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 –
These are the highlights for this month:
| Day | Date | Time | Film / TV Series | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 18/01/2021 | 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 10:30 | Laurel & Hardy Musical Moments | |||
| 10:40 | Venetian Bird (1952) | Mystery - Stars Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson | ||
| 14:25 | It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) | Drama - Stars Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jack Warner & Susan Shaw | ||
| 18:35 | One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) | War - Stars Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman & Googie Withers | ||
| 21:00 | Hazell | 1979 TV Series | ||
| 00:00 | Hard Times (1975) | Stars Charles Bronson, James Coburn & Jill Ireland | ||
| Tue | 19/01/2021 | 07:35 | Laurel & Hardy Musical Moments | |
| 07:45 | The Big Job (1965) | Comedy - Stars Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery & Joan Sims | ||
| 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton | ||
| 10:30 | Noose for a Lady (1953) | Crime - Stars Dennis Price, Rona Anderson & Ronald Howard | ||
| 12:15 | They Met in the Dark (1943) | Mystery - Stars James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls | ||
| 15:50 | The Girl From Manhattan (1948) | Comedy - Stars Dorothy Lamour, George Montgomery & Charles Laughton | ||
| 19:20 | Battle of The Sexes (1960) | Stars Peter Sellers, Robert Morley & Constance Cummings | ||
| 21:00 | Quatermass | 1979. Stars John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Brewster Mason | ||
| 22:00 | That'll Be The Day (1973) | Drama - Stars David Essex, Ringo Starr & Rosemary Leach | ||
| 23:50 | The Hunter (1980) | Drama - Stars Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton | ||
| Wed | 20/01/2021 | 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 10:30 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) | Drama - Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas | ||
| 14:30 | We'll Meet Again (1943) | Musical - Stars Vera Lynn, Patricia Roc & Donald Gray | ||
| 21:05 | Reds (1981) | Drama - Director by Warren Beatty. Stars Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton & Gene Hackman | ||
| Thu | 21/01/2021 | 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 14:30 | Murder At 3am (1953) | Crime, Drama - Stars Dennis Price, Philip Saville & Peggy Evans | ||
| 15:50 | Witness In The Dark (1959) | Drama - Stars Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Nigel Green & Richard O'Sullivan | ||
| 18:35 | The Mirror Crack'd (1981) | Crime - Stars Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis & Rock Hudson | ||
| 21:00 | Public Eye | 1972 TV Series | ||
| 22:00 | The Boston Strangler (1968) | Drama - Stars Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy & Sally Kellerman | ||
| Fri | 22/01/2021 | 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 11:55 | Nurse on Wheels (1963) | Comedy - Stars Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims | ||
| 21:00 | Villa Rides (1968) | Stars Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum & Maria Grazia Buccella | ||
| Sat | 23/01/2021 | 01:10 | Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) | Horror - Stars Michael Gough, June Cunningham, Graham Curnow |
| 06:00 | Stranger In Town (1957) | Drama - Stars Alex Nicol, Anne Paige & Mary Laura Wood | ||
| 11:00 | Johnny Come Lately (1943) | Drama - Stars James Cagney, Grace George & Marjorie Main | ||
| Sun | 24/01/2021 | 15:45 | Cheaper By The Dozen (1950) | Comedy - Stars Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain & Betty Lynn |
| 19:00 | Hannay | 1988 TV Series - Stars Robert Powell | ||
| Mon | 25/01/2021 | 06:00 | Mad About Men (1954) | Comedy - Stars Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Anne Crawford |
| 09:20 | Laurel & Hardy Musical Moments | |||
| 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton | ||
| 10:30 | The Frightened City (1961) | Drama - Stars Herbert Lom, Sean Connery & John Gregson | ||
| 14:05 | Some Will, Some Won't (1970) | Comedy - Stars Ronnie Corbett, Thora Hird, Michael Hordern | ||
| 15:55 | The Young Ones (1961) | Musical - Stars Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Carole Gray & The Shadows | ||
| 21:00 | Hazell | 1979 TV Series | ||
| 22:00 | The Day of the Locust (1975) | Drama - Stars Donald Sutherland, Karen Black, William Atherton & Burgess Meredith | ||
| Tue | 26/01/2021 | 07:35 | Flight to Mars (1951) | Sci-fi - Stars Marguerite Chapman Cameron Mitchell, Arthur Franz |
| 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton | ||
| 16:00 | A Stitch in Time (1963) | Comedy -Stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Jeanette Sterke | ||
| 18:35 | The Secret Place (1957) | Crime - Stars Belinda Lee, Ronald Lewis, Michael Brooke | ||
| Wed | 27/01/2021 | 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton |
| 10:45 | Helter Skelter (1949) | Comedy - Stars Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Mervyn Johns | ||
| 14:30 | Teacher's Pet (1958) | Comedy - Stars Clark Gable, Doris Day, Gig Young & Mamie Van Doren | ||
| 21:05 | Power Play (1978) | Stars Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings & Donald Pleasence | ||
| Thu | 28/01/2021 | 08:00 | Radio Cab Murder (1954) | Crime, Drama - Stars Jimmy Hanley & Sam Kydd |
| 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton | ||
| Fri | 29/01/2021 | 08:45 | The Flying Squad (1940) | Crime - Stars Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks, Jack Hawkins |
| 10:00 | Robin's Nest | TV Series - Stars Richard O'Sullivan, Tessa Wyatt & Tony Britton | ||
| 10:30 | A Gunman Has Escaped (1948) | Drama - Stars John Harvey, John Fitzgerald, Robert Cartland | ||
| Sat | 30/01/2021 | 14:10 | The Ghost & Mrs Muir (1947) | Drama - Stars Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney & George Sanders |
| 23:10 | The Great Gatsby (1974) | Drama - Stars Robert Redford, Mia Farrow & Sam Waterston | ||
| Sun | 31/01/2021 | 15:40 | The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) | Comedy - Stars Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Yvonne Arnaud, Claude Hulbert |
| 19:00 | Hannay | 1988 TV Series - Stars Robert Powell |
Many of the films shown are also now available on Blu-ray and DVD.