THE RIVALS of SHERLOCK HOLMES the Period Between 1891 and 1914 Was a Golden Era for the Detective Story, the Heroes of Which Have Been Long-Forgotten

Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 3rd June 2019 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 THE GO BETWEEN comes to Talking Pictures TV Starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Red- grave and Dominic Guard. Directed by: Joseph Losey. The Go Between won the Grand Prix at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival and was adapted by Harold Pinter from the book by LP Hartley. The ﬁlm achieved unaniminous critical acclaim, and was seen by many as the peak of the careers of the actors involved. It remains a beautiful and atmospheric interpretation of a truly poignant story about a secret love affair between a beautiful heiress and a poor tenant farmer, who can only communicate via a young boy. Airs: Saturday 8th June 20:25

SHADOWS - a haunting new children’s series to show on Talking Pictures TV Featuring guest actors including John Nettleton, Gareth Thomas, Jenny Agutter, Pauline Quirke, Brian Glover, June Brown, Rachel Herbert, Jacqueline Pearce and Jenny Agutter – as well as Russell Hunter reprising his Ace of Wands villain, Mr Stabs. Shadows was produced from 1975-1978. The series featured ghost and horror dramas for children and was nominated for a BAFTA TV award. Producers Ruth Boswell and Pamela Lonsdale – both renowned for many landmark children’s series, including Timeslip, Dramarama and The Tomorrow People – assembled an outstanding team of writers, including J.B. Priestley, Trevor Preston, Penelope Lively, Rosemary Harris, Joan Aiken and Fay Weldon. Atmospheric and superbly scripted, this remarkable series gave ‘70s schoolkids an unforgettable collection of spine- tingling tales. Shadows commences on Monday 3rd June at 17.00 and continues at the same time every week day.

Monday 3rd June 17:00 Monday 3rd June 18:50 Shadows Series 1, Episode 1: The Future Ghost The Shiralee (1957) Written by: Roger Marshall, Directed by: Leon Thau, Drama, directed by Leslie Starring: Jane Wymark, Bernadette McKenna, Daphne Slater Norman. Starring Peter Finch, and John Nettleton. Staying in a London hotel in 1875, Julia Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars & discovers a girl who is ill in a strange room. A fire breaks out Sid James. A swagman looking and the room she had been staying in is burned to a shell. for work in 1940s Australia finds The landlady is shocked to find Julia alive and well, but insists himself carrying an extra burden... that no such room exists. Tuesday 4th June 20:30 Monday 3rd June Public Eye (1969) Frank’s Back! Some People (1962) 12:10 and Monday 10th June 04:00 Detective & Mystery Drama. Public Eye is getting a re-run. Drama. Director: Clive Donner. You can’t keep a good detective Stars: Kenneth More, Ray Brooks, Angela Douglas, David Hemmings, down, especially Frank Marker. Anneke Wills. Young and bored, Series 1 Episode 1: Johnnie, Bill and Bert are born rebels. Their only interests are Welcome To Brighton? motorbikes and rock music. But a young organist finds them Stars John Bindon, Alfred Burke & Heather Canning. playing rock on a church organ, and for one of them at least, Frank Marker is released from prison on parole and at- there is a way out of a no-hope situation. tempts to build a new life. Airing on weekdays at 20.30. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 3rd June 2019 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Tuesday 4th June 18:35 and Sun- Thursday 6th June 18:30 day 9th June 14:55 We’ll Meet Again (1943) Man About The House (1947) Musical. Directed by Philip Agnes and Ellen, two English sisters Brandon. Stars Vera Lynn, Patri- inherit a rich estate near Naples from cia Roc & Donald Gray. A young their uncle, with a manly Italian ma- dancer trying to make it in Lon- jordomo who seduces Agnes. When don during World War II discovers she sees her sister’s health declining, that people also like her singing Ellen contacts a doctor... voice. Shown in tribute to the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Tuesday 4th June 21:30 A Place to Go (1963) Thursday 6th June 21:30 Classic crime starring Bernard Lee, The Best of Everything (1959) Rita Tushingham & Michael Sarne. Drama. Directed by Jean Negule- Ricky finds that the East End that sco. Stars Joan Crawford, Louis he knows and loves is being Jourdan, Hope Lange, Stephen destroyed. There seems just one Boyd & Suzy Parker. The story o possible solution. three women who share a small apartment in New York City. Wednesday 5th June 10:25 The Loves of Joanna Godden Friday 7th June 10.00 (1947) Conflict of Wings (1954) Drama. Directed by Charles Frend Drama. Directed by John Eldridge. & Robert Hamer. Stars: Googie Starring John Gregson, Muriel Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum Pavlow & Kieron Moore. Villagers & Derek Bond. When her father dies take action when they find that a Joanna Godden decides to run the nearby RAF station is taking over family farm herself. Three suitors a much loved bird sanctuary. seek her hand in marriage but will share a small apartment in she make the right choices? New York City. Wednesday 5th June 18:30 Friday 7th June 18:30 and Sun- Clockwise (1986) day 9th June 11:05 Comedy. Director: Christopher Laurel and Hardy in The Big Morahan Starring: John Cleese, Noise (1944) Alison Steadman, Nadia Sawalha. Director: Mal St. Clair A clock-watching headmaster is to Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver give a speech at the Headmasters’ Hardy, Doris Merrick and Arthur Conference. Everything goes wrong, Space. The boys rescue an despite his meticulous planning. eccentric inventor who has made a bomb that is wanted by some Wednesday 5th June 21:30 crooked neighbours! and Friday 7th June 02:50 I Walk the Line (1970) Friday 7th June 20:00 Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. and Sunday 9th June 10:35 Stars: Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld NEW Laurel and Hardy on and Estelle Parsons. A small town ‘This is Your Life’ (1954) sheriff’s world is turned upside down A tribute to the legendary comic by a beautiful young woman. duo on the American version of This Is Your Life, presented by Thursday 6th June 15:05 Ralph Edwards. After the stand- Hand in Hand (1961) ard surprise intro, the audience Drama. Director: Philip Leacock hears anecdotes about both Stars: Loretta Parry, Philip Needs, Stan and Oliver, from childhood John Gregson. Two little children, friends and film colleagues. a Roman Catholic boy and a Jewish A lovely appreciation of two of girl, become best friends despite the the greatest movie comics. prejudice that surrounds them. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 3rd June 2019 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

THE RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES The period between 1891 and 1914 was a golden era for the detective story, the heroes of which have been long-forgotten. This series tells the stories of thirteen of these hero sleuths, some honest, some not, all formidable. Each episode features a new story and a different cast, all based on Sir Hugh Greene’s original anthology. This new series on Talking Pictures TV will air every Sunday at 9pm, beginning on Sunday 9th June 21:00.

Saturday 8th June 12:55 Saturday 8th June 20:25 and Sunday 9th June 19:00 The Go Between (1971) Nowhere To Go (1959) Drama. Directed by: Joseph Losey Crime Drama, directed by: Seth Starring: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Holt. Starring: George Nader, Mag- Margaret Leighton, Dominic gie Smith. Paul Gregory plans to Guard, Michael Gough, Edward rob a visitor to London from his Fox. Romantic story of the secret home town of Toronto, of her late love affair between a beautiful husband’s collection of rare antique heiress and a poor tenant farmer. coins worth more than £60,000. The “go-between” is a twelve- year-old boy unwittingly used as Saturday 8th June 14:55 their message bearer – leaving a Duel in the Jungle (1954) lasting scar on his life. Adventure Drama. Directed by: George Marshall Starring: Dana Andrews, Michael Mataka, Jeanne Sunday 9th June 12:55 Crain. An American insurance in- Three Worlds of Gulliver vestigator discovers that the head (1960) of a big diamond concern Director: Jack Sher. Starring: has drowned in Africa and his Kerwin Mathews, Jo Morrow, fiancée has vanished. June Thorburn, Lee Patter- son and Grégoire Aslan. After Saturday 8th June 16:55 being shipwrecked, a man finds Play it Cool (1962) himself on an island inhabited Billy Universe and the Satellites are by tiny people, who soon make off to Brussels to take part in a con- plans for him... test. In the plane Billy meets Ann, being sent abroad because of her Sunday 9th June 21:00 infatuation with a pop singer. The The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes plane has to return to the airport Episode 1: A Message from and Billy takes Ann on a tour of the Deep Sea some of London’s nightclubs. Stars: John Neville as R. Austin Saturday 8th June 18:35 Freeman’s famous detective Mr Denning Drives North Doctor Thorndyke, a brilliant (1952) forensic expert. Also featuring: Crime Drama. Director: Anthony James Cossins, Bernard Archard, Kimmins. Starring: John Mills, Phyllis Terence Rigby and Morris Perry. Calvert, Sam Wanamaker, Herbert While Dr Thorndykek is lecturing Lom, Eileen Moore. Tom Denning the message of the cut-throat is a successful aircraft manufacturer murder of a young girl arrives. with a perfect family life – but he At the scene with his partner, Dr Jervis, he finds a clue that becomes a tormented figure, the police have overlooked. The accurate scientific detail in sharing only with his conscience a terrifying secret. the original story was much in advance of its time. This new series will air every Sunday at 9pm.