Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1959. Directed by Muriel Box. Stars Jess Conrad, Pauline Hahn, Joan Miller & Austin Willis. Based on the play, Pickup Girl by Elsa Shelley. A story of a young girl's lapse into sex delinquency. [S]

1952. Comedy. Directed by Hal Walker. Stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour. Two vaudeville performers accept diving work in Bali and find treasure, love and trouble along the way. [S]

1953. Drama. Directed by Robert Florey. Stars Dick Powell, Lee Van Cleef & Richard Hale. A famous marshal of Dodge City sets out in search of the murderous Sonoma Kid and stumbles upon a tragedy. [S]

1949. Comedy. A nitwit investigator (Terry Thomas) goes undercover in a restaurant to catch a gang of crooks. [S]

A captivating reel about how music was created for silent films.

1960. Crime. Directed by Pat Jackson. Stars Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith, Zena Walker and Dennis Waterman. After forgetting his ticket, a devious young boy causes trouble for the conductor. [S]

1959. A Wing Commander (Brian Rix) is on a mission to find out about the flying bomb. Stars William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips, Leo Franklyn & Liz Fraser. [S]

1993. Drama. Directed by Bob Keen. Starring Bernard Hill, John Bowles and Betsy Brantley. A sheep farmer and his family fight for their land against the persistent efforts of a land developer. [S]

1950s short film made by the British Milk association on the loss of 6.4 million milk bottles a week. It's time to do your bit before the coal runs out. Can you help Mrs Jones of 22 Acacia Grove?

1945. Crime. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley & Chili Bouchier. After a long imprisonment, a man wrongfully framed for murder hunts for the truth and the killer. [S]

Mike Read travels across Britain to find the intriguing Blue Plaques around the country, and the stories behind them. This episode features the Titanic, Windrush, Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. [S]

1958. Crime. Directors: Seth Holt, Basil Dearden. Stars George Nader, Maggie Smith, Bernard Lee. Paul Gregory is released from jail, following a stretch for robbing a woman who falls for his charms.

1955. Drama. Directed by Roy Kellino. Stars David Niven, Gertrude Michael & John Lupton. Nearing the end of his life, Robert Louis Stevenson mediates between two Samoan tribes to prevent war. [S]

1952. Comedy. Stars Duncan Macrae, Joseph Tomelty, Charles Hawtrey, Ronnie Corbett, Patrick Barr. A new Lord Rector arrives at Skerryvore University that turns out to be an attractive young woman. [S]

1962. The Square Mile Murder. Directed by Allan Davis. Starring John Welsh, Delphi Lawrence and Stanley Morgan. When a travel agency is burgled Supt. Hicks is brought in to solve the case. (S1, E39)

The Jim Twins/Flitwick Ghost. 1995. Michael Aspel examines two unusual cases, including a look at the fascinating story of the Jim Twins and a look at the ghost who haunts Flitwick Manor. [S]

Join Caroline Munro for a strange and mysterious night. First up, is another superb episode of Doomwatch called Flight into Yesterday, about the odd aftereffects of long haul flights. [S]

Flight into Yesterday. 1971. Stars John Paul & Desmond Llewelyn. After a long-haul flight Dr Quist's reputation is put in doubt when he arrives drunk to a meeting with the Prime Minister. [S]

A groundskeeper causes all sorts of trouble in a remote country estate in The Nightcomers. Caroline Munro introduces the 1971 British horror starring Marlon Brando and Stephanie Beacham. [S]

1971. Horror. Directed by Michael Winner. Stars Stephanie Beacham, Marlon Brando & Thora Hird. A groundskeeper of a country estate corrupts a virtuous governess and the children she looks after. [S]