Week Beginning Monday 30Th July 2018
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Highlights: Week beginning Monday 30th July 2018 th Monday 30 July 2018 – 13:55 THE BARGEE (1964) Director: Duncan Wood Starring: Harry H Corbett, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes and Julia Foster. Hemel Pike is a canal barge Casanova, aided and abetted by his illiterate cousin, Ronnie. Hemel has a girl in every town along his route and each one is intent on marriage but is he about to be finally caught by one of them? th Monday 30 July 2018 – 20:00 (and then every weeknight at 20:00) THE HUMAN JUNGLE (TV Series 1963-64) Ep 1: The Vacant Chair Director: James Hill Starring: Herbert Lom, Michael Johnson and Sally Smith. Dr. Corder is a psychiatrist who is able to treat and cure any patients' mental disorders through Freudian and contemporary approaches. In episode one; When the managing director of a large business dies suddenly, there are two likely candidates, Phillips and Hunter, as his replacements. Dr. Corder is called in to assess which is the more suitable. th Monday 30 July 2018 – 21:00 PSYCHE 59 (1964) Director: Alexander Singer Starring: Patricia Neal, Curt Jurgens, Samantha Eggar and Ian Bannen. The blind wife of an industrialist begins to learn that her malady may not be the result of an injury suffered in a fall but a psychosomatic response to an affair between her husband and her sister. st Tuesday 31 July 2018 – 14:05 THE PURPLE PLAIN (1960) Director: Robert Parrish Starring: Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than and Brenda De Banzie. At the end of World War II in Burma, Canadian Royal Air Force pilot Forrester is a loner whose bravery can't cover a streak of reckless instability. When his actions cause an injury, he is nearly transferred, but Dr. Harris recommends pulling him from duty, due to the emotional trauma he's suffered. st Tuesday 31 July 2018 – 18:15 IDOL ON PARADE (1959) Director: John Gilling Starring: Anthony Newley, William Bendix, Anne Aubrey and Lionel Jeffries. Rock and roll star Jeep Jackson is riding on the crest of fame, when he suddenly finds himself drafted into the British army. Jeep's manager however, doesn’t want his fame to fade and continues to get him work outside of the army which causes problems with his commanding officers… Wednesday 1st August 2018 – 13:35 CAN-CAN (1960) Director: Walter Lang Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, a provocative dance recently outlawed for being immoral. Though her dancing delights patrons to no end, it also attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philippe Forrestier… Broadcast in stereo sound! Thursday 2nd August 2018 – 09:25 UNPUBLISHED STORY (1942) Director: Harold French Starring: Valerie Hobson, Richard Greene, Andre Morell and Ronald Shiner. Set in London's Docklands during the Blitz of 1940. Two journalists investigate the 'People for Peace Society' who are campaigning to appease the Germans, only to find their stories continually censored by Home Security. As the Blitz rages, the sinister truth emerges… Friday 3rd August 2018 – 11:55 REBECCA (1940) Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders and Judith Anderson. A shy lady's companion meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. They fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. But Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley. Friday 3rd August 2018 – 21:00 SHE PLAYED WITH FIRE (1958) Directors: Sidney Gilliat Starring: Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price, Ian Hunter and Arlene Dahl. An insurance investigator finds himself involved with arson, blackmail and murder when he runs into an ex-girlfriend. Saturday 4th August 2018 – 20:00 LIFE AT THE TOP (1965) Director: Ted Kotcheff Starring: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman and Michael Craig. This sequel to ‘Room At the Top’ finds a social climber on the outs with his marriage and having an affair with a London TV anchor-woman. Sunday 5th August 2018 – 14:50 SURPRISE PACKAGE (1960) Directors: Stanley Donen Starring: Yul Brynner, Noel Coward, Mitzi Gaynor, Lyndon Brook and Eric Pohlmann. A devil-may-care gambler and a small-time hood plans to steal an exiled king's crown from a Mediterranean island. Sunday 5th August 2018 – 16:50 THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (1962) Director: John Gilling Starring: Kerwin Mathews, Christopher Lee, Marie Devereux, Oliver Reed & Andrew Keir. Jonathon Standing is freed from a penal colony by pirates who then force him to lead them to his settlement which they have heard, has hidden gold and treasures… Sunday 5th August 2018 – 22:10 THERE’S A GIRL IN MY SOUP (1970) Director: Roy Boulting Starring: Peter Sellers, Goldie Hawn, Diana Dors, Tony Britton and Nicky Henson. TV personality Robert Danvers is known to have an eye for the ladies but fails to stay with them for long. However he meets his match in Marion, a 19 year old American who refuses any romantic illusions… .