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Trottie True Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Highlights for week beginning SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 9th March 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Trottie True on Talking Pictures TV A rare British Technicolour film from the late 1940s, Trottie True offers an abundance of visual pleasures, not least of which is Jean Kent who stars as a ‘Gaiety Girl’ of the 1890s. She is supported by James Donald and Hugh Sinclair along with Lana Morris, Andrew Crawford and Michael Medwin. Trottie attracts the attention of some very well-bred admirers, including love-struck Lord Digby Landon who she marries, but is her heart really in it or is she still sweet on intrepid balloonist Sid Skinner? Sprinkled throughout with song and dance routines and lavish sets and costumes, Trottie True is a feast for the eyes and a humorous take on romance. The film contains a host of famous faces, including Hattie Jacques, Christopher Lee, Roger Moore and also Bill Owen, who features in an exclusive Talking Pictures interview before the film on Sunday. Trottie True Airs on Sunday 15th March at 7pm. Mon 9th March 3:55pm Wed 11th March 7:15pm and Sat 14th March 6:05pm Pool of London (1951) Angels One Five (1952) Crime. Director: Basil Dearden. War drama. Director: George More Stars: Earl Cameron, Bonar Colleano, O’Ferrall. Stars: Jack Hawkins, Susan Shaw & Renee Asherson. When Michael Denison, John Gregson, their ship docks, the crew disembark to Dulcie Grey and Veronica Hurst. pick up their lives in post war London. The story of life in the RAF during the Battle of Britain. Wed 11th March 10:05pm Fools’ Parade (1971) Comedy. Mon 9th March 10pm Director: Andrew V. McLaglen. Peeping Tom (1960) Stars: James Stewart, Kurt Russell, Horror. Director: Michael Powell. George Kennedy and Anne Baxter. Stars: Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, Three ex-convicts hope to start Moira Shearer. A young man murders a business with the money earnt women using a movie camera to film behind bars. their dying expressions of terror. Thurs 12th March 2:30pm Captain Boycott (1947) Tues 10th March 5:10pm History Drama. Director: Frank Launder. Miranda (1948) Stars: Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Comedy. Director: Ken Annakin. Mervyn Johns and Alastair Sim. Stars: Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, In 19th-century Ireland, a property Griffith Jones, Margaret Rutherford. owner named Captain Boycott A Harley Street doctor returns to his dispossesses the townspeople and wife from a fishing holiday with leaves them without hope. a mermaid, disguised as an invalid. Thurs 12th March 10pm Man In The Attic (1953) Tues 10th March 6:50pm Thriller. Director: Hugo Fregonese. The Magic Box (1952) Stars: Jack Palance, Constance Smith Biography. Director: John Boulting. and Byron Palmer. A landlady begins Stars: Robert Donat, Maria Schell and to suspect her new tenant is Jack the Renee Asherson. A chronicle of the life Ripper when a self-described of William Friese Greene, a British pathologist moves in. inventor and early pioneer in cinema. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 9th March 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Jumping for Joy on Talking Pictures TV Directed by John Paddy Carstairs, this hilarious British comedy stars Frankie Howerd and Stanley Holloway, supported by Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries, Alfie Bass and Richard Wattis. This tale of a heroic under-dog defeating the odds features a greyhound which is nursed back to health by Howerd to run in a cup race, despite race fixing by a criminal gang. Howerd and Holloway are perfect comedy partners. Airs on Sun 15th March at 10pm. Fri 13th March 2:30pm Sat 14th March 9:50pm Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946) And Then There Were None (1974) Drama. Director: Robert Hamer. Thriller. Director: Peter Collinson. Stars: Googie Withers, Mervyn Johns Stars: Charles Aznavour Oliver Reed and Gordon Jackson. Set in Victorian Richard Attenborough & Herbert Lom. Brighton; the tale of a pious chemists’ Ten people are invited to a hotel and household and the underworld are accused of murder. occupied by pub landlady Pearl. Sun 15th March 6:30pm Fri 13th March 10pm Talking Pictures TV with Tom Owen son of Bill Owen Over the Hill (1991) Exclusive interview with Tom Owen, Drama. Director: George Miller. son of Bill. Both have appeared in Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Last of the Summer Wine. Here he Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds. reminisces about his father, their Alma flies to Australia to surprise an acting careers and their lives. unwelcoming daughter. Disappointed, she begins a lone road journey. Sun 15th March 7pm Trottie True (1949) Sat 14th March 2:40pm Musical comedy. Director: The Net (1953) Brian Desmond Hurst. Stars: Jean Kent, Aviation thriller. James Donald and Hugh Sinclair. Director: Anthony Asquith. After making her name in the music Stars: James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, halls, Trottie True joins the legendary Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom. Gaiety theatre in London. She marries A scientist involved on a supersonic Lord Digby Landon, but their love is flight project risks his life in a dangerous put to the test. (AKA The Gay Lady) experiment, unwaware of the further risk Sun 15th March 9pm from sabotage by foreign agents. Sunday Night at the Sat 14th March 4:15pm London Palladium (1965) In the Doghouse (1961) Classic variety show with compère Comedy. Director: Darcy Conyers. Jimmy Tarbuck plus music, comedy Stars: Leslie Phillips, Peggy Cummins. and entertainment. Features Topo A newly qualified vet with a heart of Gigio, The Bachelors, Cliff Richard, gold takes over an old practice and Michael Bentine, Alfred Ravel, Eleanor becomes rivals with another vet. Toler, The Fortunes and Frank Berry. Sun 15th March 10pm Sat 14th March 8:05pm Jumping for Joy (1956) The Upturned Glass (1946) Comedy. Director: John Paddy Thriller. Director: Lawrence Carstairs. Stars: Frankie Howerd, Huntington. Stars: James Mason, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Rosamund John, Pamela Kellino. Lionel Jeffries. Willie Joy is fired from A leading brain surgeon believes his job at the greyhound stadium. himself responsible for the death of Taking pity on an injured greyhound he the woman he loves. decides to train her to compete for the prestigious Golden Bowl trophy..
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