tptv schedule september 25th to october 1st...

TPTV Schedule September 25th to October 1st 2017

DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS

Mon 25 Sep 17

06:00 Raffles (1930) 1930. Drama. Director: George Fitzmaurice. Stars Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Bramwell Fletcher & David Torrence. An infamous jewel thief falls in

love, and decides to forgo his life of crime.

Mon 25 Sep 17

07:30 Dante Opening Night. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is truly finished

with the underworld.

Mon 25 Sep 17

08:00 What Men Live By 1938. Fantasy. Directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Esmond Knight, Eliot Makeham and Olga Lindo. A film based a on the story by Leo Tolstoy about a

shoemaker, his wife and an angel punished by God.

Mon 25 Sep 17

08:45 Vengeance Is Mine 1949. Drama. Director: Alan Cullimore. Stars Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth, Richard Goolden & Sam Kydd. A dying man hires an assassin to kill so he can

frame his death on an enemy.

Mon 25 Sep 17

10:00 The Sandwich Man 1966. Comedy. Director: Robert Hartford-Davis. Stars Michael Bentine, Harry H Corbett & Norman Wisdom. A man with a sandwich-board goes around

London meeting people from all walks of life.

Mon 25 Sep 17

12:00 The Million Pound Note

1954. Comedy. Director: Ronald Neame. Stars Gregory Peck, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ronald Squire & Joyce Grenfell. Two wealthy brothers loan a

penniless man 1 million pounds, in the form of one note.

Mon 25 Sep 17

13:45 The History of Rover - Glimpses

Insightful glimpse into the history of the Rover Motorcar from its creation and concept to the racetracks and streets.

Mon 25 Sep 17

14:00 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.

Mon 25 Sep 17

15:15 Talkies: Dinah Sheridan & Jimmy

Hanley

A short compilation of some great performances from husband and wife team Dinah Sheridan & Jimmy Hanley. Including 'The Story of Shirley York',

'Kiss the Bride Goodbye' and many more.

Mon 25 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1959. The Ghost Train Murder. Directed by Geoffrey Muller. Starring Russel Napier, Gorgon Needham and Mary Laura Wood. A Hungarian girl is found

murdered; stabbed by knitting needles. (S1, E31)

Mon 25 Sep 17

16:00 Vicious Circle 1957. Thriller. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars John Mills, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries & Noelle Middleton. Howard finds himself in a predicament

after he finds an actress murdered in his flat.

Mon 25 Sep 17

17:40 BFI: Listen to Britain 1942. Factual. A depiction of life in wartime England during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life. Stars

Leonard Brockington & Joseph Macleod

Mon 25 Sep 17

18:00 Freewheelers 1972. Archimedes. Starring Ray Armstrong, Wanda Moore and Adrian Wright. Mike sets out to intercept the fishing boat carrying Ares. Colin finally

confronts Helga. (S7, E13)

Mon 25 Sep 17

18:30 God's Little Acre 1958. Comedy Drama. Directed by Anthony Mann. Starring Robert Ryan, Tina Louise & Aldo Ray. A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land

supposedly buried by his grandfather.

Mon 25 Sep 17

20:40 Bespoke Overcoat 1955. Drama. Director: Jack Clayton. Stars David Kossoff & Alfie Bass. A man's only desire is to have an overcoat, but dies of hypothermia and so

returns as a ghost demanding his friend steal him one

Mon 25 Sep 17

21:25 Scotland Yard 1957. Bullet from the Past. Director: Kenneth Hume. Stars Ballard Berkeley, Robert Sansom and Phillipa Hyatt. An inspector investigates the shooting of

a man connected to an old cold case. (S1, E20)

Mon 25 Sep 17

22:00 Bigger Than Life 1956. Drama. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. A schoolteacher tries an experimental drug which

changes his moods and personality.

Mon 25 Sep 17

00:00 Beast From Haunted Cave

1959. Horror. Directed by Monte Hellman and stars Michael Forest, Sheila Noonan and Frank Wolf. After thieves pull off a heist and flee into the

wilderness, they are pursued by a spider-like monster.

Mon 25 Sep 17

01:35 Inner Sanctum 1948. Thriller. Director: Lew Landers. Stars Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes & Dale Belding. A man fleeing the police after having committed a

murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town.

Mon 25 Sep 17

02:50 The Tommy Steele Story

1957. Drama. Directed by Gerard Bryant. Stars Patrick Westwood, Tom Littlewood & Tommy Steele. A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant

seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar

Mon 25 Sep 17

04:30 In A Monastery Garden

1932. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars John Stuart, Hugh Williams & Alan Napier. A story of murder, greed and sibling rivalry in music and love.

Classic good versus evil.


Tue 26 Sep 17

06:00 BFI: Friend or Foe 1982. CCF Film. Drama. Director: John Krish. WWII evacuee David hates the Germans, but now his life has been saved by one. What is the right thing to

do, tell the Army or offer his help?

Tue 26 Sep 17

07:30 Dante Feline Traveller. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is truly finished


Tue 26 Sep 17

08:00 BFI: Skid Kids 1953. Drama. Director: Don Chaffey. Stars Peter Neil, Barry MacGregor, Anthony Lang & A E Matthews. 'Swanky' and his chums take on bike thieves

in this Bermondsey-shot Children's Film Foundation short

Tue 26 Sep 17

09:00 End of the Line 1957. Directed by Charles Saunders. Starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley & Jennifer Jayne. Given a fake alibi Mike robs a 'fence' of stolen jewels. The

fence is found dead and Mike is blackmailed.

Tue 26 Sep 17

10:20 The Wedding Night 1935. Drama. Director: King Vidor. Stars Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy & Walter Brennan. Writer Tony experiences a creative slump, then he

meets his beautiful neighbour who becomes his muse.

Tue 26 Sep 17

12:00 Magic Town 1947. Comedy. An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions. Starring James Stewart, Jane Wyman and Kent Smith

Tue 26 Sep 17

14:00 Pardon Us 1931. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & James Finlayson. Stan & Ollie are sent to prison after selling their own home

brew during prohibition in their first feature.

Tue 26 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1960. The Dover Road Mystery. Directed by Gerard Bryant. Starring Geoffrey Keen, Edward Cast and Leonard Sachs. A stolen car used in a bank robbery

proves too fast for the squad car. (S1, E32)

Tue 26 Sep 17

16:00 The Late Edwina Black

1951. Drama. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars David Farrar, Geraldine Fitzgerald & Roland Culver. When a sickly Victorian woman dies, a postmortem reveals

that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic.

Tue 26 Sep 17

17:30 Take Two Nanette Newman Interview. Our new series Take Two. Well-known faces from much loved British films and classic television shows talk about their

lives and careers in the business. (S1, E7)

Tue 26 Sep 17

18:00 A Song Is Born 1948. Musical. Director: Howard Hawks. Stars Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong. A group of music professors, including

Frisbee & Magenbruch, are writing a music encyclopaedia.

Tue 26 Sep 17

20:10 Lunch Hour 1961. Comedy. Shirley Anne Field gives a great performance as a young designer on the brink of an affair with a married executive (Robert Stephens)

at the company she works for. Starring Kay Walsh.

Tue 26 Sep 17

21:25 Scotland Yard 1957. Inside Information. Director: Montgomery Tully. Starring Ronald Adam, Basil Hendon and Colette Wilde. A murder hunt is launched after a real body

is used as the 'guy' on bonfire night. (S1, E21)

Tue 26 Sep 17

22:00 Black Widow 1954. Mystery. Directed by Nunnally Johnson. Starring Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin and Gene Tierney. A young writer is found dead in a Broadway

producer's apartment. But who is the real culprit?

Tue 26 Sep 17

00:00 A Special Day 1977. Drama. Starring Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni & John Verno. Two neighbours, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet

during Hitler's visit to Italy in 1938.

Tue 26 Sep 17

02:10 Talkies: John Finch & His Crew

John Finch discusses the difficulty of finding writers and actors who had wartime experience they could draw on for their performances. Also what

would he change?

Tue 26 Sep 17

02:15 Las Vegas Hillbillys 1966. Comedy with Jayne Mansfield in another popular 'Hillbilly' film. One hillbilly inherits a debt ridden casino.

Tue 26 Sep 17

04:00 The Butler's Dilemma 1943. Comedy. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars Richard Hearne, Ronald Shiner & Hermione Gingold. In debt to gamblers, Rodney (Richard Hearne)

agrees to pass as a butler at a gambling party.

Tue 26 Sep 17

05:30 Sprockets 1991. Sound In the Sagebrush. Presented by Barbie Wilde & John Guerrasio. A studio based series with incredible archive access. This time, a profile on

Hollywood westerns. (S1, E2)


Wed 27 Sep 17

06:00 Mutiny 1952. Starring Mark Stevens & Angela Lansbury. During the war of 1812, the U.S., in need of gold, arranges to borrow it from France. A young Captain

must navigate through the British blockade.

Wed 27 Sep 17

07:40 Dante Dante's Dilemma. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is truly finished


Wed 27 Sep 17

08:10 BFI: Eagle Rock 1964. CFF Film. Directed by Henry Geddes. Featuring Pip Rolls, Christine Thomas & Stephen Morris. David is a stubborn London teenager frustrated

when forbidden to climb a local mountain.

Wed 27 Sep 17

09:25 Strongroom 1962. Crime. Two car breakers plan a bank robbery. When their hostages get locked in the bank's strongroom, they face becoming potential murderers.

Starring Derren Nesbitt, Colin Gordon & Ann Lynn.

Wed 27 Sep 17

11:00 Born Of The Sea Born Of The Sea 1949. A mysterious baby is found in a boat at sea. Where is he from? A charming portrait of a small coastal community in Coverack.

Stars Dorothea Paul Directed by Anthony Mavrogordato

Wed 27 Sep 17

12:00 Treasure Hunt 1952. Comedy. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Jimmy Edwards, Martita Hunt, Naunton Wayne & Athene Seyler. After reading Sir Roderick

Lyall's will, the family learn they are short on money.

Wed 27 Sep 17

13:35 The Stolen Jools 1931. Comedy. Director: William McGann & Victor Heerman. Stars Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton & Edward G. Robinson. A

police inspector searches Hollywood for stolen pearls

Wed 27 Sep 17

14:00 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.

Wed 27 Sep 17

15:15 Glimpses: Pulborough In the 1950s

A glimpse of 1950s family life with the Morrisons, along with shots of Pulborough. A Tupperware tea in the garden and general footage of '50s

Summer family living.

Wed 27 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1960. The Last Train. Directed by Geoffrey Muller. Starring Russel Napier, Norman Johns and Lisa Daniely. Duggan investigates a murder in the London

Underground. (S1, E33)

Wed 27 Sep 17

16:00 The Princess & The Pirate

1944. Adventure. Director: David Butler. Stars Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan & Victor McLaglen. When pirates attacks cowardly actor

Sylvester's ship, he isn't quite the hero he'd said he was

Wed 27 Sep 17

17:50 Glimpses - Highway Goods

Highway Goods. Educational film about a 'wooden-headed' terrible driver and lessons he learns from the Highway Code.

Wed 27 Sep 17

18:00 The Scamp 1957. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Richard Attenborough, Dorothy Alison, Colin Petersen. Todd Dawson is a ten year old waif with a

drunken scallywag for a father.

Wed 27 Sep 17

19:45 Glimpses: 4 & 20 Fit Girls

1940. Directed by Mary Field. Flock to your local keep fit class - there's a war on and Britain needs its citizens in tip-top shape.

Wed 27 Sep 17

20:00 A Family At War 1971. A Lesson In War. Created by John Finch. Stars Keith Drinkel & David Swift. Philip and a Polish comrade capture a German soldier in the Western

Desert. (S2, E3)

Wed 27 Sep 17

21:00 Talkies: John Finch on Themes

John Finch, creator of Spoils of War a Family at War and Sam, discusses the common theme of his works

Wed 27 Sep 17

21:05 Glimpses - Sheep Dog 1939. Directed by Francis Searle and Narrated by Neal Arden. Insightful documentary short set in the Welsh mountains. The tale of Tom Jones and

his sheep dogs and their daily routine.

Wed 27 Sep 17

21:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Case of the Smiling Widow. Director: Montgomery Tully. Starring Russel Napier and Vernon Greeves. Police question the circumstances of an

apparent suicide. (S1, E22)

Wed 27 Sep 17

22:00 Valley Of Eagles 1951. Adventure. A scientist invents a formula that converts waves into energy. His wife steals the formula and the scientist pursues her across the

frozen tundra. Starring Jack Warner & Nadia Gray.

Wed 27 Sep 17

23:40 Glimpses - Steam Fair 1960s Croft Darlington Co Durham. Archive footage of a traditional steam fair with a variety of engines and steam fuelled vehicles

Wed 27 Sep 17

00:00 The Red House 1947. Drama. Directed by Delmer Daves and starring Edward G Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson and Rory Calhoun. Two girls, when told not to,

explore mysterious woodland and discover secrets

Wed 27 Sep 17

02:00 Dick Tracy's G-Men 1939. Action. Directors: John English & William Witney. Stars Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel & Ted Pearson. A mad doctor uses a drug to bring himself back

from the dead after his execution in prison.

Wed 27 Sep 17

04:10 Stranger From Venus 1954. Sci-fi. Directed by Burt Balaban. A beautifully-crafted tale. A woman (Patricia Neal) meets a man (Dantine) from Venus with no pulse to warn

Earth about the atom. Also starring Derek Bond.

Wed 27 Sep 17

05:45 Glimpses: A Cornish Holiday

Beautiful footage of Porthleven, Cornwall June 1950. A parade, the high street, a family trip to a small, local beach, a boat trip and frolics on the

shore.


Thu 28 Sep 17

06:00 Mr Peabody and the Mermaid

1948. Comedy. Arthur Peabody (William Powell) undergoes a mid-life crisis. Peabody goes on vacation with his wife Polly (Irene Hervey), but he is

seduced by a beautiful mermaid played by Ann Blyth.

Thu 28 Sep 17

07:30 Dante The Misfortune Cookie. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is

truly finished with the underworld.

Thu 28 Sep 17

08:00 She Knows Y'Know 1962. Comedy. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Hylda Baker, Cyril Smith, Joan Sanderson & Alfred Burke. A young girl's sudden pregnancy unfolds

dramas between two families.

Thu 28 Sep 17

09:30 The Missing Scientists

1955. Thriller. Directed by Steve Sekely. Stars Paul Campbell, Irene Papas & Kurt Kreuger. Two international atomic scientists working in London go

missing in mysterious circumstances.

Thu 28 Sep 17

10:30 They Can't Hang Me 1955. Drama. Director: Val Guest. Stars Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan & Anthony Oliver. A senior civil servant is condemned to hang for murder but he

claims to have top secret security information.

Thu 28 Sep 17

12:00 The Gentleman Bandit 1981. Crime drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan. Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano who was arrested for a series of

hold-ups.

Thu 28 Sep 17

14:00 Inquest 1940. Drama directed by Roy Boulting. A young widow accused of murder is defended by a distinguished QC. Stars Elizabeth Allan.

Thu 28 Sep 17

15:15 Who was Old Mother Riley?

A short insight into the Great Arthur Lucan and his hilarious character of Old Mother Riley with his wife Kitty McShane

Thu 28 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1960. Evidence in Concrete. Directed by Gordon Hales. Starring Russel Napier, Howard Pays and Peter Welch. A young girl’s body found near a busy

motorway tells of something sinister. (S1, E34)

Thu 28 Sep 17

16:00 The Southerner 1945. Drama. Director: Jean Renoir. Stars Zachary Scott, Betty Field and J. Carrol Naish. Nature decides to go against a family of cotton pickers after

they decide to get their own ground.

Thu 28 Sep 17

17:50 Your Voice on the Telephone

Glimpses: Early 1950s Instructional film on how to use the Telephone and how it works.

Thu 28 Sep 17

18:00 The Browning Version 1951. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Michael Redgrave. Crocker-Harris is a teacher at an English public school who must retire early

due to ill health.

Thu 28 Sep 17

19:50 Swiss Miss 1938. Comedy. Director: John G. Blystone. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Eric Blore and Grete Natzler. Stan & Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping to

strike it rich in Switzerland.

Thu 28 Sep 17

21:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Mail Van Murder. Directed by John Knight. Starring Hy Hazell, Dennis Castle and Gordon Needham. Supt. Hammond hunts down the boss

of a gang that stole a mail van. (S1, E23)

Thu 28 Sep 17

22:00 Truth About Women 1957. Comedy. Director: Muriel Box. Stars Laurence Harvey, Diane Cilento, Julie Harris, Eva Gabor & Mai Zetterling. A father-in-law offers reassurance by

recounting past relationships.

Thu 28 Sep 17

00:00 The Day Of The Triffids

1962. Sci-Fi. A spectacular meteor storm blinds the world, except Bill. He, and a few others, must battle with flesh eating plants. Starring Nicole

Maurey, Howard Keel, Janette Scott and Kieron Moore.

Thu 28 Sep 17

02:00 Road To Nashville 1966. The biggest country jamboree ever filmed of its time with an all star country cast: Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins and many more.

Thu 28 Sep 17

04:10 The Hand 1960. Horror. Starring Derek Bond & Bryan Coleman. In WW2, British soldiers are captured by the Japanese and have their hands removed. Years later,

someone is removing the hands of people in London.

Thu 28 Sep 17

05:30 BFI: To The Rescue 1952. Family. CFF. Director: Jacques Brunius. When George's poodle is stolen by a thief, he & his sister enlist eccentric dog-lover and village grocer

Mr Polly to help them get the pooch back

Thu 28 Sep 17

05:55 Talkies: John Finch the Creator

An exclusive interview with John Finch Creator, writer and editor of the iconic series 'A Family at War'. Here John discusses how the concept was born and

how the series got the initial 'green light'.


Fri 29 Sep 17

06:00 Death At Broadcasting House

1934. Drama. Director: Reginald Denham. Stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Wolfit & Ian Hunter. When an actor is murdered, Detective Inspector Gregory quickly

discovers that the victim had many enemies.

Fri 29 Sep 17

07:30 Dante The Unclean Green. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is


Fri 29 Sep 17

08:00 Land Without Music 1936. Based on a true story. A singer is disliked by a princess who bans his music. Stars Richard Tauber, Jimmy Durante & Derrick De Marney.

Fri 29 Sep 17

09:35 Gold Is Where You Find It

Steve returns to Ireland after 20 years a millionaire, but when he gets drunk and loses his gold nuggets, everyone thinks there's a gold rush.

Fri 29 Sep 17

10:05 The Flemish Farm 1943. War drama. Directed by Jeffery Dell and starring Jane Baxter, Clifford Evans and Philip Friend. An injured pilot and his nurse are separated when

Belgium surrenders to the Nazis.

Fri 29 Sep 17

11:45 Glimpses: Ten Pin Bowling - 1960s

Factual. 1960s short film on a hobby the whole family are enjoying, ten pin bowling.

Fri 29 Sep 17

12:00 Grand National Night 1953. Crime drama filmed at Nettlefold and a George Minter production. A horse-trainer kills his spiteful wife after a bitter fight and tries to cover up the

murder. Starring Nigel Patrick.

Fri 29 Sep 17

13:35 A Society Sensation (1918)

A society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. Silent comedy stars Carmel Myers, Rudolph Valentino, Lydia Yeamans Titus.

Director: Paul Powell (uncredited due to Union issues).

Fri 29 Sep 17

14:00 Girdle of Gold 1952. Comedy directed by Montgomery Tully and filmed at Nettlefold. Starring Esmond Knight and Maudie Edwards. A husband hides a fortune in

his wife's girdle, only for the girdle to go 'missing'.

Fri 29 Sep 17

15:15 A Trip with The Harrisons in 1960

Glimpses: Take a trip with the Harrison family in the early 60s to Widecombe in The Moor, Lands End, Guildford and Dover where we sail out with sunset

over the white cliffs.

Fri 29 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1961. The Silent Weapon. Directed by Peter Duffell. Starring Geoffrey Keen, Stanley Morgan and Norma Parnell. A horse rider is found dead in suspicious

circumstances. (S1, E35)

Fri 29 Sep 17

16:00 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.

Fri 29 Sep 17

17:35 BFI: A City Reborn 1945. Docu-Drama. Director: John Eldridge. Scripted by poet Dylan Thomas. Recalling the incendiary bombing of Coventry. One of several 1940s films

introducing cinemagoers to the good old 'prefab'

Fri 29 Sep 17

18:00 Thunderstorm 1956. Drama. Director: John Guillermin. Stars Linda Christian, Carlos Thompson & Charles Korvin. Controversy stirs in a village when a Lady is

rescued at sea and the men begin vying for her affections

Fri 29 Sep 17

19:45 The House Across the Lake

1954. Crime drama. Directed & written by Ken Hughes. Stars Alex Nicol, Hillary Brooke & Sidney James. An American living in England is enticed into

a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her husband

Fri 29 Sep 17

21:15 Sam's Medal 1936. Very rare animation directed by Anson Dyer and narrated by Stanley Holloway. Sam's Medal tells the story of Private Samuel Small who saved his

Sergeant Major's life!

Fri 29 Sep 17

21:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Tyburn Case. Director: David Paltenghi. Stars John Warwick, Patricia Marmont and Howard Marion Crawford. Supt. Reynolds suspects a

lawyer drowned a widow for the insurance money. (S1, E24)

Fri 29 Sep 17

22:00 Compulsion 1959. Crime. Director: Richard Fleischer. Stars Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman & Diane Varsi. Two students murder a boy in a

philosophical exercise to commit the flawless crime.

Fri 29 Sep 17

00:00 Villain 1971. Drama. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Richard Burton, Ian McShane & Nigel Davenport. Your everyday London businessman and sadistic gang

leader. Once you've met, you'll wish you hadn't.

Fri 29 Sep 17

02:00 Bad Blood 1981. Drama. Directed by Mike Newell and starring Jack Thompson. Set in WW2 and based on a true story of the New Zealand farmer who refuses to

hand in his firearms and the siege that follows.

Fri 29 Sep 17

04:10 Black Memory 1947. Drama. Director: Oswald Mitchell. Stars Michael Medwin, Michael Atkinson, Moyra O'Connell & Sid James. Danny Cruff hobnobs with London's

underworld after his father is wrongly accused of murder.

Fri 29 Sep 17

05:30 Sprockets 1991. Hollywood Babes. Presented by Barbie Wilde & John Guerrasio. A studio based series with incredible archive access. A profile of some of the

classic Hollywood babes and their lives. (S1, E3)


Sat 30 Sep 17

06:00 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.

Sat 30 Sep 17

06:50 BFI: Hide and Seek 1972. Universal. CFF with Gary Kemp, Roy Dotrice and Robin Askwith. A young boy runs away from an approved school to convince his dad to go to

Canada with him, only to find his dad has other ideas.

Sat 30 Sep 17

08:05 Dante The Bavarian Barbarians. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is


Sat 30 Sep 17

08:35 BFI: Supersonic Saucer

1956. Directed by Guy Fergusson and starring Marcia Manolescue, Gillian Harrison and Fella Edmonds. A group of schoolchildren come upon an alien

from Venus, and help him against a gang of criminals.

Sat 30 Sep 17

09:40 Send For Paul Temple 1946. Crime drama directed by John Argyle and starring Anthony Hulme and Joy Shelton. Scotland Yard calls in novelist and amateur detective Paul

Temple to help track down a gang of diamond robbers.

Sat 30 Sep 17

11:20 Talkies: John Finch the Editor

Exclusive interview with John Finch, creator, writer and editor of 'A Family at War', discussing the editing of the iconic series.

Sat 30 Sep 17

11:25 Scotland Yard 1957. Inside Information. Director: Montgomery Tully. Starring Ronald Adam, Basil Hendon and Colette Wilde. A murder hunt is launched after a real body

is used as the 'guy' on bonfire night. (S1, E21)

Sat 30 Sep 17

12:00 Pride Of the Yankees 1942. Drama. Director: Sam Wood. Stars Gary Cooper, Babe Ruth, Teresa Wright & Walter Brennan. A biographical drama based on the life of baseball

hall of famer Lou Gehrig.

Sat 30 Sep 17

14:30 Talkies: John Finch the Writer

The Writer. Exclusive interview with John Finch, creator of A Family at War. John discusses the importance of the writer on such a large series.

Sat 30 Sep 17

14:35 Calling All Cars 1954. Starring Cardew Robinson, Adrienne Fancey, John Fitzgerald and Pauline Olsen. Comedy documentary, centring on the Dover Harbour car

terminal. Directed by Maclean Rogers.

Sat 30 Sep 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Case of the Smiling Widow. Director: Montgomery Tully. Starring Russel Napier and Vernon Greeves. Police question the circumstances of an

apparent suicide. (S1, E22)

Sat 30 Sep 17

16:00 A Kid For Two Farthings

1955. Comedy. Director: Carol Reed. Stars Diana Dors, Celia Johnson, David Kossoff & Brenda De Banzie. A boy, who is heartbroken when his pet chicken

disappears, buys a goat believing it is a unicorn.

Sat 30 Sep 17

17:45 Glimpses: Screenagers!

Early 1960s documentary into the spending habit of 'screenagers' and the cinema goers of the 60s. Brilliant footage of 50s and 60s cinemas and the

'screenagers' themselves.

Sat 30 Sep 17

18:00 Viva Zapata 1952. Drama. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn. The story of Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against

oppressive dictator Porfirio Diaz.

Sat 30 Sep 17

20:15 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.

Sat 30 Sep 17

21:50 Glimpses - London Food Market

Footage of London food markets and docks in the late 1940s

Sat 30 Sep 17

22:00 Conrack 1974. Drama. Directed by Martin Ritt. Starring Jon Voight, Paul Winfield and Madge Sinclair. A teacher introduces full education to a class of illiterate

black students against the authorities' wishes

Sat 30 Sep 17

00:00 Saturday Night & Sunday Morning

1960. Drama. Director: Karel Reisz. Stars Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts, Shirley Anne Field & Hylda Baker. In Nottingham, Arthur works in a mindless

haze, but his love affairs cause him complications.

Sat 30 Sep 17

01:50 The Killer Shrews 1959. Sci-fi. Directed by Ray Kellogg (famous for his FX). Starring James Best. On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant

voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.

Sat 30 Sep 17

03:20 Night Visitor 1971. Crime horror starring Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard and Liv Ullmann. Salem escapes from an insane asylum where he was confined for being an

axe-murderer. Music by Mancini.

Sat 30 Sep 17

05:20 BFI: Waverley Steps 1948. Factual. Director: John Eldridge. With visual grace, and wit, the film entwines a coalman's working day with students' revels by night, the

proceedings of a court with the rituals of a courtship


Sun 01 Oct 17

06:00 Luck of The Navy 1938. Drama. Directed by Norman Lee. Stars Geoffrey Toone, Judy Kelly and Clifford Evans. With international relations strained and war a possibility,

Commander Stanton is given a special mission.

Sun 01 Oct 17

07:25 Dante My Pal, The Bullseye. 1960. Stars Howard Duff, Alan Mowbray & Tom D'Andrea. Dante has put his past behind him but no one believes that he is


Sun 01 Oct 17

07:55 Bush Pilot 1947. Adventure. Directed by Sterling Campbell. Red North is a bush pilot in Canada. Red's half-brother decides to relocate his bush pilot business to the

same lake, cutting into Red's routes.

Sun 01 Oct 17

09:05 Musical Masquerade 1946. Musical. A Lost British short detailing where a composer's inspiration comes from and The London Symphony Orchestra.

Sun 01 Oct 17

09:50 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 grave robber.

Sun 01 Oct 17

11:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Mail Van Murder. Directed by John Knight. Starring Hy Hazell, Dennis Castle and Gordon Needham. Supt. Hammond hunts down the boss

of a gang that stole a mail van. (S1, E23)

Sun 01 Oct 17

12:00 Pardon Us 1931. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & James Finlayson. Stan & Ollie are sent to prison after selling their own home

brew during prohibition in their first feature.

Sun 01 Oct 17

13:25 Ghost & Mrs Muir 1947. Comedy. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney and George Sanders. Mrs Muir discovers that her holiday

cottage is haunted by a previous owner.

Sun 01 Oct 17

15:25 Scotland Yard 1957. The Tyburn Case. Director: David Paltenghi. Stars John Warwick, Patricia Marmont and Howard Marion Crawford. Supt. Reynolds suspects a

lawyer drowned a widow for the insurance money. (S1, E24)

Sun 01 Oct 17

16:00 Glimpses - London's West End 1946

London's West End 1946. Step back in time to 1940s featuring the vintage advertisements at Piccadilly Circus street performers in Leicester Square and

carriages riding down Oxford Street.

Sun 01 Oct 17

16:05 Tarka The Otter 1979. Family. Director: David Cobham. Stars Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett & Edward Underdown. A family film which follows the life of an otter and its

adventures in the wild.

Sun 01 Oct 17

17:55 Glimpses: London Historic footage of London in the 50s including Oxford Street, Park Lane, Grosvenor Square, Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly and Eros by Night.

Sun 01 Oct 17

18:00 The Million Pound Note

1954. Comedy. Director: Ronald Neame. Stars Gregory Peck, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ronald Squire & Joyce Grenfell. Two wealthy brothers loan a

penniless man 1 million pounds, in the form of one note.

Sun 01 Oct 17

19:45 Glimpses: Tre, Pol & Pen

1943. Short educational film which searches for the unusual in Cornwall, exploring the local sites, people and lore.

Sun 01 Oct 17

20:00 A Family At War 1971. Is Your Journey Really Necessary? Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas & John McKelvey. Sefton discovers Tony's deception and in the

process discovers his son’s girlfriend, Jenny (S2, E4)

Sun 01 Oct 17

21:00 Saints & Sinners 1965. Three Columns Of Anger. Human stories uncovered by the reporters of the New York City 'Record' newspaper.

Sun 01 Oct 17

22:00 Bigger Than Life 1956. Drama. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. A schoolteacher tries an experimental drug which

changes his moods and personality.

Sun 01 Oct 17

00:00 Look Back in Anger 1959. Drama. Director: Tony Richardson. Stars Richard Burton, Claire Bloom & Mary Ure. A musician living in near-poverty with his middle class wife

releases his pent-up rage, leading to an affair.

Sun 01 Oct 17

02:00 Bulldog Drummond 1929. Thriller. Director: F Richard Jones. Stars Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett & Claud Allister. Urbane sleuth Bulldog Drummond and his man, Algy, help a

woman who answers their ad in the London Times

Sun 01 Oct 17

03:50 Laurel & Hardy: Lucky Dog

1917. Comedy. This Silent film, directed by Jess Robbins, was the first ever film of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy performing together.

Sun 01 Oct 17

04:10 Flying Deuces 1939. Comedy. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the foreign legion to get over Ollie's broken heart.

Sun 01 Oct 17

05:30 Laurel & Hardy: Home Movies

Directed by Rowland V. Lee. Stars Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. Rare home movie footage of Stan, Ollie and other rarities!

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