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Ooh... You Are Awful! on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Kennedy, Pat Coombs, Liza Goddard

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Ooh... You Are Awful! on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Kennedy, Pat Coombs, Liza Goddard Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 24th August 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Ooh... You Are Awful! on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Kennedy, Pat Coombs, Liza Goddard. Directed by Cliff Owen in 1973. To recover a stolen fortune, stashed in Switzerland by his partner before being murdered, con man Charlie has to find a bank account number – sequences of which are tattooed on the bottoms of four girls. Dick Emery as Tully plays various characters, many of which were portrayed in his TV series, in order to track down the girls. Airs: Saturday 29th August 8:00pm. Monday 24th August 2:30pm Tuesday 25th August 7:00pm For the Love of Ada (1972) The Angry Silence (1960) Comedy. Director: Ronnie Baxter Drama. Director: Guy Green. Stars: Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Stars: Richard Attenborough, Barbara Mitchell and Jack Smethurst. Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard It’s Walter and Ada’s first wedding Lee, Alfred Burke, Oliver Reed. Tom anniversary. Their family, friends and Curtis works at a factory but refuses neighbours plan a surprise party. to participate in an unofficial strike. Monday 24th August 4:15pm Wednesday 26th August 7:20am School For Secrets (1946) No Kidding (1960) War. Director: Peter Ustinov. Stars: Comedy. Director: Gerald Thomas. Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley Stars: Leslie Phillips, John Laurie. During On the eve of Geraldine Mcewan, Julia Lockwood the Battle of Britain, British scientists Noel Purcell and Irene Handl. develop the first radar systems. A couple inherit an estate and turn it into a summer camp for children. Monday 24th August 2:00pm Together (1980) Series 1 Episode1 Wednesday 26th August 2:50pm Director: Matthew Robinson Another Time, Another Place Stars: Victor Maddern, Ernest Hare, (1958) Richard Everrett, Kathleen Byron. War Drama. Directeor: Lewis Allen. Welcome to Rutherford Court where Stars: Lana Turner, Sean Connery, new residents are getting to know Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Terence each other. The newly married Dunns Longdon and Sidney James. A BBC live upstairs, next door to Mr Harding reporter falls for an American and his dog Jackie, which is causing journalist in London during WWII. much uproar in the tea room… Wednesday 26th August 10:05pm Continues weekdays at 2pm The Big Operator (1959) Tuesday 25th August 11:40am Drama. Directeor: Charles F. Haasn. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) Stars: Mickey Rooney, Bio. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Ray Danton, Mel Tormé. A corrupt Morland Graham. During the Jacobite union boss and the mob silence all Rising, Bonnie Prince Charlie leads their witnesses their but a union a rebellion to restore his family to member threatens to testify. the throne. Thursday 27th August 9:30am Tuesday 25th August 5:05pm The Kidnappers (1953) Night Without Stars (1951) Drama. Director: Philip Leacock. Drama. Director: Anthony Pelissier. Stars: Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter, Stars: David Farrar, Nadia Gray, Adrienne Corri, Duncan Macrae, Maurice Teynac. A partially blind Jean Anderson. Two Canadian Englishman retires to the French orphans ‘borrow’ a baby. Riviera where he falls for a French widow. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 24th August 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 New London Palladium Episode Hosted by: Jimmy Tarbuck. With Roy Orbison, The Seekers, Ray Fell, The Basinis, Julie Rogers and Sylvan. Unseen since its first broadcast on 20th March 1966 - this episode of the London Palladium Show featured a set by The Seekers, including a song written by Paul Simon and a memorable performance by Roy Orbison. Airs: Sunday 30th August 9:00pm. Thursday 27th August 2:30pm Saturday 29th August 3:15pm The Punch and Judy Man (1963) King Creole (1958) Drama. Director: Jeremy Summers. Musical Drama. Director: Michael Stars: Tony Hancock, Sylvia Syms, Curtiz. Stars: Elvis Presley, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray. Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau. A seaside Punch & Judy man is A rebellious young man takes a job driven to distraction by his social at a nightclub, attracting the climbing wife and his hatred for the attention of a local crime boss. snobbish local government. Saturday 29th August 6:15pm Thursday 27th August 10:00pm Beautiful Stranger (1954) Desire Under the Elms (1958) Thriller. Director: David Miller. Drama. Director: Delbert Mann. Stars: Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stars: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Stanley Baker, Jacques Bergerac. Burl Ives, Frank Overton. A farmer An actress living on the Riviera works his sons like slaves after two becomes involved with a dangerous successive wives die. Two sons leave criminal. (AKA Twist of Fate) while the youngest remains. Saturday 29th August 10:00pm The farmer finds a new wife, but his Gunn (1967) son is also attracted to her. Thriller. Director: Blake Edwards. Friday 28th August 12:10pm Stars: Craig Stevens, Laura Devon. The Likely Lads (1976) The madam of a floating bordello Drama. Director: Michael Tuchner. hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove Stars: Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, a gangster killed a crime boss. Brigit Forsyth, Mary Tamm. Bob, Sunday 30th August 11:50am Thelma, Terry and Christina go on a The Baby and the Battleship disastrous touring caravan holiday! (1956) Friday 28th August 2:30pm Comedy. Director: Jay Lewis. I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Stars: John Mills, André Morell, War. Director: Frank Launder. Richard Attenborough, Lionel Jeffries, Stars: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Michael Hordern, Barry Foster, Raymond Huntley. During WWII a John Le Mesurier, Sam Kydd. A sailor patriotic Irishwoman is used as a spy. smuggles a baby aboard ship. Friday 28th August 6:10pm Sunday 30th August 1:50pm Yangtse Incident: The Story of Take Me High (1973) H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Musical Comedy. Director: David War. Director: Michael Anderson. Askey. Stars: Cliff Richard, Deborah Stars: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Watling, Hugh Griffith, George Cole, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Ronald Hines, Anthony Andrews, Sam Kydd, Alfred Burke and Richard Wattis, Madeline Smith. Bernard Cribbins. The story of the An ambitious young financier gets British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up the shock of his life when he’s given in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. a new posting in Birmingham! Saturday 29th August 1:30pm Sunday 30th August 7:10pm Bless This House (1972) The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968) Comedy. Director: Gerald Thomas. Comedy. Director: Joseph McGrath. Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland Stars: Richard Attenborough, and Sally Geeson. Middle-aged Shirley MacLaine, James Booth. homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to A bored housewife strikes up an get on with building his whisky still. affair with one of her husband’s employees..
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