Talking Pictures TV Programme Schedule
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TPTV Schedule Jul 15th – Jul 21st 2019
| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Last Curtain | 1937. An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery. First film from Joss Ambler, filmed at Pinewood. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 07:20 | June Allyson | Our Man in Rome. Stars June Allyson as the regular hostess and occasional star of this dramatic anthology series. This episode also guest stars Rossano Brazzi and Jack Mullaney |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 07:50 | Sailor Beware! | 1956. Comedy. Director: Gordon Parry. Stars Gordon Jackson, Peggy Mount, Ronald Lewis & Shirley Eaton. A seaman gets cold feet about his wedding when his mother-in-law to be takes control. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 09:30 | The Peke Speaks | 1944. Directed by Widgey R. Newman. Comedy documentary with a humorous commentary by Frederick Allen. We follow nearly every dog breed around England and find out who were 'dirty dogs,'. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 10:10 | Duel in the Sun | 1946. Western. Directed by King Vidor and starring Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. When her father is hanged, the beautiful Pearl Chavez goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 12:45 | A Cry From The Streets | 1958. Drama starring Max Bygraves, Barbara Murray and Colin Petersen. A welfare worker becomes emotionally involved with a group of homeless children. Music by Larry Adler. (Subtitles Available) |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 14:40 | Unguarded Moments | The perils of Britain's roads are seen in this chilling 1951 film as the carelessness of Johnny, Fred & Mary results in disaster! Made by the Blackheath Film Unit for the Greenwich safety Board. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 14:45 | Blind Corner | 1965. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars William Sylvester, Barbara Shelley & Elizabeth Shepherd. The wife of a blind composer plots to murder her husband after he learns of her affair. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 16:20 | Conflict of Wings | 1954. Drama. Directed by John Eldridge. Starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow & Kieron Moore. Villagers take action when they find that a nearby RAF station is taking over a much loved bird sanctuary. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Ejected. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. When Jakey learns his father will be ejected from his house, he takes matters into his own hands. (S2, E03) |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Jet Storm | 1959. Drama. Directed by Cy Endfield. Starring Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley & Diane Cilento. A man who lost his daughter in a hit-&-Run accident tracks the man responsible. (Subtitles Available) |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 20:15 | Nine, Dalmuir West | Kevin Brownlow's atmospheric homage to Glasgow's tram system follows the last tram to run in September 1962. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1973. Mystery Drama. It's a Woman's Privilege. Stars Alfred Burke, Pauline Delaney & Ray Smith. A pleasant visit from Marker's former landlady takes a turn when she tells Marker her problem. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Hell Drivers | 1957. Drama. Directed by C. Raker Endfiled and stars Stanley Baker, David McCallum, Sid James and Sean Connery. Tom signs up as a 'Hell Driver', but the death-trap roads are the least of his problems. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 23:45 | The Birthday Party | 1968. Drama. Directed by William Friedkin. Stars Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols & Sydney Tafler. The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers. |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 02:15 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. Appearances Can Be Deceptive. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowem & Paul Moriarty. Maggie thinks that a woman who has killed her abusive husband acted in self-defence. (S5, E08) |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 03:15 | The Gay Dog | 1954. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Wilfred Pickles, Petula Clark, Megs Jenkins, John Blythe, Peter Butterworth & Jon Pertwee. A Miner tries to increase his dog's odds at a big greyhound race |
| Mon 15 Jul 19 | 05:00 | Vacant Possession | 1966. Directed by Peter Moffat and starring Brian Murphy, Daphne Heard and Richard Gale. An estate agent arranges to meet a couple for a viewing at a flat. Formerly 'lost' short. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 06:00 | The Marked One | 1963. Crime. Director: Francis Searle. Stars William Lucas, Zena Walker & Patrick Jordan. Criminals kidnap a man's daughter in order to obtain forgery plates which they believe to be in his possession |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 07:15 | June Allyson | Death of the Temple Bay. Stars: June Allyson and Lloyd Bridges. As sea captain Anderson's vessel is sinking, he begins to question his motives for going down with his ship. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 07:45 | Waterloo Road | 1944. Drama. Director: Sidney Gilliat. Stars Stewart Granger, John Mills, Alastair Sim & Joy Shelton. After Jim reports for military duty, he suspects that his bride has been seeing another man. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 09:20 | The Last Man To Hang | 1956. Drama. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh Latimer & Eunice Gayson. Conway is on trial for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 10:55 | Blood of The Vampire | 1958. Horror. Directed by Henry Cass and starring Sir Donald Wolfit. In the late 19th Century, the anaemic Dr Callistratus is the governor of a brutal penal institution in a remote castle. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 12:40 | His Girl Friday | 1940. Comedy. Director: Howard Hawks. Stars Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell & Ralph Bellamy. A newspaper editor tries everything to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. (Subtitles Available) |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 14:25 | The Dark Man | 1951. Drama. Directed by Jeffrey Dell. Stars Maxwell Reed, Edward Underdown, Natasha Parry & William Hartnell. An inspector hunts a killer who is looking for an actress who witnessed him commit murder |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 16:00 | Jazz Boat | 1960. Musical. Director Ken Hughes. Stars Anthony Newley, Bernie Winters, James Booth, Lionel Jeffries & Anne Aubrey. An electrician is summoned to assist a gang in a big robbery. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Field Exercise. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. C Flight are dropped 15 miles from home, but with no idea where and must find their way home. (S2, E04) |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 18:30 | 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. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 20:20 | 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. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. Home & Away. Stars Alfred Burke, Barbara Young, Bryan Pringle. Madge Reading turns to Marker when she suspects there is another woman in her husband's life. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Deadly Affair | 1966. Thriller. Directed by Sidney Lumet Stars: James Mason, Simone Signoret. A British secret agent is puzzled by the sudden suicide of a man he's recently investigated. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 23:45 | Malta Story | 1953. War. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Muriel Pavlow, Anthony Steel & Flora Robson. British RAF face invasion on the strategic island of Malta during WW2. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 01:50 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. Secrets. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Paul Moriarty. Maggie finds that the sophisticated Cecily is dangerous when she uncovers a grim secret. (S5, E09) |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 02:50 | Calling All Cars | 1954. Starring Cardew Robinson, Adrienne Fancey, John Fitzgerald and Pauline Olsen. Comedy documentary, centring on the Dover Harbour car terminal. Directed by Maclean Rogers. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 03:40 | The Day Will Dawn | 1942. War. Director: Harold French. Stars Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson & Hugh Williams. A British foreign correspondent, forced out of Norway, returns to the occupied Scandinavian country. |
| Tue 16 Jul 19 | 05:40 | The Great Steam Fair 1964 | A record of the 1964 Steam Fair held at White Waltham, Berks. Many famous pieces such as organs, traction engines and roundabouts were exhibited. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 06:00 | 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) |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 07:45 | The Detectives | Two Time Loser. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 08:15 | Sewers of Gold | 1979. Crime thriller. Directed by Francis Megahy and stars Ian McShane, Christopher Matthew and Warren Clarke. A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 10:25 | The Purple Plain | 1954. War. Director: Robert Parrish. Stars Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee & Win Min Than. Canadian RAF pilot Forrester is a loner whose bravery can't cover a streak of reckless instability. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 12:25 | Passenger to London | 1937. Thriller. Director: Lawrence Huntingdon. Stars John Warwick, Jenny Laird & Paul Neville. A great B British film. An agent, carrying important papers, is knifed to death on a passenger train. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 13:35 | Defence Of The Realm | 1985. Thriller. Directed by David Drury and stars Gabriel Bryne, Greta Scacchi, Denholm Elliott and Robbie Coltrane. After an expose article is published, an MP dies in mysterious circumstances. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 15:40 | The Jazz Singer | 1980. Musical. Director: Richard Fleischer. Stars Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier & Lucie Arnaz. A Jewish musician defies his father's wishes in order to realize his dream of becoming a jazz singer |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Crush. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Ken falls for Mrs. Fairfax, the wife of senior RAF Squadron Leader Fairfax (S2, E05) |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Treasure Island | 1972. Adventure. Directors: John Hough, Andrea Bianchi & Antonio Margheriti. Stars Orson Welles, Lionel Stander & Kim Burfield. Young Jim Hawkins has a map to a pirate's buried treasure. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 20:15 | Sunday in Southend in 1959 – Glimpses | A typical sunny Sunday in Southend in 1959, the rides, the trams, the roads, the handkerchiefs on heads, a lot of dodgems, kiss-me-quick hats and the prom, pom, pom with the brass band playing… |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. Egg & Cress Sandwiches. Stars Alfred Burke, Robert Flemyng, Ray Smith & Brian Blessed. An unconventional vicar brings trouble to Marker. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Venus Peter | 1989. Drama. Director: Ian Sellar. Stars Ray McAnally David Hayman Sinead Cusack. A boyhood in a Scottish fishing town in Fife in the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 23:30 | Capone | 1975. Drama. Director: Steve Carver. Stars Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely & Sylvester Stallone. The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 01:30 | The Magnet | 1950. Comedy. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox and Thora Hird. A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy, which gets him into all sorts of trouble. (Subtitles Available) |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 03:05 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. Fox and Hounds. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Paul Moriarty. Maggie is on the case when an old man is mugged and dies from his injuries. (S5, E10) |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 04:05 | Treasure Hunt | 1952. Comedy. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Naunton Wayne & Athene Seyler. After reading Sir Roderick Lyall's will, the family learn they are short on money. |
| Wed 17 Jul 19 | 05:40 | BFI: Listen to Britain | 1942. Factual. A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life. Stars Leonard Brockington & Joseph Macleod |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Front Line Kids | 1942. Crime drama directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Fuller, Marion Gerth and Anthony Holles. A gang of street urchins are given jobs by a Head Porter to help his crooked plans succeed. (Subtitles Available) |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 07:25 | The Detectives | House Call. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 07:55 | Desk Set | 1957. Comedy. Director: Walter Lang. Stars Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn & Gig Young. Bunny is stuck in a dead-end relationship. Her life is thrown into turmoil when a Computer expert enters it. |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 09:55 | The Final Test | 1954. Comedy. Director: Anthony Asquith. Stars Jack Warner, Robert Morley & George Relph. A cricketer looks forward to his last test match, but his son would rather write poetry than watch his innings |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 11:40 | The Way Ahead | 1944. War. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard & David Niven. After a battalion suffers casualties at Dunkirk, the gaps in the ranks must be filled by 'call-ups'. |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Muriel and Sally Pt1. Stars: Vivienne Burgess, Tessa Wyatt and Lindsay Ingram. Two people who are widely separated by personality and character are brought together by just one factor… |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 14:30 | John and Julie | 1955. Comedy. Director William Fairchild. Stars Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton, Megs Jenkins, Sid James & Peter Sellers. Two children run away to London so they can visit the Queen. |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 16:15 | The Iron Petticoat | 1956. War. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, James Robertson Justice & Robert Helpmann. A female pilot lands a Russian aircraft on German soil after flying off in a rage. |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Complaints. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads get fed up with the disgusting food being served by Corporal Jenner on camp (S2, E06) |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Shepherd On The Rock | 1993. Drama. Directed by Bob Keen. Starring Bernard Hill, John Bowles and Betsy Brantley. A sheep farmer and his family fight for their land against the persistent efforts of a land developer. (Subtitles Available) |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Trouble with Jenny. Stars Alfred Burke, Donald Houston & Petra Markham. In a dingy hotel, the strange activities of a young female guest come to Marker's attention |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 21:30 | The Snorkel | 1958. Drama. Directed by Guy Green. Stars Peter Van Eyck, Betta St John & Mandy Miller. A teenager suspects that her wealthy mother's suicide was a cleverly planned murder by her diabolical stepfather |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 23:20 | Man in the Middle | 1964. Drama. Director: Guy Hamilton. Stars: Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen & Barry Sullivan. When A US officer kills a British NCO, he admits his crime, but the reason puzzles his defence counsel (Subtitles Available) |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 01:10 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. Cure. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Paul Moriarty. Does Mr Armour really have the gift of healing he claims? Maggie searches for the truth. (S5, E11) |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 02:10 | Encore | 1951. Comedy. Directors: Harold French, Pat Jackson & Anthony Pelissier. Stars Nigel Patrick, Kay Walsh, Glynis Johns. Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. |
| Thu 18 Jul 19 | 04:00 | Millions Like Us | 1943. War Drama. Directed by Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder. Stars Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford & Eric Portman. Celia marries a Pilot before he is deployed into wartime battle. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Boys Will Be Boys | 1935. Comedy. Directed by William Beaudine. Stars Will Hay, Gordon Harker & Jimmy Hanley. A headmaster becomes involved in the disappearance of a valuable necklace. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 07:35 | The Detectives | The Trap. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 08:05 | Road Hogs 1932: Glimpses | 1932. Directed by Norman Taurog. Emily La Rue (Alison Skipworth) and her partner, Rollo (W. C. Fields), are very content until one dog, a Road Hog and a donation of $1 million change their lives. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 08:15 | Three Men In A Boat | 1956. Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards & David Tomlinson. Based on the Jerome K Jerome novel. The story follows three men who decide to go on holiday on the Thames. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 10:05 | The Farmer's Daughter | 1947. Drama. Directed by H.C. Potter. Stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten & Ethel Barrymore. Katie leaves the farm to become a nurse, but is side tracked into domestic service, romance, & politics. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 12:05 | The Farm 1938 | A walk around a beautiful Wessex farm in 1938 |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 12:20 | The Flemish Farm | 1943. War drama. Directed by Jeffery Dell and starring Jane Baxter, Clifford Evans and Philip Friend. An injured pilot and his nurse are separated when Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Muriel and Sally Pt2. Stars: Vivienne Burgess, Tessa Wyatt and Lindsay Ingram. After listening to Muriel's story, it is now Sally's turn to tell hers. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 14:30 | The Shillingbury Blowers | 1979. Drama. Directed by Val Guest and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen and Trevor Howard. The arrival of a pop star and his wife, upsets the status quo of the Shillingbury village brass band. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 16:10 | Make Me an Offer | 1955. 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. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Rugby. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Leckie comes up with a way to get the blood boiling for bayonet practice (S2, E07) |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Jig-Saw 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' | Made in 1943 Starring Jimmy Hanley and Dinah Sheridan. Navy film from 1944 telling the dangers of careless talk which instigated the sinking of the ship Hibernia… and really did cost lives. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 18:50 | Tomorrow at Ten | 1962. Thriller. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars John Gregson, Robert Shaw & Alec Clunes. It's a race against time when police have to find a kidnapped boy with a bomb that will detonate at 10 o'clock |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Nobody Wants to Know. Stars Alfred Burke, Ray Smith & Geoffrey Beevers. Marker has one week in which to find a witness. When he does so, he'll never forget her. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 21:30 | The Anderson Tapes (1971) | 1971. Crime Thriller. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Sean Connery, Christopher Walken. A habitual criminal looks for funding to set up his next robbery. (Subtitles Available) |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 23:30 | Expresso Bongo | 1959. Drama. Director: Val Guest. Stars Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan & Cliff Richard. A sleazy agent discovers a young singer in a coffee house and starts him on the road to stardom. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 01:45 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. A Woman's Word. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Paul Moriarty. Maggie struggles with keeping her word to an informer. (S5, E12) |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 02:45 | A Kid For Two Farthings | 1955. Drama. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Diana Dors, Celia Johnson, David Kossoff & Brenda De Banzie. A boy, who is heartbroken when his pet chicken disappears, buys a goat believing it is a unicorn. |
| Fri 19 Jul 19 | 04:30 | End of the Road | 1954. Drama. Directed by Wolf Rilla. Unhappy with enforced retirement, Mick-mack takes a lesser job at the factory, which creates strains within the family. Starring Finlay Currie & Duncan Lamont. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Keep It Clean | 1956. Comedy. Stars Ronald Shiner, James Hayter & Joan Sims. To fund his brother-in-law's miracle cleaner, Bert tries to get a latter day Mary Whitehouse to fund the project. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 07:35 | The Lone Wolf | Castle Film present a short version of The Lone Wolf, a Hopalong Cassidy Film from the 30s. Starring William Boyd and Russell Hayden set around the Western railroad. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 07:45 | Hawkeye | Franklin Story. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Stan Francis. After several people are murdered Hawkeye seeks the help of his friend Benjamin Franklin. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 08:15 | Death Drums Along the River | 1963. Adventure. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Richard Todd, Marianne Koch & Albert Lieven. Inspector Sanders is investigating a murder in an African hospital when he is lead to a silver mine |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 09:55 | Farewell Topsails 1937 | A beautifull film about the last voyages of Topsail boats in British industry. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 10:10 | The Overlanders | 1946. War. Stars Chips Rafferty. Based on a true story set in WW2. Faced with killing their cattle rather than leave them to the Japanese, a desperate gang drive their herd across Australia. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | Be It Ever So Humble.1976. Stars David Neal, Anthony Sharp & Gwyneth Strong. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 12:30 | Cone of Silence | 1960. Drama. Director: Charles Frend. Stars Michael Craig, Peter Cushing & Bernard Lee. A veteran pilot faces a court inquiry after a jet airliner crashes. His daughter fights to clear his name. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 14:20 | Highlights Of Variety – 1938 | More from the famous Bell & Howell Music Hall, in this episode we see Ernest Shannon, Sam Browne singing 'The Glory Of Love' and G. Melvin and The Cornona Kids! You can't beat the old fleecy lined! |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 14:35 | Conflict of Wings | 1954. Drama. Directed by John Eldridge. Starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow & Kieron Moore. Villagers take action when they find that a nearby RAF station is taking over a much loved bird sanctuary. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 16:15 | The Long Duel | 1967. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews and Andrew Keir. An Indian tribal leader becomes a bandit to protest British oppression and tyranny. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Caesar and Cleopatra | 1946. Biopic. Director: Gabriel Pascal. Stars Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and Stewart Granger. Cleopatra has not been on the throne of the pharaohs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 21:00 | The Boys From Brazil | 1978. Drama. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Stars Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier & James Mason. A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 23:35 | A Kind of Loving | 1962. Drama. Director: John Schlesinger. Stars Alan Bates, June Ritchie & Thora Hird. After his girlfriend's pregnancy forces him to marry her, a young man must adjust to his new life. |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 01:50 | The Pirates of Blood River | 1962. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Stars Kerwin Mathews, Christopher Lee, Marie Devereux & Oliver Reed. Pirates force Jonathon to lead them to his settlement after hearing about hidden treasures. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 03:35 | Man of the Moment | 1955. Comedy. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Norman Wisdom, Belinda Lee, Lana Morris & Jerry Desmonde. Norman, a Civil Servant, becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference in Geneva (Subtitles Available) |
| Sat 20 Jul 19 | 05:20 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Dark Stairway. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Vincent Ball & George Manship. A blind man who is witness to a murder on a darkened stairway is asked to identify the killer. (S1, E5) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 06:00 | It's a Wonderful World | 1956. Comedy directed by Val Guest and starring Terence Morgan, George Cole, Kathleen Harrison. Two struggling composers hit on a novel way of producing music backwards! (Subtitles Available) |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 07:45 | Hawkeye | The Wild One. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr. & Fred Euringer. A young Indian Doctor attempts to practice medicine while the townspeople practice intolerance. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 08:15 | Pearl of the South Pacific | 1955. Adventure. Two beachcombers with a yacht join Rita, a woman with a past, to find black pearls on a secret island. Starring Virginia Mayo and Dennis Morgan. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 10:00 | Fathom | 1967. Adventure. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Stars Anthony Franciosa, Raquel Welch & Ronald Fraser. In Spain, an American is recruited by intelligence agents to recover a H bomb detonator. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (Subtitles Available) |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 12:30 | Summertime | 1955. Drama. Jane (Katharine Hepburn) finally makes her dream trip to Venice but has no one to share the beautiful city with, until… Directed by David Lean. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 14:25 | Kind Hearts & Coronets | 1949. Comedy. Director: Robert Hamer. Stars: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price & Valerie Hobson. A poor relative of a wealthy Duke plots to inherit the title by murdering the heirs who stand ahead of him |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 16:35 | The Other Man | 1956. Set in Camden. A road safety film where we visit the Metropolitan Police Motor Driving School. A warning that we must watch the hazards from the other 'man' or woman on the road. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 16:55 | End of the Road | 1954. Drama. Directed by Wolf Rilla. Unhappy with enforced retirement, Mick-mack takes a lesser job at the factory, which creates strains within the family. Starring Finlay Currie & Duncan Lamont. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 18:30 | For the Love of Ada | The Journey. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Ruth and Leslie go to visit his parents in Manchester, Ada and Walter spend some time with his son and daughter-in-law (S3, E02) |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 19:00 | 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 |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 20:40 | Sussex Fortnight | Made in 1950. By bicycle with Raymond Glendenning to Arundel, Littlehampton and a horse show, ending with the Goodwood Cup. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Madame Sara. Stars: John Fraser, George Murcell, Marianne Benet. While investigating death threats against two sisters, Dixon Druce falls under the charms of the mysterious Madame Sara. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 22:00 | The Comedy Man | 1964. Drama. Directed by Alvin Rakoff. Stars Kenneth More, Cecil Parker & Dennis Price. Charles Byrd has spent his life aiming for success, but never quite got there and tries one last time in London |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 23:50 | Last Holiday | 1950. Drama. Directed by Henry Cass. Stars Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell & Kay Walsh. A salesman who learns he has months to live cashes in his savings to live in a fancy hotel. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 01:35 | Seven Nights in Japan | 1976. Action. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Michael York, Hidemi Aoki & Charles Gray. The fictional royal Prince George travels to Japan and falls in love with a local female tour guide named Sumi. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 03:40 | 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. |
| Sun 21 Jul 19 | 05:40 | Sea to Plate and Billingsgate in 1956 – Glimpses | 1956. Documentary on the distribution of fish throughout England. From tower bridge at 6am at Billingsgate in the 1950s to all the little harbours around the coast and everything in between. |
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TPTV Schedule Jul 22nd – Jul 28th 2019
| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 06:00 | 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) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 07:35 | The Detectives | Conspiracy Of Silence. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 08:05 | Send For Paul Temple | 1946. Crime drama directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme and Joy Shelton. Scotland Yard calls in novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple to help track down a gang of diamond robbers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 09:45 | Lost | 1956. Thriller. Director: Guy Green. Stars David Farrar, David Knight & Julia Arnall. U.S. Embassy employee & his wife discover that their 18 month old baby has disappeared in London. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 11:35 | Take Two: Nanette Newman | Nanette Newman Interview. Take Two. Well-known faces from much loved British films and classic television shows talk about their lives and careers in the business. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | 1948. Biography. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Granger, Joan Greenwood & Flora Robson. A young woman marries Prince George but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for a Swedish Count. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 14:00 | 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 22 Jul 19 | 14:35 | Glimpses Rode Safety | Made in 1955 by motorcycle experts, featuring International Six Days Trial winner Eric Wilson and legendary mechanic Nobby Clark. We see how motorcyclists deal with a with a variety of hazards. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 15:10 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | 1951. Drama. Directed by Albert Lewin. Starring James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick & Shelia Sim. Hendrick – the Flying Dutchman, has been cursed by god to wander over the sea until Doomsday. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 17:40 | Glimpses Kent in the 1970s | Made in 1976, we look at the architecture of Kent along with its styles, shops, high streets featuring superb aerial shots and a very young Prince Charles himself stars in this fascinating documentary |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Erks. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Marsh is promised promotion if C Flight win the Inter-Flight Competition. (S3, EP01) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Orders Are Orders | 1954. Comedy. An American film crew are making a film in a British army camp, but the soldiers chase the film unit's girls. Starring Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 20:05 | Busy Bodies | 1933. Comedy. Directed by Lloyd French. Stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Stan & Ollie do battle with inanimate objects & their co-workers during a routine work day at the saw mill. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. How About a Cup of Tea? Stars Alfred Burke, Ray Smith & Peter Childs. Bruised & battered during his last case, Marker receives a surprise visitor to his hospital bed. |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Custer of the West | 1968. Western. Directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Robert Shaw, Mary Ure and Ty Hardin. The story of U.S. Army commander George Armstrong Custer, a flamboyant hero of the Civil War |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 00:15 | 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) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 01:30 | The Gentle Touch | 1984. Crime Drama. Exit Laughing. Stars Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe & Paul Moriarty. A minor civil servant is found dead in rather exotic. (S5, E13) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 02:30 | The Most Dangerous Game | 1932. Horror. Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Irving Pichel. Stars Fay Wray, Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks & Robert Armstrong. Shipwrecked on an island, a hunter becomes the guest of Count Zaroff (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 03:45 | Couple of Beauties | 1972. Directed by Francis Searle. With Bunny Lewis, Tim Barrett, James Beck. A barman witnesses a shooting and is pursued by gunmen. He joins a drag act to hide from the villains |
| Mon 22 Jul 19 | 04:15 | 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) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Say It With Flowers | 1934. Drama musical. Directed by John Baxter. Two well-loved market flower sellers (Mary Clare and Ben Field) fall on hard times. The locals put on a benefit show to raise funds for them. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 07:25 | The Detectives | 12 Hours To live. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 07:55 | The Golden Salamander | 1950. Drama. Directed by Ronald Neame. Stars Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimee & Herbert Lom. A British archaeologist is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 09:50 | Never Let Go | 1960. Crime. Director: John Guillermin. Stars Peter Sellers, Adam Faith & Richard Todd. A London garage owner who makes extra cash dealing in stolen cars, asks Tommy Towers to steal a 1959 Ford Anglia |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 11:40 | BFI: Holiday | 1957. Documentary. Directed by John Taylor. Charming music-driven documentary about Blackpool. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Fathom | 1967. Adventure. Directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Stars Anthony Franciosa, Raquel Welch & Ronald Fraser. In Spain, an American is recruited by intelligence agents to recover a H bomb detonator. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 14:00 | 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) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 14:35 | Whistle Down the Wind | 1961. Drama. Directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Bernard Lee, Alan Bates and Hayley Mills. Three young children encounter a murderer on the run. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 16:35 | 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) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | End of Basic Training. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Alice threatens to walk out on Marsh when he's busted back to corporal (S3, EP02) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Farewell Topsails 1937 | A beautifull film about the last voyages of Topsail boats in British industry. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 18:45 | Kipps | 1941. Comedy. Director: Carol Reed. Starring Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert & Philip Frost. Based on H.G Wells' novel, Kipps the draper's apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. How About It, Frank? Stars Alfred Burke, Peter Childs & Ray McAnally. Ron Gash wants Marker as his new partner. But are Gash's methods compatible with Marker's? |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Another Man's Poison | 1951. Drama. Directed by Irving Rapper. Stars Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel & Barbara Murray. A mystery writer gets involved in potentially murderous relationships. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 23:20 | The Brain Machine | 1955. Thriller. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Maxwell Reed, Patrick Barr, Elizabeth Allen & Russell Napier. Dr Philippa uses 'The Brain Machine' to reveal abnormalities within the brain of a murderer. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 01:00 | 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) |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 02:50 | Mix Me A Person | 1962. Drama. Director: Leslie Norman. Stars Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Carole Ann Ford & Adam Faith. A barrister's wife, who is a psychiatrist, takes on one of the cases that he has failed to win. |
| Tue 23 Jul 19 | 04:50 | 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) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Hangman Waits | 1947. Thriller. Director: A. Barr-Smith. Stars John Turnbull & Hylton Allen. This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette is a story of grisly murders by a cinema organist. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 07:15 | The Detectives | Anatomy Of Fear. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 07:45 | The Final Test | 1954. Comedy. Director: Anthony Asquith. Stars Jack Warner, Robert Morley & George Relph. A cricketer looks forward to his last test match, but his son would rather write poetry than watch his innings |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 09:35 | The Southern Star | 1969. Comedy. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Stars George Segal, Ursula Andress & Orson Welles. Jules Verne's classic story of the world's largest diamond and the motley crew suspected of stealing it. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 11:45 | San Demetrio London | 1943. Drama. Directors: Charles Frend. Stars: Arthur Young, Walter Fitzgerald & Ralph Michael. A British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy must keep her afloat from a patrolling U-boat crew. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 13:45 | Nine, Dalmuir West | Kevin Brownlow's atmospheric homage to Glasgow's tram system follows the last tram to run in September 1962. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 14:00 | 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) |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 14:35 | Caesar and Cleopatra | 1946. Biopic. Director: Gabriel Pascal. Stars Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and Stewart Granger. Cleopatra has not been on the throne of the pharaohs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 17:05 | Great West End Theatres | Ambassador's Theatre. Donald Sinden heads backstage at the Ambassadors Theatre, where the production of Mousetrap began its West End run in 1952. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | RAF Midham. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads make their way up to Lancashire to train as nursing attendants. (S3, EP03) |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 18:30 | The Black Tent | 1956. Drama. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. Written by Bryan Forbes. Stars Donald Sinden, Anna-Maria Sandri & Anthony Steel. After the war, a young man sets out in search of his missing older brother. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 20:20 | Celebrity Crazy Cricket | … 1950s. Jon Pertwee, Richard Hearne, Tommy Cooper, Jerry Desmond, Edmundo Ros & Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Filmed in Edgware, Mr Pastry performs various routines & Tommy Cooper bats in his fez. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 20:30 | 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. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 21:30 | The Mob | 1951. Drama. Directed by Robert Parrish. Stars Betty Buehler, Broderick Crawford & Richard Kiley. An undercover cop poses as a dock worker in order to get the goods on the mobsters. |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 23:15 | Hell in the Pacific | 1968. Adventure. Directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune. During World War II, an American pilot and a Japanese navy captain are deserted on an island in the Pacific Ocean |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 01:20 | Nomads | 1986. Horror. Director: John McTiernan. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down & Anna Maria Monticelli. A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 03:10 | Action Stations | 1957. Drama. Directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring Paul Carpenter and Mary Martin. A forger flees to Spain but his daughter is kidnapped by a gang. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 24 Jul 19 | 04:10 | Home Sweet Home | 1945. Famous northern comedian Frank Randle stars in this comedy where his sweetheart's parents disapprove of him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 06:00 | 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) |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 07:45 | The Detectives | Armed And Dangerous. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 08:15 | The Great Steam Fair 1964 | A record of the 1964 Steam Fair held at White Waltham, Berks. Many famous pieces such as organs, traction engines and roundabouts were exhibited. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 08:35 | 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. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 10:20 | Cast a Dark Shadow | 1955. Thriller. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Starring Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh & Kathleen Harrison. A clever fortune-hunter with a penchant for murder kills his elderly, rich wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 12:00 | The History Of Mr Polly | 1949. Drama. Director: Anthony Pelissier. Stars John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott & Finlay Currie. Alfred reluctantly uses inherited money on two big ventures. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Monica Pt1. Stars Anna Cropper, Sylvia Kay and Hilary Mason. Monica Webster battles with her inner self at the bedsit, until she receives a welcomed visitor. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 14:30 | The Smallest Show On Earth | 1957. Comedy. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna & Bill Travers. A couple inherit a small cinema are shocked to find a decrepit building. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 16:10 | Spare the Rod | 1961. Drama. Director: Leslie Norman. Stars Max Bygraves, Geoffrey Keen & Donald Pleasence. A new teacher arrives at an East London school to find that his modern education methods are not welcome. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Marsh's Wife. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads are caught trying to get a closer look at the women of the camp. (S3, EP04) |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Time Without Pity | 1957. Crime. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing & Alec McCowan. David is an alcoholic who has 24 hours to save his son from being hanged for murder |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 20:15 | Nine, Dalmuir West | Kevin Brownlow's atmospheric homage to Glasgow's tram system follows the last tram to run in September 1962. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 20:30 | 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 25 Jul 19 | 21:30 | 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. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 23:50 | Loss of Innocence | (AKA: The Greengage Summer) 1961. Drama. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York & Jane Asher. A story of a girl's awakening from childhood. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 01:50 | House on Haunted Hill | 1959. Horror. Directed by William Castle. Starring Vincent Price & Carol Ohmart. A millionaire invites five people to a 'haunted house' party, and whoever makes it through the night earns $10,000. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 03:25 | Madron | 1970. Western. Director: Jerry Hopper. Stars Richard Boone, Leslie Caron & Gabi Amrani. A gunfighter and a French-Canadian nun who survived a massacre, set out on a trek to elude Apache warriors. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 05:15 | The Case of the… | …Battle-Horn. 1956. Comedy. Stars Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan & Dick Emery. Detectives from Scotland Yard are assigned to look into the disappearance of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn. |
| Thu 25 Jul 19 | 05:45 | The Farm 1938 | A walk around a beautiful Wessex farm in 1938 |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 06:00 | A Fire Has Been Arranged | 1935. Directed Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Rob Wilton. Two robbers hide their loot before spending 10 years in jail, but upon release they realise things have changed quite a bit in 10 years. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 07:20 | The Detectives | Bad Eye Rose Rosetti. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 07:50 | 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 |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 09:30 | Walter Forde In Walter The Sleuth | 1927. Comedy Drama. Directed by Walter Forde. Featuring Walter Forde, Pauline Peters & George Foley. Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 10:00 | The Gentle Sex | 1943. Drama. Directed by Leslie Howard. Stars Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, Lilli Palmer, Rosamund John & Joan Greenwood. During WW2, seven women find themselves in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 11:50 | The Long Duel | 1967. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews and Andrew Keir. An Indian tribal leader becomes a bandit to protest British oppression and tyranny. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Monica Pt2. Stars Anna Cropper, Sylvia Kay and Hilary Mason. Monica faces the toughest battle between love and vanity, as her relationship is constantly interrogated |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 14:30 | Address Unknown | 1944. Drama. Directed by William Cameron Menzies. Stars Paul Lukas, Carl Esmond & Peter Van Eyck. US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 16:00 | Hungry Hill | 1947. Drama. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price & Cecil Parker. Tragedy hits the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud that has lasted for 50 years. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | The Human Body. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Alice struggles to come to terms with the change in her living standards (S3, EP05) |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Light Up the Sky! | 1960. Comedy. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele & Benny Hill. British bittersweet comedy about misfits manning a British Army searchlight battery during the Blitz. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 20:15 | Screenagers! – Glimpses | Early 1960s documentary into the spending habit of 'screenagers' and the cinema goers of the 60s. Brilliant footage of 50s and 60s cinemas and the 'screenagers' themselves. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 20:30 | 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 |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Poor Cow | 1967. Kitchen sink drama by Ken Loach. Young mother Joy (Carol White) is forced to fend for herself when her brutal husband, Tom (Bindon), goes to jail. Can Joy find solace with Dave (Terence Stamp)? |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 23:30 | Blonde Fist | 1991. Drama. Director: Frank Clarke. Stars Margi Clarke, Carroll Baker, Ken Hutchison & Angela Clarke. Ronnie flees domestic life to find her father in New York, and ends up boxing to make ends meet. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 01:35 | Invasion of the Bee Girls | 1973. Sci-Fi Horror. Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri. A cosmic force is turning earth girls into queen bees who 'love' their men to death. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 03:20 | Honeymoon | 1947. Comedy. A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City. Starring Shirley Temple, Franchot Tone and Guy Madison. |
| Fri 26 Jul 19 | 04:45 | Date With Disaster | 1957. Crime drama directed by Charles Saunders and starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirely Eaton. One of the two owners of a car business plans to embezzle the company's funds. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Captain's Table | 1936. Crime drama starring Percy Marmont. On board a luxury liner, a passenger is murdered and suspects are plentiful. Can the Captain find the killer? (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 07:10 | Hawkeye | Delaware Hoax. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Bill Walker. The Delaware tribe, friends of Chingachcook, are framed for a murder they didn't commit. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 07:40 | Glimpses Kent in the 1970s | Made in 1976, we look at the architecture of Kent along with its styles, shops, high streets featuring superb aerial shots and a very young Prince Charles himself stars in this fascinating documentary |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 08:00 | The Flemish Farm | 1943. War drama. Directed by Jeffery Dell and starring Jane Baxter, Clifford Evans and Philip Friend. An injured pilot and his nurse are separated when Belgium surrenders to the Nazis. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 09:40 | The Big Job | 1965. Comedy. A gang of crooks are caught on a big job. 15 years later they find their loot is now buried under a police station. Stars Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery & Joan Sims. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 11:25 | Laughing Gravy | 1930. Comedy. Directed by James W Horne. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Charlie Hall. On a snowy winter's night, Laurel & Hardy try to keep their pet dog 'Laughing Gravy' hidden from their landlord |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 12:30 | Child's Play | 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) |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 13:50 | Hell Drivers | 1957. Drama. Directed by C. Raker Endfiled and stars Stanley Baker, David McCallum, Sid James and Sean Connery. Tom signs up as a 'Hell Driver', but the death-trap roads are the least of his problems. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 16:00 | Robbery Under Arms | 1957. Action. Directed by Jack Lee and starring Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis and Maureen Swanson. Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's (Finch) bushranger gang in 19th century Australia. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 18:00 | For Those In Peril | 1944. War Drama. Director: Charles Crichton. Stars David Farrar, Ralph Michael & Robert Wyndham. A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air – Sea Rescue instead. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 19:20 | Crooks In Cloisters | 1964. Comedy. Director: Jeremy Summers. Stars Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins & Melvyn Hayes. After pulling off the smallest train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 21:20 | Oklahoma Crude | 1973. Comedy. Director: Stanley Kramer. Stars: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills. In 1913 Oklahoma, Lena Doyle aided by her father, stubbornly drills for oil despite pressure to sell her land |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 23:35 | The Cat and the Canary | 1978. Thriller. Director Radley Metzger. Stars Honor Blackman, Michael Callan & Edward Fox. A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 01:35 | Bigger Than Life | 1956. Drama. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. A schoolteacher tries an experimental drug which changes his moods and personality. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 03:35 | History of Women in Film | Glimpses: Insightful documentary made in the 1960s looking at the journey of women in film and the creation of The Vamp. Stars Lillian Gish, Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich, Brigitte Helm and Mae West. |
| Sat 27 Jul 19 | 04:05 | I Lived With You | 1933. Drama. A penniless Russian Prince (Ivor Novello) is befriended by Ada (Ida Lupino) who takes him home to live with her folks. Co-written by Ivor Novello. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Tinker | 1949. Documentary. Gunther Krampf tells the story of young mining trainees. Tinker (Derek Smith), a Gipsy's son runs away and joins the mining school. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 07:15 | Hawkeye | The Coward. 1957. Director: Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Jonathan White. Tom and his father are attacked by Hurons. Tom runs away in fear leaving his wounded father behind. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 07:45 | Once In a New Moon | 1935. SCi-Fi. Stars Eliot Makeham, Rene Ray & Derrick de Marney. A small town gets dragged out into space and the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 09:05 | 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. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 09:15 | The Way Ahead | 1944. War. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard & David Niven. After a battalion suffers casualties at Dunkirk, the gaps in the ranks must be filled by 'call-ups'. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 11:30 | Shadows | The Future Ghost. Stars: Bernadette McKenna, Daphne Slater & Jane Wymark. A young Victorian woman travels to London to pursue a career in nursing. (S1, E01) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 12:30 | Glimpses Rode Safety | Made in 1955 by motorcycle experts, featuring International Six Days Trial winner Eric Wilson and legendary mechanic Nobby Clark. We see how motorcyclists deal with a with a variety of hazards. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 13:05 | Counter-Attack | 1945. Drama. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Stars Paul Muni, Marguerite Chapman & Larry Parks. A Russian paratrooper and eight Nazi soldiers are trapped inside the basement of a bombed-out building. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 14:55 | Brandy for the Parson | 1951. Comedy. A young couple on a boating holiday off the Kent coast get caught up in a smuggling racket. Starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey & Alfie Bass. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 16:30 | Whistle Down the Wind | 1961. Drama. Directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Bernard Lee, Alan Bates and Hayley Mills. Three young children encounter a murderer on the run. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 18:30 | For the Love of Ada | Housekeeping. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Walter creates trouble and is almost arrested for shoplifting in Leslie's supermarket. (S3, E03) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 19:00 | Halfway House | 1944. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns & Tom Walls. A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Case of The Dixon Torpedo. Stars: Ronald Hines, Derek Francis, Jacqueline Pearce. Petty crime and international espionage intertwine when two agencies hire one man to do their dirty work. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 22:00 | Fear is the Key | 1972. Thriller. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall & John Vernon. After the death of his family, John Talbot hatches an elaborate scheme to bring those responsible to justice. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 00:05 | Dr. Crippen | 1963. Horror. Directed by Robert Lynn. Starring Donald Pleasence & Coral Browne. The true story of Dr. Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for poisoning his wife so he could be with his younger lover. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 02:05 | Port of New York | 1949. Drama. Directed by Laslo Benedek. Stars Scott Brady, Yul Brynner & Richard Rober. Two narcotics agents go after murderous drug dealers who use the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 03:40 | Monster From Green Hell | 1957. Sci-fi. Directed by Kenneth G. Crane. A scientific expedition in Africa investigates wasps that have been exposed to radiation and mutated into giant, killing monsters. |
| Sun 28 Jul 19 | 05:00 | Flight From Vienna | 1956. Drama. Director: Denis Kavanagh. Stars John Bentley, Theodore Bikel & Donald Gray. When a Hungarian official asks for asylum in the west, he is forced to go back home to prove his sincerity (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
Jul 29th - Aug 04th
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TPTV Schedule Jul 29th – Aug 04th 2019
| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Tiger By The Tail | 1955. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. John Desmond, (Larry Parks) meets a mysterious woman (Lisa Daniely) who turns out to be part of a counterfeit ring and Desmond is caught up in the whole affair. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 07:40 | The Detectives | Time And Tide. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 08:10 | Innocents In Paris | 1953. Comedy. Director: Gordon Parry. Stars Margaret Rutherford, Alastair Sim, Jimmy Edwards & Ronald Shiner. A diverse group of people fly to Paris and find the city changes their lives in some way. |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 09:55 | Escape Route | 1952. Crime Drama. Directed by Seymour Friedman & Peter Graham Scott. Stars George Raft. Nuclear scientists are kidnapped. An FBI man and a British agent must find the culprit. Sally Gray's last film. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 11:30 | Crooked Sky | 1957. Crime drama directed by Henry Cass. An American detective & Scotland Yard must work together to crack a counterfeit gang. Stars Wayne Morris, Karin Booth and Anton Diffring. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 13:00 | Dick Powell Theatre | Out Of The Night. Stars Charles McGraw & Feto Scotti. In 1944, a revenge-obsessed pilot bombs a village to kill one man – who escapes. (S1, EP6) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Blazing Caravan. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Edgar Driver, Alan Robinson & Betty Carter. A Salesman turns murderer after learning that his client has just won the football pools. (S1, E4) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 14:35 | They Who Dare | 1954. War Drama. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Stars Dirk Bogarde & Denholm Elliott. In Greece during the war, British commando's and patriots are ordered to destroy two strategic German airfields. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 16:40 | The Hi-jackers | 1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O'Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Swimming. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Marsh promises revenge after being thrown around in first aid training. (S3, EP06) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 18:30 | SOS Pacific | 1959. Drama. Directed by Guy Green. Starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli & John Gregson. A seaplane fire forces its passengers, including a prisoner, to make a disastrous water landing. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 20:20 | All Done By Electricity | 1968. Documentary. Director: Edith & Francis Williams. An award-winning film that outlines the potential dangers of electricity in the home. Part of the Women Amateur Filmmakers collection. |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Hard Times. Stars Alfred Burke, Tenniel Evans & Keith Drinkel. A new 'home', a new 'office', and his first client. A day to remember – a day of trouble. |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 21:30 | The Running Man | 1963. Drama. Directed by Carol Reed. Stars Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates & Felix Aylmer. An insurance investigator is called when a plane goes down a day after his insurance policy expires. |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 23:35 | Poor Cow | 1967. Kitchen sink drama by Ken Loach. Young mother Joy (Carol White) is forced to fend for herself when her brutal husband, Tom (Bindon), goes to jail. Can Joy find solace with Dave (Terence Stamp)? |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 01:35 | Time Without Pity | 1957. Crime. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing & Alec McCowan. David is an alcoholic who has 24 hours to save his son from being hanged for murder |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 03:20 | The Wicked Lady | 1945. Drama. Directed by Leslie Arliss. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones & James Mason. 17th Century beauty Barbara Worth leads a double life to relieve her boredom. |
| Mon 29 Jul 19 | 05:25 | Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | 1930. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone. Laurel & Hardy get involved in a murder case after the death of Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 06:00 | 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. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 07:45 | The Detectives | The Old Gang. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 08:15 | Once A Jolly Swagman | 1949. Drama. Directed by Jack Lee. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Renee Asherson, Bill Owen & Sid James. A British factory worker loses his job in the 1930s to become a motorcycle racer. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 10:15 | Three Steps to the Gallows | 1953. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. American cargo ship Officer Stevens (Scott Brady), finds out that his brother is the frame-up victim of a smuggling gang and is due to be executed for murder. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 11:55 | Operation Amsterdam | 1958. War. Director: Michael McCarthy. Stars Peter Finch, Tony Britton & Eva Bartok. An English Major and two diamond experts plan to take diamonds from Amsterdam before the Nazis invade |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Dark Stairway. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Vincent Ball & George Manship. A blind man who is witness to a murder on a darkened stairway is asked to identify the killer. (S1, E5) |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 14:35 | 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. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 16:25 | Brandy for the Parson | 1951. Comedy. A young couple on a boating holiday off the Kent coast get caught up in a smuggling racket. Starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey & Alfie Bass. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Cards. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Richardson thinks he's landed on his feet after pulling a pretty redhead. (S4, EP01) |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 18:30 | Pygmalion | 1938. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Leslie Howard & Wendy Hiller. Higgins, an expert in the study of phonetics, bets that he can turn Eliza, a 'worthless guttersnipe', into a duchess. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 20:25 | The Ideal Home Exhibition March 1964 at Olympia – Glimpses | … 1964 at Olympia – Glimpses. A short Glimpse of The Ideal Home Exhibition in the 60s. Colour amateur footage, but a nice little insight. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. No Orchids for Marker. Stars Alfred Burke, Sylvia Coleridge & Joan Scott. A chance to make £1,000, an offer too good to refuse finds Marker all at sea. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Oklahoma Crude | 1973. Comedy. Director: Stanley Kramer. Stars: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway & John Mills. In 1913 Oklahoma, Lena Doyle aided by her father, stubbornly drills for oil despite pressure to sell her land |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 23:45 | Venus Peter | 1989. Drama. Director: Ian Sellar. Stars Ray McAnally, David Hayman, Sinead Cusack. A boyhood in a Scottish fishing town in Fife in the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 01:45 | Light Up the Sky! | 1960. Comedy. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Stars Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele & Benny Hill. British bittersweet comedy about misfits manning a British Army searchlight battery during the Blitz. |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 03:30 | Kipps | 1941. Comedy. Director: Carol Reed. Starring Michael Redgrave, Phyllis Calvert & Philip Frost. Based on H.G Wells' novel, Kipps the draper's apprentice falls in love with a girl above his station. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 30 Jul 19 | 05:15 | BFI: Waverley Steps | 1948. Factual. Director: John Eldridge. With visual grace, and wit, the film entwines a coalman's working day with students' revels by night, the proceedings of a court with the rituals of a courtship |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 06:00 | Danny Boy | 1941. Drama. A successful singer in America returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son have fallen on hard times. Starring David Farrar and Ann Todd. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 07:35 | The Detectives | The Prowler. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 08:05 | Androcles and the Lion | 1953. Drama. Starring Alan Young as Androcles, a Christian who lives in ancient Rome. Upon seeing a lion in severe pain, he manages to remove a massive thorn from the beast's paw. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 09:55 | Odd Man Out | 1947. Thriller. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Robert Newton, James Mason, Fay Compton & William Hartnell. Johnny McQueen, the idealist leader of an illegal organisation, has escaped from prison. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 12:15 | Spring In Park Lane | 1948. Comedy. Director Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding. Joshua Howard's niece suspects the new footman is not what he makes out to be. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. Late Night Final. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Colin Tapley, Terence Yorke & Frank Forsyth. An investigation into Joe Burrage unveils a thrilling tale of the man who died twice! (S1, E6) |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 14:35 | 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 31 Jul 19 | 16:50 | The Body Vanished | 1939. Drama. Directed by Walter Tennyson. Starring Anthony Hulme, C. Denier Warren & Ernest Sefton. This murder mystery poses the dilemma of a vanishing corpse. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 17:50 | Silent Comics | Short Documentary reflecting on the timeless works of silent comics Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Ben Turpin |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | New Roommate. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads are left stunned when they find the enemy asleep in their room (S4, EP02) |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 18:30 | The Browning Version | 1951. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Michael Redgrave. Crocker-Harris is a teacher at an English public school who must retire early due to ill health. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 20:20 | Seeing Motorcycles | 1970s film on the perils of being a motor cyclist on the road and tips on how to 'see' the motorcyclists. Brilliant shots of a 1970s England |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Fatted Calf. Stars Alfred Burke, Alun Armstrong & Peter Settelen. Marker's search for a young university student brings him face to a group of revolutionaries. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 21:30 | Butch & Sundance: The Early Days | 1979. Western. Director: Richard Lester. Stars Tom Berenger, William Katt, Peter Weller & Christopher Lloyd. A gang of bank robbers arrive in a small town disguised as preachers. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 23:40 | Fear is the Key | 1972. Thriller. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Barry Newman, Suzy Kendall & John Vernon. After the death of his family, John Talbot hatches an elaborate scheme to bring those responsible to justice. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 01:45 | Crooks In Cloisters | 1964. Comedy. Director: Jeremy Summers. Stars Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins & Melvyn Hayes. After pulling off the smallest train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 03:45 | The Square Ring | 1953. Drama. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed & Joan Collins. Follow the lives of five boxers and their reasons for getting to where they are now. |
| Wed 31 Jul 19 | 05:25 | Talking Pictures with Reina James | Reina James, the daughter of Sid James, celebrates her father's life and career. She discusses how few people knew Sid's real laugh, and how his name will live on for generations to come. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Gasbags | 1941. Comedy. Directed by Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel. Starring The Crazy Gang, Moore Marriott and Wally Patch. A mobile fish and chip shop is accidentally dragged to Nazi Germany. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 07:35 | The Detectives | Floating Face Down. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 08:05 | Strongroom | 1962. Crime. Two car breakers plan a bank robbery. When their hostages get locked in the bank's strongroom, they face becoming potential murderers. Starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon & Ann Lynn. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 09:40 | The Black Rider | 1954. Directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson and Lionel Jeffries. A local reporter discovers a group of enemy agents, but will the story get him promotion? (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 11:00 | Home and Away | 1956. Drama directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Jack Warner, Thora Hird, Harry Fowler and Kathleen Harrison. Based on 'The Huggetts' family rivalry when two sons win the football pools. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 12:40 | Child's Play | 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) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Miss Peebles and Mr Busby Pt1. Stars Graham Crowden, Anne Stallybrass and Sylvia Kay. Mr Busby, an eccentric elderly tenant, is accused of stealing from Miss Peebles. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 14:30 | When the Whales Came | 1989. Drama. Directed by Clive Rees. Stars Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, David Threlfall, David Suchet & Jeremy Kemp. Two children befriend an isolated old man who holds a terrible secret? (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 16:30 | Out of The Fog | 1962. Crime drama directed by Montgomery Tully. An ex-con is the prime suspect when a series of murders occur under a full moon. Every victim is a blonde young woman. Starring David Sumner (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 17:55 | Petula Clark – Glimpses | Glimpses: A behind the scene look at Petula Clark's working day in 1948, from a lost news piece. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Blackpool. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. The lads curse Alice for lumbering them with a selfish snoring nuisance. (S4, EP03) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Serious Charge | 1959. Drama. A new vicar (Anthony Quayle) falls foul of frustrated Hester (Sarah Churchill) as she backs up a false claim made by Larry (Andrew Ray) against the vicar. Cliff Richard sings Living Doll. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Lifer. Stars Alfred Burke, Norman Bird & Tony Calvin. An anonymous tip-off sets Marker on the trail of a man seeking vengeance for a crime committed ten years ago. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 21:30 | Circle of Deception | 1960. Drama. Directed by Jack Lee. Starring Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman & Harry Andrews. An agent is sent on a dangerous mission to mislead the Germans about the Normandy Landings of 1944. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 23:25 | Loss of Innocence | (AKA: The Greengage Summer) 1961. Drama. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York & Jane Asher. A story of a girl's awakening from childhood. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 01:25 | The Southern Star | 1969. Comedy. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Stars George Segal, Ursula Andress & Orson Welles. Jules Verne's classic story of the world's largest diamond and the motley crew suspected of stealing it. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 03:35 | Hungry Hill | 1947. Drama. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price & Cecil Parker. Tragedy hits the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud that has lasted for 50 years. |
| Thu 01 Aug 19 | 05:40 | 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. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Street Song | 1935. Musical. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. Stars John Garrick, Rene Ray & Wally Patch. Lucy & her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 07:20 | The Detectives | Trial By Fire. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 07:50 | Dry Rot | 1956. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Peggy Mount & Sid James. Three bookies attempt to recoup their losses by attempting to rig a horse race. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 09:35 | Girl In the Picture | 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) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 10:50 | No Way Back | 1949. Drama. A boxer (Terence de Marney) begins on a downward slide losing his wife and money. A childhood sweetheart helps him but complications set in. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 12:20 | To Dorothy A Son | 1954. Comedy. Directed by Muriel Box. Starring John Gregson, Shelley Winters & Peggy Cummins. Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex doesn't have any male heirs, if he does, he gets the cash (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Miss Peebles and Mr Busby Pt2. Stars Graham Crowden, Anne Stallybrass and Sylvia Kay. Miss Peebles patience wears thin with Mr Busby upstairs |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 14:30 | Sapphire | 1959. Murder mystery. Directed by Basil Dearden and stars Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell and Michael Craig. Superintendent Robert Hazard investigates a murder, which could be racially motivated. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 16:20 | Desert Mice | 1959. Comedy. Set in WW2, this is the story of an ENSA troupe of entertainers. Starring Sid James, Dora Bryan, Alfred Marks and Liz Fraser. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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, EP04) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | 1951. Starring Robert Newton, John Howard Davis, Sir Michael Hordern and Max Bygraves. A faithful rendition of the Thomas Hughes book of life at the famed Rugby School for Boys. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 20:25 | Rollercoaster – Glimpses | Experience the thrill of an early British rollercoaster first hand in this short film by John Seccombe |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Take No for an Answer. Stars Alfred Burke, Peter Childs & Richard Pearson. Hired to find a missing wife, Marker's enquiries lead him to unearth something in suburbia. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 21:30 | See No Evil | 1971. Thriller. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Stars Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey & Diane Grayson. A young blind woman, residing in the countryside with her family, is pursued by a killer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 23:20 | Whistle Down the Wind | 1961. Drama. Directed by Bryan Forbes and starring Bernard Lee, Alan Bates and Hayley Mills. Three young children encounter a murderer on the run. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 01:20 | Dr. Crippen | 1963. Horror. Directed by Robert Lynn. Starring Donald Pleasence & Coral Browne. The true story of Dr. Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for poisoning his wife so he could be with his younger lover. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 03:20 | The Golden Salamander | 1950. Drama. Directed by Ronald Neame. Stars Trevor Howard, Anouk Aimee & Herbert Lom. A British archaeologist is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate or turning a blind eye. |
| Fri 02 Aug 19 | 05:15 | Berth 24 | 1950. Director: J.B Holmes. With William Devlin and Richard Huson. First production of the new British Transport Film Unit. In the Hull Docks, the steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from Gothenburg with cargo |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Jazz Mad | 1941. Musical. Director: William Nigh. Stars Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes & Mary Healy. A vaudeville performer goes to college to spy on her son in this raucous spoof. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 07:15 | Hawkeye | The Ethan Allen Story. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Chris Wiggins. Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys are at war with the ruthless tax collectors. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 07:45 | The Music Box | 1932. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, Gladys Gale & Charlie Hall. Laurel and Hardy deliver a piano, but struggle to carry it up a flight of stairs. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 08:25 | Salute the Toff | 1952. Drama. Director: Maclean Rogers. Stars John Bentley and Carol Marsh. Based on the 1941 Novel. The sixth in the series featuring upper-class sleuth, Richard Rollison. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 10:00 | Panic In The Streets | 1950. Drama. Director: Elia Kazan. Stars Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Barbara Bel Geddes & Paul Douglas. A Doctor and Policeman have 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 12:30 | 64-Day Hero: A Boxer's Tale | Documentary. Gordon Williams on an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the life and death of Randolph Turpin, who held a world boxing title for 64 days. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 14:30 | 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. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 16:20 | The Extra Day | 1956. Comedy drama. Director William Fairchild. Stars Richard Baseheart, Simone Simon and George Baker. The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for a re-shoot. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 18:05 | High Tide | 1980. Thriller. A man just released from prison for manslaughter heads to the West Country to solve the mystery behind his victim's cryptic last words. Stars Ian McShane, Wendy Morgan & John Bird. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 20:00 | This Is My Street | 1964. Drama. Director Sidney Hayers. Stars Ian Hendry, June Ritchie and Avice Landone. A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger. Things go wrong when he longer wants to see her. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Mackenna's Gold | 1969. Adventure. Directed by J Lee Thompson. Stars Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif & Telly Savalas. A US Marshal is forced to lead a gang of bandits to a hidden valley of gold. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 00:35 | 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. |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 02:55 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | 1951. Drama. Directed by Albert Lewin. Starring James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick & Shelia Sim. Hendrick – the Flying Dutchman, has been cursed by god to wander over the sea until Doomsday. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 03 Aug 19 | 05:30 | Living With a Dog | Made in 1977 starring Jack Hargreaves and directed by Euan Hornett. Jack looks into what the characteristics and behaviour of domestic dogs, their breeds and which ones make good family members. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 06:00 | The Square Ring | 1953. Drama. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen, Maxwell Reed & Joan Collins. Follow the lives of five boxers and their reasons for getting to where they are now. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 07:40 | Hawkeye | The Witch. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Arch McDonnell. Someone is going to a lot of trouble to convince the townspeople that a witch has cursed them. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 08:10 | The Night We Dropped a Clanger | 1959. A Wing Commander (Brian Rix) is on a mission to find out about the flying bomb. Stars William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips, Leo Franklyn & Liz Fraser. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 09:55 | Laxdale Hall | 1952. Comedy. Car owners of a remote Scottish village refuse to pay road funds until a proper road has been built. Starring Ronald Squire, Fulton Mackay & Prunella Scales. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 11:30 | Shadows | After School. Stars: Gareth Thomas, Rhys Powys, Lyn Jones. Two boys stranded at school after hours, something tries to contact them. (S1, E02) |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 12:30 | Families Of The World – Glimpses | 1977. An educational introduction to 70s England. Meet the Newton family in Leeds and see Baim School & Elland Road. We also visit York, London & the Lake District. Ending in a brief look at Scotland. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 12:55 | Time, Gentlemen, Please! | 1952. Comedy. The Prime Minister is to visit Britain's perfect village. The residents want to send the local tramp to an almshouse. Stars Sid James, Eddie Byrne & Dora Bryan. Directed by Lewis Gilbert |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 14:35 | The Fast Lady | 1963. Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Stanley Baxter, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips & Julie Christie. Mr. Troon invests in a vintage Bentley to impress the daughter of a wealthy tycoon |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 16:35 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | 1958. Crime. Director Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Anthony Quaylea and Zsa Zsa Gabor. A barrister tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist for killing his bride, who was a U.S. spy. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 18:30 | For the Love of Ada | The Eviction. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Walter and Ada receive notice of eviction as the council intend to build a bypass where their house currently stands. (S3, E04) |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 19:00 | The Wicked Lady | 1945. Drama. Directed by Leslie Arliss. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Griffith Jones & James Mason. 17th Century beauty Barbara Worth leads a double life to relieve her boredom. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Woman in The Big Hat. Stars: Elvi Hale, Ann Beach, Una Stubbs. When a customer falls dead in a tea shop, Lady Molly searches for the mystery woman who had been seated at his table. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 22:00 | 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 innerself, during the German raids. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 00:10 | For Those In Peril | 1944. War Drama. Director: Charles Crichton. Stars David Farrar, Ralph Michael & Robert Wyndham. A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air – Sea Rescue instead. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 01:30 | The Running Man | 1963. Drama. Directed by Carol Reed. Stars Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates & Felix Aylmer. An insurance investigator is called when a plane goes down a day after his insurance policy expires. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 03:35 | Strongroom | 1962. Crime. Two car breakers plan a bank robbery. When their hostages get locked in the bank's strongroom, they face becoming potential murderers. Starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon & Ann Lynn. |
| Sun 04 Aug 19 | 05:10 | Musical Masquerade | 1946. Musical. A Lost British short detailing where a composer's inspiration comes from and The London Symphony Orchestra. |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 06:00 | The Galloping Major | 1951. Director: Henry Cornelius. Stars Basil Radford, Sidney James, Jimmy Hanley & Janette Scott. A retired British Major wants to get into horse racing but accidently buys the wrong horse. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 07:40 | The Detectives | Retirement Of Maria Muir. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 08:10 | Jackpot (1960) | 1960. Drama. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars William Hartnell, Betty McDowall & Eddie Byrne. An ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. A rare screening of a 'lost' film. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 09:30 | Emergency | 1962. Drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Dermot Walsh. When a young girl is knocked down there are only three donors of the same blood group. A frantic search to find the donors begins. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 10:45 | Man From Tangier | 1957. Drama. Directed by Lance Comfort. Starring Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni & Martin Benson. Chuck Collins finds himself involved in a passport and forgery racket, just through taking the wrong coat! (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 12:05 | The Return of Frank James | 1940. Western. Director: Fritz Lang. Stars Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney & Jackie Cooper. When Jesse James's murderers are set free, his brother Frank vows revenge. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 14:00 | 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) |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 14:35 | Odd Man Out | 1947. Thriller. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Robert Newton, James Mason, Fay Compton & William Hartnell. Johnny McQueen, the idealist leader of an illegal organisation, has escaped from prison. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 16:55 | Castle Sinister | 1947. Drama. During the war, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Directed by Oscar Burn. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Glimpses Kent in the 1970s | Made in 1976 we look at the architecture of Kent along with its styles, shops, high streets. Featuring superb aerial shots and a very young Prince Charles himself stars in this fascinating documentary |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 18:50 | Silent Dust | 1949. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Stephen Murray, Beatrice Campbell & George Woodbridge. A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead veteran son |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Fit of Conscience. Stars Alfred Burke, Paul Kermack & Margaret Whiting. An enquiry into a bribe of a public servant uncovers deeper issues for Marker. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 21:30 | The Face Of Fu Manchu | 1965. Thriller. Directed by Don Sharp. Starring Christopher Lee, Nigel Green and Howard Marion-Crawford. New murders alert Officier Nayland Smith to the possibility that Fu Manchu may not be dead. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 23:20 | See No Evil | 1971. Thriller. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Stars Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey & Diane Grayson. A young blind woman, residing in the countryside with her family, is pursued by a killer. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 01:10 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | 1948. Biography. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring Granger, Joan Greenwood & Flora Robson. A young woman marries Prince George but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for a Swedish Count. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 03:10 | Time Is My Enemy | 1954. Drama. Director: Don Chaffey. Stars Dennis Price, Renee Asherson, Susan Shaw, William Franklyn & Patrick Barr. A re-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she believed was dead. |
| Mon 05 Aug 19 | 04:25 | 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) |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Lady Of Deceit | 1947. Crime Drama. A calculating divorcee risks all by getting involved with a hot-headed murderer. Stars Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney. Directed by Robert Wise. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 07:50 | The Detectives | Scalpel. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 08:20 | 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) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 09:55 | Profile | 1954. Drama directed by Francis Searle and starring John Bentley, Kathleen Byron and Thea Gregory. The editor of a magazine (John Bentley) is keen on the boss's daughter but her mother is keen on him. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 11:15 | Born Of The Sea | Born Of The Sea 1949. A mysterious baby is found in a boat at sea. Where is he from? A charming portrait of a small coastal community in Coverack. Stars Dorothea Paul Directed by Anthony Mavrogordato (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 12:10 | It's Great to be Young | 1956. Musical. John Mills stars as a well-loved teacher in this gentle musical comedy portraying life in the 1950s British classroom and the school jazz band. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 14:00 | 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) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 14:35 | Lost Horizon (1973) | 1973. Adventure. Director: Charles Jarrott. Stars Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann & Sally Kellerman. After escaping war torn china, a plane crash leaves people secluded on Shangri-La. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 17:25 | The Stable Door | 1966. Directed by Pat Jackson. Stars: Harry Fowler.Jack MacGowran, Dandy Nichols. A criminal gang conspire to rob a warehouse. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 18:30 | The Admirable Crichton | 1957. Comedy. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker & Sally Ann Howes. A Lord, his family and servants are stranded on an Island where class is rendered redundant. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 20:30 | Public Eye | 1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. Unlucky for Some. Stars Alfred Burke, Jennifer Daniel & John Quayle. Marker bows out with a strange and intriguing case involving two Villians. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 21:30 | White Water Summer | 1987. Adventure. Director: Jeff Bleckner. Stars Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin & Jonathan Ward. A wilderness guide leads a group of teenagers on their first outdoor adventure. But tragedy strikes |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 23:20 | When the Whales Came | 1989. Drama. Directed by Clive Rees. Stars Paul Scofield, Helen Mirren, David Threlfall, David Suchet & Jeremy Kemp. Two children befriend an isolated old man who holds a terrible secret. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 01:20 | Invasion of the Bee Girls | 1973. Sci-Fi Horror. Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri. A cosmic force is turning earth girls into queen bees who 'love' their men to death. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 03:05 | The Missing Scientists | 1955. Thriller. Directed by Steve Sekely. Stars Paul Campbell, Irene Papas & Kurt Kreuger. Two international atomic scientists working in London go missing in mysterious circumstances. |
| Tue 06 Aug 19 | 04:05 | The Browning Version | 1951. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Michael Redgrave. Crocker-Harris is a teacher at an English public school who must retire early due to ill health. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 06:00 | We Joined The Navy | 1962. Comedy. Director: Wendy Toye. Stars Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien & Mischa Auer. Lt Commander Badger, RN: has one besetting sin. The honesty to say the right thing at the wrong time! |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 08:00 | The Detectives | Other Cheek. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 08:30 | Beyond Christmas | 1940. Drama. Directed by A Edward Sutherland. Stars Harry Carey, C. Aubrey Smith & Charles Winninger. The ghosts of three victims of an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 10:10 | Highlights Of Variety – 1938 | More from the famous Bell & Howell Music Hall, in this episode we see Ernest Shannon, Sam Browne singing 'The Glory Of Love' and G. Melvin and The Cornona Kids! You can't beat the old fleecy lined! |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 10:25 | Dateline Diamonds | 1965. Directed By Jeremy Summers. Comedy musical stars The Small Faces, The Chantelles and Kiki Dee. Lester Benson (Kenneth Cope) the manager of top rock band The Small Faces, is hiding a secret. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 11:55 | The History of Rover | 1950s. Insightful glimpse into the history of the Rover Motorcar from its creation and concept to the racetracks and streets. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 12:10 | Folly To Be Wise | 1952. Comedy. Stars Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan & Roland Culver. Newly arrived Army Chaplin, Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 14:00 | 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) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 14:35 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | 1959. Crime. Director Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Anthony Quaylea and Zsa Zsa Gabor. A barrister tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist for killing his bride, who was a U.S. spy. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 16:30 | Those People Next Door | 1953. Drama. Directed by John Harlow and starring Jack Warner, Charles Victor, Jimmy James & Anthony Newley. A young man's titled parents object to his working-class fiance. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Time Is My Enemy | 1954. Drama. Director: Don Chaffey. Stars Dennis Price, Renee Asherson, Susan Shaw, William Franklyn & Patrick Barr. A re-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she believed was dead. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 19:45 | Playing In The Road | Made in 1947 by the Petroleum Film Bureau. Directed By Michael Law. A Road Safety film on the dangers of playing in the roads of London in 1947. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 20:00 | This Is My Street | 1964. Drama. Director Sidney Hayers. Stars Ian Hendry, June Ritchie and Avice Landone. A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger. Things go wrong when he longer wants to see her. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | Rabid Dingo: Shock Horror. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Anna Nygh, Sylvester Williams. Lytton tries to dig up dirt on an Australian tycoon interested in buying the Daily Post. (S1, E01) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 23:00 | The League of Gentlemen | 1960. Crime Drama. Director: Basil Dearden. Stars Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick & Roger Livesey. Ex-army men are recruited for a bank robbery plan that requires military precision. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 01:15 | Circle of Deception | 1960. Drama. Directed by Jack Lee. Starring Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman & Harry Andrews. An agent is sent on a dangerous mission to mislead the Germans about the Normandy Landings of 1944. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 03:10 | It Happened In Soho | 1948. Drama. Director: Frank Chisnell. Stars Richard Murdoch, Patricia Raine & Henry Oscar. Murder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl. |
| Wed 07 Aug 19 | 04:10 | Port Afrique | 1956. Drama. Directed by Rudolph Mate. Stars Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, James Hayter & Anthony Newley. An ex-army flier comes home to find his wife dead and suspects murder. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Valley Of Eagles | 1951. Adventure. A scientist invents a formula that converts waves into energy. His wife steals the formula and the scientist pursues her across the frozen tundra. Starring Jack Warner & Nadia Gray. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 07:40 | The Detectives | Duty date. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 08:10 | Third Alibi | 1961. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Laurence Payne, Patricia Dainton. A married composer finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister has resulted in her death. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 09:30 | And The Same To You | 1959. Comedy starring Sid James, Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Tommy Cooper and Vera Day. The boxing-mad nephew of a pious clergyman embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his boxing career a secret. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 11:00 | The Pursuers | 1961. Drama. Directed by Godfrey Grayson. Stars Cyril Shaps, Francis Matthews, Susan Denny & Sheldon Lawrence. Concentration camp prisoners form an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 12:15 | Cheaper By The Dozen | 1950. Comedy. Director: Walter Lang. Stars Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain & Betty Lynn. Based on a true story. Follow Frank Gilbreth and his wife Lillian, as they raise their 12 children. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Jo and Anne Pt1. Stars Susan Skipper, Sally Watts, Brian Protheroe. When Anne's roommate meets a new man, trouble starts between them. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 14:30 | The Fast Lady | 1963. Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Stanley Baxter, James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips & Julie Christie. Mr. Troon invests in a vintage Bentley to impress the daughter of a wealthy tycoon |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 16:30 | Where There's A Will | 1936. Comedy. Directed by William Beaudine. Stars Will Hay, Graham Moffatt & Norma Varden. An incompetent solicitor is taken in by American thieves & unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Little Venice Boat Afloat Show 1964 | Visit Little Venice in 1964. See the water skeeter boats and experience the 60s boat show, complete with show house and see the Amphicar in action! |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 18:40 | 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 08 Aug 19 | 20:00 | Liverpool & London in 1930 – Glimpses | Filmed in 1930s we start our journey in our Austin 7 on the road to Liverpool, see the trains and the docks, then on to London and the zoo, then the dales of Derbyshire – a proper British rainy summer |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 20:15 | French Dressing | 1964. Comedy. Director: Ken Russell. Stars James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell. Gormleigh-on-Sea is a quiet seaside resort, until a French sex symbol attempts to make it the new St Tropez. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | Daddy's Girls. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Anna Nygh, Bernard Archard. Lytton runs a straightforward story about a banker's teenage daughter and her relationship with a record producer. (S1, E02) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 23:00 | Sudden Fear | 1952. Drama. Directed by David Miller. Stars Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame & Bruce Bennett. After an actor marries a rich playwright, he plots with his mistress how to get rid of her. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 01:15 | Road Hogs 1932: Glimpses | 1932. Directed by Norman Taurog. Emily La Rue (Alison Skipworth) and her partner, Rollo (W. C. Fields), are very content until one dog, a Road Hog and a donation of $1 million change their lives. |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 01:30 | Walk on the Wild Side | 1962. Drama. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Laurence Harvey, Capucine & Jane Fonda. A young Texan leaves his depression-ravaged town for New Orleans in search of his lost love. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 03:40 | The Hellions | 1961. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin. Stars Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser & Marty Wilde. Luke and his sons ride into a small South African settlement in search of revenge |
| Thu 08 Aug 19 | 05:20 | The End of the Line (1966) | By Michael Farnham, made in July of 1966, we look at Cornwall and surrounding areas. Great shots of 60s England, cars & high streets. We also meet many local characters and discuss their way of life. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Kill Me Tomorrow | 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Tommy Steele & Pat O'Brien. Crosbie is sacked, but needs his job to fund an operation for his son, only to find his old editor has been murdered. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 07:40 | The Detectives | Tobey's Place. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 08:40 | Vicious Circle | 1957. Thriller. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars John Mills, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries & Noelle Middleton. Howard finds himself in a predicament after he finds an actress murdered in his flat. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 10:20 | Port Afrique | 1956. Drama. Directed by Rudolph Mate. Stars Pier Angeli, Philip Carey, Dennis Price, James Hayter & Anthony Newley. An ex-army flier comes home to find his wife dead and suspects murder. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 12:10 | 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. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Jo and Anne Pt2. Stars Susan Skipper, Sally Watts, Bill Dean. Anne is so busy looking for people to care about she misses what's right in front of her. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 14:30 | The Extra Day | 1956. Comedy drama. Director William Fairchild. Stars Richard Baseheart, Simone Simon and George Baker. The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for a re-shoot. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 16:15 | Private Life Of Oliver | … Eighth. 1934. Comedy. Director: Lloyd French. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jack Barty & Mae Busch. Laurel and Hardy both reply to a wealthy widow's newspaper ad searching for a new husband. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 16:45 | Gaolbreak | 1962. Directed by Francis Searle and starring Peter Reynolds, Avice Landon and David Kernan. A mother and her two sons run a newsagents as a front for their criminal activity. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard | 1939. Detective Drama. Directed by Fred Elles. Starring Mary Clare, Edward Lexy & Nigel Patrick. A woman detective sets about solving the murder of people who have all frequented the same medium. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 19:45 | Lancashire, Home of Industry – Glimpses | Glimpses: 1930s The History of Lancashire's Industries. We go down the pits, see inside a Cotton factory, Paper Mill, Hat Factory, Glass works, Wireless sets factory, ship building, aeroplanes & more |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 20:00 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | 1966. Adventure. Director: Don Sharp. Stars: Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer, Heinz Drache. Fu Manchu and his army are kidnapping daughters of brilliant scientists to demand ransom. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 21:55 | London's West End in 1947 – Glimpses | A professionally shot short of Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Oxford Street, Regent Street, Speakers Corner, Hyde Park Corner and Buckingham Palace |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | The Lady in the Mask. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Pamela Salem, Jeremy Sinden. Stung by criticism that his column is getting 'tepid', Lytton looks to spice things up a bit. (S1, E03) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 23:00 | Royal Flash | 1975. Adventure. Directed by Richard Lester. Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates & Florinda Bolkan. The highly ambitious Harry Flashman is coerced by Otto von Bismark into impersonating a prince (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 01:05 | The Hellions | 1961. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin. Stars Richard Todd, Anne Aubrey, Lionel Jeffries, Ronald Fraser & Marty Wilde. Luke and his sons ride into a small South African settlement in search of revenge |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 02:45 | Orders Are Orders | 1954. Comedy. An American film crew are making a film in a British army camp, but the soldiers chase the film unit's girls. Starring Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers. |
| Fri 09 Aug 19 | 04:20 | Not Wanted On Voyage | 1957. Comedy. The rollicking adventures of two stewards aboard a pleasure cruiser. Starring Ronald Shiner and Brian Rix. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Date | Time | Programme | |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 06:00 | The Limping Man | 1953. Crime. Frank (Lloyd Bridges), an American, returns to England to see his war-time sweetheart (Moira Lister) but witnesses a shooting whilst leaving the plane. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 07:30 | Hawkeye | The Medicine Man. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Dickson Kerwin. Hawkeye and Chingachcook find Wenatchgo, an old and respected medicine man. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 08:00 | Girdle of Gold | 1952. Comedy directed by Montgomery Tully and filmed at Nettlefold. Starring Esmond Knight and Maudie Edwards. A husband hides a fortune in his wife's girdle, only for the girdle to go 'missing'. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 09:15 | London Entertains | 1951. Musical Comedy. Director E J Fancey. Starring Eamonn Andrews and the Goons. A Tour conducted by Eamonn Andrews around the Battersea Festival to a BBC Studio to hear The Goons of radio fame. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 10:15 | The Boy Who Stole a Million | 1960. Comedy. Directed by Charles Crichton. Stars Maurice Reyna, George Coulouris & Warren Mitchell. In this British made film, a young lad working in a bank 'borrows' a million to fix his dad's taxi. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 12:30 | Angel Who Pawned Her Harp | 1954. Drama starring Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento and Jerry Desmond. A beautiful angel is sent to The Angel, London, to help people with problems, but she has no money to support herself. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | 1948. Bio. Directors: Anthony Kimmins. Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Morland Graham. In the Jacobite Rising, Bonnie Prince Charlie leads a rebellion to restore his family to the throne. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 16:15 | Arabian Adventure | 1979. Adventure. Director Kevin Connor. Stars Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias. An evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 18:15 | Ransom | 1975. Action. Director: Casper Wrede. Stars: Sean Connery, Ian Mcshane, John Quentin. Three accomplices are besieged in the Scandinavian British Embassy holding the British ambassador hostage. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 20:05 | The Hasty Heart | 1949. War. Director Vincent Sherman. Stars Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal. The final days of WW2, in Burma. A wounded corporal watches as fellow soldiers pack up to return home. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 22:10 | The Driver | 1978. Action. Director: Walter Hill. Stars Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani. A top cop, and the best getaway driver faceoff against each other in the ultimate cat and mouse. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 00:00 | The Looking Glass War | 1970. Action. Director: Frank R Pierson. Stars Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark & Ralph Richardson. From the John le Carre novel; a British spy sends a Polish defector to East Germany on a mission (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 02:10 | Nomads | 1986. Horror. Director: John McTiernan. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Lesley-Anne Down & Anna Maria Monticelli. A French anthropologist specializing in nomadic groups moves to Los Angeles with his wife. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 04:00 | Torquay in 1933 | A charming look at Torquay and surrounding areas in the 30s. Torre Abbey Sands, Corbyn Head, Babbacombe, Thatcher's Rock, Oddicombe and finally we travel up The River Dart approaching Totnes. |
| Sat 10 Aug 19 | 04:15 | Who Goes There! | 1952. Comedy. Directed by Anthony Kimmins. Stars Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson & Peggy Cummins. A private in the Guards is forced to leave his girlfriend in the empty house of a civil servant. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 06:00 | The Gilded Cage | 1955. Directed by John Gilling and starring Alex Nicol. Two brothers are embroiled in a racket to smuggle a valuable painting. When a murder is committed they must try and clear their names. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 07:30 | Hawkeye | The Servant. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Leonard Ontkean. Hawkeye and Chingachgook find a young Irish girl, Bridget, alone in the woods. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 08:00 | 1957 The Apollon, Newcastle – Glimpses | Historical footage of the Apollon Cargo ship built in Newcastle by John Redhead and sons, we follow its very first sea voyage. Great shots of Newcastle docks, shipyards & surrounding areas in the 50s. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 08:15 | Stranger In Town | 1957. Drama. Directed George Pollock. Starring Alex Nicol, Anne Paige & Mary Laura Wood. In a sleepy village, a composer is shot dead and a woman is found gassed. Who killed them and why? |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 09:45 | The Villain (1979) | 1979. Comedy. Directed by Hal Needham. Stars Kirk Douglas, Arnold Schwarzenegger & Ann-Margret. A bank robber makes a deal with a corrupt banker to avoid execution in exchange for a dirty assignment. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 11:30 | Shadows | The Witches Bottle. Stars: Wendy Gifford, Neville Barber, Georgina Kean. Teenager Jill visits an old cottage once occupied by another named Jill three hundred years before. (S1, E03) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1976. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 12:30 | Operation Amsterdam | 1958. War. Director: Michael McCarthy. Stars Peter Finch, Tony Britton & Eva Bartok. An English Major and two diamond experts plan to take diamonds from Amsterdam before the Nazis invade |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 14:30 | Chain of Events | 1958. Drama. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw & Lisa Gastoni. A clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 15:45 | 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 innerself, during the German raids. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 17:55 | The Stable Door | 1966. Directed by Pat Jackson. Stars: Harry Fowler.Jack MacGowran, Dandy Nichols. A criminal gang conspire to rob a warehouse. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 18:30 | For the Love of Ada | A Lunchtime Drink. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Walter and Leslie sneak off to the pub for a Sunday drink, to Ruth and Ada's disapproval (S3, E05) |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 19:00 | The Angel With A Trumpet | 1950. Drama. Director: Anthony Bushell. Stars Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney & Norman Wooland. A girl is forced to marry for the sake of the family, rather than for love, which causes her great pain. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Affair of The Tortoise. Stars: Peter Barkworth, Cyd Hayman, Esmond Knight. To solve the murder an official from Haiti, PI Martin Hewitt has several pieces of evidence to consider. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Billy Liar | 1963. Comedy. Director: John Schlesinger. Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie & Wilfred Pickles. A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 00:00 | Three Came Home | 1950. True story of a woman imprisoned in several Japanese war camps. She struggles to protect her young son. Stars Claudette Colbert. |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 02:05 | Captain Apache | 1971. Western. Stars Lee Van Cleef, Carroll Baker & Stuart Whitman. A Native American becomes an Army officer tasked with investigating a murder. His only clue is buried in the victim's final words |
| Sun 11 Aug 19 | 03:55 | The History Of Mr Polly | 1949. Drama. Director: Anthony Pelissier. Stars John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott & Finlay Currie. Alfred reluctantly uses inherited money on two big ventures. |
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| DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Greed of William Hart | 1948. Horror. Directed by Oswald Mitchell and screenplay by John Gilling. Set in Edinburgh in the 1800s and starring Tod Slaughter as William Hart the infamous body broker. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 07:30 | The Detectives | Legend Of Jim Riva. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 08:30 | 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) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 10:20 | 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. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 12:05 | Highlights Of Variety – 1938 | More from the famous Bell & Howell Music Hall, in this episode we see Ernest Shannon, Sam Browne singing 'The Glory Of Love' and G. Melvin and The Cornona Kids! You can't beat the old fleecy lined! |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 12:20 | Daybreak | 1948. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Ann Todd, Eric Portman & Maxwell Reed. Tragedy strikes when a hangman's assistant gets into a fight after he tries to seduce his boss's wife. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. Passenger to Tokyo. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Kenneth Henry, Ken Marshall & Peter Penn. An unusual operation helps track down the killer of a wealthy woman sent to Tokyo in a trunk. (S1, E10) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 14:35 | Waterfront | 1950. Drama. Directed by Michael Anderson. Stars Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Richard Burton & Susan Shaw. A sailor leaves his family to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 16:15 | Derby Day | 1952. Drama. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers & John McCallum. On the morning of the Epsom Derby, a disparate group of people prepare to go to the races. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Flying 55 | 1939. Crime. Director: Reginald Denham. Stars Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring. This is an exciting tale of double crossing and blackmail in the horse racing world. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 19:55 | Sunshine Island – Glimpses | 1939. Sunshine Island. Documentary short exploring the island of Madeira told from the perspective of a sea captain. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 20:20 | Boys in Brown | 1949. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Richard Attenborough, Jack Warner & Dirk Bogarde. The governor of a borstal institution tries to reform a group of juvenile delinquents. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | Tricks of the Trade. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Anna Nygh, Bernard Archard. Lytton learns about a crooked politician working a shady export deal with moneyed interests from the Middle East (S1, E04) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 23:00 | Jack The Ripper | Part 1 of 2. 1988. Drama. Stars Michael Caine, Armand Assante & Ray McAnally. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline is assigned to investigate the murder of a prostitute in the East End of London. |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 01:00 | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | 1970. Drama. Director: Russ Meyer. Stars Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom & John LaZar. Three girls go to Hollywood to make it big but find only a scene of debauchery, drugs and rock 'n' roll |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 03:05 | Dick Powell Theatre | Three Soldiers. Starring Telly Savalas & James Donald. After Sgt. Marius is captured by the enemy in an Asian war zone, two very different soldiers share their memories of him (S1, EP11) |
| Mon 12 Aug 19 | 04:05 | Pygmalion | 1938. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Leslie Howard & Wendy Hiller. Higgins, an expert in the study of phonetics, bets that he can turn Eliza, a 'worthless guttersnipe', into a duchess. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Sailors Don't Care | 1940. Comedy. Directed by Oswald Mitchell. Boat building father and son (Edward Rigby and Tom Gamble) join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 07:35 | The Detectives | Shadow Of His Brother. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 08:35 | Narrowing Circle | 1955. Crime drama directed by Charles Saunders and starring Paul Carpenter and Hazel Court. A magazine crime writer is passed over for promotion by a rival who also steals the girl, but is murdered. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 09:55 | The Man Upstairs | 1958. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Bernard Lee & Richard Attenborough. The breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological film. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 11:40 | The Long Duel | 1967. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews and Andrew Keir. An Indian tribal leader becomes a bandit to protest British oppression and tyranny. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1955. Night Plane to Amsterdam. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Gerald Case, Shay Gorman, Selma Vas Dias & Andreas Malandrinos. The case of a murder which baffled the police of two countries. (S1, E11) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 14:35 | The Angel With A Trumpet | 1950. Drama. Director: Anthony Bushell. Stars Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney & Norman Wooland. A girl is forced to marry for the sake of the family, rather than for love, which causes her great pain. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 16:35 | Nine Men | 1943. War. Director: Harry Watt. Stars Gordon Jackson, Jack Lambert & Frederick Piper. British soldiers are attacked when travelling across the desolate wastes of WW2 Libya in this Ealing Studios film |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 18:00 | 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) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 18:30 | 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. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 20:10 | 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. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | The Silly Season. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Jean Kent, Robert Cartland. With material in short supply during the summer, Lytton reluctantly considers a book by a Swedish actress. (S1, E05) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 23:00 | Jack The Ripper | Part 2 of 2. 1988. Drama. Stars Michael Caine, Armand Assante & Ray McAnally. The killer is nicknamed 'Jack the Ripper' after a letter is forwarded to Scotland Yard. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 01:00 | No Sex Please – We're British | 1973. Comedy. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid & Arthur Lowe. A shop owner's order is mixed up in transit and sent to Barclays Bank. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 02:45 | The Return of Frank James | 1940. Western. Director: Fritz Lang. Stars Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney & Jackie Cooper. When Jesse James's murderers are set free, his brother Frank vows revenge. |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 04:35 | Smart Alec | 1951. Drama. Director: John Guillermin. Stars Peter Reynolds, Leslie Dwyer, Mercy Haystead & Charles Hawtrey. An unscrupulous bounder is to become the heir to a large fortune. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Tue 13 Aug 19 | 05:45 | Sally Visits Kew | In 1948 A Young Sally visits Kew and the Royal Botanical Gardens, a delightful, colourful short film showing the beauty of Kew. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Not Wanted On Voyage | 1957. Comedy. The rollicking adventures of two stewards aboard a pleasure cruiser. Starring Ronald Shiner and Brian Rix. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 07:40 | The Detectives | A Barrel Full Of Moneys. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 08:40 | Crow Hollow | 1952. Drama. Directed by Michael McCarthy. Starring Natasha Parry & Donald Houston. In a spooky mansion, one of three sinister spinsters tries to poison her nephew's wife to steal a large inheritance. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 10:00 | Rooney | 1958. Comedy. Directed by George Pollock. Stars John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow & Barry Fitzgerald. The life of Rooney, a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends and a Dublin rubbish collector during the week. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 11:45 | Remembering John Gregson | We speak exclusively to some of John's children and his wife, Thea Gregson, sharing their personal memories of this wonderful man who is sorely missed. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 12:10 | Woman in a Dressing Gown | 1957. Anthony Quayle & Sylvia Syms star in this British drama about marital strife. Fed up with his wife's (Yvonne Mitchell) frumpy appearance, long-married Jim begins an affair. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Scotland Yard | 1955. The Stateless Man. Director: Paul Gherzo. Stars Frank Leighton, Robin Wentworth, Theodore Wilhelm, Tom Clegg, May Hallett & Anna Doran. A crime in London's dockland baffles the police. (S1, E12) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 14:35 | White Cradle Inn | 1947. Drama. Director: Harold French. Stars Michael Rennie & Madeleine Carroll. During the war, many children were evacuated beneath the Swiss Alps, one of which is billeted with the local Inn owners. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 16:20 | Meet Mr Lucifer | 1953. Comedy. Director: Anthony Pelissier. Starring Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins & Jack Watling. A television given as a retirement present is sold on to different houses, causing misery each time |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Labrador. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Marsh recounts his heroic act at a church 'Meet the Celebrity' afternoon (S5, E06) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 18:30 | 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. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 20:25 | 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. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 21:45 | Petticoat Lane, London in the 50s | Glimpses: Directed by JB Grainger around the late 1950s. The empty market in the early morning; barrows being wheeled in, people bringing their goods in taxis, others carrying parcels. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | Come-Uppance. 1985. Stars: Peter Bowles, Anna Nygh, Fiona Mollison. When a group run amok in a small village, Lytton suspects it's more than a case of simple hooliganism. (S1, E06) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 23:00 | The Chairman | 1969. Action. Director: J Lee Thompson. Stars Gregory Peck, Anne Haywood and Conrad Yama. A scientist goes to China to steal a formula for an experimental enzyme with enormous practical benefits. |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 01:00 | They Who Dare | 1954. War Drama. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Stars Dirk Bogarde & Denholm Elliott. In Greece during the war, British commando's and patriots are ordered to destroy two strategic German airfields. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 03:05 | Dick Powell Theatre | A Swiss Affair. Starring Hazel Court & Cecil Kellaway. A scientist aboard a Swiss train is pursued by the spies of three different nations, they all want his information but who is who?. (S1, EP12) |
| Wed 14 Aug 19 | 04:05 | It's Great to be Young | 1956. Musical. John Mills stars as a well-loved teacher in this gentle musical comedy portraying life in the 1950s British classroom and the school jazz band. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 06:00 | My Job | Shot by Dick Howett and Directed by BBC Sound man, Wilf Watters, an insightful short of life in the BBC Newsroom. From delivery of footage to playout on air and all the reels in between! 1950s/60s. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 06:15 | Police Dog | 1955. Drama. Starring Joan Rice, Tim Turner & Sandra Dorne. When his colleague is shot dead by a burglar, PC Frank Mason vows for justice. After becoming a dog-handler, he finds a new partner. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 07:45 | The Detectives | Lucky Break. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 08:45 | You Pay Your Money | 1957. Crime Drama. A rogue smuggler enters a murky world when his wife is kidnapped. Directed by Maclean Rogers. Starring Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton and Honor Blackman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 10:00 | The Rake's Progress | 1945. Drama. Directed by Sidney Gilliat. Stars Rex Harrison, Jean Kent & Lilli Palmer. A young Englishman flunks out of Oxford & decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goals. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 12:20 | Once A Sinner | 1950. Drama. A lowly bank clerk marries a good time girl but she two-times him for her old crooked boyfriend (Sydney Tafler). Starring Jack Watling, Pat Kirkwood and Thora Hird. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Dorothy and Clive Pt1. Stars Brian Marshall, Sylvia Kay, Doran Godwin. Dorothy and Clive take a break as they are going through a rough patch. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 14:30 | Ransom | 1975. Action. Director: Casper Wrede. Stars: Sean Connery, Ian Mcshane, John Quentin. Three accomplices are besieged in the Scandinavian British Embassy holding the British ambassador hostage. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 16:20 | Two Way Stretch | 1960. Comedy. Directed by Robert Day. Stars Peter Sellers, David Lodge & Bernard Cribbins. Dodger Lane intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 18:00 | Get Some In! | Operation Greenfly. 1978. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Ruark sends four survivors to an island a week before a rescue exercise (S5, E07) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 18:30 | Chain of Events | 1958. Drama. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw & Lisa Gastoni. A clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 19:45 | 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. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | The Ends & the Means. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Fiona Mollison, Holly De Jong. After a succesfull government official commits suicide, Lytton can't help but wonder why. (S2, E01) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 23:00 | The Day Of The Triffids | 1962. Sci-Fi. A spectacular meteor storm blinds the world, except Bill. He, and a few others, must battle with flesh eating plants. Starring Nicole Maurey, Howard Keel, Janette Scott and Kieron Moore. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 01:00 | Lost Horizon (1973) | 1973. Adventure. Director: Charles Jarrott. Stars Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann & Sally Kellerman. After escaping war torn china, a plane crash leaves people secluded on Shangri-La. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 03:50 | 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. |
| Thu 15 Aug 19 | 05:40 | Below Zero | 1930. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Charlie Hall. Laurel and Hardy play street musicians struggling to earn money on a cold winter day. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Radio Cab Murder | 1954. Crime drama directed by Vernon Sewell and filmed at Nettelfold. An ex-convict taxi driver poses as a crook to catch a bank robber. Starring Jimmy Hanley and Sam Kydd. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 07:30 | The Detectives | Piece Of Tomorrow. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) leads a squad of brave and tough detectives tackling crime. Also Stars: Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Adam West |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 08:30 | The Steel Key | 1953. Directed By Robert S. Baker and starring Terence Morgan, Joan Rice and Raymond Lovell. A professor working on a steel formula is murdered. Those after the formula will stop at nothing. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 09:55 | BFI: Holiday | 1957. Documentary. Directed by John Taylor. Charming music-driven documentary about Blackpool. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 10:15 | Blanche Fury | 1948. Crime. Director: Marc Allegret, Stars Valerie Hobson, Stewart Granger & Michael Gough. Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 12:20 | Casbah | 1948. Musical. John Berry. Stars Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin & Peter Lorre. Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 14:00 | Rooms | Dorothy and Clive Pt2. Stars Brian Marshall, Sylvia Kay, Doran Godwin. Even when Dorothy and Clive's relationship is hard, they understand it could be worse. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 14:30 | Arabian Adventure | 1979. Adventure. Director Kevin Connor. Stars Christopher Lee, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias. An evil magician seeks to gain power by obtaining a magic rose. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 16:30 | The Flying Squad | 1940. Crime. Director: Herbert Brenon. Stars Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks, Jack Hawkins. Bradley of the C.I.D. Flying Squad is out to break a drug smuggling gang. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 17:45 | The Hasty Heart | 1949. War. Director Vincent Sherman. Stars Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal. The final days of WW2, in Burma. A wounded corporal watches as fellow soldiers pack up to return home. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 19:50 | The Saint – The Fiction-Makers | 1968. Adventure. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars: Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms & Justine Lord. The Saint is asked to act as a bodyguard to a best-selling author Amos Klein, who is secretly a young woman |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 22:00 | Lytton's Diary | Rules of Engagement. 1986. Stars Peter Bowles, Barbara Kellerman, Holly De Jong. Lytton investigates an Old Bailey judge with close ties to a known criminal. (S2, E02) |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 23:00 | The Driver | 1978. Action. Director: Walter Hill. Stars Ryan O’Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani. A top cop, and the best getaway driver faceoff against each other in the ultimate cat and mouse. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 00:50 | Straw Dogs | 1971. Thriller. Directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George and Peter Vaughan. An American and his English wife come to England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 03:20 | Black Widow | 1954. Mystery. Directed by Nunnally Johnson. Starring Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin and Gene Tierney. A young writer is found dead in a Broadway producer's apartment. But who is the real culprit? |
| Fri 16 Aug 19 | 05:20 | The Stable Door | 1966. Directed by Pat Jackson. Stars: Harry Fowler.Jack MacGowran, Dandy Nichols. A criminal gang conspire to rob a warehouse. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Walter Forde In Walter The Sleuth | 1927. Comedy Drama. Directed by Walter Forde. Featuring Walter Forde, Pauline Peters & George Foley. Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 06:30 | Undercover Agent | 1953. Crime Drama. An auditor (Dermot Walsh) is caught up in a murder and espionage whilst visiting a company. Starring Hazel Court. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 07:50 | Hawkeye | The Search. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Larry Solway. Hawkeye and Chingachkook rescue an elderly woman from kidnappers. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 08:20 | Night Boat to Dublin | 1946. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Robert Newton stars as Captain David Grant, a British secret agent who leads an attempt to save scientist Professor Hansen (Martin Miller) from the Nazis |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 10:15 | Just My Luck | 1957. Comedy. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Norman Wisdom, Jill Dixon, Leslie Phillips & Margaret Rutherford. Norman places a bet on the races so he can afford a diamond pendant. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1977. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 12:30 | Piccadilly Third Stop | 1960. Drama. Directed by Wolf Rilla. Starring Terence Morgan, Yoko Tani & John Crawford. Morgan as a playboy petty thief looking for the big time & Crawford as a yank in London and bad tempered crook. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 14:15 | Adventures of Captain Fabian | 1951. Drama. Director: William Marshall. Stars Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price. Lea is accused of murder, Captain Fabian rescues her, but becomes deceived by Lea's flirtatious ways. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 16:25 | The House In Nightmare Park | 1973. Comedy. Director Peter Sykes. Stars Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burde. In 1907, an actor is invited to perform in a remote country house but becomes involved in mysterious events. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 18:20 | The Missing Million | 1942. Crime. Director: Phil Brandon. Stars Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Hilliard. When a millionaire mysteriously disappears before his wedding, a chain of violent events is set into action |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 20:00 | Bond Street | 1948. Drama. Director: Gordon Parry. Stars: Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison. A young British woman is getting married, and as she goes through her trousseau, she uncovers their stories. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 22:10 | White Mischief | 1988. Crime Drama. Director: Michael Radford. Stars: Sarah Miles, Joss Ackland & Greta Scacchi. In 1940s Kenya, a married couple join other affluent British expatriates in a lifestyle of recklessness. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 00:25 | The Small World of Sammy Lee | 1963. Drama. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens & Wilfrid Brambell. Sammy Lee owes £300 to a bookie, Conner, whose muscle men are coming to collect. |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 02:35 | The Cat and the Canary | 1978. Thriller. Director Radley Metzger. Stars Honor Blackman, Michael Callan & Edward Fox. A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sat 17 Aug 19 | 04:35 | Flying 55 | 1939. Crime. Director: Reginald Denham. Stars Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring. This is an exciting tale of double crossing and blackmail in the horse racing world. |
| Date | Time | Programme | Synopsis |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 06:00 | Miss MacTaggart Won't Lie Down | 1966. Comedy. Directed by Francis A Searle. Stars Barbara Mullen and Eric Woodburn. A spinster has been proclaimed dead – but is very much alive (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 06:30 | Undercover Girl | 1958. Crime Drama. A reporter on the verge of exposing a drugs ring is killed before he can write the story. Stars Paul Carpenter and Jackie Collins. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 07:50 | Hawkeye | Snake Tattoo. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr & Daryl Masters. Hawkeye and Chingachcook set out to help a young Native American. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 08:20 | Down Among The Z Men | 1952. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Michael Bentine, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. Prof. Pureheart loses a secret formula in the grocery shop. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 09:45 | Forbidden Cargo | 1954. Drama. Directed by Harold French. Starring: Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars and Terence Morgan. Narcotics agent Michael Kenyon receives a tip about a drug smuggling operation. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 11:30 | Shadows | The Waiting Room. Stars: Jenny Agutter, Paul Henley, George Innes. A young woman and her brother are stranded in an old 1920s trains station. (S1, E04) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 12:00 | Flockton Flyer | 1977. Drama. Director: Collin Nutley. Stars David Neal & Peter Duncan. After being evicted from the family car-repair business, the Carters get involved in the re-opening of the Flockton Railway. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 12:30 | The Black Rose | 1950. Adventure. Director: Henry Hathaway. Stars Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins & Cecile Aubry. An exiled English nobleman travels to Asia in search of riches and stumbles into romance. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 14:50 | 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) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 16:30 | Thief of Bagdad | 1940. Adventure. Directed by Michael Powell. Stars Sabu, Conrad Veidt, John Justin, and June Duprez. After being cast out of Bagdad, King Ahmad joins with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 18:30 | For the Love of Ada | The Royalist. Stars: Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. It's the Queen's birthday and Ada's hoping for a personal reply to the birthday card she sent. (S3, E06) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 19:00 | Who Done It | 1956. Comedy. Director Basil Dearden. Stars Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff. Hugo lives between two worlds, as an Ice rink sweeper and as a private detective. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 20:40 | The Midlands in the 1960s | Glimpses: Filmed in the 1960s this documentary short covers the growth of the Midlands, its industries and landmarks. Great footage of 60s Birmingham and Manchester. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 21:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Assyrian Rejuvenator. Stars: Donald Sinden, Michael Bates, Jo Rowbottom. Claims about the powers of an expensive elixir put private investigator, Romney Pringle, in pursuit of a ruthless con man. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 22:00 | French Dressing | 1964. Comedy. Director: Ken Russell. Stars James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell. Gormleigh-on-Sea is a quiet seaside resort, until a French sex symbol attempts to make it the new St Tropez. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 23:45 | West 11 | 1963. Drama. Directed by Michael Winner. Starring Alfred Lynch, Eric Portman & Kathleen Harrison. A down on his luck Joe Beckett is recruited into crime by Richard Dyce. |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 01:30 | Mackenna's Gold | 1969. Adventure. Directed by J Lee Thompson. Stars Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif & Telly Savalas. A US Marshal is forced to lead a gang of bandits to a hidden valley of gold. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) |
| Sun 18 Aug 19 | 04:00 | We Joined The Navy | 1962. Comedy. Director: Wendy Toye. Stars Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan O'Brien & Mischa Auer. Lt Commander Badger, RN: has one besetting sin. The honesty to say the right thing at the wrong time! |
