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Dear Supporters of Talking Pictures TV & Renown Pictures, This month we release our firstTalking Pictures With… DVD – a 3 disc box set packed with interviews from stars we all know and love. It includes the full interview with dear Liz Fraser who we greatly miss and of course the Remembering interviews with the family of John Gregson and the son of – Jonathan Kydd. Just £20 for the entire collection and as many of you have asked us to put these interviews on disc to be enjoyed at home (with no advert breaks!), I do hope it will be well received. It’s a chance for those of you who can’t attend our festivals to see the on-stage interviews. Talking of festivals – we visited the beautiful Plaza again last week. It really is a sight to behold, see the images above and on the right. We are down to our last few tickets so please do get yours quick to avoid disappointment. We stayed at the Travelodge opposite the Plaza which is a 4 minute walk away. It was very pleasant and affordable and only a 5 minute walk from the station. More details on pages 20-21. Ted, the Manager of The Plaza, gave us a complete tour including Ken Dodds’ dressing room, the 1940s tearooms and the projectionist’s room – it was like stepping back in time! We hope to project our films from the original 35mm or 16mm. We also saw the Compton organ and booked it to play before the main feature. We also had a hunt through the Pathé news reels available to us to project and we’ve measured up for a large number of stall holders who will be at the back of the Stalls. For those who may have disabilities there is a blue badge parking bay at the front of the cinema, lift to the second floor and ramps inside. Sunday 6th October folks – we can’t wait to meet you all! Some Freeview viewers among you may have experienced some disruption to Talking Pictures TV due to the Freeview transmitter changes – if you need any technical help and support please call the free helpline set up by Freeview and Digital UK on 0808 100 0288. They have a whole team waiting to help you. There are some ‘reel’ delights on the channel over the next few weeks! Including Clockwise with John Cleese, and Shadows, a series of spine-tingling tales for children produced from 1975-1978 which featured fantastic ensemble casts including: John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Jenny Agutter. Also the unmissable The Go Between with Julie Christie and and many more – see pages 26-27 for a full list. We’ll Meet Again with Vera Lynn will show on Thursday 6th June at 18:30 in tribute to the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Also more films with subtitles – do see the list on page 25. Some excellent offers for you this month, with a crime and spy theme running through this issue. All still with FREE UK POSTAGE. We are devoting a whole day to the memory of on the anniversary of the day we lost him in 1976, Friday June 28th. Highlights will include an exclusive interview with Stanley’s son Glyn, plus the première of a new film: Just William’s Luck (1948) and a selection of films in which he featured. I had a great dialogue via email with Jim Dale last week; he was so excited to see we are airing Georgy Girl at the moment – you may not know, he wrote the song! He lives in the USA now but gets lots of emails from fans of Talking Pictures TV. We hope to be able to interview Jim when he’s next in the country. Finally, the sad news…”Set ‘Em Up Joe” so we can all raise a glass to the life of dear Doris Day, a great loss, but what a life! We have a tribute to her on page 23. Keep on spreading the word and enjoying the films, hope you find something of interest over the following pages. Until next month ... Very best wishes, Sarah, Noel and Neill 1 NEW EXCLUSIVE RENOWN 3 DVD SET RELEASE! Interviews with £20 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE the Stars For the first time on DVD, Renown bring you exclusive interviews from Talking Pictures TV in a three disc DVD compilation. We share laughter and sadness with the stars including: Vera Day, George Layton, Shirley Anne Field and many more. Why did Robert Powell not want to be Jesus? What was the song that launched Liz Fraser and ’s singing career? What happened while Françoise Pascal was waiting on set for ? How did Anneke Wills get those jeans so tight? How did Mark Lester cry on demand in Oliver? Did you know John Greg- son couldn’t drive when he was in the film Genevieve? What did Sid James do the first day he arrived in Eng- land? Who did Michael Craig beat at poker behind the scenes on the set of Sea Of Sand? What was the best script George Layton ever wrote? Did you know Peter Butterworth and Sam Kydd were both P.O.W.s? And much, much more... Disc One - 201’ TALKING PICTURES WITH LIZ FRASER – 38’ Liz Fraser reveals her duet with Sid James & more stories from I’m All Right Jack to the films. TALKING PICTURES WITH FRANÇOISE PASCAL – 29’ Françoise Pascal appeared in There’s a Girl in My TALKING PICTURES WITH SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD – 20’ Soup and Soft Beds, Hard Battles. On TV she was the Shirley Anne Field played many roles including parts seductive French au pair in Mind Your Language. in Saturday Night & Sunday Morning and Alfie. TALKING PICTURES WITH MARK LESTER – 28’ TALKING PICTURES WITH SALLY GEESON – 46’ Mark Lester is best known for his roles in Oliver! Run Sally Geeson’s career included Bless this House, and Wild, Run Free and Eyewitness with Susan George. several Carry On films.

2 OUR PRICE £20 with FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or call 01923 290555 TALKING PICTURES WITH TYLER BUTTERWORTH – 42’ TALKING PICTURES WITH RITA TUSHINGHAM – 23.42’ Tyler celebrates the lives and careers of his parents, An interview with Rita Tushingham, who appeared Peter Butterworth and Janet Brown, and shares tales in A Taste of Honey and Doctor Zhivago. Her TV of his own career from children’s TV to film & theatre. appearances include Marple and In The Flesh. TALKING PICTURES WITH VERONICA HURST – 12’ Disc Three - 198’ Veronica Hurst played memorable roles in Will Any TALKING PICTURES WITH VERA DAY – 14’ Gentleman…?, Licensed to Kill, and The Maze. She Vera Day, the glamorous blonde bombshell who had a successful career in both Britain and America. appeared in Hell Drivers, Quatermass 2 and the cult classic: Woman Eater! Disc Two - 198’ TALKING PICTURES WITH MICHAEL CRAIG – 26’ TALKING PICTURES WITH GEORGE LAYTON – 50’ An exclusive interview with Michael Craig, whose George Layton talks about his acting and writing films &TV roles includeCampbell’s Kingdom, Sea of career - from Dr In The House to Robin’s Nest and Sand, The Professionals and Tales of the Unexpected. everything in between. TALKING PICTURES WITH ANITA HARRIS – 43’ TALKING PICTURES WITH REINA JAMES – 33’ Anita Harris discusses her love of film, & theatre. She Reina James, daughter of Sid James, celebrates her describes working on the Carry On films and shares father’s life and career. He starred in many Carry On memories of Harry Secombe & . films, and others, as well as TV’sBless This House. TALKING PICTURES WITH ANNEKE WILLS – 45’ TALKING PICTURES WITH WILLIAM RUSSELL – 22.44’ Best known as Polly in Dr Who, Anneke discusses her William Russell was in the cast of the early Doctor career with stories from Some People, The Pleasure Who series plus British films includingMalta Story, Girls, The Avengers and everything in-between. , and The Great Escape. TALKING PICTURES WITH PATRICIA DAINTON – 20’ REMEMBERING SAM KYDD – 46’ Patricia Dainton reminisces about her career in Memories of Sam Kydd, who based his role in The films, includingPaul Temple, The Dancing Years, The Captive Heart on his personal experiences as a House in Marsh Road and many more. POW. Sam made at least 240 films in his lifetime. TALKING PICTURES WITH ROBERT POWELL – 55’ Robert Powell, Mr Hannay himself discusses The REMEMBERING JOHN GREGSON – 50’ Italian Job, Jesus of Nazareth, The 39 Steps and, of An exclusive film made with John Gregson’s wife and course, Hannay and The Detectives. family. His films included:Gideon’s Way, Angels One Five & the TV series: Dangerous Knowledge.

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9 Spotlight on Leo McKern March 16 1920 – July 23 2002 Leo McKern can be seen in RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY on Talking Pictures TV, beginning Monday 20th May at 2pm, then each weekday at 2pm. Reginald McKern was born on 16 March 1920 to Norman and Vera McKern in New South Wales, Australia. He left school at 15 to join his father and brothers at a refrigerator facto- ry. While working there a piece of metal hit him in the left eye. Gradually the sight deteriorated and eventually he had to have the eye removed. With the intricate work of engineering no longer an option, he bought a boat with compensation he received for his eye. He retrained as a commercial artist and also served in the Royal Australian Engineers. He performed in his first stage role in Sydney, in 1944 and around this time he fell in love with Australian actress Jane Holland, who then moved to England for work. McKern moved to the to be with her and decided to try his hand as a character actor in London. They were married in 1946 and had two daughters, Abigail and Harriet. Eventually McKern became a regular player at in London and Stratford- Upon-Avon, after a spell in repertory in Bangor and touring with the Arts Council in Wales. As well as his stage achievements, he played many film roles in a variety of British films, in- cluding Murder in the Cathedral (1952); X-The Unknown (1956) Time Without Pity (1957), The Mouse That Roared (1958), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Doctor in Distress (1963), (1964), Help! (1965) and A Man for All Seasons (1966). A radio play that he had written also become a film,Chain of Events (1958). Television also welcomed him; since a 1955 appearance in The Adventures of Robin Hood, he had performed in many plays and television series. He won critical acclaim for his role as The Duchess in ’s television adaptation of Alice in Wonderland in 1966 and he also played Number Two in cult favourite The Prisoner in 1967. However McKern found filming stressful and suffered a nervous breakdown. He later revealed that he had become stressed with stage fright and nerves. In 1975 he appeared in a BBC television , in a role that would raise him from his safety net of character acting. Rumpole of the Bailey was so popular that the char- acter was revived by ITV, for a long and successful run of 44 episodes from 1978 to 1992. His daughter Abigail also appeared in later episodes. Although he appreciated the fame that Rumpole gave him, he was concerned that people would only remember him for that role and not any of the others he had performed on the stage, screen as well as his radio plays. At heart he was still a jobbing character actor. Throughout the Rumpole years, he continued to appear on stage – including a return to Australia – and in films as diverse asRyan’s Daughter (1970), The Adventures of Sher- lock Holmes Smarter Brother (1975), The Omen (1976), Damien: Omen 2 (1978), The Blue Lagoon (1980) and Travelling North (1987). He also dabbled in commercial adverts and in 1983 was awarded the Order of Australia for his services to the performing arts. His stage fright and nerves worsened as he got older and after his last film role in The Story of Father Damien (1999) his health began to fail. He had become deaf in one ear and also had diabetes. In 2002 he moved into a nursing home in Bath and sadly died several weeks later on 23 July 2002, aged 82. He was cremated at Haycombe Cemetery in Bath.

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Starring: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, John Nettleton, Sharon Maughan. Director: Roy Ward Baker. Adapted from the book by Elspeth Huxley, based on her childhood. A tale of colonial life in Africa before the Great War. In 1913 the Huxleys, a young Edwardian family, move to Kenya to start a coffee plantation. Elspeth encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and makes friends with both Africans and British expatriates. The Flame Trees of Thika brings to life the colour and adventure of turn-of-the-century Kenya. Torrential rains, relentless insects and savage animals, along with the natives and other settlers, challenge their ambitions. Will England call them back? Or will the wide-eyed wonder of young Elspeth unlock the mysteries of a foreign land and open the doors into the pleasures and rewards of an exciting new home? 2 Discs; 350 mins; Classification: PG

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Starring: , Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Director: Jack Clayton. A mature treatment of sexuality and class, Jack Clayton’s Room at the Top (1959) is a landmark of the British New Wave. In post-war industrial , Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) attempts social climbing by woo- ing the boss’s daughter. But when his working class background hampers his efforts, Joe seeks solace with the unhappily mar- ried Alice (Simone Signoret) – an affair that will have dire conse- quences. Winner of two Academy Awards, this kitchen sink classic is avail- able on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK to mark the film’s 60th anniversary. Black & White, with subtitles, run time 117 min. 17 From the British Film Institute, Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker WITH SUBTITLES RRP £30 OUR PRICE £15 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 YOU WILL RECEIVE BOTH DVD AND BLU-RAY Starring: Robert Shaw, Donald Pleasence and Alan Bates. Director: Clive Donner. The Caretaker is a play that changed the face of modern theatre and made Harold Pinter’s name. This 1963 version fea- tures mesmerising performances from the original cast members, with sensi- tive direction from Clive Donner, shot by Nicholas Roeg. A study of shared illusion, dispossession and the fraternal bond of unspoken love. Newly restored by the BFI and present- ed in both High and Standard Definition. Audio commentary by Alan Bates, di- rector Clive Donner and producer Michael Birkett (2002). Introduction by crit- ic and author Michael Billington (2002, 6 min). Extras include: On Location with The Caretaker (4 min, 1962); an extract from the TV series This Week In Britain - The Caretaker, from Play into Film (2002 17 min). A Video Essay by Michael Billington, using materials donated by Clive Donner to the BFI National Archive. US opening titles (1963 2 min); the opening title sequence from the US where the film was released as The Guest. Last To Go (1969 6 min) the last of five animated shorts directed by Gerald Potterton for Pinter People, voiced by Harold Pinter and Donald Pleasence. Harold Pinter’s Play discussed by Clive Donner (1973 47 min): the BAFTA winning director discusses his adaptation of The Caretaker. Extras: Stills Gallery; UK 1963; Black & White; 104 min; English Language with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles; Classification: PG. 18 RENOWN DVD SPECIAL OFFER! WHILE I LIVE ONLY £7.99 plus free UK postage & packing While I Live (1947) (aka The Dream of Olwen) Directed by: John Harlow Cast: Sonia Dresdel, Carol Raye, Tom Walls, Patricia Burke, Clifford Evans, John Warwick, Audrey Fildes Contains the haunting music “The Dream of Olwen,” composed by Charles Williams. Running Time: 81 mins approx; Format: 4×3 A melodrama with a spiritual edge, made as a result of the massive loss of life in the Second World War. Olwen Trevelyan, a young composer and pianist, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. As the years pass, Olwen’s sister Julia obsessively keeps her memory alive. The young composer gains posthumous fame because of her tragic death and the haunting, unfinished composition, “The Dream of Olwen.” 25 years later, still mourning the death of her composer sister, Julia believes she has returned, reincarnated, in an amnesiac woman who chances upon her house seeking help… A haunting film with the beautiful, atmospheric piece of music The Dream of Olwen playing as a background theme throughout, it hit a nerve with 1947 audiences who still hoped their war dead might return.

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19 20 Stockport Plaza, The Plaza, Mersey Square, Stockport, SK1 1SP. stockportplaza.co.uk Plan your visit On Foot: When travelling around Stockport walking is the easiest way to get around. www.Walkit.com the pedestrian journey planner covers the Stockport area and can help you identify the best way to get to The Plaza. There are plenty of pedestrian-only zones with directional signage located throughout the town centre.

By Bus: The Plaza is on one of the main bus Holiday Inn Express, 11 Station Road, routes into Manchester city centre. There are Stockport Phone: 44 0161 3596363 email: many bus routes which stop at Stockport Bus [email protected] or visit ihg.com Station or on the nearby A6 route located close (approx: half a mile/4 min walk from venue) to The Plaza with level access. To assist with your route visit the Transport for Greater Premier Inn Stockport Central, 48 Churchgate, Manchester’s website tfgm.com or call 0161 Stockport SK1 1YG Phone: 0871 527 9040 or 228 7811 for further information. visit premierinn.com (just over half a mile/7 min walk from venue) By Rail: Stockport Station on the North West Main Line is within 8 minutes walk of The Plaza Premier Inn Stockport South, Buxton Road, on a step free route. For detailed train informa- Stockport SK2 6NB Phone: 0871 527 9042 or tion go to the National Rail Journey Planning visit premierinn.com (approx: 1.2 miles/23 min website or phone 03457 484950. During the walk from venue) day (until 6pm weekdays and 5pm on Sundays) Stockport Plaza Disabled Access the station is also served by the Stockport Metro- Disabled Parking is on the Merseyway side of shuttle bus around the town centre. Chestergate, opposite the taxi rank. It extends By Car: Stockport is easily accessible from the 38 feet along the frontage of the large retail M60 ring road and the A6 with The Plaza being unit and is labelled “For disabled permit holders in the Stockport Town Centre. Nearby carparks only”. Audio: There is a loop system installed in ideal for the venue are Heaton Lane Car Park the stalls. Toilets: Accessible and adapted unisex (SK4 1AQ), Merseyway (SK1 1PD), Red Rock toilets are located on the right hand side of the (SK1 1RY) or Ritz Car Park (SK1 1DY) as well auditorium with level access and in the Plaza as limited on-street parking. Detailed information Café which can be reached using a lift located about the Car Parking in the Town Centre can be in the main foyer. There are further non adapted found on the Stockport Council website. Council cloakroom facilities on the lower ground floor controlled parking in Stockport is free after 6pm. accessed via the lift located in the main foyer. Wheelchair Access: The Plaza is wheelchair Accommodation close by: accessible directly into the stalls. Assistance is The Travelodge is directly opposite the available if required. venue, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport SK4 1BS Phone: 08715 591890 or visit trav- More details available on request from the box elodge.co.uk (approx: half a mile/4 min walk office: 0161 477 7779 from the venue) 21 Send Me No Flowers DORIS DAY | ROCK HUDSON OUR PRICE £10.00 with FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone: 0808 178 8212 Send Me No Flowers (1964) Starring: Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Tony Randall. Norman Jewison directs one of Holly- wood’s most famous screen teams, Doris Day and Rock Hudson as a perky house- wife and her hypochondriac husband in this, their third and final film together. Hudson is hilarious as an obsessed hypochondriac who mistakenly overhears his doctor discussing the impending death of a patient. Believing the poor victim is himself, Hudson elicits the help of his friend and neighbour, Tony Randall, to find a new husband for his soon-to-be- widowed wife. Randall, unfortunately, isn’t much help as he deals with his upcoming loss by swig- ging martinis. Alarmed by her husband’s increasingly strange behaviour, Day becomes even more frustrated when an old paramour (Clint Walker) shows up at their country club and Hudson encourages his attentions towards her! Send Me No Flowers also features Paul Lynde as a side-splitting cemetery plot salesman who ‘loves people’. Hal March and Burt Bacharach’s title tune is sung by Miss Day, and her costumes, including her sexy boudoir wardrobe, were designed by Jean Louis.

Run Time: 96 minutes; 1 disc. 22 Spotlight on Doris Day April 3 1922 – 13th May 2019 We were all very sad to learn that the legendary actress and singer Doris Day died recently at the age of 97. Her singing ca- reer included timeless classics like Whip Crack Away, Qué Será Será, Secret Love and will be remembered for years to come. Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in April 1922. She attended dance classes from an ear- ly age and performed regularly with her dance partner, Jerry Doherty, winning many prizes at local pageants. They made plans to try their luck in Hollywood but, the night before they were due to depart, her car was hit by a train, resulting in a broken leg, which ruined her chances of a dancing career. She found solace in the radio while recovering, singing along with the music, particularly Ella Fitzgerald. Bandleader Barney Rapp suggested a name change. A favourite of hers was called Day by Day and Doris Day was born! Her breakthrough hit, Sentimental Journey, came in 1945; by the following year she was one of the highest paid female vocalists in the world. A Warner Brothers film contract followed and a stream of hit films, includingRomance on the High Seas (1948), Tea For Two (1950), On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953). In 1952, she formed her own production company and scored a hit film with the musical Calamity Jane (1952). She surprised the critics in Love Me or Leave Me (1955), a fictional account of the life of night- club singer Ruth Etting and in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). Her biggest hit was Pillow Talk (1959), where her on-screen partnership with Rock Hudson earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She remained friends with Hudson for the rest of his life. Her private life sadly did not mirror her on-screen romances. Her first husband, musician Al Jorden, was physically abusive to her. Her second marriage to actor George Weilder, lasted only eight months. After the death of her third husband, Martin Melcher in 1968, she discovered she was bankrupt – he had squandered her fortune. Despite being ex- hausted from her contract commitments, she began filmingThe Doris Day Show, for tele- vision; a huge success, it ran until 1973. Doris Day was passionate about animal welfare and founded Actors & Others for Ani- mals in 1971. Following her retirement she ran the Doris Day Animal League at her home in Carmel, California, filling her house with stray animals rescued from the streets She married for the final time in 1976 to a waiter Barry Comden, but the union ended in 1981 and they were divorced the following year. Doris repeatedly turned down a lifetime achievement Oscar but she accept the Presi- dential Medal of Freedom from President George W Bush in 2004 for her work as an enter- tainer and her commitment to animal welfare. Sadly, in the same year, her only child Terry (from her first marriage), a songwriter and producer, died of melanoma. Her 29th studio album, My Heart, reached the UK Top 10 in September 2011. Although active in choosing which films, adverts and TV shows were licenced to play her hits, she would not be lured out of retirement. The legendary Doris Day, who turned down the roles of Maria in The Sound of Music and Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, died on 13 May 2019 of pneumonia. Her legacy of films and songs ensure that Doris Day will never be forgotten. 23 shadows The Complete Series 3 DISC BOX SET OUR PRICE £15 with FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 Shadows will commence on Monday 3rd June at 17.00 and continue at the same time every week day on TALKING PICTURES TV ON SKY 328 FREEVIEW 81 YOUVIEW 81 FREESAT 306 VIRGIN 445. With guest actors including John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jac- queline Pearce and Jenny Agutter – as well as Russell Hunter reprising his Ace of Wands villain, Mr Stabs. Memorable, atmospheric and superbly scripted, this remarkable series gave ‘70s schoolkids an unforgettable anthology of spine-tingling psychological and super- natural tales. Shadows remains one of the quintessential drama series of children’s TV. The series featured ghost and horror dra- mas for children and was nominated for a BAFTA TV award. Producers Ruth Boswell and Pamela Lonsdale (Timeslip, Dramara- ma and ) assembled an outstanding team of writers including J.B. Priestley, Penelope Lively, Rosemary Harris, Joan Aiken & Fay Weldon. An orphaned girl fights her real-life enemies by imagining that they are figures from her history book. A girl is visited by the spirit of a long-dead witch in a storm-lashed cottage. A mansion visit turns to a nightmare for a group of teenagers. A failed magician finds unexplained powers. What other terrors hide in the shadows..? 24 3 Discs; 500 mins; Classification: PG Subtitled Films Available in June SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN445 Live It Up (1963) Sat 01 Jun 19 06:00 The Pickwick Papers (1952) Mon 17 Jun 19 11:50 Cat & Mouse (1958) Sat 01 Jun 19 12:05 Out Of The Clouds (1955) Mon 17 Jun 19 17:30 The Case of Charles Peace (1949) Sun 02 Jun 19 08:10 Cover Girl Killer (1959) Mon 17 Jun 19 19:15 Six-Five Special (1958) Sun 02 Jun 19 09:55 Silkwood (1983) Mon 17 Jun 19 00:00 Flying Deuces (1939) Sun 02 Jun 19 11:35 The Vicar of Bray (1937) Tue 18 Jun 19 06:00 Master Spy (1964) Mon 03 Jun 19 06:00 Danger By My Side (1963) Tue 18 Jun 19 07:50 Some People (1962) Mon 03 Jun 19 12:10 Marilyn (1953) Tue 18 Jun 19 09:05 The Night Caller (1965) Mon 03 Jun 19 15:05 Grand National Night (1953) Tue 18 Jun 19 10:25 The Big Gamble (1961) Mon 03 Jun 19 23:10 Cloak Without Dagger (1956) Wed 19 Jun 19 06:00 Clash By Night (1963) Tue 04 Jun 19 06:00 Cuckoo Patrol (1967) Wed 19 Jun 19 10:10 Scarlet Street (1945) Tue 04 Jun 19 11:55 The Day The Earth Caught Fire (1961) and Sun 09 Jun 19 02:45 Wed 19 Jun 19 18:30 Colonel March Investigates (1953) Wed 05 Jun 19 06:00 Band of Thieves (1962) Thu 20 Jun 19 09:30 As Young As You Feel (1951) Wed 05 Jun 19 15:20 Blind Spot (1958) Thu 20 Jun 19 12:30 I Walk the Line (1970) Fri 05 Jun 19 21:30 Dead Man’s Evidence (1963) Fri 21 Jun 19 08:05 Hard Times (1975) Wed 05 Jun 19 23:30 Glad Tidings (1953) Fri 21 Jun 19 09:25 The Secret Man (1958) Thu 06 Jun 19 06:00 Scarlet Web (1954) Fri 21 Jun 19 10:45 Inner Sanctum (1948) Thu 06 Jun 19 08:00 The Glass Mountain (1949) Fri 21 Jun 19 15:00 No Lady (1931) Thu 06 Jun 19 10:55 Time Of His Life (1956) Sat 22 Jun 19 06:00 The Best of Everything (1959) Thu 06 Jun 19 21:30 Booby Trap (1957) Sat 22 Jun 19 07:25 and Sun 16 Jun 19 22:00 Woman Eater (1958) Sat 22 Jun 19 11:10 I Walk the Line (1970) Fri 07 Jun 19 02:50 Sons Of The Sea (1939) Sat 22 Jun 19 12:35 The Frightened Man (1952) Fri 07 Jun 19 06:00 Nell Gwyn (1934) Sun 23 Jun 19 07:45 Raise the Titanic (1980) Fri 07 Jun 19 11:40 Lilli Marlene (1950) Sun 23 Jun 19 09:10 and Tue 11 Jun 19 23:30 Inn For Trouble (1960) Sun 23 Jun 19 10:50 Nobody Runs Forever (1968) Fri 07 Jun 19 15:00 and Hyde Park Corner (1935) Mon 24 Jun 19 06:00 Wed 12 Jun 19 23:45 The Blue Parrot (1954) Mon 24 Jun 19 08:10 The Big Noise (1944) Fri 07 Jun 19 18:30 and Sun 09 Jun 19 19 11:05 Something in the City (1950) Mon 24 Jun 19 11:10 Go to Blazes (1962) Tue 25 Jun 19 04:20 The Big Gamble (1961) Sat 08 Jun 19 02:40 and Sat 29 Jun 19 12:45 Hammer The Toff (1952) Sat 08 Jun 19 06:00 A Touch of The Sun (1956) Tue 25 Jun 19 08:15 The Ghost Camera (1933) Sun 09 Jun 19 19 06:00 Hobson’s Choice (1954) Tue 25 Jun 19 17:30 The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) Sun 09 Jun 19 12:55 The Swimmer (1968) Wed 26 Jun 19 02:00 Passport To Pimlico (1949) Sun 09 Jun 19 16:45 and Sun 30 Jun 19 23:35 and Fri 14 Jun 19 17:30 No Highway in the Sky (1951) Wed 26 Jun 19 03:50 Some People (1962) Mon 10 Jun 19 04:00 The Lost Hours (1963) Wed 26 Jun 19 06:00 Rebecca (1940) Mon 10 Jun 19 11:20 Where There’s A Will (1955) Wed 26 Jun 19 08:00 A Man Called Sledge (1970) Mon 10 Jun 19 21:30 and Thurs 27 Jun 19 21:30 The Sound Barrier (1952) Wed 26 Jun 19 11:35 Shampoo (1975) Wed 12 Jun 19 02:50 Flannelfoot (1953) Thurs 27 Jun 19 06:00 Dance Hall (1950) Wed 12 Jun 19 08:20 Every Day’s A Holiday (1964) Thurs 27 Jun 19 08:20 and Sun 16 Jun 19 03:45 Just William’s Luck (1948) Fri 28 Jun 19 06:00 Spellbound (1945) Wed 12 Jun 19 11:50 (1956) Fri 28 Jun 19 08:20 Bottoms Up (1960) Thu 13 Jun 19 08:35 Jet Storm (1959) Fri 28 Jun 19 10:00 Diamond City (1949) Thu 13 Jun 19 12:15 Blind Date (1959) Fri 28 Jun 19 15:05 I’m All Right Jack (1959) Thu 13 Jun 19 15:00 Peg Of Old Drury (1935) Sat 29 Jun 19 06:00 Six-Five Special (1958) Fri 14 Jun 19 08:30 Recoil (1953) Sat 29 Jun 19 07:20 Sparrows Can’t Sing (1963) Fri 14 Jun 19 12:10 There is Another Sun (1951) Sat 29 Jun 19 10:50 Devil Girl From Mars (1954) Sat 15 Jun 19 02:20 There’s a Girl in My Soup (1970) Sat 29 Jun 19 22:20 and Sat 15 Jun 19 09:40 House of Blackmail (1953) Sun 30 Jun 19 10:25 As Young As You Feel (1951) Sun 16 Jun 19 06:00 On The Beat (1962) Sun 30 Jun 19 11:50 Flight of the Doves (1971) Sun 16 Jun 14:55 Great Expectations (1974) Sun 30 Jun 19 16:00 25 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR June ON TALKING PICTURES TV SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN445

Saturday 1st June 15:20 and Sunday 2nd June 18:35 Saturday 8th June 12:55 and Sunday 9th June 19:00 Noose For a Lady (1953) Nowhere To Go (1959) Crime Drama Director: Wolf Rilla Crime Drama, directed by: Seth Holt. Starring: George Nader, Stars: Dennis Price, Rona Anderson. . A conman plans to rob a widow of her late A woman is sentenced to death husband’s collection of rare antique coins. but her cousin works against time Saturday 8th June 14:55 Duel in the Jungle (1954) to prove her innocence. Adventure Drama. Directed by: George Marshall Stars: Saturday 1st June 19:00 and Dana Andrews, Michael Mataka, Jeanne Crain. A diamond Wednesday 5th June 18.30 mining chief drowns in Africa and his fiancée vanishes. Clockwise (1986) Saturday 8th June 16:55 and Comedy. Director: Christopher Thursday 13th June 17:30 Morahan Starring: John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Nadia Play it Cool (1962) Sawalha. A clock-watching headmaster who is a fanatic for Billy Universe and the Satellites time-keeping is running late. are off to Brussels for a contest. In Saturday 1st June 21:00 the plane Billy meets Ann, being Remember My Name (1978) sent abroad because of her infatu- Thriller. Director: Alan Rudolph Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, ation with a pop singer. The plane Anthony Perkins. A young woman just released from prison, returns to London and Billy takes begins stalking a man for no apparent reason. Ann on a nightclub tour. Sunday 2nd June 17:00 and Saturday 8th June 20:25 Thursday 6th June at 15.05 The Go Between (1971) Drama. Directed by: Joseph Losey Hand in Hand (1961) Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Drama. Director: Philip Leacock , Michael Stars: Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Gough, . A secret love John Gregson. A Catholic boy and affair between an heiress and a a Jewish girl become best friends poor tenant farmer who use a despite the prejudice around them. young boy as their message bearer. Sunday 2nd June 20:05 Sunday 9th June 21:00 No Sex Please - We’re British (1973) Comedy. The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Director: Cliff Owen Stars: Ronnie Corbett, Beryl Reid, Arthur Episode 1: Lowe. Adapted from the long running play, the slapstick ca- A Message from the Deep Sea per revolves around the mistaken delivery of a saucy parcel. Stars: John Neville as R. Austin Freeman’s famous detective Doctor Monday 3rd June 17:00 Thorndyke, a forensic expert. With: Shadows Series 1, Episode 1: The Future Ghost James Cossins, Bernard Archard, Terence Rigby and Morris Written by: Roger Marshall, Perry. The message of a murder arrives, and Doctor Thorn- Directed by: Leon Thau. Stars: Jane dyke finds a clue the police have overlooked. The scientific Wymark, Bernadette McKenna. In detail in the original story was ahead of its time. New series London in 1875, Julia discovers a to air every Sunday at 21:00. sick girl in a strange room. A fire Monday 10th June 18:40 & Saturday 15th June 14:30 breaks out and her room burns to Cairo Road (1950) a shell, yet somehow she survives. Shadows is on at the same time Director: David MacDonald Stars: Eric Portman, Laurence every week day. Harvey, Maria Mauban. Filmed in Egypt, anti-narcotic agents try to prevent shipments of drugs crossing the border. SHADOWS a haunting new children’s series on Talking Pictures TV Featuring guest actors including John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agut- ter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert and Jacqueline Pearce – as well as Russell Hunter reprising his Ace of Wands villain, Mr Stabs. Shadows was produced from 1975-1978. The series featured ghost and horror dramas for children and was nominated for a BAFTA TV award. Shadows commences on Monday 3rd June at 17.00 and continues at the same time every week day. 26 PREMIERE HIGHLIGHTS FOR June ON TALKING PICTURES TV SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN445

Monday 10th June 21:30 A Man Called Sledge (1971) Sunday 16th June 19.00 Home at Seven (1952) Director: Vic Morrow Stars: James Garner, Dennis Weaver, Directed by and starring: Ralph Richardson with Margaret Laura Antonelli. A gunfighting outlaw connives his way into Leighton, Jack Hawkins. A bank clerk returns home from work a prison in to get his hands on a stash of gold. to find he’s been missing for 24 hours and is incriminated in a theft and murder. Thursday 20th June 21:30 Take a Girl Like You (1970) Monday 17th June 23:30 Director: Jonathan Miller Armchair Thriller: A Dog’s Starring: Hayley Mills, Oliver Reed. Ransom Episode 1 Jenny moves south to start a career Director: Ronald McWhinnies. as a school teacher. The local boys Starring Benjamin Whitrow, Zena like her, but who will be lucky? Walker. A dog is kidnapped and a ransom paid, but the dog isn’t Thursday 13th June 19:10 returned. Episode 2: Tues 18th also Saturday 15th June 11:15 Jun 23:40; Episode 3: Wed 19th The Headless Ghost (1959) Jun 00:05; Episode 4: Thurs 20th Jun 23:30; Episode 5: Director: Peter Graham Scott Starring: Richard Lyon, Liliane Fri 21st June 00:05; Episode 6: Fri 21st June 00:35. Sottane, David Rose, Clive Revill. Three exchange students stay in a castle, reputedly haunted by a Headless Ghost… Saturday 22nd June 15:50 Dangerous Voyage 1954 (aka Terror Ship) Friday 14th June 19:15 & on Saturday 15th June 19:45 Director: Vernon Sewell Stars: William Lundigan, Naomi The Flying Squad (1940) Chance. Intriguing tale of peril in the English Channel. Director: Herbert Brenon Stars: , Phyllis Brooks, Jack Hawkins. Inspector Bradley is on the trail of the Saturday 22nd June 17:20 murderous ringleader of a London smuggling gang. Don’t Bother To Knock (1961) Director: Cyril Frankel Stars: Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Friday 14th June 21.30 Elke Sommer. A travel agent who gives all his girlfriends keys Blood From The Mummy’s to his flat finally finds a girl he wants to settle down with! Tomb (1971) Director: Seth Holt, Stars: Andrew Saturday 22nd June 19:05 Keir, Valerie Leon. An archaeolog- Danger Tomorrow (1960) ical party brings the coffin of an Director: Terry Bishop Stars: Zena Egyptian queen to London. Walker, Robert Urquhart, . A doctor ‘s wife experiences Saturday 15th June 16.20 strange visions which make her feel The Ghost of St Michael’s (1941) that her life is in danger. Director: Marcel Varnel Stars: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Charles Hawtrey. A school is evacuated to a remote, Saturday 22nd June 20:20 reputedly haunted, Scottish castle. Fear in the Night (1972) Director: Jimmy Sangster Stars: Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Saturday 15th June 21:00 Ralph Bates. A young woman moves with her husband to a The Cotton Club (1984) school, and is terrorized by a mysterious one-armed man. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Richard Gere, James Sunday 23rd June 16:15 The Cracksman (1963) Remar, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins. Director: Peter Graham Scott Stars: Charlie Drake, Nyree A young cornet player, in 1930s Dawn Porter, George Sanders. A naive locksmith is Harlem, is drawn into the crime- persuaded by a burglar into opening a safe strongbox. filled underworld of the Jazz age. In jail, gangsters trick him into helping them escape. STANLEY BAKER DAY Friday June 28th We are devoting a whole day to the memory of Stanley Baker on the anniversary of the day we lost him in 1976. Highlights will include an exclusive interview with Stanley’s son Glyn, plus the première of a new film:Just William’s Luck (1948) at 06:00. Other films include:Child in the House (1956) 08:20, Jet Storm (1959)10:00, Hell Drivers (1957)11:45 , Blind Date (1959) 15:05, The Good Die Young (1954 )17:30, Campbell’s Kingdom 21:30, Yesterday’s Enemy (1957) 23:30, Violent Playground (1958) 02:30, and Hangman Waits (1947) at 04:40. 27 28