Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1958. Sci fi. Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. Stars Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut & Earl Rowe. Teenagers Steve and Jane attempt to save their town from a gelatinous creature from another planet. [S]

1973. Sci-Fi Horror. Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri. A cosmic force is turning earth girls into queen bees who 'love' their men to death.

Comedy short with Ernest Arnley, Gloria Day, Donovan and Frank Randle. Donovan and Byl perform comic acrobatics, Arnley and Gloria do a dance routine and Frank Randle plays an elderly shoe repairer.

Appleby Fair and Private Rivers. 1980. A display of vintage farm machinery is found at the annual Appleby Fair. Jack Hargreaves goes fly-fishing on a Dorset chalk stream owned by Greg Lake. [S]

1950. Drama. A lowly bank clerk marries a good time girl but she two-times him for her old crooked boyfriend (Sydney Tafler). Starring Jack Watling, Pat Kirkwood and Thora Hird. [S]

1948. Horror. Directed by Oswald Mitchell and screenplay by John Gilling. Set in Edinburgh in the 1800s and starring Tod Slaughter as William Hart the infamous body broker. [S]

1964. Drama. Directed By Montgomery Tully. Starring Stephen Murray. A Russian scientist working for the British is suspected of being a 'plant', sent to monitor nuclear secrets for the Communists. [S]

Pygmalion and Elly. 1962. Stars Irene Ryan, Louis Nye & Donna Douglas. Sonny decides he needs to change Elly into a woman of society, while Granny uses love charms to heat up their relationship. [S]

1966. Western. Directed by Gordon Douglas. Stars Van Heflin, Stefanie Powers & Bing Crosby. On the stagecoach to Cheyenne, a group of passengers must work together to survive the arduous journey. [S]

An Egg Grows in Gotham. 1966. Stars Adam West, Vincent Price & Edward Everett Horton.

1967. A magnificent glimpse into the perfume and fragrance industry, with a look at how perfumes and scents are being used more and more in everyday life.

1966. Fantasy. Directed by Jonathan Miller. Stars Anne-Marie Mallik, Peter Sellers & Wilfrid Brambell. Young girl Alice falls down a rabbit hole into a bizarre world full of eccentric characters. [S]

1951. A magnificent travelogue about Soho, featuring the streets, businesses and people you would find in this area of London in the 1950s.

The Debt. 1960. Stars Richard Greene & Brian Rawlinson. A foreigner poses as one of Robin's outlaws and robs several people. When Robin learns the man's identity he realises he owes him a debt. [S]

Appleby Fair/Ramming Time. 1986. The annual Romany horse fair in the Eden Valley and a sheep farm in the South Downs are the subjects of two more films from Jack's country diary. [S]

We watch the lost films from the Ovaltine factory's heyday, and we have a special guest with some rare items. The Easter Bunny is here! And we have a reel of England's 'rebirth' after the war. [S]

1987. Thriller. Director: Peter Hammond. Stars Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Jenny Seagrove. A young lady contacts Sherlock Holmes for his help regarding her father who disappeared 10 years ago. [S]

Fall High, Fall Hard. Stars John Gregson Alexander Davion and Daphne Anderson. There is corruption and murderous cover up in the building industry by the co-owner of the building company. [S]

Episode 21. 1975. Kenny Ball sings 'So Do I', Cool Breeze perform 'Reach Out Your Hand', Howard Keel performs 'No Business Like Showbusiness' and 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning'. [S]

Fiddler on The Hoof - Part 1. Stars: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson & Lynn Dalby. Two-part episode in which Budgie's domestic difficulties are complicated by his dad. [S]

1965. Mystery. Directed by George Pollock. Stars Hugh O'Brian and Shirley Eaton. Film version of Agatha Christie's novel. Strangers invited to a party at a mansion each expecting entertainment. [S]