Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 22nd April 2019 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 A Celebration of British Transport Films on Talking Pictures TV To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of British Transport and the 70th Anniversary of the creation of the film unit, Talking Pictures TV will be showcasing some of the wonderful work produced by British Transport Films. For over 35 years BTF produced an unrivalled documentary film legacy, producing acclaimed examples of film-making. Showing this week: Berth 24 (1950) Monday 22nd April 19 13:10; Wild Wings (1964) Tuesday 23rd April 19 15:10, (and again at 05:20 on Wednesday 24th April 19; also on Friday 26th April 19 at 18:00); Blue Pullman (1960) Thursday 25th April 19 15:10.

Monday 22nd April 19 09:00 Tuesday 23rd April 19 12:00 Much Too Shy (1942) Blanche Fury (1948) Comedy, directed by Marcel Crime, directed by Marc Allegret. Varnel. Starring George Formby, Starring Valerie Hobson, Stewart Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley & Granger & Michael Gough. Penni- Jimmy Clitheroe. A handyman less governess Blanche Fullerton with well-meaning intentions gets takes a job at the estate of her rich into trouble with a nude painting. relations, the Fury family. Tuesday 23rd April 19 15:10 Monday 22nd April 19 13:10 British Transport Film British Transport Film Wild Wings (1964) Berth 24 (1950) Directed by Patrick Carey. Directed by J.B. Holmes. At the wildfowl trust at Slimbridge With William Devlin and Richard in Gloucestershire, Peter Scott and Huson. First production of the his team assist with the protection newly formed British Transport and survival of many species of Film Unit. In the Hull Docks, the bird life. Shown again at 05:20 steamer S.S. Bravo arrives from on Wednesday 24th April 19 Gothenburg with various cargoes. and again on Friday 26th April 19 at 18:00. Monday 22nd April 19 15:25 Tuesday 23rd April 19 18:10 The Wicked Lady (1945) The Jazz Singer (1980) Drama, directed by Leslie Arliss. Musical drama directed by Richard Starring Margaret Lockwood, Fleischer, starring Neil Diamond, Griffith Jones & James Mason. , Lucie Arnaz. 17th Century beauty Barbara A Jewish musician defies his Worth leads a double life to Orthodox father’s wishes in order relieve her boredom. to realize his dream of becoming a jazz singer. Monday 22nd April 19 18:20 Tuesday 23rd April 19 22:00 Northwest Frontier (1959) The Cat & the Canary (1978) Adventure, directed by J. Lee Thriller, directed by Radley Thompson. Starring Kenneth Metzger. Starring Honor Black- More, , Herbert Lom. man, Michael Callan & Edward In 1905 India, British army officer Fox. A group of potential heirs Captain Scott (Kenneth More) is gather in a forbidding old house charged with protecting a six- to learn which of them will inherit year-old Hindu prince from a fortune. would-be Muslim assassins. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Monday 22nd April 2019 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Wednesday 24th April 19 11:45 Friday 26th April 19 22:00 The Long Duel (1967) The Boys From Brazil (1978) Drama, directed by Ken Annakin. Drama, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard. Starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, An Indian tribal leader becomes a James Mason. A Nazi hunter in Paraguay to protest British oppression and tyranny. discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to Will be shown again at 12:55 on rekindle the Third Reich. Saturday 27th April 19. Saturday 27th April 19 15:10 Wednesday 24th April 19 15:20 The Villain (1979) Once A Jolly Swagman (1949) Comedy Western, directed by Drama, directed by Jack Lee. Hal Needham. Starring , Starring Dirk Bogarde, Bonar Colleano, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ann-Margret. Renee Asherson, Bill Owen & Sid James. A bank robber makes a deal with a A British factory worker loses his job in the corrupt banker to avoid execution in 1930s to become a motorcycle racer. exchange for a dirty assignment. Thursday 25th April 19 15:10 Saturday 27th April 19 16:55 British Transport Film The League Of Gentlemen (1960) Blue Pullman (1960) Crime Drama, directed by Basil Dearden. Directed by James Ritchie. The “Blue Starring Jack Hawkins, Richard Pullman”, a new diesel train liaising Attenborough. Ex-army men are between Manchester and St. Pancras is recruited for a bank robbery plan that prepared for its grand inaugural journey. requires military precision. Thursday 25th April 19 18:00 Saturday 27th April 19 21:00 Dr Crippen (1963) Oklahoma Crude (1973) Horror, directed by Robert Lynn. Comedy Western, Directed by Stanley Starring Donald Pleasence & Coral Browne. Kramer. Starring George C. Scott, The true story of Dr. Crippen, hanged in Faye Dunaway, John Mills. In 1913, in 1910 for poisoning his wife. Oklahoma, Lena Doyle, aided by her Thursday 25th April 19 22:00 father and a hobo, stubbornly drills for The Anderson Tapes (1971) oil despite pressure to sell her land. Crime Thriller, directed by . Sunday 28th April 19 16:45 Starring Martin Balsam, Dyan Cannon, Spring In Park Lane (1948) Sean Connery, Christopher Walken. Comedy, directed by Herbert Wilcox. A habitual criminal, looking for a big score Starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding. after leaving prison, seeks funds for a Joshua Howard’s niece suspects the new massive robbery. footman is not what he makes out to be. Friday 26th April 19 12.05 Sunday 28th April 19 21:00 Mandy (1952) Armchair Theatre: Director: Alexander Mackendrick The Detective Waiting (1971) Starring: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins. Director: Peter Duguid Writer: Ian Mandy is a young deaf girl who is also Kennedy Martin Starring Richard mute. Believing she can speak if taught Beckinsale, Barry Linehan, Bryan Pringle. correctly, Mandy’s parents enrol her in A young and inexperienced detective, special classes at a school for the deaf. tries to prove his worth by making a Friday 26th April 19 18:40 powerful criminal crack. Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) War Drama, directed by Lewis Gilbert. Sunday 28th April 19 22:00 Starring Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Billy Liar (1963) Jack Warner. During the Second World Comedy, directed by John Schlesinger. War, a young woman is recruited to work Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, as a spy in France. Based on the true Wilfred Pickles. A lazy, irresponsible story of Special Operations Executive young clerk in provincial Northern agent Violette Szabo, GC. Will be shown England lives in his own fantasy world again on Sunday 27th April at 14:25. and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends & family.