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You can always call us V 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 Dear Supporters of Film and TV History, Hoping you are all well and safe, can you believe it, Talking Pictures TV is six in just a few weeks time! It doesn’t quite seem possible and with 6 million of you watching every week it does seem like Noel was right! The Saturday Morning Pictures ‘revival’ has been a real hit with you all and there’s lots more planned for our regular Saturday slot 9-12. Radar Men from the Moon and The Cisco Kid start on Saturday 1st May. GOOD NEWS! We have created a beautiful limited edition enamel badge for all you Saturday Morning Pictures TPTV is 6! club members, see page 7 for details. This month sees the release of two new box sets from Renown Pictures. Our very popular Glimpses collections continue with GLIMPSES VOLUME 5. Some real treats on the three discs, including fascinating footage of in the 60s, in the 70s, a short film on greyhound racing in the 70s, The Hillman Minx and in the 50s. Still just £20 with free UK postage! Also this month on DVD, fully restored with optional subtitles, you can all recreate Saturday Morning Pictures anytime you like with your own DVD set of FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE – just £15 with free UK postage. We’re delighted to announce that LOOK AT LIFE is finally in its rightful home on TPTV, starting in May. Keep an eye on your TV listings on screen as, because they are short, some TV magazines won’t list them. The perfect accompaniment to help create the ‘old cinema experience’ for you all! Talking of old cinemas, there’s a brilliant book in this month’s magazine on The Manchester Picture Houses, full of great photos and memories everyone will relate to, on page 17. Betty Driver is a regular star on Talking Pictures TV. Every time we show her film Let’s Be Famous, we are inundated with calls from people surprised by her lovely singing voice. I’ve managed to track down a CD of her music, details on pages 18-19. You can buy it with a lovely DVD collection which includes Let’s Be Famous, our £20 deal for both this month. I recently had a lovely chat with Melvyn Hayes, who sends all our viewers his love. He says he was stopped in the street the other day after we aired one of his and someone said to him, “Melvyn, saw you on TPTV yesterday, God you’ve aged!” he said: Given my career, at 86 years of age, that’s a shot in the arm, with the other two shots I’ve had lately, that makes 3!” – bless him! Melvyn hopes to join us at our next event in October. More dates for you all; info to follow but please put these on your calendars: Saturday 9th October 2021, our Saturday Morning Pictures show at the beautiful Savoy Cinema, Heaton Moor, Stockport, followed by a film quiz and, Sunday 10th October 2021 sees us back at the iconic Stockport Plaza. Until May, stay safe and keep on watching TPTV! You are in good company with Francis Rossi, who watches us every day! Hope you find something of interest this month, it all helps to keep the heating on in the stalls ;) Best wishes, Sarah, Noel and Neill YOURS RETRO MAGAZINE Exclusive offer for TPTV viewers! Call: 01858 438 884 and mention TPTV to get three issues for £5! 1 RENOWN PICTURES NEW DVD RELEASE INCLUDES EVERYTHING ON THESE TWO PAGES. GLIMPSES COLLECTION VOLUME FIVE GLIMPSES VOLUME FIVE EXCLUSIVE PRICE Disc Two: It Happened Today A 1947 road safety film WITH FREE by the West Riding Constabulary, with Patrick Holt. JUST £20 UK POSTAGE Precision Makes Perfect 1930s film from Austin. School Dinners & Kitchen Safety Bernard Cribbins Volume 5 of the hugely popular OBE investigates school dinners in the . series ‘Glimpses’. 44 individual A Symphony of London London life in the late 30s. pieces of nostalgia from the Hook, Line and Sinker The maiden voyage of the 1930s to the 1970s. ‘Glenstruan,’ (-early ) a great line fishing vessel. MGB on Overdrive 1968 film on how to get more MPG! 3-DVD Set Running Time: 625 mins. Dixon of Dock Green in Paris Rare footage of Disc One: A Day Begins in Manchester Jack Warner OBE filming Dixon of Dock Green in Paris. (1960s) Early morning in Manchester. Lugano: The Pearl of Southern Switzerland I Know What I Like (1973) A ‘lost’ short on Travelogue of a 50s holiday, with insight to life in that era. beer brewing, with Bernard Cribbins OBE. Laughing Waters 1954 travelogue with Frederick Allen. Sheffield Steel - Made in the 1950s. The Mail Goes Through 1947 British post-war cartoon. From Thaxted to Sheffield, a history of Wot! No Murder 1940s public information film on boxing. steelmaking with incredible snapshots. Devon and Cornwall in 1938 Family travelogue. Learning to Live A look at the 1941 British Charlie’s on Guard 1943 British Army film. education system, with shots of Merton Park. 1950s Puzzle Corner Question and answer film. England in 1951 We visit London, Sheffield, Disc Three: Veteran Cars in 1953 with Kay Kendall, , , and more. John Gregson and Genevieve, the car from the film! Travel to London in 1971 An advert for a The Channel Islands in the 50s Travelogue featuring a new package holiday to London. trip to the Odeon and the Methodist movement. New ‘Light Orchestras’ (1939) Stars: Leslie Jeffries, As Time Goes By 1940s Aeroplanes and Motor Cars. Reginald King & Eugene Pini. Four Legged Lightning Film on racing greyhounds. The Eternal Fire (1938) A tour of Vesuvius and Pompeii. London in the 60s Playgrounds and housing in London. The Pacific Salmon Run The Pacific Salmon Run, 1930s. Ploughman’s Holiday Ontario farmers in 50s England. Crosby Favourites 1949 sing-a-long of some Crosby The British Isles in the 1930s Footage across Britain. favourites, with the King Sisters & Gene Morgan. The Silent Hope London’s schools for the deaf, in 1959. Speed Crazy A 1950s hair-raising adventure through the The Hillman Minx in the 1960s A road race featuring streets of London, ending with a train ride at 700mph. Sheila Van Damm, owner of the Windmill Theatre. Spectacular Disasters Not for the faint hearted, a 1940s Overseas Trade Overseas trade in the Commonwealth. documentary with footage of major disasters in the 1900s. Holiday Snapshots of 1958 Amateur film by the pupils Running for Pleasure 1970s greyhound racing. of Lockleaze School and their teachers as they visit Europe. South of Naples 1964 Naples with Patricia Mortland. Without the Option with Mavis Villiers Silent 1920s Down to Lisbon by Sea Luxury sailing in1962. film. Mavis Villiers arrives in England on the Queen Mary. The Outer Hebrides Rocket Range A journey around Over the Hills & Far Away 1960s England & Wales. the Outer Hebrides in the late 1960s, by plane, by boat, on Salvation Army Trip from London to Scarborough foot and by car! Astounding footage of the remotest areas. Life in the 1930s with the Salvation Army. Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 2 Or 01923 290555 OUR PRICE £20 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 3 A reminder of our Glimpses Collections A reminder of our Glimpses Collections Just £20 for each DVD set with FREE UK Postage Just £20 for each DVD set with FREE UK Postage The Glimpses Collections offer a unique view of modern domestic Transport, fashion, agriculture, scenic views and city streets are captured history, captured by the cameras of both professional and amateur and preserved in this fascinating collection of short films and footage. film-makers. They feature the ordinary lives of people at home and You may have seen some Glimpses on Talking Pictures TV. Here they are abroad, with insights into the customs and habits of the day. gathered into four fascinating volumes, each box set containing 3 DVDs.

GLIMPSES Volume One £20 GLIMPSES Volume Two £20 GLIMPSES Volume Three £20 GLIMPSES Volume Four £20 Family life in 1958 London • Keep-fit classes The Great Milk Bottle Mystery • Aberdeen & 1960s New World Holiday • 1950s A River 1930s Car Racing Around the World • in the 40s • A Cornish Holiday 1950 • Edinburgh in the 60s • Angling in Lowestoft Trip Along the River Ant • A Pilgrimage Beautiful Rural Britain in the 1940s • Camera A Day at the Zoo 1940 • All the Fun of the 1960s • Canoeing and Camping in the 50s • Through Palestine • A Ramble Around Magic 1947 • England in 1929 • Let’s Visit Fair 1950s • Pilgrim’s Way 1940 • Brighton Getting Married in the 60s • Scotland in 1958 London • A-Bob-In-The-Pound with Tommy Lancashire • Miss Bikini • Sam’s Medal 1936 1950s • British Trade and Industry 1949 • • Switzerland in the 50s • Tale of a Dog 1950 Handley • American Legion 1937 • Midnight • Scarborough 1930 • Stars on Parade 1948 Concorde in Flight 1969 • Cornwall 1950s • A Trip with the Harrisons 1960s • Around the Globe in 1945 • Bournemouth • Treetop Daredevils • War Time London • • Cycling 1950s • Devon 1950s • London Your Voice on the Telephone 1950s • in the 1930s • Bournemouth Municipal West Country Gazette 1948 • The Apollon, 1947 • Eastbourne 1957 • Family Christmas • A Tale of the Fjords 1955 • Celebrity Crazy Orchestra • & Wales in 1964 • Great Newcastle 1957 • Church Street Market 1964 Documentary on Finland • Documentary on Cricket 1950s • Screenagers! 1960s • Keeping Castles of The Middle Ages • A Day in the • Monte Carlo Rally 1965 • Ancient Stones Sir Stanley Matthews • Queen Cotton 1941 • Britain Tidy 1962 • Knowsley Hall 1950s • Life of the Children of the North Sea • 1948 • Bridlington in 1936 • Development Rollercoaster 1950s • The V1 – 1944 • 1950s Man Against Mount Everest 1952 • The 2nd Cornish Ramble – 1946 • Cornwall Calling of the English Railways 1936 • Dog Breeds of Newquay • Cotton & Steel 1940s • London International Offshore Powerboat Race 1962 • – 1930 • The Crofters of Achriesgill • Dover the 1940s • How Talkies Talk 1935 • Traffic 1950s • 1950s Kent Ambulance Service Ten Pin Bowling 1960s • A 50s Whit Monday – 1943 • Down The Thames 1980s • Bushey Signals • Kent in the 1970s • Helford Oysters • War & Order 1940 • The Festival of Britain Race Meeting • A Day Out in London 1950s Heath 1960s • London River Bus late 1940s • • Torquay in 1933 • The Tufty Club • 1951 • Pewter Mining 1950s • Sail Ho 1941 • A Sailing We Shall Go 1950s • A Works Sally Visits Kew in 1948 • in 1945 S.G. Iron Hull 1958 • How a Bicycle is Made • Growth of London 1951 from the Roman Group Day Out: 1950s • The Brussels World • Salt Shakers – 1938 • 1960s Steam Fair • • Jig-Saw: Careless Talk Costs Lives • King of settlement to 1951 • The Youth Club 1942 • Fair 1958 • Coronation Day 1953 • London When Do We Eat? – 1926 • in the the Keyboard 1943 • Summertime in Sweden Knowsley Hall 1950s • Lake District 1955 • Airport in the 60s • 1950s Newquay • Child’s 1970s • Land of Contrasts – 1944 • London’s in 1939 • Sunbeam Rapier brings you Liverpool and Harrowgate 1955 • London Play: 1950s • 50s London • Gretna Green & West End in 1947 • Petula Clark ‘The Day ‘A European Holiday in the 50s’ • Sussex Food Markets 1940s and much more... Scotland 1955 plus more fascinating shorts. Begins Early’ 1948 and much more... Fortnight 1950 and many more!

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 4 5 Memories of a life in films: If you like Saturday Morning Pictures, you’ll LOVE our Badge! Listed in the and thanks to our viewers! NEW EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION ENAMEL BADGE Part 20, by Noel Cronin Given that the basic idea for the content of the station was working and ratings were on a slow upcurve, the next question was: how can we gain larger audiences? One major problem was Tune in for an interview for TPTV to be published in TV guides, like the with Noel on Boom Radio Radio Times and the daily newspapers. Our initial 8pm 25th April. approach proved how difficult this task was going to be – we were not a large company with resources to help grease the commercial wheels, nor did we have a large enough audience to Just propel us into TV listings, so Sarah had the task www.boomradiouk.com £6.99 of achieving this goal. 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SATURDAY MORNING PICTURES VOLUME 1 2-DVD Set Disc One WITH THE PURPLE DEATH (1940) A plague called the Purple OPTIONAL Death is sweeping across Earth. Ming the Merciless is SUBTITLES behind the plague, using spaceships to spread “Death Dust” in the Earth’s atmosphere. EXCLUSIVE PRICE FREEZING TORTURE (1940) As the others flee the Power Room, Flash is caught in a struggle with a giant. JUST £15 WALKING BOMBS (1940) Flash and Dale survive an WITH FREE UK POSTAGE avalanche, but Ming unleashes his mechanical men. 12 Episodes PLUS THE DESTROYING RAY (1940) Captain Torch activates Original Trailer the detonation control and insists he must dispose of Flash. THE PALACE OF HORROR (1940) Flash and his new Running Time: 240 mins. friend Roka invade Emperor Ming’s palace. Relive your Saturday Morning FLAMING DEATH (1940) Emperor Ming sets out to Pictures memories! destroy the forest kingdom of Arboria, where Flash and his • Fully restored friends have landed. • Optional Subtitles Disc Two Best quality version ever THE LAND OF THE DEAD (1940) Flash encounters the •  menacing Rock men, a primitive race that lives in caves; released of this series. plus a time bomb planted by soldiers. Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe THE FIERY ABYSS (1940) Flash and Zarkov escape the was a 1940 American Rock men, but soon find themselves helping in the search serial from Universal Pictures, starring: for the Rock King’s missing son... Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, THE POOL OF PERIL (1940) The action is non-stop as Roland Drew, Frank Shannon and Flash rescues the Rock Prince from certain doom – and Charles B. Middleton. then battles Ming’s soldiers. A deadly plague is ravaging the Earth. THE DEATH MIST (1940) As Emperor Ming’s bombers Flash Gordon learns that Ming the close in on Prince Barin’s palace, Flash and Dale do battle Merciless is behind it. With Dr. Alexis with Ming’s top agents. Zarkov and Dale Arden, he travels to the STARK TREACHERY (1940) The conniving Ming has planet Mongo to find a cure. An antidote plans to make Dale his bride, but there will be no royal is discovered, but Ming captures Zarkov wedding if Flash can get there first! and Dale. Flash returns to Earth with the antidote, then returns to Mongo to free them, DOOM OF THE DICTATOR (1940) Flash and his eventually ending Ming’s reign. Prince Barin takes his rightful place as the ruler of comrades wage all out war against Ming to rescue Mongo. Ming’s last words to Flash are “I am the universe!” Zarkov replies that with Dale and Dr Zarkov. Ming’s death “Flash Gordon has conquered the universe”. FLASH GORDON TRAILER Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 8 Or 01923 290555 OUR PRICE £15 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 9 CONQUER THE UNIVERSE IN OUR EXCLUSIVE MBE A Career Overview The very mention of the name “Gerry Anderson”, conjures images of children’s adventure, heroes and ground-breaking LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT! . Such is the magic created by the English born film and television producer, director, writer and voice artist. Gerald Alexander Abrahams was born on 14th April 1929 HANDMADE EXCLUSIVE! in West Hampstead, London. His ancestral name was BY US! Bieloglovski (Russian-Polish border). This was changed to Abrahams by a British immigration official when the family settled in London. His mother changed it to Anderson because she liked the sound of it. His family were poor and Gerry spent his early childhood living with his parents and brother in a one-room flat with no running water. His work experience prior to becoming the master of “” included being a fibrous plasterer, (the lime gave him dermatitis, forcing him to quit), portrait photographer and a job in air traffic control. He joined the Ministry of Information as a film trainee and subsequently became a cutter at Gainsborough Studios. His career was interrupted by National Service, but he returned to Gainsborough after he had completed his military duty with RAF Manston. After his first production company folded in the late 50s, he formed AP Films and created his first puppet series for children, The Adventures of Twizzle, followed by Torchy the Battery Boy. It was his ambition to get into live-action television, but he used the puppet series’ to open doors to future projects. Granada Television had commissioned his earlier series and took his next, , but it was not GREAT GIFT renewed and Gerry took up an offer to direct a live action, low budget ‘B’ film, FOR FATHER’S (1960) – the only time he directed a film. came to the rescue and Gerry Anderson’s greatest work began as DAY! he produced a string of hit series, developing the “Supermarionation” system that made the puppets more lifelike and convincing on screen. The system used the EACH WITH FREE audio signal from pre-recorded tapes of the actors’ voices to trigger solenoids £15 UK POSTAGE in the heads of the puppets, making their lips move in synchronisation with the voices of the actors. Super Car, Fireball XL5, Space Patrol, Stingray, Thunderbirds, , and Captain Scarlet among others were big hits with the television public. These exclusive bespoke t-shirts are hand made by us. They look great Anderson also moved into live-action TV, producing more hits with UFO, Space and help to support Talking Pictures TV! For a comfortable fit 1999 and more puppets and animation productions such as and Dick we recommend choosing one size up from your normal size. Spanner. In the new millennium new generations discovered his back catalogue of 100% Polyester. Wash at 40°C; iron on reverse; do not tumble dry. work and his computer animated New Captain Scarlet series appeared in 2005. Chest sizes: S-36/38 M-40 L-42 XL-44 XXL-46/48 XXXL-50 to 52 Gerry Anderson sadly passed away on Boxing Day 2012 aged 83. His son Jamie inch chest. Please note required size and quantity on the order form. announced that the legacy of work that hadn’t been produced in his lifetime would be going ahead. So it seems that we still need to “stand by for action.” To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 10 11 GERRY ANDERSON’S FIRST MAJOR LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION TOTO ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK journeyjourney thethe ofof far side thethe sun far side sun £15.99 CD OUR PRICE £15.00 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE with FREE UK POSTAGE MUSIC CD Running time: 1hr 37min. 37 Tracks on 1 CD Year: 1969. Colour. Approx duration: 72 minutes. Cast: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, , Lynn Loring, This CD of music from the series Loni von Friedl, Franco De Rosa, is newly compiled and mastered Herbert Lom, George Sewell, from composer ’s Ed Bishop, Philip Madoc, original studio tapes. The CD Vladek Sheybal and George Mikell. features 37 tracks from 19 epi- sodes (series 1 and 2), including Classic sci-fi adventure and suspense the Thunderbirds main theme has never been as exciting as when you and closing titles. 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To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 To order, call us on Freephone Or 01923 290555 12 0808 178 8212 13 ORIGINAL TV Letters to the Projectionist SOUNDTRACK On this page we bring you some of the interesting letters that have arrived at Talking Pictures HQ this month. We receive many letters every day about film and series requests; please be assured that we do make a note of them all. We acquire new films and series every month, so ‘never say never’! is our motto – but sadly we can’t just play those we’d like to play, without £15.99 CD proper licensing and rights in place. Also remember, some films or TV series may no longer exist, WITH FREE UK POSTAGE but we will keep trying! Please email us at: [email protected] Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, MUSIC CD In the 50s and 60s I went to Saturday 24 Tracks on 1 CD morning pictures at the Gaumont in Approx duration: 62 minutes. Hammersmith, which I think you know? It was not too far for me to go, as I lived in the Peabody Estate next door. It then went over The musical soundscape created to the Odeon. On my birthday they sent me a by Barry Gray for Fireball XL5 card and I got in free, with a friend, the good old days! Attached is a photo of the badge features a rich tapestry of themes I was given. I did have a Gaumont one, but I and playful instrumentation. just cannot find it. The other badge is from Much like his previous work for a TV show that was on about the same time, AP Films, Supercar, Barry Gray that I went to see. I cannot remember the amount of times I went to see Crackerjack! leans upon the jazzy musical It was done at the Sheperds Bush Empire, just language of Hollywood to bring up the road from where I lived. to life the vivid and Take care, Alan miniature craft, with compositions ranging from brassy heroic percussion to playful humorous cues. 1 Fireball XL5 Main Theme 15 Flat Jazz from Flight to Danger 2 The Mystery of Planet 46 from Planet 46 16 Trapped from Space Monster Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, 3 Formula 5 from the Doomed Planet 17 This is the Twist from Space I’ve seen the articles on The Lone Ranger’s 4 Rogue Planet from the Doomed Planet Monster visit to England. Attached is a copy of the photo 5 Exploring the Tanker from the 18 Fireball End Titles: he gave me at The Boy’s and Girls Exhibition at Olympia in the 50’s. The picture had a printed Hypnotic Sphere Instrumental from Space Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, 6 Hypnotised from The Hypnotic Sphere City Special signature, years later I got his address and sent I am very much enjoying Talking Pictures, this copy as I didn’t want to lose the original. 7 Travelling Light from Space Vacation 19 Ice Skating Waltz from Drama at especially the re-run of the 1970s series, ‘Rooms’. I asked, what year he was in London, wrote When I was young, I had a crush on the actress 8 Ninety’s Dream from A Day in the Life of a Space City 1958 on the back. There was a front page Julie Shipley, who played Lesley Losey in Rooms. Space General 20 Aphros Theme from Prisoner on She subsequently appeared in the feature film, picture of him riding Silver down Kensington 9 Zero G (Single version) the Lost Planet ‘That Summer!’ with Ray Winstone, which seems to High Street in The Evening News paper. 10 The Cholorphon from Plant Man from Space 21 Aquaphibian from XL5 to H2O have been the high point of her acting career. Keep up the great programmes from She appeared in small parts on TV after this, but our youth, 11 Spectre of Electon from of Space 22 Foiled! from XL5 to H20 gradually disappeared from the screen. Regards, Bob 12 End Titles: Fireball 23 Back to the past from 1875 There is an obituary notice online for a 13 Circus Dreams from Flying Zodiac 24 Fireball (Single version) Julie Shipley, and I fear this may be the actress. To subscribe to the Talking Pictures TV 14 Platonia Treachery from Planet of Platonia Perhaps you could ask in your newsletter whether weekly email, visit our website: anybody knows what happened to her? talkingpicturestv.co.uk All the best, Brian To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 14 15 BOOK OFFER PAPERBACK Not in Front of the Children BOOK All 8 Surviving Episodes THE GOLDEN YEARS OUR PRICE £20.00 OF MANCHESTER’S with FREE UK POSTAGE PICTURE HOUSES WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES. Running time: 240 mins. MEMORIES OF THE Years: 1967 to 1969 SILVER SCREEN 1900-1970 Black & White and Colour. by Derek J Southall Cast: Wendy Craig, Paul Daneman/ This wonderful collection of memories from Ronald Hines, Roberta Tovey, the golden age of cinema will delight cinema Jill Riddick, Hugo Keith-Johnston goers and those who remember the bygone and Charlotte Mitchell. days of the ‘Picture Houses’. Filled with archive Not in Front of the Children was the images, it recalls courting days and war-time air raids, the stars, the staff and all the magic first sitcom in which Wendy Craig of the silver screen. Written with the help of played a harassed and scatter-brained memories from local people, this book brings mother of a young and unruly back a bygone magical era. middle-class family. Due to its success, “When my husband and I were courting, we she went on to play similar roles in used to go to the Rivoli cinema in Gorton. And Mother Makes Three and It was a very big old cinema and it was Carla Lane’s Butterflies. Jennifer Corner, advisable to keep your feet up on the seat in married to art teacher Henry, (played by front. It was not unusual, if you kept your feet Paul Daneman and later Ronald Hines), on the floor, for “things” to run over your feet. battled the daily challenges of bringing up You never knew what they were, just that they their three young children. From the pitfalls were there. We once went to the Rivoli when he had broken his ankle and had his foot in of offering moral guidance to your children, plaster. Naturally, he could not put his foot to the upheaval of a new baby arriving, and up on the seat in front. The toes were the only finally a move to a new country home … thing showing on the foot with the broken Jennifer Corner held her family together through crises both trivial and serious. ankle, and, while the film was on, he could Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA for her portrayal of the struggling mum feel some “thing” running over his bare toes.” in this ground-breaking and hilarious comedy. 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To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 Or 01923 290555 16 17 SPECIAL OFFER BETTY DRIVER CD PLUS Ealing Rarities DVD Did you know she also sang?! Just £20 for both with free UK Postage. Betty Driver Rarities CD Total Run Time: 319 minutes approx. i’ll take romance 2 Discs; Black & White. 1939-1954 Although Betty Driver MBE A global byword for cinematic quality is most associated with her of a quintessentially British nature, character Ealing Studios made more than 150 Betty Turpin, a role that she films over a three decade period. played on screen from 1969 Four films from this era comprise this to 2011, her career began 2-disc set. Betty Driver plays a young three decades before she Lancashire lass who is an aspiring singer in MUSIC CD 22 Tracks on 1 CD set foot in Weatherfield. Let’s Be Famous (1939, showing off I’ll Take Romance her beautiful singing voice. (79 min) Jubilee Baby / The Little Woolly Vest / showcases Betty’s twenty An Irishman who thinks he can sing is invited to The Alpine Milkman / It’s Men Like You / year recording career. the BBC, not to sing but to take part in a radio I Love To Whistle / I’ll Take Romance / She began performing aged just The Sweetest Song In The World / I Fall In competition. He then becomes involved in a series of Love With You Everyday / So Little Time 9 in 1930, in music hall variety, misadventures – including a parachute jump – and falls / Oh Ma-Ma! / What Goes On Here In My becoming one of Britain’s best-loved for the young singer. This was Betty’s second film as a Heart? / Red Maple Leaves / I’ve Got A singing stars with countless records, her leading star. Stars: Jimmy O’Dea, Betty Driver, Hunch / We Mustn’t Miss The Last Bus own radio and television programmes and Sonnie Hale, Patrick Barr, Basil Radford, Home / Twitterpated / Monday, Tuesday, star roles in three feature films. During Lena Brown, Milton Rosmer, Henry Hallett, Wednesday (I Love You) / The Bullfrog World War II Betty toured with ENSA, Garry Marsh, Franklyn Bellamy, Alf Goddard (Samba) / Let’s Gather Round The Parlour entertaining the troops. and Raymond Huntley. Director: Walter Forde. Piano / I Know You’re Mine / Conchita I’ll Take Romance The Divided Heart (1954) Marquita includes her first Lolita Pepita (86 min) A German couple 78rpm record, CD + DVD FOR JUST adopt a war orphan. Rosita Jubilee Baby, Juanita Stars: Armin Dahlen, Lopez (Live) released in 1935 TOGETHER and / Yankee and Let’s Gather £20 . Doodle Round The Parlour Piano, issued in 1954. The tracks His Excellency (1952) (81 min) An ex-docker is made Came To governor of a Mediterranean island. London range from comedy numbers to torch Town (Live) songs, demonstrating her versatility. Stars: , Cecil Parker, Helen Cherry / The Sailor They include Betty’s 1955 live radio & Susan Stephen. With The performance of The Sailor With The Saloon Bar (1940) (73 min) Pub locals try to prove a Navy Blue Navy Blue Eyes, revisiting the song she man’s innocence before he is hanged. Eyes (Live) became synonymous with. Stars: Gordon Harker, Mervyn Johns and Elizabeth Allan.

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Last of the series of (5) Margaret Rutherford titles in which she played Company. Two years later she was singing at the BBC 9. ----- Cameron. British actor whose films ’s character Miss Marple (4) and began touring in her first revue when she was 12. include Pool of London (1951) and Emergency 4. 1948 thriller based on a story by John Her first big break came when London agent Bert Aza, Call (1952) (4) Galsworthy and starring Rex Harrison (6) who was in partnership with ’ husband, Archie Pitt, offered Betty the 10. The ------Staircase (1946). Top-rated thriller 5. First name of the British actress who made chance to shoot Boots! Boots!, a film with . Formby’s wife Beryl took starring Dorothy McGuire in an unforgettable her film debut in Major Barbara in 1941 (7) umbrage when she saw Driver rehearsing and, not wanting to be upstaged, sent her performance (6) 6. ------Dano. Well-known American charac- away. The producers ensured she had a film credit – but Beryl removed Betty from 12. A ------for Timothy (1945). Acclaimed WW2 ter actor whose many films include Moby Dick the 1938 re-release, although her credit remained. Betty made just three other films, documentary narrated by (5) (1956) (5) Penny Paradise (1938), Let’s Be Famous (1939) and Facing the Music (1941). 14. The ----- at Sly Corner (1946). British thriller 11. ------without Tears. 1939 comedy She continued to be a firm favourite in theatres and on the variety circuit, in which stalwart Welsh actor Kenneth Griffith directed by (6) modernising her act and becoming more of a ballad singer. By the 1940s she was a had his first major acting role (4) 13. Dead -----: UK release title of the 1964 18. It’s Love ------(1936). One of the best of the thriller in which Bette Davis plays twin sisters (5) well-known performer, a big band singer and recording artiste, headlining concert 1930s musicals (5) 15. ------Love Song (1950). MGM musical halls and theatres. 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This led to other TV parts in Play of the 20. The Long ---- (1956). Police thriller starring Week and the TV film,Daft as a Brush in 1967, after which she retired to run a pub Jack Hawkins (3) in Mellor, where Harry Kershaw tracked her down and persuaded her to return to acting… In 1969, Betty began her role as Betty Turpin in Answers to the March-April crossword. Coronation Street, and was an immediate hit with a generation of people who knew nothing of her earlier variety career. She was awarded the MBE in 1999 and in 2010 received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards. Sadly, as her finalCoronation Street scenes were screened in May 2011, the actress was rushed into hospital with pneumonia. She passed away in October 2011. 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Ronald Chesney, Peggy Dexter, Cast: Christopher Beeny, Ernest Scott, Finlay Currie, Brefni O’Rorke, Patrick Wells, Ian Smith, Anneke Wills, Leonard Sharp, Terence de Marney (as Anneke Willys), Peter Sallis, and Anthony Dawson. Wendy Westcott, Peter Martyn, A thrilling World War II espionage John Sharp, Elain Sykes, Dorothy Alison, drama, with James Mason and Carl Jaffe, Ingeborg von Kusserow and Ballard Berkeley. Directed by: Margaret Thomson. David Farrar fighting Nazi spies and A science-fiction comedy film about children who fifth columnists in war-torn Britain. manage to split the atom! Never before released Richard Heritage, (James Mason), was a naval Commander who inadvertently on DVD, this 1950s film portrays a nostalgic view passed false naval orders which led to the sinking of a merchant vessel. As a of post-war childhood. 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To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 22 23 OUR PRICE INTERPOL CALLING INTERPOL As seen on The Complete Series Talking Pictures TV WITH FREE CALLING £25 5-Disc Box Set £25 UK POSTAGE WITH FREE UK POSTAGE “Crime knows no frontiers. To combat the growing menace of Number of discs: 5. the international criminal, the police forces of the world have Number of episodes: 39. opened up their own national boundaries. At their headquarters Running Time approx: in Paris, scientifically equipped to match the speed of the jet age, 975 mins plus extras. 63 nations have linked together to form the International Year: 1959 Criminal Police Organisation, INTERPOL!” Stars: Charles Korvin Interpol Calling was a 1959 and Edwin Richfield. British television crime drama Recurring characters: series. The programme followed Roland Bartrop as the adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay Grimond, French police; as they fought international and George Pastell as Pagano, drug-running, homicide, robbery Italian police. and forgery. Guest stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Cribbins, , Mai Zetterling, , Nanette Newman, The series featured a glittering and many more. roll-call of actors of the day, This release contains all 39 half-hour episodes, originally screened in including: Patrick Troughton, 1959: The Angola Brights / The Thirteen Innocents / The Money Game Ferdy Mayne, Walter Rilla, / The Sleeping Giant / The Two-Headed Monster / The Long Weekend / , Jane Hylton, You Can’t Die Twice / Diamond S.O.S. / Private View / Paul Eddington, John Bentley, Dead on Arrival / Air Switch / The Chinese Mask / Slave Ship / Raymond Huntley, Barbara Shelley The Man’s a Clown / Last Man Lucky / No Flowers for When Interpol’s Inspector Onno / Mr George / The Thousand Mile Alibi / Act of Francis Matthews, Lisa Daniely, Piracy / Game for Three Hands / The Collector / Paul Duval is on the case, Geoffrey Palmer and more. The Heiress / Payment in Advance / Finger of Guilt / international criminals are on In one episode, The Heiress, The Girl with Grey Hair / Trial at Cranby’s Creek / the run. Tracking his targets footage from the film Hell Ascent to Murder / Slow Boat to Amsterdam / from searing sand dunes near Drivers (1957) of a lorry going White Blackmail / A Foreign Body / In the Swim / the equator to icy peaks at over a quarry cliff was re-used. The Three Keys / Eight Days Inclusive / Dressed to Kill the ends of the earth, the The series features plenty of / Cargo of Death / Desert Hijack / Pipeline / The Absent unstoppable investigator risks highly charged action, Assassin / Checkmate. his life daily in a global race international crime and SPECIAL FEATURES: Image galleries, additional material. against time. intriguing plots.

WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 24 OUR PRICE £25 25 THE SECRET WAR The Complete Original 1977 Series WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES Produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum Episode 1: “The ” OUR PRICE £15 British intelligence became aware of various navigation with FREE UK POSTAGE beams, such as Knickebein, X Gerät and Y Gerät and developed countermeasures to combat them. The episode contains footage Running Time: 300 mins. of including Coventry. Interviews with Albert Speer, 2 Discs. Black & white and Colour. Sir Robert Cockburn and Air vice-marshal Edward Addison. During World War II, behind the fighting, there was a secret war Episode 2: “To See for a Hundred Miles” fought by scientists and engineers. The development of radar and the creation of the Chain Home system in time for the Battle of Britain. British intelligence Produced by the BBC in conjunction launches Operation Biting (the Bruneval Raid) to capture a with the Imperial War Museum, Würzburg system. Features interviews with Arnold Wilkins, The Secret War lifts the veil of secrecy on John Randall, Harry Boot, Bernard Lovell, and Donald Bennett. the crucial roles science and intelligence played behind the lines in winning World Episode 3: “Terror Weapons” War II and documents secret technical Hitler’s vengeance weapons and actions taken to prevent or delay developments during the war. Presented by their use. Rare footage of the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 missile & William Woollard, (Tomorrow’s World), the Operation Hydra, the bombing of Peenemünde and details of series is based on the book Most Secret War by Operation Most III. Interviews with R. V. Jones, Duncan Sandys, , CH, CB, CBE, FRS, Albert Speer, Constance Babington Smith and Roland Beamont. FRSE, LLD, key consultant and interviewee. It first aired in 1977 to critical acclaim. Episode 4: “The Deadly Waves” This insightful and revealing documentary series covers the rivalry between the The magnetic mine and countermeasures to overcome it, with an British and the Germans as they struggled to find a winning edge with innovations interview with Lieutenant Commander John Ouvry, who defused from radio navigation to naval mines and missiles. Each technology is investigated in a German magnetic mine recovered at Shoeburyness. Interviews thorough scientific detail. Yet throughout, it is the triumph of the human spirit that with Commander John Ouvry, Captain Roger Lewis, Sir Charles sets this series apart. The focus is on the science, but the heroism of the individuals Goodeve, Sir Edward Bullard and Donald Henley. fighting against the odds through those terrible times, shines through. Episode 5: “If” Interviews with key pioneers on Inventions that were never operational or delayed. Includes new both sides are included, such as Messerschmitt; the Panjandrum and PLUTO; the Bachstelze Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, autogyro; helicopters, British and German bouncing bombs; the OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAeS, Henschel Hs 293 and jet aircraft. Interviews with Hanna Reitsch, (creator of the turbojet engine); and Adolf Galland, Frank Whittle and Constance Babington Smith. Hanna Reitsch, a German test pilot Episode 6: “Still Secret” and the only woman to be awarded The Enigma machine and the Lorenz cipher; how the codes were the Iron Cross. The programmes broken at Bletchley Park. Includes some information on Colossus, make full use of Imperial War the computer that was still secret when the programme was made. Museum archives and include Interviews with Gordon Welchman, Harry Golombek, Peter Calvocoressi, rare wartime footage. F. W. Winterbotham, Max Newman, Jack Good and Tommy Flowers.

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 26 OUR PRICE £15.00 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 27 ’S The Projectionist SECRET and SERVICE by Andrew Lewis The Actor Uncovers My father worked with Dickie and Ernie Pearl at Theatre Publicity, (the Rank Organisation). Britain’s Incredible When they left to set up Pearl & Dean in 1953 they took him with them as financial director and company secretary. I was then seven years old. In the following years I visited my father Spy History regularly at the offices at 33 Dover Street. Every school holiday my mother would take me to London which, apart from visiting my father, included a visit to Hamleys and to a cartoon OUR PRICE £15.00 theatre. Over the years my visits included meeting my father’s colleagues, going into area where some of the production took place and where the Grecian pillars model with FREE UK POSTAGE was housed, which originally opened the advertisements – before the now iconic theme tune. I met Ernie Pearl on many occasions, even travelling in his Rolls Royce. Running time: 180 mins. In its early days Pearl & Dean was a very open and caring Black & White and Colour. place, particularly to the families of employees. From time to Over three episodes, Sir David John White time there would be a film show for some of the children of OBE, (stage name David Jason), reveals employees in the small in-house ‘cinema’. Every year there was legendary characters, audacious missions a Christmas party and somebody penned a theme tune which and makeshift intelligence gathering we used to sing. I don’t remember it all but it went in part: techniques, and recounts spy stories of ‘Thanks to Pearl & Dean, what a party it has been. All good pals true valour and ingenuity from the early and jolly good company. Never mind the weather, as long as we’re together. All good pals and jolly good company’. 20th century to the modern day. The series Sadly my father died in 1958, aged just 42. There was a slow parting as my father had an opens with the story of M, the legendary ABC cinema pass which went when he died. However, for many years afterwards, whilst the spymaster who created the British Secret manager was still in situ, my mother was granted complimentary entrance to several of the Service, turning it from a bunch of civilian local cinemas. I also got to know the manager of the Langham cinema in Pinner. He would let amateurs into a network of top agents who my friends and I in for the matinée. Furthermore, at the matinées only the stalls were open, helped win World War I. Sir David also but we were shepherded up to seats in the circle. Young VIPs indeed. examines some of the lesser-known aspects Pearl & Dean was there at the beginning of commercial television when ITV launched in of World War II. These are the stories of September 1955. I didn’t realize how privileged I was at the time, but we had two televisions fearless heroism and intrepid reconnaissance and I believe we watched the opening of transmission. The first television that we had, was a in a world of cold-blooded assassins, sly small Bush. In anticipation of ITV it was fitted with a box at the back with a push/pull lever saboteurs, elite commandos, playboy spies, to change the channel. We also had a larger Phillips set. double agents, super-villains and femmes Last year I was in touch with Kathryn Jacob, present CEO fatales. Finally, he searches out Britain’s of Pearl & Dean. I was delighted to hear that after all these amateur inventors and problem-solving years it is still a special and friendly place to work. She put me masterminds, who played a pivotal role in the in touch with Elliot Lewis, (no relation), who joined in 1953 as a holiday job from university and eventually became MD of the defeat of Hitler and created the mechanisms international company. He remembers my father well and, as leading to hi-tech 21st century surveillance. he says, he ‘must be the oldest living member of the original company in Dover Street’. 28 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 29 NEW Series and films coming up in Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 Feb/Mar on Talking Pictures TV FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Dusty Please spread the word and tell your friends! Springfield CALLING ALL WHO LOVE BRIGHTON! THE EARLY YEARS CD If you live in or around Brighton, (or Hove, actually!), there is Make a note a treat in store for you. On Monday 26th April at 6:30pm, Featuring The Lana Sisters in your The Girl on the Pier (1953) is airing. This rarely-seen crime TV diary! drama is set in Brighton and stars Veronica Hurst with & The Springfields Ron Randell, Charles Victor and Marjorie Rhodes. Directed by WITH FREE UK Lance Comfort, it’s a story of rivalry between a Brighton crooner who has done time and a waxworks proprietor who is being blackmailed for a share of the loot. £15.99 POSTAGE CHILDREN’S FILM FOUNDATION FILMS MUSIC CD 65 Tracks on 2 CDs on SATURDAY MORNING PICTURES Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) first performed as a member of The Lana Saturday 17th April 9:35 Operation Third Form (1966) Sisters, and then more famously in The Springfields, alongside her brother, Director: David Eady. Stars: John Moulder-Brown, Kevin Bennett, Derren Nesbitt, Sydney Bromley, Michael Crockett, Ronnie Caryl, Tom. This unique compilation includes everything that Dusty recorded George Roderick, Roberta Tovey & William Sherwood. between 1958 and 1962, with both groups. Disc 1 features everything School children save a junk collector from being accused of a theft. recorded by The Lana Sisters and all the other tracks feature The Springfields. Saturday 24th April 9:35 Night Ferry (1976) The latter enjoyed international success, including a couple of million-selling Director: David Eady. Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Graham Fletcher-Cook, singles, Silver Threads & Golden Needles (which made the US Top 20) and Engin Ashref, Jayne Tottman and Aubrey Morris. Bernard Cribbins Island of Dreams (UK Top 5), both of which appear on this set. Also included plays a dastardly master-of-disguise planning to smuggle an Egyptian are The Springfields’ two LPs, Kinda Folksy and Folk Songs from the Hills, plus mummy out of the country, but young Jeff intends to prevent him. contemporaneous singles and rarities, notably a handful of rare German and Saturday 1st May 9:50 The Sky-Bike (1967) French language recordings, which are virtually impossible to find elsewhere Director: Charles Frend. Stars: Liam Redmond, William Lucas, on CD. Also featured is the very rare Springfields 4-track Christmas EP, which Ellen McIntosh, Spencer Shires, Ian Ellis, Della Rands, John Howard, was only ever available as a mail order item via Woman’s Own magazine. Bill Shine, David Lodge and Guy Standeven Harry Locke. Young Tom builds the first man powered flying machine, but will he be beaten by Disc 1 The Lana Sisters Ring-A-My Phone / Chimes Of Arcady / Buzzin’ / Cry, Cry Baby / Tell Him No / Mister Dee-Jay the Squadron Leader? / Seven Little Girls, Sitting In The Back Seat / Sitting On The Sidewalk / You’ve Got What It Takes / My Mother’s Eyes / Someone Saturday 8th May 9:50 Seventy Deadly Pills (1963) Loves You, Joe / Tintarella Di Luna (Magic Colour Of The Moonlight) / Two-Some / Down South Director: Pat Jackson. Stars: Sally Thomsett, Gareth Robinson, The Springfields Dear John / I Done What They Told Me To / Breakaway / Good News / Len Jones, John Ross & Robert Fergusan. A small boy finds strychnine Bambino / Star Of Hope / Goodnight Irene / Far Away Places / Silver Threads and Golden Needles / pills mixed with sweets and uses them to buy his way into a gang. 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Friday 23rd April 1:20pm Tuesday 27th April 6:30pm Sunday 2nd May 7pm Saturday 8th May 2:15pm and Sunday 2nd May 10am and Monday 3rd May 10:55am and Fri 7th May 3pm Behind the Headlines (1956) Young and Innocent (1937) The Embezzler (1954) Press for Time (1966) Crime. Director: Charles Saunders. Drama. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Crime. Director: . Stars: Comedy. Director: Robert Asher. Stars: Paul Carpenter, Hazel Court, Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Stars: Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Adrienne Corri, Alfie Bass and Harry Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby. A young , Peggy Mount Derek Francis, Angela Browne. Comedy Fowler. A male and female man on the run from a murder charge and Michael Craig. A bank cashier about a newspaper in a seaside town. journalist hunt down a murderer. asks a young woman for help. steals to help a young couple. Friday 30th April 9pm Sunday 2nd May 10pm Saturday 8th May 3:30pm Saturday 24th April 6:50pm Age of Innocence (1978) and Thursday 13th May 2:45pm Julia (1977) and Monday 3rd May 12:40am Twins of Evil (1971) Drama. Director: Alan Bridges. Stars: Caravan (1946) Drama. Director: Fred Zinnemann. David Warner, Honor Blackman, Drama. Director: Arthur Crabtree. Stars: , Vanessa Redgrave Horror. Director: John Hough. Stars: , Kathleen Trudy Young and Lois Maxwell. Stars: , Jean Kent, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell and Byron, Mary and Madeleine A sleepy 1920s Canadian town is upset Anne Crawford, . Lillian’s life changes when Collinson and Dennis Price. by an outspoken English teacher. . A gypsy girl Julia asks her to smuggle money into Identical twins stay near Karnstein nurses a dying man on a mission in Nazi . Monday 3rd May 12:10pm Castle, where vampires dwell. and Saturday 15th May 12:15pm Spain back to health. Sunday 25th April 10:10am and Saturday 1st May 1:50pm Bank Holiday (1938) Saturday 8th May 9pm Friday 30th April 7:45am and Tuesday 4th May 3:55pm Drama. Director: Carol Reed. Blood Relatives (1978) The Night We Got the Bird (1960) Demetrius and the Gladiators Stars: John Lodge, , Mystery. Director: Claude Chabrol. Comedy. Director: Darcy Conyers. (1954) Drama. Director: Delmer Hugh Williams, Rene Ray, Wally Patch, Stars: Donald Sutherland, Stars: , , Daves. Stars: Victor Mature, Kathleen Harrison, Wilfrid Lawson and Aude Landry, Donald Pleasence, and Liz Fraser. A gormless Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Felix Aylmer. A group of people Lisa Langlois, David Hemmings & antiques seller gets caught up in his . Demetrius is visit a resort to spend the weekend. Stéphane Audran. A detective new boss’s forgery racket. forced to fight in the arena. Monday 3rd May 3pm investigating a young girl’s murder Sunday 25th April 3:30pm Saturday 1st May 3:55pm and Sunday 16th May 1:25pm encounters conflicting testimonies. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) The Hot Rock (1972) Pollyanna (2002) Sunday 9th May 10pm and Musical Comedy. Director: Frank Tashlin. Comedy. Director: Peter Yates. Drama. Director: Sarah Harding. Wednesday 12th May 9:05pm Stars: , Tom Ewell, Stars: Robert Redford, Stars: Amanda Burton, Georgina Terry Prick Up Your Ears (1986) Edmond O’Brien and Julie London. George Segal, Ron Leibman, and . Adaptation of Drama. Director: Stephen Frears. The boyfriend of a would-be singing Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel. the classic tale. Young orphan Pollyanna Stars: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, star employs a has-been agent to Brothers-in-law plan to steal a goes to stay with Aunt Polly, bringing priceless diamond. Vanessa Redgrave, . ensure her success. mirth and mayhem to her new home. The life and death of outrageous Sunday 25th April 7pm and Saturday 1st May 6:50pm Thursday 6th May 4:20pm British playwright . Wednesday 28th April 2:30pm and Monday 3rd May 9pm and Monday 10th May 4:50pm The Chain (1984) Tuesday 11th May 3:40pm They Knew Mr. Knight (1946) Delayed Action (1954) (1946) Drama. Director: Norman Walker. Stars: Comedy. Director: Jack Gold. Stars: Maurice Denham, Thriller. Director: John Harlow. Drama. Director: . Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne, Joyce , Denis Lawson, Stars: Robert Ayres, June Thorburn, Stars: Lilli Palmer, Albert Lieven, Howard and Joan Greenwood. A man is Leo McKern, Judy Parfitt, Alan Wheatley, Bruce Seton. Two Cedric Hardwicke, Gladys Cooper. sent to jail after a share scam. Warren Mitchell, , criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, A cavalry officer becomes close Monday 26th April 6:45pm . Seven households to confess to their crimes before he dies. to a wheelchair-bound girl, with and Monday 3rd May 6:45pm are in a chain on moving day. Thursday 6th May 6:45pm catastrophic results. The Girl on the Pier (1953) Saturday 1st May 9pm and Tuesday 11th May 2:25pm NEW SERIES: One Step Beyond Crime. Director: Lance Comfort. and 5th of May 9:05pm Deadly Nightshade (1953) (1959-1961) Airing on Tuesdays Stars: Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, To Die For (1994) Crime. Director: John Gilling. at 6pm from May 11th Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes. Rivalry Comedy Romance. Director: Stars: Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall Hosted by John Newland. Like The between a Brighton crooner who has Peter Mackenzie Litten. Stars: John Horsely and Joan Hickson. Twilight Zone, which began nine done time and his partner, a waxworks Thomas Arklie, Ian Williams, Tony A convict on the run switches identities months later, the series focussed on proprietor now being blackmailed. Slattery. After dying of AIDS, a with a lookalike, creating deeper trouble. other-wordly phenomena. Tuesday 27th April 4:40pm and man’s partner haunts him. Friday 7th May 9pm and Saturday Tuesday 11th May 6:35pm Friday 30th April 6:45pm Sunday 2nd May 3:45pm 15th May 11:35pm The Big Chance (1957) The Big Day (1960) (1962) Vampire Circus (1971) Drama. Director: Peter Graham Drama. Director: Peter Graham Scott. Comedy. Director: . Horror. Director: Robert Young. Stars: Scott. Stars: Adrienne Corri, Stars: Donald Pleasence, Andrée Melly, Stars: Michael Craig, James Adrienne Corri, Anthony Higgins, William Russell, Ian Colin. A travel Colin Gordon, Harry H. Corbett and Robertson Justice, Mary Peach. John Moulder-Brown, Lynne Frederick. agent trapped in a mundane job Susan Shaw. Three men in the same A new female barrister bonds A dying vampire swears vengeance on seizes his chance to escape – but 32 company anticipate a big promotion. with a male rebel in chambers. the local townsfolk who killed him. is life on the run for him? 33 SUBTITLED FILMS ON TPTV THIS MONTH FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Full subtitle listings on Fri 23 April Fri 30 April Sun 09 May our website. 06:00 Recoil 07:45 Night We Got The Bird 06:00 Nabonga Fri 16 April 07:30 The Duke Wore Jeans 11:20 Nate and Hayes 19:15 Nurse on Wheels 06:00 The Sword of Monte Cristo 09:20 Freedom To Die 18:45 The Big Day 21:00 RITA, SUE 12:20 The Pickwick Papers 10:35 Keys of The Kingdom 22:45 Harry’s War 00:00 The Boys 14:25 Rebecca 13:20 Young and Innocent 00:50 The Hunter 02:30 Our Girl Friday 18:30 Where There’s A Will (1955) 15:00 Notorious (1946) 02:50 Landslide Mon 10 May 21:00 The Innocents 18:30 The Price of Silence Sat 1 May 06:00 The Broken Horseshoe Sat 17 April 23:10 The Molly Maguires 06:00 Make Mine a Million 12:30 Second Fiddle 06:05 Band of Thieves Sat 24 April 07:40 Marilyn AND BOB TOO 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures 06:00 Cat & Mouse 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures 14:00 Enemy At The Door (all content subtitled) 07:30 The Secret Man (all content subtitled) 15:00 Lease of Life 21:00 The Ghost & Mrs Muir OUR PRICE £15 15:55 House of Bamboo 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures 15:55 The Hot Rock 18:45 Heaven Can Wait (all content subtitled) 23:10 The Day of the Locust 23:00 21:00 The Nanny 16:00 Spring and Port Wine 02:00 Penny Gold (1957) with FREE UK POSTAGE 03:40 Lifetime Of Comedy 18:50 Julia 03:45 Devil’s Jest 01:00 The Golden Disc Sun 18 April 23:15 The Innocents Sun 2 May 02:55 Broken Blossoms You will receive both 06:00 The Avenging Hand 01:15 Too Young To Love 10:00 Young and Innocent Tue 11 May BLU- 07:15 Konga 02:55 Richard’s Things 11:40 Teacher’s Pet 06:00 Forces’ Sweetheart DVD AND Blu-ray discs. RAY 10:00 Paper Tiger Sun 25 April 14:00 Pink String and Sealing Wax 10:40 Portrait of Alison 14:05 Keys of The Kingdom 06:00 The Balloon Goes Up 21:00 The Champions 12:35 The Importance of WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES 21:00 The Champions 10:10 Night We Got The Bird Mon 3 May Being Earnest Running Time: 88 mins. Colour. Year: 1987 Mon 19 April 13:45 Cheaper By The Dozen 12:10 The Bank Holiday 18:00 One Step Beyond 06:00 Duel In the Jungle 15:30 Girl Can’t Help It 14:00 Enemy At The Door 22:55 Curse of the Wraydons Director: Alan Clarke. 08:00 Laxdale Hall 21:00 The Champions 15:00 Pollyanna 02:25 Flannelfoot Cast: Siobhan Finneran, Lesley Sharpe 12:15 Inn For Trouble 01:25 Blonde Fist 17:00 No Hiding Place - Inquest 05:00 Stagecoach West Michelle Holmes and George Costigan. 14:00 Enemy At The Door Mon 26 April on an Idol Wed 12 May 15:00 Heaven Can Wait 06:15 The Flying Squad 18:45 Girl On The Pier 06:00 Carry On Admiral Following an acclaimed career in hard- 18:30 Circumstantial Evidence 10:30 The Enforcer 02:25 Svengali 07:50 The Secret Tunnel 21:00 High Tide 12:10 It Always Rains On Sunday Tue 4 May hitting TV drama, director Alan Clarke achieved 22:50 The Shakedown 14:00 Enemy At The Door 06:20 South of Panama 08:45 Night Ferry 10:30 a cinema hit with this much-loved comedy. 00:40 HIT! 15:00 Danger By My Side 10:30 The Ghost of St. Michael’s Bradford teenagers Rita and Sue regularly 03:25 Strange Harvest (1953) 16:25 The Way Out 12:10 Tread Softly 12:20 Not So Dusty Tue 20 April 18:45 Girl On The Pier 13:40 18:00 babysit for successful couple Bob and Michelle, 06:00 The Sicilians 04:30 Hawkeye & the Last of 05:00 Stagecoach West 23:05 There is Another Sun whose comfortable suburban lifestyle contrasts 07:30 Rotten to the Core the Mohicans Wed 05 May 01:00 Calling Paul Temple with their own bleak existence. One evening 12:30 Mohawk Tue 27 April 06:00 All In Good Fun 02:50 Men Against the Sun 14:10 Who Killed the Cat? 07:55 Come Back Peter 06:45 The Stars Look Down Thu 13 May when Bob is taking them home, he suggests a 15:55 House of Bamboo 13:05 Sundown 08:45 Sky Bike 06:15 Three Silent Men detour to the moors. Impressed by his flashy car 22:45 Darling Lili 14:55 The Lamp Still Burns 12:20 The March Hare 10:30 and worldly ways the girls are smooth-talked 01:30 20 Questions 16:40 The Big Day 16:10 The Passing Stranger (1949) Murder Mystery 23:05 Child’s Play (1972) 02:20 Hyde Park Corner 14:45 Caravan into a three-way sexual relationship that 03:20 A Night of Magic 01:05 Meet Mr Callaghan Thu 06 May 18:30 Final Appointment becomes very much part of their lives. At first it’s 05:00 Stagecoach West 02:50 Open All Night 06:05 Helter Skelter 21:00 Harry and Tonto a bit of a laugh but people are quick to point Wed 21 April 05:00 Stagecoach West 07:35 Bad Blood 02:50 Mysterious Mr Davis the finger and the affair is soon out in the open. 06:30 Police Dog Wed 28 April 10:30 The Frightened City Fri 14 May 08:00 One Man, One Dog 06:00 Distant Trumpet (1952) 12:30 Those People Next Door 08:00 Grand National Night The screenplay was adapted from plays by 08:15 Wings of Mystery 07:15 Operation Third Form 21:00 Reds 11:20 Quiet Weekend Andrea Dunbar, based on her own upbringing 14:30 The High and The Mighty 08:30 Top of the Bill 01:50 The Limping Man 18:00 The Glass Mountain 21:05 The Shillingbury Blowers 10:30 Oh... Rosalinda! Fri 07 May on Bradford’s Buttershaw estate. 22:45 Villa Rides 16:20 Circumstantial Evidence (1952) 09:35 The Key Man 00:40 Double X The contrast of bawdy laughs with social comment results in a memorable 01:05 First Monday in October 02:15 Subway in the Sky 11:05 Bond Street Sat 15 May 21 British film of the period. Locations in West Yorkshire included: 03:05 The Body Vanished Thu 29 April 13:15 Piccadilly Third Stop 06:00 Two on the Tiles Thu 22 April 08:00 An Ideal Husband 02:30 The Ghost Camera 07:30 The Reluctant Bride Buttershaw, Bradford, local Moorland scenes and Haworth (a school 07:50 Cloak and Dagger 10:30 Sat 08 May 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures trip to the Bronte Parsonage). 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