Week Beginning Monday 11Th February 2019
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Highlights: Week beginning Monday 11th February 2019 Monday 11th February 2019 – 11:55 CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS (1948) (also showing 03:45 on Sunday 17th February) Director: Terence Young Starring: Eric Portman, Edana Romney, Barbara Mullen and Christopher Lee. A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life. Monday 11th February 2019 – 21:00 PENNY GOLD (1973) Director: Jack Cardiff Starring: James Booth, Francesca Annis, Nicky Henson and Joss Ackland. While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister. Tuesday 12th February 2019 – 09:00 THE BLACK SHEEP OF WHITEHALL (1942) (also 03:10 on Thurs 14th February) Director: Basil Dearden, Will Hay Starring: Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney, Joss Ambler, Thora Hird and Felix Aylmer. Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. Tuesday 12th February 2019 – 14:35 THE CARD (1952) Director: Ronald Neame Starring: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson and Petula Clark. A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing, some honest, and some not so! th Wednesday 13 February 2019 – 12:15 THE LOVE LOTTERY (1954) (also showing 04:15 on Tuesday 12th February) Director: Charles Crichton Starring: David Niven, Peggy Cummings, Anne Vernon and Herbert Lom. A top Hollywood star escapes to an Italian hideaway to get away from it all but unwittingly finds himself the top prize in an international lottery. Wednesday 13th February 2019 – 14:35 THE LOVES OF JOANNA GODDEN (1947) Director: Charles Frend Starring: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum and Derek Bond. When her father dies, Joanna Godden surprises everyone when she decides to run his farm herself. But her determination and strong will prove a burden as well as an asset. Thursday 14th February 2019 – 10:55 THE DIVIDED HEART (1954) (also showing 03:00 on Saturday 16th February) Director: Charles Crichton Starring: L Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Armin Dahlen and Alexander Knox. A three-year-old orphan is adopted by a German couple shortly after World War II. But on his 10th birthday, it is discovered that his mother, is alive and wants him back. Thursday 14th February 2019 – 14:40 TRAIN OF EVENTS (1949) Director: Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Sidney Cole Starring: Jack Warner, John Gregson, Susan Shaw, Leslie Phillips and Valerie Hobson. A train disaster is told in four short stories giving the character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with the situation. Friday 15th February 2019 – 08:10 WATERFRONT (1950) Director: Michael Anderson Starring: Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw and Richard Burton. A good-for-nothing sailor walks out on his young family leaving them to fend for themselves in the Liverpool slums. Friday 15th February 2019 – 21:00 NO TREES IN THE STREET (1959) Director: J Lee Thompson Starring: Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Ronald Howard and Melvyn Hayes. In 1930s London, a man becomes the self-appointed leader in a brutally impoverished slum. Saturday 16th February 2019 – 09:15 A BOY, A GIRL AND A BIKE (1949) Director: Ralph Smart Starring: John McCallum, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors, Patrick Holt and Thora Hird. Love, theft and deception causes havoc within a Yorkshire cycling club. Saturday 16th February 2019 – 16:00 THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940) Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan Starring: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin and Rex Ingram. After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves. Saturday 16th February 2019 – 21:55 THE MEDUSA TOUCH (1978) Director: Jack Gold Starring: Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews and Alan Badel. Novelist John Morlar is haunted by the belief that he can, through the power of telekinesis, cause fatal disasters to occur. Sunday 17th February 2019 – 10:35 THE SAINT: THE FICTION MAKERS (1968) Director: Roy Ward Baker Starring: Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms, Justine Lord and Kenneth J Warren. Simon Templar is mistaken for a mystery novelist by a criminal gang, who then force him to plan a successful crime. Sunday 17th February 2019 – 12:45 80,000 SUSPECTS (1963) Director: Val Guest Starring: Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Yolande Donlan and Kay Walsh. A doctor's marriage is tested when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic. Sunday 17th February 2019 – 19:10 BLESS THIS HOUSE (1972) Director: Gerald Thomas Starring: Sid James, Diana Coupland, Terry Scott, June Whitfield and Sally Geeson. The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, side line come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further. Sunday 17th February 2019 – 22:10 ARMCHAIR THEATRE: Say Goodnight to your Grandma (1970) Director: Jim Goddard Starring: Susan Jameson, Colin Welland, Madge Ryan and Jack Smethurst. A dangerous game develops between three women - a wife, her mother and her mother-in-law - when they gather around the newest born addition to the family… .