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PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR July ON TALKING PICTURES TV SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | 306 | VIRGIN445

Tues 2nd July 15:05 Mon 8th July 2019 18:30 and Deadly Record (1959) Sat 13th July 16:45 Drama. Director: Laurence Love on the Dole (1941) Huntingdon. Stars: Lee Patterson, Drama, directed by John Baxter Barbara Shelley, Jane Hylton. An Stars: , Clifford airline pilot, falsely accused of Evans, George Carney. his wife’s murder, sets out to find During the Great Depression, a who really did it. brother and sister endure pover- Friday 5th July 14:05 ty and unemployment. Doublecross (1955) Thurs 11th July 14:00 Thriller. Directed by Anthony Rooms (1974) Squire. Stars: Donald Houston, Episodes 1 & 2: Jan & Tony Fay Compton, Anton Diffring. Not seen on British TV since its A Cornish fisherman overhears original run in 1974. Each week a that his passengers have stolen two part story focuses on tenants top secret documents and killed of an old London house. In Jan a man. He turns back towards & Tony tells Jan, discovers that Cornwall, fixing the compass to fellow tenant Tony is AWOL from the army. Stars: John so it looks as if they are still on Duttine and Jan Francis. Will air every Thurs & Fri at 2pm, course for France. starting on Thurs 11th July 2019. Fri 5th July 21:30 Sun 14th July 2019 19:15 The Vampyre (1979) John and Julie (1955) Horror. Directed by Werner Directed by William Fairchild. Herzog. Stars: Klaus Kinski, Stars: Colin Gibson, Lesley Dud- Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz. ley, Noelle Middleton. Six year- Count Dracula moves to Wismar old Julie & twelve year-old John where he pursues the wife of the run away from school to see the estate agent who arranged his Queen’s coronation procession. new property. Wed 17th July 21:30 Sat 6th July 11:15 Venus Peter (1989) 90 Degrees South (1933) Drama. Directed by Ian Sellar Sound version, with commentary Stars: George Anton, Louise by expedition photographer Breslin, Juliet Cadzow, Peter Herbert Ponting, of the British Caffrey, Sinéad Cusack. Portrayal Antarctic Expedition of 1910-13 of boyhood in a Scottish fishing to Antarctica, led by Captain town in Fife in the 1940s. Robert Falcon Scott. Sat 20th July 18:30 Sat 6th July 12:50 Caesar and Cleopatra (1946) (1960) Director: Gabriel Pascal Crime. Director: Gerry Anderson. Stars: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stars: Anthony Oliver, Arthur Stewart Granger, Flora Robson. Rigby. A policeman suspects that As Rome invades Egypt, Julius a gang of lorry hijackers, operating from a transport cafe, Caesar finds the young Princess is behind a series of vehicle thefts. Cleopatra. GET SOME IN – new series on Talking Pictures TV Starring: David Janson, Tony Selby, Gerard Ryder, Brian Pettifer and Robert Lindsay. Directed by Michael Mills. This long-running series was a humorous portrait of life in the RAF for a group of young conscripts during the 1950’s. The square bashing and boot polishing are cleverly contrasted with the coffee bars and rock’n’roll music of the era. Written between 1975–1978 by cJohn Esmonde and Bob Larbey, (Please Sir, The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles). Airs Monday 1st July at 18:00 and continues on weekdays at the same time. 26 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR July ON TALKING PICTURES TV SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN445

Sun 21st July 19:00 Sat 3rd Aug 19 16:20 Crooks Tour (1941) The Extra Day (1956) Director: John Baxter Stars: Basil Comedy, directed by R William Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Fairchild. Stars include: Richard Gynt. Caldicott and Charters are Basehart, Simone Simon, George mistaken for German agents and Baker, and Joan Hick- handed in error a gramophone son. A comical look at the usually record which contains vital infor- obscure but oddly complicated mation for Britain’s enemies. lives of a group of film extras. Sat 27th July 19 12:30 Sat 3rd Aug 19 20:00 Child’s Play (1954) This is My Street (1964) Sci-Fi comedy directed by Comedy, directed by Sidney Margaret Thomson. Hayers. Stars: Ian Hendry, June Stars: Christopher Beeny, Ritchie, Avice Landone. A bored Ernest Scott, Patrick Wells. housewife living in a run down Anneke Wills makes her acting inner city London house begins debut, a few years before her an affair with the lodger. role in Doctor Who. Several youngsters in a small village Sun 4th Aug 19 16:35 learn how to split the atom. The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk Sat 3rd Aug 19 12:30 (1959) 64-Day Hero: A Boxer’s Tale Comedy, directed by Herbert (1985) Wilcox. Stars: Anthony Quayle, Documentary, directed by Anna Neagle. A story of Cold War Franco Rosso on boxer Randolph intrigue, and of one man’s coura- Turpin. Gordon Williams inves- geous refusal to reveal potentially tigates the life and early death devastating secret information. of Turpin, who defeated Sugar Sun 4th Aug 19 22:00 Ray Robinson to become Middleweight Champion of the The Small Back Room (1949) World. He held the title for just 64 days. Drama, directed by Michael Sat 3rd Aug 19 14:30 Powell & . Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Stars: , Kathleen (1959) Byron, . World War II Comedy, directed by Roy scientist Sammy Rice works at a Boulting, Jeffrey Dell. Stars: Terry- British research unit. Embittered Thomas, , Luciana after losing a foot in a bomb blast, he increasingly seeks Paluzzi. A former British colony in solace in drink. A budding romance with his secretary, dire need of economic aid tries to Susan, and the challenge of analysing a new German play the British against the Soviets bomb provide him with a new sense of meaning. in an attempt to secure economic aid from either side in (AKA Hour of Glory) return for political loyalty. (AKA Man in a Cocked Hat) DAY Friday July 12 On the anniversary of his death on July 12, 1982, we celebrate the life of Kenneth More with a day of films and interviews. His career lasted from the 1930s to the 1980s, and he was nominated for four BAFTAs, winning best actor in 1954. He was awarded a CBE in 1970. Today we present: Our Girl Friday (1953) at 06:10; Man In The Moon (1960) at 07:40; An Interview with Anneke Wills at 09:40; Some People (1962) at 10:35; Brandy for the Parson (1951) at 12:25; Part 1 of Remembering Kenneth More at 14:30, North West Frontier (1959) at 14:50; An Interview with Angela Douglas at 17:30, (More’s wife from1968 until his death). Genevieve (1953), at 18:30; Part 2 of Remembering Kenneth More at 20:15; The Comedy Man (1964) at 21:30; Loss of Innocence (1961) at 23:20, (based on, and also known as, The Greengage Summer) with a young Susannah York in her first leading role. 27