TALKING PICTURES Christmas TV Guide SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Merry Christmas! CHRISTMAS EVE Tue 24th Dec CHRISTMAS DAY Wed 25th Dec 06:00 The Rogues: Mr White’s Christmas (1965) 06:00 Emergency (1962) Drama (With Subtitles) 07:00 Duel In the Jungle (1954) Adventure. 07:15 The Miracle Of The Bells (1948) 09:00 Home For Christmas (1990) (With Subtitles) 09:40 Witness In The Dark (1959) (With Subtitles) 11:00 June Allyson: The Way Home 11:00 June Allyson: Moment Of Fear 11:30 Androcles and the Lion (1953) Drama. 11:30 Scrooge (1935) Family. Ebenezer Scrooge 13:25 Flight of the Doves (Seymour Hicks) is visited (1971) Drama. Directed by by the ghosts of Christmas Ralph Nelson. Stars: past, present and yet-to- Ron Moody, Jack Wild, come. (With Subtitles) Dorothy McGuire & Stanley Holloway. Two orphans are 13:10 The Other Love (1947) (With Subtitles) pursued by their villainous uncle. (With Subtitles) 15:00 BFI: The Christmas Tree 15:30 Genevieve (1953) Comedy. (With Subtitles) (1966) Family. Stars: Brian Blessed, William Burleigh, 17:15 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Anthony Honour & Kate (1951) Drama. Directed by Nicholls. Gary wants to get Brian Desmond Hurst. a tree for children who Stars: Alastair Sim, will be in hospital for Jack Warner, Kathleen Christmas. (With Subtitles) Harrison & Sir Michael Hordern. Christmas is not a 16:15 Lost in the Desert (1969) Drama. time of celebration for Scrooge. (With Subtitles) 18:00 For the Love of 19:00 The Amazing Ada Christmas Special Mr Blunden (1972) Starring Irene Handl, Family film by Lionel Jeffries. Wilfred Pickles & Barbara Stars: Laurence Naismith, Mitchell. (With Subtitles) Lynne Frederick, Rosalyn 18:40 Oliver Twist Landor, Garry Miller, (1948) Drama. 1948. David Lodge, Diana Dors. Directed by . A bereaved family move Stars John Howard Davies, to a haunted house. , Robert (With Subtitles) Newton & Kay Walsh. 21:00 Public Eye: An orphaned boy joins a Christmas Special, Horse group of boys trained to and Carriage (1972) steal. (With Subtitles) Mystery Drama. Stars: Alfred Burke, Pat Heywood & Tony 21:00 Gideon’s Way: The Prowler Melody. Marker finds the festive season hard to bear. 22:00 The Lovers! (1973) Comedy. 22:05 Are You Being Director: Herbert Wise. Served? (1977) Comedy. Stars: Richard Beckinsale, Director: Bob Kellett. Stars: Paula Wilcox, Joan Scott. John Inman, Mollie Sugden, The ups-and-downs of a Frank Thornton. young couple’s relationship. The staff of Grace Brothers. take a trip abroad. 24 TALKING PICTURES Christmas TV Guide SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Happy New Year!

BOXING DAY Thurs 26th Dec NEW YEAR’S EVE Tues 31st Dec 06:00 Once A Sinner (1950) Drama. (With Subtitles) 06:00 Man In The Mirror (1936) (With Subtitles) 07:35 The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) 07:35 Bombay Waterfront (1952) (With Subtitles) (AKA: Paul Temple Returns) (With Subtitles) 09:00 Geordie (AKA: Wee Geordie) (1955) 09:25 Unearthly Stranger 11:00 June Allyson: Escape (1963) Sci-Fi Horror. 11:30 Blitz On Britain (1960) Directed by John Krish. War Documentary. Director: Harry Booth. Stars: John Neville, Phillip Stars: Alistair Cooke, Henning Skaarup. Stone, Gabriella Licudi & The defence of Britain during World War II. Warren Mitchell. A scientist marries a mysterious woman. 12:45 Deadly Record (1959) Drama. (With Subtitles) 14:00 Rooms: Sarah A New Year’s Eve Party 14:30 Talking Pictures TV With Veronica Hurst 11:00 June Allyson: So Dim the Light An exclusive interview with Veronica Hurst, who plays 11:30 The Flying Betty Carfax in Angels One Five Deuces (1939) with memories of her career. Comedy, directed by A. Edward Sutherland. 14:45 Angels One Five Stars: Stan Laurel, Director: George More O’Ferrall Oliver Hardy. It wouldn’t Stars: Jack Hawkins, Michael be Christmas without Stan Denison, John Gregson, and Ollie! (With Subtitles) Dulcie Gray, Veronica Hurst. The experience of fighter pilots 12:50 A Little of What You Fancy (1968) during the Battle of Britain in the (With Subtitles) Second World War. 14:00 Rooms: Arthur & Rowena Pt1 16:45 Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) Drama. (Pt 2 airs: Fri 27 Dec 14:00) 19:00 Talking Pictures TV Remembers 14:30 Hobson’s Choice We take a moment to remember some of the stars (1954) Drama. Director: who passed away during 2019, including: David Lean. (With Subtitles) June Elvin, Glyn Houston, Bryan Marshall, Stars: Charles Laughton, Sylvia Kay, Muriel Pavlow, Jeremy Kemp, John Mills, Brenda de Nadja Regin, Valentina Cortese, Sheila Steafel, Banzie. Henry Hobson’s Valerie Van Ost, John Moxley, Windsor Davis, three daughters want to Freddie Jones, Stephen Moore, Carol Lynley, marry, but he refuses. Alexander Davion, Freddie Starr and Freddie Jones. 19:10 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989) 16:40 I’m All Right Jack (1959) (With Subtitles) Fantasy directed by Stuart Orme Stars: Stephanie 18:50 The Magic Box Beacham, Mel Smith, Richard (1951) Biography. O’Brien, Jane Horrocks, Emily Director: John Boulting. Hudson and Aleks Darowska. Stars: Robert Donat. A classic Gothic tale. The life of William Friese (With Subtitles) Greene, cinema pioneer. (With Subtitles) 21:00 Gideon’s Way: The Prowler 22:00 This Sporting Life (1963) 21:00 The Human Jungle: Ring of Hate (1965) Drama. Director: Lindsay Anderson. Richard Harris, 22:00 Jack The Ripper Part 1 of 2 (1988) Drama. Rachel Roberts & Alan Badel. A rising rugby star tries (Part 2 airs: Sun 29 Dec 22:50) Stars Michael Caine, to find a meaning in life. Armand Assante & Ray McAnally. 25 TALKING PICTURES Christmas TV Guide SKY328 | FREEVIEW 81 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Happy New Year!

NEW YEAR’S DAY Wed 1st Jan 18:55 The Mirror Crack’d (1981) Crime Drama, directed by: 06:00 Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950) Guy Hamilton. Stars: Rock Hudson, With Subtitles , Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, 07:35 13 East Street Geraldine Chaplin, Edward Fox. (1952) Drama. Directed Film stars arrive in an English by Robert Baker. Starring village to work on a film about Patrick Holt, Dora Bryan Elizabeth I, but when a local & Michael Balfour. is poisoned, Miss Marple has to investigate. A detective poses as an escaped convict to catch 21:00 Rumpole of the Bailey: a gang of robbers. Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade (1978) Stars: Leo McKern, Peggy 08:45 Demi-Paradise (1943) Drama. Thorpe-Bates, Peter Bowles. 11:00 June Allyson: Piano Man Rumpole is called to defend in a big murder trial. Hilda discovers an 11:30 The Jungle Book invitation to the Scales of Justice (1942) ball and insists they go. Adventure. Directed by Zoltan Korda. Stars: Sabu, 22:05 Up the Chastity Belt (1971) Joseph Calleia & John Comedy, directed by Bob Kellett. Qualen. Early film version Stars: Frankie Howerd, Eartha Kitt, of Rudyard Kipling’s tale. Anna Quayle, Bill Fraser, Graham Mowgli, a young boy, lost Crowden, Roy Hudd, Hugh Paddick. in the African jungle, is Lurkalot is a humble serf in Custard raised by wolves. When he wanders into the village Castle, who runs a side-line selling where he was born, he gradually acquires the power chastity belts and love potions at the of speech as a result of meeting fellow humans. local market place. He is called upon 13:40 Up In The World to save the day when Sir Braggart De (1956) Comedy, directed Bombast attempts to seize the castle by: John Paddy Carstairs. and kidnap Lobelia De Custard. Stars: Norman Wisdom, A spin-off from Frankie Howerd’s Maureen Swanson & Jerry popular TV series Up Pompeii! Also Desmonde. The window features Eartha Kitt singing A Knight cleaner at a country estate for My Nights and Hugh Paddick foils a kidnap plan. from Round the Horne.

15:25 The Amazing Mr Blunden 23:55 Ghost Ship (1953) (1972) Fantasy. Family film, Thriller. Directed by Vernon Sewell. written and directed by Starring: Hazel Court & Dermot Lionel Jeffries. Walsh. A young couple decide Stars: Laurence Naismith, to buy a luxury steamboat for a Lynne Frederick, Rosalyn romantic getaway and scoff at Landor, Garry Miller, warnings that it’s haunted. David Lodge, Diana Dors. A bereaved family move 01:25 The Deep (1977) to a haunted house. Adventure. Director: Peter Yates. With Subtitles Stars Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte & Dick Anthony 17:25 The Flying Scot (1957) Williams. In Bermuda, two Crime. Director: Compton Bennett. amateur treasure-hunters run into Stars: Lee Patterson, Kay Callard & Alan Gifford. criminals when uncovering Ronnie Cowan plans the biggest robbery of all time. WWII treasure. With Subtitles