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Ooh... You Are Awful! on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Kennedy, , 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 6:45pm For the Love of Ada (1972) Desire Under the Elms (1958) Comedy. Director: Ronnie Baxter Drama. Director: Delbert Mann. Stars: Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Stars: , Anthony Perkins, Barbara Mitchell and Jack Smethurst. Burl Ives, Frank Overton. A New It’s Walter and Ada’s first wedding farmer works his sons like anniversary. Their family, friends and slaves after two successive wives die. neighbours plan a surprise party. Two sons leave while the youngest remains. The farmer finds a new wife, Monday 24th August 4:15pm but his son is also attracted to her. School For Secrets (1946) War. Director: Peter Ustinov. Stars: Wednesday 26th August 7:20am Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley No Kidding (1960) John Laurie. During On the eve of Comedy. Director: . the Battle of Britain, British scientists Stars: Leslie Phillips, develop the first radar systems. Geraldine Mcewan, Julia Lockwood Noel Purcell and Irene Handl. Monday 24th August 2:00pm A couple inherit an estate and turn it Together (1980) Series 1 Episode1 into a summer camp for children. Director: Matthew Robinson Stars: Victor Maddern, Ernest Hare, Wednesday 26th August 2:50pm Richard Everrett, Kathleen Byron. Another Time, Another Place Welcome to Rutherford Court where (1958) new residents are getting to know War Drama. Directeor: Lewis Allen. each other. The newly married Dunns Stars: , , live upstairs, next door to Mr Harding Barry Sullivan, Glynis Johns, Terence and his dog Jackie, which is causing Longdon and Sidney James. A BBC much uproar in the tea room… reporter falls for an American Continues weekdays at 2pm journalist in during WWII. Tuesday 25th August 11:40am Wednesday 26th August 10:05pm Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) The Big Operator (1959) Bio. Director: Anthony Kimmins. Drama. Directeor: Charles F. Haasn. Stars: , Margaret Leighton, Stars: , Morland Graham. During the Jacobite Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Rising, Bonnie Prince Charlie leads Ray Danton, Mel Tormé. A corrupt a rebellion to restore his family to union boss and the mob silence all the throne. their witnesses their but a union member threatens to testify. Tuesday 25th August 4:50pm Night Without Stars (1951) Thursday 27th August 9:30am Drama. Director: Anthony Pelissier. The Kidnappers (1953) Stars: David Farrar, Nadia Gray, Drama. Director: Philip Leacock. Maurice Teynac. A partially blind Stars: , Vincent Winter, Englishman retires to the French Adrienne Corri, Duncan Macrae, Riviera where he falls for a Jean Anderson. Two Canadian French widow. orphans ‘borrow’ a baby. 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: . 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 29th August 9:00pm. Thursday 27th August 2:30pm Saturday 29th August 3:15pm (1963) King Creole (1958) Drama. Director: . Musical Drama. Director: Michael Stars: , Sylvia Syms, Curtiz. Stars: Elvis Presley, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray. Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau. A seaside Punch and 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) The Angry Silence (1960) Thriller. Director: David Miller. Drama. Director: Guy Green. Stars: Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stars: , Stanley Baker, Jacques Bergerac. Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, An actress living on the Riviera Alfred Burke, Oliver Reed. Tom Curtis becomes involved with a dangerous works at a factory but refuses to criminal. (AKA Twist of Fate) participate in an unofficial strike. Saturday 29th August 10:00pm Friday 28th August 12:10pm Gunn (1967) The Likely Lads (1976) Thriller. Director: . Drama. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars: Craig Stevens, Laura Devon. Stars: Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, The madam of a floating bordello Brigit Forsyth, Mary Tamm. Bob, hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove Thelma, Terry and his girlfriend a gangster killed a crime boss. Christina go on a touring caravan Sunday 30th August 11:50am holiday – with disastrous results! The Baby and the Battleship Friday 28th August 2:30pm (1956) I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Comedy. Director: Jay Lewis. War. Director: Frank Launder. Stars: John Mills, André Morell, Stars: , Trevor Howard, Richard Attenborough, Lionel Jeffries, Raymond Huntley. During WWII a , Barry Foster, patriotic Irishwoman is used as a spy. , Sam Kydd. A sailor smuggles a baby aboard ship. Friday 28th August 6:10pm Yangtse Incident: The Story of Sunday 30th August 1:50pm H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) Take Me High (1973) War. Director: Michael Anderson. Musical Comedy. Director: David Stars: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Askey. Stars: Cliff Richard, Deborah Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Watling, Hugh Griffith, George Cole, Sam Kydd, Alfred Burke and Ronald Hines, , Bernard Cribbins. The story of the Richard Wattis, Madeline Smith. British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up An ambitious young financier gets in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. the shock of his life when he’s given a new posting in Birmingham! Saturday 29th August 1:30pm Bless This House (1972) Sunday 30th August 7:10pm Comedy. Director: Gerald Thomas. The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968) Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland Comedy. Director: Joseph McGrath. and Sally Geeson. Middle-aged Stars: Richard Attenborough, homeowner Sid Abbot just wants to Shirley MacLaine, James Booth. get on with building his whisky still. A bored housewife strikes up an affair with one of her husband’s employees.