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Sat 1st Feb 17:30 Fri 7th Feb 22:00 and Fri 7th Feb 11:30 and Tue 11th Feb 22:00 A Canterbury Tale (1944) To The Devil A Daughter (1976) War Comedy, directed by Horror, directed by Peter Sykes. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Stars: Richard Widmark, Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Price. A ‘Land Girl’, an American GI Nastassja Kinski. A priest turned and a British soldier find themselves Satanist kidnaps a young girl, hoping together in a small Kent town. she will bear the offspring of Satan. Sat 1st Feb 20:05 Sat 8th Feb 15:00 Nor the Moon by Night (1958) and Mon 10th Feb 16:10 Adventure, directed by . Seven Thunders (1957) Stars: Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick War film directed by Hugo Fregonese. McGoohan. The fiancé of an African Stars: Stephen Boyd, James Robertson game warden falls in love with his Justice, . Escaped brother. (AKA Elephant Gun) British prisoners of war are on the run in German-occupied France. Sun 2nd Feb 16:00 and Fri 7th Feb 14:30 Sat 8th Feb 17:05 and Wed 12th Rockets Galore! (1958) Feb at 15:10 Comedy, directed by Michael Relph. City Under the Sea (1965) Stars: Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden Science fiction, directed by Jacques and Roland Culver. The inhabitants of Tourneur. Stars: Vincent Price, a small Hebridean island resist the Tab Hunter, Susan Hart, David government’s plan to make their home Tomlinson. A lost city beneath the sea a missile base. (AKA Mad Little Island) is off the Cornish coast, where a group of sailors have lived for a century. Sun 2nd Feb at 22:00 and Thurs 6th Feb 14:30 Sat 8th Feb 18:50 True as a Turtle (1957) and Tue 11th Feb 16:05 Comedy, directed by: Wendy Toye. The Floating Dutchman (1954) Stars: , Cecil Parker, Crime drama, directed by Vernon June Thorburn, Keith Michell. Sewell. Stars: Dermot Walsh, Sydney A newly-wed young couple honey- Tafler, Mary Germaine. A detective is moon on a ketch named Turtle. undercover in a gang of jewel thieves. Mon 3rd Feb 16:55 Sat 8th Feb 20:25 and Thu 23th Feb 7:25 and Wed 12th Feb 22:05 The Lady is a Square (1959) The Mind Benders (1963) Comedy musical film directed by Thriller, directed by Basil Dearden. Herbert Wilcox. Stars: , Stars: , Mary Ure. Frankie Vaughan, Janette Scott and A scientist submits himself to a Anthony Newley. A singer goes to dangerous experiment, submerged in work for a classical music patron. a tank of water for ten hours. Tues 4th Feb 15:35 Sun 9th Feb 19:10 and Sun 9th Feb 10:55 and Wed 12th Feb 11:30 The Proud Valley (1940) Sea Devils (1953) Musical drama, directed by Adventure film, directed by Raoul Pen Tennyson. Stars: Paul Robeson, Walsh. Stars: Rock Hudson, Yvonne Edward Chapman, Rachel Thomas. De Carlo, Maxwell Reed. A jailed A Black American joins a Welsh smuggler is offered a pardon, if he community, becoming a hero. rescues a female agent. Wed 5th Feb 15:20 Mon 10th Feb 18:15 Once Upon a Dream (1949) and Sat 22nd Feb 10:30 Comedy romance directed by Ralph South Of Algiers (1953) Thomas. Stars: Googie Withers, Griffith Action adventure, directed by Jones, Guy Middleton. A woman wakes Jack Lee. Stars: Van Heflin, up believing that a romantic dream Wanda Hendrix, Eric Portman. about her new servant is reality. An archaeologist is involved in a deadly race across the desert. Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Premiere Highlights SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 February 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Tues 11th Feb 11:30 Mon 17th Feb 22:00 and Sunday 16th Feb 19:15 and Sat 29th Feb 10:30 Will Any Gentleman (1953) Model For Murder (1963) Comedy, directed by: Michael Drama, directed by: Michael Truman. Anderson, starring , Stars: Ian Hendry, Jane Asher, Heather Thatcher, . Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett. A bank clerk assists a stage hypnotist Police investigate the murder of a but leaves the theatre too soon. model involved with drug pushers. Tues 11th Feb 19:20 Tues 18th Feb 22:00 and Sun 23rd Feb 13:00 Helter Skelter (1949) The Small Voice (1948) Comedy, directed by: Ralph Drama, directed by: Fergus Thomas Stars: Carol Marsh, Mcdonell, starring James Donald, Mervyn Johns, , Valerie Hobson, David Greene. Richard Hearne, Terry-Thomas. A radio A couple find a crashed car and take star is involved with a wealthy heiress the occupants home with them. but a case of hiccups causes problems. Sat 15th Feb 12:40 Wed 19th Feb 22:05 and Tue 18th Feb 15:55 and Thu 27th Feb 22:00 Nurse On Wheels (1963) Spring and Port Wine (1970) Comedy, directed by: . Comedy, directed by: Peter Hammond. Stars: Juliette Mills, Ronald Lewis, Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Joan Sims, , Deryck Guyler Diana Coupland, Hannah Gordon, and Joan Hickson. A big stir is caused in Rodney Bewes, Arthur Lowe, Len Jones. a sleepy little town by the arrival of the Working class father Rafe Crompton new district nurse. and his wife Daisy struggle to cope with bringing up their four children. Sat 15th Feb 16:00 and 21st Feb 19:20 Friday 21st Feb 09:40 The Scarlet Blade (1963) S is For Stanley (2015) Action comedy drama, directed by: Award winning documentary film John Gilling. Stars: Lionel Jeffries, depicting the relationship between Oliver Reed, Jack Hedley, June Thorburn. film director Stanley Kubrick and his Amid clashes between the Roundheads chauffeur, Emilio D’Alessandro. and the Cavaliers, a romantic figure Friday 21st Feb 22:00 known as ‘The Scarlet Blade’ emerges. and Tue 25th Feb at 01.50 Sat 15th Feb 17:40 Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1965) and Thu 20th Feb 14:30 History drama, directed by Don Sharp. State Secret (1950) Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Mystery drama, directed by: Joss Ackland. Sinister monk Rasputin Sidney Gilliat. Stars: , gains influence at the Russian court. , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sat 22nd Feb 15:55 An surgeon is caught up in a man-hunt and Tue 25th at 17:45 when the dictator he operates on dies. Second Fiddle (1957) Sat 15th Feb 19:50 Comedy, directed by Maurice Elvey. and Mon 17th Feb 14:25 Stars: Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Now and Forever (1956) Lisa Gastoni, Richard Wattis. Drama, directed by: Mario Zampi. The advertising agency where Deborah Stars: Janette Scott, Vernon Gray, and Charles work has one rule: as soon Kay Walsh, . A schoolgirl as a girl marries, she must resign! and a young boy plan to elope. Sat 22nd Feb 19:20 Sun 16th Feb 11:40 and Wed 26th Feb at 13:45 and Tue 18th Feb 7:55 Suspect (1960) The Ghost of Monk’s Island (1966) Thriller, directed by Roy Boulting. Family adventure, directed by: Duncan Stars: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Wood. Stars: Pierre Bedenes, Lucinda Peter Cushing, Spike Milligan. A team Jackson, Peter Bartlett, Robert Bartlett, of scientists researching plague cures, Beryl Cooke. The Robinson children find their work is being suppressed by are marooned on a deserted Island. the government. (AKA The Risk) Talking Pictures TV www.talkingpicturestv.co.uk Premiere Highlights SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 81 February 2020 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445

Sat 22nd Feb 21:00 Wed 26th Feb 19:25 and Tue 25th Feb at 22:45 Walk a Tightrope (1963) Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) Crime drama directed by Frank Drama, directed by Robert Bolt. Nesbitt. Stars: Dan Duryea, Stars: , Richard Chamberlain, Patricia Owens, Terence Cooper. , Ralph Richardson, After remarrying, a woman is black- Laurence Olivier, Margaret Leighton. mailed by her former husband, as Lady Caroline Lamb, married to a future their marriage was not annulled. Prime Minister, has an affair with poet Thurs 27th Feb 19:15 Lord Byron; a 19th century sex scandal! Mad About Men (1954) Sat 22nd Feb 23:30 Comedy directed by Ralph Thomas. and Fri 28th at 23:50 Stars: Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden, Spanish Fly (1976) Anne Crawford, . Comedy, directed by Bob Kellett. A schoolteacher meets a mermaid Stars: , Terry Thomas, while on holiday. As they look alike, Frank Thornton, Terry-Thomas. Ex-pat they decide to swap places. resident of Minorca, Sir Percy de Courcy, Sat 29th Feb 08:45 turns a local wine into an aphrodisiac, with hilarious results. Sammy’s Super T-Shirt (1978) Comedy, directed by: Jeremy Sun 23rd Feb 18:50 Summers. Stars: Reggie Winch, and Fri 28th at 11:50 Lawrie Mark, Richard Vernon, Nicholas Nickleby (1947) Julian Holloway, Patsy Rowlands. Drama, directed by Alberto A Children’s Film Foundation film in Cavalcanti. Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, which a little boy uses his magical Sybil Thorndike, Stanley Holloway. T-shirt to stand up to his tormentors. Robbed of his rightful inheritance, Nicholas Nickleby is forced to leave Sat 29th Feb 15:50 his schoolmaster’s post and seek his An Inspector Calls (1954) fortune as a travelling entertainer. Crime Drama, directed by: Guy Hamilton. Stars: Alastair Sim, Mon 24th Feb 22:00 Bryan Forbes, Eileen Moore, and Sat 29th Feb 22:50 Olga Lindo, Arthur Young. That’ll Be The Day (1973) A police inspector takes the rich and Musical, directed by: pampered Birling family to task. Claude Whatham. Stars: David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach. Sat 29th Feb 17:30 David Essex makes his screen debut Portrait of Clare (1950) as wayward hero Jim MacLaine, who Drama, directed by: Lance Comfort. lives a life of dead-end jobs and Stars: Margaret Johnston, Richard one-night stands and dreams of Todd, Robin Bailey, Ronald Howard, becoming a rock star. Many of the Mary Clare, Marjorie Fielding. characters were played by musicians While helping with preparations for including Ringo Starr, Billy Fury her granddaughter’s engagement, and Keith Moon. Clare tells the young girl of her own life and loves.

NEW SERIES NEW SERIES Tues 25th Feb 21:00 Thurs 27th Feb 21:00 Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983) Funny Man (1980) Spy Drama, directed by Featuring Jimmy Jewel, Jean Boht, Jim Goddard. Stars: Sam Neil, David Schofield, Sharon Duce, Leo McKern, Norman Rodway, Pamela Stephenson and Lynda Peter Egan. Based on the life of Bellingham, this series charts the Russian-born Sidney Reilly, one of the fortunes of a family of music-hall greatest spies ever to work for the entertainers. Based on the experience British. From the gentlemen’s clubs of Edwardian to of the company of players founded by the gates of the Kremlin, Reilly played country against Jewel’s father in the 1920s. country with a skill and audacity that have rarely been seen Continues on Thursdays at 9pm. since. This epic mini-series was an astonishing success when first shown. Continues on Tuesdays at 9pm.