Friday 13:05 - 14:45
1951. Mystery. Directed by Francis Searle. Stars Brian Reece, Joy Shelton & Christine Norden. PC 49 teams up with his girlfriend to solve a crime after a murder is committed right under his nose. [S]
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Fri Jan 17
Friday 14:45 - 16:20
1954. Comedy. An American film crew are making a film in a British army camp, but the soldiers chase the film unit's girls. Starring Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers. [S]
Friday 16:20 - 18:10
1954. Drama. Directed by: Lance Comfort Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell & Maurice Denham. A taxi-driver is accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl on a derelict bomb-site. [S]
Friday 18:10 - 20:25
1967. Western. Director: Martin Ritt. Stars Paul Newman, Richard Boone, Fredric March & Diane Cilento. People are not so welcoming when John returns to his home town to collect his inheritance. [S]
Friday 20:25 - 21:00
Chris Robinson's Premonitions/Pete the Poltergeist. 1994. Michael Aspel introduces more stories of the unexplained, including the touching tale of a poltergeist who haunted a couple in Cardiff. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 21:05
Come down into the Cellar Club for an evening of thrills and horror with Caroline Munro. Tonight's first offering is a captivating episode of the 1970s series Doomwatch. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:05
The Plastic Eaters. 1970. Stars John Paul, Simon Oates & Robert Powell. Doomwatch faces its first challenge: to stop the spread of a man-made virus which has the power to dissolve plastic. [S]
Friday 22:05 - 22:10
Be prepared as Caroline introduces a terrifying feature from 1975 - The Monster, also known as I Don't Want to Be Born. Caroline Munro appears alongside Joan Collins and Donald Pleasence. [S]
Friday 22:10 - 00:00
1975. Horror. Directed by Peter Sasdy. Stars Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins & Donald Pleasence. A baby is born with an in-built hatred of people, which causes havoc for all those around him. [S]
Sat Jan 18
Today 00:00 - 00:05
Join Caroline Munro as she takes a quick look at next week's mysterious and thrilling offerings. [S]
Today 00:05 - 01:55
1986. Action. Directed by Richard Tuggle. Stars Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright & Jeff Kober. An Iowa farm boy finds himself in danger after he picks up the wrong bag at Los Angeles Airport. [S]
Today 01:55 - 03:50
1995. Horror. Director: Bill Condon. Stars Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan & Veronica Cartwright. The Candyman haunts New Orleans and sets his sights on a teacher whose family was ruined by him years ago. [S]
Today 03:50 - 05:20
1941. Drama. Directed by Germain Burger. Stars David Farrar, Philip Friend & Helen Perry. Farmers are all losing sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his 'great' sheepdog? Or... [S]
Today 05:20 - 05:30
... Tomorrow. 1964. A delightful look at how the Welsh and Irish folk songs and stories are being recorded on tape.
Today 05:30 - 06:00
Came the Dawn. 1959. Narrated by Basil Rathbone. A fantastic look at the British film industry in the 1920s with a peek at Elstree Studios, some of the great silent films and the brilliant stars. [S]
Today 06:00 - 07:20
1933. Drama. Directed by George Pearson. Stars John Stuart, Viola Keats & Leslie Perrins. A nobleman, aspiring to becoming an earl, devises an evil scheme to murder his relative. [S]
Today 07:20 - 07:55
The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. The only clue is a chicken's foot. Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance. [S]
Today 07:55 - 08:25
1959. The Deal. Stars Peter Breck. After his brothers are killed, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer.
Today 08:25 - 09:00
Set Sail for Adventure. 1964. Stars Lois Maxwell, Robert Easton & David Graham. Phones and Lt Fisher take up a challenge to become members of Admiral Denver's crew on an ancient sailing vessel.
Today 09:00 - 09:30
Batman Makes the Scenes. 1966. Stars Adam West, Bill Williams & Burgess Meredith. Batman tells Alfred the location of the multimillionaire's dinner, enabling the Penguin to execute his evil plan. [S]
Today 09:30 - 10:00
The Jitter Waves. 1963. Stars Libby Morris, Ysanne Churchman & Murray Kash. A strange jittering is affecting the city and other locations on Earth by unusual radio waves coming from Uranus. [S]
Today 10:00 - 11:10
1964. Family. Directed by Michael Truman. Stars Trudy Moors, Janet Hannington & Kirk Martin. 3 children accidently become locked in a store - along with robbers planning to rob the bank next door. [S]
Today 11:10 - 11:40
Sybella. 1959. Stars Richard Greene, Patricia Driscoll & Alan Wheatley. The Earl of Steyne is murdered and his attacker steals his identity. But will his disguise fool Robin Hood? [S]
Today 11:40 - 12:00
Into the Metal Tower. 1936. Stars Ray Corrigan & William Farnum. Crash is captured by Unga Khan and sent strapped to the Juggernaut's nose as a battering ram against the gates of the sacred city. [S]
Today 12:00 - 12:35
The Clown. 1960. Stars Mickey Shaughnessy, Christopher Dark, Yvette Mimieux. A jealous husband kills his wife after she seeks refuge in a clown's home, but his actions soon come back to haunt him. [S]
Today 12:35 - 13:55
1959. Sci-fi. Directed by Edward L. Cahn. Stars John Agar, Jean Byron & Philip Tonge. Invisible aliens invade the Earth by inhabiting the bodies of the deceased. Can anyone stop them? [S]
Today 13:55 - 14:10
1960. A look into the trunk roads with the night lorries, following the night drivers, all night, to see where they eat and who they meet.
Today 14:10 - 14:25
1979. Writer: Clive Exton. Richard Marley asks Barton to look into the vanishing of his children (Fiona Fullerton & Kevan Sheehan). They come up against the criminal Melganik (John G Heller).
Today 14:25 - 15:00
Flying Zodiac. 1962. Stars David Graham, Sylvia Anderson & Paul Maxwell. Colonel Zodiac almost falls victim to sabotage at a Space City circus as part of a wicked scheme by Mr and Mrs Space Spy.
Today 15:00 - 15:35
Winged Assassin. 1967. Stars Ed Bishop, Jeremy Wilkin & Francis Matthews. The Spectrum Organisation attempts to stop the Mysterons from assassinating the Director General of the United Asian Republic.
Today 15:35 - 17:15
1950. Mystery. Directors: Antony Darnborough & Terence Fisher. Stars Jean Simmons & Dirk Bogarde. Two siblings visit Paris for the Great Exhibition of 1889 when one of them goes missing. [S]
Today 17:15 - 18:30
1951. Thriller. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars Albert Lieven, David Greene & Norman MacOwen. The crew of a lighthouse bring a boat to safety, unaware that it carries a gang of robbers on the run. [S]
Today 18:30 - 19:00
... Baim Collection. Money Sings. 1963. A lively pop musical with a variety of talent and music; featuring Johnny Carson, Patricia Shakesby and The Condors.
Today 19:00 - 20:00
Transit. 1975. Stars Nicholas Smith, John Collin & Janette Legge. A mystery call out for noise down the docks perplexes Yates, and he's stuck there with DS Haggar and an irritating PC. [S]
Today 20:00 - 21:05
The Quiet Chapter. 1985. Stars Leigh Lawson, Terence Rigby & Mary Healey. Lomax quietly minds his own business and helps run a country pub until he, and the landlord, upset a motorcycle gang. [S]
Today 21:05 - 23:10
1978. Thriller. Director: Daryl Duke. Stars: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, John Candy. A bank teller skims $50,000 during a robbery, but the crook wants it back. [S]
Today 23:10 - 00:55
1990. Drama. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Stars Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow & Tim Reid. On the Russian border, the murder of a defector sparks a forbidden battle between two colonels. [S]
Sun Jan 19
Tomorrow 00:55 - 03:00
1960. Drama. Director: Val Guest. Stars Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento & Ronald Lewis. A race car driver enlists the help of a suave psychiatrist after being plagued by dark urges to harm his wife. [S]
Tomorrow 03:00 - 04:35
1950. Crime. Director: Felix E. Feist. Stars Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt & John Dall. A homicide detective who witnesses his girlfriend kill her husband is assigned to the case, alongside his brother. [S]
Tomorrow 04:35 - 06:00
1934. Crime drama. Directed by Phil Rosen. Stars Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy & Melvyn Douglas. A woman on the run disrupts the peaceful existence of a man recently released from prison. [S]
Tomorrow 06:00 - 07:35
1953. Crime drama. A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Beatty), the victim is later murdered and the doctor is involved. Starring Elizabeth Sellars. [S]
Tomorrow 07:35 - 09:10
1953. Sci-fi. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Howard Duff, Eva Bartok & Alan Wheatley. When a test launch of a satellite fails, two people attached to the secret project mysteriously go missing. [S]
Tomorrow 09:10 - 11:30
1969. Western. Director: Andrew V. McLaglen. Stars John Wayne, Rock Hudson & Antonio Aguilar. An ex-union army officer and his confederate counterpart join forces to fight Mexican revolutionaries. [S]
Tomorrow 11:30 - 13:25
1963. Comedy. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins & Nanette Newman. A gangster learns of a traitor in his midst and makes a deal with the police. [S]
Tomorrow 13:25 - 14:00
Batman Makes the Scenes. 1966. Stars Adam West, Bill Williams & Burgess Meredith. Batman tells Alfred the location of the multimillionaire's dinner, enabling the Penguin to execute his evil plan. [S]
Tomorrow 14:00 - 15:45
1941. Comedy Horror. Director: Walter Forde. Starring Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch & Kathleen Harrison. High jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station. [S]
Tomorrow 15:45 - 16:00
1961. A look into the science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh.
Tomorrow 16:00 - 16:30
Little Mother. 1958. Stars Richard Greene, Renee Houston & Charles Houston. Marian and Little John intervene when they see an elderly woman being abused by the Sheriff's men. [S]
Tomorrow 16:30 - 17:00
Freeze Branding/Cider Making. 1986. Jack Hargreaves watches New Forest ponies being branded with dry ice. He then takes his apples to Charlie to be pressed for making cider. [S]
Tomorrow 17:00 - 18:00
There's special footage of some iconic footballers, a great scopiatone of the Tornadoes, there's traffic in the 50s, we celebrate The Housecoat and who remembers Alan Freeman's record shops? [S]
Tomorrow 18:00 - 20:00
1949. Crime. Directed by Robert Hamer. Stars Eric Portman, Nadia Gray & George Cole. An unusual love triangle develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the first World War. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:05
The Firebug. Directed by Roy Ward Baker. Stars John Gregson, George Cole, Edward Dentith & Aubrey Richards. After losing his wife and daughter to a house fire a man sets out to raise awareness. [S]
Tomorrow 21:05 - 21:55
...Social Club. Episode 8. 1974. Brotherhood of Man sings 'Reach Out Your Hands'. Russ Conway plays 'Side Saddle' and 'Toy Balloons' and Bordello PJ Proby sings 'Somewhere'/'I Know You Know'. [S]
Tomorrow 21:55 - 23:55
1971. Drama. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Richard Burton, Ian McShane & Nigel Davenport. Your everyday London businessman and sadistic gang leader. Once you've met, you'll wish you hadn't. [S]
Tomorrow 23:55 - 01:00
A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview.
Mon Jan 20
Monday 01:00 - 03:00
1999. Comedy. Directed by and stars Martin Clunes. Also featuring Neil Morrissey & Jane Horrocks. A one-hit-wonder 1980s band are forced against their will to re-form for one last performance. [S]
Monday 03:00 - 04:50
1972. Thriller. During WWII, American couple Mr Kingstreet (John Saxon) and Maggie (Tippi Hedren), run a reserve that is located between British and Italian colonies in South Africa. [S]
Monday 04:50 - 04:55
Reginald Foort is at the organ and wants you to sing a long. This song is It's a Sin to Lie.
Monday 04:55 - 05:30
No Tears for the Dead. 1958. Stars Rory Calhoun, Michael Pate, Carole Mathews. While riding down a trail, Bill is stopped by a boy who demands he help his father, who has been shot in the stomach. [S]
Monday 05:30 - 06:00
All the Answers. 1960. Stars David Kossoff, Shaun O'Riordan & Sheila Manahan. When the television goes back to the repair shop, Eddie starts night school whilst Ada and Alf take up new hobbies. [S]
Monday 06:00 - 07:20
1956. Mystery. Director: Henry Cass. Stars Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell & Derek Bond. An actress is assisted by an American playwright after her scissors are found lodged in her producer's back. [S]
Monday 07:20 - 09:25
1970. Western. Director: Paul Wendkos. Stars George Peppard, Giovanna Ralli & Raf Vallone. A band of misfits is led into Mexican territory to destroy six cannons stolen by savage revolutionaries. [S]
Monday 09:25 - 11:00
1954. Comedy. An American film crew are making a film in a British army camp, but the soldiers chase the film unit's girls. Starring Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers. [S]
Monday 11:00 - 11:10
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed at the end of January. [S]
Monday 11:10 - 13:00
1955. Crime. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Sydney Chaplin, Audrey Dalton & Jefferson Clifford. After several killings of thieves occur, a priest is then marked for murder after hearing a confession. [S]
Monday 13:00 - 15:00
1960. Comedy. Director Robert Asher. Stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Terence Alexander, David Lodge. Norman Puckle joins the Navy under the same Admiral he refused to yield to in the harbour. [S]
Monday 15:00 - 16:05
The Old Treasure Story. 1965. Stars Roger Moore, Jack Hedley & Erica Rogers. Simon joins three men who seek treasure located on a divided map, unaware of the deadly rivalry between them. [S]
Monday 16:05 - 16:40
The Ides of March - Part 1. Mike Read reads classic Raffles stories from The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung and begins with the exciting tale The Ides of March.
Monday 16:40 - 17:15
1957. Bullet from the Past. Director: Kenneth Hume. Stars Ballard Berkeley, Robert Sansom and Philippa Hyatt. An inspector investigates the shooting of a man connected to an old cold case. (S1, E20)
Monday 17:15 - 17:30
1964. A visit to the prisons of Britain to see the different types of work done by the prisoners.
Monday 17:30 - 18:30
Waste Land. 1970. Stars Jack Warner, Margaret John & James Grout. When a policeman goes missing under strange circumstances, his colleagues search for him using clues from his past. [S]
Monday 18:30 - 19:00
Freeze Branding/Cider Making. 1986. Jack Hargreaves watches New Forest ponies being branded with dry ice. He then takes his apples to Charlie to be pressed for making cider. [S]
Monday 19:00 - 20:00
Watch a rediscovered episode of childhood favourite Muffin the Mule, step back in time with childhood pastimes from the 50s and we look some of the stars we have sadly lost this year. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:05
1971. I Always Wanted A Swimming Pool. Stars James Bolam, Alfred Burke & Brenda Cavendish. Things get unusual when Marker is hired to watch the antics of a wayward husband. [S]
Monday 21:05 - 23:05
1958. Adventure. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Michael Craig, Belinda Lee, Patrick McGoohan. After a the loss of her mother, a young women sets out to find her African pen pal. [S]
Monday 23:05 - 01:10
1986. Action. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Stars Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite & Carrie Snodgress. A hardboiled LAPD cop must go on the run after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. [S]
Tue Jan 21
Tuesday 01:10 - 02:50
1954. Crime Drama. Directed by Hugo Haas. Stars Cleo Moore, John Agar & Emmett Lynn. A cunning prospector enlists a young farmer to help him find a lost gold mine and then plots to kill him. [S]
Tuesday 02:50 - 04:40
1964. Drama. Directed by Samuel Fuller. Stars Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley & Michael Dante. A prostitute, traumatised by a past experience, tries to find solace in Grantville Town. [S]
Tuesday 04:40 - 05:30
2006. Horror. Director: Pier Wilkie. Stars Greg Wise, Paul Freeman & Tom Burke. An Oxbridge academic settles into a hotel to conduct research but finds himself investigating the peculiar room 13. [S]
Tuesday 05:30 - 06:00
The Bodyguard Story. 1952. Stars Brian Donlevy, James Flavin & Laura Mason. Steve is sent back to Paris, this time serving as bodyguard to a young French woman who was witness to a murder. [S]
Tuesday 06:00 - 06:10
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed at the end of January. [S]
Tuesday 06:10 - 07:40
1936. Musical. Stars George Robey, Neil Hamilton & Gina Malo. A comedy of false identities, involving four naval officers, a cabaret dancer, a society beauty and a wealthy paint manufacturer.
Tuesday 07:40 - 09:25
1960. Drama. Directed by Compton Bennett. Starring Richard Greene, Eva Bartok and Marius Goring. East German refugee Karen finds herself back at home when the flight she works on is forced down. [S]
Tuesday 09:25 - 10:55
1956. Drama. Directors: Elmo Williams & Bert Glazer. Stars Beverly Michaels & Joan Rice. Angie plans to meet her boyfriend on New Years Eve but winds up in jail. Can she find a way to get to him? [S]
Tuesday 10:55 - 12:20
(AKA: The Long Rope). 1953. Drama. Director: Wolf Rilla. Stars Donald Houston, Susan Shaw & Peter Byrne. A man returns to where he was accused of murdering a girl to prove his innocence. [S]
Tuesday 12:20 - 12:25
Reginald Foort is at the organ and wants you to sing a long. This song is The Strand.
Tuesday 12:25 - 14:30
1948. Drama. Director: Harold French. Stars Dulcie Gray & Michael Denison. Jonathan's ambition was to become a surgeon & marry Edie. But Edie loves his brother, who she intends to wed. [S]
Tuesday 14:30 - 16:05
1954. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Petula Clark, Donald Houston & Brenda de Banzie. Story of a Welsh postman's efforts to bring happiness into the lives of an assortment of people. [S]
Tuesday 16:05 - 16:45
The Ides of March - Part 2. Mike Read continues with the second part of the fascinating tale The Ides of March in which Bunny becomes involved in a life of crime as Raffles' junior partner.
Tuesday 16:45 - 17:20
Let Them Come. 2003. A look at the Top Secret bases of Britain's Resistance Movement - and the farm workers and gamekeepers who learned how to handle machine guns and explosives. [S]
Tuesday 17:20 - 18:30
Partners in Crime. 1960. Directed By Peter Duffell. Stars Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond & John Van Eyssen. A Wealthy company director has been found dead and his safe cracked, but not emptied. [S]
Tuesday 18:30 - 19:05
Murder Is Permanent. 1956. Stars Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts & Eric Pohlmann. Colonel March investigates a murder in a beauty salon. [S]
Tuesday 19:05 - 19:35
Batman Sets the Pace. 1966. Stars Adam West, Jane Wald & Cesar Romero. When the Joker sees that Batman and Robin have escaped his death trap, he trundles off to hatch another. [S]
Tuesday 19:35 - 20:05
Episode Three. 1982. Stars Benedict Taylor, Anthony Calf & Stefan Gryff. To protect Michael, Digby leaves, taking the blame in a note left for John. John also quietly leaves to go and join them. [S]
Tuesday 20:05 - 21:10
Rumpole and the Tap End. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Bowles. Controversial remarks and rulings in a domestic violence case causes concern from the Lord Chancellor.
Tuesday 21:10 - 23:20
1978. Thriller. Director: Daryl Duke. Stars: Elliott Gould, Susannah York, Christopher Plummer, John Candy. A bank teller skims $50,000 during a robbery, but the crook wants it back. [S]
Tuesday 23:20 - 23:25
Join Caroline Munro as she welcomes you back into The Cellar Club. Our first offering is the 1974 Hammer horror, The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, starring the great Peter Cushing. [S]
Tuesday 23:25 - 01:10
... Golden Vampires. 1974. Horror. Director Roy Ward Baker. Stars Peter Cushing, David Chiang & Julie Ege. Van Helsing helps a family reclaim their village from powerful vampires. [S]
Wed Jan 22
Wednesday 01:10 - 01:15
We take a trip to New Orleans in the second film of the night, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh. Caroline Munro introduces the terrifying 1995 horror starring Tony Todd in the title role. [S]
Wednesday 01:15 - 03:10
1995. Horror. Director: Bill Condon. Stars Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan & Veronica Cartwright. The Candyman haunts New Orleans and sets his sights on a teacher whose family was ruined by him years ago. [S]
Wednesday 03:10 - 03:15
After a terrific night of horror, Caroline Munro rounds up the night with a glimpse of next week's thrilling films. Until then, don't have nightmares... [S]
Wednesday 03:15 - 05:20
1950. Comedy. Director: Richard Whorf. Stars Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price. In order to get even with the owner of a soap company, a genius goes on a quiz show to try to bankrupt him. [S]
Wednesday 05:20 - 05:30
1966. An insightful look at the rise in paperback output and the old art of bookbinding.
Wednesday 05:30 - 06:00
The Clampetts Strike Oil. 1962. Stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan & Donna Douglas. A rural family make a deal with an oil company after being told that the swamp behind their shack is full of oil. [S]
Wednesday 06:00 - 07:00
Password to Death. Burke is directed to investigate a plot to use a Soviet satellite launch and a phony atomic threat to lure British defenses to an underground gas trap.
Wednesday 07:00 - 08:30
1967. Comedy. Freddie Garrity of Freddie and the Dreamers fame is the scout cub leader of a bunch of misfits. Stars: Kenneth Connor, John Le Mesurier and Bernie Dwyer. [S]
Wednesday 08:30 - 09:05
Vanishing Point. 1960. Stars Edward Binns, Fredd Wayne & June Vincent. Quarrelsome couple Fred and Ruth decide to rent an old house but, following an argument, Ruth mysteriously vanishes. [S]
Wednesday 09:05 - 10:40
1952. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Diana Dors, Thora Hird & John Laurie. A wealthy chairman of Burnville United makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club. [S]
Wednesday 10:40 - 12:30
1954. Drama. The story of a successful dancer who fights with her husband for the attention of their daughter. Starring Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling and Guy Rolfe. [S]
Wednesday 12:30 - 13:55
1953. Crime. Directed by Maurice Elvey. An Army officer (William Sylvester) and Carol (Mary Germaine) must solve the murder of a blackmailer or be charged themselves. [S]
Wednesday 13:55 - 15:00
Trade Wind. 1974. Stars Jean Anderson, Julia Goodman & Hilary Tindall. Barbara finds a way of settling Johnny's debts. David places the Board under pressure to release Jill's financial guarantee. [S]
Wednesday 15:00 - 17:00
1974. Western. Directed by Earl Bellamy. Stars Dewey Martin, Aldo Ray & Dean Smith. A frontier family decides to travel across the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in Oregon. [S]
Wednesday 17:00 - 17:30
The Englishman. 1956. Stars Hugh O'Brian, Michael Emmet & Don C. Harvey. An ex-gang member who hates Earp tries to take advantage of a visiting Englishman but finds himself opposing both men. [S]
Wednesday 17:30 - 18:00
The Swordsman. 1956. Stars Scott Forbes, Lilyan Chauvin & Michael Landon. Jim travels to New Orleans to purchase an estate but gets himself in trouble when he's distracted by a beautiful woman. [S]
Wednesday 18:00 - 18:30
A Race for Life. 1959. Stars Rory Calhoun, Bart Braverman & Frank Ferguson. A crooked gambler attempts to rig a horse race by using a rattlesnake. [S]
Wednesday 18:30 - 19:00
Love and War. 2010. D-Day transformed large parts of Britain into an armed camp. Troops came from all over the world. Relationships with the local residents grew and some of them lasted... [S]
Wednesday 19:00 - 20:00
Local Knowledge. 1975. Stars James Ellis & Donald Morley. Inspector Lynch receives a tip off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry where his loyalties are divided. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:05
A Different Kind of War. 1970. Stars Peter Barkworth, Moira Redmond & Julian Glover. Vincent, Nina and Jimmy arrive at the house of a pre-war friend of Vincent, but something doesn't seem right.. [S]
Wednesday 21:05 - 23:00
The Candle Auction. 1995. Stars Bruno Cremer, Etienne Chicot & Daniel Gélin. After a man is murdered at an inn, Maigret spends his time reconstructing the crime in order to seek the culprit. [S]
Wednesday 23:00 - 00:05
The Lady's Man. 1993. Stars Freda Dowie, Mark McGann & John Shrapnel. A compelling dramatisation of the case of the infamous serial killer Archibald Hall, otherwise known as the 'Monster Butler'. [S]
Thu Jan 23
Thursday 00:05 - 01:10
The Amateurs. 1962. Stars Rupert Davies, Ewen Solon & Helen Shingler. Maigret holds the suspicion that a recently released criminal is responsible for a number of daring holdups in Paris. [S]
Thursday 01:10 - 03:25
1946. Drama. Directed by Charles Vidor. Stars Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford & George Macready. A crooked gambler, a casino owner and his unfaithful wife, are caught up in a deadly love triangle. [S]
Thursday 03:25 - 05:10
1952. Crime. Director: Russell Rouse. Stars Ray Milland, Martin Gabel & Rita Gam. A chance accident causes a scientist, who's spying for the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.
Thursday 05:10 - 05:30
Short vintage documentary film about Finland following the 1000-mile road from its historic capital via the farms and traditional people of the countryside to the Arctic coast.
Thursday 05:30 - 06:00
The Hoodlum. 1959. Stars David Janssen, Russ Conway & Alan Reed. A mobster gives Diamond until 9 p.m. to turn over 'the book' or else Trumbo will have him killed.
Thursday 06:00 - 07:45
1953. War Time Drama. Lilli will not marry her love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James. [S]
Thursday 07:45 - 09:00
1947. Thriller. Director: A. Barr-Smith. Stars John Turnbull & Hylton Allen. This 1947 semi-documentary style featurette is a story of grisly murders by a cinema organist. [S]
Thursday 09:00 - 10:50
1947. Crime Drama. A calculating divorcee risks all by getting involved with a hot-headed murderer. Stars Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney. Directed by Robert Wise. [S]
Thursday 10:50 - 12:00
1964. Documentary. Director: Denis Mitchell. Stars Francis Essex, Honor Blackman & Millicent Martin. A brilliant film following Francis Essex as he puts together a variety special for television.
Thursday 12:00 - 14:00
1949. Crime. Directed by Robert Hamer. Stars Eric Portman, Nadia Gray & George Cole. An unusual love triangle develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the first World War. [S]
Thursday 14:00 - 15:00
A Swiss Affair. Starring Hazel Court & Cecil Kellaway. A scientist aboard a Swiss train is pursued by the spies of three different nations, they all want his information but who is who?
Thursday 15:00 - 15:30
The Judgement of Solomon - Part 1. 1973. Stars David Butler & Louis Mahoney. Mr and Mrs Kamuny are charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to the foster father of their daughter. [S]
Thursday 15:30 - 16:00
The Judgement of Solomon - Part 2. 1973. Stars Michael Elder, Thomas Baptiste & Jean Harvey. Peggy Hathaway is cross examined by Haverstock Brown and Dr. Percival makes a statement. [S]
Thursday 16:00 - 16:30
The Judgement of Solomon - Part 3. 1973. Stars Claudette Critchlow & Mark Heath. Chege Mwangi is cross examined and Mirika Kamuny denies trying to knock William Hathaway down. [S]
Thursday 16:30 - 18:30
1949. Drama. Director: Anthony Pelissier. Stars John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins, Moore Marriott & Finlay Currie. Alfred reluctantly uses inherited money on two big ventures. [S]
Thursday 18:30 - 18:40
1966. A trip up London's Post Office Tower to gain an insight into what it takes to run a restaurant up in the sky, one in which goes round once every 23 minutes.
Thursday 18:40 - 20:00
1962. Crime drama directed by Montgomery Tully. An ex-con is the prime suspect when a series of murders occur under a full moon. Every victim is a blonde young woman. Starring David Sumner. [S]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:05
Flight of Fancy. 1975. Stars Derek Benfield, Kate O'Mara & Colin Baker. The Hammonds and Bill Riley learn that Merroney intends to bid for the ailing company, but his work will be made difficult. [S]
Thursday 21:05 - 23:10
2004. Action. Director: James Hawes. Stars Ross Kemp, Mark Bazeley & Saskia Reeves. A former MI6 spy, trying to hide from his past in a remote village, soon discovers that he is anything but safe. [S]
Thursday 23:10 - 01:15
1989. Biography. Director: Don Boyd. Stars Charles Dance, Phyllis Logan & Patrick Ryecart. The story of Ian Fleming and how his work in the intelligence services inspired him to create James Bond. [S]
Fri Jan 24
Friday 01:15 - 03:20
1959. Drama. Starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton and William Bendix. Directed by Robert Siodmak. An archaeologist forsakes his fiancée for a passionate affair with a beautiful German woman. [S]
Friday 03:20 - 05:00
1957. Comedy directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Peggy Cummins & Alfie Bass. An MP is mistaken for his naval friend and put in charge of the fighting ship HMS Sherwood! [S]
Friday 05:00 - 05:30
Silhouette Of A Killer. 1957. Stars Robert Ryan, Beverly Garland & Irving Bacon. A lone woman hears reports of a killer on the loose, then a man who cannot remember his name bursts into her house.
Friday 05:30 - 06:00
The Wild Bunch. 1957. Stars Tristram Coffin, Norma Ward & Hal Hopper. A member of the Wild Bunch bandit gang escapes from Clint's custody and he is fired, so he sets out to take on the whole gang. [S]
Friday 06:00 - 07:40
1965. Comedy. Directed by Lance Comfort. Stars Steve Marriott, David Hemmings, Andrea Monet. Dave, ex-member of pop group 'The Smart Alecs', meets Erica, an attractive young woman seeking fame. [S]
Friday 07:40 - 08:55
1941. Crime. Director: D. Ross Lederman. Stars Frieda Inescort & Paul Cavanagh. Occupants of a boarding house become suspects after a string of murders. [S]
Friday 08:55 - 10:25
1952. Drama. Directed by Terence Fisher. Stars Paul Henreid & Lizabeth Scott. A doctor makes a female convict look like the pianist who left him, but can she really be the woman he loves? [S]
Friday 10:25 - 11:45
1950. Thriller. Director: Godfrey Grayson. Stars Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Merle Tottenham. A woman and her daughter rent a room out to the mysterious Dr. Fell, but is he who he claims to be? [S]
Friday 11:45 - 11:55
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed at the end of January. [S]
Friday 11:55 - 12:30
1958. Crime of Honour. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Russell Napier, Ivan Craig and Jean Lodge. A Thames Estuary dredger drags a man's body from the bed of the river. (S1, E28)
Friday 12:30 - 13:05
The Boy Without a Country. 1960. Stars Jack Hawkins, Martin Benson & Andrew Keir. A stateless orphan escapes the ship he works upon and its vicious captain. Manfred works to help the boy. [S]
Friday 13:05 - 15:45
1955. Drama. Directed by Stanley Kramer. Stars Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra & Robert Mitchum. An ambitious medical student will stop at nothing to become a successful doctor. [S]
Friday 15:45 - 17:00
1959. Drama. A burglar murders an old woman but a blind girl 'witnesses' the robber as he flees. Stars Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Nigel Green & Richard O'Sullivan. [S]
Friday 17:00 - 17:15
1966. A fascinating look at the teaching machine, the educational box of tricks which is being used in many different ways.
Friday 17:15 - 19:00
1950. Mystery. Directors: Antony Darnborough & Terence Fisher. Stars Jean Simmons & Dirk Bogarde. Two siblings visit Paris for the Great Exhibition of 1889 when one of them goes missing. [S]
Friday 19:00 - 20:25
1942. Mystery. Directed by Roy William Neill. Stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & Lionel Atwill. Sherlock Holmes must protect a scientist's invention from falling into the wrong hands. [S]
Friday 20:25 - 21:00
Bonnybridge/Painless Penny. 1994. Michael Aspel delves into supernatural stories, including reports of UFO sightings in a Scottish town and a young girl who predicted the death of her grandma. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 21:05
Join Caroline Munro for an evening full of excitement, starting with the gripping episode of Doomwatch - Tomorrow the Rat, which features deadly genetically engineered rodents. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:05
Tomorrow the Rat. 1970. Stars John Paul, Simon Oates & Joby Blanshard. A species of genetically engineered rats, with increased intelligence and a thirst for blood, escape into London. [S]
Friday 22:05 - 22:10
Caroline Munro is back with the feature Affair in Mind. This thrilling crime drama stars Amanda Donohoe as a stunning beauty who wants her lover to kill her husband - but will all go to plan? [S]
Friday 22:10 - 00:00
1988. Crime Drama. Directed by Colin Luke. Stars Amanda Donohoe, Stephen Dillane & Hilary Mason. A young novelist falls for a married woman, who then wants him to kill her husband. [S]