Talking Pictures TV Programme Schedule
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September 5th to September 11th
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TPTV Schedule September 5th to September 11th
DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS | Mon 05 Sep | 00:20 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |
Mon 05 Sep | 01:25 | The Outsiders | 1983. Coming of Age Drama. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Stars Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio & Patrick Swayze. A story of rivalry and hardship between two gangs of young men. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 03:45 | Power Play | 1978. Directed by Martyn Burke. Stars Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings & Donald Pleasence. Angered and frustrated by corruption and repression, military officers decide to overthrow the current regime. |
Mon 05 Sep | 05:50 | Look At Life | 1963. A Look into the trials and tribulations that confront drivers as parking is one of the major problems today in Britain's big cities. |
Mon 05 Sep | 06:00 | Get Some In! | Christmas at the Camp. 1975. Stars: Tony Selby, Robert Lindsay, David Janson. C Flight must stay behind when they're picked for maintenance duty (Special) |
Mon 05 Sep | 06:30 | Don't Take It To Heart! | 1944. Comedy. Director: Jeffrey Dell. Stars: Richard Greene, Alfred Drayton & Patricia Medina. In World War II England, a German bomb dropped on a stately mansion releases a ghost. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 08:15 | 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. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 09:35 | The Gang's All Here | 1943. Musical. Director: Busby Berkeley. Starring: Phil Baker, Alice Faye & Carmen Miranda. A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 11:40 | Ships With Wings | 1941. War. Directed by Sergei Nolbandov. Stars Ann Todd, John Clements & Leslie Banks. A heroic story set during WWII about the bravery and sacrifices of the men of the Fleet Air Arm. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 13:45 | Diesel Train Ride in 1959 | 1959. Directed by Ritchie James. A wonderful train ride through the English countryside, as seen through the forward windows of a diesel coach. |
Mon 05 Sep | 14:00 | Rooms | Prejudices. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars William Marlowe, Ann Curthoys, Julie Shipley, Cheryl Branker, Sylvestea Le Touzel. Lesley has family to visit who are extremely unkind to Meryl. |
Mon 05 Sep | 14:30 | Rooms | Horse & Carriage. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars William Marlowe, Ann Curthoys, Julie Shipley. It seems the wedding may not be the happy affair Lesley's family will have her believe. |
Mon 05 Sep | 15:00 | Sailors Three | 1940. Comedy. Director: Walter Forde. Stars Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert & Carla Lehmann. During WWII, three British sailors accidentally board a ship, they then proceed to take control over it. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 16:45 | Look At Life | 1964. A Look into the developing hotel industry and the problems that it has to face. |
Mon 05 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | We welcome Jess Conrad OBE to the TPTV cinema who has found some reels! There's the Hillman Minx at top speed, a look at Sheila Van Damm, a trip to various factories around the country and more! [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 18:00 | The Night We Got The Bird | 1960. Comedy. Directed by Darcy Conyers. Stars Brian Rix, Ronald Shiner, Dora Bryan and Liz Fraser. An antiques seller gets caught up in his new boss's forgery racket. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 19:35 | Down to Sussex in 1964 | 1964. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. A charming travelogue of places and events in the South Downs and the Weald. |
Mon 05 Sep | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | Boy with Gun. Stars John Gregson, Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife and runs away, joined by a young escapee. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 21:00 | The Abominable Snowman | 1957. Horror. Directed by Val Guest. Stars Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing & Maureen Connell. Scientists on an expedition in the Himalayas discover a legendary creature may be real after all. [S] |
Mon 05 Sep | 22:45 | The Detective (1968) | Crime. 1968. Director: Gordon Douglas. Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick and Jacqueline Bisset. Detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 01:00 | Resurrected | 1989. Drama. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Stars David Thewlis, Rita Tushingham & Tom Bell. True story of a British soldier accused of desertion after being left behind in the Falklands after the war. |
Tue 06 Sep | 02:50 | Uneasy Terms | 1948. Thriller. Directed by Vernon Sewell. Stars Michael Rennie, Moira Lister, Faith Brook & Patricia Goddard. A private eye is summoned to a Colonel's country home, only to find the Colonel murdered! |
Tue 06 Sep | 04:40 | Look At Life | 1966. A Look into what it takes to get to the top, and why football remains Britain's most popular sport. Contains lots of football stars from the clubs of the era. |
Tue 06 Sep | 04:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Marriage Of Convenience. 1960. Directed by Clive Donner. Stars John Cairney, Harry H. Corbett & Moira Redmond. A Man finds connections between his girlfriend & the Detective who arrested him |
Tue 06 Sep | 06:00 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | 1971. The Duke. Stars: Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard & Mona Bruce. Mr.Reeder makes the acquaintance of 'Duke' Dorsey, a Chicago gangster comes to England to claim his inheritance of a country estate |
Tue 06 Sep | 07:00 | The Seventh Survivor | 1943. Espionage. Director: Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars: Austin Trevor, Linden Travers & John Stuart. Survivors from a torpedoed passenger vessel are rescued by a lighthouse crew. |
Tue 06 Sep | 08:35 | Away for the Day in 1952 | 1952. Directed by John Krish. A travelogue about day trips via coach. Various parties are seen visiting Dartmoor, the Roman theatre at Verulamium, the Tower of London, Brighton and Tintern Abbey. |
Tue 06 Sep | 09:00 | Stagecoach West | The Swindler. Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 10:00 | Captain From Castile | 1947. Adventure. Directed by Henry King. Stars Lee J. Cobb, Jean Peters & Tyrone Power. A Spanish officer fleeing the inquisition joins Cortez' quest to find fortune and glory in the New World. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 12:50 | The Voice Of Merrill | 1952. Crime Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Starring Valerie Hobson, James Robertson Justice & Sam Kydd. A dying author frames a radio narrator for killing his secretary. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 14:30 | Sherlock Holmes | The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. The only clue is a chicken's foot. Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 15:00 | 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. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 16:00 | Guadalcanal Diary | 1943. War. Directed by Lewis Seiler. Stars Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan & William Bendix. A focus on the personal lives of those involved in the task force bound for Guadalcanal during WWII. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 17:50 | Look At Life | 1963. A Look into the world of musclemen in the army, wrestling and weightlifting. |
Tue 06 Sep | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Strange Case of Blonde. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Lee Sinclaire, Derek Alward, Cyril Smith & Russell Napier. A cat burglar adopts an unexpected disguise (S1, E8) |
Tue 06 Sep | 18:35 | The London Nobody Knows | 1967. Documentary. Directed by Norman Cohen. Stars James Mason. In the spirit of adventure and discovery, this offbeat and exciting film exposes the surprising and intriguing London of the 60s. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 19:35 | Coaching Holiday in 1958 | 1958. A short film focusing on the account of a coaching tour told by the driver, who attempts to try to create a happy atmosphere and cement friendships. |
Tue 06 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | The Madman of Vervac. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon & Helen Shingler. Maigret must fall on unconventional methods to catch a madman after being wounded and confined to a hotel bed. [S] |
Tue 06 Sep | 21:05 | Van der Valk | A Sudden Silence. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. The Dutch detective investigates the shooting of a government minister. |
Tue 06 Sep | 23:15 | Public Eye | 1972.Mystery Drama.Horse and Carriage.Stars Alfred Burke, Pat Heywood & Tony Melody.Marker finds the season of goodwill a little hard to bear when a husband hires Marker to investigate his wife. |
Wed 07 Sep | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro kicks off the night with Tomb of Ligeia, the 1965 British horror directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 00:20 | Tomb of Ligeia | 1965. Horror. Directed by Roger Corman. Stars Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd & John Westbrook. A man's obsession with his now deceased first wife casts a shadow over his second marriage. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 02:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | We return to our favourite blood sucking character with The Return of Dracula. Caroline presents the 1958 American horror starring Francis Lederer as The Count. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 02:05 | Return of Dracula | 1958. Horror. Directed by Paul Landres. Stars Francis Lederer, Norma Eberhardt & Ray Stricklyn. Dracula heads for a small town in California under a false identity, a visit they will never forget. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 03:45 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Straight to another set of fangs, Caroline introduces The Vampire. This 1957 horror stars John Beal and Colleen Gray and is directed by Paul Landres. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 03:50 | The Vampire | 1957. Horror. Directed by Paul Landres. Stars John Beal, Coleen Gray & Kenneth Tobey. A small town doctor accidentally consumes bat serum pills and soon acquires an unsatiable desire for blood. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 05:25 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro closes the night, but not before presenting the three horror offerings to come next week. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 05:30 | Knee Deep in Music | 1933. Director: Alf Goulding. Stars Ruth Etting, Nat Carr & Garry Owen. A canned fish tycoon wants a hit song to sell his fish. Ruth Etting is the perfect singer - but can they find the perfect song? |
Wed 07 Sep | 06:00 | Loyal Heart | 1946. Drama. Director: Oswald Mitchell. Stars: Percy Marmont, Harry Welchman & Patricia Marmont. A sheep dog refuses to be taken from his master in exchange for a debt. Based on the E. Lewis novel. |
Wed 07 Sep | 07:35 | Cloak Without Dagger | 1956. Thriller. Director: Joseph Sterling. Stars Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie & Leslie Dwyer. During WW2, a Major misses out on the capture of a spy. Years later, the truth is revealed. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 09:00 | Love and War | Bill Rose from Kent recounts his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese during WWII, the child he knew of but hadn't seen for four years and the Japanese girl who is now his daughter in law. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 09:30 | Prelude To Fame | 1950. Drama. Director: Fergus McDonell. Starring: Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Byron & Kathleen Ryan. A boy with extraordinary instinct for orchestration is tutored and kept away from his loved ones. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 11:15 | The Driving Force in 1966 | 1966. Directed by James Richie & Ronald Craigen. Short film focusing on the vast modernisation programme under which the changeover from steam to diesel and electric traction was achieved. |
Wed 07 Sep | 11:40 | Mother Wore Tights | 1947. Musical drama. Directed by Walter Lang. Stars Betty Grable, Dan Dailey & Mona Freeman. The story of a Vaudeville family; their rise to fame, incidents of marriage and troubles with children. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 13:50 | Look At Life | 1966. A Look into the inventors of today and how they go about getting their inventions accepted. |
Wed 07 Sep | 14:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | Magic Casements. 1971. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. Lady Marjorie has a passionate affair which compromises her sense of duty and loyalty. |
Wed 07 Sep | 15:00 | Saddle Up! | Welcome back for another afternoon of Saddle Up! James Stephens introduces Vengeance Valley, a 1951 western directed by Robert Thorpe and starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 15:05 | Vengeance Valley | 1951. Western. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Stars Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru & Robert Walker. The sons of a cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, fight for their father's empire. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 16:45 | Saddle Up! | Now for something truly special and rare... with its first ever screening on UK TV, James Stephens presents the 1935 feature The Mysterious Mr Sheffield. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 16:50 | The Mysterious Mr. Sheffield | 1935. Western. Directed by John P. McCarthy. Stars Guinn Williams, Molly O’ Day & Al St. John. Two cowboys with a thirst for justice are hired to take down a gang of outlaws targeting ranchers. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 18:00 | Saddle Up! | Join James Stephens as he takes a quick look at next week's action packed films. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 18:05 | Mods and Rockers | 1965. Director: Kenneth Hume. Stars Peter Cazalet, Hazel Merry, Oliver Symons & Mick Fleetwood. Tensions erupt at a dance party when a Mod girl gets involved with a Rocker boy. Music from The Beatles. |
Wed 07 Sep | 18:35 | A Desperate Case in 1958 | 1958. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. Starring Maurice Denham. A comical short film designed to tackle the increasing problem of stray luggage. |
Wed 07 Sep | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Never Mention Murder. 1964. Directed by John Nelson-Burton. Stars Maxine Audley, Dudley Foster & Michael Coles. A surgeon (Dudley Foster) plans to use his medical skills to bump off his wife's lover. |
Wed 07 Sep | 20:00 | The Onedin Line | 1971. The Wind Blows Free. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Edward Chapman. In 1860s Liverpool, sailor James Onedin acquires a ship after agreeing to marry a captain’s daughter. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 21:00 | The Wild Affair | 1965. Comedy. Directed by John Krish. Stars Nancy Kwan, Gladys Morgan & Terry-Thomas. A young office assistant who will soon be married, wishes to have one last fling before tying the knot. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 22:50 | The Champions | Nutcracker. 1969. Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & David Langton. Lord Mauncey enters a secret vault and attempts to steal the F File, which contains the country's defence information. [S] |
Wed 07 Sep | 23:50 | Hazell | Hazell Bangs the Drum. 1979. Stars: Nicholas Ball, Peter Bourke, Gavin Brown. Hazell is hired by a doctor who believes her cousin is being blackmailed |
Thu 08 Sep | 00:50 | Callan | Amos Green Must Live. Stars Edward Woodward, William Squire & Patrick Mower. Callan is brought in to protect the anti-immigration official, Amos Green, after a young black American is found in a river |
Thu 08 Sep | 01:50 | Danger Route | 1968. Action. Director: Seth Holt. Stars Richard Johnson, Carol Lynley & Barbara Bouchet. A secret agent is ordered to kill a Soviet scientist defector, but this simple mission turns complicated. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 03:40 | Painted Boats | 1945. Drama. Directed by Charles Crichton. Stars Jenny Laird, Bill Blewett & Robert Griffith. Story following two families who live and work on the canal boats and waterways of Britain. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | Chase the Dragon. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E18) |
Thu 08 Sep | 06:00 | Adam and Evelyne | 1949. Romance. Director Harold French. Stars Stewart Granger & Jean Simmons. A veteran gambler unexpectedly becomes a father figure after a friend dies, complications ensue when the girl grows up. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 07:50 | Swallows and Amazons | 1974. Adventure. Director: Claude Whatham. Stars Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser & Simon West. On holiday in the 20s, a group of children divided into Swallows and Amazons, delve into adventures. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 09:40 | 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! [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 11:25 | I Remember Mama | 1948. Drama. Starring Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes and Oskar Homolka. A Norwegian immigrant family in 1910, San Francisco... Mamma runs the Pennywise household. 5 Oscar Nominations. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 14:00 | Hannay | The Terrors of the Earth. 1989. Stars Robert Powell, Gavin Richards & Alex Kingston. As tension mounts in Europe, the British Government prepares antidotes against possible germ warfare. (S2, E02) |
Thu 08 Sep | 15:00 | The Honey Pot | 1967. Comedy. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stars Rex Harrison, Susan Hayward & Cliff Robertson. A millionaire tricks three ex-girlfriends into believing he's dying and leaving a fortune. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 17:35 | Always A Bride | 1953. Comedy. Director Ralph Smart. Stars Peggy Cummins & Ronald Squire. A father and daughter con team pose as newly-weds. Trouble begins when the daughter falls in love with a tax investigator. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 19:15 | IWM: High Journey (1958) | 1958. Doc. Narrated by Orson Welles. European countries photographed from low-flying aircraft with an evocative soundtrack, revealing ancient capitals and heritage sites. |
Thu 08 Sep | 20:00 | The Saint | Judith. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Julie Christie & David Bauer. After a young woman backs her car into Simon's, he becomes involved in a surprising adventure and a sly attempt at fraud. [S] |
Thu 08 Sep | 21:00 | Justice | The Most Important Thing of All. 1971. Directed by James Ormerod. Stars Margaret Lockwood, William Franklyn & Victor Maddern. Ex-con James convinces his Barrister ex-wife to help his old cell mate. |
Thu 08 Sep | 22:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Case of The Dixon Torpedo. Stars: Ronald Hines, Derek Francis, Jacqueline Pearce & James Bolam. Petty crime and international espionage intertwine when two agencies hire one man to do their work. |
Thu 08 Sep | 23:00 | Widows | Series 2, Episode 2. 1985. Stars Ann Mitchell, Maureen O'Farrell, Fiona Hendley & Debby Bishop. When Linda ruins her blossoming relationship, Bella returns to London. (S2, E02) |
Fri 09 Sep | 00:00 | Enemy At The Door | V For Victory. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. After cut-out blue paper V for Victory signs appear in library books, somebody takes to painting V signs on walls. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 01:00 | The Color Of Money | 1986. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Stars Paul Newman, Tom Cruise & Forest Whitaker. Continuing the story of pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson who takes a cocky yet talented youngster under his wing. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 03:25 | Crosstrap | 1962. Crime Drama. Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis. Starring Laurence Payne and Jill Adams. Husband and wife look forward to their vacation but get caught between rival jewel thieves. |
Fri 09 Sep | 04:40 | Look At Life | 1966. A Look into the appeal of the four hundred castles, halls and mansions in Britain that are now open to the public. |
Fri 09 Sep | 05:00 | Amos Burke: Secret Agent | A Very Important Russian Is Missing. Burke must collaborate with Russian agents to recover an abducted top Russian intelligence officer. |
Fri 09 Sep | 06:00 | 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? [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 07:30 | Beyond the Curtain | 1960. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Starring Richard Greene, Eva Bartok and Marius Goring. East German refugee Karen finds herself back at home when the flight she works on is forced down. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 09:15 | John and Julie | 1955. Comedy. Director William Fairchild. Stars Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton, Sid James & Peter Sellers. Two children sneak to London so they can watch the Queen's coronation. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 10:55 | Johnny Frenchman | 1945. Comedy. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Françoise Rosay, Tom Walls & Patricia Roc. The long lasting rivalry between two sets of fisherman is reconsidered when war comes to their shores. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 13:00 | Mister 880 | 1950. Romantic Comedy. Directed by Edmund Goulding. Stars Burt Lancaster, Edmund Gwenn & Dorothy McGuire. An agent investigates a counterfeiter whose case has been open for ten years. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 14:50 | Down to Sussex in 1964 | 1964. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. A charming travelogue of places and events in the South Downs and the Weald. |
Fri 09 Sep | 15:15 | Julia | 1977. Drama. Director: Fred Zinnemann. Stars Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave & Meryl Streep. Lillian's life is turned upside down by Julia, her close childhood friend, who asks her to smuggle money. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 17:35 | Bicyclettes de Belsize | 1969. Musical. Director: Douglas Hickox. Stars Anthony May, Judy Huxtable & Leslie Goddard. A young man falls in love with a picture of a model and takes to the streets on his bicycle to find her. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 18:10 | Further Up The Creek | 1958. Comedy. Directed by Val Guest. Stars David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton & Frankie Howerd. On the final voyage of HMS Aristotle, the captain must deal with an opportunistic crew. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 20:00 | The Outer Limits | Expanding Human. 1964. Stars Skip Homeier, Keith Andes & James Doohan. After funding is cut off for an evolutional research project, a superhuman creature takes matters into his own hands. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 21:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Welcome back to The Cellar Club, we’ve saved you a seat! Caroline introduces the first feature of the evening - Maniac. This 1963 feature, released by Hammer Film Productions stars Kerwin Mathews. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 21:05 | Maniac | 1963. Horror. Directed by Michael Carreras. Stars Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray & Donald Houston. In France, an American artist agrees to help his lover's husband escape from a mental institution. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 22:50 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro introduces the second film of the evening, The Face Behind the Mask. This 1941 film noir directed by Robert Florey, stars the brilliant Peter Lorre. [S] |
Fri 09 Sep | 22:55 | Face Behind The Mask | 1941. Crime. Directed by Robert Florey. Stars Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes & Don Beddoe. Disfigured by a tragic fire in New York, a Hungarian watchmaker turns to crime to pay for a new face. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline presents the final offering, Tales That Witness Madness. This 1973 British horror directed by Freddie Francis focuses on a compilation of four separate stories with an eerie connection. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 00:20 | Tales That Witness Madness | 1973. Horror. Directed by Freddie Francis. Stars Donald Pleasence, Jack Hawkins & Joan Collins. In a late-night meeting, a psychiatrist recounts four disturbing patient cases to a colleague. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 02:05 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | It's closing time! Caroline Munro previews next week's chilling films. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 02:10 | Farewell, My Lovely | 1975. Thriller. Directed by Dick Richards. Stars Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, & Sylvester Stallone. An ex-con hires a private eye to find his girlfriend but ends up getting framed for murder. |
Sat 10 Sep | 04:15 | Second Chorus | 1941. Musical. Two college students are forced to earn a living by joining a band. (Nominated for 2 Oscars). Stars: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw & Burgess Meredith. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 06:00 | Once A Thief | 1935. Drama. Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) 'borrows' some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 07:20 | 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. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 08:50 | Look At Life | 1966. A Look into the lives of fishermen and the background of the trawler industry. |
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Sat 10 Sep | 09:00 | William Tell | The Baroness. 19Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. When her husband is invited to visit the castle of a baroness, Hedda suspects the woman of working for Gessler. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 09:30 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | ... the Universe. The Pool Of Peril. 1940. Stars Buster Crabbe & Carol Hughes. The action is non-stop as Flash rescues the Rock prince from certain doom, and then battles Ming's soldiers. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 09:55 | Mystery on Bird Island | Family. 1954. Director: John Haggerty. Starring: Mavis Sage, Jennifer Beach & Nick Edmett. Two children on holiday, along with two local kids, catch men stealing bird eggs on the island of Burhou. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 11:00 | Sir Francis Drake | The Prisoner. 1961. Stars Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Patrick McLoughlin. The Golden Hind sinks a Spanish ship and prisoners are bought aboard. Among them, Countess Inez. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Richard The Lionheart. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Arriving back in England King Richard is in disguise. Who can he count on for loyalty? [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 12:00 | The Queen and Her Ceremonial Horses | ... Ceremonial Horses.1984. A documentary exploring the operation of the royal mews and the involvement of Her Majesty, with an exclusive interview from The Queen in one of her favourite places. |
Sat 10 Sep | 13:10 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the sentries at Buckingham Palace and how they still remain efficient soldiers. |
Sat 10 Sep | 13:25 | The Night My Number Came Up | 1955. Mystery. Directed by Leslie Norman and starring Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Denholm Elliott and Alexander Knox. A military aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 15:25 | The Long & the Short & the Tall | 1961. War. Directed by Leslie Norman. Stars Richard Todd, Laurence Harvey & Richard Harris. Based on the Willis Hall play. A British patrol in Burma are determined to avenge British prisoners. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 17:30 | A Scandal In Paris | 1946. Drama. Director: Douglas Sirk. Stars George Sanders, Signe Hasso & Carole Landis. A depiction of the life of Eugene Francois Vidocq, a con man who later became chief of the Parisian police. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 19:35 | The Driving Force in 1966 | 1966. Directed by James Richie & Ronald Craigen. Short film focusing on the vast modernisation programme under which the changeover from steam to diesel and electric traction was achieved. |
Sat 10 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | Death in Mind. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Neville Jason & Anton Rodgers. A rich old woman and her maid have been murdered. Maigret allows the prime suspect to escape custody to learn the truth. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 21:05 | Sammy Going South | 1963. Adventure. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland & Harry H. Corbett. A young boy travels across the desert alone to find his only relative. [S] |
Sat 10 Sep | 23:25 | Steptoe and Son | 1972. Comedy. Directed by Cliff Owen. Stars Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett & Carolyn Seymour. After trying to avoid his father's influences, trouble awaits when Harold decides to get married. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 01:15 | Bowie The Man Who Changed The World | 2016. Documentary. Directed by Sonia Anderson. Stars David Bowie, Angie Bowie & Breege Collins. Remembering and celebrating the life of David Bowie; with contributions from those who knew him. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 03:10 | Vice Squad | 1982. Thriller. Directed by Gary A. Sherman. Stars Wings Hauser, Season Hubley & Gary Swanson. A single mother and Hollywood prostitute goes undercover for the police after her friend is murdered. |
Sun 11 Sep | 05:10 | Big Ben Calling | 1935. Musical about a cafe proprietress, a radio salesman and a composer who set up a pirate radio station. Starring Leslie French, Hughie Green & Mary Lawson. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 06:00 | Shoot to Kill | 1947. Crime drama. Directed by William Berke and starring Russell Wade, Luana Walters and Edmund MacDonald. A woman marries a corrupt D.A. to get evidence to help on a recent murder. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 07:15 | Flannelfoot | 1953. Crime drama directed by Maclean Rodgers and starring Ronald Howard and Mary Germaine. Crime news hack Mitchell is out to discover the identity of the notorious jewel thief 'Flannelfoot'. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 08:40 | Saddle Up! | Welcome back for another afternoon of Saddle Up! James Stephens introduces Vengeance Valley, a 1951 western directed by Robert Thorpe and starring Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 08:45 | Vengeance Valley | 1951. Western. Directed by Richard Thorpe. Stars Burt Lancaster, Joanne Dru & Robert Walker. The sons of a cattle baron, one biological and the other adopted, fight for their father's empire. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 10:25 | Saddle Up! | Now for something truly special and rare... with its first ever screening on UK TV, James Stephens presents the 1935 feature The Mysterious Mr Sheffield. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 10:30 | The Mysterious Mr. Sheffield | 1935. Western. Directed by John P. McCarthy. Stars Guinn Williams, Molly O’ Day & Al St. John. Two cowboys with a thirst for justice are hired to take down a gang of outlaws targeting ranchers. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 11:40 | Saddle Up! | Join James Stephens as he takes a quick look at next week's action packed films. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 11:45 | Nurse Edith Cavell | 1939. Drama. Directed by Herbert Wilcox. Starring Anna Neagle, Edna May Oliver, George Sanders & Zasu Pitts. During WW1, a British nurse, based in Brussels, assists an escaped prisoner of war. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 13:45 | Go Go With Matt Monro | 1966. Musical Short. Directed by Bertram Tyrer. Stars Matt Monro, Roy Castle & Marian Montgomery. A bright and sparkling musical show with Matt Monro as the charming and relaxed host. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 14:20 | Forever and A Day | 1943. Drama. Directed by Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke & Frank Lloyd. Stars George Kirby, Ray Milland & Ida Lupino. A story tracing the history of a picturesque London mansion. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 16:30 | British Rails Are Long and Fast | 1969. Directed by Bob Privett. Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production, installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on British Railways. |
Sun 11 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | It's all about Saturday nights out on the town, dance halls, courting, music, plus there’s a scooter two wheeler reel of footage, advice from Charles Hawtrey and who remembers Misty the Rock band? [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 18:00 | The Saint | The Bunco Artists. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Mary Merrall & Peter Dyneley. Simon disguises himself in order to catch two con artists who tricked an elderly lady into handing over church funds. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 19:00 | The Browning Version | 1951. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Michael Redgrave. Public schoolmaster Crocker-Harris has become a bitter, disillusioned man, stuck in a loveless marriage. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 20:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the huge new liners being built, the life of cargo carrying ships and the exciting future of air freight. With a look at the liner the Canberra. |
Sun 11 Sep | 21:00 | The Onedin Line | 1971. Plain Sailing. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Brian Rawlinson. Anne Onedin must learn how to navigate when James and the crew become ill during the return voyage from Lisbon. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 22:00 | Fraulein | 1958. Drama. Directed by Henry Koster. Stars Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer & Dolores Michaels. A young German woman helps an escaped American prisoner of war but once free, she faces more trouble alone. [S] |
Sun 11 Sep | 23:45 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |
September 12th to September 18th
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DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
Mon 12 Sep | 00:50 | Goodbye Columbus | 1969. Comedy. Directed by Larry Peerce. Stars Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, Jack Klugman. Bronx librarian Neil and pampered princess Brenda try to cross class lines despite her parents' opposition. |
Mon 12 Sep | 02:55 | Tickle Me | 1965. Musical. Director: Norman Taurog. Stars Elvis Presley, Julia Adams & Jocelyn Lane. A rodeo star travels to a new town and falls in love, later discovering she is being threatened by a gang. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 04:45 | Echo Of Diana | 1963. Joan is distraught at the death of her husband in a plane crash but all is not what it seems. Stars: Vincent Ball & Betty McDowall. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 06:00 | Get Some In! | Flight. 1975. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. C Flight head to RAF Wareham for target practice and a first go in the air (S2, E01) |
Mon 12 Sep | 06:30 | Woman On The Run | 1950. Drama. Directed by Norman Foster. Stars Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe & Robert Keith. An eyewitness to a murder is pursued by his wife, the police and the killer around San Francisco. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 08:05 | Dreamboat | 1952. Comedy. Directed by Claude Binyon. Stars Ginger Rogers, Clifton Webb, Anne Francis & Jeffrey Hunter. A college professor career is threatened by his previous life as a movie star. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 09:50 | Strange Woman | 1946. Drama. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Stars Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders & Louis Hayward. A beautiful, yet heartless woman, marries a rich man but also seduces his son and company foreman. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 11:50 | Between the Tides 1958 | 1958. Directed by Ralph Keene. A fascinating and colourful study of the marine animal and plant life of the South-West coast of Britain, including a look at their habitat of sea rock and sand. |
Mon 12 Sep | 12:15 | Web of Evidence | 1959. Thriller. Director: Jack Cardiff. Stars Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Bernard Lee & Jean Kent. A WW2 evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison and framed for murder. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 14:00 | Rooms | What Are Neighbours For? 1977. Stars Ray Smith, Vicky Williams, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford. Jim has a visit from Nina and its bad news. Meanwhile, Carols hairdressing business seems to be starting. |
Mon 12 Sep | 14:30 | Rooms | 10 Pence. 1977. written by Paula Milne. Stars Anne Dyson , Ray Smith, Elizabeth Cassidy. A Day of new beginings and confessions for dear Jim and our new resident finds a roommate. |
Mon 12 Sep | 15:00 | The Ship That Died of Shame | (AKA PT Raiders) 1955. Thriller. Director Basil Dearden. Stars Richard Attenborough, George Baker and Bill Owen. A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling black market items into post-war Britain. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | Let's pull ourselves a pint as we look at the history of The Pub! With advice from Bernard Cribbins and Michael Caine on beer, an old fashioned 'works day out' and why your pub needs a Juke Box! [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 18:00 | The Browning Version | 1951. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Michael Redgrave. Public schoolmaster Crocker-Harris has become a bitter, disillusioned man, stuck in a loveless marriage. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 19:50 | Look At Life | ...Why All The Rush. 1961. A look into why August Bank Holiday is traditionally the date around which most Britons fix their holidays. Those who think they will get away from it all are in for a shock |
Mon 12 Sep | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Reluctant Witness. Stars John Gregson, Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. Some neighborhood thugs who run a stolen car ring beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 21:00 | Rita, Sue and Bob Too | 1986. Comedy. Directed by Alan Clarke. Stars Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan & Lesley Sharp. Two teen babysitters become involved in an affair with their married employer. [S] |
Mon 12 Sep | 22:45 | Look At Life | 1963. A Look into an examination of the education system, not only in Britain, but also in the Commonwealth. |
Mon 12 Sep | 23:00 | Secret Army | Lisa - Codename Yvette. 1977. Stars Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards & Jan Francis. The story of a fictional Belgian resistance group during WWII helping allied airmen return home to Great Britain. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 00:05 | Child's Play (1972) | 1973. Drama. Director: Sidney Lumet. Stars: Beau Bridges, James Mason & Robert Preston. At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 02:05 | The Party's Over | 1965. Drama. Directed by Guy Hamilton. A controversial film of its time. A young American girl is caught up in the wild London scene. Starring Oliver Reed. |
Tue 13 Sep | 03:55 | Dick Powell Theatre | Open Season. Starring Dorothy Malone & Dennis O'Keefe. Devery Shay is anxious to prevent his wife from getting a divorce and testifying against him for his crooked ways. |
Tue 13 Sep | 04:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | The Man Who Was Nobody. 1960. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Hazel Court, John Crawford, Lisa Daniely, Jack Watson & Paul Eddington. Two men search for a young tearaway who has vanished |
Tue 13 Sep | 06:00 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | 1971. Man With A Strange Tattoo. Stars Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard & Gillian Lewis. An intruder is shot and killed by Lady Rothbard, a member of a distinguished family from India. |
Tue 13 Sep | 07:00 | The Black Book | 1949. Thriller. Directed by Anthony Mann. Stars Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart & Richard Hart. A powerful man desperately searches for his black book, a list of those marked for the guillotine. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 08:50 | Look At Life | A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen. 1966. A Look into the fascinating sport of rowing. |
Tue 13 Sep | 09:00 | Stagecoach West | The Renegades. Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 10:00 | I Met a Murderer | 1939. Thriller. Director by Roy Kellino. Stars James Mason, Pamela Mason & Esma Cannon. A young woman meets a murderer on the run but conceals her suspicions to use the story for a book. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 11:35 | Perfect Understanding | 1933. Romantic Comedy. Directed by Cyril Gardner. Stars Gloria Swanson, Laurence Olivier & John Halliday. A couple's marriage is put to the test when they both flaunt their extra-marital antics. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 13:15 | Private Information | 1952. Drama starring Jill Esmond, Jack Watling, Carol Marsh and Gerard Heinz. Charlotte suspects that the council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 14:30 | Sherlock Holmes | The Case of Harry Crocker. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes when he is accused of strangling a girl. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 15:00 | Silent Enemy | 1957. Action. Directed by William Fairchild. Stars Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams & Michael Craig. During WWII, the British must prevent the Italian Navy from attaching mines to their warships. |
Tue 13 Sep | 17:10 | Nightmail II | 1986. Director: Bob Franklin. Marking the 50th anniversary of John Grierson's seminal film Nightmail, Blake Morrison's poetry traces the methods of distributing Britain's mail, by land air and sea. |
Tue 13 Sep | 17:40 | Frozen North | 1922. Comedy Short. Directed by Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton. Buster Keaton stars as a clumsy villain in this parody of early Western films. Also featuring Joe Roberts & Sybil Seely. |
Tue 13 Sep | 18:00 | Scotland Yard | 1954. The Silent Witness. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Molly Weir, Ivan Craig & Kenneth Henry. The case of the self-confessed killer who almost escaped the full weight of the law. (S1, E9) |
Tue 13 Sep | 18:35 | Night Was Our Friend | 1951. Crime Drama. Missing for two years, Martin (Michael Gough) returns home to his wife who is now with another man. Starring Elizabeth Sellars & Michael Gough. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 19:50 | Look At Life | 1966. A Look into how police dogs and guide dogs for the blind are trained as well as some of the jobs horses still do. |
Tue 13 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | The Countess. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Helen Shingler & William Franklyn. Maigret returns to the village where he was born and becomes convinced he witnessed the Countess of Fiacre's murder. [S] |
Tue 13 Sep | 21:05 | Van der Valk | The Little Rascals. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. The murder of a hippy, who achieved a cult following in Amsterdam with his comedy act, triggers a chain of events. |
Tue 13 Sep | 23:15 | Public Eye | 1973. Mystery Drama. A Family Affair. Stars Alfred Burke, Ralph Michael & Norman Henry. Marker is hired to find out if a woman put pressure on her deceased employer to leave her his entire wealth. |
Wed 14 Sep | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | This week Caroline Munro presents an interesting selection of films. The first of tonight's offerings is the 1963 horror Diary of a Madman, starring club regular Vincent Price. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 00:20 | Diary of a Madman | 1963. Horror. Directed by Reginald Le Borg. Stars Vincent Price, Nancy Kovack & Chris Warfield. A magistrate inadvertently becomes the host of an evil spirit after visiting a man on death row. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 02:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro introduces the second film of the night, Die Monster Die! This 1965 science fiction horror directed by Daniel Haller, stars Boris Karloff. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 02:20 | Die Monster Die! | 1965. Horror. Directed by Daniel Haller. Stars Boris Karloff, Nick Adams & Freda Jackson. A young man uncovers a bizarre sequence of occurrences while visiting his fiancée’s family estate. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 04:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Curse of the Faceless Man is the final offering of the night. Caroline introduces the 1958 science fiction horror about a roman gladiator, buried centuries ago in Pompeii, returning to life. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 04:05 | Curse of the Faceless Man | 1958. Horror. Directed by Edward L. Cahn. Stars Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards & Adele Mara. An unexplained number of deaths occur after a man of stone is uncovered, could he be alive again? [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 05:30 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro introduces next week's films before closing the doors of The Cellar Club for the night. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 05:35 | Air Enterprises: The Flying Boats - Glimpses | Glimpses: An Insightful 1930s documentary on the history of Empire Air Services and the flying Boat situated at Croydon Airfield. 32 of these great flying boats were ordered to service the Empire. |
Wed 14 Sep | 06:00 | Shadow of A Man | 1954. Crime drama. Director: Michael McCarthy. A town drunk is found dead and the police suspect murder. Starring Paul Carpenter. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 07:25 | Stop Press Girl | 1949. Comedy. Director by Michael Barry. Stars Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, James Robertson Justice & Kenneth More. A young girl possesses the power of stopping all types of machinery. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 09:00 | Love and War | The story of a love that never died; Margaret, the daughter of the Mayor of Faversham and Dennis, a GI stationed in Britain got married in 1945 but divorced 11 years later. Now, they've remarried. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 09:30 | Life With Father | 1947. Comedy. Director: Michael Curtiz. Stars William Powell, Irene Dunne & Elizabeth Taylor. In 1880's New York, a financier tries to be master of his house, but his wife has beat him to it. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 11:45 | All That Mighty Heart 1963 | 1963. Directed by Neilson Baxter. A short film focusing on London's transport during different times of the day and the tunnelling of the new tube line from Victoria and Walthamstow. |
Wed 14 Sep | 12:15 | Young and Innocent | 1937. Drama. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney & Percy Marmont. A man on the run from a murder charge asks a woman for help and to put herself at risk for him. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 14:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | I Dies from Love. 1971. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. The servants have an outing planned for them by Lady Marjorie and downstairs Emily and the next door footman strike up romance |
Wed 14 Sep | 15:00 | Saddle Up! | James Stephens is back for another edition of Saddle Up! First up is the 1952 feature California Conquest, starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 15:05 | California Conquest | 1952. Western. Directed by Lew Landers. Stars Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright & Lisa Ferraday. In the 1840s, a Spanish adventurer and a gunsmith's daughter oppose a Russian plot to occupy California. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 16:40 | Saddle Up! | Next up, James Stephens introduces Last of the Redmen. Directed by the exceptional George Sherman, this 1947 feature is a loose retelling of The Last of the Mohicans. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 16:45 | Last of The Redmen | 1947. Western. Director: George Sherman. Stars Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea & Evelyn Ankers. Major Heyward escorts three children through dangerous territory. A retelling of The Last of the Mohicans. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 18:20 | Saddle Up! | It's time for James Stephens to saddle up and take himself up country for a while, but not before a little musical treat to say farewell. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 18:25 | A Day Of One's Own 1956 | 1956. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. A short film about various housewives around the country taking a day off from their traditional domestic chores. |
Wed 14 Sep | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | The Main Chance. 1964. Directed by John Knight. Stars Grégoire Aslan, Tracy Reed & Edward de Souza. A disgraced ex-RAF pilot is enlisted into a smuggling scheme by a sophisticated smuggler. |
Wed 14 Sep | 20:00 | The Onedin Line | 1971. Plain Sailing. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Brian Rawlinson. Anne Onedin must learn how to navigate when James and the crew become ill during the return voyage from Lisbon. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 21:00 | The Happy Thieves | 1961. Crime. Director: George Marshall. Stars Rex Harrison, Rita Hayworth & Joseph Wiseman. The operation of a group of thieves starts to unravel after a famous painting slips through their hands. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 22:45 | The Champions | The Final Countdown. 1969. Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt. After 25 years in prison for war crimes Nazi Field Marshall von Splitz is released and evades observers. [S] |
Wed 14 Sep | 23:45 | Hazell | Hazell Gets the Boot. 1979. Stars: Nicholas Ball, Peter Bourke, Liz Crowther. Hazell finds himself in deep trouble when he is hired by a local villian. |
Thu 15 Sep | 00:45 | Callan | That'll be The Day. Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter & Patrick Mower. With Callan captured by the Russians and facing interrogation, Hunter must decide whether it's worth making a trade for him |
Thu 15 Sep | 01:45 | Darling Lili | 1970. Drama. Director: Blake Edwards. Stars: Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson & Lance Percival. Lili Smith is the singing sweetheart who the troops adore but is she really an enemy agent with a mission? [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 04:30 | Harmony Lane | 1954. Musical Comedy. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. A Musical featurette starring Max Bygraves, The Beverly Sisters and Dora Bryan. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | The Middle Man. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E19) |
Thu 15 Sep | 06:00 | Mr Reeder in Room 13 | 1938. Drama. Director Norman Lee. Stars Gibb McLaughlin, Sara Seegar & Peter Murray-Hill. A young man does jail time. When released, he finds his fiancee is about to marry the man he sought. |
Thu 15 Sep | 07:35 | Isn't Life Wonderful | 1953. Comedy. Directed by Harold French. Stars Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie & Donald Wolfit. A family gifts their embarrassing uncle a bicycle shop to manage in order to impress a visiting heiress. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 09:15 | They Knew Mr Knight | 1946. Drama. Directed by Norman Walker. Stars Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne & Joan Greenwood. A man sentenced to 12 months in Lincoln jail, following a share scam, plunges his family into despair. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 11:05 | Cinema Tax Must Go | Made in 1958 we visit the ABC at Golders Green, The Ritz West Drayton, Ronald Shiner on set at Elstree Studios and we hear from Richard Todd, Tommy Steele, Jack Hawkins & Kenneth More about the tax. |
Thu 15 Sep | 11:15 | Keys of The Kingdom | 1944. Drama. Directed by John M. Stahl. Stars Gregory Peck, Roddy McDowall & Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Oscar-nominated film telling the story a Catholic priest who goes to China as a missionary. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 14:00 | Hannay | Double Jeopardy. 1989. Stars Robert Powell, Cathryn Harrison & Nigel Le Vaillant. When Hannay is entrusted with a dozen diamonds, he little knows the danger and distress they will bring. (S2, E03) |
Thu 15 Sep | 15:00 | Sammy Going South | 1963. Adventure. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland & Harry H. Corbett. A young boy travels across the desert alone to find his only relative. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 17:20 | Dick Barton Special Agent | 1948. Action. Director: Alfred J. Goulding. Stars Don Stannard, George Ford & Jack Shaw. Agent Barton goes into hiding after an attempt on his life and uncovers a plot to pollute Britain's water. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 18:45 | The Plank | Comedy. 1967. Directed by Eric Sykes. Stars Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper & Jimmy Edwards. Two workmen fall victim to humorous mishaps as they transport a plank from a warehouse to a building site. |
Thu 15 Sep | 19:50 | Discover Britain by Train | 1978. Directed by David C. Lochner. Narrated by Brian Redhead. A promotional short film detailing the benefits of rail travel in Britain. |
Thu 15 Sep | 20:00 | The Saint | Teresa. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Lana Morris & Eric Pohlmann. Simon delves into an adventure during his trip to Mexico when he helps a young woman solve the mystery of her missing husband. [S] |
Thu 15 Sep | 21:00 | Justice | By Order of The Magistrates. 1971. Directed by Tony Wharmby. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Sylvia Barter & John Bryans. Three officials must decide which troubled parent two boys must stay with. |
Thu 15 Sep | 22:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Woman in The Big Hat. Stars: Elvi Hale, Ann Beach, Una Stubbs & Peter Bowles. When a customer falls dead in a tea shop, Lady Molly searches for the mystery woman who had been seated at his table. |
Thu 15 Sep | 23:00 | Widows | Series 2, Episode 3. 1985. Stars Ann Mitchell, Maureen O'Farrell, Fiona Hendley & Debby Bishop. Shirley grows close to Micky. The widows prepare to meet Harry. (S2, E03) |
Fri 16 Sep | 00:00 | Enemy At The Door | The Polish Affaire.1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. Retired diplomat Sir James Prideaux resists Reinicke's efforts to make him divulge British government information. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 01:00 | G.I. Blues | 1960. Musical Comedy. Directed by Norman Taurog. Stars Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse and Robert Ivers. A soldier bets his friend that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 03:05 | Meet The Navy | 1946. Comedy. Directed by Alfred Travers. Stars Lionel Murton, Margaret Hurst & John Pratt. From inside the Canadian Navy during WWII a troop of diverse performers gather to entertain their shipmates. |
Fri 16 Sep | 04:40 | South Of Naples in 1964 | 1964. Narrated by Patricia Mortland a charming travelogue around Naples and 1960s Italy. |
Fri 16 Sep | 05:00 | Amos Burke: Secret Agent | Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 1. When Burke investigates the strange death of an atomic plant security officer, he finds a town in which the residents respond in robotic ways. |
Fri 16 Sep | 06:00 | Farewell To Arms | 1932. Drama. Directed by Frank Borzage. Stars Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou & Mary Philips. An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 07:45 | The Young Lovers | 1954. Romantic Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Odile Versois, David Knight & David Kossoff. A London US Embassy man falls in love with the daughter of an Iron Curtain minister. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 09:45 | Beware of Pity | 1946. Drama. Director Maurice Elvey. Stars Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven & Cedric Hardwicke. A young woman is romanced by a handsome young officer, but she discovers he is only doing it out of pity. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 11:50 | Doctor In Love | 1960. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims & Fenella Fielding. Richard Hare's love life has as many ups and downs, as does his career. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 13:50 | The Anniversary | 1967. Drama. Stars Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock & Jack Hedley. To celebrate her wedding anniversary and it seems the death of her husband, the entire family gathers and has to endure 'Mother'. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 15:40 | New 'Light Orchestras' | ... In 1939 - Glimpses. 1939. Director: Horace Shepherd. Stars Leslie Jeffries, Reginald King & Eugene Pini. With the population of the wireless increasing, a new theme of entertainment is emerging... |
Fri 16 Sep | 15:55 | Wanted For Murder | 1946. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr & Roland Culver. The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession... [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 18:00 | The Day The Earth Caught Fire | 1961. Sci-Fi Drama. Director: Val Guest. Stars Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd & Michael Goodliffe. U.S and Russia test atomic bombs at the same time, which alters the nutation of the Earth. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 20:00 | The Outer Limits | Demon With A Glass Hand. 1964. Stars Robert Culp, Arlene Martel & Abraham Sofaer. Pursued by aliens, a man from the future escapes back in time, with the fate of humankind lying in his glass hand. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 21:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Another evening of exciting horror awaits, as Caroline opens the doors to The Cellar Club. First up, is the 1968 feature Night of the Living Dead, the directorial debut from George A. Romero. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 21:05 | Night Of The Living Dead | 1968. Horror. Directed by George A. Romero. Stars Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea & Karl Hardman. Seven people hide out in a farmhouse after flesh eating ghouls start ravaging the United States. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 23:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro presents Happy Birthday To Me. This 1981 horror stars Melissa Sue Anderson as a teenage girl whose friends begin to mysteriously disappear. [S] |
Fri 16 Sep | 23:05 | Happy Birthday To Me | 1981. Horror. Director: J. Lee Thompson. Stars Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford & Lawrence Dane. After surviving a deadly accident Virginia returns to school, but her friends start to go missing. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 01:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Murder mystery meets slasher with a hint of dark humour in the next horror, Out of the Dark. Caroline introduces the 1989 film directed by Michael Schroeder. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 01:20 | Out Of The Dark | 1989. Horror. Directed by Michael Schroeder. Stars Cameron Dye, Lynn Danielson-Rosenthal & Karen Lorre. Young women who work for a phone hotline become targets of a depraved killer. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 03:05 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | That's all for this evening! Caroline Munro rounds off the night with a taster of next week's films. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 03:10 | 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. |
Sat 17 Sep | 04:55 | The Plank | Comedy. 1967. Directed by Eric Sykes. Stars Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper & Jimmy Edwards. Two workmen fall victim to humorous mishaps as they transport a plank from a warehouse to a building site. |
Sat 17 Sep | 06:00 | False Colours | 1943. Western. Director: George Archainbaud. Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) and his sidekicks (Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers) expose a scheme to replace a ranch heir with an impostor. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 07:15 | Forces' Sweetheart | 1953. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers. Three goofy soldiers played by Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Freddie Frinton vie for the affections of the lovely Judy, the ENSA-tainer. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 08:45 | Railways For Ever! | 11 August 1968 is a highly significant date in British railway history, marking the official end of regular mainline steam operation. As we see the last steam train crossing the Pennines. |
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Sat 17 Sep | 09:00 | William Tell | The Elixir. 1958. Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. A monastery is making a delicious brew, then donating the proceeds to founding a school for Swiss children. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 09:30 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | ... the Universe. The Death Mist. 1940. Stars: Buster Crabbe & Carol Hughes. As Emperor Ming's bomber's close in on Prince Barin's palace, Flash and Dale do battle with Ming's top agents. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 09:55 | Lionheart | Family. 1968. Director: Michael Forlong. Starring: James Forlong, Louise Rush, Ian Jessup, Irene Handl. A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 11:00 | Sir Francis Drake | The Lost Colony of Virginia. 1961. Stars Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Richard Warner. Drake pleads the case of the Virginia colony to Elizabeth against Daniel Peters. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Ladies of Sherwood. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Is it the end for Arthur of Tetsbury having raised a shire levy can Robin him save him from an untimely demise. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 12:00 | Mark of Zorro | 1940. Adventure. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Stars Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell & Basil Rathbone. A young Spanish aristocrat hides his identity in order to restore justice to 1820 California. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 13:55 | Down To The Sea In Ships | 1949. Action. Director: Henry Hathaway. Stars Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore & Harry Davenport. A whaling ship captain takes his grandson on a whaling trip to learn life values while on board. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 16:25 | Genevieve | 1953. Comedy. Director Henry Cornelius. Stars Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall. Alan and Ambrose are not going to let friendship get in the way of winning the London to Brighton rally. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 18:05 | The Woman In Question | 1950. Mystery. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Dirk Bogarde and Jean Kent. Police interview the five principle suspects in the murder of Astra (Jean Kent), an enigmatic fortune teller. |
Sat 17 Sep | 19:55 | Automatic Fare Collection and You in 1969 | ...You in 1969. Directed by Bob Privett. A short instructional film showing the correct and incorrect ways of getting tickets and going through the automatic gates with and without luggage. |
Sat 17 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | Seven Little Crosses. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Alfred Burke & James Maxwell. The young son of a murder suspect leads the police on a clever trail; is he purposely hindering or helping the case? [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 21:05 | The Seven-Ups | 1973. Action. Directed by Philip D'Antoni. Stars Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco & Victor Arnold. A New York City cop on the hunt for his partners killer uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money. [S] |
Sat 17 Sep | 23:10 | Black Sunday | 1977. Thriller. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern & Bekim Fehmiu. A terror group try to blow up Goodyear blimp over the Super Bowl stadium with the US president present. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 02:00 | PHASE IV | 1974. Science-fiction. Director: Saul Bass. Stars: Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport & Lynne Frederick. Desert ants develop intelligence and wage war. Scientists and a girl attempt to destroy them. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 03:40 | Man In The Attic | 1953. Thriller. Director: Hugo Fregonese. Stars Jack Palance, Constance Smith & Byron Palmer. A landlady suspects her new tenant is Jack the Ripper when a self-described pathologist moves in. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 05:20 | Strange Harvest (1953) | A sailor gives a lift to two men who steal his money and leave him for dead in a cornfield. As the combine harvester begins its work the two men have to move the body before it's discovered... [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 06:00 | Borderline (1950) | 1950. Drama. Directed by William A. Seiter. Stars: Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor & Raymond Burr. Two undercover agents are sent to Mexico to uncover a drug smuggling operation. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 07:40 | Saddle Up! | James Stephens is back for another edition of Saddle Up! First up is the 1952 feature California Conquest, starring Cornel Wilde and Teresa Wright. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 07:45 | California Conquest | 1952. Western. Directed by Lew Landers. Stars Cornel Wilde, Teresa Wright & Lisa Ferraday. In the 1840s, a Spanish adventurer and a gunsmith's daughter oppose a Russian plot to occupy California. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 09:20 | Saddle Up! | Next up, James Stephens introduces Last of the Redmen. Directed by the exceptional George Sherman, this 1947 feature is a loose retelling of The Last of the Mohicans. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 09:25 | Last of The Redmen | 1947. Western. Director: George Sherman. Stars Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea & Evelyn Ankers. Major Heyward escorts three children through dangerous territory. A retelling of The Last of the Mohicans. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 11:00 | Saddle Up! | It's time for James Stephens to saddle up and take himself up country for a while, but not before a little musical treat to say farewell. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 11:05 | Theirs Is The Glory | 1946. War. Director: Brian Desmond Hurst. The story of the armies' heroic struggle to hold the vital Arnheim Bridge during World War II. Over 200 veterans took part, although no credits appear. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 12:45 | Reel Stories: The Projectionists | Documentary. A film exploring the unseen work behind the cinema screen that projectionists undertake. A celebration of this unique profession at a time of great change. |
Sun 18 Sep | 13:55 | Wherever She Goes | 1951. Drama. Directed by Michael Gordon. Stars Eileen Joyce, Suzanne Parrett & Muriel Steinbeck. An account of the early life of Eileen Joyce, the celebrated Australian pianist. |
Sun 18 Sep | 15:35 | Woman in Green | 1945. Mystery. Director: Roy William Neill. Stars: Basil Rathbone and Henry Daniell. Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious murders of women, all of whom have their forefinger severed. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | Who remembers Mr Pastry? We have found a wonderful short film of his. We explore the Cinema Tax, footage of 1950s kitchen hygiene tips and of course no episode could be without an unknown reel! [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 18:00 | The Saint | The Benevolent Burglary. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, John Barrie & Gary Cockrell. The Saint decides to teach a lesson to an arrogant millionaire whilst also attempting to bring two lovers together. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 19:00 | She'll Have to Go | 1962. Comedy. Directed by Robert Asher. Stars Bob Monkhouse, Alfred Marks & Hattie Jacques. Two brother's scheme to gain the family fortune after their grandmother bestows it to their cousin. |
Sun 18 Sep | 20:45 | A Desperate Case in 1958 | 1958. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. Starring Maurice Denham. A comical short film designed to tackle the increasing problem of stray luggage. |
Sun 18 Sep | 21:00 | The Onedin Line | Other Points of the Compass. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Jessica Benton. After a perilous voyage, James encounters more problems ashore and must find some cash quickly. [S] |
Sun 18 Sep | 22:00 | The Winter's Guest | 1997. Drama. Directed by Alan Rickman. Stars Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson & Sheila Reid. In a small Scottish village, a recent widow gets an unexpected visit from her mother. |
September 19th to September 25th
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TPTV Schedule September 19th to September 25th
DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
Mon 19 Sep | 00:10 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |
Mon 19 Sep | 01:15 | Anywhere But Here | 1999. Drama. Directed by Wayne Wang. Stars Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman & Eileen Ryan. A mother and daughter leave their small town to try and find success in Beverly Hills. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 03:35 | Blood On The Sun | 1945. Thriller directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose the government's plan for world domination. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 05:30 | Twice Two | 1933. Comedy. Starring: Laurel & Hardy, Baldwin Cooke & Charlie Hall. Stan and Ollie are married to each other's sisters and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 06:00 | Get Some In! | Coke. 1976. Stars: Tony Selby, David Janson, Gerard Ryder. Severe Weather and a fuel shortage have brought about rationing (S2, E02) |
Mon 19 Sep | 06:30 | Reel Stories: The Projectionists | Documentary. A film exploring the unseen work behind the cinema screen that projectionists undertake. A celebration of this unique profession at a time of great change. |
Mon 19 Sep | 07:40 | Woman Hater | 1948. Romantic Comedy. Directed by Terence Young. Stars Stewart Granger, Ronald Squire, Dandy Nichols & Irene Handl. Lord Datchett tries to lure a French film star into an experimental romance. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 09:45 | Dragonwyck | 1946. Drama. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston & Vincent Price. A girl is recruited by a distant relative, to be governess to his daughter in his mansion. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 11:50 | Look At Life | 1961. A look into the world of pets and with a special glimpse at budgerigars. |
Mon 19 Sep | 12:00 | Fantastic Voyage | 1966. Action Adventure. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Stars Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch & Edmond O'Brien. A surgical team is shrunken down and injected into a dying scientist to save his life. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 14:00 | Rooms | First Dates. 1977. Written by Leslie Duxbury. Stars Anne Dyson, Ray Smith, Priscilla Morgan, William Marlowe, Denis Carey, Michael Lees. Mrs Beale is all dressed up and anxiously awaiting someone. |
Mon 19 Sep | 14:30 | Rooms | Doors That Shut. 1977. Stars Anne Dyson, Ray Smith, Priscilla Morgan, William Marlowe, Denis Carey, Michael Lees. Mrs Beale gets her way & her friend Sam seems to want to take over the Passmores room. |
Mon 19 Sep | 15:00 | The Woman In Question | 1950. Mystery. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Starring Dirk Bogarde and Jean Kent. Police interview the five principle suspects in the murder of Astra (Jean Kent), an enigmatic fortune teller. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 16:50 | Discover Britain by Train | 1978. Directed by David C. Lochner. Narrated by Brian Redhead. A promotional short film detailing the benefits of rail travel in Britain. |
Mon 19 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | We celebrate the bobbies on the beat and their dogs, we look at the ambulance service over the years, watch a reel of trams, there's a trip to the seaside and, of course, a dose of nostalgia! [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 18:00 | Rogue's Yarn | 1956. Crime drama directed by Vernon Sewell. A husband plots to kill his rich wife. Does he have the perfect alibi? Starring Derek Bond and Hugh Latimer. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 19:35 | The Coach Travellers in 1965 | 1965. Directed by Brigit Barry. A short promotional film about travel by coach, with a cross section of passengers who explain why they prefer coaches to other methods of travel. |
Mon 19 Sep | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Rhyme and the Reason. Stars John Gregson, Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 21:00 | Eyewitness (1981) | 1981. Mystery. Director: Peter Yates. Stars William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver & Christopher Plummer. A cleaner who claims he witnessed a murder becomes involved with the reporter covering the story. [S] |
Mon 19 Sep | 23:00 | Secret Army | Sergeant on the Run. 1977. Stars Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis & Clifford Rose. A group of escapees are caught and shot, but one survives, and he would rather die than talk. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 00:05 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | 1977. Drama. Directed by William A. Graham. Stars Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders & James Hampton. The conclusion to the story of Howard Hughes, a man of mystery with huge successes in life. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 02:40 | PHASE IV | 1974. Science-fiction. Director: Saul Bass. Stars: Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport & Lynne Frederick. Desert ants develop intelligence and wage war. Scientists and a girl attempt to destroy them. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 04:20 | Honey West | 1965. The Owl and The Eye. Classic crime series produced by Aaron Spelling and starring Anne Francis. Honey must steal a jade carving from a museum. |
Tue 20 Sep | 04:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Partners in Crime. 1960. Directed By Peter Duffell. Stars Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond & John Van Eyssen. A Wealthy company director has been found dead and his safe cracked, but not emptied. |
Tue 20 Sep | 06:00 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | 1971. The Shadow Man. Stars Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard, Mona Bruce. Hallaty, Manager of a Bank has vanished, and a quarter of a million has disappeared from the Vault. |
Tue 20 Sep | 07:00 | Topper Returns | 1941. Mystery. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Stars Joan Blondell, Roland Young & Carole Landis. A young woman returns as a ghost after being murdered and seeks help from Topper to find the killer. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 08:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the sentries at Buckingham Palace and how they still remain efficient soldiers. |
Tue 20 Sep | 09:00 | Stagecoach West | The Marker. Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 10:00 | Freedom To Die | 1961. Directed by Francis Searle Stars Bruce Seton, Felicity Young, Kay Callard & Paul Maxwell. Neat Crime drama of a hidden underworld where crime really doesn't pay. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 11:15 | Cause For Alarm! | 1951. Drama. Director: Tay Garnett. Stars Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan & Bruce Cowling. An unwell man accuses his wife and doctor of plotting to kill him, causing trouble after his sudden death. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 12:45 | Web of Evidence | 1959. Thriller. Director: Jack Cardiff. Stars Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Bernard Lee & Jean Kent. A WW2 evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison and framed for murder. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 14:30 | Sherlock Holmes | The Mother Hubbard Case. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who lures victims to empty houses, where they are killed. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 15:00 | 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. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 16:45 | Bank Raiders | 1958. Crime. Director Maxwell Munden. Stars Peter Reynolds, Sandra Dorne. The driver of a successful bank robbery ignores advice to lay low, setting off a dangerous chain of events. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 18:00 | 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) |
Tue 20 Sep | 18:35 | Bombay Waterfront | 1952. Directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Patricia Dainton and Peter Gawthorne. Follows Temple's efforts to aid the police in solving a series of gruesome murders. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | The Wedding Guest. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, John Slater & Philip Latham. A story told in the death cell takes Maigret to a mock wedding where he gains a clue to solving an old murder. [S] |
Tue 20 Sep | 21:05 | Van der Valk | The Ties That Bind. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. A former judge is shot dead and Van der Valk is brought in to solve the case. |
Tue 20 Sep | 23:15 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Golden Boy. Stars Alfred Burke, Alan Webb & Richard Hurndall. Marker investigates why a man who had everything gave it all up and disappeared. |
Wed 21 Sep | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro presents the first of tonight's showings - House of the Long Shadows. This 1983 horror stars a trio of horror legends: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 00:20 | House of the Long Shadows | 1983. Horror. Director: Pete Walker. Stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing. A desperate writer finds a dilapidated manor perfect for writing until the residents host an odd reunion. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 02:30 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | The horror continues with the next offering of the night. Caroline Munro presents the 1977 film Kingdom of the Spiders, starring William Shatner and Tiffany Bolling. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 02:35 | Kingdom of the Spiders | 1977. Horror. Directed by John Cardos. Stars William Shatner, Tiffany Bolling & Woody Strode. In Arizona, countless killer spiders invade a small town, killing every living thing in their path. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 04:25 | Mutiny | 1952. Starring Mark Stevens & Angela Lansbury. During the war of 1812, the U.S. arranges to borrow gold from France. A young Captain must navigate through the British blockade. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 06:00 | The Jitterbugs | 1943. Comedy. Director: Malcolm St. Clair. Stars: Laurel & Hardy and Vivian Blaine. The boys team up with a likeable con man to help a pretty singer's mother who has been taken in by swindlers. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 07:30 | The London Scene | 1951. Made as a promotional film to entice tourists to all London had to offer in the 50s. Including Battersea Pleasure Gardens and BBC Centre. Originally on 9.5mm from the Wallace Heaton ltd. |
Wed 21 Sep | 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. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 09:00 | Love and War | John Holloway, a boy soldier in WWII and the war against communists, returned home as a changed man. But it didn't change his love for Joan, we look at the story of John's 60 year marriage. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 09:30 | Wings of the Morning | 1937. Romantic Drama. Directed by Harold Schuster. Stars Annabella, Henry Fonda & Leslie Banks. The dramatic story of a marriage between an Irish nobleman and a Spanish gypsy. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 11:20 | A Bell For Adano | 1945. War. Directed by Henry King. Stars Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, & Richard Conte. A major and his men attempt to restore law and order in the war-torn Italian town of Adano. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 13:25 | Scales of Justice | 1965. Personal and Confidential. Stars Edgar Lustgarten & Ellen McIntosh. Police investigating a suspicious death find a file marked 'Top Secret' in the victim's briefcase. (S1, E7) |
Wed 21 Sep | 14:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | Why Is Her Door Locked? 1971. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. Many months after Emily's death, a grief ridden Mrs Bridges acts out character. |
Wed 21 Sep | 15:00 | The Sea Shall Not Have Them | 1954. War. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde & Bonar Colleano. In 1944, passengers of a downed aircraft discuss their lives while awaiting rescue from the North Sea. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 16:50 | In The Can | 1961. A charming short film about canned foods, and the processes behind the scenes. |
Wed 21 Sep | 17:05 | Train of Events | 1949. Drama. Directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. Starring Jack Warner, Susan Shaw and Gladys Henson. A train disaster is told as four short stories. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Game for Three Losers. 1965. Directed by Gerry O'Hara. Stars Michael Gough, Mark Eden & Toby Robins. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his new secretary get the better of him. |
Wed 21 Sep | 20:00 | The Onedin Line | Other Points of the Compass. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Jessica Benton. After a perilous voyage, James encounters more problems ashore and must find some cash quickly. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 21:00 | Magic | 1978. Thriller. Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins. A magician's assistant falls prey to the power of his own act. [S] |
Wed 21 Sep | 23:10 | The Champions | The Gun Runners. 1969. Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt & David Lodge. The agents must bring a gunrunner to justice. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 00:10 | Hazell | Hazell Gets the Bird. 1979. Stars: Nicholas Ball, Michael Angelis, Gyearbuor Asante. Hazell is hired by a gorgeous woman after her shop is vandalised. |
Thu 22 Sep | 01:10 | Callan | Call Me Sir. Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter & Patrick Mower. Upon Callan's return, dire circumstances force him to accept a new position within the section. |
Thu 22 Sep | 02:10 | HIT! | 1973. Action. Director: Sidney J Furie. Stars Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, Paul Hampton & Gwen Welles. A federal agent tries to destroy a drug ring after his daughter dies from an overdose. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | Viva Vegas. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E20) |
Thu 22 Sep | 06:00 | Block-Heads | 1938. Comedy. Director: John G Blystone. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson & Patricia Ellis. Unaware that the Great War has ended, Stan remains at his post for 20 years. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 07:10 | Secret People | 1952. Crime Drama. Director Thorold Dickinson. Stars Valentina Cortese, Audrey Hepburn, Serge Reggiani & Charles Goldner. Two sisters get tangled up in deceit, espionage and murder. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 09:00 | 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. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 10:30 | One Way Pendulum | 1965. Drama. Director: Peter Yates. Stars Eric Sykes, George Cole & Julia Foster. In between creating odd inventions, an eccentric family decide to re-enact a murder, setting a trial into motion. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 12:10 | Sailing Along | 1938. Musical. Director: Sonnie Hale. Stars: Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay & Alastair Sim. A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son & has to choose between him and stardom. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 14:00 | Hannay | The Good Samaritan. 1989. Stars Robert Powell, Sharon Maughan & Marc Zuber. The pleasures of travelling on the Trans Europe Express from Venice are often relished! But not for Hannay... (S2, E04) |
Thu 22 Sep | 15:00 | Watch Out | 1953. Family. Directed by Don Chaffey. Stars Peter Butterworth, Humphrey Kent & Harry Lane. Dickie Duffle finds himself in trouble whilst touring a film studio. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 15:25 | Wherever She Goes | 1951. Drama. Directed by Michael Gordon. Stars Suzanne Parrett, Muriel Steinbeck & Nigel Lovell. An account of the early life of Eileen Joyce, the celebrated Australian pianist. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 17:05 | Dalekmania | 1995. Documentary. Director: Kevin Davies. Stars Roberta Tovey, Marcus Hearn & Terry Nation. A nostalgic look at the 1960's Dalek films via archive material and interviews with the cast and crew. [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 18:20 | Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 | 1966. Sci-fi. Directed by Gordon Flemyng. Stars Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins & Ray Brooks. Dr Who and his friends travel into the future to find the Daleks' have taken over, can they stop them? [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 20:00 | The Saint | The Elusive Ellshaw. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Angela Browne & Richard Vernon. Can Simon uncover the link between a murdered cashier and the attempted killing of her former employer? [S] |
Thu 22 Sep | 21:00 | Justice | Witnesses Cost Extra. 1971. Directed by John Batt. Stars Margaret Lockwood, George A. Cooper & John Dearth. A defence lawyer helps suspects to buy witnesses to get them off. Can Harriet stop them? |
Thu 22 Sep | 22:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Affair of The Tortoise. Stars: Peter Barkworth, Cyd Hayman, Esmond Knight. To solve the murder of an official from Haiti, PI Martin Hewitt has several pieces of evidence to consider. |
Thu 22 Sep | 23:00 | Widows | Series 2, Episode 4. 1985. Stars Ann Mitchell, Maureen O'Farrell, Fiona Hendley & Debby Bishop. Micky takes Shirley on a date to a party at Arnie Fisher's club. (S2, E04) |
Fri 23 Sep | 00:00 | Enemy At The Door | Officers of The Law.1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. Kluge is anxious to clamp down on the island's black-market activities and enlists the reluctant aid of police. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 01:00 | The Last Hard Men | 1976. Western. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Stars James Coburn, Barbara Hershey & Charlton Heston. A retired sheriff must hunt down an escaped convict who is determined to kill him. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 03:00 | Finders Keepers | 1967. Musical Comedy. Directed by Sidney Hayers. Stars Cliff Richard, Brian Bennett & John Rostill. A U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on a small Spanish town prepared for a concert. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 04:45 | The Isle Of Wight In The 60s | Charming and well-made travelogue of The Isle of Wight in the 60s. Great shots of holiday and island life, featuring Ventnor, Shanklin, West Wight and wait till you see the cars! |
Fri 23 Sep | 05:00 | Amos Burke: Secret Agent | Terror in a Tiny Town: Part 2. A mad right-wing judge who wants to take over the country, airs subliminal radio messages to control the minds of the locals. |
Fri 23 Sep | 06:00 | Way Out West | 1937. Comedy. Director: James W Horne. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & James Finlayson and Rosina Lawrence. A prospector enlists Stan and Ollie to deliver the deed to a goldmine. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 07:15 | Welcome, Mr. Washington | 1944. Drama. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars Barbara Mullen, Donald Stewart & Peggy Cummins. Two sisters are forced to lease their estate as an airbase to American forces during WW2. |
Fri 23 Sep | 08:45 | Unpublished Story | 1942. War. Director: Harold French. Stars Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson & Basil Radford. A war correspondent during WW2 returns to London and becomes suspicious of a peace organisation. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 10:20 | Love is a Many-Splendored Thing | 1955. Romantic drama. Director Henry King. Stars William Holden, Jennifer Jones & Torin Thatcher. A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American reporter in 1949 Hong Kong. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 12:25 | Sussex Fortnight | Made in 1950. By bicycle with Raymond Glendenning to Arundel, Littlehampton and a horse show, ending with the Goodwood Cup. |
Fri 23 Sep | 12:45 | 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. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 14:25 | 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. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 15:40 | 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. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 17:50 | The Hunters | 1958. War drama. Director Dick Powell. Stars Robert Mitchum, May Britt & Lee Philips. During the Korean War two American pilots become bitter enemies, but their feud takes a back seat in combat. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 20:00 | The Outer Limits | Cry of Silence. 1964. Stars Eddie Albert, June Havoc & Arthur Hunnicut. An innocent drive into the countryside turns into a nightmare when a couple become trapped in a remote canyon. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 21:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro is back in The Cellar Club tonight! We begin with the ground-breaking Never Take Candy from a Stranger. This 1961 film directed by Cyril Frankel was ahead of its time when released. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 21:05 | Never Take Candy From A Stranger | 1961. Horror. Directed by Cyril Frankel. Stars Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen & Felix Aylmer. A new family in a Canadian town discover their daughter has been a victim of a sexual predator. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 22:45 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Our next film turns to the subgenre of 'man vs beast' with Nightwing. This 1979 feature, the only horror which Arthur Hill directed, stars David Warner and Nick Mancuso. [S] |
Fri 23 Sep | 22:50 | Nightwing | 1979. Horror. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Stars David Warner, Nick Mancuso & Kathryn Harrold. The High Priest of the Masakai Tribe summons the end of the world, awakening a swarm of killer bats. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 00:55 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro introduces the final horror of the night, Return of the Vampire. This 1943 feature stars one of the screen's first and best ever vampire performers - Bela Lugosi. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 01:00 | Return of the Vampire | 1943. Horror. Directed by Lew Landers. Stars Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort & Nina Foch. During WWII, a Hungarian vampire rises from the dead after the stake in his heart is mistakenly removed. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 02:20 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro previews another batch of thrilling films. Make sure you join her next week. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 02:25 | Twins of Evil | 1971. Horror. Directed by John Hough. Stars Peter Cushing & Mary and Madeleine Collinson. Identical twins Frieda and Maria stay with their uncle, in the shadow of a Castle, where vampires dwell. |
Sat 24 Sep | 04:10 | Bluebeard | 1944. Crime. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Stars John Carradine, Jean Parker & Nils Asther. A dressmaker falls in love with a puppeteer, but little does she know he's hiding a dark secret. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 05:35 | Boarding House Blues - Glimpses | 1931. Stars Louise Fadenza, Iriving Bacon & Max Davidson. Anarchy reigns at Mrs Fitts' boarding house where the residents are just as eccentric as the staff. |
Sat 24 Sep | 06:00 | Sabotage At Sea | 1943. Drama. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars Jane Carr, Felix Aylme. The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais saboteurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship's owner is among them. |
Sat 24 Sep | 07:15 | Behemoth The Seamonster | 1959. Sci-Fi. Atomic marine tests cause the resurrection of a dormant sea-monster who then threatens to destroy London. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 08:45 | Diesel Train Ride in 1959 | 1959. Directed by James Ritchie. A wonderful train ride through the English countryside, as seen through the forward windows of a diesel coach. |
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Sat 24 Sep | 09:00 | William Tell | The Suspect. 1958. Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. Tell must prove a girl innocent of giving information to the Austrians about secret arms shipments. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 09:30 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | ... the Universe. Stark Treachery. 1940. Stars: Buster Crabbe & Carol Hughes. The conniving Ming has plans to make Dale his bride, but there will be no royal wedding if Flash can get there first! [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 09:55 | Rockets in the Dunes | 1960. Director William C. Hammond. Stars Gena Yates, Heather Lyons & Gordon Adam. A group of children attempt to prevent the War Office from closing their beach to make a rocket-launching site. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 11:00 | Sir Francis Drake | Queen of Scots. 1961. Stars Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Ewan Roberts. Elizabeth is worried about Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham decides it is time to get Mary out of the way. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Will Scarlet. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Garishly dressed William Winchester is at the inn Robin and Little John go to, swords are drawn as John insults Will. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 12:00 | Go West | 1925. Comedy. Director: Buster Keaton. Stars Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale & Kathleen Myers. A New Yorker tries his luck finding a job in the country and finds his way leading a herd of cattle. |
Sat 24 Sep | 13:35 | Automatic Fare Collection and You in 1969 | ...You in 1969. Directed by Bob Privett. A short instructional film showing the correct and incorrect ways of getting tickets and going through the automatic gates with and without luggage. |
Sat 24 Sep | 13:45 | SOS Pacific | 1959. Drama. Directed by Guy Green. Starring Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli & John Gregson. A flying boat fire forces its passengers, including a prisoner, to make a disastrous water landing. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 15:30 | Rhubarb | 1969. Comedy. Directed by Eric Sykes. Stars Harry Secombe, Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor & Hattie Jacques. Every trick of gamesmanship or blatant cheating occurs in a round of golf. |
Sat 24 Sep | 16:15 | The Lost World | 1960. Fantasy Adventure. Director Irwin Allen. Stars Michael Rennie, Jill St. John & David Hedison. To prove that dinosaurs still exist, Professor Challenger takes a group to the Amazonian jungle. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 18:15 | The Bold and the Brave | 1956. War Drama. Directed by Lewis R. Foster. Stars Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney & Don Taylor. The story of three unique American soldiers coming together in the Italian campaign of 1944. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | The Trap. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Sonia Dresdel & Jacqueline Hill. Maigret creates a trap to capture a serial killer who is targeting women in the streets of Montmartre. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 21:05 | 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. [S] |
Sat 24 Sep | 23:00 | The Offence | 1973. Crime Drama. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Stars Sean Connery, Trevor Howard & Vivien Merchant. A burnt out detective finally snaps when interrogating a suspected child molester. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 01:10 | Black Sunday | 1977. Thriller. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern & Bekim Fehmiu. A terror group try to blow up Goodyear blimp over the Super Bowl stadium with the US president present. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 04:00 | A Song For Europe | 1985. Drama. Director John Goldschmidt. Stars David Suchet, Maria Schneider & Reinhard Glemintz. Steven Dyer, an executive working for a drugs company, decides to report his employer. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 06:00 | Second Best Bed | 1938. Comedy. Directed by Tom Walls. Stars Jane Baxter, Tom Walls, Veronica Rose & Carl Jaffe. A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 07:30 | 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. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 09:05 | Return to Yesterday | 1940. Drama. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Stars Clive Brook, Anna Lee & Dame May Whitty. The arrival of an established actor sparks a turn of events for a seaside theatrical company. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 10:25 | The Farmer's Wife (1941) | 1941. Drama. Directed by: Leslie Arliss & Norman Lee. Stars: Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne. A widowed farmer decides to remarry, but everyone on his list rejects him. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 12:05 | Driving The Train 1959 | 1959. A fascinating instructional film on driving diesel trains. |
Sun 25 Sep | 12:25 | Snowbound | 1948. Mystery drama. Directed by David MacDonald and starring Dennis Price, Herbert Lom and Robert Newton. A group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 14:05 | 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. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 16:00 | The London Nobody Knows | 1967. Documentary. Directed by Norman Cohen. Stars James Mason. In the spirit of adventure and discovery, this offbeat and exciting film exposes the surprising and intriguing London of the 60s. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | This week, there's a Last of the Summer Wine reunion special with Morris Bright, a look behind the scenes of a cinema in the 1940s, prefab houses, trolleybuses and who remembers Mavis Villiers? [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 18:00 | The Saint | The Wonderful War. 1964 Stars Roger Moore, Renee Houston & Noel Purcell. After the assassination of the monarch of Sayeda, Simon uses all resources to wage war after a corrupt usurper takes over. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 19:00 | The Card | 1952. Comedy. Director: Ronald Neame. Stars Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns & Valerie Hobson. A man finds ways to raise through the ranks in business and social standing, some honest, some not. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 20:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the British Overseas Territory that has been a British Outpost since 1704, now taking a look at the island as it transforms into a holiday destination. |
Sun 25 Sep | 21:00 | The Onedin Line | The High Price. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Edward Chapman. James finds difficulty building his fleet of ships and is in desperate need of a warehouse, but the price is high. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 22:00 | Wish You Were Here | 1987. Drama. Directed by David Leland. Stars Emily Lloyd, Jesse Birdsall & Tom Bell. Coming of age story about a rebellious young girl growing up in post-war England in a small seaside town. [S] |
Sun 25 Sep | 23:45 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |
September 25th to October 2nd
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TPTV Schedule September 26th to October 2nd
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Mon 26 Sep | 00:50 | French Connection II | 1975. Crime Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey & Bernard Fresson. Narcotics detective Doyle travels to France to hunt the ringleader who eluded him in New York. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 03:20 | This Was A Woman | 1949. Crime Drama. Directed by Tim Whelan. Stars Sonia Dresdel, Barbara White & Walter Fitzgerald. A wife who aims to gain power begins a game of manipulation, but will it end in destruction? [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 05:25 | Zane Grey: Rebel Range | 1959. Western. Stars Joan Crawford, Scott Forbes, Don Grady. A Union law allows homes vacated by confederates to be sold at auction. A woman comes back to claim her home regardless. |
Mon 26 Sep | 06:00 | 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 26 Sep | 06:30 | 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. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 08:05 | 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. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 09:50 | Men In War | 1957. War. Director: Anthony Mann. Stars Robert Ryan, Robert Keith, Aldo Ray & Vic Morrow. During the Korean War, Lt. Benson and his troops find a colonel experiencing psychological combat trauma. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 11:55 | Down to Sussex in 1964 | 1964. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. A charming travelogue of places and events in the South Downs and the Weald. |
Mon 26 Sep | 12:15 | The Man In The Sky | 1957. Drama. Director: Charles Crichton. Stars Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Sellars & Walter Fitzgerald. John Mitchell is on a flight fraught with disaster but Mitchell is determined to land the plane. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 14:00 | Rooms | Forbidden Fruit. 1977. Written by John Kershaw. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall. Jim seems to be back on the right path and wants to help his son. |
Mon 26 Sep | 14:30 | Rooms | Broken. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall, Bruce White. Shirley and Carols business seems to be at a red light. |
Mon 26 Sep | 15:00 | 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. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 16:55 | Automatic Fare Collection and You in 1969 | ...You in 1969. Directed by Bob Privett. A short instructional film showing the correct and incorrect ways of getting tickets and going through the automatic gates with and without luggage. |
Mon 26 Sep | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | It's all about boiled roast beef and overcooked vegetables, dinner ladies, advice from Bernard Cribbins, greyhound racing in the 70s, a look at the history of street markets and much much more! [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 18:00 | 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. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 19:45 | Look At Life | 1960. A look into the depths of Britain's only salt mine in Cheshire. |
Mon 26 Sep | 20:00 | Gideon's Way | The Nightlifers. Stars Derek Fowlds, John Gregson, Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. A group of rich young people go from endless parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 21:00 | Next To No Time | 1958. Comedy. Stars Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Irene Handl & Sid James. Whilst on the Queen Elizabeth to New York, David must close a deal before the boat docks. [S] |
Mon 26 Sep | 23:00 | Secret Army | Radishes With Butter. 1977. Stars Bernard Hepton, Christopher Neame & Angela Richards. Lieutenant Curtis brings money from England to help aid escape plans and befriends a Jewish family in hiding. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 00:05 | 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. |
Tue 27 Sep | 02:25 | Villa Rides | 1968. Director: Buzz Kulik. Stars Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum & Maria Grazia Buccella. An American aviator must decide to aid Pancho Villa in the 1912 Mexican Revolution or face the firing squad. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 04:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Clue Of the New Pin. 1960. Directed by Allan Davis. Stars Paul Daneman, Bernard Archard & James Villiers. A Vault door is locked with key inside next to a corpse. How was the door locked? |
Tue 27 Sep | 06:00 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | 1971. Death of an Angel. Directed By Peter Dugid. Stars Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard & Mona Bruce. An actress has been murdered but has a wrongful arrest taken place? Reeder investigates |
Tue 27 Sep | 07:00 | Discover Britain by Train | 1978. Directed by David C. Lochner. Narrated by Brian Redhead. A promotional short film detailing the benefits of rail travel in Britain. |
Tue 27 Sep | 07:10 | Emergency Call | 1952. Drama. A young child must have a blood transfusion, but she has a rare blood group. Can a donor be found? Starring Jack Warner and Anthony Steel. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 08:55 | Bicyclettes de Belsize | 1969. Musical. Director: Douglas Hickox. Stars Anthony May, Judy Huxtable & Leslie Goddard. A young man falls in love with a picture of a model and takes to the streets on his bicycle to find her. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 09:30 | Interpol Calling | The Angola Brights. 1959. Stars Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield & Alfred Burke. Men are killed in an Angolan diamond mine to cover the theft of uncut diamonds, the trail leads to South Africa. |
Tue 27 Sep | 10:00 | Blind Spot | 1958. Crime Drama directed by Peter Maxwell. Starring Robert Mackenzie, Michael Caine and Delphi Lawrence. US Officer Adams, blinded during the war, is framed on a diamond-smuggling rap. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 11:30 | The Good-Time Girl | 1948. Drama. Directed by David MacDonald. Stars Jean Kent, Dennis Price, Herbert Lom. A young girl gets involved with some criminals, meets some on the run GI's and starts a crime wave with them. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 13:15 | Burnt Evidence | 1954. Drama starring Jane Hylton, Duncan Lamont and Donald Gray. Lamont plays the jealous husband of Hylton. When confronting her lover, he accidentally shoots the man and runs for the hills. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 14:30 | Sherlock Holmes | The Red-Headed League. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. A shopkeeper claims to have been a member of the 'Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 15:00 | 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. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 16:50 | Many Faces of Christopher Lee | 1996. In this fascinating documentary, Christopher Lee gives us an insight into his life and career. He discusses some of his famous roles and films, and touches on his personal life and family. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 18:00 | 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 27 Sep | 18:35 | The House In Marsh Road | 1960. Horror. Director Montgomery Tully and starring Patricia Dainton, Sam Kydd and Sandra Dorne. Jean is left a house and hopes it will be the fresh start they need but the house has other ideas. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 20:00 | Maigret | High Politics. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Noel Johnson & Betty McDowell. Maigret must seek out an individual who is attempting to destroy the reputation and career of a government minister. [S] |
Tue 27 Sep | 21:05 | Van der Valk | Proof of Life. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. When a businessman and his son are kidnapped, Van der Valk must establish whether the man's wife is involved. |
Tue 27 Sep | 23:15 | Public Eye | 1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Windsor Royal. Stars Alfred Burke, Raymond Francis & Stephanie Bidmead. Marker is hired to find a new breed of rose that has disappeared |
Wed 28 Sep | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro introduces tonight's first feature, Gordon Hessler's Cry of the Banshee, which is set in Elizabethan England and stars Vincent Price as an evil witch hunter. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 00:20 | Cry Of The Banshee | 1970. Horror. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Stars Vincent Price, Essy Persson & Hilary Heath. A corrupt English magistrate plans to rid the countryside of witches but runs afoul of a vengeful witch. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 02:05 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | The second offering of the night is Twice Told Tales. Caroline introduces the feature which consists of three stories based on the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne and stars Vincent Price once more. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 02:10 | Twice Told Tales | 1963. Horror. Directed by Sidney Salkow. Stars Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot & Brett Halsey. A collection of three horror stories based on the collection of tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 04:40 | Stock Car | 1955. Drama. After the death of her father while motor racing, the daughter (Rona Anderson) is dissuaded from selling his garage by fellow racer Larry (Paul Carpenter) who helps her run it. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 06:00 | Bluebeard | 1944. Crime. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Stars John Carradine, Jean Parker & Nils Asther. A dressmaker falls in love with a puppeteer, but little does she know he's hiding a dark secret. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 07:25 | Operation Diplomat | 1953. Crime. Directed by John Guillermin. Stars Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton. A surgeon is forced to operate on an injured man by a gang of smugglers. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 08:45 | Diesel Train Ride in 1959 | 1959. Directed by James Ritchie. A wonderful train ride through the English countryside, as seen through the forward windows of a diesel coach. |
Wed 28 Sep | 09:00 | Love and War | The Women's Land Army was formed to replace the men who fought in World War II. We learn about the life and loves of the former land girls who gather regularly for coffee in Seaford, Sussex. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 09:30 | Clash By Night | 1963. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne & Harry Fowler. A prison bus enroute to jail is hijacked by a gang determined to free their leader. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 11:00 | She'll Have to Go | 1962. Comedy. Directed by Robert Asher. Stars Bob Monkhouse, Alfred Marks & Hattie Jacques. Two brother's scheme to gain the family fortune after their grandmother bestows it to their cousin. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 12:45 | Diplomatic Corpse | 1958. Thriller. Director by Montgomery Tully. Stars Robin Bailey, Susan Shaw & Harry Fowler. A crime reporter and his girlfriend investigate a dead body pulled from the river has embassy links. |
Wed 28 Sep | 14:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | A Voice from The Past. 1971. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. James and Elizabeth help London's poorest but then see a bedraggled Sarah. |
Wed 28 Sep | 15:00 | Nobody Runs Forever | 1968. Action. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars Christopher Plummer, Rod Taylor & Lilli Palmer. An Australian detective arrives in London to arrest a top diplomat for the murder of his first wife. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 17:00 | Home at Seven | 1952. Drama. Director: Ralph Richardson. Stars Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins & Margaret Leighton. David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 18:40 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the production of gold and its journey through London, the world's most important gold market. Also exploring the role of the Bank of England, the guardian of Britain's gold reserves. |
Wed 28 Sep | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Change Partners. 1965. Directed by Robert Lynn. Stars Zena Walker, Kenneth Cope, Basil Henson. A co-director in the firm of Arkwright and Gallen, is having an affair with is partner's wife. |
Wed 28 Sep | 20:00 | The Onedin Line | The High Price. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Edward Chapman. James finds difficulty building his fleet of ships and is in desperate need of a warehouse, but the price is high. [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 21:00 | Steptoe and Son Ride Again | 1973. Comedy. Directed by Peter Sykes. Stars Wilfred Brambell, Harry H. Corbett & Diana Dors. After racking up debt, Harold plans to fake his father's death to gain money, but will he play along? [S] |
Wed 28 Sep | 23:00 | The Champions | Autokill. 1969. Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo & William Gaunt. A nemesis agent goes missing for 2 days and when he re-surfaces, shoots an American officer in the Nemesis headquarters. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 00:00 | Hazell | Hazell and the Big Sleep. 1979. Stars: Nicholas Ball, Peter Bourke, Richard Durden. A job finding a thief in a London Hotel puts Hazell in harm's way, |
Thu 29 Sep | 01:00 | Callan | First Refusal. Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter & Patrick Mower. Callan suspects a leak in London when a third-party broker offers to sell the names of British agents to Eastern Europe |
Thu 29 Sep | 02:00 | Restless Natives | 1985. Comedy. Directed by Michael Hoffman. Stars Vincent Friell, Nanette Newman & Bernard Hill. Two friends acting as modern highway men rob tourist coaches, unexpectedly becoming folk heroes. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 03:45 | How To Undress in Public | 1965. Comedy. Directed by Compton Bennett. Stars Fenella Fielding, Reginald Beckwith & Kenneth Connor. A comedic take on the different methods of undressing through the ages. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 04:45 | A Desperate Case in 1958 | 1958. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. Starring Maurice Denham. A comical short film designed to tackle the increasing problem of stray luggage. |
Thu 29 Sep | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | Fortress of Despair. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E21) |
Thu 29 Sep | 06:00 | Cause For Alarm! | 1951. Drama. Director: Tay Garnett. Stars Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan & Bruce Cowling. An unwell man accuses his wife and doctor of plotting to kill him, causing trouble after his sudden death. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 07:30 | 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. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 08:45 | Stormy Crossing | 1958. Drama directed by CM Pennington-Richards. Stars John Ireland, Derek Bond & Joy Webster. A story of a fateful cross channel swim. Great shots of Dover in the 50s. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 10:05 | Blind Date | 1959. Thriller. Directed by Joseph Losey. Starring Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker & Micheline Presle. The mistress of a struggling artist is killed and Inspector Morgan investigates a complex case. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 11:55 | The Pickwick Papers | 1952. Comedy. In this British classic, the Pickwick Club send a group to find interesting things around England. Stars James Hayter, Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison & Harry Fowler. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 14:00 | Hannay | The Rough Music. 1989. Stars Robert Powell, Richard Pasco, Caroline Lee-John. On the death of his friend, Hannay inherits a walking-stick, field glasses and the lighthouse on a Fenland marsh (S2, E05) |
Thu 29 Sep | 15:00 | The Bold and the Brave | 1956. War Drama. Directed by Lewis R. Foster. Stars Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney & Don Taylor. The story of three unique American soldiers coming together in the Italian campaign of 1944. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 16:45 | A Window In London | 1940. Thriller. Directed by Herbert Mason. Stars Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray & Paul Lukas. On his way to work, a man looks through the window of his train where he sees a young woman's murder. |
Thu 29 Sep | 18:20 | 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. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 20:00 | The Saint | Marcia. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Samantha Eggar & Kenneth MacKintosh. A film actress takes her own life after her face is disfigured. Simon becomes involved when her successor is threatened. [S] |
Thu 29 Sep | 21:00 | Justice | The Rain It Raineth. 1971. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Peter Blythe & Michael Coles. The son of Harriet's friend pleads guilty after being bullied into entering a warehouse and injuring a watchman. |
Thu 29 Sep | 22:00 | 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. |
Thu 29 Sep | 23:00 | Widows | Series 2, Episode 5. 1985. Stars Ann Mitchell, Maureen O'Farrell, Fiona Hendley & Debby Bishop. Dolly goes on a date with Vic but must face up to the fact that she is not yet over Harry. (S2, E05) |
Fri 30 Sep | 00:00 | Enemy At The Door | Jerry Bag. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. On her father's death, Betty Ridge gets work as a cleaner for the Germans, meeting young soldier Erich. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 01:00 | Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective | 1980. Comedy. Directed by Val Guest. Stars Bernard Cribbins, Bill Maynard, Joss Ackland & Maureen Lipman. Detective Constable Davies is accident prone but gets the chance to investigate a villain. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 03:10 | Blood Relatives | 1978. Mystery. Directed by Claude Chabrol. Stars Donald Sutherland, Aude Landry & Donald Pleasence. A detective investigating a girl's murder encounters conflicting testimonies. |
Fri 30 Sep | 05:05 | IWM: Flying with Prudence (1946) | Early post-Second World War dramatised RAF instruction film detailing the importance of flight safety. Directed by Cecil Musk edited by John Krish with Patricia Cutts and Derek Elphinstone. |
Fri 30 Sep | 06:00 | The Agitator | 1945. Drama. Director: John Harlow. Stars William Hartnell, Mary Morris & John Laurie. In this 'lost' William Hartnell film, a socialist inherits the British factory where he works as a union mechanic |
Fri 30 Sep | 08:00 | The Bad Lord Byron | 1949. Historical Drama. Director: David MacDonald. Stars Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling & Joan Greenwood. Seriously ill Lord Byron dreams of judgement, as poet and soldier or seducer and libertine. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 09:40 | The Astonished Heart | 1950. Drama. Directors Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough. Stars Celia Johnson, Noel Coward & Margaret Leighton. A love triangle between a psychiatrist, his wife and an impulsive younger woman. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 11:25 | Fallen Angel | 1945. Thriller. Director: Otto Preminger. Starring: Dana Andrews, Charles Bickford and Bruce Cabot. A slick con man arrives in town to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 13:25 | Traveller's Joy | 1951. Comedy. Director by Ralph Thomas. Stars Googie Withers, Dora Bryan & John McCallum. A divorced couple find themselves stuck and penniless, in a Swedish hotel. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 15:00 | Saps At Sea | 1940. Comedy. Director: Gordon Douglas. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer & Ben Turpin. Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 16:10 | The Beachcomber | 1954. Comedy-drama. Director Muriel Box and starring Glynis Johns, Robert Newton and Donald Sinden. Drunken womaniser, Ted, is sent to a tropical island by his family where he meets new friends. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 17:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A fascinating look at donkeys and their ever increasing popularity. |
Fri 30 Sep | 18:00 | One Million Years BC | 1966. Action. Directed by Don Chaffey and stars Raquel Welch, John Richardson and Percy Herbert. Prehistoric man, Tumak, fights for the affections of Loana. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 20:00 | The Outer Limits | The Invisible Enemy. 1964. Stars Adam West, Rudy Solari & Joe Maross. Two astronauts travel to Mars, but never return. A second expedition is sent to find out why. But will this crew survive? [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 21:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline opens the doors for another thrilling night in The Cellar Club. The first film of the night is The Mad Magician, a 1954 horror directed by John Brahm and starring the great Vincent Price. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 21:05 | The Mad Magician | 1954. Horror. Directed by John Brahm. Stars Vincent Price, Mary Murphy & Eva Gabor. A master magician becomes deranged after his best kept magic secrets and his wife are stolen by his rival. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 22:35 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | House of Gorgon is the next horror to follow. Caroline Munro introduces the 2019 film in which she features alongside Martine Beswick, Veronica Carlson and Christopher Neame. [S] |
Fri 30 Sep | 22:40 | House of Gorgon | 2019. Horror. Directed by Josh Kennedy. Stars Caroline Munro, Martine Beswick & Veronica Carlson. A young couple are terrorised after an ancient horror is unleashed upon them. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline introduces the final film of the evening, House of Mortal Sin. This 1976 British horror starring Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon and Stephanie Beacham focuses on a crazed priest. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 00:20 | House of Mortal Sin | 1976. Horror. Directed by Pete Walker. Stars Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon & Stephanie Beacham. A priest becomes obsessed with a girl that confesses to him and will stop at nothing to get her. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 02:25 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline closes the doors of The Cellar Club once again, but not before giving a sneak peek at next week's films before sending you off into the night. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 02:30 | Fade In | 1973. Western. Directed by Jud Taylor. Stars Burt Reynolds, Barbara Loden & Patricia Casey. A Hollywood film editor falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on her film. |
Sat 01 Oct | 04:25 | South of Panama | 1941. Director: Jean Yarbrough. Stars Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce. Jan, sister of government chemist Paul Martin, realises she is being followed by enemy agents after her brother. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 05:45 | Look At Life | 1963. A look at the railway modernisation schemes taking place and the controversy they have caused. |
Sat 01 Oct | 06:00 | Marked Men | 1940. Crime. Director: Sam Newfield. Stars Warren Hull, Isabel Jewell & Paul Bryar. A young medical-school graduate escapes prison and finds a small haven in Arizona until gangsters show up. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 07:10 | The Sword of Monte Cristo | 1951. Adventure. Stars George Montgomery, Rita Corday & Berry Kroeger. Set in 19th Century France, The country's conniving chief minister will stop at nothing to gain possession of the sword. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 08:45 | Look At Life | 1964. A look at the various aspects of London Airport with a focus on BOAC and BEA airlines. |
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Sat 01 Oct | 09:00 | William Tell | The Cuckoo. 1958. Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. Gessler's problem is compounded further when he receives a message demanding taxes Gessler hasn't collected. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 09:30 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | ... the Universe. Doom Of The Dictator. 1940. Stars: Buster Crabbe & Carol Hughes. Flash and his comrades wage all out war against Ming to rescue Dale and Professor Zarkoff. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 09:50 | The Great Pony Raid | 1968. Family. Director: Frederic Goode. Starring: Christian Comber, Tina Paget Brown, Andrew Purcell & Shelley Crowhurst. Children try to help capture men planning to steal Dartmoor ponies. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 11:00 | Sir Francis Drake | Doctor Dee. 1961. Stars Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Patrick McLoughlin. Doctor Dee entertains Elizabeth and her court with some magic tricks. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Deserted Castle. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. The Queen Mother has a mission for Robin but both Marion and Robin surprised to see her at a deserted castle. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 12:00 | The Farmer's Wife (1941) | 1941. Drama. Directed by: Leslie Arliss & Norman Lee. Stars: Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne. A widowed farmer decides to remarry, but everyone on his list rejects him. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 13:40 | The Coach Travellers in 1965 | 1965. Directed by Brigit Barry. A short promotional film about travel by coach, with a cross section of passengers who explain why they prefer coaches to other methods of travel. |
Sat 01 Oct | 14:00 | Wings of Danger | 1952. Crime. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Zachary Scott, Robert Beatty & Naomi Chance. A pilot becomes caught in a web of smuggling and blackmail when his girlfriend's brother goes missing. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 15:15 | British Rails Are Long and Fast | 1969. Directed by Bob Privett. Intended as a sales tool for manufacturers, this short film details the production, installation and maintenance for long welded track in use on British Railways. |
Sat 01 Oct | 15:45 | The One That Got Away | 1957. Drama. Director Roy Ward Baker. Stars Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon & Michael Goodliffe. A German flight officer is shot down over England and makes numerous attempts to escape to fight again. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 18:00 | The Iron Maiden | 1962. Comedy. Directed by Gerald Thomas. Starring Michael Craig & Joan Sims. An aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines, designs a new supersonic jet plane to sell to America. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 20:00 | Maigret | The Amateurs. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon & Helen Shingler. Maigret holds the suspicion that a recently released criminal is responsible for a number of daring holdups in Paris. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 21:05 | Brannigan | 1975. Crime. Director: Douglas Hickox. Stars John Wayne, Richard Attenborough & Judy Geeson. Jim Brannigan is sent to London to escort a mobster to the US, but a group of hitmen disrupt the plan. [S] |
Sat 01 Oct | 23:20 | Magic | 1978. Thriller. Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins. A magician's assistant falls prey to the power of his own act. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 01:30 | Equus | 1977. Drama. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Stars Richard Burton, Peter Firth & Colin Blakeley. A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 04:15 | 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. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 05:35 | Away for the Day in 1952 | 1952. Directed by John Krish. A travelogue about day trips via coach. Various parties are seen visiting Dartmoor, the Roman theatre at Verulamium, the Tower of London, Brighton and Tintern Abbey. |
Sun 02 Oct | 06:00 | Mistaken Identity | 1942. Comedy. Director: Walter Tennyson. Stars Richard Goolden, Gilliam Maude & Julian Vedey. Comedy of a booking clerk who is dismissed after a mistake and confused with a millionaire in London. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 07:00 | Theatre Royal | 1943. Comedy. Director: John Baxter. Stars Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Peggy Dexter & Lydia Sherwood. A theatre manager becomes broke and wishes to close. A rare broadcast of a 'lost' film. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 08:15 | The Giant Gila Monster | 1959. Sci-Fi. Directed by Ray Kellogg. Starring Don Sullivan, Fred Graham & Lisa Simone. A giant lizard terrorises a small town. Can the police and a hot rod gang stop the monster? [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 09:45 | Alive & Kicking | 1958. Comedy. Directed by Cyril Frankel. Stars Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison & Estelle Winwood. Three elderly friends run away from their nursing home, looking for greener pastures. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 11:45 | Song of London | 1963. Short film. Directed by John Durst. Starring David De Keyser, Shirley Abicair, Kim Cordell & Bob Roberts. A nostalgic look back at 60s London with Tommy Trinder and a host of stars. |
Sun 02 Oct | 12:15 | Doctor in Trouble | 1970. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe & Angela Scoular. A British doctor stows away on a cruise liner in pursuit of the woman he plans to propose to. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 14:00 | Khartoum | 1966. Drama. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier & Richard Johnson. British General Charles Gordon defends Khartoum against an army led by a religious fanatic. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 16:40 | A Day Of One's Own 1956 | 1956. Directed by Kenneth Fairbairn. A short film about various housewives around the country taking a day off from their traditional domestic chores. |
Sun 02 Oct | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | This week it's childhood memories. Then on to Daleks with a special guest and some exclusive unseen footage of Terry Nation. We look at the wonder of your first TV and an unknown reel footage. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 18:00 | The Saint | The Noble Sportsman. 1964. Stars Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms & Anthony Quayle. The daughter of an arrogant aristocrat asks for Simon's help after her father becomes a target and is almost killed. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 19:00 | Sleeping Car To Trieste | 1948. Drama. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Jean Kent, Bonar Colleano, Albert Lieven & David Tomlinson. Agents break into an embassy in Paris to steal a diary filled with political secrets. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 20:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at a typical Sunday in England and the various changes that are taking place. |
Sun 02 Oct | 21:00 | The Onedin Line | Catch as Can. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Jessica Benton. James becomes involved in a battle with his former employer. Meanwhile, Anne discovers Elizabeth's secret. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 22:00 | Dance With a Stranger | 1985. Crime Drama. Director Mike Newell. Stars Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett & Ian Holm. A complicated relationship story based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. [S] |
Sun 02 Oct | 23:55 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |
October 3rd to October 9th
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DATE | TIME | PROGRAMME | SYNOPSIS |
Mon 03 Oct | 01:00 | Water | 1985. Comedy. Director Dick Clement. Stars Michael Caine, Leonard Rossiter & Billy Connolly. A British diplomat's idyllic home is thrown into chaos when a source of natural mineral water is found. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 03:00 | Hollow Triumph | 1948. Drama. Directed by Steve Sekely. Stars Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Leslie Brooks & Eduard Franz. Pursued by the gambler he robbed, John Muller takes on a new identity, with ironic results. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 04:40 | The Blue Parrot | 1954. Crime Drama starring Dermot Walsh, Jacqueline Hill, Ferdy Mayne and John Le Mesurier. A Soho nightclub is the focus for an undercover investigation after the murder of a small time crook. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 06:00 | 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) |
Mon 03 Oct | 06:30 | Christopher Columbus | 1949. Drama. Director: David MacDonald. Starring: Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan and Kathleen Ryan. Explorer Columbus intends to travel to the East by sailing west. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 08:30 | Force on Thunder Mountain | 1978. Sci-Fi. A hiking trip into the mountains brings father and son into contact with the Force. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 10:25 | Impulse (1955) | 1955. Drama. Directed by Charles De la Tour & Cy Endfield. Stars Arthur Kennedy, Constance Smith & Joy Shelton. A Night club singer tricks an estate agent into thinking he killed a jewel thief. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 12:05 | Look At Life | 1964. A look at the almost two million motorcyclists in Britain, with a focus on the motorcyclists who are keen to travel at 100 miles per hour and how efforts are being made to stop the ton-up. |
Mon 03 Oct | 12:20 | A Touch Of The Sun | 1956. Comedy. In London's swanky hotel the Royal Connaught, if you need anything ask for Mr. Darling (Frankie Howerd) the ' Mr. Fix-it'. Stars: Ruby Murray, Alfie Bass & Dennis Price. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 14:00 | Rooms | Pastures New. 1977. Written by Betty Paul. Stars Ray Smith, David Sibley, Jenny Twigge, Ian Redford, Cheryl Hall, Pat Ashton. It seems many of the residents are moving out of Mafeking Terrace. |
Mon 03 Oct | 14:30 | Rooms | Sarah. Stars: Susie Blake, Maureen Lipman, Sam Dastor. New Year's Eve can be very lonely for people in the rooms, so Sarah opts to throw a party. |
Mon 03 Oct | 15:00 | Next To No Time | 1958. Comedy. Stars Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Irene Handl & Sid James. Whilst on the Queen Elizabeth to New York, David must close a deal before the boat docks. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | Brighton Rocks! There's glimpses of Brighton from the past with familiar faces, a lost reel from Merton Park studios, a look at behind the scenes of a 40s cinema and guess who's a Water rat? [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 18:00 | Mr Denning Drives North | 1951. Crime. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Stars John Mills, Phyllis Calvert & Eileen Moore. A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's boyfriend and then tries to it cover up... [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 19:50 | Look At Life | 1963. A look at the railway modernisation schemes taking place and the controversy they have caused. |
Mon 03 Oct | 20:00 | The Main Chance | What about Justice. 1969. Starring: John Stride, Kate O'Mara & Anna Palk. A case involving the son of a Leeds industrialist brings David Main into partnership with solicitor friend, Henry Castleton. |
Mon 03 Oct | 21:00 | Afraid Of The Dark | 1991. Horror Drama. Directed by Mark Peploe. Stars James Fox, Fanny Ardant & Paul McGann. A young boy becomes obsessed with blindness and violence after witnessing a serial killer at work. [S] |
Mon 03 Oct | 22:45 | 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. |
Mon 03 Oct | 23:00 | Secret Army | Child's Play. 1977. Stars Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis & Michael Culver. Major Brandt obtains an article from an escapee and uses it to team up with a French gendarme to find an escape route. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 00:05 | Wish You Were Here | 1987. Drama. Directed by David Leland. Stars Emily Lloyd, Jesse Birdsall & Tom Bell. Coming of age story about a rebellious young girl growing up in post-war England in a small seaside town. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 01:50 | Blood Orange | 1953. Crime drama. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Tom Conway, Mila Parély & Naomi Chance. A private eye investigating a jewel theft becomes involved in a murder mystery. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 03:20 | Dementia 13 | 1963. Horror. Director: Francis Ford Coppola. Stars William Campbell, Patrick Magee & Luana Anders. After murdering her husband, Louise tells the family he left on urgent business. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 04:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | The Fourth Square. 1961. Directed by Allan Davis. Stars Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry & Delphi Lawrence. The Police investigate the theft of emerald jewellery which had led to murder. |
Tue 04 Oct | 06:00 | The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder | 1971. The Willing Victim. Stars Hugh Burden, Willoughby Goddard, Gillian Lewis. The mild-mannered detective determines to find out who wants him dead after a bomb arrives in his office. |
Tue 04 Oct | 07:00 | The Balloon Goes Up | 1942. Musical. Comedy duo Ethel Revnell and Gracie West star in this comedy musical. The double act pose as WAAFs on a balloon site to help the authorities capture a group of fifth columnists. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 08:10 | Road To Happiness | 1941. Musical Drama. Director Phil Rosen. Starring John Boles & Mona Barrie. A heart-warming story of a singer down on his luck, who turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 09:30 | Interpol Calling | The Thirteen Innocents. 1959. Stars Charles Korvin, Edwin Richfield & Patrick Troughton. Drug trafficking in Vienna is traced by Inspector Duval, his source, Istanbul homing pigeons. |
Tue 04 Oct | 10:00 | House of Strangers | 1949. Thriller. Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward & Richard Conte. A banker scarred by betrayal, vows revenge against his family when released from prison. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 12:05 | Capital Visit a School Journey in 1955 | Directed by Syd Sharples. A party of schoolchildren spend three days in London and visit a variety of sights, including parks, museums, shops, the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral and lots more! |
Tue 04 Oct | 12:30 | The Spider and the Fly | 1949. Crime. Directed by Robert Hamer. Stars Eric Portman, Nadia Gray & George Cole. An unusual love triangle develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the first World War. |
Tue 04 Oct | 14:30 | Sherlock Holmes | The Case of the Shoeless Engineer. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson encounter an injured man carrying an unconscious woman. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 15:00 | House on Telegraph Hill | 1951 Thriller. Directed by Robert Wise. Stars Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese & Fay Baker. A Nazi camp survivor takes the identity of a fellow victim & discovers an inheritance at stake. |
Tue 04 Oct | 16:50 | 13 East Street | 1952. Drama. Directed by Robert Baker. Starring Patrick Holt, Dora Bryan & Michael Balfour. A detective poses as an escaped convict to catch a gang of warehouse robbers. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 18:00 | 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) |
Tue 04 Oct | 18:35 | Final Appointment | 1954. Crime. Director 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. [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 20:00 | Maigret | Love From Felicie. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Lana Morris & Anthony Morton. The prime suspect in a village murder case is the victim's maid; Maigret gains a liking for her, but is she guilty? [S] |
Tue 04 Oct | 21:05 | Van der Valk | Still Waters. Stars Barry Foster, Meg Davies & Ronald Hines. A new sea barrier causes a row between senior Dutch politicians and the radical Green Party. |
Tue 04 Oct | 23:15 | 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. |
Wed 05 Oct | 00:15 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline Munro welcomes you Cellar Dwellers to another evening in The Cellar Club. Comedy of Terrors begins the night, which sees Cellar Club favourite Vincent Price in the lead. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 00:20 | The Comedy of Terrors | 1964. Comedy Horror. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre & Boris Karloff. An undertaker struggling to keep his business afloat blackmails his friend into making customers. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 02:05 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | The next horror of the evening is The Monster Club. The 1980 British anthology film starring Vincent Price and John Carradine, and the last film to be directed by Roy Ward Baker. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 02:10 | The Monster Club | 1980. Horror. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars Vincent Price, John Carradine & Anthony Steel. A writer of horror stories is invited to a Monster Club, where he is told three very different tales. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 04:05 | Mohawk | 1956. Adventure. Director: Kurt Neumann. Stars Scott Brady, Rita Gam & Neville Brand. An artist is torn between his love for two women and is thrown into the middle of a Mohawk-Iroquois-American. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 05:40 | Driving The Train 1959 | 1959. A fascinating instructional film on driving diesel trains. |
Wed 05 Oct | 06:00 | We'll Smile Again | 1942. Musical. Directed by John Baxter. Stars Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen & Meinhart Maur. Nazi spies infiltrate a film studio for sending coded messages but foiled by two of the studio staff. |
Wed 05 Oct | 07:50 | 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. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 08:50 | Rosemary Squires in the 1950s The Tonight Show | See Rosemary Squires, the English jazz, big band, cabaret, concert singer and recording artist make her American Debut on The Tonight Show in the 1960’s. Rare unseen footage. |
Wed 05 Oct | 09:00 | Zane Grey: Black is For Grief | 1957. Western. Directed by Lewis Allen. Stars Tom Tully, Tom Tryon & Mala Powers. A Civil War veteran returns home after a long absence to find his wife has been murdered. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 09:30 | Let's Make Love | 1960. Musical. Director: George Cukor. Stars Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand & Tony Randall. A billionaire impersonates himself in a musical ridiculing him to get closer to the beautiful star. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 11:50 | The Fishmonger in 1947 - Glimpses | Filmed in 1947. A delightful educational short film set in Barkingside High Street, Ilford, Essex, about the Fishmonger and his working day including a trip to Billingsgate. |
Wed 05 Oct | 12:00 | Robbery Under Arms | 1957. Action. Directed by Jack Lee. Stars Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis and Maureen Swanson. Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's (Finch) bushranger gang in 19th century Australia. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 14:00 | Upstairs Downstairs | The Swedish Tiger. 1971. Stars Gordon Jackson, David Langton & Jean Marsh. When valuable household objects go missing the finger points at Sarah. |
Wed 05 Oct | 15:00 | Last Days of Dolwyn | 1949. Drama. Directed by Emlyn Williams. Stars Edith Evans, Richard Burton & Anthony James. In North Wales, a woman vows to save her home after plans are put forward to flood the beloved village. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 16:55 | Laura | 1944. Mystery. Directed by Otto Preminger. Stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews & Clifton Webb. A police detective becomes mesmerised by the portrait of the woman whose murder he is investigating. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 18:40 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the social phenomenon of holiday camps, how they have spread far beyond the British Isles, with a glimpse at the range of amenities on offer. |
Wed 05 Oct | 18:50 | The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Strangler's Web. 1965. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Stars John Stratton, Pauline Munro & Griffith Jones. What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of a showgirl becomes very complicated. |
Wed 05 Oct | 20:00 | The Onedin Line | Catch as Can. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stallybrass & Jessica Benton. James becomes involved in a battle with his former employer. Meanwhile, Anne discovers Elizabeth's secret. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 21:00 | Music Box | 1989. Drama. Director: Costa-Gavras. Stars Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl & Frederic Forrest. A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes but begins to have doubts the more she uncovers. [S] |
Wed 05 Oct | 23:30 | One Step Beyond | The Bride Possessed. 1959. Stars Virginia Leith, Skip Homeier & Harry Townes. Matt Conroy is startled when on their honeymoon his wife Sally suddenly is a determined woman, who denies knowing him. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 00:00 | Hazell | Hazell and the Suffolk Ghost. 1979. Stars: Nicholas Ball, Peter Bourke, Meg Davies. A quiet time by the Suffolk Coast turns out to be anything but for Hazel |
Thu 06 Oct | 01:00 | Callan | Rules of the Game. Stars: Edward Woodward, Russell Hunter & Patrick Mower. Callan, acting as Hunter is drawn into a game of tit-for-tat with the Russians. |
Thu 06 Oct | 02:00 | The Blind Goddess | 1948. Drama. Director: Harold French. Starring: Eric Portman, Anne Crawford and Hugh Williams. Derek Waterhouse visits the Prime Minister to accuse Brasted of stealing money from the postwar fund. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 03:45 | 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. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 05:00 | Target: The Corruptors | The Wrecker. 1961. Stars Stephen McNally, Robert Harland & Harold J. Stone. Investigative reporters Paul Marino & Jack Flood investigate various cases of industrial corruption. (S1, E22) |
Thu 06 Oct | 06:00 | Nell Gwyn | 1934. Period drama directed by Herbert Wilcox. Nell (Anna Neagle) captivates King Charles (Cedric Hardwicke) and fights off the royal insiders. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 07:25 | The Broken Horseshoe | 1953. Crime drama. A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Beatty), the victim is later murdered and the doctor is involved. Starring Elizabeth Sellars. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 09:00 | Woman On The Run | 1950. Drama. Directed by Norman Foster. Stars Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe & Robert Keith. An eyewitness to a murder is pursued by his wife, the police and the killer around San Francisco. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 10:35 | Ask A Policeman | 1939. Comedy. Director: Marcel Varnel. Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables stage a fabricated crimewave to save their jobs. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 12:10 | Pit of Darkness | 1961. Crime drama. A partner of a safe making firm is found unconscious on a bomb site. A large safe his company installed has been robbed. Starring William Franklyn and Nigel Green. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 13:50 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at the decline of street salesmen and the growing industry of the vending machine. |
Thu 06 Oct | 14:00 | Hannay | The Confidence Man. 1989. Stars Robert Powell, Diane Bull & Ron Pember. An East End gang demand protection money for Sal Alford's music-hall, she turns to Hannay for help (S2, E06) |
Thu 06 Oct | 15:00 | Home at Seven | 1952. Drama. Director: Ralph Richardson. Stars Ralph Richardson, Jack Hawkins & Margaret Leighton. David Preston, a bank official goes missing for 24 hours and has no memory of the lost time. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 16:40 | 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. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 18:00 | Hell and High Water | 1954. Action. Director: Samuel Fuller. Starring: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi & Victor Francen. A scientific team refits a Japanese submarine to find a secret Chinese atomic island base. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 20:00 | The Saint | The Work of Art. 1963. Stars Roger Moore, Yolande Turner & Alex Scott. Simon takes a trip to Paris to visit a girl friend but soon becomes involved in the murder of an undercover agent. [S] |
Thu 06 Oct | 21:00 | Justice | Within a Year and a Day. 1971. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Peter Blythe & Victor Brooks. Harriet must defend the youth from 'The Rain It Raineth', as a death resulted from the previous crime. |
Thu 06 Oct | 22:00 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | The Ripening Rubies. Stars: Robert Lang, Moira Redmond, Lally Bowers. An ex-con makes a rookie mistake-trying to sell a stolen ruby necklace back to the craftsman who made it. |
Thu 06 Oct | 23:00 | Widows | Series 2, Episode 6. 1985. Stars Ann Mitchell, Maureen O'Farrell, Fiona Hendley & Debby Bishop. Harry and his gang carry out the heist. (S2, E06) |
Fri 07 Oct | 00:00 | Enemy At The Door | Treason. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Joss Ackland & Emily Richard. General Von Wittke comes to Guernsey, ostensibly to write a report on the Occupation. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 01:00 | The Winter Guest | 1997. Drama. Directed by Alan Rickman. Stars Phyllida Law, Emma Thompson & Sheila Reid. In a small Scottish village, a recent widow gets an unexpected visit from her mother. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 03:10 | The Evictors | 1979. Horror. Directed by Charles B. Pierce. Stars Vic Morrow, Michael Parks & Jessica Harper. In a small town in Louisiana, a young couple move into an eerie home, unaware of its violent past. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 04:55 | Wings of Mystery | 1963. Adventure. Directed by Gilbert Gunn. Stars Judy Geeson, Hennie Scott, Francesca Bertorelli & Arnold Ridley. Ted is suspected of stealing a secret alloy from a Sheffield steel works. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 06:00 | Port of Escape | 1956. Crime drama directed by Anthony Young. Two men on the run hide out in a Thames boat and take the woman owner hostage. Starring Bill Kerr, Googie Withers and Joan Hickson. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 07:35 | The Monkey's Paw | 1948. Horror. A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow. Starring Michael Martin-Harvey, Sydney Tafler & Alfie Bass. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 08:50 | House of Bamboo | 1955. Thriller. Director: Samuel Fuller. Stars Robert Ryan, Robert Stack & Cameron Mitchell. Eddie Kenner is on an army assignment to investigate a murderous clique led by ex-soldier Sandy Dawson. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 10:55 | 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. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 12:55 | Moss Rose | 1947. Mystery Thriller. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. Stars Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature & Ethel Barrymore. A woman trying to investigate her friend's murder may just turn out be the next victim. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 14:35 | Hide and Seek | 1963. Thriller. Director Endfield. Stars Ian Carmichael, Curd Jürgens & Janet Munro. An astrophysicist in London finds it frustratingly difficult to return a wallet to an Easter European friend. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 16:25 | Railroaded | 1947. Crime. Directed by Anthony Mann. Stars John Ireland, Sheila Ryan & Hugh Beaumont. A beautician and her boyfriend frame an innocent man after their attempt at robbery goes wrong. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 17:55 | Demetrius and The Gladiators | 1954. Drama. Director: Delmer Daves. Stars Victor Mature, Susan Hayward & Anne Bancroft. Christian slave Demetrius is sent to fight in the gladiatorial arena. Emperor Caligula seeks Jesus' robe. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 20:00 | The Outer Limits | Wolf 359. 1964. Stars Patrick O'Neal, Sara Shane & Peter Haskell. A scientist clones the environment of a distant planet and its accelerated rate of evolution hints at a dark future for mankind. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 21:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Another delightful evening awaits as Caroline Munro opens the doors to The Cellar Club. Caroline begins the night with the 1974 sci-fi horror The Mutations, also known as The Freakmaker. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 21:05 | The Mutations | 1974. Horror. Directed by Jack Cardiff. Stars Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker & Julie Ege. A mad scientist abducts college students to carry out his experiment of crossbreeding humans with plants. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 22:55 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Next up, Caroline Munro introduces the 1988 apocalyptic horror The Seventh Sign, starring Demi Moore as an expectant mother with chilling premonitions about the end of the world. [S] |
Fri 07 Oct | 23:00 | The Seventh Sign | 1988. Horror. Director: Carl Schultz. Stars Demi Moore, Michael Biehn & Jürgen Prochnow. A pregnant woman feels the apocalypse looming, but with no one believing her, only she can prevent the end. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 01:00 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | The Little Shop of Horrors concludes the evening. Caroline presents the horror feature directed by Roger Corman and starring Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Haze and Jackie Joseph. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 01:05 | Little Shop of Horrors | 1960. Horror. Director: Roger Corman. Stars Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph & Meri Welles. After Seymour creates a new plant species, the plant begins to speak and demands human flesh. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 02:40 | Cellar Club with Caroline Munro | Caroline finishes the night with a peek at three more films to tempt you back into The Cellar Club next week. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 02:45 | House On 92nd Street | 1945. Espionage. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Stars William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan & Signe Hasso. An American student is approached by a Nazi spy ring, to infiltrate the FBI and become a double agent. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 04:35 | Just Like Heaven | 1930. Tobey Mitchell, a young Parisian balloon vendor with ambitions to become a designer of pageants, guards his stand in the Street of the Poor. |
Sat 08 Oct | 05:50 | Look At Life | Of Brooklands. 1965. The story of the Surrey motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge, the world's first purpose-built motorsport venue, as well as one of Britain's first airfields. |
Sat 08 Oct | 06:00 | Sheepdog of the Hills | 1941. Drama. Directed by Germain Burger. Stars David Farrar, Philip Friend & Helen Perry. Farmers are all losing sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his 'great' sheepdog? Or... [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 07:30 | Naked Fury | 1959. After a robbery during which the night-watchman is killed, the robbers take his daughter hostage. Stars Kenneth Cope & Reed de Rouen. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 08:45 | Look At Life | 1964. An interesting story about how Europe's increasing need for electricity is being solved. |
Sat 08 Oct | 09:00 | William Tell | The Bear. 1958. Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. When his son joins Tell's group and refuses to return home, the Bear, swears to seek revenge on Tell and his followers. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 09:30 | Looney Tunes - Porky Pig's Feat | 1943. Director: Frank Tashlin. Starring: Mel Blanc. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 09:45 | Hunted in Holland | 1961. Adventure. Director: Derek Williams. Stars Sean Scully, Jacques Verbrugge & Sandra Spurr. Tim comes to Amsterdam to visit his penfriend Piet, when they come across plans for a diamond heist. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 11:00 | Sir Francis Drake | Bold Enterprise. 1961. Stars Terence Morgan, Jean Kent, Richard Pearson. Drake tries to persuade Elizabeth to let him raid Santo Domingo where the fort is not fully armed and is loaded with gold. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | The Miser. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Will Sir Williams tenants pay up or be thrown off the land if the money is not forthcoming. Can Tucks long sermon help Robin. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 12:00 | The Earth Dies Screaming | Sci-Fi. 1964. Director: Terence Fisher. Starring: Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price. A test pilot is confronted by a ravaged planet on his return to Earth. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 13:15 | Charlie Chan at the Olympics | 1937. Comedy. Director H. Bruce Humberstone. Stars Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille & Pauline Moore. Detective Chan chases spies at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 14:40 | Little Red Monkey | 1955. Crime. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Richard Conte, Rona Anderson & Russell Napier. The murders of several British scientists' baffles detectives, with a monkey's paw print the only clue. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 16:10 | Look At Life | 1960. A look at caravan holidays and the original residents of caravans. |
Sat 08 Oct | 16:20 | They Who Dare | 1954. War Drama. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Stars Dirk Bogarde & Denholm Elliott. In Greece during the war, British commandos and patriots are ordered to destroy two strategic German airfields. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 18:25 | Murder In Reverse | 1945. Crime. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley & Chili Bouchier. After a long imprisonment, a man wrongfully framed for murder hunts for the truth and the killer. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 20:00 | Maigret | Poor Cecile. 1963. Stars Rupert Davies, Joan Sanderson & Anthony Jacobs. Old Cecile has a crush on Maigret; he doesn’t believe her story about a midnight intruder, until she's murdered. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 21:05 | An Inspector Calls | 1954. Crime. Director: Guy Hamilton. Stars Alastair Sim, Olga Lindo, Eileen Moore. The Birling family are rich and complacent. It is 1912, and the impending war has yet to fall across their lives. [S] |
Sat 08 Oct | 22:40 | Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte | 1964. Crime. Director: Robert Aldrich. Stars Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland & Joseph Cotton. A girl with a horrifying family secret, descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 01:20 | To Die For | 1994. Drama. Director: Gus Van Sant. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon & Joaquin Phoenix. A naive aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive. |
Sun 09 Oct | 03:30 | The Naked Kiss | 1964. Drama. Directed by Samuel Fuller. Stars Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley & Michael Dante. A prostitute, traumatised by a past experience, tries to find solace in Grantville Town. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 05:20 | Talking Pictures TV With Amanda Barrie | ... Amanda Barrie. Amanda Barrie talks to Jenny Hanley about the highs and lows of her career with many anecdotes including almost being electrocuted as Cleopatra! Filmed at The Plaza Stockport. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 06:00 | 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. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 07:20 | Freckles | 1960. Action. Director: Andrew V. McLaglen. Star: Roy Barcroft, Ken Curtis & John Eldridge. A timid freckled-faced young man falls in love with the daughter of his boss and proves himself a hero. |
Sun 09 Oct | 09:00 | Sister Kenny | 1946. Drama. Based on a true story. The struggle of a young nurse who discovers an effective treatment for Polio- but can't get official recognition. Starring Rosalind Russell and Alexander Knox. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 11:15 | This Above All | 1942. Drama. Director Anatole Litvak. Stars Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine & Thomas Mitchell. A woman from an aristocratic family joins the WAAF and becomes romantically involved with a deserter. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 13:25 | Nurse on Wheels | 1963. Comedy. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims. Quietly competent young Joanna moves to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 15:10 | The Green Man | 1956. Comedy. Stars Alastair Sim, Raymond Huntley, George Cole & Terry-Thomas. A watchmaker turns out to be an assassin whose target is a leading politician but his plans are stalled. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 16:45 | Look At Life | 1964. A look at the wide range of jobs engineers undertake. This film celebrates their vital work, as more and more engineers are needed to keep pace with developing industry. |
Sun 09 Oct | 17:00 | The Footage Detectives | Football Clubs! Bring your jumpers for goal posts! Remember the Saturday thrill of running to the corner shop to get your comic? We delve into the unseen archives of one Deanna Bane and much more! [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 18:00 | The Saint | The Romantic Matron. 1964. Stars Roger Moore, Ann Gillis & John Carson. In Buenos Aires, Simon discovers a widow he is protecting is caught up in the illicit plans of a charming man. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 19:00 | Live Now Pay Later | 1962. Drama. Directed by Jay Lewis. Stars Ian Hendry, June Ritchie & John Gregson. The adventures of a devious door to door salesman and his unscrupulous efforts to line his own pockets. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 21:00 | The Onedin Line | Salvage. 1971. Stars Peter Gilmore, Brian Rawlinson & Michael Billington. It's a race to save the Charlotte Rhodes from salvage when James' rival Callon plans to claim the damaged ship first. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 22:00 | Ten Little Indians | 1965. Mystery. Directed by George Pollock. Stars Hugh O'Brian and Shirley Eaton. Film version of Agatha Christie's novel. Strangers invited to a party at a mansion each expecting entertainment. [S] |
Sun 09 Oct | 23:50 | The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read | A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. |