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STARDUST on Talking Pictures TV Stars: David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, Rosalind Ayres, Ines Des Longchamps, Karl Howman. Directed by Michael Apted in 1974. Sequel to That’ll Be the Day, Stardust chronicles Jim MacLaine’s rise and fall as a rock star and cemented the career of David Essex as a performer and actor. The cast featured several well-known pop/rock performers, including Keith Moon, Marty Wilde, Edd Byrnes, Dave Edmunds and Paul Nicholas. Airs Saturday 15th August 10:35pm.

Monday 10th August 1:00pm Wednesday 12th August 1:00pm The Small Voice (1948) Lady from Lisbon (1943) Drama. Director: Fergus Mcdonell. Comedy. Director: Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars: James Donald, Valerie Hobson, Stars: Jane Carr, Francis L. Sullivan, David Greene, Howard Keel. Martita Hunt and Charles Victor. Whilst driving through the Welsh hills, When the Nazis steal Leonardo da a couple find a crashed car and take Vinci’s Mona Lisa, an art lover travels the occupants home with them. to Lisbon to spy for the Germans in return for the famous painting. Monday 10th August 11:00pm Lady Godiva Rides Again (1952) Wednesday 12th August 10:05pm Comedy. Director: Frank Launder. Never Love a Stranger (1958) Stars: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Crime. Director: Robert Stevens. Stanley Holloway, Sidney James and Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Diana Dors. A waitress wins a beauty Steve McQueen, Robert Bray, contest to ride as Lady Godiva in a A orphan raised in the Catholic faith town’s pageant. discovers he is Jewish. Turning to crime he becomes New York’s top Tuesday 11th August 11:35am boss – but justice awaits. Hindle Wakes (1952) Drama. Director: Arthur Crabtree. Thursday 13th August 9:30am Stars: Leslie Dwyer and Lisa Daniely. The Rainbow Jacket (1954) Successful remake of one of the Drama. Director: Basil Dearden. earliest British talkies. Set in the Stars: Robert Morley, Kay Walsh and Hindle, two mill workers take off to Edward Underdown. A champion Blackpool for the ‘Wakes’ holiday. jockey banned from racing, helps a young lad to become a champion. Tuesday 11th August 5:20pm The Proud Valley (1940) Thursday 13th August 2:30pm Musical drama. Director: Fun in Acapulco (1963) Pen Tennyson. Stars: Paul Robeson, Musical Comedy. Director: Richard Edward Chapman, Rachel Thomas. Thorpe. Stars: Elvis Presley, Paul Lukas, A black american wins the respect of Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas. When a Welsh community and joins them the daughter of an Acapulco boat in facing unemployment and mining owner gets Mike fired, he gets a job accidents, becoming a hero. as lifeguard and singer at a hotel. Tuesday 11th August 10:00pm Thursday 13th August 9:05pm The Man Who Haunted Himself Botany Bay (1953) (1970) Drama. Directed by John Farrow. Thriller. Directed by Basil Dearden. Starring: Alan Ladd, James Mason and Stars Roger Moore Hildegard Neil and Patricia Medina. In 1787 prisoners are Alastair Mackenzie. After recovering shipped to Botany Bay, New South from a near-fatal car accident, Pelham Wales. Amongst them a wrongly finds his life has been turned imprisoned American medical student upside-down. clashes with the villainous Captain. Talking Pictures TV Highlights for week beginning www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 Mon 10th August 2020 continued FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Fun in Acapulco on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Elvis Presley, Paul Lukas, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas. Directed by Richard Thorpe in 1963. When the daughter of an Acapulco boat owner gets Mike fired, he finds a job as lifeguard and singer at a hotel. Meanwhile he is recovering from post- traumatic stress and a fear of heights, following a tragic high-wire accident during his career in a circus. Airs Thursday 13th August 2:30pm.

Friday 14th August 12:10pm Saturday 15th August 10:35pm The Brave Don’t Cry (1952) Stardust (1974) Drama. Directed by Philip Leacock. Musical Drama. Director: Stars: John Gregson, Meg Buchanan Michael Apted. Stars: David Essex, and John Rae. Based on a true story. Adam Faith, Larry Hagman, In a small Scots mining-town a mine Ines Des Longchamps, cave-in traps the entire crew. Rosalind Ayres, Karl Howman. Friday 14th August 2:30pm The sequel to That’ll Be the Day, Caesar and Cleopatra (1946) Stardust chronicles Jim MacLaine’s Biopic. Director: Gabriel Pascal. rise and fall as a rock star. The cast Stars: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh and featured several well-known pop/ Stewart Granger. Cleopatra has just rock performers, including Keith ascended the throne of the pharaohs Moon, Marty Wilde, Paul Nicholas, of Egypt when Julius Caesar arrives. Dave Edmunds and Edd Byrnes. Friday 14th August 10:00pm Sunday 16th August 11:00am Downhill Racer (1969) Seven Thunders (1957) Drama. Director: Michael Ritchie. War. Director: Hugo Fregonese. Stars: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Stars: Stephen Boyd, Tony Wright, Camilla Sparv. Dave, an ambitious James Robertson Justice, young skier, is determined to break all Kathleen Harrison and Anna Gaylor. existing records. He experiences a Escaped British prisoners of war crisis of conscience when emotional are on the run in German-occupied attachments impede his progress. France. Saturday 15th August 2:10pm Sunday 16th August 20:20pm Star Treatment: Grace Kennedy The Scarlet Blade (1963) (1979) Action comedy drama. Director: Southern Television show where John Gilling. Stars: Lionel Jeffries, young entertainers are given the Oliver Reed, June Thorburn. full production treatment to Amid clashes between the showcase their talent. Roundheads and the Cavaliers, ‘The Scarlet Blade’, leads the Royalists.

The Prince and the Pauper on Talking Pictures TV Stars: Mark Lester, Ernest Borgnine, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Rex Harrison. Directed by Richard Fleischer in 1978. When an English prince and a pauper discover that they have identical appearances, they decide to trade places with each other. Based on the Mark Twain classic. Airs Sunday 16th August 6:00pm.