Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1948. Musical Drama. Lulu Belle (Dorothy Lamour), a small-time singer and voracious man-eater with a sordid past, sings in a cheap dive in Natchez, Mississippi, in the early 1900s.

1954. Sci-fi. Directed by Burt Balaban. A beautifully-crafted tale. A woman (Patricia Neal) meets a man (Dantine) from Venus with no pulse to warn Earth about the atom. Also starring Derek Bond. [S]

1965. Gig Young, David Niven and Charles Boyer are The Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. [S]

The Case of the Winthrop Legend. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. The Winthrop family legend foretells the death of anyone who finds silver coins. [S]

1935. Drama. Director: Bernard Vorhaus. Bob (Julien Mitchell) is distraught with his upcoming forced retirement and believes his wife is having an affair. The day arrives for his final journey. [S]

1955. Comedy. Director: Vernon Sewell. A cockney family inherit a ramshackle farm. Alfie (Leslie Dwyer) wants to make a go of it. Starring George Cole and Kathleen Harrison. [S]

1958. Thriller. Director: Ronald Kinnoch. Stars Marshall Thompson, John Loder & Henry Oscar. A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station. [S]

1947. Drama. Director: Bernard Knowles. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc & Dennis Price. In the 17th century, Jassy is believed to be a witch after receiving visions of approaching disasters. [S]

1960. Comedy. Director Robert Asher. Stars Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Terence Alexander, David Lodge. Norman Puckle joins the Navy under the same Admiral he refused to yield to in the harbour. [S]

A Message to Ireland - Part 1. 1973. Stars Mervyn Jones, Jonathan Elsom & Billy Hamon. Author and lecturer Arthur Charles Parfitt is accused of encouraging two young soldiers to desert the army. [S]

A Message to Ireland - Part 2. 1973. Stars Victor Maddern & Murray Hayne. Dugdale maintains that Parfitt was the reason for his and Fisk's desertion, and Ronald Fisk's father takes the stand. [S]

A Message to Ireland - Part 3. 1973. Stars Mervyn Johns & Betty Alberge. Arthur defends 'Trespass Under Arms' and denies any part in the troops going AWOL - but will this be enough to save him? [S]

1948. Thriller. Director: Lew Landers. Stars Charles Russell, Mary Beth Hughes & Dale Belding. A man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides in a boarding house in a small town. [S]

1950. Mystery. Directors: Antony Darnborough & Terence Fisher. Stars Jean Simmons & Dirk Bogarde. Two siblings visit Paris for the Great Exhibition of 1889 when one of them goes missing. [S]

The Legacy. 1961. Stars John Ireland & Peter Butterworth. After suffering from three heart attacks George Connel schemes with a fellow conman to get some cash to leave behind for his relatives. [S]

When Will You Pay Me? 1976. Stars Colin Baker, Patrick O'Connell & Jean Anderson. Paul considers it high time Edward resumed his responsibilities as Managing Director and enlists Bill's help. [S]

Grasser. 1984. Stars Leigh Lawson, Paul Chapman & Cathy Hytner. A bullet smashes through the window of Lomax's barge, believing someone is out to get him he seeks out the shooter. [S]

The Arrangement. 1969. Stars Peter Vaughan, Maria Aitken & Peter Copley. With another chance to get on the robber's trail, Cradock wades deeper into the slimy and devious depths of the underworld. [S]

Episode 5. 2001. Stars Joe McFadden, Sarah Lancashire & John Thaw. Duggan's new company is thriving. Proctor has no idea about Carol's infidelities and tries to prove he is worthy of her love. [S]