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Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 1st April 2019 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Kind Hearts and Coronets to premiere on Talking Pictures TV A testament to the versatility of Alec Guinness, who stars in this master- piece of black comedy. Louis Mazzini plots to regain his position of Duke D’Ascoynes by murdering every potential successor who stands in his way, all of whom are played by Guinness. One of the great Ealing Comedies, with themes of class and sexual repression, widely acclaimed by critics and well known for Alec Guinness’ performance playing various relatives, both male and female. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) will be shown on Tuesday 2nd April 15:10 (and again on Saturday 6th April at 17:55) Monday 1st April 12.05 Tuesday 2nd April 15:10 No Highway in the Sky (1951) (and again on Saturday 6th Drama, directed by Henry April at 17:55) Koster. Starring James Stewart, Kind Hearts and Coronets Jack Hawkins, Marlene Dietrich & (1949) Glynis Johns. An aeronautical Directed by Robert Hamer, engineer predicts that a new Starring: Alec Guinness, Dennis model of plane will fail cata- Price, Valerie Hobson and Joan strophically. Greenwood. Louis Mazzini plots to regain his position of Duke Monday 1st April 18:00 D’Ascoynes by murder! Go to Blazes (1962) Comedy, directed by Michael Tuesday 2nd April 18:00 Truman. Starring Dave King, As Young As You Feel (1951) Robert Morley, Daniel Massey, Comedy, directed by Harmon Dennis Price, Maggie Smith. Jones. Starring Monty Woolley, After another smash-and-grab Thelma Ritter & David Wayne. goes wrong the crooks use a fire A 65-year-old printer hatches engine to escape. an elaborate scheme to avoid forced retirement. Monday 1st April 22:00 Scream of Fear (1961) Wednesday 3rd April 12:10 Drama, directed by Seth Holt. The Games (1970) Starring Susan Strasberg, Drama, directed by Michael Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd & Winner. Starring Michael Christopher Lee. After ten years Crawford, Ryan O’Neal, Jeremy Penny returns to her father’s Kemp & Charles Aznavour. home and is convinced Four marathon runners from something is amiss. different countries prepare to compete in the Olympics. Tuesday 2nd April 09:50 The Goose Steps Out (1942) Wednesday 3rd April 15:10 Comedy, directed by Basil Dance Hall (1950) Dearden and Will Hay. Starring Drama, directed by Charles Will Hay, Charles Hawtrey and Crichton. Starring Diana Dors, Peter Croft. A bumbling teacher Petula Clark, Jane Hylton & is flown to Germany to imper- Natasha Parry. Four young sonate a general and obtain female factory workers escape secret plans. the monotony of their jobs at the the Chiswick Palais. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Monday 1st April 2019 continued Wednesday 3rd April 18:00 Friday 5th April 18:00 (and Ladies Who Do (1963) again at 00:00 on Sunday Comedy, directed by C.M. 7th April) Pennington-Richards. Starring A Weekend with Lulu (1961) Peggy Mount, Robert Morley & Comedy, directed by John Paddy Harry H. Corbett. A British Colonel Carstairs. Starring Bob Monkhouse, (Morley) teams up with a cleaning Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks & Shirley lady to profit from office bin tips. Eaton. Three friends plan a fun weekend but they have surprise Thursday 4th April 06:00 company tagging along. The Wedding of Lilli Marlene Saturday 6th April 14:10 (1953) The Ship That Died of Shame War Time Drama, directed by Arthur (1955) Crabtree. Starring Lisa Daniely, (AKA PT Raiders) Thriller, directed Hugh McDermott and Sid James. by Basil Dearden. Starring Richard Lilli will not marry her love, an Attenborough, George Baker and American reporter, until she Bill Owen. A trio of ex-servicemen becomes a star. begin smuggling black market items into post-war Britain. Thursday 4th April 15:40 Saturday 6th April 20:05 Folly To Be Wise (1952) The L-Shaped Room (1962) Comedy, directed by Frank Launder. Drama, directed by Bryan Forbes. Starring Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan Starring Leslie Caron, Brock Peters, & Roland Culver. Newly arrived Tom Bell & Patricia Phoenix. Army Chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair In an Academy Award nominated Sim) attempts to book various acts performance a pregnant French for the entertainment of a troop girl moves into a seedy boarding of soldiers. house. Sunday 7th April 10:55 Thursday 4th April 22:00 (also previously on Friday 5th Capone (1975) April at 03:50) Drama, directed by Steve Carver. The Shiralee (1957) Starring Ben Gazzara, Harry Guardino, Susan Blakely & Sylvester Drama, directed by Leslie Norman. Stallone. The story of the rise and Starring Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, fall of the infamous Chicago Elizabeth Sellars & Sid James. gangster Al Capone. A swagman looking for work in 1940s Australia suddenly finds himself carrying an extra burden… Friday 5th April 08:25 Blind Corner (1965) Sunday 7th April 19:00 Drama, directed by Lance Comfort. San Demetrio London (1943) Starring William Sylvester, Barbara A British merchant ship in a 1940 Shelley & Elizabeth Shepherd. Atlantic convoy is disabled and left The wife of a blind composer plots to the mercy of patrolling U-Boats, to murder her husband with the crew facing the deadly after he learns of her affair. November seas. Sunday 7th April 21:00 Friday 5th April 15:20 Armchair Theatre: On the Beat (1962) The Square Of Three (1973) Comedy, directed by Robert Written by PJ Hammond, directed Asher. Starring Norman Wisdom, by Derek Bennett. Starring Gordon Jennifer Jayne & Raymond Huntley. Jackson, Anthony Allen, Colin Farrell. A car park attendant at Scotland Yard Johnny Orange is a misfit in the dreams of becoming a policeman army - but you can’t fight the army! but falls short on height! Nevertheless, he decides not to take any more orders..