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.
Where can I watch classic films?
Talking Pictures TV in the UK has a wide selection of classic films and television. It’s available on Sky 328 | Virgin 445 | Freeview 81 | Freesat 306
Talking Pictures TV –
These are the highlights for this week / month:
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 02.01.23 | 16:00 | She (1965) | Adventure. Director: Robert Day. Stars Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee. |
| 02.01.23 | 21:00 | Experiment in Terror (1962) | Crime. Directed by Blake Edwards. Stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick & Stefanie Powers. | |
| Tue | 03.01.23 | 16:10 | Hide and Seek (1963) | Thriller. Director Endfield. Stars Ian Carmichael, Curd Jürgens & Janet Munro |
| Wed | 04.01.23 | 00:05 | The Mutations (1974) | Horror. Directed by Jack Cardiff. Stars Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker & Julie Ege |
| 04.01.23 | 23:25 | Magic (1978) | Thriller. Directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Anthony Hopkins. | |
| Thu | 05.01.23 | 13.00 | The Sandwich Man (1966) | Comedy. Director: Robert Hartford-Davis. Stars Michael Bentine, Harry H Corbett & Norman Wisdom. |
| Fri | 06.01.23 | 23:05 | The Cat and the Canary (1978) | Thriller. Director Radley Metzger. Stars Honor Blackman, Michael Callan & Edward Fox. |
| Sat | 07.01.23 | 07.25 | Ask A Policeman (1939) | Comedy. Director: Marcel Varnel. Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott. |
| 11:30 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Starring: Alexander Gauge, Geoffrey Keen & George Rose. | ||
| 12.00 | 4D Man (1959) | Sci-fi. Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Stars Robert Lansing, Lee Meriweather & James Congdon. | ||
| Sun | 08.01.23 | 08.45 | The Earth Dies Screaming (1964) | Sci-fi- Starring: Willard Parker, Virginia Field and Dennis Price. |
Many of the films shown are also now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
