Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 24th February 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 That’ll Be The Day on Talking Pictures TV David Essex makes his screen debut in this 1970s tribute to the 1950s, supported by some famous musical names. Ringo Starr, as his fairground buddy, epitomizes the period and is joined by Billy Fury and Keith Moon in a memorable cast that includes: Robert Lindsay, Rosemary Leach, Deborah Watling, Rosalind Ayres, Beth Morris, Karl Howman, Brenda Bruce and Patti Love. Directed by Claude Whatham, the film is a nostalgic trip back to the late 1950s, a time of brothel-creeper shoes, drainpipe trousers, sideburns and greased back hair. Jim MacLaine, played by David Essex, abandons school to work in a holiday camp and then a travelling fair. This gritty story set in postwar Britain where the kids still relied on the US for their musical entertainment is one of the best British films of the early 70s. Rosemary Leach and David Essex were both BAFTA nominated. Airs on Mon 24th Feb at 10pm and Sat 29th Feb at 10:50pm.

Mon 24th Feb 14:15 NEW SERIES Rotten to the Core (1965) Tues 25th Feb 21:00 Comedy, directed by: John Boulting. Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) Stars: Anton Rodgers, Eric Sykes, Spy Drama, directed by Charlotte Rampling. After 18 months Jim Goddard. Stars: Sam Neil, in jail a group of felons are released, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, eager to receive their share of the Peter Egan. Based on the true story, stash. They are told that their leader is of Russian-born Sidney Reilly, who dead and the money gone, but this is became one of the greatest spies not quite the case... ever to work for the British. From the gentlemen’s clubs of Edwardian Mon 24th Feb 22:00 England to the forbidding gates of and Sat 29th Feb 22:50 the Kremlin, Reilly played That’ll Be The Day (1973) country against country with a skill Musical, directed by: and audacity that have rarely been Claude Whatham. Stars: David Essex, seen since. This epic mini-series was Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach. an astonishing success when first David Essex makes his screen debut shown. Continues on Tuesdays at 9pm. as wayward hero Jim MacLaine, who lives a life of dead-end jobs and one-night stands and dreams of Tues 25th Feb 22:45 becoming a rock star. Many of the Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) characters were played by musicians Drama, directed by Robert Bolt. who were alive in the era portrayed in Stars: Sarah Miles, John Mills, the film including Ringo Starr of the Richard Chamberlain, Laurence Beatles, Billy Fury, Keith Moon of the Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Margaret Who and John Hawken of the Leighton. Lady Caroline Lamb, Nashville Teens. married to a future Prime Minister, has an affair with the poet Lord Tues 25th Feb 17:45 Byron – the most notorious sex Second Fiddle (1957) scandal of the 19th century. Comedy, directed by Maurice Elvey. Wed 26th Feb 09:35 Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Nell Gwyn (1934) Lisa Gastoni, Richard Wattis. Period drama directed by Herbert Deborah and Charles are in love, but Wilcox. Stars: Anna Neagle, the advertising agency where they Cedric Hardwicke. Nell captivates both work has one rule: as soon as a King Charles and fights off the girl marries, she must resign! royal insiders. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 24th February 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Wed 26th Feb 19:25 Sat 29th Feb 08:45 Walk a Tightrope (1963) Sammy’s Super T-Shirt (1978) Crime drama directed by Frank Comedy, directed by: Jeremy Nesbitt. Stars: Dan Duryea, Summers. Stars: Reggie Winch, Patricia Owens, Terence Cooper. Lawrie Mark, Richard Vernon, After remarrying, a woman is black- Julian Holloway, Patsy Rowlands. A mailed by her former husband, as Children’s Film Foundation film in their marriage was not annulled. which a little boy stands Thurs 27th Feb 19:15 up to his tormentors via the device Mad About Men (1954) of a magical T-shirt. Comedy directed by Ralph Thomas. Sat 29th Feb 15:50 Stars: Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, An Inspector Calls (1954) Anne Crawford, Margaret Rutherford. Crime Drama, directed by: Caroline is a prim and pretty school- Guy Hamilton. Stars: Alastair Sim, teacher who meets Miranda, a mer- Bryan Forbes, Eileen Moore, maid, while on holiday. As they look Olga Lindo, Arthur Young. alike, Miranda decides she wants to The Birling family are rich, pampered swap places. and complacent. It is 1912, and the shadow of war has yet to fall across their lives. NEW SERIES Thurs 27th Feb 21:00 Sat 29th Feb 17:30 Funny Man (1980) Portrait of Clare (1950) Featuring Jimmy Jewel, Jean Boht, Drama, directed by: Lance Comfort. David Schofield, Sharon Duce, Stars: Margaret Johnston, Richard Pamela Stephenson and Lynda Todd, Robin Bailey, Ronald Howard, Bellingham, this series charts the Mary Clare, Marjorie Fielding. While fortunes of a family of music-hall helping with preparations for her entertainers. Based on the experience granddaughter’s engagement party, of the company of players founded by Jewel’s father in Clare tells the young girl about her the 1920s. Continues on Thursdays at 9pm. own life and loves. Thurs 27th Feb 22:00 Sun 1st Mar 12:35 Spring and Port Wine (1970) Helter Skelter (1949) Comedy, directed by: Peter Hammond. Comedy, directed by: Ralph Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Diana Thomas Stars: Carol Marsh, Coupland, Hannah Gordon, Rodney Mervyn Johns, David Tomlinson, Bewes, Arthur Lowe, Len Jones. Richard Hearne, Terry-Thomas. Love and humour prevail as strict work- A radio star becomes involved with a ing class father Rafe Crompton and his wealthy heiress, but a case of hiccups wife Daisy struggle to cope with bringing causes problems. up their four children against the back- Sun 1st Mar 19:10 drop of a rapidly changing society. Simon and Laura (1955) Fri 28th Feb 11:50 Comedy, directed by: Muriel Box. Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Stars: Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Drama, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. Muriel Pavlow. A TV studio want to Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Sybil Thorndike, feature a famous couple in a new show. Stanley Holloway. Robbed of his rightful However, in private they argue and inheritance, Nicholas Nickleby is forced throw things at each other – will they to leave his schoolmaster’s post and seek be able to maintain a happy façade? his fortune as a travelling entertainer. Sun 1st Mar 21:00 Fri 28th Feb 19:00 Sunday Night at the Against The Wind (1948) London Palladium (1965) War drama, directed by: Charles Features: Frankie Vaughan, singer Crichton Stars: Robert Beatty, Simone Edmund Hockridge, pop band Signoret, Jack Warner. At the height of The Searchers, singer Susan Lane, the Second World War, a group of men actress Sara Miles, folk trio Peter, and women are gathered together in Paul & Mary and comic entertainers London to be trained as spies. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.