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Nothing but the Night Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 20th January 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Nothing But The Night on Talking Pictures TV Starring: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, this chilling tale of murder in an isolated Scottish orphanage features a brilliant cast, including: Diana Dors, Georgia Brown, Keith Barron, Gwyneth Strong, Fulton Mackay, Michael Gambon and Kathleen Byron. Christopher Lee co-produced the film, which was directed by Peter Sasdy, who has a prolific track record in the horror genre. This intriguing story begins as a crime thriller and becomes a sci-fi horror with occult overtones, culminating in a fiery climax. Diana Dors is also fiery as a redhead on a mission and the pairing of Cushing and Lee is, as always, unmissable. Grittier and more naturalistic than their usual horror films, this twisted tale keeps the audience guessing right up until the dramatic finale. Nothing But The Night airs on Sunday 26th January at 10pm. Mon 20th Jan 09:10 Wed 22nd Jan 15:05 Sparrows Can’t Sing (1963) Night Without Stars (1951) Comedy, directed by Joan Littlewood. Drama, directed by Anthony Pélissier. Stars: James Booth, Barbara Windsor & Stars: David Farrar, Nadia Gray, Roy Kinnear. Charlie returns to London Maurice Teynac. A partially blind after two years at sea to find his house Englishman falls for the widow of demolished and wife Maggie gone. a French Resistance fighter who is Mon 20th Jan 19:10 involved with smugglers. Personal Affair (1953) Wed 22nd Jan 18:45 Drama, directed by Anthony Pelissier. School for Secrets (1946) Stars: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn and War Drama, written and directed Glynis Johns. A teenager, who is in love by Peter Ustinov. Stars: Ralph with her teacher, disappears after a Richardson, David Tomlinson, confrontation with his wife, prompting Richard Attenborough. Story of the the police to investigate the teacher, scientists who developed radar, amidst rumours of rape and murder. avoiding invasion of Britain in 1940. Tues 21st Jan 09:30 Wed 22nd Jan 22:05 Doublecross (1955) Personal Services (1987) Drama, directed by: Anthony Squire. Comedy, directed by Terry Jones. Stars: Donald Houston, Fay Compton Stars: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, William Hartnell. A Cornish poacher Shirley Stelfox. A waitress becomes clashes with international spies. the madame of a brothel. Tues 21st Jan 19:00 Thurs 23rd Jan 11:55 Old Bill and Son (1940) The Pickwick Papers (1952) Comedy, directed by: Ian Dalrymple. Comedy, directed by: Noel Langley Stars: Morland Graham, John Mills, Stars: James Hayter, Nigel Patrick, Mary Clare and Ronald Shiner. Kathleen Harrison & Harry Fowler. World War I veteran Bill re-enlists in Mr. Pickwick and friends travel 1939 and ends up serving with his son. through England, sending reports. Tues 21st Jan 22:00 Thurs 23rd Jan 14:30 Murder Without Crime (1950) The Kidnappers (1953) Director: J. Lee Thompson. Stars: Drama, directed by Philip Leacock. Dennis Price, Derek Farr, Stars: Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Patricia Plunkett. A man is blackmailed Duncan Macrae. Two Canadian by his landlord after he accidentally orphans ‘borrow’ a baby to raise as kills a woman he met in a nightclub. their own. (AKA The Little Kidnappers) Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 20th January 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Fri 24th Jan 14:30 Sun 26th Jan 16:00 Highly Dangerous (1950) The Lamp Still Burns (1943) Thriller, directed by Roy Ward Baker. Crime drama, directed by Maurice Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Elvey. Stars: Rosamund John, Stewart Marius Goring. An entomologist trav- Granger and Godfrey Tearle. A woman els to a Balkan country to investigate architect changes careers to become a germ warfare, only to find herself in nurse. A plea for better conditions the midst of a deadly spy game. in hospitals and for better treatment of Fri 24th Jan 18:55 nurses. Produced by Leslie Howard. The October Man (1947) Sun 26th Jan 18:50 Crime thriller, directed by Roy Ward Follow a Star (1959) Baker. Stars: John Mills, Edward Comedy, directed by Chapman, Joan Greenwood. A man Robert Asher. Stars: Norman Wisdom, suspected of murder begins to doubt June Laverick, Jerry Desmonde, his own innocence. Hattie Jacques. A shop worker dreams Sat 25th Jan 12:10 of becoming a famous singer. Man of Aran (1934) Sun 26th Jan 21:00 Robert J Flaherty’s epic portrayal of life Sunday Night at the Palladium off the western coast of Ireland where (1958) families eked out a living from potatoes Variety show hosted by Tommy and hunting basking shark. A brutal, Trinder. The guest stars include beautiful film that challenges the American jazz singer, Sarah Vaughan; boundaries of the documentary form. American actor and comedian, Dick Sat 25th Jan 18:10 Shawn and Marvin Rainwater, American rockabilly singer and They Were Not Divided (1950) songwriter. Homegrown acts Crime drama, directed by Terence included: Pinky and Perky, puppet Young. Stars: Edward Underdown, stars of children’s TV at the BBC who Ralph Clanton and Michael Trubshawe; also made international cabaret also with Christopher Lee. appearances. Dance troupe The John Action-packed World War II drama Tiller Girls, (later The Tiller Girls) following the experiences of British and were regulars as was one of the earliest American soldiers from D-Day to the game shows, which involved audience final months of the war. participation, ‘Beat the Clock’. Sat 25th Jan 20:20 Tiger in the Smoke (1956) Sun 26th Jan 22:00 Crime drama, directed by Roy Ward Nothing But The Night (1972) Baker. Stars: Donald Sinden, Muriel Crime horror, directed by Peter Sasdy. Pavlow, Tony Wright A gang of war Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, veterans masquerading as street Diana Dors. When a Scottish island musicians search London for their orphanage is terrorized by a spate of former sergeant, who deprived them cold-blooded murders, Chief Bingham of hidden loot in France. of Scotland Yard is dispatched to Sun 26th Jan 11:15 investigate. Together with a hospital I See a Dark Stranger (1946) pathologist, he begins to uncover a Thriller, directed by series of bizarre and baffling clues. Frank Launder. Stars: Deborah Kerr, Tre- vor Howard, Raymond Huntley. Towards the end of World War II, a patriotic Irish- woman is used as a spy by the Germans but repents in time to prevent them finding out about the D-Day landings. .
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