TalkingPictures TV Guide and Schedule Listings
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Julius Hagen Season
Tune in to find out which brilliant Julius Hagen film will be shown next week. [S]
Crossing the Road
Enchanting 1950s road safety film, filled with fun and laughter. Possibly not for all the right reasons... [S]
Strange But True?
The Curse of Tutankhamun. 1997. Stars Michael Aspel, Heather Bleasdale & Amanda Boxer. Michael Aspel questions if the tomb of Tutankhamun is cursed after tragedy strikes a team of expeditionists. [S]
The Brothers
Happy Anniversary. 1974. Stars Richard Easton, Patrick O'Connell & Robin Chadwick. Bill Riley and Martin Farrell join the Hammonds' Board, but Brian and Riley quickly come into conflict. [S]
Mark Saber
Girls and Diamonds. 1959. Stars Donald Gray, Neil McCallum & Colin Tapley. Saber is busy so he turns a case over to his assistant, who is interested in the involvement of two attractive girls. [S]
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club
Episode 18. 1975. Keeley Ford, The Settlers and Bert Weedon perform. Guests also include Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch, Johnnie More and Steve Sabre. [S]
The Blue Lamp
1949. Crime. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner & Jimmy Hanley. A killer shoots a London policeman during a robbery. [S]
Lost Command
1966. Action. Director: Mark Robson. Stars Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon & George Segal. French Army colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers into battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina. [S]
The Proud and the Profane
1956. Drama. Director: George Seaton. Stars William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter. In the Pacific during WWII, a widow who volunteers for the Red Cross falls for a tough lieutenant colonel. [S]
What's On TPTV With Noel
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed throughout October. [S]
Burke's Law
Who Killed Lenore Wingfield? 1964. Directed by Don Weis. Stars Gene Barry, Gary Conway & Regis Toomey. Murdered Lenore has left a note that she's changing her will.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
The Discotheque Affair. 1965. Stars Robert Vaughn & Ray Danton. THRUSH plants a listening device in an apartment next to Waverly's office. Kuryakin investigates a discotheque run by THRUSH. [S]
Sherlock Holmes
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]
Front Line Kids
1942. Crime drama. Directed by Maclean Rogers. Starring Leslie Fuller, Marion Gerth and Anthony Holles. A gang of street urchins are given jobs by a Head Porter to help his crooked plans succeed. [S]
The Limping Man
1953. Crime. Frank (Lloyd Bridges), an American, returns to England to see his war-time sweetheart (Moira Lister) but witnesses a shooting whilst leaving the plane. [S]
Jack London
1943. Adventure. Directed by Alfred Santell. Stars Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward and Virginia Mayo. Biopic of the thrill-seeking writer and his travels in the late 19th and early 20th Century. [S]
Her Favourite Husband
1950. Comedy. Directed by Mario Soldati. Stars Jean Kent, Robert Beatty & Margaret Rutherford. When a gangster learns that a bank clerk is his exact double, he takes a chance at robbing the bank. [S]
Fascinating Art of Yoyo
1954. Enjoy this charming footage of a 1950s yoyo competition. The children compete in their local cinema club to try to win a bicycle, featuring Art Pickles, a professional yoyo demonstrator. [S]
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
Game for Three Losers. 1965. Directed by Gerry O'Hara. Stars Michael Gough, Mark Eden & Toby Robins. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his new secretary get the better of him. [S]
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The May Queen. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Lord Donnington has died on a Crusade and the new young Lord is under the influence of Lord Blackstone. [S]
Peter Lorre: Behind the Mask
2024. Directed by Evelyn Schels. He fled Third Reich and antisemitism for refuge in Hollywood. This is the journey of enigmatic actor Peter Lorre, known for his villainous roles in over 80 films. [S]
Scotland Yard
1957. The Lonely House. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Russell Napier, Dorothy Bramhall and Bettina Dickson. A trap is laid for a couple running a murderous dating agency. (S1, E19)
Cinebox Memories
British Rock 'n' Roll icon Russ Sainty performs Go Away Little Girl in this brilliant musical short.
The Cheaters
Legs, £50,000 Each. 1962. Dancer Anita Faraday has her legs insured for £50,000 each. She breaks her ankle and must pay Eastern Insurance, but John Hunter wants to investigate. [S]
A Family At War
1971. We Could Be A Lot Worse Off. Created by John Finch. Stars Colin Douglas & Shelagh Fraser. Freda is disturbed by her feelings for Michael. Meanwhile, Robert meets with a sticky end. (S2, E09) [S]
Rooms
Angela and Lionel Pt1. Stars Joanna Dunham, Rhoda Lewis, Tenniel Evans. Recently separated from their respective spouses, Angela & Lionel are in the same boat, like feathers in the night. [S]
Rooms
Angela and Lionel Pt2. Stars Joanna Dunham, Ray Brooks, Tenniel Evans. Lionel not only accepts his newfound freedom but is determined to make the most of it. [S]
Z-Cars
You Get All Kinds. 1964. Stars Joseph Brady, Glynn Edwards & Gemma Jones. PC's Lynch and Graham are called to a bingo hall after a five week old baby was stolen while the mother was inside. [S]
Public Eye
1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Windsor Royal. Stars Alfred Burke, Raymond Francis & Stephanie Bidmead. Marker is hired to find a new breed of rose that has disappeared. [S]
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Caroline Munro opens the Cellar Club for the most unusual house party in the 1974 horror The Beast Must Die, directed by Paul Annett with stars including Michael Gambon and Peter Cushing. [S]
The Beast Must Die
1974. Horror. Directed by Paul Annett. Stars Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing & Marlene Clark. A game hunter invites eight guests to his lodge. One of these guests is a werewolf he wishes to hunt. [S]
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
The night is not over yet, Caroline Munro is here to give us a glimpse into what is coming up next week at the Cellar Club. [S]
Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre
1993. Drama. Director: Tim Sullivan. Stars Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke & Roy Marsden. Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village where an unusual man resides. [S]
Angel
1984. Thriller. Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil. Stars Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell & Dick Shawn. Molly earns her living as a prostitute but a serial killer is targeting people in her profession. [S]
Blind Spot
1958. Crime Drama directed by Peter Maxwell. Starring Robert Mackenzie, Michael Caine and Delphi Lawrence. US Officer Adams, blinded during the war, is framed on a diamond-smuggling rap. [S]
The Vise
Behind the Mask. 1955. Stars Ron Randell, Betta St John & Philip Friend. A financier thinks his lovely young bride is being blackmailed, but she and her lover are plotting to kill him.. [S]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E
The Re-Collectors Affair. 1965. Stars Robert Vaughn & Jacqueline Beer. The team are on the hunt for a group that tracks downs and kills former Nazis in order to steal their looted art collections. [S]
London Entertains
1951. Musical Comedy. Director E J Fancey. Starring Eamonn Andrews and the Goons. A Tour conducted by Eamonn Andrews around the Battersea Festival to a BBC Studio to hear The Goons of radio fame. [S]
The Runaway Bus
1954. Comedy. Director: Val Guest. Stars Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford & Petula Clark. An inept bus driver gets lost in fog with a group of passengers, on a coach laden with stolen gold. [S]
Runaround
1981. Presented by Mike Reid. Prizes include A tennis set & a radio cassette player. This episode features Vintage US army vehicles, pizza making and a mechanical bucking bull called Texas.
Legend of the Hidden City
1997. Stars Brendan Pollecutt, Fezile Mpela & Robert Finlayson. Queen Kama is ordered to command her soldiers to give up their weapons after invasion, but battle continues.
William Tell
The Golden Wheel. 1958. Stars: Conrad Phillips, Willoughby Goddard & Jennifer Jayne. Having discovered where the resistance hides its funds, Gessler make plans to stop further money reaching them. [S]
Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans
Tolliver Gang. 1957. Directed by Sam Newfield. Stars John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr. & John Vernon. Tolliver and his gang of former pirates has kidnapped two women & demanded a ransom of 1000 pounds. [S]
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
The Inquisition. 1968. Stars Ed Bishop, Francis Matthews & Donald Gray. Captain Blue disappears and arrives back three months later. Spectrum Security are suspicious if he is the real Captain Blue. [S
Supercar
The Phantom Piper. 1961. Stars Graydon Gould, David Graham & George Murcell. The Supercar team heads to Scotland to investigate reports of a ghostly bagpiper. [S]
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Fair Play. 1957. Stars Richard Greene, Thomas Gallagher & Colin Broadley. Three of Robin's men travel undercover as Bavarian acrobats, but a greedy fortune teller betrays them to the sheriff. [S]
Beyond the Time Barrier
1960. Sci-fi. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. Stars Robert Clarke & Darlene Tompkins. A military test pilot is propelled into the future where he finds a plague has sterilised the world's population. [S]
Jiving & Jammin
1948. A young Dinah Kaye performs with the Maurice Arnold Sextet.
Nine Men
1943. War. Director: Harry Watt. Stars Gordon Jackson, Jack Lambert & Frederick Piper. British soldiers are attacked when travelling across the desolate wastes of WWII Libya. [S]
Scales of Justice
1962. A Woman's Privilege. Starring Bernard Archard, Ann Lynn and Patrick Wymark. Based on a real criminal case, a shipboard romance leads to a lawsuit for breach of promise. [S] (S1, E02)
Reach For The Sky
1956. War drama. Directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow and Lyndon Brook. This is the true story of Douglas Bader, who loses his legs but returns to flight during WW2. [S]
TalkingPictures is a television channel dedicated to classic film and television programming. This TalkingPictures tv guide provides viewers with clear schedule details, helping you discover broadcast times for films, vintage series, and upcoming shows. Whether you are checking today's broadcast lineup or planning ahead for tonight, exploring the schedule ensures you never miss your favorite classic entertainment.
About TalkingPictures
TalkingPictures (often known as Talking Pictures TV) operates as an independent channel specializing in classic archive cinema, rare television series, and nostalgic programming. The channel focuses on broadcasting vintage films from the golden age of British and international cinema, alongside classic drama, comedy, and documentary series. By preserving television and cinematic history, the network offers an alternative viewing experience dedicated to traditional broadcast narrative and historical archives.
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What type of shows appear on TalkingPictures?
TalkingPictures focuses primarily on classic films, vintage television series, rare archival dramas, comedies, and cinema history documentaries.
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