Talking Pictures TV Guide
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.
2h 00:40 – 02:40
Look A Life In The Swim
1960. An investigative look at the tropical fish industry; where do they come from and where do they go.
15 min 02:40 – 02:55
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.
1h 35 min 02:55 – 04:30
Out of Town
Bee Skeps/Flooded River Fishing. 1978. This specially preserved episode shows a traditional bee skep being made. Then, planning to fish in a stream on Salisbury Plain, Jack finds it in flood.
30 min 04:30 – 05:00
Emergency
1962. Drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Dermot Walsh. When a young girl is knocked down there are only three donors of the same blood group. A frantic search to find the donors begins.
1h 10 min 05:00 – 06:10
Not So Dusty
1956. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers. Two dustmen (Bill Owen and Leslie Dwyer) come into possession of a valuable book but the donor's sister wants it back. Also starring Joy Nichols.
1h 35 min 06:10 – 07:45
The Fly
1958. Sci-fi Horror. Director: Kurt Neumann. Stars David Hedison, Vincent Price & Patricia Owens. A keen scientist has a horrifying accident when he tests his newly invented teleportation device.
1h 50 min 07:45 – 09:35
The Beverly Hillbillies
Jed Pays His Income Tax. 1963. Stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan & John Stephenson. Mr Drysdale tells an IRS agent the story of the Clampetts and how they got to be where they are today.
35 min 09:35 – 10:10
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953. Western. Directed by André De Toth. Stars Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor & Joan Weldon. A former spy moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery but has a change of heart when he arrives.
1h 40 min 10:10 – 11:50
Worzel Gummidge
Moving On. 1980. Stars Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs & Mike Berry. The Braithwaites return from holiday to find the farm a mess, courtesy of Worzel and Aunt Sally. Can they avoid getting into trouble.
35 min 11:50 – 12:25
Batman
The Puzzles are Coming. 1966. Stars Adam West, Burt Ward & Alan Napier. The Puzzler tries to fool Knab while the Dynamic Duo hunt the truth, but The Puzzler plans to stop their search.
35 min 12:25 – 13:00
The Last day of Trolley Bus 666 Edgware - Glimpses
A film by Wilf Watters made in 1961 documenting the last day in service of the 666 Edgware Trolley bus with brilliant shots of 60s Cricklewood, Acton, Colindale and Edgware.
15 min 13:00 – 13:15
Doctor In Clover
1966. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Shirley Anne Field. Gaston Grimsdyke enrols on a medical course run by Sir Lancelot Spratt.
2h 13:15 – 15:15
Look At Life Island of Men
1960. A look at Fair Isle, situated halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands, famous for its distinctive woollens. It faces a problem, with two thirds of the inhabitants being men.
15 min 15:15 – 15:30
The Vise
The Diamond Expert. 1954. Stars Paul Carpenter, Hugh Latimer & Leslie Linder. John learns that Claude is a diamond expert. He kills him and assumes his identity but ends up trapping himself.
30 min 15:30 – 16:00
The Footage Detectives
Fancy some nostalgia? We've got a reel on the life of a 50s milkman and a peek at the late-40s Tinseltown. Plus, an amateur film of a 50s car rally with a pit stop at the Busy Bee.
1h 16:00 – 17:00
The Four Feathers
1939. Adventure. Director: Zoltan Korda. Stars John Clements, Ralph Richardson & C. Aubrey Smith. A British officer seeks to redeem his cowardice 'feathers' by secretly aiding his former comrades.
2h 15 min 17:00 – 19:15
Look At Life Jumping to Aintree
1959. A look at the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, where we see the winning horse, jockey and trainer.
15 min 19:15 – 19:30
It's The Only Way To Go
1970. Comedy Short. Directed by Ray Austin. Stars Dave King, Tony Sympson & Cathy Howard. Respects are paid to a man who died of a heart attack and our hero unknowingly joins the wrong funeral.
35 min 19:30 – 20:05
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club
1977. It's a special night in the club with performances from Lambert and Ross, Kim Davis, Carlo Santanna, Chris North and Jill, Mike Stand Douglas and Greencage.
1h 5 min 20:05 – 21:10
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978. Comedy. Director: Stanley Long. Stars Chris Neil, Christopher Biggins, Lindy Benson. Plumber's mate Sid meets ladies at work. Susie is unaware of his dalliances as he gets into debt trouble.
1h 45 min 21:10 – 22:55
A Rage to Live
1965. Drama. Directed by Walter Grauman. Stars Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman & Ben Gazzara. A wealthy, young woman's insatiable desires threaten to destroy her marriage.
2h 5 min 22:55 – 01:00
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.
1h 5 min 01:00 – 02:05
Stars In Your Eyes
1956. Musical. Directed by Maurice Elvey. Stars Nat Jackley, Pat Kirkwood & Bonar Colleano. A group of talented entertainers band together to purchase a run-down theatre to put on a show.
1h 55 min 02:05 – 04:00
A Home for Max Miller
A delightful and entertaining film about the on-going search to find a permanent home in Brighton for the mass of Max Miller memorabilia The Max Miller Appreciation Society holds.
1h 04:00 – 05:00
Johnny Ringo
Ghost Coach. Directed by Aaron Spelling and starring Don Durant and Mark Goddard. Cully and Ringo stumbles across an old army stagecoach hidden in an abandoned mine with a skeleton inside.
30 min 05:00 – 05:30
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.
1h 30 min 05:30 – 07:00
The Secret Man
Ronald Kinnoch. Stars Marshall Thompson, John Loder & Henry Oscar. A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
1h 30 min 07:00 – 08:30
Tons of Trouble
1956. Comedy. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars Richard Hearne & William Hartnell. Mr Pastry names the apartment boilers he maintains 'Mavis and Ethel'. Trouble begins when he faces the sack.
1h 35 min 08:30 – 10:05
Hour of Decision
1957. Crime. Stars Lionel Jeffries & Hazel Court. Reporter Joe finds his wife is the prime suspect in a murder investigation.
1h 35 min 10:05 – 11:40
What's On TPTV With Noel
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed at the end of August and beginning of September.
10 min 11:40 – 11:50
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949. Western. Stars Randolph Scott, Bill Williams & Victor Jory. Jim Dancer, one of Quantrill's Raiders, stages attacks on Kansas on behalf of the fallen Confederacy.
1h 50 min 11:50 – 13:40
Albert R.N.
1953. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Starring Jack Warner, Robert Beatty and Anthony Steel. With the help of a life-like dummy, Allied forces are escaping a POW camp. Based on a true story.
1h 45 min 13:40 – 15:25
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Dress Shop. 1964. Stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan & Donna Douglas. Mr Drysdale buys a Beverly Hills dress store and the Clampetts show up to help 'the poor widow and her starving girls'.
30 min 15:25 – 15:55
Scotland Yard
1958. Crime of Honour. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Russell Napier, Ivan Craig and Jean Lodge. A Thames Estuary dredger drags a man's body from the bed of the river.
35 min 15:55 – 16:30
Bonanza
Bitter Water. 1960. Stars Lorne Greene, Rhys Williams & Don Dubbins. A rancher's son wants to sell their land for mining operations which will spoil an agreement between his father and Ben.
1h 16:30 – 17:30
The Vise
The Diamond Expert. 1954. Stars Paul Carpenter, Hugh Latimer & Leslie Linder. John learns that Claude is a diamond expert. He kills him and assumes his identity but ends up trapping himself.
30 min 17:30 – 18:00
The Footage Detectives
We have a newly uncovered reel of the great John Alderton and Richard O'Sullivan, teaching us how to be good salesmen, there's brilliant footage of Southend and who remembers Woollies hot peanuts.
1h 18:00 – 19:00
Public Eye
1975. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Fatted Calf. Stars Alfred Burke, Alun Armstrong & Peter Settelen. Marker's search for a young university student brings him face to a group of revolutionaries.
1h 5 min 19:00 – 20:05
A Dandy in Aspic
1968. Thriller. Directed by Anthony Mann. Stars Mia Farrow, Laurence Harvey, Tom Courtenay. British Intelligence orders its operatives to eliminate a Soviet spy, unaware he's one of their own men.
2h 10 min 20:05 – 22:15
Nor the Moon By Night
Ken Annakin. Stars Michael Craig, Belinda Lee, Patrick McGoohan. After a the loss of her mother, a young women sets out to find her African pen pal.
2h 22:15 – 00:15
Three Came Home
1950. True story of a woman imprisoned in several Japanese war camps. She struggles to protect her young son. Stars Claudette Colbert.
2h 5 min 00:15 – 02:20
Thunder Rock
1942. Supernatural drama starring Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen & James Mason. One of The Boulting Brothers' finest, a disillusioned writer becomes a lighthouse keeper living in solitude.
2h 5 min 02:20 – 04:25
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Rich Man's Son. 1955. Stars Hugh O'Brian, Lee Erickson & Don Haggerty. The son of a railway executive runs away to become a gun toting ranch hand, but Wyatt teaches him some important lessons.
35 min 04:25 – 05:00
The Last Journey
Bernard Vorhaus. Bob is distraught with his upcoming forced retirement and believes his wife is having an affair. The day arrives for his final journey.
1h 20 min 05:00 – 06:20
The Large Rope
The Long Rope). 1953. Drama. Director: Wolf Rilla. Stars Donald Houston, Susan Shaw & Peter Byrne. A man returns to where he was accused of murdering a girl to prove his innocence.
1h 25 min 06:20 – 07:45
D.O.A.
1949. Mystery. Directed by Rudolph Maté. Stars Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton & Luther Adler. An accountant learns that he has been poisoned, with only a few days to live, he hunts down his enemy.
1h 40 min 07:45 – 09:25
Miss Robin Hood
1952. Comedy. Henry is a mild man who writes adventure stories for his girls. All is fine until he meets Miss Honey! Starring Richard Hearne & Margaret Rutherford. Directed by John Guillermin.
1h 30 min 09:25 – 10:55
Doctor In Clover
1966. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Shirley Anne Field. Gaston Grimsdyke enrols on a medical course run by Sir Lancelot Spratt.
2h 10:55 – 12:55
Lorna Doone
1951. Adventure. Directed by Phil Karlson. Stars Barbara Hale, Richard Greene & Carl Benton Reid. A love affair between a farmer and an outlaw's daughter develops with bitter-sweet results.
1h 45 min 12:55 – 14:40
A Matter of Choice
Vernon Sewell. Stars Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody & Ballard Berkeley. 2 youths accidentally cause a man's death and inadvertently reveal his liaison with a married woman.
1h 40 min 14:40 – 16:20
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
Downfall. 1964. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Stars Maurice Denham, Nadja Regin & T.P. McKenna. Harold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but is no match to his scheming wife.
1h 10 min 16:20 – 17:30
Star Performance
1952. Drama. Directed by Robert Florey. Stars Dick Powell, Virginia Grey & Regis Toomey. At Willie Dante's bar, a woman confides in him about her husband threatening her - then she turns up dead.
35 min 17:30 – 18:05
Batman
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds. 1966. Stars Adam West, Carolyn Jones & Estelle Winwood. Batman and Robin attempt to foil Marsha, Queen of Diamonds' plan to steal the Batcomputer's power source.
30 min 18:05 – 18:35
Dial 999
Rolling Racketeers. 1958. Stars Robert Beatty, Bruno Barnabe & Bill Edwards. Maguire disguises himself as a tramp to track down an organised gang of car thieves operating in Hertfordshire.
30 min 18:35 – 19:05
California Suite
1978. Comedy. Directed by Herbert Ross. Stars Jane Fonda, Maggie Smith & Michael Caine. The misadventures and struggles of four sets of guests staying at the luxury Beverly Hills Hotel.
2h 5 min 19:05 – 21:10
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Caroline welcomes you back to the cellar and an evening peppered with terror. This week we go back to the 70s and begin with the 1978 cult classic The Eyes of Laura Mars starring Faye Dunaway.
5 min 21:10 – 21:15
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Irvin Kershner. Stars Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones & Raul Julia. A fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
2h 5 min 21:15 – 23:20
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
We return to the topic of sight with the next offering - Mansion of the Doomed. Caroline Munro presents the 1976 horror starring Hollywood greats Richard Basehart and Gloria Grahame.
5 min 23:20 – 23:25
Mansion of the Doomed
1976. Horror. Directed by Michael Pataki. Stars Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame & Trish Stewart. An insane surgeon attempts to restore his daughter's eyesight after she is blinded in an accident.
1h 40 min 23:25 – 01:05
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Before Caroline locks up for the night, she allows us to take a peek at next week's thrilling films from top directors.
5 min 01:05 – 01:10
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women
Peter Bogdanovich. Stars Mamie Van Doren & Mary Marr. When a group of astronauts land on Venus they are surprised to find dangerous creatures and beautiful women.
1h 35 min 01:10 – 02:45
The Big Boodle
1957. Crime. Directed by Richard Wilson. Stars Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz & Rossana Rory. Cuban crooks and police chase a casino card dealer who is falsely accused of counterfeiting pesos.
1h 40 min 02:45 – 04:25
Charlie Chester Don't Take Chances
The 1940s tale of Billy Bart, a comedic rhyming poem about pedestrian safety and the rules of crossing the road.
5 min 04:25 – 04:30
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Clampetts in Court. 1963. Stars Buddy Ebsen, Kathleen Freeman & Murvyn Vye. When a couple who ran into the Clampett's car discover that they're rich, they decide to fake injuries and sue them.
30 min 04:30 – 05:00
Stagecoach West
Songs My Mother Taught Me. Western with Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray, who run a stagecoach line in the Old West where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress.
1h 05:00 – 06:00
Master Spy
1964. Drama. Directed By Montgomery Tully. Starring Stephen Murray. A Russian scientist working for the British is suspected of being a 'plant', sent to monitor nuclear secrets for the Communists.
1h 25 min 06:00 – 07:25
Look At Life Smashing Through
1959. A look at the exciting world of stock car racing, with glimpses at all the bumps and smashes, and thrills and spills that make up the amazing sport.
10 min 07:25 – 07:35
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.
1h 15 min 07:35 – 08:50
The Return of October
Joseph H. Lewis. Stars Glenn Ford, Terry Moore & Albert Sharpe. A young woman must prove her sanity after claiming that a racehorse is the reincarnation of her late uncle.
1h 45 min 08:50 – 10:35
Batman
1966. Action. Directed by Leslie Martinson. Stars Adam West, Burt Ward & Lee Meriwether. Catwoman, the Joker, the Penguin and the Riddler join forces to dispose of Batman and Robin.
2h 10 min 10:35 – 12:45
Islington Road Safety 1940s
A 1940s short film issued by the Islington Road Safety Committee about the importance of taking precautions when using the road, the lack of road safety and the rise in dangers for pedestrians.
10 min 12:45 – 12:55
The Brothers
The Judas Sheep. 1975. Stars Jennifer Wilson, Jack Watson & Michael Elwyn. Jennifer and Edward decide to adopt but soon run into difficulties. Bill runs into serious conflict with Don and Jane.
1h 5 min 12:55 – 14:00
The Four Feathers
Zoltan Korda. Stars John Clements, Ralph Richardson & C. Aubrey Smith. A British officer seeks to redeem his cowardice 'feathers' by secretly aiding his former comrades.
2h 15 min 14:00 – 16:15
Mr. Beamish Goes South
1953. Mystery. Directed by Oscar Burn & John Wall. Stars John Laurie & Hector Ross. An amateur detective pursues a seaside serial killer who disposes of his female victims in an acid bath.
40 min 16:15 – 16:55
Douglas Fairbanks Presents
The Relative Truth. 1954. Stars Patrick Holt & Liam Redmond. The smell of gas forces neighbours to break into a room but the couple have vanished. After questioning, nobody's stories fit together.
30 min 16:55 – 17:25
Strange But True
Etta Smith. 1995. Michael Aspel delves into another fascinating and extraordinary story - how Etta Smith succeeded where the Los Angeles Police Department failed with her psychic powers.
35 min 17:25 – 18:00
Danger UXB
Butterfly Winter. 1979. Stars Anthony Andrews, Kenneth Cranham & Geraldine Gardner. Ash and the men of 347 Section tackle Hitler's latest deadly invention, the butterfly bomb.
1h 5 min 18:00 – 19:05
Van der Valk
A Man of No Importance. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. When a dead man turns up on the deck of a canal barge, everyone is ready to dismiss him as a nonentity.
1h 19:05 – 20:05
Maigret
A Shadow in the Courtyard. 2004. Stars Bruno Cremer, Christine Boisson & Alain Rimoux. Mr Boyer has been murdered and more than 300,000 Francs stolen. Maigret tries to piece the puzzle together.
1h 50 min 20:05 – 21:55
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