Talking Pictures (United Kingdom): TV Schedule for Today

1948. Drama. Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress back to her hometown for burial. Starring Frank Sinatra & Fred MacMurray. [S]

1965. Comedy. Directed by Lance Comfort. Stars Steve Marriott, David Hemmings, Andrea Monet. Dave, ex-member of pop group 'The Smart Alecs', meets Erica, an attractive young woman seeking fame. [S]

Take a nostalgic step back in time and enjoy the spectacular British Timken Show from 1967.

1933. Drama. Directed by George Pearson. Stars John Stuart, Viola Keats & Leslie Perrins. A nobleman, aspiring to becoming an earl, devises an evil scheme to murder his relative. [S]

1953. War Time Drama. Lilli will not marry her love, an American reporter, until she becomes a star. Starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James. [S]

1957. Crime drama directed by Charles Saunders and starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirely Eaton. One of the two owners of a car business plans to embezzle the company's funds. [S]

1944. Musical Western. Directed by Wallace Fox. Stars Jimmy Wakely, Dennis Moore, Lee 'Lasses' White. Three cowboys find themselves caught up with government agents and a gold smuggling operation. [S]

1953. Adventure. Director: John Huston. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida & Jennifer Jones. A group of rogues headed to Africa, in hopes of claiming valuable land, get stranded in Italy. [S]

1954. Adventure. Directed by Tay Garnett. Stars Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina & Peter Cushing. A commoner disguises himself as the black knight to reveal those trying to overthrow King Arthur. [S]

Mike Read continues his journey across Britain to find Blue Plaques. This episode features a host of well-known names including Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. [S]

1970. Drama. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Richard Harris, Alec Guinness & Robert Morley. Politician and soldier, Oliver Cromwell, rises from the ranks to lead a civil war against King Charles I. [S]

1949. Crime. Directed by Robert Hamer. Stars Eric Portman, Nadia Gray & George Cole. An unusual love triangle develops between two criminals and a policeman on the eve of the first World War. [S]

UFOs - Pilots/Kaikoura Lights. 1995. Michael Aspel introduces pilots who speak for the first time about UFOs they have seen and UFO sightings on one night in the Kaikoura Peninsula in New Zealand. [S]

Caroline Munro brings you a night of doom, gloom and horror down in the Cellar Club. First up is the intriguing 1971 episode of Doomwatch - In the Dark. [S]

In the Dark. 1971. Stars John Nolan, Patrick Troughton & Alethea Charlton. A swimmer off the Scottish coast encounters deadly pollution, but the investigation uncovers something far stranger. [S]

Let's continue the night with Caroline Munro as she brings to the table the gruesome horror The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, also known as Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. [S]

1974. Horror. Director: Jorge Grau. Stars Cristina Galbó & Ray Lovelock. Two travellers arrive in the countryside just in time for the rise of the living dead and the ensuing chaos. [S]

Next week comes the challenge of problem solving and the consequences of superstitious minds, join Caroline Munro for a little taster. [S]

2000. Crime. Directed by David Richards. Stars Ross Kemp, Maggie O'Neill & Julie Armstrong. A security guard becomes a national hero after fending off armed robbers. So why does he feel on edge? [S]