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
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These are the highlights for this month:
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 01/06/2019 | 16:50 | The 39 Steps (1978) | Crime, Drama - Stars Robert Powell, Karen Dotrice, David Warner, John Mills & Timothy West. |
| Sat | 01/06/2019 | 19:00 | Clockwise (1986) | Comedy - Stars John Cleese, Penelope Wilton & Alison Steadman |
| Sun | 02/06/2019 | 11:35 | Flying Deuces (1939) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Sun | 02/06/2019 | 20:05 | No Sex Please – We're British (1973) | Comedy - Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid & Arthur Lowe |
| Mon | 03/06/2019 | 7:55 | Crooks Anonymous (1962) | Comedy - Stars Stars Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter & Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| Mon | 03/06/2019 | 15:05 | The Night Caller (1965) | Sci-Fi - John Saxon, Maurice Denham & Patricia Haines |
| Mon | 03/06/2019 | 17:30 | Hannay | TV Series |
| Mon | 03/06/2019 | 18:50 | The Shiralee (1957) | Drama - Stars Stars Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars & Sid James |
| Wed | 05/06/2019 | 18:30 | Clockwise (1986) | Comedy - Stars John Cleese, Penelope Wilton & Alison Steadman |
| Fri | 07/06/2019 | 11:40 | Raise the Titanic (1980) | Drama - Stars Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer & Alec Guinness |
| Fri | 07/06/2019 | 18:30 | The Big Noise (1944) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Fri | 07/06/2019 | 20:00 | Laurel & Hardy: This Is Your Life (1954) | |
| Fri | 07/06/2019 | 23:30 | Age Of Consent (1969) | Drama - Stars James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran & Neva Carr-Glynn |
| Sat | 08/06/2019 | 09:35 | The Old Dark House (1963) | Comedy - Directed by William Castle. Stars Fenella Fielding, Tom Poston, Robert Morley & Janette Scott. |
| Sat | 08/06/2019 | 11:20 | At The Earth's Core (1976) | Adventure - Stars Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro & Cy Grant |
| Sat | 08/06/2019 | 22:45 | Night of the Demon (1957) | Horror - Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins & Niall MacGinnis |
| Sun | 09/06/2019 | 10:35 | Laurel & Hardy: This Is Your Life (1954) | |
| Sun | 09/06/2019 | 11:05 | The Big Noise (1944) | Laurel & Hardy |
| Sun | 09/06/2019 | 12:55 | The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) | Adventure - Stars Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow and June Thorburn |
| Sun | 09/06/2019 | 16:45 | Passport To Pimlico (1949) | Comedy - Stars Stanley Holloway, Irene Handl & Margaret Rutherford |
| Mon | 10/06/2019 | 09:20 | She (1965) | Adventure - Stars Ursula Andress, John Richardson, Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee |
| Mon | 10/06/2019 | 11:20 | Rebecca (1940) | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontanie and George Sanders |
| Mon | 10/06/2019 | 15:05 | Too Many Crooks (1959) | Comedy - Stars Terry-Thomas, George Cole and Sidney James |
| Mon | 10/06/2019 | 17:30 | Hannay | TV Series |
| Mon | 10/06/2019 | 23:20 | Night of the Demon (1957) | Horror - Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins & Niall MacGinnis |
| Tue | 11/06/2019 | 08:10 | Green For Danger (1947) | Thriller - Stars Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Rosamund John & Alastair Sim |
| Wed | 12/06/2019 | 11:50 | Spellbound (1945) | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck & Michael Chekhov |
| Wed | 12/06/2019 | 15:05 | The Big Job (1965) | Comedy - Stars Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery & Joan Sims |
| Thu | 13/06/2019 | 15:00 | I'm All Right Jack (1959) | Comedy - Stars Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas & Ian Carmichael |
| Fri | 14/06/2019 | 10:10 | One Million Years BC (1966) | Adventure - Stars Raquel Welch, John Richardson and Percy Herbert |
| Fri | 14/06/2019 | 12:10 | Sparrows Can't Sing (1963) | Comedy - Stars James Booth, Barbara Windsor & Roy Kinnear |
| Fri | 14/06/2019 | 17:30 | Passport To Pimlico (1949) | Comedy - Stars Stanley Holloway, Irene Handl & Margaret Rutherford |
| Fri | 14/06/2019 | 21:30 | Blood From Mummy's Tomb (1971) | Horror - Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers |
| Fri | 14/06/2019 | 02:20 | Devil Girl From Mars (1954) | Sci-fi - Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott & Hazel Court |
| Sat | 15/06/2019 | 06:00 | Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) | Comedy - Stars Will Hay, Graham Moffatt & Moore Marriott |
| Sat | 15/06/2019 | 09:40 | Devil Girl From Mars (1954) | Sci-fi - Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott & Hazel Court |
| Sun | 16/06/2019 | 13:10 | The Ghost Train (1941) | Comedy - Stars Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch & Kathleen Harrison |
Many of the films shown are also now available on Blu-ray and DVD.