Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1990. Drama. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Stars Roy Scheider, Jürgen Prochnow & Tim Reid. On the Russian border, the murder of a defector sparks a forbidden battle between two colonels. [S]

1950. True story of a woman imprisoned in several Japanese war camps. She struggles to protect her young son. Stars Claudette Colbert.

The Case of the Kidnapped Poodle. 1956. Stars Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts. Colonel March investigates the theft of a valuable diamond and the kidnapping of a poodle. [S]

The Archaeological Story. 1952. Stars Brian Donlevy, Randy Stuart & Lyle Talbot. Steve travels to the Trans-Jordan area to find a missing goddess statuette and protect her from the wrong hands. [S]

1952. Comedy. Director: Charles Saunders. Stars Patrick Holt, Peter Hammond, Humphrey Lestocq & Kathleen Boutall. Pandemonium is created in a home when various relatives come to stay. [S]

1963. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Terence Longdon, Jennifer Jayne & Harry Fowler. A prison bus enroute to jail is hijacked by a gang determined to free their leader. [S]

1956. Adventure. Director: Kurt Neumann. Stars Scott Brady, Rita Gam & Neville Brand. An artist is torn between his love for two women and is thrown into the middle of a Mohawk-Iroquois-American. [S]

1950. Crime. Director: Paul L. Stein. Stars Robert Beatty, Rona Anderson & Clifford Evans. Prior to committing a crime, someone sends in a question to the B.B.C.'s '20 Questions' programme. [S]

1946. Drama. Director: Lewis Milestone. Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott & Kirk Douglas. The relationships formed in childhood by three friends lead to murder and obsessive love. [S]

1966. An intriguing look at how British troops are policing the rivers and jungles of Borneo and a glimpse of some of the problems that have to be overcome.

1948. Drama. Director: Fergus McDonell. Stars. James Donald, Valerie Hobson, David Greene, Howard Keel. A couple come across a car crash, where they discover that the occupants are armed. [S]

1953. Mystery. Directed by Oscar Burn & John Wall. Stars John Laurie & Hector Ross. An amateur detective pursues a seaside serial killer who disposes of his female victims in an acid bath. [S]

Flat Two. 1961. Directed by Alan Cooke. Stars John Le Mesurier, Jack Watling & Barry Keegan. Two men visit the apartment of a rich gambler - Each with a strong motive for murder! [S]

Death in the Dressing Room. 1956. Stars Boris Karloff, Ewan Roberts. A call for help during a Javanese dance is the clue that Colonel March needs to prove a faulty alibi. [S]

Hot Off the Griddle. 1966. Stars Adam West & Julie Newmar. The thefts of a department store catalogue, a catamaran, and three mittens, alerts Batman and Robin that Catwoman is loose again. [S]

Robbery With Violence. 1958. Stars Robert Beatty, Robert Rietty & Therese Burton. Maguire struggles to find leads when investigating an armed raid on a pawn-shop where a passer-by was killed. [S]

Rumpole and the Eternal Triangle. Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe. Rumpole finds himself defending a husband on a charge for murder.

Episode 9. 1977. Stars Mel Martin, Sherrie Hewson & Christopher Hancock. A devastated Richardson is revived by hard work and companionship at Tom's farm. Lydia redirects her attention elsewhere. [S]

Caroline Munro returns with more extraordinary films to enjoy. First up, is John Carpenter's 1988 sci-fi horror They Live, based on the 1963 short story Eight O'Clock in the Morning. [S]

1988. Sci-fi Horror. Directed by John Carpenter. Stars Roddy Piper, Keith David & Meg Foster. A homeless drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. [S]