If you love old films then there really is only one television channel in the UK to watch, Talking Pictures TV. It’s full of rarely seen films along with many classics with the likes of Peter Sellers, Stanley Baker, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim & Will Hay for instance. Plus comedy from the great Laurel and Hardy. But that’s not all as they also show old TV series such as Scotland Yard, Public Eye, The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, The Gentle Touch & A Family At War.
You can find Talking Pictures TV on Sky 328 | Virgin 445 | Freeview 81 | Freesat 306
Talking Pictures TV – January Highlights
These are the highlights for this month:
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 14/03/2019 | 10:15 | Man of the Moment (1955) | Comedy, Stars Norman Wisdom |
| Thu | 14/03/2019 | 15:10 | The Smallest Show On Earth (1957) | Stars Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna & Bill Travers. |
| Thu | 14/03/2019 | 18:40 | The Blue Lamp (1949) | Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner & Jimmy Hanley. |
| Thu | 14/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series |
| Thu | 14/03/2019 | 22:00 | Convoy (1978) | Stars Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw & Ernest Borgnine. |
| Fri | 15/03/2019 | 17:15 | Genevieve (1953) | Stars: Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall. |
| Fri | 15/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series |
| Sat | 16/03/2019 | 16:15 | Bulldog Breed (1960) | Comedy, Stars Norman Wisdom |
| Sat | 16/03/2019 | 18:15 | The Man Between (1953) | Drama. Directed by Carol Reed. Stars, James Mason, Claire Bloom |
| Sat | 16/03/2019 | 0:00 | The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961) | Sci-Fi Drama. Directed by Val Guest. Stars Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd and Michael Goodliffe |
| Sun | 17/03/2019 | 7:40 | Brats (1930) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Sun | 17/03/2019 | 15:05 | Challenge For Robin Hood (1967) | Stars Barrie Ingham, James Hayter & Leon Greene |
| Sun | 17/03/2019 | 19:10 | Mandy (1952) | Stars Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins & Terence Morgan |
| Sun | 17/03/2019 | 1:15 | Expresso Bongo (1959) | Stars Laurence Harvey, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan & Cliff Richard |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 9:25 | The Old Dark House (1963) | Directed by William Castle. Stars Fenella Fielding, Tom Poston, Robert Morley & Janette Scott |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 11:10 | Circle of Danger (1951) | Drama. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Stars Ray Milland, Patricia Roc & Marius Goring |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 17:10 | Brats (1930) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 19:35 | And The Same To You (1959) | Comedy, Stars Sid James, Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Tommy Cooper and Vera Day |
| Mon | 18/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 8:00 | Good Morning, Boys (1937) | Comedy, Stars Will Hay, Martita Hunt, Lilli Palmer, Charles Hawtrey & Peter Gawthorne |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 9:40 | Surprise Package (1960) | Comedy, Stars Yul Brynner, Noel Coward, Mitzi Gaynor, Lyndon Brook & Eric Pohlmann |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 11:40 | KOTCH (1971) | Comedy, Drama. Directed by Jack Lemmon. Stars Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon & Deborah Winters |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Tue | 19/03/2019 | 0:00 | Violent Playground (1958) | Stars Stanley Baker, David McCallum, Anne Heywood & Peter Cushing |
| Wed | 20/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Wed | 20/03/2019 | 0:50 | Lost in the Desert (1969) | Drama |
| Thu | 21/03/2019 | 9:20 | Nobody Runs Forever (1968) | Stars Christopher Plummer, Rod Taylor & Lilli Palmer |
| Thu | 21/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Thu | 21/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Thu | 21/03/2019 | 22:00 | Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1973) | Coemdy, Stars Peter Sellers, Curt Jurgens, Francoise Pascal, Rula Lenska & Jenny Hanley |
| Fri | 22/03/2019 | 12:40 | Cover Girl Killer (1959) | Stars Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young |
| Fri | 22/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Fri | 22/03/2019 | 18:00 | Charley Moon (1956) | Musical. Director Guy Hamilton. Stars Max Bygraves, Dennis Price & Michael Medwin |
| Fri | 22/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Fri | 22/03/2019 | 3:10 | The Swimmer (1968) | Stars Burt Lancaster |
| Sat | 23/03/2019 | 7:20 | The Traitor (1957) | Drama, Starring Anton Diffring & Christopher Lee |
| Sat | 23/03/2019 | 14:20 | Bell Bottom George (1944) | Starring George Formby, Anne Firth & Reginald Purdell |
| Sat | 23/03/2019 | 16:20 | A Night To Remember (1958) | Drama, Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres & Honor Blackman |
| Sat | 23/03/2019 | 22:50 | Jack The Ripper Part 1 of 2 (1988) | Stars Michael Caine, Armand Assante & Ray McAnally |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 14:25 | Ghost Ship (1953) | Thriller, Stars Hazel Court & Dermot Walsh |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 16:00 | The Blue Lamp (1949) | Crime, Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner & Jimmy Hanley |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 17:45 | The Big Noise (1944) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 19:15 | Passport To Pimlico (1949) | Comedy, Stars Stanley Holloway, Irene Handl & Margaret Rutherford |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 0:15 | Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) | Comedy, Stars Will Hay, Graham Moffatt & Moore Marriott |
| Sun | 24/03/2019 | 1:55 | Boy on A Dolphin (1957) | Drama, Stars Sophia Loren, Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb and Alexis Minotis |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 10:25 | The Night Has Eyes (1942) | Stars James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Joyce Howard & Mary Clare |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 18:00 | Raise the Titanic (1980) | Drama, Stars Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer & Alec Guinness |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 22:00 | Quatermass and the Pit (1967) | Stars James Donald, Andrew Keir & Barbara Shelley |
| Mon | 25/03/2019 | 0:00 | 100 Rifles (1969) | War, Stars Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds, Fernando Lamas & Jim Brown |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 10:00 | The Bargee (1964) | Comedy, Stars Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith & Ronnie Barker |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 12:10 | Laughter in Paradise (1951) | Comedy, Stars Alastair Sim, George Cole, Fay Compton & Guy Middleton |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 15:15 | Spellbound (1945) | Drama, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Michael Chekhov |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 17:30 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 18:00 | Crooks Anonymous (1962) | Comedy, Stars Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter & Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 19:45 | The Delavine Affair (1955) | Crime, Drama - Stars Peter Reynolds, Honor Blackman & Gordon Jackson |
| Tue | 26/03/2019 | 21:00 | Callan | TV Series - Stars Edward Woodward |
Many of the films shown are also now available on Blu-ray and DVD.