Talking Pictures Schedule, Today (United Kingdom)

1945. Mystery. Director: René Clair. Stars Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston & Louis Hayward. 10 strangers are invited to a mansion on a desolate island and soon become targets of an unknown killer. [S]

the Monster. 2021. Documentary. Directed by Thomas Hamilton. Features Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro. A look at the life and legacy of Boris Karloff, and the history of the genre he personified.

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]

1954. Drama. Directed by Roy Kellino. Stars Dick Powell & Beverly Garland. A musician returns to New Orleans to take revenge on the man that he holds responsible for the death of his ex-wife.

The Case of the Shy Ballerina. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Dr. Watson comes home with another man's coat. The other man is murdered late that same night. [S]

1949. Documentary. Gunther Krampf tells the story of young mining trainees. Tinker (Derek Smith), a Gipsy's son runs away and joins the mining school. [S]

1936. Drama. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Starring Margaret Rutherford and Anthony Bushell. Going 'straight' after being in jail, Jim is suspected when forged notes start circulating in the area. [S]

1947. Romantic drama. Seriously ill concert pianist Karen (Barbara Stanwyck) is admitted to a Swiss sanatorium, where she is attracted to the suave Doctor Stanton (David Niven). [S]

1960. Comedy. Based on the hit TV series, The Larkins. Peggy Mount and David Kossoff are given a pub to run but face many problems. [S]

The Protector. 1960. Stars Richard Conte, Maureen Connell & Ferdy Mayne. Janis Gorman believes she is going insane, but is she being manipulated? Ryder is contacted for help to uncover the truth. [S]

1993. Documentary series that acts as a tribute to the greats of British cinema. This episode looks at the great Alastair Sim, narrated by Richard Todd. [S]

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 October and beginning of November. [S]

1957. Crime. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowan. David is an alcoholic who has 24 hours to save his son from being hanged for murder. [S]

1961. Drama. Directed by Quentin Lawrence. Stars Peter Cushing, Andre Morell & Richard Vernon. A crook abducts the wife and child of a bank manager and then schemes to rob the institution. [S]

1937. Drama. Director: Syd Courtenay. Stars Peggy Simpson, Ian Fleming & Tod Slaughter. A story focusing on a woman's passion for an idle man and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor. [S]

... Loud. 1964. A fascinating survey of the advertising industry, with a focus on how it works and what it does.

1962. Directed by Val Guest and starring Jack Warner. A woman is murdered and it's up to Detective Fellows to sift through the clues and solve the 'Jigsaw'. Great shots of Brighton in the 60s. [S]

Dive into the world of 'Hammer Glamour' with Caroline Munro tonight and explore the Lands Before Time in this sensational episode from The World of Hammer. [S]

Lands Before Time. 1994. Narrated by Oliver Reed. A look at the unforgettable genre 'Hammer Glamour', which delivered a singular vision of history with liberal doses of both flesh and fantasy. [S]

Caroline welcomes you back for another evening of chilling horror, this time she introduces the episode Child's Play, about a family who find their home has been sealed off from the outside world. [S]

Child's Play. 1984. Stars Mary Crosby, Nicholas Clay & Debbie Chasan. A family awakens to find themselves trapped in their own home and must quickly find a way to escape. [S]