Talking Pictures TV Programme Schedule
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 02:30 | Our Girl Friday | 1953. Comedy. Director, Noel Langley. Stars Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More, Hattie Jacques & Walter Fitzgerald. A British cast lead this story about a shipwrecked group on a tropical island. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 04:00 | Lytton's Diary | The Miracle Man. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. It seems like everyone's telling Lytton what to do, but he prefers to focus on a faith-healer evangelist instead. (S2, E04) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 05:00 | The Tom Ewell Show | Try It On For Size. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. In this episode, Tom has to explain how he ended up buying something he didn't want in the first place. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 05:30 | The Tom Ewell Show | No Fun In The Sun. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. In this episode, Robert Hastings guest-stars. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 06:00 | The Broken Horseshoe | 1953. Crime drama. A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Beatty), the victim is later murdered and the doctor is involved. Starring Elizabeth Sellars. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 07:35 | The Ideal Home Exhibition March 1964 at Olympia - Glimpses | A short Glimpse of The Ideal Home Exhibition in the 60s. Colour amateur footage, but a nice little insight. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 07:40 | A Man About the House | 1947. Drama. Stars: Margaret Johnston, Dulcie Gray & Kieron Moore. Agnes and Ellen, two poor English sisters unexpectedly inherit from their uncle a rich estate near Naples. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 09:30 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | My Favourite Kidnapper. 1957. Stars: Ron Randell, John Van Eyssen, Ferdy Mayne. A US airman joins forces with the local resistance to dupe Bavarian Nazis into surrender. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | Crash Exercise. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads are put through their paces at the scene of a mock plane crash (S4, E04) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 10:30 | We'll Smile Again | 1942. Musical. Directed by John Baxter. Stars Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen & Meinhart Maur. Nazi spies infiltrate a film studio for sending coded messages but foiled by two of the studio staff. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 12:20 | 1930s by the Sea - Glimpses | Memories of a traditional seaside holiday in 1930s England. Features Hastings and st Leonards on sea |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 12:30 | Second Fiddle | 1957. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni, Richard Wattis. Deborah and Charles are in love, but the company they work for has one important rule. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 14:00 | Enemy At The Door | Treason. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Joss Ackland & Emily Richard. General Von Wittke comes to Guernsey, ostensibly to write a report on the Occupation. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 15:00 | Lease of Life | 1954. Drama. Director: Charles Frend. Stars Robert Donat, Kay Walsh, Adrienne Corri & Denholm Elliott. The vicar of a small village reconsiders his life after hearing he has limited time left. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 16:50 | Delayed Action | 1954. Thriller. Directed by John Harlow. Stars Robert Ayres, June Thorburn, Alan Wheatley & Bruce Seton. Two criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, who will confess to their crimes before he dies. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1953. The Drayton Case. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Victor Platt & Vincent Ball. The aftermath of a wartime air raid reveals the body of a murdered woman. (S1, E1) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 18:35 | Cross Channel | 1955. Drama. Director: RG Springsteen. Stars: Wayne Morris, Patrick Allen, Yvonne Furneaux, June Ashley. An American running a boat-charter becomes involved with smuggling and murder. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 19:50 | 1964 in Church Street Market | Vibrant colourful amateur footage of Church Street Market in the 60s just off the Edgware Road. Wait till you see the prices! |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Thin Red Line. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. The Balaclava Silver, the regimental silver crockery of a proud Scottish regiment, is gradually being stolen. |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 21:00 | The Ghost & Mrs Muir | 1947. Drama. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney and George Sanders. Mrs Muir discovers that her holiday cottage is haunted by a previous owner. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 10 May 21 | 23:00 | 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) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 01:00 | The Golden Disc | 1958. Pop drama starring Lee Patterson, Mary Steele, Terry Dene & Linda Gray. A young pop composer and singer opens a coffee bar. They are joined by budding singer Terry Dene as himself. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 02:35 | Talking Pictures with Terry Dene | Talking Pictures TV have an exclusive interview with Terry Dene |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 02:55 | 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) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 04:40 | Goodness! A Ghost! | 1940. Directed by Harry D'Arcy. Harry's grandfather's spirit inhabits his old policeman's uniform, which is being used in an amateur play. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 05:00 | The Rogues | The Laughing Lady Of Luxor. 1965. Gig Young, David Niven and Charles Boyer are The Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 06:00 | Forces' Sweetheart | 1953. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers. Three goofy soldiers played by Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Freddie Frinton vie for the affections of the lovely Judy, the ENSA-tainer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 07:30 | Don't Ever Leave Me | 1949. Comedy. Directed by Arthur Crabtree. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers & Hugh Sinclair. Jack's grandfather Harry comes out of prison and stays with him in his mews flat. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 09:10 | Hovercraft - Glimpses | Short Educational film about the daily workings of the SR.N4 hovercrafts which used to cross the English Channel detailing the features of the crafts and passengers' experiences. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 09:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Byzantine Treasure. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Discovering King John's mothers stolen money, Robin embarks to return it in a potentially dangerous mission. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | Final Exams. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Richardson starts to panic when his last-minute revision refuses to go in (S4, E05) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 10:30 | A Trip into Wharfedale | A charming amateur film on a day trip in the 40s around the Yorkshire dales. Wonderful shots of vintage transport and hotels in the area and high streets. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 10:40 | Portrait of Alison | 1955. Crime. Director: Guy Green. Stars Robert Beatty, Terry Moore, William Sylvester. A Francis Durbridge story. A painter is commissioned to paint a portrait of a girl killed in Italy. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 12:20 | Look At Life | A look at the modern phenomenon of the well equipped motor coach, with a view of life from the back of a coach during a tour of Italy. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 12:35 | The Importance of Being Earnest | 1952. Comedy. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Michael Redgrave, Richard Wattis & Michael Denison. Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest has a fictional brother and poses as the brother. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 14:25 | Deadly Nightshade | 1953. Crime. Directed by John Gilling. Stars Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall John Horsely & Joan Hickson. A convict on the run switches identities with a lookalike, only to find himself in deeper trouble. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 15:40 | Beware of Pity | 1946. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars: Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven & Cedric Hardwicke. An officer becomes close to the daughter of a local bigwig, with catastrophic results. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 17:45 | Look At Life | A look at the design, testing and construction of British cars to see what it is that attracts the world. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 18:00 | One Step Beyond | The Bride Possessed. 1959. Starring: Virginia Leith, Skip Homeier & Harry Townes. Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wife Sally suddenly is a determined woman, who denies knowing him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 18:35 | The Big Chance | 1957. Drama. Director: Peter Graham Scott.Stars: Adrienne Corri, William Russell & Ferdy Mayne.A clerk sees his chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many obstacles arise. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 19:50 | BFI: Post Haste | 1934. Factual. Humphrey Jennings' first film as a director, a brief overview of the British postal service. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | A Perfect Crime. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A stockbroker and safe-cracker join forces to pull jobs in wealthy homes. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 21:00 | Situation Hopeless But Not Serious | 1965. Comedy. Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. Stars Alec Guinness & Robert Redford. Wilhelm Frick hides two American fliers who bail over Germany but does not inform them World War 2 is over. |
| Tue 11 May 21 | 22:55 | Curse of the Wraydons | 1946. Horror. A young captain, after participating in a duel, becomes the suspect in a series of killings near Epping Forest. Directed by Victor M Gover. Starring Tod Slaughter & Bruce Seton. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 00:50 | The Kitchen | 1961. Drama. Directed by James Hill. Carl Mohner, Mary Yeomans & Eric Pohlmann star in this adaptation of Arnold Wesker's celebrated play, where a kitchen's staff strive to cope with a superhuman task |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 02:25 | Flannelfoot | 1953. Crime drama directed by Maclean Rodgers and starring Ronald Howard and Mary Germaine. Crime news hack Mitchell is out to discover the identity of the notorious jewel thief 'Flannelfoot'. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 03:50 | Celebrating 100 years of Film from 1889 to 1989 | Made in 1989 on the anniversary of the invention of motion picture film. It montages images films, newsreels, documentaries, experimental films, commercials, animation, and television since 1889. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 04:00 | Budgie | Run Rabbit Run Rabbit. Stars: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson & Lynn Dalby. Endell is after Budgie and this time he means business and wants blood. It seems that Budgie's friends are getting fewer. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 05:00 | Stagecoach West | The Outcasts. Western with Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray, who run a stagecoach line in the Old West where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 06:00 | Carry On Admiral | 1957. Comedy directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Peggy Cummins & Alfie Bass. An MP is mistaken for his naval friend and put in charge of the fighting ship HMS Sherwood! (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 07:40 | Centenary Express | 1980. Highlights of a gastronomic journey from Yorkshire to London on board a special train-made up of vintage restaurant cars, and steam hauled, to celebrate a hundred years of train catering. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 07:50 | The Secret Tunnel | 1948. Family. Directed by William C. Hammond. Stars: Tony Wager, Ivor Bowyer, Murray Matheson. Two boys set out to bring justice to the thieves of a Rembrandt painting. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 08:45 | The Sky-Bike | 1967. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Liam Redmond, William Lucas & Harry Locke. Mr Lovejoy helps young Tom build the first man powered flying machine, but will he be beaten by the Squadron Leader? (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | Exam Results. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads worry that they'll be posted to the four corners of the world (S4, E06) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 10:30 | 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) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 12:10 | Memories of Hoxton in the 1960s - Glimpses | Glimpses: Filmed by Wilf Watters in the 1960s. We listen to stories of living in Hoxton during the bombing. Endearing personal account by one elderly resident. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 12:20 | Not So Dusty | 1956. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers. Two dustmen (Bill Owen and Leslie Dwyer) come into possession of a valuable book but the donor's sister wants it back. Also starring Joy Nichols. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 14:00 | Rooms | 10 Pence. 1977. written by Paula Milne. Stars Anne Dyson , Ray Smith, Elizabeth Cassidy. A Day of new beginings and confessions for dear Jim and our new resident finds a roommate. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 14:30 | Look At Life | In ten years, the the number of scooters on British roads has increased from 4,250 to over 41,000.A look at scooter and their owners from every angle, plus a look at them from the view of the motorist |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 14:45 | 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. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 17:00 | Twist or Stick | It's a 1960s twisting compilation see 'The Hollies' Shane Fenton & The Fentones, The Orchids, The Keytones, a lot of 'That Old Yeah, Yeah Feeling' and much more. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 17:30 | Rooms | First Dates. 1977. Written by Leslie Duxbury. Stars Anne Dyson, Ray Smith, Priscilla Morgan, William Marlowe, Denis Carey, Michael Lees. Mrs Beale is all dressed up and anxiously awaiting someone. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 18:00 | Sherlock Holmes | 1954. The Case of the Cunningham Heritage. Stars: Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford & Archie Duncan. Sherlock and Watson investigate a murder, with a young lady as the prime suspect. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 18:30 | Look At Life | A look at a new generation in the City of London, from the crane drivers helping rebuild it to the flat-dwellers overlooking this throbbing heart of commerce. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Solo For Sparrow. 1962. Directed by Gordon Flemyng. Stars Anthony Newlands, Glyn Houston & Michael Coles. A gang of thieves get caught up in a murder whilst trying to rob a jewellery store. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 20:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Official Secret. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe. Rumpole defends an eccentric spinster accused of being a government whistleblower. |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 21:05 | Prick Up Your Ears | 1986. Drama. Director: Stephen Frears. Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molin & Vanessa Redgrave. From woking class to national celebrity, Joe Orton was a peer of the Beatles and an icon of London's sixties |
| Wed 12 May 21 | 23:05 | There is Another Sun | Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Laurence Harvey is 'Mag Maguire' a likeable fairground boxer and Maxwell Reed, 'Eddie Racer' a motorbike daredevil rider. The mutual love interest is the lovely Susan Shaw. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 01:00 | 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) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 02:50 | 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) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 04:00 | Callan | God Help Your Friends. Stars: Edward Woodward, William Squire & Patrick Mower. Callan must break up the engagement between a NATO interpreter with security clearance and a suspected KGB agent |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | Fortress of Despair. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E21) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 06:00 | Look At Life | Going to the races on Derby Day at Epsom Downs. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 06:15 | Three Silent Men | 1940. Crime. An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of his plot. Stars Derrick De Marney (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 07:40 | Look At Life | Travelling round Britain looking at the particular problems of refuse disposal. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 07:55 | 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 |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | V.I.P. Guard. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, Karl Howman, Brian Pettifer. The lads are told that they're being sent home after only a week in Malta (S5, E01) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 10:30 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 12:30 | 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. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 14:00 | Rooms | Doors That Shut. 1977. Stars Anne Dyson, Ray Smith, Priscilla Morgan, William Marlowe, Denis Carey, Michael Lees. Mrs Beale gets her way & her friend Sam seems to want to take over the Passmores room. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 14:30 | Look At Life | Following the reflections of a student nurse over her three years of training. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 14:45 | Caravan | 1946. Drama. Directed by Arthur Crabtree. Stars Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Anne Crawford & Dennis Price. A young man on a mission in Spain is left for dead & nursed back to health by a gypsy girl. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 17:15 | Look At Life | A look at the different dancing there is to suit everybody and a look at the ballroom championships. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 17:30 | Rooms | Forbidden Fruit. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall. Jim seems to be back on the right path and wants to help his son. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 18:00 | Interpol Calling | The Angola Brights. 1959. Stars Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield & Alfred Burke. Men are killed in an Angolan diamond mine to cover the theft of uncut diamonds, the trail leads to South Africa. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 18:30 | Final Appointment | 1954. Crime. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring John Bentley. Reporters investigate threats against a retired army officer and discover links to a series of murders that occurred during the war. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 19:50 | West Country Gazette (1948) | 1948. We take a look at a speedway track outside St Austell where Vic Duggan makes an appearance, the Port Of Bristol Centenary, the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Show, and we meet Mr Elliott O'Donnell. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 20:00 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. They All Sound Simple at First. Stars Alfred Burke, Peter Childs & Philip Madoc. Marker is called in by a cabinet-maker to recover £700 he's owed for an antique clock. |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 21:00 | Harry and Tonto | 1974. Drama. Director: Paul Mazursky. Stars: Art Carney, Rene Enriquez & Philip Burns. When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 13 May 21 | 23:20 | Dead Man's Kit | 1980. Thriller. Directed by Colin Bucksey and starring Larry Lamb, Cherie Lunghi, Philip Locke and Clive Merrison. An investigation into a strange death gets more complicated when another body appears |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 01:05 | Frankenstein Created Woman | 1967. Horror. Directed: Terence Fisher. Stars Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters. Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of a murdered man into the body of a woman, prompting her to kill. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 02:50 | Mysterious Mr Davis | 1936. Comedy. Businessman Julian (Henry Kendall) invents an important but imaginary partner to stave off his creditors. Stars Alastair Sim. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 04:00 | Public Eye | 1972.Mystery Drama.Horse and Carriage.Stars Alfred Burke, Pat Heywood & Tony Melody.Marker finds the season of goodwill a little hard to bear when a husband hires Marker to investigate his wife. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 05:00 | Burke's Law | 1963. Who Killed Cable Roberts? Directed by Jeffrey Hayden. Stars Gene Barry, Gary Conway & Regis Toomey. A legendary writer, documentary filmmaker, and hunter, is found murdered in his study. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 06:00 | I Know Where I'm Going | 1945. Drama. Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Starring: Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney. A young Englishwoman goes to the Hebrides to marry her older, wealthier fiance. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 08:00 | Grand National Night | 1953. Crime drama filmed at Nettlefold and a George Minter production. A horse-trainer kills his spiteful wife after a bitter fight and tries to cover up the murder. Starring Nigel Patrick. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 09:35 | Take Me High | 1973. Comedy. Directed by David Askey. Stars Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith. Merchant banker Tim, excited to hear he is going to New York, gets sent to Birmingham instead. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 11:20 | Quiet Weekend | 1946. Comedy. Director: Harold French. Stars Derek Farr, Frank Cellier & Majorie Fielding. The extraordinary adventures of a British family and their various guests during a weekend in the country. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 13:10 | My Brother's Keeper | 1948. Thriller. Directed by Alfred Roome and starring Jack Warner, George Cole, David Tomlinson and Bill Owen. Two convicts escape, handcuffed to each other, and things get worse when they're seen. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 14:55 | Adam and Evelyn | 1949. Romance. Director: Harold French. Stars: Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. The ward of a veteran gambler returns from boarding school a gorgeous young woman. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 16:45 | Look At Life | One of the most exciting jobs is one of a steeplejack and this film takes a look at this and other exciting careers. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 17:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | The Fruits of Love. 1974. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. Could Lady Marjorie and Richard be about to lose Eaton Place? |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Millionaire's Daughter. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A well-known criminal has started a romance with the daughter of a rich couple and Gideon is suspicious |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 21:00 | Deathline | 1972. Horror. Director: Gary Sherman. Stars: Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee. Two London students find themselves involved in the case of a missing man. |
| Fri 14 May 21 | 22:55 | 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 |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 00:40 | 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) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 02:40 | War Time London - Glimpses | Footage of London in war time. Focussing on Piccadilly Circus, then The Strand and Westminster. Shot around 1944. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 02:50 | Van der Valk | Doctor Hoffmann's Children. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies, Ronald Hines Judy Cornwell. Van Der Valk investigates several murders, his daughter helps piece it all together. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 05:00 | 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, E4) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 05:30 | Capone Investment | Money In the Bank. 1974. Thriller. Stars Glyn Owen, Peter Sallis, Isobel Black & John Thaw. an investigation reveals that $4m of a gangster's gains may be located in England. (S1, E4) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 06:00 | 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) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 07:30 | The Reluctant Bride | 1955. Comedy directed by Henry Cass and starring John Carroll and Virginia Bruce. A group of children whose parents are missing are looked after by a womanising oil man and a dignified entomologist. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| Sat 15 May 21 | 09:00 | Superman | Million Dollar Limited. 1942. Stars Bud Collye, Joan Alexander & Jackson Beck. Robbers attempt to steal gold, valued to one billion dollars, on the way to the US mint. Superman soon intervenes. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 09:10 | The Cisco Kid | Chain Lightning. 1951. Stars Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carrillo. A super fast on the draw, ex-con gets out of prison, and is bent on killing Cisco and Bill Shannon for sending him there. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 09:45 | Johnny on the Run | 1953. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars: Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour & Eugeniusz Chylek. Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother and is involved in a robbery. Shot in Edinburgh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 11:05 | Champion The Wonderhorse | Canyon of Wanted Men. 1955. Stars Champion & Jim Bannon. A trader tries to get Sandy North and the other ranchers to sign a petition to allow him to round up the horses. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 11:35 | Radar Men From The Moon | Bridge of Death. 1952. Stars George Wallace & Aline Towne. Capt. Cody, sky marshal of the universe, foils Retik the moon menace. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 11:50 | Casper The Friendly Ghost - Boo Moon | Casper the Friendly Ghost comes to the rescue when King Luna and his moon people are attacked by invading Tree Men. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 12:00 | The Fishmonger in 1947 - Glimpses | Filmed in 1947. A delightful educational short film set in Barkingside High Street, Ilford, Essex, about the Fishmonger and his working day including a trip to Billingsgate. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 12:15 | The Bank Holiday | 1938. Drama. Director: Carol Reed. Stars: John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams & Rene Ray. A group of people encounter strange situations when they visit a resort to spend the weekend. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 14:05 | 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) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 15:50 | Look At Life | The science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 16:00 | Vendetta For The Saint | 1969. Action. Director: Jim O'Connolly. Stars Roger Moore, Aimi MacDonald, Ian Hendry & Rosemary Dexter. Set in Naples, an elegant thief is outraged after witnessing the murder of a British banker. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. Fatal Journey. Director: Paul Gherzo. Stars Gordon Bell, Edward Forsyth, Jack Melford, Jane Welsh & Julian Somers. A husband returns home to find his wife collapsed on the floor. (S1, E7) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 18:35 | Is Paris Burning? | 1966. Drama. Director: Rene Clement. Stars: Kirk Douglas, Charles Boyer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gert Frobe, Anthony Perkins, Alain Delon. The story of the Allied Resistance and Paris Liberation of 1944. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 21:50 | All Coppers Are | 1971. Drama. Director: Sidney Hayers. Starring: Marting Potter, Julia Foster & Nicky Henson. A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl. |
| Sat 15 May 21 | 23:35 | Vampire Circus | 1971. Horror. Directed by Robert Young. Stars Adrienne Corri, Anthony Higgins & John Moulder-Brown. A dying vampire swears vengeance on the local townsfolk. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 01:20 | Guilty? | 1956. Crime. A Solicitor (John Justin) is convinced that a wartime heroine is innocent of a murder charge but he uncovers more than the evidence he needs. Stars Donald Wolfit & Sydney Tafler. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 03:10 | 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) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 05:00 | 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 |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 06:00 | Hook, Line and Sinker | This short film made in the 1950s or early 1960s covers the maiden voyage of the 'Glenstruan', a great line fishing vessel from Aberdeen, to within the Arctic Circle and back again. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 06:25 | The Turners of Prospect Road | 1947. Comedy. Directed by Maurice J. Wilson. Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Helena Pickard, Maureen Glynne. An abandoned greyhound puppy is trained to race after being found by a taxi driver. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 07:40 | Child's Play (1952) | 1954. Comedy. Director: Margaret Thomson. Stars Mona Washbourne, Peter Martyn and Dorothy Alison. A group of children get their hands on an atomic chemistry set, and mischief ensues. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 09:00 | Black Saddle | 1959. Change Of Venue. Stars Peter Breck. After his brothers are killed, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 09:30 | Johnny Ringo | The Stranger. Directed by Aaron Spelling. Starring Don Durrant. Stuart and his henchman plot to avenge themselves on Ringo for arresting his brother and Blanchard for testifying against him. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 10:00 | Trouble Brewing | 1939. Comedy. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Stars George Formby, Googie Withers and Gus McNaughton. George has won a lot of money at the races, but he's paid with counterfeit money. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 11:45 | Strawberry Roan | 1945. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars: William Hartnell, Carol Raye & Walter Fitzgerald. A farmer marries a city girl and tries to help her become more settled on the farm. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 13:25 | Pollyanna | 2002. Drama. Directed by Sarah Harding. Stars Amanda Burton, Georgina Terry & Kenneth Cranham. Young orphan Pollyanna, bringing mirth and mayhem to her new home, goes to stay with her Aunt Polly. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 15:25 | Look At Life | Over ten years, Lancashire saw a new industrial revolution; from 1950, more than 55 cotton mills were converted for light industries. This film examines the process of change for Lancashire's workers. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 15:40 | Up In The World | 1956. Comedy. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson & Jerry Desmonde. A window cleaner works at a country estate where the owner's son is threatened by kidnappers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Thorkil Ghost. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. A young man tells Robin of hidden treasure in a castle that his late father had an encounter with a Viking ghost. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 18:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | The Wages of Sin. 1974. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. Lady Marjorie has run out of patience with both Watkins and a pregnant Sarah. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 19:00 | Battle of The Sexes | 1960. Directed by Charles Crichton. Stars Peter Sellers, Robert Morley & Constance Cummings. The demise of MacPherson allows Angela Barrows to contemporise a men only factory shaking it to the core. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 20:40 | Look At Life | This tells the story of the male fashion world and how it is slowly moving toward gaiety and decoration. |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 21:00 | The Champions | The Dark Island. 1968. Stars Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt. Nemesis agents investigate when a plane flies over small Pacific Island just as a submarine crew find a rocket launcher. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 16 May 21 | 22:00 | The Great Gatsby | 1974. Drama. Director: Jack Clayton. Stars: Robert Redford, Mia Farrow & Sam Waterston. Jay Gatsby loved spoiled, beautiful, Daisy Buchanan but lost her. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 00:50 | Every Day's A Holiday | 1964. Musical starring John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Freddie & the Dreamers, Ron Moody, Liz Fraser, Nicholas Parsons and Danny La Rue. A group of high-spirited teens find friendship, love & music. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 02:40 | 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) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 04:00 | Lytton's Diary | National Hero. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. The new editor hires a trendy young reporter for the diary, but Lytton's own interests are stuck firmly in the past (S2, E05) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 05:00 | The Tom Ewell Show | Mr Shrewd. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. In this episode, John Dehner and Herbie Faye guest-star. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 05:30 | The Tom Ewell Show | The Middle Child. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. Debbie is upset she'd not treated the same as her younger sister or her older sister. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 06:00 | South of Algiers | 1953. Crime. Director: Jack Lee. Stars Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix, Eric Portman. Archaeologists and thieves search the Sahara desert for the priceless mask of Moloch. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 07:45 | Second Best Bed | 1938. Comedy. Directed by Tom Walls. Stars Jane Baxter, Tom Walls, Veronica Rose & Carl Jaffe. A Newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 09:15 | Look At Life | A look at the changes being made at Hyde Park Corner in London, in particular the construction of a new underpass. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 09:30 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | The Billion Franc Mystery. 1957. Stars: Lee Patterson, Nicole Maurey, Anton Diffring. An American journalist is warned of a plot to devalue the French economy by printing duplicate banknotes |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | The Patient. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, Gerard Ryder, David Janson. Marsh does his best to make sure that the lads can't get any work done (S5, E02) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 10:30 | Tower of Terror | 1941. Thriller. Director: Lawrence Huntington. Stars: Wilfrid Lawson & Michael Rennie. A British agent in Germany takes a job at a lighthouse and plans to escape with some valuable documents, via boat |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 12:05 | Look At Life | A look at London's street markets competing with the modern supermarkets. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 12:25 | Escape By Night | 1953. Crime. Directed by John Gilling. Stars Bonar Colleano, Sid James, Andrew Ray, Ted Ray, Simone Silva. An ace reporter with a drinking problem tracks a gangster on the run. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 14:00 | Enemy At The Door | Pains And Penalties. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. Dr. Martel arranges hospitalisation for frail old Mrs. Bree who, with her son Edward, are rent-free tenants of Peter. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 15:00 | Behind The Headline | 1956. Crime. Directed by Charles Saunders. Stars Paul Carpenter, Adrienne Corri, Hazel Court, Alfie Bass and Harry Fowler. A male and female journalist join forces to hunt down a murderer. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 16:15 | Home at Seven | 1952. Drama. Director: Ralph Richardson. Stars Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins & Margaret Leighton. David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1953. The Missing Man. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Tristan Rawson & Evelyn Moore. The Dream of a Retired Vicar's wife sets police on the trail of a man who has been missing since 1938. (S1, E2) |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 18:35 | Children Galore | 1954. Comedy. Director: Terence Fisher. Stars: Eddie Byrne, June Thorburn and Betty Ann Davies. A village squire offers to give away a cottage to a deserving family with the most grandchildren. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 19:50 | BFI: When The Pie Was Opened | 1941. Factual. Director: Len Lye. A simple tale of a mother cheering up her daughter, with a pie from her rationing-stricken pantry; is skilfully crafted into a work of real artistic depth. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | Morna. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. After a beautiful blonde is found murdered her story is unravelled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh school friends |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 21:00 | Breakthrough | 1980. Drama. Director by Andrew V. McLaglen. Stars Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum & Rod Steiger. German officers plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler aiming to negotiate a ceasefire with the Americans. |
| Mon 17 May 21 | 22:50 | 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. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 01:00 | Not Wanted On Voyage | 1957. Comedy. The rollicking adventures of two stewards aboard a pleasure cruiser. Starring Ronald Shiner and Brian Rix. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 02:40 | Red Line 7000 | 1965. Drama. Director: Howard Hawks. Stars: James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire. The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 04:50 | Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra | A delightful short of the Bournemouth Municipal Symphony Orchestra filmed in the late 1930s - playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody number 2. A piece held with affection by music lovers the world over. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 05:00 | The Rogues | The Bartered MacBride. 1965. Gig Young, David Niven and Charles Boyer are The Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 06:00 | Bob's Your Uncle | 1942. Comedy. Directed by Oswald Mitchell. Starring Albert Modley, Wally Patch, H.F.Maltby & Johnnie Schofield. British Comedy that follows the adventures of enthusiastic members of the Home Guard. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 07:30 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 09:15 | Look At Life | British racing drivers have always been at the forefront of this exciting sport. This film examines what has helped to put them in this winning position. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 09:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Secret Mission. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. The Sheriff of Nottingham offers to pardon Robin if he pledges allegiance to King John. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | Death. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads are far from pleased when they're reassigned to morgue duty (S5, E03) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 10:30 | Beware of Pity | 1946. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars: Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven & Cedric Hardwicke. An officer becomes close to the daughter of a local bigwig, with catastrophic results. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 12:35 | 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. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 14:15 | 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. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 16:15 | Laugh It Off | 1940. Musical. Directed by John Baxter & Wallace Orton. Stars Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin & Anthony Hulme. As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called upon perform for the troops. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 17:50 | Glimpses - Highway Goods | Highway Goods. Educational film about a 'wooden-headed' terrible driver and lessons he learns from the Highway Code. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 18:00 | One Step Beyond | Night of April 14th. 1959. Starring Barbara Lord, Isobel Elsom & Patrick Macnee. Jeanne, who has recurring nightmares of drowning, is surprised by a honeymoon trip on the passenger liner, RMS Titanic. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 18:35 | Grand Ole Opry | 1940. Comedy. Directed by Frank McDonald. A small-town mayor in the Ozarks, passes a bill to help farmers and wins the election for state government through music of the Grand Ole Opry. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | Boy with Gun. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife and runs away, joined by a young escapee. |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 21:00 | Blood Relatives | 1978. Mystery. Directed by Claude Chabrol. Stars Donald Sutherland, Aude Landry & Donald Pleasence. A detective investigating a girl's murder encounters conflicting testimonies |
| Tue 18 May 21 | 22:55 | The Seekers | 1954. Adventure. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars: Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell, Kenneth Williams. In 1821, one of the first British sailors to visit New Zealand, befriends a Maori chief. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 00:40 | Rumpole's Return | 1980. Drama. Director: John Gleniste. Stars Leo McKern, Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Albert Welling. Rumpole, bored in his retirement, snatches the first opportunity to leave Florida and return to London. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 02:50 | The Great Smokey Roadblock | 1977. Drama. Directed by John Leone. Stars: Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan & Austin Pendleton. Ageing trucker named Elegant John Howard decides he and his truck Eleanor has one more good run in them. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 05:00 | Stagecoach West | The Remounts. Western with Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray, who run a stagecoach line in the Old West where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 06:00 | Who Were You With Last Night - Glimpses | Glimpses. 1963. 'Who Were You With Last Night' with the Paramount Jazz Quartet. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 06:05 | Kiss the Bride Goodbye | 1944. Joan's (Patricia Medina) mother wants her to marry her pompous boss although she loves a soldier (Jimmy Hanley). One of Jean Simmon's first films. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 07:50 | Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) | 1948. Drama. Director: Slim Hand. Stars: Ralph Michael, Peggy Evans and Christopher Lee. A glamour model helps Scotland Yard to catch a criminal gang. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 08:50 | Seventy Deadly Pills | 1964. Family. Director: Pat Jackson. Stars: Gareth Robinson, Len Jones & Robert Ferguson. A gang of children, The Rockets" have their clubhouse used by a pair of villains on the run." (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | The Morgue. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Marsh informs Ruark that he's reorganising the medical stores himself (S5, E04) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 10:30 | Double Bunk | 1961. Comedy Stars Ian Carmichael, Janette Scott, Sidney James & Liz Fraser. A newlywed couple are desperate to get back home after their houseboat runs out of fuel in France. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 12:15 | 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 19 May 21 | 14:00 | Rooms | Broken. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall, Bruce White. Shirley and Carols business seems to be at a red light. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 14:30 | Look At Life | Out on the trunk roads with the night lorries, following the all night drivers to see where they eat and who they meet. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 14:45 | The Singer Not The Song | 1961. Drama. Director: Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mylne Demongeot, John Mills & Laurence Naismith. A bandit terrorises a Mexican village and an Irish priest is willing to stand up to him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 17:25 | 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. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 17:30 | Rooms | Pastures New. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall, Pat Ashton. It seems many of the residents are moving out of Mafeking Terrace. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 18:00 | Sherlock Holmes | 1954. The Case of Lady Beryl. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Paulette Goddard. Inspector Lestrade and Dr Watson investigate a murder at the Beryl residence. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 18:30 | Look At Life | Looking at the organisation behind taxis, from how they are made to picking up passengers. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 18:45 | IWM: Dustbin Parade (1942) | Short animation about recycling for the war effort, Second World War by Halas and Batchelor |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Playback. 1962. Directed by Quentin Lawrence. Stars Margit Saad, Barry Foster & Victoria Platt. A Police officer awaits a life-changing verdict and reflects on his own arrest. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 20:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Judges Elbow. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe. Rumpole defends the owner of a string of alternative massage parlors. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 21:05 | All Coppers Are | 1971. Drama. Director: Sidney Hayers. Starring: Marting Potter, Julia Foster & Nicky Henson. A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl. |
| Wed 19 May 21 | 22:50 | Fade In | 1973. Western. Directed by Jud Taylor. Stars Burt Reynolds, Barbara Loden & Patricia Casey. A Hollywood film editor falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on her film. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 00:35 | 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) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 02:50 | Vengeance Is Mine | 1949. Drama. Director: Alan Cullimore. Stars Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth, Richard Goolden & Sam Kydd. A dying man hires an assassin to kill so he can frame his death on an enemy. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 04:00 | Callan | Breakout. Stars: Edward Woodward, William Squire & Patrick Mower. By surrendering to the police, KGB operative Nikolai Lubin seeks safety in a British prison. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | The Wrecker. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E22) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 06:00 | Trottie True (AKA: The Gay Lady) | 1949. Comedy. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars Jean Kent, James Donald, Hugh Sinclair & Bill Owen. After making her name in the music halls, Trottie True joins the Gaiety theatre in London |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 08:00 | 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) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 09:45 | Look At Life | What it takes to replenish an 83,000 ton liner, the Queen Elizabeth, before her next voyage. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 10:00 | Get Some In! | Crisis. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Smith and Leckie find an old face from Skelton on the psychiatric ward (S5, E05) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 10:30 | Adam and Evelyn | 1949. Romance. Director: Harold French. Stars: Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. The ward of a veteran gambler returns from boarding school a gorgeous young woman. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 12:20 | The Long Duel | 1967. Drama. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews. A police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of Raj's northwest frontier |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 14:35 | BFI: New Towns for Old | 1942. Factual. This wartime public information film combines impressive shots of industrial poverty with inspiring words scripted by Dylan Thomas, proffering new housing and better lives after the war |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 14:45 | Let George Do It | 1940. Comedy. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Stars George Formby, Phyllis Calvert & Garry Marsh. A spy posing as a ukelele player dies while playing in Norway. George takes the dead man's place. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 16:25 | The Girl From Manhattan | 1948. Comedy. Director by Alfred E. Green. Stars Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery & Charles Laughton. A model and a young reverend return to their hometown and to each other. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 18:00 | Interpol Calling | The Thirteen Innocents. 1959. Stars Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield & Patrick Troughton. Drug trafficking in Vienna is traced by Inspector Duval, his source, Istanbul homing pigeons. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 18:30 | Dangerous Cargo | 1954. Drama directed by John Harlow. Tim (Jack Watling) is tricked by a wartime friend (Terence Alexander) into revealing details of a gold shipment. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 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 20 May 21 | 20:00 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Fall Guy. Stars Alfred Burke, Peter Childs & Ronald Lewis. A girl brings more than beauty into Marker's life when he gets mixed up with the Lord of the Manor. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 21:00 | Only When I Larf | 1968. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart & Nicholas Pennell. Con men try to swindle an African state. Adapted from the Len Deighton novel. |
| Thu 20 May 21 | 23:05 | Park Plaza 605 | 1953. Crime drama directed by Bernard Knowles. A private detective solves a murder, which he was accused of. Starring Tom Conway, Eva Bartok and Sid James. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 00:40 | Friends | 1971. Romance. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars Sean Bury, Anicee Alvina, Ronald Lewis. An orphaned French girl and a rich English boy create a life apart from the adult world. Music composed Elton John (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 02:45 | Inner Sanctum | 1948. Thriller. Director: Lew Landers. Stars Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes & Dale Belding. A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 04:00 | Public Eye | 1973. Mystery Drama. A Family Affair. Stars Alfred Burke, Ralph Michael & Norman Henry. Marker is hired to find out if a woman put pressure on her deceased employer to leave her his entire wealth. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 05:00 | Burke's Law | 1963. Who Killed Harris Crown? Directed by Don Weis. Stars Gene Barry, Gary Conway & Regis Toomey. The murder of Mr. Crown is complicated by the fact that Mrs. Crown is pregnant - not by her husband. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 06:00 | A Thrill A Second - Glimpses | Castle Films 1947. Watch daring feats from tightrope walkers to water skiing in this outlandish short |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 06:15 | Meet The Navy | 1946. Comedy. Directed by Alfred Travers. Stars Lionel Murton, Margaret Hurst & John Pratt. From inside the Canadian Navy during WWII a troop of diverse performers gather to entertain their shipmates. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 07:55 | Strawberry Roan | 1945. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars: William Hartnell, Carol Raye & Walter Fitzgerald. A farmer marries a city girl and tries to help her become more settled on the farm. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 09:35 | Johnny Come Lately | 1943. Drama. Directed by William K. Howard. Stars: James Cagney, Grace George & Marjorie Main. In 1906, a drifter arrives in Plattsville USA and takes over as editor of the local newspaper. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 11:35 | Dance Little Lady | 1954. Drama. The story of a successful dancer who fights with her husband for the attention of their daughter. Starring Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling and Guy Rolfe. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 13:20 | CrackerJack | 1938. Comedy Thriller. Director: Albert de Courville. Stars: Tom Wall, Lilli Palmer & Noel Madison. A gentleman thief poses as a butler to outsmart a criminals gang and falls in love with a baroness |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 15:00 | Venetian Bird | 1952. Mystery. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson. A private detective travels to Venice to find an Italian veteran of the Second World War. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 17:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | The Wages of Sin. 1974. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. Lady Marjorie has run out of patience with both Watkins and a pregnant Sarah. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 18:00 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 19:45 | Look At Life | This edition tells the story of Spalding which is known as Britain's Tulip Town. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Reluctant Witness. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. Some neighborhood thugs who run a stolen car ring beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 21:00 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 21 May 21 | 23:00 | Deathline | 1972. Horror. Director: Gary Sherman. Stars: Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee. Two London students find themselves involved in the case of a missing man. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 00:55 | Rasputin the Mad Monk | 1966. Drama. Director: Don Sharp. Stars Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews. Rasputin heals the sick wife of an innkeeper. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 02:45 | IWM: Streaked Lightning (1960) | 1960. Doc. An RAF recruiting/propaganda film built around the image of the English Electric/BAC Lightning fighter. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 02:50 | Van der Valk | Dangerous Games. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. Van der Valk plays cat and mouse with a leak in police headquarters. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 05:00 | 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, E5) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 05:30 | Capone Investment | One Killer Makes Two. 1974. Thriller. Stars Glyn Owen, Peter Sallis, Isobel Black & John Thaw. an investigation reveals that $4m of a gangster's gains may be located in England. (S1, E5) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 06:00 | Phantom From Space | 1953. Sci-Fi. Directed by W Lee Wilder. Stars Ted Cooper, Noreen Nash, Dick Sands & Burt Wenland. A radioactive alien crash lands on Earth near a LA laboratory. His arrival attracts much attention. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 07:30 | Old Mother Riley Meets The Vampire | 1952. Comedy. A mad scientist known as 'The Vampire' (Bela Lugosi) comes to England to further his evil plans. Starring Arthur Lucan and Dora Bryan. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| Sat 22 May 21 | 09:00 | Musical Shadow Magic | Epg: 1950s silhouette animation- our special guests on Saturday Morning Pictures This week are just shadows! Join us for this clever cowgirl love story. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 09:05 | Superman | The Artic Giant. 1942. Stars Bud Collye, Joan Alexander & Jackson Beck. Superman must defeat a giant dinosaur that is terrorizing the city. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 09:15 | The Cisco Kid | 1951. Convict Story. Starring Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carrillo. Cisco is convinced by a beautiful woman that her brother, who escaped from prison, that he was framed for a murder he did not commit. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 09:50 | Treasure At The Mill | 1957. Director: Max Anderson. Stars: Richard Palmer, John Ruddock & Hilda Fenemore. John Adams lives alone with his mother. He has a dream to find the treasure and buy his mother a cottage. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 11:05 | Champion The Wonderhorse | Challenge Of The West. 1955. Was the outlaw's son responsible for a robbery at a ranch. Ricky tries to prove that the son was innocent. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 11:35 | Radar Men From The Moon | 1952. Flight to Destruction. Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne & Roy Barcroft. Retik's earth agents are attempting more destruction but need more funds so, they plan to kidnap Cody. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 11:50 | Looney Tunes - Have You Got Any Castles? | Made in 1938. Meet the library at night, a magical time when characters from its books come alive and interact. The sound of cuckoo clock starts the show and we meet the characters from the books! (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 12:00 | Ask A Policeman | 1939. Comedy. Director: Marcel Varnel. Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables stage a fabricated crimewave to save their jobs. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 13:40 | 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. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 15:45 | Man Hunt | 1941. Thriller. Director: Fritz Lang. Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett & George Sanders. A big-game hunter finds Adolf Hitler's vacation residence but is prevented from assassinating him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 17:45 | Look At Life | This film goes inside the control tower at London Airport to see how Heathrow airport operates. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Strange Case of Blonde. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Lee Sinclaire, Derek Alward, Cyril Smith & Russell Napier. A cat burglar adopts an unexpected disguise (S1, E8) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 18:35 | Q Planes | 1939. Comedy. Director: Tim Whelan. Stars: Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier & Valerie Hobson. A British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 20:10 | Inferno | 1953. Drama.Director: Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming & William Lundigan. A millionaire industrialist is left alone with a broken leg in the Mojave Desert by his wife and her lover. |
| Sat 22 May 21 | 21:55 | Harry and Tonto | 1974. Drama. Director: Paul Mazursky. Stars: Art Carney, Rene Enriquez & Philip Burns. When his apartment building is torn down, a retired lifelong New Yorker goes on a cross-country odyssey. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 00:15 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Comedy. Director: Terence Young. Stars: Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Angela Lansbury. A young 18th century woman finds that losing her virtue is no handicap to a successful career. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 02:50 | Tender Mercies | 1983. Drama. Director: Bruce Beresford. Stars: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper & Betty Buckley. A country singer seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a widow and her son in Texas. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 04:40 | Fragile With Care | Made in 1947 an instrctional film showing the hirstory of Glass and its uses, with narration from Alvar Liddell a charming snapshot of british glass making industries. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 05:00 | The Detectives | Point of No Return. Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 06:00 | 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 23 May 21 | 07:45 | Dead Man's Evidence | 1963. Crime drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Conrad Phillips and Jane Griffiths. Phillips stars as a British secret agent investigating the discovery of a dead, washed up frogman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 09:00 | Black Saddle | 1959. Blood Money. Stars Peter Breck. After his brothers are killed, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 09:30 | Johnny Ringo | The Derelict. Director: Aaron Spelling. Wes Tymon's farm is stricken by drought and his pregnant wife is ill. When a banker refuses him a loan, Wes looses his temper and Ringo comes to aid. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 10:00 | 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 |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 11:50 | Doctor Syn | 1937. Historical Drama. Directors: Maude T. Howell and Roy William Neill. Stars: George Arliss, John Loder and Margaret Lockwood. A Royal Navy tax inspector seeks liquor smugglers on Romney Marsh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 13:30 | Appointment with Venus | 1951. War. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: David Niven, Glynis Johns & George Coulouris. During WWII, a British Major is tasked with rescuing a pedigree cow from a German-occupied Channel Island. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 15:15 | Vendetta For The Saint | 1969. Action. Director: Jim O'Connolly. Stars Roger Moore, Aimi MacDonald, Ian Hendry & Rosemary Dexter. Set in Naples, an elegant thief is outraged after witnessing the murder of a British banker. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 17:15 | Look At Life | August Bank Holiday is traditionally the date around which most Britons fix their holidays, but those who think they will get away from it all are almost certainly in for a shock. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Knight Who Came To Dinner. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Little John and Friar Tuck capture a knight, but are concerned about his real value judging by his equipment. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 18:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | Family Gathering. 1974. Stars Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett & David Langton. Elizabeth's affair with Julius is over, James returns to England with his fiance. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 19:00 | Romance on The Orient Express | 1985. Comedy. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Stuart Wilson & Renee Asherson. Lily, an American, travelling from Venice to Paris suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex. |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 21:00 | The Champions | The Fanatics. 1968. Stars Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt. High profile figures are being attacked. The Champions must infiltrate the group to stop further assassinations. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 23 May 21 | 22:00 | The Boston Strangler | 1968. Drama. Director: Richard Fleischer. Stars Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy & Sally Kellerman. When a string of women in Boston start turning up dead, the police launch an investigation. |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 00:20 | 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. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 02:10 | Going Ape! | 1981. Comedy. Directed by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg. Stars Tony Danza, Jessica Walter & Danny DeVito. Max Sabatini dies, leaving three orangutans to his son, Foster, who must take care of them. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 04:00 | Lytton's Diary | What a Wonderful World. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman & Holly De Jong. An beauty competition offers Lytton a little in the way of a story, until sabotage enters the fray. (S2, E06) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 05:00 | The Tom Ewell Show | Trouble With Mother. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. In this episode the Mother-in-law isn't satisfied with her life. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 05:30 | The Tom Ewell Show | A Fellow Needs A Friend. Tom Ewell stars in this sitcom as Tom Porter, a real estate agent. Alan Reed Jr. guest-stars as a teenage boyfriend of Carol. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 06:00 | Heart of a Child | 1958. Drama. Director: Clive Donner. Stars: Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence, Richard Williams. During wartime rationing, a young Austrian boy is forced to sell the family dog to pay for food. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 07:35 | 1955 The Channel Islands | A glimpse of the Channel Islands in the 50s, we start in Jersey and finish in Guernsey. A fascinating, colourful insight into the holiday camps, streets, cars of these wonderful islands in 1955 |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 07:55 | Home to Danger | 1951. Crime. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Alan Wheatley, Guy Rolfe and Stanley Baker. Barbara returns from abroad after her father's suicide. A changed will leaves Barbara in mortal danger. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 09:15 | Look At Life | 1960. A look into the success of the British car. This film considers a survey based on the various stages of design, production and testing to build up a profile of the industry. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 09:30 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | Santa Claus in a Jeep. 1957. Stars Ralph Bellamy, Robert Arden, Martin Benson. Ralph Bellamy plays a UN officer determined to help people in the Greek countryside with relief aid. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 10:00 | 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) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 10:30 | Cover Girl Killer | 1959. Crime. Someone is murdering cover girl models, leaving them in the same pose and place as featured in 'Wow' magazine. Stars: Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 11:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look into how, in ten years, the number of scooters on British Roads had increased from 4,250 to over 470,000, and the convenience of Corgi" style bikes." |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 12:05 | Ask A Policeman | 1939. Comedy. Director: Marcel Varnel. Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables stage a fabricated crimewave to save their jobs. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 13:45 | Look At Life | 1960. A look into a new generation in the City of London, from the crane drivers helping rebuild it, to the flat-dwellers overlooking this throbbing heart of commerce. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 14:00 | Enemy At The Door | The Prussian Officer. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. Officer Von Bulow comes to the island and is billeted with Peter whilst he trains soldiers for the Russian front. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 15:00 | Dear Mr. Prohack | 1949. Comedy. Directed by: Thornton Freeland. Stars Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Dirk Bogarde, Sheila Sim. When Arthur Prohack comes into a private fortune, he struggles to manage his personal finance (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 16:45 | The Breaking Point | 1961. The nephew of a printer gets involved with foreign spies intent on making counterfeit money. Stars Peter Reynolds & Dermot Walsh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1953. The Candlelight Murder. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Jack Lambert, Gerald Case, Robert Cawdron & Clifford Buckton. An inspector unmasks the killer of an elderly hermit. (S1, E3) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 18:35 | Patricia Presents... | Witness in the Dark. Exclusive interview with Patricia Dainton who discusses her time on this film and her career in general. (S1, E5) (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 18:40 | Witness In The Dark | 1959. Drama. A burglar murders an old woman but a blind girl 'witnesses' the robber as he flees. Stars Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Nigel Green & Richard O'Sullivan (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 19:55 | Patricia Presents... | Outro. Thank you for watching from Patricia Dainton who wishes us a fond farewell and looks back on her life in film (S1, E8) (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Rhyme and the Reason. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 21:00 | Harlow | 1965. Biography. Directed by Gordon Douglas. Stars Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone. Biopic inspired by the brief life of the 1930s platinum blonde bombshell, screen siren Jean Harlow. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 24 May 21 | 23:35 | Murder At 3am | 1953. Crime drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Dennis Price, Philip Saville and Peggy Evans. A serial killer on the loose makes a habit of murdering women on the street at precisely 3am. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 00:50 | 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. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 02:40 | Starting Over | 1979. Comedy. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Stars Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen. Phil Potter's wife leaves him, he moves to Boston, joins a club for divorced men and begins an affair. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 04:45 | Look At Life | 1959. A look at the SOHO bohemian coffee bars of London in the 1950s. Visit the 2 I's and many more with not a cup of tea in sight! |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 05:00 | The Rogues | The Pigeons Of Paris. 1965. Gig Young, David Niven and Charles Boyer are The Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 06:00 | Zane Grey - Trail By Fear | 1958. Director: James Sheldon. Stars: Robert Ryan, Harold J. Stone & Edward Platt. Local fast gun Tod Owen guns down a man who was trying to shoot him from a rooftop. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 06:30 | 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) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 07:45 | 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) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 09:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Inquisitor. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. A visiting archbishop questions Friar Tuck following his capture. Robin and Little John work out how to rescue him. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 10:00 | 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) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 10:30 | 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. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 12:15 | Law & Disorder | 1958. Comedy. Directed by Charles Crichton. Stars Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire. A criminal lies to his son by inventing plausible explanations for his absence from home. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 13:45 | Doctor Syn | 1937. Historical Drama. Directors: Maude T. Howell and Roy William Neill. Stars: George Arliss, John Loder and Margaret Lockwood. A Royal Navy tax inspector seeks liquor smugglers on Romney Marsh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 15:20 | The Singer Not The Song | 1961. Drama. Director: Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot, John Mills & Laurence Naismith. A bandit terrorises a Mexican village and an Irish priest is willing to stand up to him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 18:00 | One Step Beyond | Emergency Only. 1959. Starring Lin McCarthy, Paula Raymond and Jocelyn Brando. Whilst at a party, Ellen predicts a series of events that tests a sceptical witness's belief to the full. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 18:35 | Blitz On Britain | 1960. Doc. Director: Harry Booth. Stars: Alistair Cooke, Henning Skaarup. Archive footage from both British and German sources to tell the story of the defence of Britain during World War II. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 19:50 | War Time London - Glimpses | Footage of London in war time. Focussing on Piccadilly Circus, then The Strand and Westminster. Shot around 1944. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Nightlifers. Stars Derek Fowlds, John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A group of rich young people go from endless parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 21:00 | Defence Of The Realm | 1985. Thriller. Directed by David Drury and stars Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott and Robbie Coltrane. After an expose article is published, an MP dies in mysterious circumstances. |
| Tue 25 May 21 | 23:00 | Starting Over | 1979. Comedy. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Stars Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh and Candice Bergen. Phil Potter's wife leaves him, he moves to Boston, joins a club for divorced men and begins an affair. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 01:05 | Cairo Road | 1950. Drama. Director: David Macdonald. Stars Eric Portman, Laurence Harvey & Maria Mauban. The Egyptian narcotics bureau unit investigate the murder of a rich colonel. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 02:50 | Hoodlum | 1951. Crime drama. Directed by Max Nosseck and starring Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts and Marjorie Riordan. Career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 04:05 | 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. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 05:00 | Stagecoach West | House of Violence. Western with Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray, who run a stagecoach line in the Old West where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 06:00 | Your Local Council 1949 - Glimpses | Short educational film made in 1949 explaining how the Parish council and Country council work together to ensure that a tree survives when a new pavilion is built! |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 06:10 | Children Galore | 1954. Comedy. Director: Terence Fisher. Stars: Eddie Byrne, June Thorburn and Betty Ann Davies. A village squire offers to give away a cottage to a deserving family with the most grandchildren. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 07:25 | Johnny on the Run | 1953. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars: Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour & Eugeniusz Chylek. Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother and is involved in a robbery. Shot in Edinburgh. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 08:45 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 10:20 | Miranda | 1948. Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Margaret Rutherford. A light comedy about a beautiful and playful mermaid and her effect on Dr. Paul Martin |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 11:55 | The Big Money | 1956. Comedy. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee and Leslie Philips. A petty thief gets more than he bargained for when he steals a briefcase full of money. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 13:40 | True as a Turtle | 1957. Comedy. Director: Wendy Toye. Stars: John Gregson, Cecil Parker, June Thorburn. Newlywed Tony Hudson offers his young wife Jane a cruise on a yacht as a honeymoon trip (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 15:40 | The Black Orchid | 1959. Drama. Directed by: Martin Ritt. Stars: Sophia Loren, Jimmy Baird, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin. Rose Bianco, a florist widowed by a famous gangster, looks for happiness with widower Frank Valente. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 17:30 | For The Love of Helen | 1990. Documentary. Director: David Pick. Actor Peter Cushing talks to Peter Williams about his turbulent childhood, a career in horror films and theatre, and his wife Helen, the love of his life. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 18:00 | Sherlock Holmes | The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Russell Waters. Holmes and Watson investigate Squire Douglas, who was shot to death. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 18:30 | Cornwall Calling | 1930. Excellently photographed film of an Austin engine being filled into a yacht, then sailing around Cornwall visiting coastal villages from Rye to The Lizard. Some villages by Austin Motorcar. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Locker Sixty-Nine. 1962. Directed by Norman Harrison. Stars Eddie Byrne, Paul Daneman & Penelope Horner. A private detective is knocked unconscious after finding the body of his employer. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 20:00 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Jones. After an Soldiers death, Rumpole is assigned to defend the accused murderer. |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 21:05 | Black Sunday | 1977. Thriller. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern & Bekim Fehmiu. A terror group try to blow up Goodyear blimp over the Super Bowl stadium with the US president attending. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 26 May 21 | 23:55 | Faces in the Dark | 1960. Drama. Directed by David Eady. Starring John Gregson, Mai Zetterling & John Ireland. Richard, a factory owner, becomes blind during an experiment on the very day his wife wants a divorce. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 01:35 | 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. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 03:40 | Cornish Ramble | 1946. Directed by Paul Barralet. A Travelogue of Cornwall in the late 1940s. A place where superstition and legend are part of a way of life. We visit many of the famous landmarks and a Tin mine. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 04:00 | Callan | Amos Green Must Live. Stars Edward Woodward, William Squire & Patrick Mower. Callan is brought in to protect the anti-immigration official, Amos Green, after a young black American is found in a river |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | Babes in Wall Street. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E23) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 06:00 | 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 |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 07:40 | Talkies | Talkies Presents: The Cinema Expierience and the most popular entertainment, over taking music halls, times were changing. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 07:45 | 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. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 09:45 | Life In Danger | 1959. Crime thriller directed by Terry Bishop and stars Derren Nesbitt. A child murderer escapes from an asylum. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 11:00 | Funny Face | 1957. Musical Romance. Directed by Stanley Donen. Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire & Kay Thompson. A fashion photographer asks a girl to model for him after accidentally catching her on film. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 13:05 | 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) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 14:40 | 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) |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 16:15 | Hurricane Smith | 1952. Adventure. Director: Jerry-Hopper. Stars Yvonne de Carlo, John Ireland, James Craig. Pirates find themselves beached on a deserted island, they steal a vessel and set sail for Australia. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 18:00 | Interpol Calling | The Money Game. 1959. Stars Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield, Roland Bartrop & Delphi Lawrence. A finance journalist reports on a leading financier's death. Markets are reacting, Interpol investigate. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 18:30 | Walk A Tightrope | 1963. Drama. Director: Frank Nesbitt. Stars Dan Duryea, Patricia Owens, Terence Cooper. Ellen finds perfect happiness in marriage, but things aren't what they seem. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 20:00 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. What's to Become of Us. Stars Alfred Burke, Peter Childs & John Woodnutt. Marker decides it is time to head for fresh fields - providing his client allows him to leave |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 21:00 | Romance on The Orient Express | 1985. Comedy. Director Lawrence Gordon Clark. Stars: Cheryl Ladd, Stuart Wilson & Renee Asherson. Lily, an American, travelling from Venice to Paris suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex. |
| Thu 27 May 21 | 23:00 | Jungle Street | 1960. Crime. Director: Charles Saunders. Stars Jill Ireland, David McCallum & Kenneth Cope. After Johnny takes the rap for a robbery he committed with Terry, Terry muscles in on Johnny's girlfriend. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 00:40 | Salt Of The Earth | 1954. Drama. Director: Herbert J. Biberman. Stars Juan Chacon, Rosaura Revueltas & Will Geer. Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 02:30 | Night Ride | 1937. Drama. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Wally Patch, Julian Vedey & Joan Ponsford. Two drivers, sacked by the crooked trucking company they work for, decide to form their own (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 04:00 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Golden Boy. Stars Alfred Burke, Alan Webb & Richard Hurndall. Marker investigates why a man who had everything gave it all up and disappeared. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 05:00 | Burke's Law | 1963. Who Killed Julian Buck? Directed by Don Weis. Stars Gene Barry, Gary Conway & Regis Toomey. One of America's most respected authors, is found strangled to death in his study. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 06:00 | Glimpses: Festival of Britain 1951 | The Festival opened on 3rd May 1951 and in this footage we see The South Bank exhibition, The Sea and Ships pavilion, the Transport building and much more. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 06:05 | The World Owes Me A Living | 1945. Drama. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars: David Farrar, Judy Campbell & Sonia Dresdel. In between the World Wars, British aviators pushed the envelope with new technical feats. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 07:55 | It's All Over Town | 1964. Musical. Directed by Douglas Hickox. Stars Frankie Vaughan, Lance Percival & Willie Rushton. A technician and his friend try to see all the London shows. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 09:05 | Blowing Wild | 1953. Drama. Director: Hugo Fregonese. Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn. A love triangle set in Mexico's oilfields, where bandits are still active. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 10:50 | The Firechasers | 1971. Drama. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Stars Chad Everett, Anjanette Comer & Keith Barron. An insurance investigator must find out who is causing fires. He meets and falls in love with a reporter. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 12:55 | Sewers of Gold | 1979. Crime thriller. Directed by Francis Megahy. Stars: Ian McShane, Christopher Matthew,Stephen Greif & Warren Clarke. A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 15:00 | Appointment with Venus | 1951. War. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: David Niven, Glynis Johns & George Coulouris. During WWII, a British Major is tasked with rescuing a pedigree cow from a German-occupied Channel Island. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 16:45 | Look At Life | 1959. Driving school tuition, including the innovative mock-up car, the junior driver course and the training of police drivers and London Bus drivers. Watch out for green Ford Cortinas! |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 17:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | Family Gathering. 1974. Stars Jean Marsh, Nicola Pagett & David Langton. Elizabeth's affair with Julius is over, James returns to England with his fiance. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 20:10 | Inferno | 1953. Drama.Director: Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming & William Lundigan. A millionaire industrialist is left alone with a broken leg in the Mojave Desert by his wife and her lover. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 21:55 | Witchfinder General | 1968. Horror. Directed by Michael Reeves. Stars Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy & Rupert Davies. A lawyer claims to have been appointed as a Witchfinder General during the English Civil War. |
| Fri 28 May 21 | 23:40 | 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. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 01:25 | Memories of Lindsay Anderson | 2019. Chris Wade's documentary film is a personal, intimate and affectionate look at the life and work of Lindsay Anderson, legendary film and theatre director. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 02:30 | Filler Material | With Ernest Arnley, Gloria Day, Donovan, Frank Randle. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 02:50 | Van der Valk | A Sudden Silence. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. The Dutch detective investigates the shooting of a government minister. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 05:00 | 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) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 05:30 | Capone Investment | Final Innings. 1974. Thriller. Stars Glyn Owen, Peter Sallis, Isobel Black & John Thaw. an investigation reveals that $4m of a gangster's gains may be located in England. (S1, E6) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 06:00 | 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 29 May 21 | 06:05 | The Headless Ghost | 1959. Comedy. Director Peter Graham Scott. Stars: Richard Lyon, Liliane Sottane, David Rose. Three youngsters encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 07:20 | Who Goes Next | 1938. War. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart & Jack Hawkins. During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
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| Sat 29 May 21 | 09:00 | Superman | The Bulleteers. 1942. Stars Bud Collye, Joan Alexander & Jackson Beck. A bullet shaped car destroys the city police station and then announces that the city must turn over all its funds. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 09:10 | The Cisco Kid | Lynching Story. 1951. Starring: Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carrillo. When a bank president is murdered, lynching party is formed. Cisco must find out who the killers are before an innocent man hangs. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 09:45 | Mystery on Bird Island | Family. 1954. Director: John Haggerty. Starring: Mavis Sage, Jennifer Beach & Nick Edmett. Two children on holiday, along with two local kids, catch men stealing bird eggs on the island of Burhou. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 11:00 | The Lone Ranger | High Heels. 1949. Stars Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels. A rancher who is embarrassed by his height is aided by Tonto and The Lone Ranger when he receives platform shoes. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 11:30 | Radar Men From The Moon | Murder Car. 1952. Starring: George Wallace, Aline Towne & Roy Barcroft. Retik's earth agents fail in their ransom attempt along with a payroll robbery failure, so they capture and enemy agent. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 11:45 | Flip Flap | 1948. 'Noveltoon' Animation. Director: Izzy Sparber. Flip-Flap the seal is tired of life at the zoo, so he runs away from home and sets off for the North Pole where he meets a lovely girl-seal. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 12:00 | Challenge For Robin Hood | 1967. Adventure. Director C.M Pennington Richards. Stars Barrie Ingham, James Hayter & Leon Greene. Robin de Courtenay, a Norman noble, is framed by his cousin for murder and so he flees to Nottingham (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 14:00 | Uncle Silas | 1947.Mystery.Director: Charles Frank. Starring: Jean Simmons, Katina Paxinou & Derrick De Marney. After her father's death, a British heiress goes to live with her uncle who is scheming to murder her. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 16:05 | The Beachcomber | 1954. Comedy-drama. Directed by Muriel Box and starring Glynis Johns, Robert Newton and Donald Sinden. Drunken womaniser, Ted, is sent to a tropical island by his family where he meets new friends. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 17:45 | Look At Life | 1961. A look into the science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Silent Witness. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Molly Weir, Ivan Craig & Kenneth Henry. The case of the self-confessed killer who almost escaped the full weight of the law. (S1, E9) |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 18:35 | Dangerous Voyage | 1954. Crime. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars William Lundigan, Naomi Chance & Vincent Ball. This 1954 crime mystery is an intriguing tale of peril in the English Channel. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 20:05 | 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 29 May 21 | 21:40 | The Silent Partner | 1978. Thriller. Director: Daryl Duke. Stars: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, John Candy. A bank teller skims $50,000 during a robbery, but the crook wants it back. |
| Sat 29 May 21 | 23:50 | 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) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 01:35 | Islands In The Stream | 1977. Drama. Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. Stars: George C. Scott, David Hemmings & Gilbert Roland. Ernest Hemingway's most powerful themes are captured in this adaptation of 'Papa,' his novel. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 03:40 | IWM: Burma Victory (1945) | Second World War feature-length documentary covering the Allied victory in Burma, directed by Roy Boulting (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 05:00 | 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 |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 06:00 | 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. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 07:45 | Girl In the Picture (1957) | 1957. Drama. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt and Junia Crawford. George Keefe's policeman brother was murdered four years ago and the killer is still on the loose. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 09:00 | Black Saddle | 1959. The Killer. Stars Peter Breck. After his brothers are killed, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 09:30 | Johnny Ringo | Shoot The Moon. Directed by Aaron Spelling. The U.S Secretary of State requests that Ringo help an Italian astronomer take pictures of a solar eclipse from on top of Superstition Mountain. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 10:00 | 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) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 12:20 | Look At Life | 1961. A look into the new industrial revolution in Lancashire; from 1950, more than 55 cotton mills were converted for light industries. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 12:35 | Q Planes | 1939. Comedy. Director: Tim Whelan. Stars: Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier & Valerie Hobson. A British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 14:10 | The House In Marsh Road | 1960. Horror directed By Montgomery Tully and starring Patricia Dainton, Sam Kydd and Sandra Dorne. Jean is left a house and hopes it will be the fresh start they need but the house has other ideas. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 15:30 | Prelude To Fame | 1950. Drama. Director: Fergus McDonell. Starring: Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron & Kathleen Ryan. A boy with extraordinary instinct for orchestration is tutored and kept away from his loved ones. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 17:15 | Look At Life | 1961. A look into the story of the male fashion world and how it is slowly moving toward gaiety and decoration. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 17:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Wager. 1956. Starring: Alexander Gauge, Geoffrey Keen & George Rose. Friar Tuck and Robin bet to see who can raise more money. Robin will dress and act as a beggar. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 18:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | Miss Forrest. 1912. Starring: Simon Williams, Jean Marsh & Gordon Jackson. Lady Marjorie prepares to visit Elizabeth in New York and James takes an interest in Richard's new secretary, Miss Forrest. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 19:00 | Man Hunt | 1941. Thriller. Director: Fritz Lang. Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett & George Sanders. A big-game hunter finds Adolf Hitler's vacation residence but is prevented from assassinating him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 21:00 | The Champions | Twelve Hours. 1968. Stars Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt. The Champions act as bodyguards for a visiting president but must save his life following an attack on submarine he is on. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 22:00 | Bachelor of Hearts | 1958. Comedy. Director: Wolf Rilla. Starring: Hardy Kruger, Sylvia Syms & Ronald Lewis. Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. He tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on. |
| Sun 30 May 21 | 23:50 | Out of Season (1975) | 1975. Drama. Directed by Alan Bridges. Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Susan George, Cliff Robertson. Ann and her daughter live in a hotel. When Joe arrives, all three are pulled into relationship. |
