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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 30/07/2020 | 23:10 | Take a Girl Like You 1970 | Comedy - Stars Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed, Noel Harrison |
| Fri | 31/07/2020 | 11:25 | Sabotage (1937) | Thriller. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder |
| Fri | 31/07/2020 | 18:40 | The Black Orchid (1959) | Stars Sophia Loren, Jimmy Baird, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin |
| Fri | 31/07/2020 | 22:00 | Phase IV (1974) | Sci-fi - Stars Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport & Lynne Frederick |
| Sat | 01/08/2020 | 09:30 | Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) | Drama - Stars Ralph Michael, Peggy Evans and Christopher Lee |
| Sat | 01/08/2020 | 15:15 | The One That Got Away (1957) | Drama - Stars Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon & Michael Goodliffe |
| Sun | 02/08/2020 | 06:00 | The Headless Ghost (1959) | Comedy - Stars Richard Lyon, Liliane Sottane, David Rose |
| Sun | 02/08/2020 | 09:10 | Ghosts on the Loose (1943) | Comedy - Stars Bela Lugosi & Ava Gardner |
| Mon | 03/08/2020 | 07:10 | The Ghost of Monk's Island (1966) | Action - Stars Pierre Bedenes, Lucinda Jackson & Peter Bartlett |
| Mon | 03/08/2020 | 16:20 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) | Horror - Stars Christopher Lee |
| Mon | 03/08/2020 | 23:00 | Billy Liar (1963) | Comedy - Stars Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie & Wilfred Pickles |
| Tue | 04/08/2020 | 21:00 | Budgie | TV Series |
| Wed | 05/08/2020 | 14:40 | On The Double (1961) | Comedy - Stars Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter & Wilfrid Hyde-White |
| 05/08/2020 | 19:10 | Nurse on Wheels (1963) | Comedy - Stars Juliet Mills, Ronald Lewis, Joan Sims | |
| Thu | 06/08/2020 | 11:45 | The Ghost Train (1941) | Comedy - Stars Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch & Kathleen Harrison |
| Fri | 07/08/2020 | 23:40 | The Driver (1978) | Action - Stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani |
| Sat | 08/08/2020 | 14:50 | Foul Play (1978) | Comedy - Stars Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase & Burgess Meredith |
| Sun | 09/08/2020 | 09:00 | Runaround | Childrens TV Series |
| Sun | 09/08/2020 | 11:15 | Orders Are Orders (1954) | Comedy - Stars Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers |
Many of the films shown are also now available on Blu-ray and DVD.