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You can always call us V 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 Dear Supporters of Film and TV History, It’s been really -warming to read all your lovely letters and emails of support about what Talking Pictures TV has meant to you during lockdown, it means so very much to us here in the projectionist’s box, thank you. So nice to feel we have helped so many of you in some small way. Spring is on the horizon, thank goodness, and hopefully better times ahead for us all! This month we are delighted to release the charming filmThe Angel Who Pawned Her Harp, the perfect tonic, starring Felix Aylmer & Diane Cilento, beautifully restored, with optional subtitles plus locations in and around Islington such as Upper Street, Liverpool Road and the Regent’s Canal. We also have music from The Shadows, dearly missed ’s brilliant book; the John Betjeman Collection for lovers of English architecture, a special DVD sale from our friends at Strawberry, British Pathé’s 1950 A Year to Remember, a special price on our box set of Together and the crossword is back! Also a brilliant book and CD set for fans of Skiffle and – (drum roll) – The Talking Pictures TV Limited Edition Baseball Cap is finally here – hand made in ! And much, much more. Talking Pictures TV continues to bring you brilliant premieres including our new Saturday Morning Pictures, 9am to 12 midday every Saturday. Other films to look forward to this month include Theirs is the Glory, 21 Days with & , ’s Fanny By Gaslight, The Spanish Gardener with , Nijinsky with , Woman Hater with and Edwige Feuillère,Traveller’s Joy with , The Colour of Money with Paul Newman and Tom Cruise and Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective with . We also have a new series beginning in March, , made in the 1960s and starring Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt as the Champions of Law, Order and Justice. Sad news as we learn of the loss of , remembered affectionately and seen on Talking Pictures TV in . We also note the sad passing of director Michael David Apted, CMG who directed The Lovers TV series and Stardust among many others. See below for an important message for ticket holders for the St Albans Festival of Film. We remain hopeful that October’s festival at the beautiful Stockport Plaza will go ahead. There’s a CD on page 14 which will help you all recreate your cinema experiences at home with sounds of the iconic Compton organ – every sale helps keep our beloved Plaza going! Until March, stay safe and keep on spreading the word about Talking Pictures TV. You are not alone, there’s 6 million of you all watching us every week – who would have thought it! Best wishes and thank you, Sarah, Noel and Neill IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ST ALBANS SUNDAY 28TH MARCH 2021 TICKET HOLDERS Sadly it does look like our March Festival of Film at St Albans will not be able to take place once again. For those of you with tickets, it’s time to either swop them for Stockport in October, on Sunday 10th, move them to 20th March 2022 in St Albans again, use them towards a purchase of anything in this newsletter, or post us your tickets for a refund. Please do get in touch and let us know what you would like to do.

You can always call us V 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 1 TalkingAs Picturesseen on TV RENOWN PICTURES NEW DVD RELEASE THE ANGEL WHO PAWNED HER HARP “This whimsical Ealing-style comedy keeps its THE ANGEL WHO feet firmly on the ground, spreading chuckles With instead of sentiment.” PAWNED HER HARP Optional This British black and white part-fantasy comedy Subtitles film was based on a novel by Charles Terrot and is EXCLUSIVE PRICE JUST £10.00 a remake of a television play written by him and WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Black & broadcast in 1951. Made at Beaconsfield Studios, A comedy starring Felix Aylmer, Diane Cilento White Buckinghamshire, with location shooting at the and Jerry Desmonde. Directed by Alan Bromly. and Colour Angel, Islington, scenes of Old Islington, Camden Passage and Harringay Versions Stadium, London. The film offers a fascinating Fully glimpse into London at the time, with streets full Restored of trolleybuses on their wires, the successors to trams. Specific locations in Islington include: The original black and the High Street with The Angel Cinema, white 1954 film with Express Dairies and The the colour version as Peacock public house, a bonus feature, fully The White Lion public restored and with house, White Lion Street, Liverpool Road, Upper optional subtitles. Street with Nottidge’s shop and the Police Station, A beautiful blonde angel, Charlton Place and the Regent’s Canal section of the Grand Union Canal with Packington Street (Diane Cilento), arrives in Bridge, Rothery Street and St Mary’s Path, the The Angel, Islington on a gardens of St Mary’s Church and Gerrard Road. The Royal Festival Hall goodwill mission to soften on London’s also appears – at the time it would have been the heart of pawnbroker built only three years earlier. In the scene where the angel falls to earth, Joshua Webman, (played London is shown from above, with the Thames, County Hall, The Houses by Felix Aylmer). Finding of Parliament and Parliament Square. that she needs money to fulfill her mission on Earth, her solution is to pawn her harp. During her earthly visit, she finds time to salvage several other lost sheep, bringing out the best in the people she meets and showing them Call Now On Freephone the path on which their 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 2 happiness lies. 3 The 1958-1961 Memories of a life in films: Fighting for Freeview. SHADOWS Part 18, by Noel Cronin TPTV was increasing its audience gradually on Freesat and Sky and that showed us that there CD really was an audience out there that wanted OUR PRICE CD Talking Pictures TV. But further growth on very Kon-TikiWITH FREE crowded platforms was difficult and slow and if £15.99 UK POSTAGE TPTV was to its growth it was obvious it needed 47 Tracks on 2 CDs to offer its service on Freeview, the main service and platform MUSIC CD that is available in the largest amount of households nationwide. With lead guitarist Hank Marvin’s twangy, melodious Fender Stratocaster It seemed simple, other than although free to viewers, the cost to us guitar, The Shadows provided the inspiration for a thousand copycat groups was astronomical! and were the most influential and successful British instrumental group of It is no secret that high costs are incurred being on Freeview but as all time. This 2-CD compilation comprises everything they recorded between my good friend Steve Meyer said “you need to pee with the big dogs!” 1958 (when they were known as The Drifters) and 1961, including a rare South African EP. An early single featuring Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, have never been a great techie, so thankfully Sarah took the with their first group The Five Chesternuts is also included. The collection challenge of getting TPTV on Freeview. There are two UK companies features worldwide hits: Apache (a UK No. 1); Man of Mystery; The Stranger, that control the sale of Freeview channel numbers and slots and after their signature tune F.B.I.; The Frightened City; their second UK No. 1 a huge amount of meetings and discussions, Sarah secured a position Kon-Tiki and Peace Pipe. Also included are the chart-topping LP The Shadows on Freeview HD. This was Freeview, but a second tier that covered and EPs Shadows and Shadows to the Fore. 60% of the UK. Whilst the full service would have been preferable – DISC 1 The Five Chesternuts: JEAN DOROTHY/TEENAGE LOVE the simple thing was we just couldn’t afford it. We needed to know The Drifters: FEELIN’ FINE/DON’T BE A FOOL WITH LOVE/CHINCHILLA/JET BLACK/DRIFTIN’ that the public would want TPTV in sufficient numbers to justify The Shadows: SATURDAY DANCE/LONESOME FELLA/BONGO BLUES/APACHE/QUARTERMASTERS STORES/ the expense … Next month: “is it working?” MAN OF MYSTERY/THE STRANGER/F.B.I./MIDNIGHT/THE FRIGHTENED CITY/BACK HOME/KON-TIKI/ Producer Noel Cronin founded Talking Pictures TV and Renown Pictures and is 20. 36-24-36/THE SAVAGE/PEACE PIPE contributing his memories to the newsletter. Ever since his entrance into the world of DISC 2 film as a young man, Noel has been interested The Drifters: JET BLACK (Live)/DRIFTIN’ (Live)/BE BOP A-LULA (Live) in preserving the heritage of lost and forgotten The Shadows: MUSTANG/THEME FROM ‘SHANE’/SHOTGUN/THEME FROM ‘GIANT’/ films, shorts and programmes, and for many SHADOOGIE/BLUE STAR/NIVRAM/BABY MY HEART/ years has gathered, restored and preserved this wonderful heritage which would otherwise be SEE YOU IN MY DRUMS/ALL MY SORROWS/ lost. Noel worked for and STAND UP AND SAY THAT/GONZALES/ the Central Office of Information, and bought FIND ME A GOLDEN STREET/THEME FROM the rights to several libraries that owned films ‘A FILLETED PLACE’/THAT’S MY DESIRE/ which now air on Talking Pictures TV. His career MY RESISTANCE IS LOW/SLEEP WALK/BIG BOY/ as a producer and editor of films, documentaries SHAZAM (Live)/GUITAR BOOGIE (Live)/ and TV series spans several decades. F.B.I. (Live)/SLEEPWALK (Live)

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A Day To Remember 1953 Boys In Brown 1949 Curtain Up 1952 Freedom Radio 1941 Nothing But The Night 1973 Rooney 1958 School for Secrets 1946 1950 Director: Ralph Thomas. Director: . Director: Ralph Smart. Director: Anthony Asquith. Director: Peter Sasdy. Director: George Pollock. Director: . Directors: Antony Darnborough, Lead actors: , Lead actors: Dirk Bogarde, Lead actors: , Lead actors: Raymond Huntley, Lead actors: , Peter Lead actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Lead actors: , . Lead actors: Dirk Bogarde, Joan Rice, Odile Versois. , , . Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook. Cushing, , Georgia Brown. , Muriel Pavlow, , . , David Tomlinson. The darts team of a London pub go Jack Warner. A slice of life A stage director clashes with the author A in Berlin creates a radio station A retired detective investigates suicides June Thorburn. A happy-go-lucky Irish On the eve of the Battle of Britain A brother and sister visit Paris for the on a day trip to Boulogne. in a British Borstal. of a play at a provincial theatre. broadcasting against the Third Reich. at a Scottish island orphanage. bachelor and his romantic escapades. British scientists develop radar systems. Great Exhibition of 1889, but one goes Approx. Run Time: 86min. Approx. Run Time: 82min. Approx. Run Time: 82min. Approx. Run Time: 82min. Approx. Run Time: 87min. Approx. Run Time: 86min. Approx. Run Time: 108min. missing. Approx. Run Time: 84min.

Hunted 1952 I’ll Be Your Sweetheart 1945 In The Doghouse 1961 The Informers 1963 Street Corner 1953 The Gentle Sex 1943 1939 The Man Who Liked Funerals Director: Charles Crichton. Director: Val Guest. Director: Darcy Conyers. Director: Ken Annakin. Director: Muriel Box. Directors: , Maurice Elvey. Directors: , 1959 Director: David Eady. Lead actors: Dirk Bogarde, Lead actors: , Lead actors: Leslie Phillips, Lead actors: , Margaret Lead actors: , Lead actors: Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, . Lead actors: Lead actors: Leslie Phillips, Susan Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars. Vic Oliver, , Peter Graves. Peggy Cummins, . Whiting, Katherine Woodville. Anne Crawford, Rosamund John Lilli Palmer, Rosamund John and Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Beaumont, Bill Fraser. To help a youth club A man fears a boy witnessed In turn-of-the-century London, a young A newly qualified vet takes over Bank robbers try to compromise a and Terence Morgan. The daily . During WWII, Merle Oberon. British war film under threat of closure, a man attends him committing murder. music publisher fights both competitors an old practice and becomes rivals Yard investigation into a routine of women in the police seven women join the Auxiliary showing the world at peace yet funerals to blackmail the relatives of the Approx. Run Time: 84min. and piracy. with another vet. string of robberies. force from three different angles. Territorial Services. on the verge of Nazi domination. recently deceased. Approx. Run Time: 101min. Approx. Run Time: 88min. Approx. Run Time: 101min. Approx. Run Time: 90min. Approx. Run Time: 88min. Approx. Run Time: 72min. Approx. Run Time: 57min.

Innocent Sinners 1958 Millions Like Us 1943 Miracle In Soho 1957 No, My Darling Daughter The Spanish Gardener True as a Turtle 1957 Unpublished Story 1942 Whirlpool 1959 Director: Philip Leacock. Directors: Frank Launder, Director: Julian Amyes. 1961 1956 Director: Philip Leacock. Director: . Director: Harold French. Director: Lewis Allen. Lead actors: June Archer, Sidney Gilliat. Lead actors: Cyril Cusack, John Director: Ralph Thomas. Lead actors: Dirk Bogarde, Lead actors: John Gregson, Lead actors: Roland Culver, Lead actors: Juliette Gréco, O.W. Fischer, Christopher Hey, Brian Hammond. Lead actors: Anne Crawford, Gregson, Peter Illing, Belinda Lee. Lead actors: , Juliet Mills Michael Hordern, Jon Whiteley. Cecil Parker, June Thorburn. Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Muriel Pavlow, , A neglected young girl in post-war Gordon Jackson, Moore Marriott, Michael is an unhappy road and Michael Craig. A diplomat stationed in Spain is Newlywed Tony Hudson offers his Basil Radford. 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Run Time: 91min. 7 BRITISH PATHÉ PRESENTS Spotlight on Barbara Shelley 1950 A Year Born: 13th February 1932 Died: 4th January 2021 The news that Hammer leading lady, Barbara Shelley to Remember had passed away recently, was met with an outpouring of sadness throughout the film industry and from fans around the world. She had broken all moulds in a career as a leading OUR PRICE lady, Gothic film siren and fine character actor. Shelley was born Barbara Kowin in London, England and WITH FREE educated at a Convent school, where she shocked the nuns £12.99 UK POSTAGE by informing them she wanted to be an actress. With her beautiful looks and stature, she worked initially as a model, both to earn a living and to gain the confidence she needed to act. Her film career began with a small role in a Hammer film, Mantrap (1952). However, it Number of discs: 1. was still as a model that she was hired and it was while on an assignment in Italy, in the Running Time approx: mid-1950s, she had the opportunity to act again – first in a comedy and then in Italian films includingNew Moon (1955) and Nero’s Weekend (1956). 58 minutes. After appearing in the minor sex farce The Little Hut (1957) with Stewart Granger, and Ava Gardner, Barbara received notoriety in the title role of Cat Girl (1957), a low budget production in which she played a woman possessed by a family curse who develops links with a leopard. She quickly evolved into a popular Gothic glamour woman for Hammer films, beginning withThe Camp on Blood Island (1958). Original newsreel footage of key people and In (1958) – a non-Hammer film – the lovely actress proceeded events that shaped 1950, including the birth to ‘stake’ out her own lucrative territory in the horror genres. Throughout the 1960s she co-starred in Village of the Damned (1960), The Shadow of the Cat (1961), of Princess Anne, the de Havilland Comet, the (1964), The Secret of Blood Island (1964), : Prince of Darkness (1966), Rasputin: The launch of the new Ark Royal, Bing Crosby, Mad Monk (1966) and Quatermass and the Pit (1967). Non-horror roles included Deadly Lester Piggott – and much more. Record (1959), A Story of David (1960), Postman’s Knock (1962) and (1964). However, Barbara’s film career was on the wane by the late 1960s. She felt trapped by the A Year to Remember recalls the definitive events of horror genre and turned to television and stage work – including a successful season with the year 1950, with contemporary news coverage the Royal Shakespeare Company, but in 1988, she retired and pursued a new venture in drawn from the world-famous BBC and British interior decorating, although still accepting invitations to attend conventions for Hammer Pathé archives. This DVD details not only the major and other film gatherings. political issues that dominated the day, but also key Her later work on television included a role in with Peter Davison’s social changes and cultural trends. This hour-long incarnation of the Time Lord, in Planet of Fire. Showing her versatility she also appeared in episode chronicles that remarkable year, 1950. a diversity of shows including , EastEnders, Crown Court, Jackanory and Blake’s 7 among others. This was the year in which Clement Attlee’s Labour Barbara was admitted to hospital in December 2020 for a government narrowly won another term; the royals routine check-up and while there contracted Covid-19. She welcomed Princess Anne into the family; Queen made a full recovery but later fell ill with another underlying infection. Her death on 4 January 2021 was announced by Juliana of the Netherlands paid us a visit; and her agent. Britain’s de Havilland comet made aviation history. Whether playing female monsters or their intended victims, It was also a year dominated by the crisis in Korea. Barbara played them straight and handled them all with style and grace, achieving a cult status among film fans all over the When the communist forces of North Korea crossed the 38th parallel, world. She still received sacks of mail from those who enjoyed it signalled the beginning of a war which ultimately cost the lives of millions. watching her films and from new generations of fans. Barbara 1950 was certainly a year to remember. never married – “I was much too busy” – always putting her career first. She will not be forgotten. To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 8 9 6 DVD box set just BOOK OFFER – PETER VAUGHAN PAPERBACK Renown Box Set with free UK postage SPECIAL OFFER £30 Peter Vaughan’s autobiography TOGETHER Series 1 & 2 ONCE A VILLAIN Normal price: £35.00 Paperback Book Running Time: 1244 min. 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They purchased £12.99 appearances included Great Expectations rights to rework and blend elements WITH FREE UK POSTAGE (1946) and Fagin in Oliver (1948), but of the BMW 326/7/8 models in their Evoke the atmosphere of the opulent Art Deco it was his work in than launch model, the 1947 400. It was a era with this wonderful CD of 15 melodies made him a box office legend. InKind futuristic looker and was produced with played on the STOCKPORT PLAZA COMPTON Hearts and Coronets (1949) he plays emphasis placed on aerodynamics. ORGAN by Ian Gough, Michael Holmes, eight members of the D’Ascoyne Client confidentiality and understated Charles Brown and Anthony Brookes. family and in The Man in the White Suit elegance was Bristol’s ideal; a handsomely The Stockport Plaza Super Cinema and Variety (1951) his meek, character takes on the sculptured form with high-status interiors Theatre is the venue where we are proud to stage magnates of the textile establishment. His with leather, veneer and deep-pile our Renown/Talking Pictures Autumn Film Festivals. It is an award winning naive bank clerk in The Lavender Hill carpeting. The Bristol pledge never to example of the finest 1932 Art Deco architecture, which has been painstakingly Mob, (1951) changes career to bullion produce more than three cars a week later restored. Walking into the main auditorium is a breathtaking experience, with the raider, and in (1955) became a castle in the air. The car was sweep of upholstered seating, the intricate plasterwork decorating the walls and his sinister professor is closely moulded a time capsule in modern London and ceiling and the main stage with the grand spectacle of the Compton Organ taking to Alistair Sim. While filmingThe Swan Bristol’s early heritage failed to capture pride of place. ‘Picture palace’ was the perfect name for the film theatres of the 20s in Hollywood with Grace Kelly (1955), younger audiences, despite an early press and 30s and this is a supreme example. Like so many venues across the country, the Sir Alec saw James Dean flaunting his quote, (which could have described Sir Plaza is currently closed due to COVID restrictions. As a registered charity, it Porsche 356 and warned him to get rid Alec’s career): “rocket age performance urgently requires support. All profits are retained of it or he would be dead within a week. with drawing room comfort”. to protect, preserve and promote the Plaza as Ignoring the advice, Dean was killed an outstanding example of 1930’s architecture. behind the wheel days later. He played Lt. It is part of our cinema heritage and Col Nicholson in worth preserving. Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957) scoring an Academy award Every copy of this CD purchased will and BAFTA – one of numerous historical help to keep this heritage alive. dramatizations he relished. However, For other ways to donate, he “shrivelled up” at his “banal lines” visit the website: playing Obi Wan Kenobi though later www.stockportplaza.co.uk/support-us/ conceded: “Blessed be Star Wars” for the 2.25% revenue interest he had bargained To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 14 15 BETJEMAN THE COLLECTION A collection of John Betjeman’s most inspirational documentaries. Join him on an unforgettable journey 3-DVD Collection just £20.00 around the UK in search of the finest gems of traditional British architecture. with FREE UK POSTAGE With Optional Subtitles John Betjeman’s A Passion for Churches (1974) 3-DVD Collection John Betjeman travels around the Diocese of Norwich Running Time approx: visiting various churches. He offers an honest and 575 mins. affectionate look at the buildings, clergy and parishioners in this documentary. It exposes the To celebrate his legacy this details within some of our common traditions; collection brings together three from the quirks of great architecture to the allure of of Betjeman’s celebrated BBC bell-ringing and jumble sales. documentaries: A Passion for This four-part series includes footage of Britain’s most stunning and historically Churches, A Bird’s Eye View and fascinating churches, and follows him to modern day Jerusalem where he attends Four with Betjeman: Victorian Christmas services at the Monastery of St. George. Architects and Architecture. John Betjeman’s A Birds Eye View (1969-1971) Each programme displays Betjeman’s A three-part series commentated by John Betjeman infectious enthusiasm for architecture, giving a birds eye view of various locations important and showcases his enduring appeal. to English history and heritage, filmed entirely from a Sir John Betjeman was one of British helicopter. Betjeman’s informative travelogues give a television’s most loved personalities. fascinating look at how Britain has changed over time, A prolific writer, poet, broadcaster, and from a new perspective. Betjeman gives his opinion active architectural campaigner and on places of importance, giving us a glimpse into the conservationist, Britain’s former Poet country’s history in the process. Laureate was also celebrated for his Four with Betjeman - Victorian Architects and Architecture (1971) unwavering devotion and life-long In the 1850s, English architects chose the Gothic style to compliment steam, passion for traditional architecture. glass and cast iron. A champion of British heritage, In this four-part series John Betjeman, a founding Betjeman worked closely with the BBC member of The Victorian Society, celebrates the to produce many critically acclaimed architects associated with the Gothic Revival and documentaries. Known for his wry and honest some of their famous constructions; including the opinions, he travelled to places of great Houses of Parliament, All Saints Church, St Pancras architectural and historical importance and railway station, the Natural History Museum, the eloquently explained their significance. He Albert Memorial, Westminster Abbey and a variety helped to open our eyes to the true value of of country houses. the buildings and places around us.

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Number of discs: 1. The most popular and commercially successful bandleader of Running Time approx: 85 min. SPECIAL the Big Band Era, Tommy Dorsey, enjoyed phenomenal success Year: 1947 coinciding with almost the entire duration of the era. The band Director: Alfred E. Green OFFER! enjoyed an incredible run of 286 Billboard chart hits, of Cast: Tommy Dorsey, Buy The Fabulous which 17 were number ones. Presented here are 40 key Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair, Dorseys DVD together with recordings including performances by Frank Sinatra. Paul Whiteman, Disc 1 I’ll Never Smile Again / Music, Maestro, Please / Alone / Boogie Woogie / Marie / The fabulous life story of William Lundigan, the Tommy Dorsey CD On Treasure Island / Satan Takes A Holiday / The Big Apple / The Music Goes ‘Round And ‘Mr Trombone’ & ‘Mr Sax’ in this Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, for just ‘Round / Song Of (From Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Sadko’) / Nola / In The Still Of The Night / musical film biography of Tommy James Flavin, Charlie Barnet, £20 Who? / The Dipsy Doodle / Stop Beatin’ Round The Mulberry Bush / Says My Heart / Our Love and Jimmy Dorsey. with FREE UK postage. / All The Things You Are / Indian Summer / It’s Always You Launched on a musical career early in Bob Eberly, Henry Busse, life by their father, Tommy and Jimmy Helen O’Connell, Mike Pingitore Disc 2 In The Blue Of Evening / There Are Such Things / It Started All Over Again / Stardust / Just As Dorsey became music legends – but and Art Tatum. Though You Were Here / Imagination / I’ll Be Seeing You / Our Love Affair / We Three (My Echo, My Shadow their frequent arguments lead to a And Me) / Oh! Look At Me Now / Dolores / Do I Worry? / Yes Indeed! / Take Me / Manhattan Serenade / bitter parting of ways. The film follows I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do) / Until / The Hucklebuck / Opus # 1 / The Girl Friend the brothers through their career, Tommy and brother Jimmy worked in bands from the early days in the same band, led by Tal Henry, Rudy Vallee, Vincent Lopez, to working with the famous Paul and Nathaniel Shilkret. In 1923, Tommy Whiteman and then leading their own followed Jimmy to Detroit to play in Jean orchestra, when they finally split up. Goldkette’s band and returned to New York in The acrimonious dispute between 1925 to play with the California Ramblers. In the brothers brings the Dorsey family 1927 he joined Paul Whiteman and in 1929, nothing but heartache, until a family the Dorsey Brothers had their first hit with tragedy reunites the brothers. Coquette for OKeh Records. Tommy Dorsey A superb visual record of the Dorsey formed his own band in 1935. His orchestra Brothers and their music, this film is was known primarily for ballads at dance packed with musical numbers, tempos, frequently with singers such as including Marie, Green Eyes, Jack Leonard and Frank Sinatra. In 1953, Never Say Never and The Object of the reunited brothers appeared on Jackie My Affections. Gleason’s CBS television show.

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 20 21 Series 1 & 2 With Optional Subtitles The complete collection of the popular 1960s BBC hit 4-DVD Collection just £20.00 sitcom about life in the “rag trade” starring , Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, with FREE POSTAGE 19 surviving episodes of the 23 originally broadcast Sheila Hancock and . Cast: Peter Jones as Harold Fenner With Optional Subtitles Miriam Karlin as Paddy Fleming 4-DVD Collection Reg Varney as Reg Turner Running Time approx: Esma Cannon as Lily Swann (series 1–2) 570 mins. Sheila Hancock as Carole Taylor (series 1–2) Barbara Windsor as Gloria (series 1) Years: 1961-1963 Ann Beach as Brenda (series 1) Widely praised for its sharply Rita Smythe as Rita (series 1) comical script, energetic Wanda Ventham as Shirley performances and its groundbreaking strong female The exasperated workforce includes Carole, (Sheila Hancock), Little Lil, characters, the series gave us (Esma Cannon), Shirley, (Wanda Ventham) and Gloria, (Barbara Windsor). an iconic catchphrase which became a Stuck in the middle of the regular disputes is poor downtrodden foreman Reg, popular slogan across the nation. (Reg Varney). He tries to keep the peace between his boss and his colleagues – and fails miserably! Penny-pinching Harold Fenner, (Peter Jones), runs Fenner Fashions, a The early episodes of The Rag Trade have a lot in common with the Boulting small garment factory in London that Brothers’ trade union film comedy I’m All Right Jack (1959). Both satirised makes high quality clothing. Things management/worker relations at a time of growing shop floor militancy. rarely run smoothly, as militant shop However, what sets The Rag Trade apart from other TV comedies of its time steward Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin), was the predominantly female cast, the seamstresses of Fenner Fashions, who leads the female workforce, a sweat-shop in London’s East End, who got all the best lines at the expense constantly disrupts the daily routine. of their male bosses. The working class female factory staff was loud, unruly, She’s always on the lookout for any boisterous and disruptive, an excuse to take Fenner on and lead the uninhibited, female working women out on strike, ordering class culture not much in “Everybody out!”. evidence on BBC television at the time. Filmed before a Written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald live studio audience, the cast Chesney, who went on to write On members’ interplay with each the Buses, Meet the Wife and Wild, Wild other responds to the Women, The Rag Trade was broadcast audience reaction, creating between 1961 and 1963. This box set true comedic drama. contains all 19 surviving episodes from the first two series of 23 broadcast.

WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Call Us Now On Freephone 22 OUR PRICE £20.00 0808 178 8212 23 The Projectionist THE HEART and WITHIN The Film Repairer by OUR PRICE Joan Manighetti WITH FREE UK POSTAGE “KEEP SMILING, KEEP THOSE CHINS UP AND GOD BLESS” £15 This heart-warming message was broadcast from British troops serving in the Far East to their loved ones back in the UK during WWII. The message was broadcast via the Number of discs: 1. Ministry of Defence’s Army Kinema Services which merged with the British Forces Running Time approx: 59 min. Broadcasting Service to become SSVC – the Services’ Sound & Vision Corporation. I went Year: 1957 Director: David Eady to work for the SSVC in 1969. The aim of SSVC was, and still is, to entertain and inform Cast: James Hayter, Clifford Evans, Britain’s forces around the world. Based in the grounds of The Grove, in Buckinghamshire, , , the unit provided radio, film and television entertainment for military personnel, at home Dan Jackson, Jack Stewart, and overseas. It incorporated the British Defence Film Library and Combined Services Betty Cooper, Gloria Ann Simpson, Entertainment [successor to the better-known ENSA]. Frank Singuineau, Pauline Henriques, My tasks included examining and repairing miles of film Gritty drama highlighting challenges Janice Hughes, Denton De Gray, footage. I was ‘head girl’ in the repair room. HRH Princess faced by the ‘Windrush’ generation of Wally Thomas, Glynn Edwards, Margaret was patron of SSVC and I am pictured here, during West Indians who made their home in her official visit, showing her how film splicing worked. Our films England in the 1950’s. Ivor Salter, Frank Pettitt, The Kings of the Caribbean steel band. would return from overseas in a pretty poor state. Cans of film Young Londoner Danny Willard back from the Gulf often disgorged sand and insects, both highly (David Hemmings) calls into the damaging to film, whilst the Navy seemed prone to dropping their ‘Caribbean Centre’ on his paper round. cans of film into the sea, since they often returned to us soaked He meets Victor (Earl Cameron), a recent in salt water. arrival to England who works as a crane Our films were also sent to our embassies and high operator at the London Docks. All is not commissions abroad, often the only entertainment available to what it seems at the Centre and ruthless service personnel, diplomats and their families. The writer criminals frame Victor for a crime he did Denise Beddows, served in the British High Commission in New Delhi in 1978. The local not commit. Victor must evade both the cinema being rat-infested, weekly SSVC film shows were very popular. Denise recalls an Police and the criminals and has to rely occasion during a children’s matinée when a moth landed on the projector lens. Its image, on the help of Danny and his Grandad projected onto the screen, was about eight feet high and the children all fled, screaming. (James Hayter) to clear his name. When one of our films was stolen in transit we received a call from a vicar, saying someone The Heart Within is one of the first had wrapped hundreds of feet of cine film around all the headstones in his graveyard. I was British films to include a significant cast tasked with trying to identifying the film from hundreds of torn bits of celluloid. of black actors – led by Earl Cameron My mother worked as an usherette at the Majestic Cinema in Wembley. My grandfather with Dan Jackson, Gloria Ann Simpson, was commissionaire at the Gerrard Cross cinema [then known as The Playhouse]. My cousin Frank Singuineau and Pauline and my aunt were also usherettes at The Playhouse and when the men went off to fight in Henriques. The soundtrack of the film WWII, my aunt was promoted to cinema projectionist. After the war, my grandmother was was provided by ‘The Kings of the employed to clean the cinema, which meant I got in free to see the children’s matinées. Caribbean’ Steel Band. I was made redundant from SSVC in 1994, when reel film was finally superseded by , but my links with the film industry would continue, when I, myself, got ‘spliced’. I married a To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 24 stage and film actor – but that’s a story for another day! 25 WITH FREE Renown Box Set £10 UK POSTAGE THE SECRETS OF REMINDER UNDERGROUND The Glass Mountain BRITAIN 70th Anniversary Edition OUR PRICE Restored and remastered from the original 35mm, and now WITH FREE with optional subtitles. £20 UK POSTAGE Run time: 86 minutes | Year of Production: 1949 Director: Henry Cass. Starring: Michael Denison, 3-DVD Valentina Cortese, Dulcie Gray, Sebastian Shaw, Tito Gobbi, Antonio Centa, Elena Rizzieri and Box Set Valentine Dyall as the Opera Narrator. Running Time approx: 165 min. Every fan of British films will want this restored masterpiece in their collection! Featuring the HIDDEN HISTORY • WARTIME SECRETS • MODERN MYSTERIES peerless voice of legendary baritone Tito Gobbi, Three investigations take us into the use; London’s secret tunnels and The Glass Mountain is a classic British film subterranean caves, rivers, tunnels and stations; walkways beneath the romance enriched with the sublime music of bunkers of Britain from ancient times Thames and other bunkers and tunnels Italian opera. to the modern era. that exist beneath our towns and cities. HIDDEN HISTORY MODERN MYSTERIES Shot down and injured in the Italian Alps during Unearth ’s underground city Britain’s Cold War bunkers. Veryan, one World War II, RAF pilot Richard Wilder and uncover the mysteries of the Hell of the few remaining Royal Observer (Michael Denison) is nursed back to health by Fire Caves. Explore below the City of Corps posts; the secret nuclear bunker Alida (Valentina Cortese), a beautiful young Liverpool; navigate Brighton’s network at Kelvedon Hatch in Essex; Corsham Italian girl. She shares with him the local fable of of Victorian sewers; discover Britain’s ammo depot and underground The Glass Mountain, and they fall in love. When coastal smuggling secrets. aircraft factory; the mysterious Pear the war ends, Richard returns to England and his WARTIME SECRETS Tree House hiding in a housing estate; wife Anne. He composes an opera based on the Revealed: underground hideouts the present day secret seed store legend of the Glass Mountain, which, like the that would hide a secret army; the designed to protect our crops from young girl he left behind, has begun to haunt him. wartime bunker Churchill refused to ecological or biological attack! Musical numbers in The Glass Mountain: Wayfarer (Vivian Lambelet & Elizabeth Anthony), first sung by Michael Denison;La Montanara (Ortelli & Pigarelli) sung by Tito Gobbi; The Glass Mountain (Nino Rota) sung by Tito Gobbi and Elena Rizzieri. Opera sequences sung by Elena Rizzieri and Tito Gobbi.

Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 26 27 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 Letters to the Projectionist Please spread the word and tell your friends! 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 The Champions are coming! series requests; please be assured that we do make a note of them all. We acquire new Look out for a new series, beginning on films and series every month, so ‘never say never’! is our motto – but sadly we can’t Make a note Sunday 7th March – the stylish, suspenseful just play those we’d like to play, without proper licensing and rights in place. in your and action packed The Champions, made Also remember, some films or TV series may no longer exist, but we will keep trying! TV diary! in the late 1960s and starring Stuart Damon, Please email us at: [email protected] Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt. Endowed with superhuman qualities and skills, closely Dear Sarah, Noel and Neil, guarded secret gifts given to them by a race of people from During my long career as press photographer a lost city in Tibet, each uses these powers to their best I visited many films on location and the film advantage... as Champions of Law, Order and Justice, Nothing But the Night, shown recently, operators of the International Agency, Nemesis! reminded me of the day I met and Christopher Lee. The actors were filming on the The Barnstormers re-discovered Dartmouth to Kingswear ferry in South Thanks to a very kind 16mm collector who got in touch, Noel and I photographed them with two of the local has found episodes on 16mm of a ‘lost’ TV series, starring a ferrymen. They were real gentlemen, so friendly young Dennis Waterman in an early television role. Made in to everyone and taking time out to chat, which 1964, the series was believed to have been completely wiped is not always the case as you may know. and missing, but will be coming to a small screen near you Although the film was set in Scotland it was very soon! It features a group of five children who start a shot in the West Country using locations such Dear Projectionist, drama society in a disused watermill which hides mysterious as Dartmouth and Dartmoor. I left school in 1952 at 15 years of age and goings-on, leading to a series of adventures. Fans of TV Good luck and every success to Talking went to work in a cake shop. I hated it and left history won’t want to miss it. More details coming soon… Pictures, I love it. Best wishes, Graham. after a few weeks. Waiting at the bus stop one morning I got chatting to the man who lodged next Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, door to us. He was the manager of our local Saturday Morning Pictures CFF Films I wonder if anyone else had cinema ‘The Beacon’ Great Barr, . We know you are as excited as we are to see the films from the noticed that the grey Wolseley car He said he was short of an usherette; did I want the Children’s Film Foundation in our Saturday Morning Pictures slot. in Mysteries had the job until I found something else. It was OK, but not Saturday 20th February 9:30am The Big Catch (1968) Some same number plate as the black for me. Every time the adverts came on the screen, children try to catch a wild horse to raise funds to mend a boat. Wolseley in Scotland Yard? UML 557. I was drawn to one advert. Trainee projectionist Stars: David Gallacher, Ronald Sinclair, Andrew Byatt. We love good old Frank Marker in required. I asked the chief if I could have a go, but Public Eye, in Shades of White my Saturday 27th February 9:30am Go-Kart Go (1963) he said no, it’s a lad’s job, asking the manager got eagle-eyed husband noticed in the same response, but I was determined and Rival groups encounter excitement and trouble in their one scene the microphone above badgered them until they gave in and said I could efforts to win the local go-kart race. their heads. have a months’ trial. Walking into the ‘Box’ next Stars: Dennis Waterman, Frazer Hines, Really enjoyed the short film of morning was so exciting. Looking around the slide Jimmy Capehorn, Pauline Challoner the school children in the war. arc in the corner, two old black projectors, non-sync. and . Thank you for keeping us A passage leading to the rewinding room, further Saturday 6th March 9:30am The Monster entertained. on was a small staff room. I was hooked. 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Sunday 14th February 12:35pm Saturday 20th February 8:15pm Saturday 27th February 2pm Friday 5th March 9:35am The Young Lovers (1954) The Hideout (1956) The Gold Express (1955) ’s (1941) Romantic Drama. Director: Drama. Director: Peter Graham Comedy-thriller. Director: Guy Comedy. Director: John Baxter. Anthony Asquith. Stars: Odile Versois, Scott. Cast: Dermot Walsh, Fergusson. Cast: Vernon Gray, Stars: , Kitty McShane, David Knight, Joseph Tomelty. A US Rona Anderson, Ronald Howard. Ann Walford, May Hallatt. An ace John Stuart, Dennis Wyndham, Embassy man falls in love with the An insurance investigator is on reporter finds crooks stealing gold on . Mother Riley inherits daughter of an Iron Curtain minister. the trail of a fur smuggler. the Scotland to London express. a haunted castle and takes in a Sunday 14th February 4:20pm Saturday 20th February 9:30pm Saturday 27th February 3:10m homeless inventor. Find The Lady (1956) Switching Channels (1988) Woman Hater (1948) Friday 5th March 6pm Comedy Thriller. Director: Charles Comedy. Director: . Romantic Comedy. Traveller’s Joy (1951) Saunders. Stars: Donald Houston, Cast: Kathleen Turner, Director: . Cast: Comedy. Director: Ralph Thomas. Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns. Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve. Stewart Granger, Ronald Squire, Stars: Googie Withers, , On New Year’s Eve, a young model A TV news chief tempts his ex- Edwige Feuillère, , James John McCallum, Maurice Denham. searches for her missing godmother. wife with a big story. Hayter, Dandy Nichols. Woman-hating A divorced couple find themselves Sunday 14th February 10:05pm and Sunday 21st February 1:50pm Lord Datchett lures a French film star stuck, penniless, in a Swedish hotel. Thursday 18th February 10pm & Monday 22nd Feb 4:30pm into an experimental ‘romance’ but she Friday 5th March 9pm The Girl in the Picture (1985) 21 Days (1940) turns the tables on him. Alien Nation (1988) Comedy. Director: Cary Parker. Drama. Director: Basil Dean. Saturday 27th February 8pm Crime. Director: Graham Baker. Stars: John Gordon Sinclair, Irina Brook, Stars: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Easy Money (1948) Stars: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, David McKay, Gregor Fisher, Olivier and Leslie Banks. Comedy. Director: Bernard Knowles. . Los Angeles 1991; Rikki Fulton and Simone Lahbib. At a A husband tries to extort money Cast: , Dennis Price, humans co-exist with alien beings, Glaswegian photographic studio, Alan, from his wife and her lover. Jack Warner, , Mervyn Johns. one of whom partners a policeman. Ken and Bill discuss their love lives. Sunday 21st February 3.20pm Four tales about the effect a Saturday 6th March 4pm & Wednesday 24th Feb 3:20pm major Pools win has on four different Alaska Passage (1959) Monday 15th February 9am sets of people. The Listener (1956) Fanny By Gaslight (1944) Drama. Director: Edward Bernds. Director: Roy Kellino. Stars: Ida Lupino; Drama. Director: Anthony Sunday 28th February 1:25pm Stars: Bill Williams, Naura Hayden, Ralph Moody and Walter Coy. Asquith. Stars: , Unpublished Story (1942) Lyn Thomas. A woman complicates A woman plots to murder her husband James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, War. Director: Harold French. Stars: matters between two trucking in order to collect his insurance. Stewart Granger and . Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson and partners who are struggling to Her plans are overheard by her father- Fanny has to discover her true Basil Radford. A war correspondent in keep their business afloat. in-law, who is unable to speak – but identity and her true love. London during WWII becomes Saturday 6th March 6:10pm can he find a way to sound an alarm? Sunday 21st February 10pm suspicious of a peace organisation. Destination Gobi (1953) Wednesday 17th February 9:05pm & Tuesday 23rd Feb 2:15pm Sunday 28th February 10:05pm War. Director: Robert Wise. Eyewitness (1970) The Spanish Gardener (1956) Farewell, My Lovely (1975) Stars: Richard Widmark, Don Drama. Director: John Hough. Drama. Director: Philip Leacock. Thriller. Director: Dick Richards. Taylor, Casey Adams, Murvyn Vye. Cast: , Susan George, Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Michael Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte In 1944, US Navy specialists run a Lionel Jeffries and Peter Vaughan. Hordern. Jon Whiteley. Rampling. An ex-con hires private eye weather station in the Gobi desert, A young boy accidentally witnesses A diplomat in Spain is jealous of Phillip Marlowe to find his girlfriend but harassed by Japanese warplanes a killing and goes on the run with his the friendship between his son Marlowe is framed for murder. but aided by Mongol nomads. sister, helped by their grandfather. and the gardener. Monday 1st March 4:25pm Saturday 6th March 9pm Friday 19th February 10:10am Friday 26th February 9:05am The Diplomatic Corpse (1958) The Colour of Money (1986) Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943) Old Mother Riley Detective Thriller. Director: Montgomery Tully. Director: . Stars: Comedy. Director: . (1943) Comedy. Director: Stars: Robin Bailey, Susan Shaw, Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Helen Stars: Oswald Mitchell, Magda Kun, . Stars: Arthur Liam Redmond and Harry Fowler. Shaver. Newman reprises his role Ferdy Mayne. Mother Riley loses her Lucan, Kitty McShane and A crime reporter and his girlfriend in The Hustler. Fast Eddie teaches pub licence and goes abroad, seeking Peggy Cummins. Mother Riley investigate a dead body pulled from pool hustling to a youngster. advice from daughter Kitty. investigates the disappearance the Thames. A foreign embassy link Sunday 7th March 10pm of food during the war. makes it a diplomatic matter. Dangerous Davies, Saturday 20th February 1:45pm Friday 26th February 9pm Monday 1st March 8:35pm The Last Detective (1980) & Friday 26th February 3:20pm Nijinsky (1980) All In A Night’s Work (1961) Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Joss Theirs is the Glory (1946) Biography. Director: Herbert Comedy Drama. Director: Joseph Ackland, . War. Director: . Ross. Stars: Alan Bates, George Anthony. Stars: Dean Martin, Director: Val Guest. Detective The story of the American and British de la Peña. Biography of Vaslav Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson. Constable ‘Dangerous’ Davies is armies’ heroic struggle to hold the Nijinsky, based on the premier A playboy who inherits his uncle’s assigned to keep tabs on a local vital Arnheim Bridge during World dancer’s diaries and exploring publishing business has to hush up the villain and everyone gets more War II. (AKA Men of ). 32 his relationship with Diaghilev. circumstances of his uncle’s death. than they bargained for! 33 Subtitled films available on TPTV this month From the FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Full subtitle listings on our website. 21:00 Enemy At The Door 15:00 The Grass is Greener THE MINERS’ Sun 14 February 00:00 You Will Remember 21:05 Enemy At The Door 06:00 Phantom From Space 03:45 Serena 00:05 King David 07:30 Hammer The Toff Mon 22 February Mon 01 March CAMPAIGN 12:35 The Young Lovers 06:05 Paul Temple’s Triumph 12:35 Wonderful Life 14:35 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase 07:40 Noose 14:50 Pit of Darkness TAPES 21:05 Enemy At The Door 10:30 Demobbed 20:35 All In A Night Work Mon 15 February 12:40 Double Bunk 22:25 Escape Route With optional subtitles. 06:00 Once A Sinner 16:30 Twenty One Day Tue 02 March Contains mild violence, language 07:40 The Girl In The Taxi 18:35 The Atomic City 08:10 It’s a Great Day 10:30 The Silver Fleet 20:15 The Rat Race 11:40 and discriminatory terms. 15:55 Conflict of Wings 02:10 The Steel Key 12:50 The Flying Scot Year: 1984. Colour. 18:35 Dr. Crippen Tue 23 February 14:20 Hand in Hand £15 21:00 Framed (1975) 07:45 Blackout 20:15 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Running Time Tue 16 February 10:40 Ramrod 22:30 The Passenger approx: 92min. 08:00 Dateline Diamonds 18:35 The Four Feathers 05:00 Stagecoach West 12:30 Saloon Bar 00:45 Gelignite Gang Wed 03 March Fight. Organise. In 1984 a group of 20:10 Quatermass and the Pit 02:15 Arsenal Stadium Mystery 06:00 Popeye The Sailor and video makers decided 00:00 The Hitch-Hiker 05:00 Stagecoach West 06:10 Zorro’s Black Whip Wed 24 February to show their support for the miners strike 05:00 Stagecoach West 06:30 Big Catch using only tools they had available: their Wed 17 February 06:00 Popeye The Sailor 07:45 The Lone Ranger 06:10 Zorro’s Black Whip 06:00 Popeye The Sailor 08:15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe cameras. On the picket lines, at the marches 06:30 Soapbox 08:40 Superman and in the soup kitchens, they recorded the testimonies of striking miners, their 06:10 Zorro’s Black Whip 07:45 The Lone Ranger 06:40 Cup Fever 12:30 No Way Back wives and supporters, in a fight against the anti-strike propaganda dominating the 08:15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 15:00 Naked Fury 07:55 The Lone Ranger 08:40 Superman mainstream media. A testament to solidarity and activism, the tapes tackle issues 08:25 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 16:15 Night Was Our Friend 09:00 Decoy: To Trap a Thief 01:15 The Friends of Eddie Coyle which still occupy us today: the right to demonstrate, police tactics, political 08:50 Superman 12:15 Harmony Lane 12:40 Crow Hollow Thu 04 March double-speak, the role of the media. They are a crucial document of a cataclysmic 14:30 The Rogues 08:00 Rhythm Racketeers 02:30 Down Among The Z Men Thu 25 February episode in British history. Thu 18 February 12:30 The Delavine Affair 1. Not Just Tea and Sandwiches 2. The Coal Board’s Butchery 3. Solidarity 06:00 Stormy Crossing 16:10 Private Information 06:00 Champion 07:25 Life In Emergency Ward 10 22:00 Easy Money 4. Straight Speaking 5. The Lie Machine 6. Only Doing Their Job? 08:00 Angel Who Pawned Her Harp 10:30 Fiddlers Three 10:30 The Constant Husband 00:05 The Passenger Fri 05 March Special features: 12:30 Crooked Sky 02:35 Clash By Night 06:00 Double Bunk Illustrated booklet with essays by Chris Reeves of Platform Films (discussing the making 16:10 Colonel March Investigates Fri 26 February 09:35 Old Mother Riley’s Ghosts and distribution of the tapes), David Peace (author of GB84 and the Red Riding thrillers) 19:10 Escape From Zahrain 06:00 The Flaw 15:15 Hindle Wakes and Julian Petley (co-author of Media Hits the Pits: the Media and the Coal Dispute and 23:50 During One Night 07:15 Blind Date 22:50 Shafted: the Media, the Miners Strike and the Aftermath). Fri 19 February 09:05 Old Mother Riley Detective 00:50 Songwriter 14:55 Heller In Pink Tights 18:05 The Angry Silence 02:40 Shadow of Fear 18:00 The Young Lovers 21:00 Nijinsky Sat 06 March 21:20 The Carpetbaggers 23:30 The Hostage 07:30 The Strange World Of Planet X Sat 20 February 01:30 Soapbox Derby 09:00 Popeye The Sailor 09:00 Popeye The Sailor Sat 27 February 09:10 Zorro’s Black Whip 09:10 Zorro’s Black Whip 06:00 Cloak Without Dagger 09:30 The Monster of Highgate Ponds 09:30 Big Catch 07:20 Thunder In The City 10:45 The Lone Ranger 10:45 The Lone Ranger 09:00 Popeye The Sailor 11:15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 11:15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 09:10 Zorro’s Black Whip 11:40 Superman 11:40 Superman 09:30 Go-Kart Go 14:15 Barnacle Bill 15:25 Count of Monte Cristo 10:45 The Lone Ranger 23:30 Nijinsky 18:00 The Four Feathers 11:15 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 02:00 Fear Strikes Out 01:25 Girl With Green Eyes 11:40 Superman Sun 07 March Sun 21 February 20:00 Easy Money 07:45 The Last Journey (1935) OUR PRICE £15 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 06:20 River Beat 02:25 Target Earth 10:45 07:40 Jackpot (1960) Sun 28 February 21:00 The Champions Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 13:50 Twenty One Day 07:45 It’s in the Bag 02:05 Dark City NAME FREEPHONE ADDRESS 0808 178 8212

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