Today 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]
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Sun Jan 19
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 15:45 - 16:00
1961. A look into the science of removals, following a family's move from Suffolk to Edinburgh.
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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.
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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.
Tomorrow 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)
Tomorrow 17:15 - 17:30
1964. A visit to the prisons of Britain to see the different types of work done by the prisoners.
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Sat Jan 25
Saturday 00:00 - 00:05
Caroline Munro offers a glimpse at next week's mysterious and dark features. [S]
Saturday 00:05 - 01:40
1948. Crime. Director: Anthony Mann. Stars Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor & Marsha Hunt. A gangster escapes prison and sets off with his girlfriend and social worker to find the man who set him up. [S]
Saturday 01:40 - 03:10
1957. Horror. Director: Leslie Kardos. Stars Victor Jory, William Hudson & Charlotte Austin. 18th century scientists, who have discovered the secret to immortality, take over a girl's reformatory. [S]
Saturday 03:10 - 05:05
1993. Horror directed by George Pavlov and starring Marc Price, Nancy Valen and Russ Tamblyn. A nerdy scientist creates demonic creatures from clay from an ancient crypt. [S]
Saturday 05:05 - 05:30
Glimpses: Made in 1945 and directed by Ralph Keene. Shot in and around Achriesgill, a crofting community in Sutherland, it tells the detailed story of this community in the 40s.
Saturday 05:30 - 06:00
The Short Sharp Shower. 1959. Narrated by Stanley Holloway. A focus on events from 1926, including the General Strike, international politics and record breaking achievements. [S]
Saturday 06:00 - 07:45
1949. Thriller. Directed by Anthony Mann. Stars Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart & Richard Hart. A powerful man desperately searches for his black book, a list of those marked for the guillotine. [S]
Saturday 07:45 - 07:55
...The Wabbit Who Came To Supper. 1942. Featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Elmer receives a telegram from his Uncle Louie, who leaves him $3 million in his will. [S]
Saturday 07:55 - 08:25
1959. Change Of Venue. Stars Peter Breck. After his brothers are killed, a gunfighter decides to hang up his guns and uphold the law by becoming a lawyer.
Saturday 08:25 - 09:00
The Man from the Navy. 1964. Stars David Graham, Robert Easton & Don Mason. When a naval Captain arrives to demonstrate a new missile, Surface Agent X20 takes the opportunity to sabotage the test.
Saturday 09:00 - 09:30
Shoot a Crooked Arrow. 1966. Stars Adam West, Art Carney & Doodles Weaver. Batman and Robin battle a latter-day Robin Hood who turns against the poor people of Gotham. [S]
Saturday 09:30 - 10:00
Sands of Death. 1963. Stars Ronnie Stevens, Dick Vosburgh & Murray Kash. Terrorists on Phobos threaten to drop nerve gas on the Martian capital. The Galasphere crew are sent to investigate. [S]
Saturday 10:00 - 11:10
1962. Family. Directed by Muriel Box. Stars Mavis Ranson, Roberta Tovey & Angela White. A group of children fleeing Napoleon's armies try to protect a mountain escape route from being discovered. [S]
Saturday 11:10 - 11:40
The Flying Sorcerer. 1959. Stars Richard Greene, Patricia Driscoll & Arthur Howard. When Marian uncovers a plot to accuse a scientist of sorcery, she informs Robin Hood who jumps into action. [S]
Saturday 11:40 - 12:00
Death in the Air. 1936. Stars Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde & Monte Blue. Crash is taken prisoner and sentenced to a horrible death, but will anyone come to his aid in time? [S]
Saturday 12:00 - 12:35
Delia. 1960. Stars Lee Philips, Barbara Lord & Murray Matheson. An American holidaying in Central America meets and falls in love with an unusual woman. [S]
Saturday 12:35 - 14:10
1958. Sci-Fi. Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop humanity from creating the Solaranite. Director: Edward D & Wood Jr. Starring Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene & Mona McKinnon. [S]
Saturday 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).
Saturday 14:25 - 15:00
Space Pen. 1962. Stars David Graham, Sylvia Anderson & John Bluthal. Posing as criminals, the crew head to the prison planet Conva in pursuit of Space City raiders, only to run into a deadly trap.
Saturday 15:00 - 15:35
Big Ben Strikes Again. 1967. Stars Sylvia Anderson, Donald Gray & Janna Hill. The Mysterons announce that they intend to destroy London and a truck carrying an atomic device goes missing in the city.
Saturday 15:35 - 17:50
1967. Drama. Director: Ken Annakin. Stars Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews. A police officer is sent to capture a rebel leader who threatens the stability of Raj's northwest frontier. [S]
Saturday 17:50 - 18:45
1965. Comedy. Directed by Jay Lewis Stars Ronnie Barker, Peter Butterworth & Bernard Cribbins. A wordless, satirical look at British builders as they attempt to build a young couple's dream home.
Saturday 18:45 - 19:00
1967. A compelling look at the evening papers and how science is helping them to cut costs.
Saturday 19:00 - 20:00
Squatters. 1975. Stars Peter Craze, Rio Fanning & John Kane. The council want to evict a commune, but how far is too far when the squatters resist? [S]
Saturday 20:00 - 21:05
Hustler. 1985. Stars Leigh Lawson, John Bird & Matthew Taylor. Lomax meets with his son Steve, but they run into trouble when Steve steals from a betting shop run by a local gang leader. [S]
Saturday 21:05 - 23:05
1956. Drama. Director: J Lee Thompson. Stars Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig & Geoffrey Keen. A condemned murderess relives key events while waiting for the hangman's noose. [S]
Saturday 23:05 - 01:55
1977. Thriller. Directed by Robert Aldrich. Stars Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark & Roscoe Lee Browne. An imprisoned rogue Air Force general seizes a nuclear silo and threatens to start WWIII. [S]
Sun Jan 26
Sunday 01:55 - 04:05
... Grace With The Sea. 1976. Drama. Director Lewis John Carlino. Stars Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson & Jonathan Kahn. A boy plots revenge when his widowed mother falls in love with a sailor. [S]
Sunday 04:05 - 05:55
1980. Sci-Fi. A team investigates the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditioners to a strategically important part of a barren world. [S]
Sunday 05:55 - 06:00
A nostalgic look back at British soul band Hot Chocolate as they perform the 1974 song Emma.
Sunday 06:00 - 07:35
1950. Comedy. Director: Maclean Rogers. Stars: Richard Hearne, Garry Marsh, Ellen Pollock. A wonderfully simple story of Mr Ningle, who lost his job in the City many years ago. [S]
Sunday 07:35 - 08:55
1963. Crime drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Conrad Phillips and Jane Griffiths. Phillips stars as a British secret agent investigating the discovery of a dead, washed up frogman. [S]
Sunday 08:55 - 09:05
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]
Sunday 09:05 - 10:55
1977. Adventure. Directed by Kevin Connor. Stars Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure & Sarah Douglas. An expedition in search of a lost colleague stumbles upon a prehistoric world hidden in the Arctic. [S]
Sunday 10:55 - 13:25
1955. Western. Directed by Raoul Walsh. Stars Clark Gable, Jane Russell & Robert Ryan. Two brothers and their pompous employer make an arduous journey across the frontier driving a herd of cattle. [S]
Sunday 13:25 - 14:00
Shoot a Crooked Arrow. 1966. Stars Adam West, Art Carney & Doodles Weaver. Batman and Robin battle a latter-day Robin Hood who turns against the poor people of Gotham. [S]
Sunday 14:00 - 15:50
1947. Crime Drama. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars Eric Portman, Sally Gray & Patrick Holt. A young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she marries the younger one. [S]
Sunday 15:50 - 16:00
1960. During its long history the Tower of London has been an impenetrable fortress, a royal palace and a bloody prison. It is now a top tourist attraction, with nearly 2 million visitors a year.
Sunday 16:00 - 16:30
Marian's Prize. 1958. Richard Greene, Patricia Driscoll & Jack Melford. Marian takes Robin's place in an archery contest, but will she be able to fool the Sheriff and win the shooting tournament? [S]
Sunday 16:30 - 17:00
Cod Fishing/Centenarian Angler. 1986. Jack Hargreaves looks back at a sea fishing trip for codling, before accompanying a man on his one hundredth birthday to catch a brown trout. [S]
Sunday 17:00 - 18:00
Mike and Noel take a trip to the flicks with wonderful footage announcing the 'new' Odeon's opening up, there's a travelogue to Hampstead in the 30s and a lost film of The Pretty Things from 1966! [S]
Sunday 18:00 - 19:50
1947. Thriller. Director: Sidney Gilliat. Stars Trevor Howard, Sally Gray & Rosamund John. Against a background of bombing raids, a series of murders take place in a hospital during WW2. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
1967. A brilliant film which takes a look at the dry cleaning business.
Sunday 20:00 - 21:05
The Big Fix. Directed by James Hill. Stars John Gregson, Michael Ripper, Penelope Horner, Maurice Hedley & Robert Brown. Gideon investigates after a horse who is favourite to win loses a race. [S]
Sunday 21:05 - 21:55
...Social Club. Episode 9. 1974. Winifred Atwell sings Bumble Boogie, Spinning Wheel and Darktown Strutters Ball, and Susan Maughan sings I Believe in Music and Time. [S]
Sunday 21:55 - 23:45
1971. Comedy. Director: Bob Kellett. Stars: Frankie Howerd, Eartha Kitt, Anna Quayle, Roy Hudd. Lurkalot is a serf who sells chastity belts and love potions at the local market place. [S]
Sunday 23:45 - 00:50
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.