Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1963. Featuring music from the likes of Kenny Ball, Gene Vincent and Heinz. A pop film classic from the golden era. Dave (David Hemmings) and his mates are GPO riders who dream of becoming stars. [S]

1952. Crime. Director: Daniel Birt. Stars: Rona Anderson, Patrick Holt & John Arnatt. Cleverly crafted crime drama - A woman seeks evidence that will give her grounds for divorce. [S]

1969. A look at people who travel the world by air as part of their everyday jobs, including businessmen and women who fly around the world as easily as taking a taxi.

Letter of the Law. 1959. Stars Rory Calhoun, R.G. Armstrong & Richard Hale. Bill rescues a man who is ambushed by gunmen and wounded by them, but no one wants to help him because he is a judge. [S]

Help Unwanted. 1963. Stars David Kossoff, Derry Power & Norman Chappell. Complaints come in about the troublesome cleaning lady and Georgie's attempt to help creates a bigger mess. [S]

1951. Comedy. Director John Guillermin. Stars Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott & Brenda Bruce. A husband and wife are blackmailed by the butler on evidence of nights out until they combine to stop him. [S]

1961. Crime Drama. Directed by Michael Winner. Stars Terence Longden, Donald Gray and Diane Clare. A reporter learns that his brother, a student at Cambridge, has killed himself or so it seems. [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 April and beginning of May. [S]

1950. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Writer Robert Southley finds his lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former US criminal associate. Stars Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan & John Laurie. [S]

1960. Drama. Stars Norman Wooland, Jane Hylton & Dennis Waterman. An ex-convict kidnaps his son and takes him on a train to Inverness, unaware he is putting his son's life in danger. [S]

1963. Western. Director: Andrew V. McLaglen. Stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara & Patrick Wayne. Wealthy rancher McLintock uses his power and influence to keep the peace between conflicting groups. [S]

1957. Drama. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray & John Laurie. A Canadian Rockies landowner leads the fight against a dam builder. [S]

Elly Needs a Maw. 1963. Stars Donna Douglas, Doris Packer & Raymond Bailey. Jed plans to go home to look for a wife so Elly May can finally have a mother, but Mr. Drysdale has other plans. [S]

Episode #11
1955. Night Plane to Amsterdam. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Gerald Case, Shay Gorman, Selma Vas Dias & Andreas Malandrinos. The case of a murder which baffled the police of two countries. (S1, E11)

The Job. 1976. Stars Jack Warner, Ben Howard & George Innes. When a petty criminal is fished out of the river bound, gagged and barely conscious, the team must find out what happened and why. [S]

Romney Marsh/Pumpkins. 1986. Jack looks back at a sunny visit to Kent when he tried to photograph a 'flying frog' on Romney Marsh, and he visits a village pumpkin fair. [S]

We start with a trip to Durham's beaches in the 1960s and a look at the life of a sea coal man, we keep up with the fashions and products of 1949 and boogie with the 'The Avons' in 1962. [S]

1972. Detective & Mystery Drama. The Man Who Said Sorry. Stars Alfred Burke, Paul Rogers & Ray Smith. An oddly dressed man visits Marker, insisting he is the only man capable of helping him. [S]

1956. Drama. Directed by Charles Frend. Stars Jack Hawkins, John Stratton, Dorothy Alison & Michael Brooke. The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries. [S]

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]