Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1947. Western. Connie Dickson (Veronica Lake) plans to marry a sheep rancher, but her father teams up with land baron Frank Ivey to drive the man out of town. [S]

1960. Horror. Stars Derek Bond & Bryan Coleman. In WW2, British soldiers are captured by the Japanese and have their hands removed. Years later, someone is removing the hands of people in London. [S]

Impact Earth. An investigation into the threat to Earth of a collision with a large meteorite. (S1, E02)

The Perfect Alibi. 1952. Stars Brian Donlevy, Virginia Christine & Byron Kane. A political informer's murder in Rome leads to the discovery that an unfamiliar opportunist is impersonating Steve. [S]

1956. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers. Two dustmen (Bill Owen and Leslie Dwyer) come into possession of a valuable book but the donor's sister wants it back. Also starring Joy Nichols. [S]

1951. Sci-fi. Directed by Terry O. Morse. Stars Bruce Kellogg & Otto Waldis. A group of scientists travel to the centre of the Earth to seek a habitable space in the event of a nuclear war. [S]

1961. Thriller. Director: Max Varnel. Stars: Ray McAnally, Catherine Feller, Yvonne Buckingham. After discovering a famous painting is a forgery, a noted art critic is killed by driver. [S]

1961. Crime drama. A partner of a safe making firm is found unconscious on a bomb site. A large safe his company installed has been robbed. Starring William Franklyn and Nigel Green. [S]

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]

Enjoy an excellent performance from the fabulous Dionne Warwick as she sings the 60s tune Walk On By.

1954. Adventure. Directed by Luis Bunuel. Stars Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández & Felipe de Alba. The classical story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is stranded on a desert island after a shipwreck. [S]

1950. Comedy. Directed by Frank Launder. Stars Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford & John Turnbull. Chaos ensues for staff and students when an all-boys and an all-girls school are merged into one. [S]

Number Six. 1962. Directed by Robert Tronson. Stars Ivan Desny, Nadja Regin & Joyce Blair. Charles Valentine discovers that he is being followed by a secret agent from Scotland Yard. [S]

Passage at Arms. 1956. Stars Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts. A French fencing match provides the telling clue in a murder and Inspector Goron travels to London to assist March. [S]

The Minstrel's Shakedown. 1966. Stars Adam West, Van Johnson & Leslie Perkins. A new villain called The Minstrel throws the Gotham Stock Exchange into chaos, sending the market into near disaster. [S]

Missing Person. 1958. Stars Robert Beatty, Barbara Steele & Vera Day. Maguire must adopt unusual tactics when the bodies of three girls are found in the Thames, with no obvious reason why. [S]

Rumpole and the Family Pride. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Abigail McKern. Rumpole defends his cousin after an old lady drowns on his estate.

Episode 11. 1977. Stars Mel Martin, Christopher Blake & Sherrie Hewson. Now in London, Richardson tries to bring his life together without Lydia. Lydia begins to sink into a life of partying. [S]

Caroline Munro prepares us for a night of evil spirits and a trip to a horrifying asylum. First, is the 1989 supernatural horror Amityville: The Evil Escapes, written and directed by Sandor Stern. [S]

1989. Horror. Directed by Sandor Stern. Stars Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt & Fredric Lehne. The demonic forces in the infamous Amityville house escape to a remote California mansion in an ancient lamp. [S]