scacchi. In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 00:20 | Blonde Fist | 1991. Drama. Director: Frank Clarke. Stars Margi Clarke, Carroll Baker, Ken Hutchison & Angela Clarke. Ronnie flees domestic life to find her father in New York, and ends up boxing to make ends meet. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 02:25 | The Primitives | 1962. Drama starring Jan Holden, Bill Edwards and Rio Fanning. A group of entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 03:45 | Bridlington in 1936 – Glimpses | A wonderful children's adventure day out in 1936. Great shots of Bridlington harbour in the 30s and Brempton and even a pony and trap ride along with a trip on the ferry. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Thicker Than Water. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E11) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Sally Visits Kew | In 1948 A Young Sally visits Kew and the Royal Botanical Gardens, a delightful, colourful short film showing the beauty of Kew. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 06:15 | The Red House | 1947. Drama. Directed by Delmer Daves and starring Edward G Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson and Rory Calhoun. Two girls, when told not to, explore mysterious woodland and discover secrets (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 08:15 | You Pay Your Money | 1957. Crime Drama. A rogue smuggler enters a murky world when his wife is kidnapped. Directed by Maclean Rogers. Starring Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton and Honor Blackman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 09:30 | End of the Road | 1954. Drama. Directed by Wolf Rilla. Unhappy with enforced retirement, Mick-mack takes a lesser job at the factory, which creates strains within the family. Starring Finlay Currie & Duncan Lamont. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Walk A Crooked Line. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Elizabeth of Ladymead (1949) | 1949. Drama. Directed by: Herbert Wilcox. Stars: Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams & Michael Lawrence. Ladymead is the gracious Georgian mansion in which Elizabeth lives while her husband's fighting abroad. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | The Accused. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars Donald Burton, Mary Miller, Anne Dyson, William Marlowe. Mrs Beale has a nasty shock, while upstairs the new couple don't seem to be settling in. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 14:30 | Remembering Merton Park Studios | 2008. Documentary. Actor Clifford Earl presents memories of Merton Park Studios, between 1930 and the late 60's. Directors, Producers and Technicians tell of their memories. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 15:15 | Portrait of Clare | 1950. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Margaret Johnston, Richard Todd, Robin Bailey. Clare tells her granddaughter about her life and loves whilst helping her prepare for her engagement party. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Telling Bone. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. In a desperate attempt to return to his own time, Catweazle's dubious powers have landed him on the spire of a local church. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 17:35 | The Black Rose | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 20:00 | Girl With A Pistol | 1968. Comedy Drama. Directed by Mario Monicelli. Stars Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave, Anthony Booth & Carlo Giuffre. A girl, abandoned by her lover, sets out to kill him in revenge. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 22:00 | No Sex Please – We're British | 1973. Comedy. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid & Arthur Lowe. A shop owner's order is mixed up in transit and sent to Barclays Bank. |
| Thu 11 Jun 20 | 23:45 | Seance On A Wet Afternoon | 1964. Thriller. Director: Bryan Forbes. Stars Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman & Kim Stanley. A medium stages a kidnapping which she will then 'solve' by pretending to be psychic. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 02:00 | The Giant Gila Monster | 1959. Sci-Fi. Directed by Ray Kellogg. Starring Don Sullivan, Fred Graham & Lisa Simone. A giant lizard terrorises a small town. Can the police and a hot rod gang stop the monster? (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 03:30 | Overseas Press Club – Exclusive! | The Monk of Chimay. 1957. Stars Claude Dauphin, Richard Thorp & Zena Howard. In 1944, a British pilot parachutes into a monastery. The story gives a foreign correspondent a vital clue to a mystery. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Breaking Point. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E12) |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 06:00 | The Scamp | 1957. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen. Todd Dawson is a ten year old waif with a drunken scallywag for a father. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 07:40 | Impact | 1963. Drama. Jack Moir (Conrad Phillips of 'William Tell' fame), a newspaper reporter, is framed by 'The Duke' (George Pastell), a Soho racketeer against whom he has written a series of articles. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 08:55 | Five Golden Dragons | 1967. Action. Directed by Jeremy Summers. Stars: Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee & Christopher Lee. An American playboy in Hong Kong, finds himself caught in a power struggle in the criminal world. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 11:00 | The Detectives | Night Boat. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Trouble in Store | 1953. Comedy. Director John Paddy Carstairs and stars Norman Wisdom, Moira Lister, Margaret Rutherford. The escapades of an employee of a London store, who has ambitions to become a window-dresser. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 13:45 | Ten Pin Bowling 1960s – Glimpses | Factual. 1960s short film on a hobby the whole family are enjoying, ten pin bowling. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Unexpected Visitors. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, Jenny Twigge, Jill Gascoine, David Sibley, Ian Redford, Nina Thomas. Ruth receives a knock at the door and it's not an invited guest. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 14:30 | Bespoke Overcoat | 1955. Drama. Director: Jack Clayton. Stars David Kossoff & Alfie Bass. A man's only desire is to have an overcoat, but dies of hypothermia and so returns as a ghost demanding his friend steal him one |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 15:15 | Eight O'clock Walk (1954) | 1954. Drama. Directed by: Lance Comfort Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell & Maurice Denham. A taxi-driver is accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl on a derelict bomb-site. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Power of Adamcos. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell. Catweazle in his confusion loses his sacred knife, Adamcos. |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 17:30 | House of Blackmail | 1953. Crime. Directed by Maurice Elvey. An Army officer (William Sylvester) and Carol (Mary Germaine) must solve the murder of a blackmailer or be charged themselves. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 18:55 | Let's Be Happy (1957) | 1957. Musical. Directed by: Henry Levin. Stars: Vera-Ellen, Tony Martin & Robert Flemyng. Jeannie MacLean visits her family's Scottish roots and a romance blossoms with a businessman named Stanley |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Van der Valk | A Dangerous Point of View. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. While working on a case, a private detective is stabbed to death in a seedy apartment, but why… |
| Fri 12 Jun 20 | 22:00 | The L Shaped Room | 1962. Drama. Directed by Bryan Forbes. Stars Leslie Caron, Brock Peters, Tom Bell & Patricia Phoenix. In an Academy Award nominated performance, a pregnant French girl moves to a seedy boarding house |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 00:30 | Night of the Eagle | 1962. Horror. Director: Sidney Hayers. Stars Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair & Margaret Johnston. A woman ,who may be a witch, defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 02:15 | The Traitor | 1957. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Anton Diffring & Christopher Lee. Survivors of a WW2 resistance group meet at a country house to find out which of them had betrayed their leader. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | The Lost Ones. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E13) |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Hyde Park Corner | 1935. Drama. Directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Gordon Harker, Binnie Hale and Eric Portman. A duel is destined to be repeated when the two descendants of the original duel meet. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 07:40 | Let's visit the Crofters – Glimpses | Short documentary detailing the farming traditions of the Shetland Islands, from the Crofters' summertime sheep drive to the drama of the annual herring haul. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 08:00 | Get Cracking | 1943. Comedy. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Starring George Formby, Dinah Sheridan & Ronald Shiner. Formby joins the Home Guard and launches his own style of commando raid to steal a machine gun. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Medicine Man. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Dickson Kerwin. Hawkeye and Chingachcook find Wenatchgo, an old and respected medicine man. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 10:30 | The Big Blockade (1942) | 1942. Propaganda Documentary. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars: Leslie Banks, Frank Cellier & Alfred Drayton. Depicted in humorous sketches, a film on the blockade of Nazi Germany by the Allies. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Daybreak | 1948. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Ann Todd, Eric Portman & Maxwell Reed. Tragedy strikes when a hangman's assistant gets into a fight after he tries to seduce his boss's wife. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 13:40 | Screenagers! – Glimpses | Early 1960s documentary into the spending habit of 'screenagers' and the cinema goers of the 60s. Brilliant footage of 50s and 60s cinemas and the 'screenagers' themselves. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 13:55 | The Rebel (1961) | 1961. Comedy. Directed by Robert Day. Stars: Tony Hancock, George Sanders & Paul Massie. Tony Hancock's feature debut about a self-taught artist who throws in his office job to live in Paris. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 16:00 | Offbeat | 1961. Crime Drama. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: William Sylvester, Anthony Dawson, Mai Zetterling. An MI5 man infiltrates the world of new-style criminals behind the robberies that fox the Yard. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Sir Lancelot | Caledon. 1956. Stars William Russell, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Bruce Seton. The exploits of Sir Lancelot, during the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 18:00 | London Airport, early 1960s – Glimpses | Glimpses: Made in early 60s. A day In the life of the 'London' Airport. The Passengers, the 'Wavers-goodbye', the Airport Staff, the Pilots, the Cleaning Staff and those left behind… |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 18:25 | North West Frontier | 1959. Drama. Director: J. Lee Thompson. Stars Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall & Herbert Lom. In British India, a prince must be taken to safety across a rebel-held territory. |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Up the Junction | 1967. Drama. Directed by Peter Collinson. Stars Suzy Kendall, Dennis Waterman, Maureen Lipman & Adrienne Posta. An upper-class Chelsea girl relieves her boredom in working-class London. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 13 Jun 20 | 23:30 | These Dangerous Years (1957) | 1957. Drama Musical. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Stars: George Baker, Frankie Vaughan & Carole Lesley. When gang leader Dave Wyman is called up for military service, he finds the discipline suits him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 01:30 | Machine Gun McCain | 1969. Crime. Director: Giuliano Montaldo. Stars: John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland & Peter Falk. A paroled armed robber and his son plan a Las Vegas casino heist. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 03:30 | What a Whopper | 1960. Comedy. What a Whopper is a comedy from former documentarist Gilbert Gunn. Adam Faith stars in this tale about a struggling writer who fakes photographs of the Loch Ness monster. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 05:15 | IWM: High Journey (1958) | 1958. Doc. Narrated by Orson Welles. European countries photographed from low-flying aircraft with an evocative soundtrack, revealing ancient capitals and heritage sites. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Fire Over England | 1937. Drama. Directed by William K Howard. Stars Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh & Raymond Massey. A Naval Officer volunteers to go undercover in the Spanish court for Queen Elizabeth. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 07:50 | Sir Lancelot | Caledon. 1956. Stars William Russell, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Bruce Seton. The exploits of Sir Lancelot, during the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 08:20 | Boys in Brown | 1949. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Richard Attenborough, Jack Warner & Dirk Bogarde. The governor of a borstal institution tries to reform a group of juvenile delinquents. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Servant. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Leonard Ontkean. Hawkeye and Chingachgook find a young Irish girl, Bridget, alone in the woods. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 10:30 | The Fishmonger in 1947 – Glimpses | Filmed in 1947. A delightful education short film set in Barkingside High Street, Ilford, Essex, about the Fishmonger and his working day including a trip to Billingsgate. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 10:45 | Forever Vespa | Vespa: Italian symbol of a fresh start at the end of World War II. Years after its arrival on the scene, Vespa is still a cult object worldwide even for the younger generations. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 11:55 | Be My Guest | 1965. Comedy. Directed by Lance Comfort. Stars Steve Marriott, David Hemmings, Andrea Monet. Jobless Dave, ex-member of pop group 'The Smart Alecs', meets Erica, an attractive young woman seeking fame (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 13:35 | Nicholas Nickleby | 1947. Drama. Director: Alberto Cavalcanti. Stars Cedric Hardwicke, Derek Bond, Stanley Holloway. Robbed of his inheritance, Nicholas is forced to seek his fortune as a travelling entertainer |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 15:45 | Saints and Sinners | 1949. Drama. Director: Leslie Arliss. Stars Kieron Moore, Christine Norden, Michael Dolan. Having served a prison sentence for stealing Church funds, Michael Kissane has lost his reputation and love. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | A Guest for the Gallows. 1955. Stars Richard Greene, Bernadette O�Farrell, Patricia Driscoll. Richard Greene is the quick-witted hero who defies the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 18:00 | Sudden Fear | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 20:10 | Every Day Except Christmas (1957) | A study of working class life, but with an affectionate appreciation of the hard-working Covent Garden market porters. Created with Walter Lassally's virtuoso 35mm cinematography. |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | … Palladium. 1964. Variety entertainment show hosted by Bruce Forsyth. This week features Freddie and the Dreamers, flamenco dancer Antonio, Billy Russell, The Trapinos and The Tiller Girls |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 22:00 | Smashing Time | 1967. Comedy. Written by George Melly. Director: Desmond Davis. Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham, Michael York. Swingin' London becomes limping London when Brenda and Yvonne 'make the scene' |
| Sun 14 Jun 20 | 00:00 | Breakout | 1975. Action. Director: Tom Gries. Stars: Charles Bronson, Robert Duvall and Jill Ireland. A bush pilot is hired for fifty thousand dollars to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 02:00 | The Rough and the Smooth | 1959. Drama. Starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton and William Bendix. Directed by Robert Siodmak. An archaeologist forsakes his fiance for a passionate affair with a beautiful German woman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 04:05 | Men Against the Sun | 1952. Adventure. Stars John Bentley, Zena Marshall & Liam O'Leary. An engineer undertakes to oversee the building of a railway from Mombasa to Uganda. A Kenya- Britain coproduction, the first in fact. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 05:15 | Remembering Merton Park Studios | 2008. Documentary. Actor Clifford Earl presents memories of Merton Park Studios, between 1930 and the late 60's. Directors, Producers and Technicians tell of their memories. |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 06:00 | British Intelligence | 1940. War. Directed by Terry Morse. Stars Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester & Leonard Mudie. Bennett's home is a hotbed for spies. But no one knows the identity of the German spymaster. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 07:15 | IWM: Miss Knowall (1940) | With photography by Claude Friese-Greene, son of the famous William Friese-Greene. WW2 short anti-gossip film, with Martita Hunt and a very young Kenneth Griffiths. |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 07:20 | Lilli Marlene | 1950. Drama. Lilli, (Lisa Daniely) the French girl whose song 'Lilli Marlene' is loved by the Germans and the allies alike, is captured by the Nazis and rescued by the British. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 09:00 | Sir Francis Drake | Queen of Scots. 1961. Stars: Terence Morgan, Jean Kent & Michael Crawford. Elizabeth is worried about Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham decides it is time to get Mary out of the way |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 09:30 | Waterfront | 1950. Drama. Directed by Michael Anderson. Stars Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Richard Burton & Susan Shaw. A sailor leaves his family to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 11:10 | Daybreak | 1948. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Ann Todd, Eric Portman & Maxwell Reed. Tragedy strikes when a hangman's assistant gets into a fight after he tries to seduce his boss's wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 12:50 | IWM: Time Piece (1966) | 1966. A round-the-clock, round-the-world, picture of the work of the RAF during the mid-1960s. |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 13:15 | Very Important Person | 1961. Comedy. Directed by Ken Annakin. Stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter & Eric Sykes. British POWs find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must escape |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 15:15 | Convoy (1940) | 1940. Drama. Directed by Pen Tennyson. Stars Clive Brook, John Clements & Edward Chapman. A tale of the highs and lows of life protecting the vital convoys between America & England during WWII. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Demi Devil. 1970. Stars Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. A failed spell and a visit from a lost pet sparks chaos for Catweazle, who believes hes turned Carrot into a monkey |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Quiet Woman | 1951. Crime drama directed By John Gilling and starring Derek Bond, Jane Hylton and Dora Bryan. A proprietress of a country inn becomes involved with smugglers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 19:00 | The Long Arm | 1956. Drama. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison & Michael Brooke. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Special Branch | Jailbait. Stars: Derren Nesbitt, George Sewell & Moriss Perry. Craven and Haggerty must find out who organised a jail break which allowed a dangerous traitor to escape. Was it the criminal underworld? |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 22:00 | The Gentle Touch | Recoil. 1980. Directed by Christopher Hodson. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Brian Gwaspari. Restless, Maggie disobeys orders and sets out to find her husband's killers. (S1, E02) |
| Mon 15 Jun 20 | 23:00 | A Kind of Loving | 1962. Drama. Director: John Schlesinger. Stars Alan Bates, June Ritchie & Thora Hird. After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 01:15 | The Lash | 1934. Drama. A moral tale of a millionaire who has a weakling son (John Mills) who fails his father at every turn. One of John Mills' first films. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 02:30 | Where There's A Will (1955) | 1955. Comedy. Director: Vernon Sewell. A cockney family inherit a ramshackle farm. Alfie (Leslie Dwyer) wants to make a go of it. Starring George Cole and Kathleen Harrison. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | The Sensible Thing. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E14) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Forever England | 1935. Drama. Directed by Walter Forde. Stars John Mills, Betty Balfour, Barry MacKay & Jimmy Hanley. During WW1, a group of British troops are captured by Germans after their ship sinks. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 07:30 | IWM: The Breathing Space (1943) | A look at the way military personnel and civilians used their spare time during the war. Stars Bill Owen |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 07:45 | Cavalcade of Variety | 1941. Musical directed by Thomas Bentley. Featuring Peter Brough, Archie Andrews, Billy Cotton and his band, the Sherman Fisher girls and many more. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 09:00 | William Tell | The Emperor's Hat. 1958. Stars Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. William is forced to display his renowned marksmanship with the crossbow by shooting an apple off his son's head. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 09:30 | Mr. Winkle Goes To War | 1944. Comedy. Director: Alfred E. Green. Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Warrick and Ted Donaldson. Mr Winkle, a mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk finds himself in battle in the South Pacific. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 11:05 | Boy With A Flute | 1964. Drama. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Jeremy Hawk, Freda Jackson & Ursula Jeans. Mrs Winters wishes to sell her Salviani painting. But it is not as cut and dried as she thought. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 11:40 | Fiddlers Three | 1944. Comedy. Directed by Harry Watt. Stars Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale & Frances Day. A hitch-hiker travels back in time after being struck by lightning in Stonehenge. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 13:25 | Dancing With Crime | 1947. Crime Drama. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Richard Attenborough, Barry K. Barnes, Sheila Sim & Garry Marsh. A Cab driver gets mistaken with a gang. He sets out to expose the group. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 15:05 | No Highway in the Sky | 1951. Drama. Directed by Henry Koster. Stars James Stewart, Jack Hawkins, Marlene Dietrich & Glynis Johns. An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of plane will fail catastrophically. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The House of the Sorcerer. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. Sam has disappeared, and Catweazle believes that he's been murdered. |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Ring of Spies | 1964. Drama. Directed by Robert Tronson. Stars Bernard Lee, William Sylvester, David Kossoff & Margaret Tyzack. A secret agent asks Henry Houghton to steal military secrets in exchange for a hefty fee (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 19:15 | The Blue Lamp | 1949. Crime. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner & Jimmy Hanley. A killer shoots a London policeman during a robbery (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Budgie | Out. 1971. Stars Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson & Lynn Dalby. Budgie leaves prison and has a job planned within hours, a hijack of a vanload of cosmetics. Unfortunately, the van has a more unusual cargo |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 22:00 | Smashing Time | 1967. Comedy. Written by George Melly. Director: Desmond Davis. Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham, Michael York. Swingin' London becomes limping London when Brenda and Yvonne 'make the scene' |
| Tue 16 Jun 20 | 00:00 | Venus Peter | 1989. Drama. Director: Ian Sellar. Stars George Anton, Ray McAnally, David Hayman and Sinead Cusack. A boyhood in a Scottish fishing town in Fife in the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 02:00 | The Stars Look Down | 1939. Directed by Carol Reed. Starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood. Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Under New Management. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E15) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Streamline Express | 1935. Drama. Directed by Leonard Fields. Broadway star Patricia Wallis (Evelyn Venable), leaves the new show produced by Jimmy Hart (Victor Jory), who is in love with her, and runs off to California. |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 07:10 | Farewell To Arms | 1932. Drama. Directed by Frank Borzage. Stars Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou & Mary Philips. An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 09:00 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | A Guest for the Gallows. 1955. Stars Richard Greene, Bernadette O�Farrell, Patricia Driscoll. Richard Greene is the quick-witted hero who defies the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 09:30 | End of the Line | 1957. Directed by Charles Saunders. Starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley & Jennifer Jayne. Given a fake alibi Mike robs a 'fence' of stolen jewels. The fence is found dead and Mike is blackmailed. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 10:50 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | 1946. Drama. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas. The relationships formed in childhood by three friends lead to murder and obsessive love. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 13:10 | A Day at the Derby | Derby Day in 1938 the bookies, the picnics, the crowds and the horses! |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 13:15 | Saints and Sinners | 1949. Drama. Director: Leslie Arliss. Stars Kieron Moore, Christine Norden, Michael Dolan. Having served a prison sentence for stealing Church funds, Michael Kissane has lost his reputation and love. |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 15:00 | The Stars Look Down | 1939. Directed by Carol Reed. Starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood. Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Flying Broomsticks. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. Broomsticks have gone missing, and suspicions point the ever-vigilant, Sergeant Bottle, towards Hexwood Farm. |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 17:30 | IWM: The Desert Victory (1943) | Oscar winning documentary directed by Roy Boulting covering the battle of El Alamein. Commentary spoken by Leo Genn and music composed by William Alwyn |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 18:45 | The Magic Box | 1952. Biography. Director: John Boulting. Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell & Renee Asherson. A chronicle of the life of William Friese Greene, a British inventor and early pioneer in cinema. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Quality of Life. Stars: Leo McKern, Julian Curry, Peter Blythe. Rumpole defends Lady Perdita Derwent, charged with the murder of her elderly husband |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 22:05 | Poor Cow | 1967. Kitchen sink drama by Ken Loach. Young mother Joy (Carol White) is forced to fend for herself when her brutal husband, Tom (Bindon), goes to jail. Can Joy find solace with Dave (Terence Stamp)? |
| Wed 17 Jun 20 | 00:00 | Station Six-Sahara | 1963. Drama. Director: Seth Holt. Stars: Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck, Ian Bannen. A female member joins a group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and the emotions start soaring. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 02:00 | Double X | 1992. Crime drama with Bernard Hill and Norman Wisdom. Former petty thief and safecracker Arthur is the 'brains' behind 'The Organisation' but he wants out. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Coming Home. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E16) |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Gone to the Dogs | George Wallace, Lois Green & John Dobbie star in this great 1939 Comedy where a disaster-prone zoo attendant discovers a substance that accelerates motion, enabling his greyhound to run faster. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 07:15 | Neutral Port | 1940. War. Director: Marcel Varnel. Stars Will Fyffe, Leslie Banks, Yvonne Arnaud. A crusty sea captain steals an enemy supply ship after his ship is sunk by a U-boat during World War II. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 09:00 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Knight with the Red Plum. 1956. Stars: William Russell, Cyril Smith & Ronald Leigh-Hunt. Sir Lancelot is challenged before he can become a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 09:30 | William Russell – Sir Lancelot | Mike Read meets the great William Russell, who talks of his time as Sir Lancelot, the weight of the swords, his favourite cast members, life as one of the original Dr Who Cast members and more. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 10:00 | The Glass Mountain | 1949. Drama. The classic tale of a war romance featuring the smash hit music of The Legend of The Glass Mountain. Stars Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray & Valentina Cortese, with vocals from Tito Gobbi. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 12:00 | Passage Home | 1955. Drama. Director: Roy Ward Baker. Starring: Peter Finch, Diane Cilento and Anthony Steel. A young woman comes to regret her rescue from a difficult situation in South America. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Bad Luck. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, Jenny Twigge, Jill Gascoine, David Sibley, Ian Redford. Jim is placed in temptation will he resist? Ruth has another unwanted visitor. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 14:30 | IWM: London Scrapbook (1942) | 1942. Short film about wartime London featuring Bessie Love, with Basil Radford and Leslie Mitchell, Second World War. Directed by Derrick de Marney. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 14:45 | The Fallen Idol | 1948. Thriller. Directed by Carol Reed. Starring Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan and Jack Hawkins. A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife dies. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 16:45 | John Betjeman Goes by Train�- King's Lynn to Hunstanton | … – King's Lynn to Hunstanton. 1962. From King's Lynn to Norfolk, Snettisham, Hunstanton and the sea. An unusual and enchanting journey, illuminated by John Betjeman's engaging personality. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Wisdom of Solomon. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. A new domestic helper and her obnoxious son, Arthur, arrive at Hexwood Farm. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Winslow Boy | 1948. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke & Basil Radford. Pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a theft. His parents demand a trial. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 19:50 | Railways For Ever! | 11 August 1968 is a highly significant date in British railway history, marking the official end of regular mainline steam operation. As we see the last steam train crossing the Pennines. |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 20:00 | Girl With A Pistol | 1968. Comedy Drama. Directed by Mario Monicelli. Stars Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave, Anthony Booth & Carlo Giuffre. A girl, abandoned by her lover, sets out to kill him in revenge. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 18 Jun 20 | 22:05 | The Deep | 1977. Adventure. Director: Peter Yates. Stars Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte & Dick Anthony Williams. In Bermuda, two amateur treasure-hunters run into criminals when uncovering a WW2 treasure. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 00:35 | The Legend of Hell House | 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 (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 02:25 | Rogue's Yarn | 1956. Crime drama directed by Vernon Sewell. A husband plots to kill his rich wife. Does he have the perfect alibi? Starring Derek Bond and Hugh Latimer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | A Faint Refrain. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E17) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Tim Langley discusses… | … The Restoration of Gert & Daisy Clean Up. Tim Langley discusses with Robert Ross the issues he faced when restoring 'Gert & Daisy Clean Up' from two different film elements. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 06:10 | Gert & Daisy's Weekend | 1942. Comedy. Gert and Daisy are put in charge of a group of tearaway evacuee children. Starring Elsie Waters and Doris Waters. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 07:45 | The Lure of the Wilderness | 1952. Adventure. Director: Jean Negulesco. Stars: Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter & Constance Smith. In a Georgia swamp, a hunter stumbles across a wanted fugitive and his daughter |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 09:30 | Time Of His Life | 1955. Comedy. A released prisoner (Richard Hearne) goes home to embarrass his social climbing daughter. Starring Richard Wattis. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 10:55 | Out of The Fog | 1962. Crime drama directed by Montgomery Tully. An ex-con is the prime suspect when a series of murders occur under a full moon. Every victim is a blonde young woman. Starring David Sumner (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 12:15 | Pool of London | 1951. Crime. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars: Earl Cameron, Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw & Renee Asherson. When their ship docks the crew disembark, only to pick up their lives in post war London. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 14:00 | Rooms | Bad Decisions. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars Anne Curthoys, Richard Kay, Anne Dyson, Donald Burton, Elizabeth Beth & Julie Shipley. James Passmore tries to borrow Money but meets his match. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 14:30 | Follow A Star | 1959. Comedy. Director: Robert Asher. Stars Norman Wisdom, June Laverick, Fenella Fielding. Norman Truscott is a dry cleaner who dreams of being a singer. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 16:35 | BFI: Night Mail | 1936. Directors: Harry Watt & Basil Wright. Narrated by Pat Jackson. A critically acclaimed British documentary film about the operation of the 30s Royal Mail train delivery service. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 17:00 | Catweazle | The Trickery Lantern. 1970. Stars: Geoffrey Bayldon, Robin Davies, Charles Tingwell. Mr. Bennet is celebrating his birthday, despite having an injured foot. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 17:30 | Portrait From Life | 1948. Drama. Director: by Terence Fisher. Stars: Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom. An Army Major attempts to find a girl after seeing her portrait in a London art gallery. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 19:15 | Street of Shadows (1953) | 1953. Crime. Director: Richard Vernon. Stars: Cesar Romero, Kay Kendall & Edward Underdown. A Soho pin-table owner meets Barbara in his club. He finds the body of a former girlfriend in his office. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Van der Valk | Season of Love. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. A rich, middle-aged American flies into Amsterdam to meet her young lover, only to learn that he has disappeared. |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 22:00 | The Uncanny | 1977. Horror. Director: Denis Heroux. Stars Peter Cushing, Ray Milland & Donald Pleasence. Convinced that cats are conspiring to replace humans, an author narrates three bizarre tales of feline terror |
| Fri 19 Jun 20 | 23:45 | The Scars of Dracula | 1970. Horror. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Christopher Lee, Jenny Hanley, Dennis Waterman. At a remote castle Count Dracula is resurrected. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 01:45 | Broken Blossoms | 1936. Directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Dolly Hass and Arthur Margetson. A Chinese missionary comes to England where he helps a young girl who is ill-treated by her father. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 03:30 | Tell Me Another | 1976. Stories about Starting in Showbusiness. Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills. This episode stars Thora Hird, Roy Hudd, Millicent Martin and Beryl Reid. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 04:00 | A Family At War | Two Fathers. 1971. Directed by Gerry Mill. Stars Colin Douglas, Barbara Flynn & Coral Atkins. The iconic seventies drama series continues with the third and final series. (S3, E18) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 05:00 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 05:30 | Together | 1981. Originally aired live. Stars Sheila Fay, John Burgess, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Francis, Brian Jameson. Follow the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Talking Pictures With The Man Who Was Konga! | Exclusive interview with classic horror actor Paul Stockwell (Konga, The Skull, Dr Blood's Coffin).who was the man inside the Konga suit! |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 06:05 | Konga | 1961. Action. Directed by John Lemont. Stars Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Jess Conrad & Claire Gordon. When Dr. Decker survives a plane crash in Africa, he returns home with Konga, a small chimpanzee. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 07:50 | Sir Francis Drake | Queen of Scots. 1961. Stars: Terence Morgan, Jean Kent & Michael Crawford. Elizabeth is worried about Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham decides it is time to get Mary out of the way |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 08:20 | Sons Of The Sea | 1939. Drama. The Head of Dartmouth training college is murdered but was he the intended victim? Directed by Maurice Elvey. Starring Leslie Banks and Kay Walsh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 09:55 | London's Nine Elms Locomotive Shed in 1960 | Glimpses: Filmed in the 1960s. A brief glimpse at the famous Nine Elms depot – just seven years before it closed for good. Excellent shots of steam trains. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | The Search. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Larry Solway. Hawkeye and Chingachkook rescue an elderly woman from kidnappers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 10:30 | They Came From Beyond Space | 1967. Sci-Fi. Director: Freddie Francis. Stars: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin & Bernard Kay. Scientists investigating an unusual meteor shower are possessed by an alien force. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 12:15 | Glimpses of Blackpool in 1974 | 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. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 12:30 | We Dive at Dawn | 1943. War. Director: Anthony Asquith. Stars: John Mills, Jack Watling and Eric Portman. The story of an attempt by a Royal Navy submarine to sink the German battleship, Brandenburg. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 14:30 | William Tell | The Emperor's Hat. 1958. Stars Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. William is forced to display his renowned marksmanship with the crossbow by shooting an apple off his son's head. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 15:00 | The Four Feathers | 1939. Adventure. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Starring John Clements, Ralph Richardson & C. Aubrey Smith. A British officer seeks to redeem his cowardice 'feathers' by secretly aiding his former comrades (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 17:15 | BFI: London Can Take It! | 1940. Directed by Humphrey Jennings and Harry Watt. A short British propaganda film showing the effects of eighteen hours of the German blitz on London and its people. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Ferocious Fathers. 1956. Stars William Russell, Cyril Smith & Ronald Leigh-Hunt. Lancelot goes to the rescue of Urgan the Strong, whose castle is besieged by Sir Melius the Mighty and his two sons |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 18:00 | Angels One Five | 1952. War. Director: George More O'Ferrall. Stars Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, John Gregson & Dulcie Grey & Veronica Hurst. The story of life in the RAF during the Battle of Britain. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 20:00 | City That Never Sleeps (1953) | 1953. Drama. Directed by John H. Auer Stars Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman & Edward Arnold. Johnny Kelly dissatisfied with his life, wants to run away with his stripper girlfriend, Angel Face. |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 21:45 | The Upturned Glass | 1946. Thriller. Director: Lawrence Huntington. Stars: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Kellino. A leading brain surgeon believes himself responsible for the death of the woman he loves. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 20 Jun 20 | 23:30 | The Boys | 1962. Crime drama starring Richard Todd, Robert Morley, Dudley Sutton & Jess Conrad. When a nightwatchman is murdered, four young men are put on trial. Cleverly directed by Sidney J. Furie. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 02:05 | Turn of Fate | 1957. Stars David Niven, Robert Ryan & Charles Boyer. Dramatizations that depict the plight of people who are suddenly involved in unexpected and perilous situations. (S1, E6) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 02:40 | The Price of Silence | 1959. Drama. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn & Mary Clare. Roger forges a new life for himself after his release from prison. But his past catches up with him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 04:15 | Copenhagen at Noon | Beautiful colour short film with narration by Kent Hansen showing the wonders of Copenhagen in the late 1950s early 1960s. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 04:30 | Two on the Tiles | 1951. Comedy. Director: John Guillermin. Stars Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott & Brenda Bruce. A husband and wife are blackmailed by the butler on evidence of nights out until they combine to prevent him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 06:00 | Return Of A Stranger | 1937. Crime. Directed by Victor Hanbury. James & Carol have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder. Stars Griffith Jones, Rosalyn Boulter and James Harcourt. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 07:25 | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot | Ferocious Fathers. 1956. Stars William Russell, Cyril Smith & Ronald Leigh-Hunt. Lancelot goes to the rescue of Urgan the Strong, whose castle is besieged by Sir Melius the Mighty and his two sons |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 07:55 | The Lost City | 1997. Action. After surviving a helicopter crash in the uncharted South African wilderness, two young men, a girl and a renegade thief discover an ancient city unknown to civilization. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 09:50 | A Ramble Around London | Insightful film of 1930s London. The docks, the cars, a barge on the Thames, big ships docking, Tower Bridge and ending up inside Westminster Abbey. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 10:00 | Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans | Snake Tattoo. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Daryl Masters. Hawkeye and Chingachcook set out to help a young Native American. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 10:30 | The Green Man | 1956. Comedy. Stars Alastair Sim, Raymond Huntley, George Cole & Terry-Thomas. A watchmaker turns out to be an assassin whose target is a leading politician but his plans are stalled. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 12:05 | Sundown | 1941. War Drama. Director: Henry Hathaway. Stars: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders. A British army outpost comes into conflict with African tribes. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 13:50 | Sir Francis Drake | Queen of Scots. 1961. Stars: Terence Morgan, Jean Kent & Michael Crawford. Elizabeth is worried about Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham decides it is time to get Mary out of the way |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 14:20 | Genevieve | 1953. Comedy. Director: Henry Cornelius. Stars: Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall. Alan and Ambrose are not going to let friendship get in the way of winning the London to Brighton rally. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 16:00 | Offbeat | 1961. Crime Drama. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: William Sylvester, Anthony Dawson, Mai Zetterling. An MI5 man infiltrates the world of new-style criminals behind the robberies that fox the Yard. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Moneylender. 1955. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Wool & Archie Duncan. Forced to retreat to Sherwood Forest, Robin joins Scatlock's band. To prove his worth, he is sent to deal with a moneylender |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 18:00 | BFI: Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? | Unseen for years this strange, B-Picture oddity sees Warren Mitchell superb as fairground magician Emilio Dinelli, tormented by a gang of young rowdies who take him prisoner in his backstreet workshop (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 19:10 | In The Doghouse | 1961. Comedy. Director: Darcy Conyers. Stars: Leslie Phillips, Peggy Cummins, Hattie Jacques. A newly qualified vet with a heart of gold takes over an old practice and becomes rivals with another vet |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 21:00 | Sunday Night at the London Palladium | Features Frankie Vaughan, Edmund Hockeridge, The Searchers, Susan Lane, Sara Miles, Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 22:00 | Up The Chastity Belt | 1971. Comedy. Director: Bob Kellett. Stars: Frankie Howerd, Eartha Kitt, Anna Quayle. Lurkalot is a serf who sells chastity belts and love potions at the local market place. |
| Sun 21 Jun 20 | 23:50 | And Then There Were None | 1974. Thriller. Director: Peter Collinson. Stars Charles Aznavour, Oliver Reed, Richard Attenborough & Herbert Lom. Ten people are invited to a hotel and are accused of murder. |
