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th TPTV Schedule March 16 To March 22nd 2020 Date Time Programme Synopsis Mon 16 01:55 Fall of the House 1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick Mar 20 of Usher (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease. Mon 16 03:15 Big Ben Calling 1935. Musical about a cafe proprietress, a radio salesman and a composer who Mar 20 set up a pirate radio station. Starring Leslie French, Hughie Green & Mary Lawson. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Mon 16 04:05 Pot O' Gold 1941. Musical starring James Stewart, Paulette Goddard and Horace Heidt. Mar 20 Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Mon 16 05:45 Playing In The Made in 1947 by the Petroleum Film Bureau. Directed By Michael Law. A Road Mar 20 Road Safety film on the dangers of playing in the roads of London in 1947. Mon 16 06:00 Dead Man's 1963. Crime drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Conrad Phillips and Mar 20 Evidence Jane Griffiths. Phillips stars as a British secret agent investigating the discovery of a dead, washed up frogman. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Mon 16 07:20 Travel to London Made in the late 1960s early 70s as an advert for an American audience for a new Mar 20 in 1971 - package holiday to London, showing off all its glory for a 'new kind' of holiday Glimpses with all the charm of the 1970s. Mon 16 07:35 The Broken 1953. Crime drama. A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr. Fenton (Robert Mar 20 Horseshoe Beatty), the victim is later murdered and the doctor is involved. Starring Elizabeth Sellars. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Mon 16 09:10 Meet Mr 1954. Crime drama directed by Charles Saunders. Private detective Slim Mar 20 Callaghan Callaghan (Derrick De Marney) is hired to find out why a rich uncle changed his will. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Mon 16 10:55 Mr Pastry - The Lost short film from 1956 from the private collection of Richard Hearne. Mr. Mar 20 Lancers Pastry charges through a ballroom while dancing with imaginary partners with whom he was completely out of step. Mon 16 11:00 The Rogues 1965. The Personal Touch. Gig Young, David Niven and Charles Boyer are The Mar 20 Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. Mon 16 12:05 Dry Rot 1956. Comedy. Director: Maurice Elvey. Stars Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Peggy Mar 20 Mount & Sid James. Three bookies attempt to recoup their losses by attempting to rig a horse race. Mon 16 13:50 Take Two: Nanette Newman Interview. Take Two. Well-known faces from much loved British Mar 20 Nanette Newman films and classic television shows talk about their lives and careers in the business. Mon 16 14:20 The Teckman 1954. Drama. Director: Wendy Toye. Stars: Margaret Leighton, John Justin & Mar 20 Mystery Roland Culver. A writer is commissioned to write the biography of a young airman who died while testing a new plane. Mon 16 16:10 Speed Crazy A hair-raising adventure through London's streets in the 1950s at 100mph, then Mar 20 700mph by train and ending on the platform. Made by Walton Films. Mon 16 16:15 The Net 1953. Thriller. Director Anthony Asquith. Stars James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Mar 20 Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom. A scientist involved in a supersonic flight project risks his life in a dangerous experiment Mon 16 17:50 Kind Hearts & 1949. Comedy. Director: Robert Hamer. Stars: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price & Mar 20 Coronets Valerie Hobson. A poor relative of a wealthy Duke plots to inherit the title by murdering the heirs who stand ahead of him Mon 16 20:00 Danger UXB The Quiet Weekend. 1979. Stars Anthony Andrews, Judy Geeson & Iain Mar 20 Cuthbertson. Brian's given time off, his plan to sleep are drastically changed when Susan seeks him out (S1, E6) Mon 16 21:00 Special Branch Inquisition. 1973. Stars: George Sewell, Roger Rowland, Clifford Rose. Craven Mar 20 busts a fraudster for carrying an unlicensed firearm and forged passport. Mon 16 22:00 Forbidden 1949. Drama. Directed by George King. Stars Douglass Montgomery, Hazel Court Mar 20 & Patricia Burke. An ex-serviceman plans to escape his faithless wife. Mon 16 23:50 Portrait From Life 1948. Drama. Director: by Terence Fisher. Stars: Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty, Mar 20 Guy Rolfe, Herbert Lom. An Army Major attempts to find a Jewish girl after seeing her portrait in a London art gallery. Date Time Programme Synopsis Tue 17 01:40 Venus Peter 1989. Drama. Director: Ian Sellar. Stars George Anton, Ray McAnally, David Mar 20 Hayman and Sinead Cusack. A boyhood in a Scottish fishing town in Fife in the 1940s and 1950s. Tue 17 03:40 Mrs. Pym of 1939. Detective Drama. Directed by Fred Elles. Starring Mary Clare, Edward Lexy Mar 20 Scotland Yard & Nigel Patrick. A woman detective sets about solving the murder of people who have all frequented the same medium. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Tue 17 05:00 Rooms Bernard & Ginnie P1. 1975. Stars Sylvia Kay, Bryan Marshall & Doyle Richmond. Mar 20 During a punch up at the pub, young barmaid, Ginnie, meets and becomes attracted to Bernard, despite their differences. Tue 17 05:30 Rooms Bernard & Ginnie P2. 1975. Stars Sylvia Kay, Bryan Marshall & Doyle Richmond. Mar 20 It's the last straw for Dorothy Lawson when Bernard moves into the attic room with Ginnie. Tue 17 06:00 Old Mother 1952. Comedy. A pirates' ghost-ship takes Old Mother Riley across the world in Mar 20 Riley's Jungle search of treasure. Starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Peter Butterworth. Treasure (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Tue 17 07:35 The Dancing 1950. Musical Drama. Directed by Harold French. Stars Dennis Price, Gisele Mar 20 Years Preville, Patricia Dainton. Ivor Novello's enchanting musical romance set in pre- Great War Vienna. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Tue 17 09:40 Out of The Fog 1962. Crime drama directed by Montgomery Tully. An ex-con is the prime suspect Mar 20 when a series of murders occur under a full moon. Every victim is a blonde young woman. Starring David Sumner (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Tue 17 11:00 The Rogues 1965. The Day They Gave The Diamonds Away. Gig Young, David Niven and Mar 20 Charles Boyer are The Rogues, members of two related families of international forgers and conmen. Tue 17 12:00 Indiscretion of an 1953. Drama. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Stars Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Mar 20 American Wife Clift & Richard Beymer. A married woman gets into an affair in Rome and is torn between her old life and new romance. Tue 17 13:15 Mr Pastry - The Lost short film from 1956 from the private collection of Richard Hearne. Mr. Mar 20 Lancers Pastry charges through a ballroom while dancing with imaginary partners with whom he was completely out of step. Tue 17 13:20 Watch Your Stern 1960. Comedy. Directed by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Mar 20 Joan Sims and Leslie Phillips. Details of a secret torpedo are ruined when the Admiral needs to present the plans. Tue 17 15:05 Very Important 1961. Comedy. Directed by Ken Annakin. Stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Mar 20 Person Phillips, Stanley Baxter & Eric Sykes. British POWs find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must escape Tue 17 17:05 Sunbeam Rapier Sunbeam Rapier brings you 'A European Holiday in the 50s'! A charming colour Mar 20 brings you 'A film where we travel in a Sunbeam Napier through many parts of Europe, with European Holiday surprise appearances, including Sterling Moss. in the 50s' Tue 17 17:25 Train of Events 1949. Drama. Directed by Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton and Basil Dearden. Mar 20 Starring Jack Warner, Susan Shaw and Gladys Henson. A train disaster is told as four short stories Tue 17 19:15 The Blue Lamp 1949. Crime. Directed by Basil Dearden. Stars Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner & Mar 20 Jimmy Hanley. A killer shoots a London policeman during a robbery (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Tue 17 21:00 Reilly: Ace of Anna. 1983. Stars: Sam Neill, Norman Rodway, Peter Egan. Reilly finds himself in Mar 20 Spies competition with the Rothschilds to buy Edwards D'Arcy's Persian Oil concession. Tue 17 22:00 Passage Home 1955. Drama. Director: Roy Ward Baker. Starring: Peter Finch, Diane Cilento and Mar 20 Anthony Steel. A young woman comes to regret her rescue from a difficult situation in South America. Tue 17 00:00 Blonde Fist 1991. Drama. Director: Frank Clarke. Stars Margi Clarke, Carroll Baker, Ken Mar 20 Hutchison & Angela Clarke. Ronnie flees domestic life to find her father in New York, and ends up boxing to make ends meet. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Date Time Programme Synopsis Wed 18 02:05 Hoodlum 1951. Crime drama. Directed by Max Nosseck and starring Lawrence Tierney, Mar 20 Allene Roberts and Marjorie Riordan. Career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust. (SUBTITLES AVAILABLE) Wed 18 03:15 Innocents In 1953. Comedy. Director: Gordon Parry. Stars Margaret Rutherford, Alastair Sim, Mar 20 Paris Jimmy Edwards & Ronald Shiner. A diverse group of people fly to Paris and find the city changes their lives in some way. Wed 18 05:00 Rooms Mr Cotgrove & Miss Hicks P1. Michael Gwynn, Annette Crosbie & Jane Wenham. Mar 20 Mr Cotgrove lives very much alone on the first floor. He's 50 and a teacher at a comprehensive.
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