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You can always call us V 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 Dear Supporters of Film and TV History, We are looking forward to seeing many of you on the 9th and 10th October at The Plaza and The Savoy Picture House – still time to get tickets but be quick! We are delighted to announce that Melvyn Hayes will be one of our guests at the all day event on the Sunday. We have lots more guests now confirmed, see page 29. Why not make a weekend of it?! On the Saturday at the small original picture house, The Savoy, just around the corner, there’s a a chance to all enjoy a real-life ‘Saturday morning Pictures ’ with booing and popguns allowed! Also calling all film buff eggheads – come and have a go at the quiz on the Saturday afternoon – more details on pages 28-31 . To those of you who have purchased tickets, they are on the way! Good News - our 9th Festival of Film at St Albans on 20th March 2022 is now ‘in the works’ – please put the date in your diary, more info next month, those with transferred tickets will be sent new tickets in due course. We are proud to present our latest 3-DVD box set box set, The Beaconsfield Studios Collection, featuring films made at the historic studios, including The Big Day with and Harry H. Corbett; Snowball with Gordon Jackson and Dennis Waterman; October Moth with Lee Patterson; Strictly For The Birds with Tony Tanner, and and many more. This month’s offers include some treats for fans; a celebration of the wonderful Dorothy Squires; a CD of the beautiful voice of Sir Norman Wisdom OBE, including some rare tracks. Our Look at Life series of DVDs continues with Volume 5, Cultural Heritage. This set includes some iconic shorts, including the coffee bar and brilliant footage of an East End family on ‘holiday’ hop picking in – they even took the lino from the spare room! British culture is further explored in Suburban Steps to Rockland, a DVD about Britain’s first rhythm & blues venue, The Club, where many 60s bands cut their teeth, including The Who and The Rolling Stones. With the current run of Public Eye just ended, those of us having Frank Marker withdrawal symptoms will enjoy an exclusive interview with him on DVD, a fascinating insight into the real Alfred and just a couple of guineas plus expenses! In this month’s premieres, look out for in Murder in Soho and Ann Todd in . stars in the film version ofDr Who and the and a young Harry Fowler appears in . There’s cross-channel romance in Johnny Frenchman with and Albert defies Harold to get married inSteptoe and Son while and star in the moving story that is The Long Night. and Mike Read were both in the TPTV cinema studio recently. Caroline introduces our new series of films,The Cellar Club on Friday nights, beginning on September 3rd at 9pm. Mike joins Noel on the hunt for lost films and footage in new series,The Footage Detectives which begins on Sunday 5th September at 12pm. Some of you who watch us on Sky or Freesat may have had to retune your boxes as we recently moved satellites – if you have any problems do contact Sky on 0333 759 0467 or Freesat 0345 313 0051 and all should be well. Those who watch us on Freeview or Virgin can ignore this message. We hope you find something of interest in this newsletter, we have scoured book and music publishers and DVD and film providers for items of interest for you all. As we always say, it helps to keep the projectionist’s reels spinning and the usherette’s torch lit! Best wishes, Sarah, Noel and Neill 1 RENOWN PICTURES NEW DVD RELEASE INCLUDES EVERYTHING ON THESE TWO PAGES. Strictly For The Birds (1964) A British comedy set in the East End of . Directed by BEACONSFIELD STUDIOS it stars Tony Tanner, Joan Sims and Graham Stark, and follows Terry Blessing’s ‘lucky’ day of gambling, meeting COLLECTION friends, losing his job and finding an unknown son. The Big Day (1960) Directed by Peter Graham Scott EXCLUSIVE PRICE WITH this drama stars Donald Pleasence, Andrée Melly, Colin FREE UK Gordon, Harry H. Corbett and . A business JUST £20 POSTAGE boss must choose between three prospective candidates. Blind Date (1959) This murder mystery was directed by A 3-DVD collection of Joseph Losey and stars Hardy Krüger, and films made at the iconic Micheline Presle. Set in 1950s London, where a young Beaconsfield Studios painter has an affair with a wealthy woman. October Moth (1960) A psychological drama directed by WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES John Kruse and starring Lee Patterson, Robert Cawdron, Running Time: 631 mins. Peter Dyneley & Lana Morris. In an isolated Yorkshire Beaconsfield Studios opened in 1922, farmhouse, a deranged young man imagines a woman he producing films and TV shows until the has rescued from a car crash is his deceased mother. . Run by producer George Clark, Cat & Mouse (1958) This British crime drama directed with /director Guy Newall, the site by Paul Rotha stars Lee Patterson, Ann Sears and was chosen to escape the London smog yet Victor Maddern. An unscrupulous villain falls while remain within easy reach of the city, with trying to trick a young woman into revealing the location country locations for outdoor filming. of stolen diamonds, but did he die? During World War II, the studios were Guilty? (1956) Directed by Edmond T. Gréville, this home to the Crown Film Unit, with 51 wartime crime drama follows a solicitor (John Justin), who productions between 1940 and 1952, is convinced that a former French Resistance heroine is many of which were made at Beaconsfield. innocent of the murder charge of a lover whose betrayal The films in this collection are a cross section of the work produced at the studios, resulted in her incarceration in a concentration camp. with performances from as diverse as Donald Pleasence, Susan Shaw, Snowball (1960) Directed by Pat Jackson, this crime Harry H. Corbett, Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker, Victor Maddern, drama stars Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith, Gordon Jackson, Zena Walker, Zena Walker and Dennis Waterman. After forgetting his and Dennis Waterman. ticket, a young boy causes trouble for a bus conductor. Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936) This British musical comedy directed by Marcel Varnel stars Frances Day, Arthur Riscoe and Muriel Aked. After a few drunken escapades in London, a young man is sent to work as a waiter at his uncle’s hotel. Burnt Evidence (1954) This emotional drama stars Jane Hylton, Duncan Lamont and Donald Gray. A jealous husband suspects his wife of having an affair with his wartime comrade. Call Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 2 Or 01923 290555 OUR PRICE £20 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 3 Memories of a life in films BeaconsfieldThe new studios at Beaconsfield opened Studiosin Part 24: 1922, producing films and, later, TV shows, Film Transfer until the 1960s. The studios were run by We are always looking for producer George Clark, in collaboration lost films and shows to with actor/director Guy Newall. The site bring back for the public. Tim Emblem-English was chosen to escape from the London smog Once the cans have been retrieved from lofts, sheds, yet remain within easy reach of the city with private collections and other unusual places, the country locations for outdoor filming. Beaconsfield Studios contents have to be transferred from film to file. Following a promising start in 1922, by 1924 Archive film expert Tim Emblem-English prepares the studios and the British film industry and cleans the 35mm, 16mm, 9.5mm and 8mm prints. generally were hit by competition from It’s a fascinating process, which he describes below. America and film-making at Beaconsfield I’m Tim Emblem-English, proprietor of The Flying Spot ceased almost entirely. Eventually the studios Ltd. My time in broadcasting began 40 years ago as were sold to the British Lion Film a trainee engineer with BBC Television. Specialising in Corporation, which converted the facilities to telecine work I became an expert in all things “archive produce sound pictures and made a number film” – and I was the BBC’s last-ever telerecording of Edgar Wallace adaptations. engineer. In 2016 my department closed down and I acquired all the “old-school” telecine equipment. During the Second World War the studios Guy Newall & Ivy Duke in ‘Fox Farm’ 1922. A few years ago I made contact with Talking Pictures TV, were home to the Crown Film Unit, credited asking: “do you ever need an old-school telecine film with fifty-one productions between 1940 and transfer facility?” Sarah replied “yes please”, offered me 1952, many made at Beaconsfield. The last some titles as a test to see what I could provide and production company to be based at the studio, we haven’t looked back. Once a month I collect a Independent Artists, were responsible for wonderful assortment of film reels and inspect them some of the best British films from the 50s & carefully, making good any wear-and-tear and giving 60s, including Very Important Person, The Man in them a thorough clean before transfer. They go on to the Back Seat, House of Mystery and Circus of my classic Rank-Cintel Mk3 Digiscan telecine machine. Horrors. Other companies also used the I assess the pictures and soundtracks and make any studios, producing several notable films such necessary corrections. Many films require scene-by- scene picture adjustments for colour and contrast and as: The Vicious Circle (1957), starring ; Film production at Beaconsfield in the 1920s. these are rehearsed and pre-programmed using a device The Battle of the Sexes (1959), starring Peter called Digigrade. When I have the best practicable Sellers; Payroll (1961) a crime starring reproduction I play the film in real-time and make a Michael Craig; This Sporting Life (1963) digital file. This becomes the transmission master. starring and Norman I’m delighted to be part of the TPTV family and in Wisdom’s Press for Time (1966). Since 1971 the Sarah, Noel and Neill and fellow restorer Tim Langley, studios have been the home of the National I’ve found some kindred spirits in the world of film and Film and Television School, where NFTS broadcasting. Long may we all continue! students still use the original 1930s sound Coming out soon: “REEL TO REAL” – stage and 1960s TV studio building, with new buildings constructed on site to provide the book of Noel’s film & TV memoirs. Photo: 4 Andrew PM Wright. additional teaching facilities. Students in the TV gallery in the . 5 Dorothy Squires’ Only Major Film Appearance. STARS IN DOROTHY YOUR EYES SQUIRES OUR PRICE 1945-1962 WITH FREE £15 Crying on UK POSTAGE the Inside OPTIONAL SUBTITLES MUSIC CD Year: 1956. Colour. Number of discs: 2. 53 Tracks on 2 CDs CD Running Time approx: 93 mins WITH FREE PLUS 128mins extras and FREE booklet. £15.99 UK POSTAGE Director: . DOROTHY SQUIRES was one Cast: Nat Jackley, Pat Kirkwood, of Britain’s biggest singing stars Dorothy Squires, Vera Day, of the post-war era. Her greatest , Joan Sims, popularity was between 1945 and the early 60s – the period covered by this compilation. Featured here are nineteen UK chart hits, including Gerald Harper & Jimmy Clitheroe. the top ten hits Coming Home, Just A Prayer Away, The Gypsy, A quintessential British comedy-musical-romance, Stars in Your Eyes I’ll Close My Eyes, It’s A Pity To Say Goodnight, Laughing On is a love letter to the last days of Variety that has lost none of its warmth The Outside (Crying On The Inside), Danger Ahead, , Anything I Dream Is Possible and I’m Walking Behind You – and heart since it was first filmed. With fabulous musical numbers, sparkling some written by Billy Reid. This is the most comprehensive overview of comedy routines and tear-jerking romance it showcases a terrific cast of stars her “golden years”, with collectors’ rarities not previously seen on CD. features Dorothy Squires’ only major film appearance of the day and . Disc 1: COMING HOME/JUST A PRAYER AWAY/THE GYPSY/UNDER THE WILLOW TREE/I’LL CLOSE MY EYES/ A group of talented young performers pool their resources and buy a YIPPEE-OLLY-AY-HO/IT’S A PITY TO SAY GOODNIGHT/LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (Crying On The Inside)/ dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts, but property developers also want OLD FRIENDS ARE GOLDEN FRIENDS/(I Love You) FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS/UNCHANGEABLE YOU/DANGER the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night! 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Call Us Now On Freephone 6 0808 178 8212 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 7 Dorothy Squires Renown Special Offer 2 for £10 Usual Price £7.99 each. WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Something Special Offer ends September 15th. I was just 16 years old in 1980 and preparing my first ever cabaret event in Wolverhampton. My act consisted of impersonations with comedy and songs and I wanted to Soho Conspiracy include an impression of Dorothy Squires. Naïvely, I thought After a local church is bombed, press you needed permission to do this, so I wrote to her at Decca agent Guy, (John Witty) plans a charity Records. After no reply and just two weeks before my show, concert to help fund the restoration. I panicked and rang Decca. They put me on hold and said they However, when a lawyer gets involved, would try and find a number for me. Imagine my surprise when the locals of Soho have to join together to they put me through to Dorothy herself! “Who wants Dorothy Squires, what do you want?” said the instantly recognisable voice with a hint of Welsh accent. save the show. Incorporates footage from the Starstruck, I replied, “THE… Dorothy Squires?” She was more than gracious and, within 1948 Italian filmMad About Opera (Follie per 48 hours, I was standing in front of the legendary star at her home in Bray, doing my l’Opera) for its climatic concert performance. impersonation. She loved the fact that my emulation was not comedy, but a straight Director: Cecil H. Williamson. impression of her talent and she coached me to get every nuance right. “I think you’ve got Cast: Zena Marshall, Jacques Labrecque, something. Nobody is doing this all-round entertainment thing anymore – most of them John Witty, Peter Gawthorne, can’t ‘cause they haven’t got what it takes – but stick with it,” she said. She gave my career a boost by informing the local paper that we had met and that she was going to try Max Harrison, Syd Harrison, Gino Bechi, and come to my show. She was unable to, but sent a telegram that was read out at to the Beniamino Gigli. audience. She did appear at some of my shows, and I of course went to hers. Year of Production: 1950. Black and White. That was the start of my friendship with Dot, which lasted until her passing in 1998. Run Time: 80 mins approx. We didn’t see each other as much as we would have liked, but Dot always took my call, and when something was bothering her, or she just wanted to talk, she rang me. We 2 for £10 didn’t always see eye to eye however, and her mood sometimes changed mid-sentence. Today her mood swings would have been diagnosed as bipolar and it is my opinion and I’ll Turn to You that of her biographer, entertainer Johnny Tudor, that she was probably a victim of this. Made in 1946, the film tells the story Towards the end of her life, her troubles caused eviction from her lovely home and she of a former pilot who, struggling to went to live in a rented house in Wales, provided by a fan. She became more reclusive adapt to civilian life, decides to leave and the calls lessened. She was a proud woman and it was sad to see the fighting spirit his wife. The soundtrack features the she was known for slowly fade. Sadly my few polaroids of us together were lost when I moved house. I do still have a pair of sunglasses that she gave me for my impression London Symphony Orchestra, a choir of the of her however... and that first telegram. I remember standing in the wings at the Theatre Welsh Guards and Albert Sandler and his Palm Royal, Drury Lane in 1982. There had been various incidents including a guy wanting Court Orchestra with radio organist, Sandy Dot to talk about for a book and she was a little stressed to put it mildly. MacPherson. Lead actor Don Stannard went Her signature music ‘’ began and the audience were screaming for her. on to play Dick Barton in all three Dick Barton Her anxieties disappeared and she became the legendary star once more, delivering films. Director:Geoffrey Faithfull. a knockout show. On stage or off, a star or just my friend, I loved her and always will. Cast: Terry Randall, Don Stannard, Paul Goodhead Harry Welchman, Ann Codrington, George Merritt, Irene Handl, Ellis Irving, Nicolette Roeg, Anthony Pendrell. Year of Production: 1946. Black and White. Run Time: 92 mins approx.

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 8 9 SAILOR THE ORIGINAL TELEVISION SERIES One of the most popular documentary OUR PRICE series ever made, digitally restored and WITH FREE available on DVD for the very first time. £25 UK POSTAGE Sailor remains one of the best series ever made about the as well as providing a historic record of the passing of one of Britain’s The Complete Series greatest fighting ships. WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES Also includes the follow-up programme: Sailor: Eight Years On – Number of discs: 3. Colour. revealing the fate of the Ark Royal in the dock and catching up with Number of episodes: 10 plus one crew members to discover how their lives have changed. extra and bonus feature. DVD Bonus Feature: Med Patrol. This rarely-seen spectacular colour Running Time approx: 342 mins. COI film made in the early 1970s captures the Ark Royal on In 1976 BBC camera crews were Mediterranean duties with flying Phantoms and Buccaneers. invited on board Britain’s best-loved warship, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, to record what was intended to be her last voyage. As the Ark Royal sailed for America, the cameras captured a unique record of daily life on board for the crew, as well as the workings of an operational Winner of Best Factual aircraft carrier with a full Series at the 1977 complement of fighters, bomber aircraft and helicopters. British Academy Awards.

To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 OUR PRICE £25 WITH FREE UK POSTAGE 10 11 Currently airing on NORMAN Talking Pictures TV. Volume 5 Cultural WISDOM Heritage Not Just the OUR PRICE £25 Clown Prince with FREE UK POSTAGE MUSIC CD 4 Disc Box Set. 28 Tracks on 1 CD 64 Episodes. CD Colour. Years: 1959-1969. WITH FREE £15.99 UK POSTAGE The films in these box sets are SIR NORMAN WISDOM, OBE, beautifully shot and marvellously concise. is remembered for a many The ‘slice of life’ colour featurettes achievements, in a long career, (he appeared in his final film in 2007, at the age presented cinema-goers with varied aspects of 92). Although he played straight parts later in life, the his peak years were the of British life. Digitally restored from the 1950s and 60s, during which he was the UK’s most loved comedic actor. original film elements, Volume 5 presents He also pursued a parallel career as a serious recording artist, in which he 64 memorable films, many of which have rarely performed comedy material, his style and singing voice similar to that of remained unseen since their first screening, an old-style crooner. Remarkably, he wrote a number of his songs, notably his with subjects ranging from the cult world of signature hit, Don’t Laugh At Me (‘Cause I’m A Fool). This compilation is drawn the coffee bar to a typical London family largely from Wisdom’s singles releases, between 1951-61, and includes his duets on their annual hop-picking holiday; plus the with and Ruby Murray. It features rare tracks plus a couple building of the ‘new towns’ and the influence which have never previously appeared in the digital format. of women in modern Britain. Films include: Tracks: LONDON MELODY/BEWARE/HEART OF A CLOWN/DON’T LAUGH Down London River; Coffee Bar; Harvest of Hops; 10 HOURS AT ME (‘Cause I’m A Fool)/ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY/NARCISSUS Shopping by the Ton,;Towns by Design,;Why All the Rush?; OF WONDERFUL (The Laughing Song) (with Joyce Grenfell)/I DON’T ’ARF LOVE YOU (with Signposts of the Sea; Jazz All the Way; Holiday Camps; CINEMATIC SHORTS Saving a Heritage; But Not on a Sunday and Goodbye, Piccadilly. Joyce Grenfell)/I’D LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD (That I Love You, Love You, Love You)/MY LITTLE DOG (Where’s He Gone)/YOUNG AT HEART/ JUST TO BE WITH YOU/SO NICE TO DREAM/PLEASE OPPORTUNITY/ YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME/TAKE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION/DREAM FOR SALE/IMPOSSIBLE/TWO RIVERS (with Ruby Murray)/BOY MEETS GIRL (with Ruby Murray)/UP IN THE WORLD/ME AND MY IMAGINATION/ THE WISDOM OF A FOOL/YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME/ YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY/FOLLOW A STAR/GIVE ME A NIGHT IN JUNE/IF YOU BELIEVE IN ME/YER GOTTA GET AHT

To order, call us on Freephone Or 01923 290555 12 To order, call us on Freephone 0808 178 8212 Or 01923 290555 0808 178 8212 13 Crossword for Film Buffs From the Calling all fans of vintage film – can you solve our crossword? 20. Sentimental family film of THE PAWNBROKER 1942 starring Marie Dressler and Myrna Loy (4) WITH FREE UK POSTAGE Down £15 1. ------Jackson. British actress of stage and screen whose films include No Room at the Dual Format Edition Inn (1948) (5) 2 & 18 Across. ------to ------: 1948 You will receive both DVD BLU-RAY British thriller starring Albert Lieven and and Blu-Ray discs Jean Kent. A remake of Rome Express (1932) (8,3,7) WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES 4. The Moon is ------(1943). WW2 drama Year: 1964. Black & White. from a novel by , starring Running Time approx: 116min. Sir Cedric Hardwicke (4) Director: . Cast: , 5. See 14 Across (8,3) Brock Peters, Geraldine Fitzgerald, 6. Night of the ------(1957). 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A man without faith in his fellow include The Go-Between (1971) and 12. ------Hath Charms: 1935 British film man, he takes refuge in misery and a bitter condemnation of humanity, while The Day of the Jackal (1973) (6) featuring popular bandleader Henry Hall (5) managing a pawnshop where he’s subjected to an endless parade 8 & 10 Across. ------Her ------(1945). 13. of 1947 starring of prostitutes, pimps and thieves. Seemingly only caring about money, he is Musical version of the classic romantic George Sanders and . continually haunted by vivid flashbacks to the concentration camp. comedy It Happened One Night (1934) Released in the UK as ‘Personal Column’ (5) Oscar-nominated for his performance, Steiger firmly established his (3,4,6) 15. Garbo (5) credentials as an actor of international standing, wonderfully supported here 9. See 13 Across 16. ------Preminger. Celebrated by Geraldine Fitzgerald (Wuthering Heights) and Brock Peters (To Kill a 10. 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Surname of the British actress who Quincy Jones is interviewed by Bernard Braden. Ten Bob in played a robot in The Perfect Woman Winter (1963, 12 mins): Lloyd Reckord’s early Black British (1949) (3) Cinema classic about the intriguing social dynamics that arise as a ten shilling 18. See 2 Down note is passed around the Black community. Trailer; The Pawnbroker gallery. 19. ------Walsh: First Pressing Onlly: Illustrated booklet with new writing on the film by filmmaker -born actor of British and film historian Jim Hemphill, an essay on Quincy Jones by Nicolas Pillai and a films such as Jassy (1947) and Sidney Lumet biography by Maura Spiegel. Third Time Lucky (1949) (6) Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212 14 15 SUBURBAN STEPS TO ROCKLAND Cast aside by most of the Central London The Story of The Ealing Club promoters due to the loud volume of their music, guitarist Alexis Korner and harmonica WITH FREE player Cyril Davies searched for a London venue OUR PRICE £15 UK POSTAGE that would accept their sound. In West London, they bumped into Fery Asgari, who was the events manager of a dingy concrete-floored basement bar used by local students. The first Dick Heckstall-Smith, Alexis Korner, , Mick Jagger. Ealing Club gig took place on March 17th 1962. The Ealing Club is now considered Britain’s first rhythm & blues club, the very first London venue where electric blues were played regularly. The Rolling Stones formed in April 1962 when Brian Jones met Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at the club. They played as resident band from WITH July 1962 to March 1963. 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Pete Townshend of The Who is British Rock,’ thanks to its role in creating filmed discussing the club in front of an audience a new musical movement. The venue and Paul Jones of Manfred Mann explains how he witnessed the birth of The Rolling Stones, and other budding singers, including Mick Jagger, launched The Who and many others. gathered in front of the stage, hoping to be called up by Alexis Korner. The film explores a moment in ‘Soundly researched, the lives of young people who, during the post-war imaginatively presented’ years, were going out and enjoying themselves in ways their parents would never have imagined.

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Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, It was a lovely surprise to turn on Talking Pictures TV on and see my grandfather Caroline Munro is waiting for you in ‘The Cellar Club’ every Friday Kurt Wagener in Skid Kids from 1953. He plays voluble, temperamental artist night 9 till late for some spine chilling fun, from classic Horror to Antonio in a charming Ealing-esque story set in post-war London. Although he Film Noir! Cellar doors open at 9pm! Caroline starred in films such as didn’t feature in many films, there is a unique pleasure in being able to watch AD; The Golden Voyage of Sinbad; The Spy Who Loved Me moving pictures of a close ancestor and to see your father and indeed yourself and Captain Kronos, which will be screened later in the series. The reflected in them. I have certainly inherited the nose and the penchant for Cellar Club is for lovers of the macabre; crime noir; aliens and even a wearing hats! Sadly, I never got to meet him, but have it on good authority that little late night adult entertainment for you naughty boys and girls... he was a bit of a character. When Skid Kids was first shown at the local cinema Begins Friday 3rd September from 9pm & continues every Friday. (probably also on a Saturday morning) he sat proudly in the auditorium until he Sundays at 12pm on appeared on the big screen, whereupon he stood up and cried, “It’s me! It’s me!” The Footage Talking Pictures TV to an unimpressed theatre of children and parents, who hadn’t paid 2/6 to have from 5th September! their view of the screen blocked by an excitable German! Detectives He spent about half of his life over in the UK having been born in Hamburg in 1899. My father, Mario, was Mike Read joins Talking Pictures TV founder born in 1933 and the family was advised to leave in 1936 because of its Jewish roots. This they did, Noel Cronin on his quest to track down old films, but being German, at the outbreak of World War II he was interned on the Isle of Man for the duration of the footage and programmes such as Badgers Bend, war. Interestingly, he was in the same camp as the Dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters, who painted a portrait of Boyd QC, No Hiding Place and many more. him. This sadly perished in a house fire years later. On his return he appeared in the filmWaltz Time (1945), They investigate footage from film cans found in where he used his fine tenor voice (albeit singing to a pantomime horse!), and then did fairly well for himself in lofts and garages and discuss all things film. the property market. He also appeared with Peter Butterworth in the short A Good Pull Up. By the time of his In the first week Mike and Noel reveal the series death in 1969, just before his 70th birthday his good fortune in property had regrettably deserted him. Barnstormers, with a familiar face, the young Dennis Waterman. Later they find a newly So thank you ,Talking Pictures TV, for airing this charming short film from post-war Britain and giving me and discovered episode of the series Boyd QC, The Shropshire Lass starring June Laverick. my wife something to smile about this Saturday morning! Kind Regards, Simon Wagener Airs: Sunday 5th September 12pm and continues every Sunday. Dear Sarah, Noel and Neill, NEW SERIES ON TALKING PICTURES TV In 1968 I attended the Cork Film Festival with a couple of friends. As part of JUSTICE (1971) Thursday the package we were given temporary membership of the city’s nightclub where 2nd September at 8pm and the guest celebrities would gather after the final screening of the day. It was all following Thursdays. very informal and during the week while waiting to be served at the bar we had stars as a amusing conversations with Noel Purcell and . Among the guests female barrister, working in the at the next table we recognised , and Judy Geeson. These were the days of strict licensing hours for public houses and as North of . Also stars: nightclub members were allowed to sign in a guest it was never difficult to find a John Stone, John Bryans, Philip lovely local colleen to accompany one to late night drinking and dancing with the Stone & Anthony Valentine. stars! One evening when the band took a break, my partner and I left the dancefloor and returned to our drinks. There was a tap on my shoulder and I turned to look into the sharply chiselled features Coming Soon The Secret Army (1977-1979) of Jack Palance. JP (menacingly): That’s my drink. Me (nervously): I don’t think so. JP: I left a glass Stars: Bernard Hepton, Angela Richards, of vodka on this table. Me: This isn’t vodka, it’s a gin and tonic. I offered the glass to him and instead Dial 999 (1958-1959) Jan Francis and Valentine Dyall. The story of taking my word for it, he took it and had a sip. Then giving me a look which must have terrified Starring Robert Beatty as Canadian of a fictional Belgian resistance group many a movie adversary, he turned and walked away. Now I thought this rather rude, but, later in Mountie Mike Maguire, who fights during World War II, dedicated to the evening, catching my eye, he gave me a cheery smile and a wave. How I wish that mobile phone crime alongside London’s police. returning Allied airmen to Great Britain. cameras had been available back then. What a selfie I could have taken! Best wishes, John Sweet 22 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Together, Rooms & The Human Jungle all coming back SOON! 23 FRED Featuring the documentary: : Steeplejack OUR PRICE Steeplejack, steamroller fanatic, WITH FREE great English eccentric and £20 UK POSTAGE National Treasure. With the world literally at his feet, Fred WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES was much in demand as a TV pundit and The original TV series FRED after-dinner speaker on industrial history PLUS the documentary and all things mechanical – and especially Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack anything related to his overriding passion: steamrollers. together on DVD. Awarded an MBE for services to heritage and broadcasting, he was Features Fred Dibnah’s first already battling kidney cancer when he arrived at Buckingham Palace TV appearances. to collect it – in his green, black and gold eight-ton steam traction engine! Rejecting chemotherapy in favour of Guinness and oranges, Narrated by . the nation’s favourite steeplejack left us for good in November 2004. Number of discs: 2. Colour. Number of episodes: 7 plus documentary. Running Time approx: 260 mins. Fred Dibnah’s life changed forever the day he popped up on local television news in 1978, blithely repairing Bolton’s town hall clock at the dizzying height of 250 feet. With his specs, cloth cap and infectious Winner of the BAFTA TV grin, he quickly found a place in the award (1979) for Best nation’s heart and became a familiar Documentary Programme sight on our screens, demolishing giant (Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack). factory chimneys with ease and casually hopping across the chimney tops with death-defying agility. Now for the first time together on DVD, the 7-episode 1982 BBC television series Fred is combined with the BAFTA winning 1979 documentary Fred Dibnah: Steeplejack.

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Thursday 19 August 3:20pm Thursday 2nd September 8pm Saturday 4th September 12pm Friday 10th September 12:15pm The Singer Not the Song (1961) and every Thursday night 8pm. Ships With Wings (1941) STAR PERFORMANCE: Drama. Director: . NEW SERIES Justice (1971) War. Director: Sergei Nolbandov. Stars: The Wild Bunch (1955) Stars: , Mylène Demongeot, A new courtroom drama with Ann Todd, John Clements, Leslie Banks Comedy. Director: William A. Seiter. John Mills, and John Margaret Lockwood as Harriet and Basil Sydney. An epic story of the Stars: Charles Boyer, Gigi Perreau, Bentley. Only an Irish priest is willing to Peterson, a female barrister in the courage and self-sacrifice shown by and Noreen Nash. stand up to a Mexican bandit. North of England. Also stars: John the men of the Fleet Air Arm during the A new bride confesses that she has Stone, John Bryans, Philip Stone Second World War. three children waiting at home. Friday 20 August 13:50pm and Anthony Valentine. The World Owes Me A Living (1945) Saturday 4th September 7:40pm Saturday 11th September 9:50am Drama. Director: Vernon Sewell. Stars: Friday 3rd September 9pm Dr Who and (1965) One Hour To Zero (1976) David Farrar, Judy Campbell & Sonia and continuing weekly. Fantasy. Director: Gordon Flemyng. Stars: Children’s Film Foundation film. Dresdel. In between the World Wars, NEW SERIES Peter Cushing, , Jennie Linden, Director: Jeremy Summers. Stars: British aviators pushed the envelope with The Cellar Club Roberta Tovey and Barry Ingham. Dr. Who Jayne Collins, Toby Bridge, Andrew new technical feats. Join Caroline Munro every Friday finds himself involved in the struggle of Ashby, Dudley Sutton. A village is from 9pm for spine chilling fun, the That people as they fight for survival evacuated due to danger of Saturday 21 August 8:10pm from classic Horror to Film Noir! against the domination of the Daleks. explosion at a Nuclear Station. The Detective (1968) Films showing Friday 3rd Saturday 11th September 7pm Crime. Director: Gordon Douglas. Stars: September from 9pm Sunday 5th September 12pm The Long Night (1947) , and Jacqueline The Mummy (1959) NEW SERIES Drama. Director: . Bisset. Detective Joe Leland investigates Director: . The Footage Detectives Stars: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel the murder of a homosexual man. Stars: Peter Cushing, Mike Read joins Talking Pictures TV Geddes, Ann Dvorak & Vincent , Yvonne founder Noel Cronin on his quest to Price. A demobilized soldier shoots a track down old films, footage and Sunday 22nd August 7:10pm Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, man. As police move in, he Felix Aylmer & Raymond Huntley. programmes such as Badgers Bend, remembers the preceding events. In The Doghouse (1961) No Hiding Place and more. Comedy. Director: Darcy Conyers. Stars: The Amazing Transparent Man Saturday 11th September 9pm (1960) Director: Edgar G. Ulmer. LOST SERIES: Leslie Phillips, Peggy Cummins, Hattie 12:30pm The Barnstormers Vice Squad (1982) Jacques. A newly qualified vet with a Stars: Marguerite Chapman, Thriller. Director: Gary A. Sherman. Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith Previously ‘lost’ series about five heart of gold takes over an old practice teenagers who look for hidden treasure Stars: Wings Hauser, Season Hubley, and becomes rivals with another vet and Ivan Triesault. Gary Swanson, J. D. Hauser, Joseph How To Undress In Public in an old water mill, which stars a familiar face, the young Dennis Waterman. Di Giroloma. A Hollywood prostitute Without Undue agrees to help find a killer. Monday 30th August 6:35pm Embarrassment (1965) and Saturday 4th September 2pm Sunday 5th September 1pm Sunday 12th September Director: Compton Bennett. Stars: Painted Boats (1945) Return To Yesterday (1940) Drama. Jon Pertwee, Reginald Beckwith, 12pm The Footage Detectives Director: Robert Stevenson. Drama. Director: . Stars: Noel and Mike reveal a newly , Christine Child. Jenny Laird, Bill Blewett, Robert Griffith, Stars: Clive Brook, Anna Lee, Dame May Films showing Friday 10th discovered episode of Boyd QC Whitty, Hartley Power. Rehearsals at Harry Fowler, May Hallatt and Madoline and holiday snapshots from 1958. September from 9pm Thomas. The story of two canal families a seaside theatrical company are not Horror Of Dracula (1958) 12:30pm LOST EPISODE: going well until the arrival of an actor. and the waterways on which they lived Boyd QC – The Shropshire Lass Director: Terence Fisher. and worked. Stars: Peter Cushing, Michael (1958) Drama. Director: Michael Tuesday 31st August 6:35pm Gough, Melissa Stribling and Currer-Briggs. This ‘lost’ episode of Murder in Soho (1940) Sunday 5th September 3:55pm the British legal programme stars Christopher Lee. Johnny Frenchman (1945) Crime. Director: Norman Lee. The Severed Arm (1973) Michael Denison, June Laverick, Stars: Arthur O’Connell, Martin Walker, Comedy. Director: Charles Frend. Ian Ainsley and Barrie Cookson. Director: Thomas S. Alderman. Stars: Françoise Rosay, , Francis Lister and Googie Withers. Steve Stars: Deborah Walley, Paul Carr, Sunday 12th September 1pm Marco’s Cotton Club in Soho, is excellent Patricia Roc and Paul Dupuis. David G. Cannon, Marvin Kaplan The age-old rivalry between the Sailors Three (1940) Comedy. ‘cover’; but Joe Lane threatens to tell the and John Crawford. Director: Walter Forde. Stars: police and has to be murdered… Cornish and Breton fisher folk is pacified Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert, Saturday 4th September 9:55am as a result of the perils both nations & James Hayter. The Battle of Billy’s Pond faced in 1940. Thursday 2nd September 8:20am Three drunken British sailors in (1976) Director: Harley Cokeliss. South America board a Nazi boat. Appointment with Venus (1951) War. Sunday 5th September 7:10pm Stars: Ben Buckton, Andrew Sunday 12th September 7:20pm Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: David Ashby, Talfryn Thomas, Steptoe & Son (1972) Niven, & George Coulouris. Comedy. Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: (1949) Ann Beach, Keith James, Comedy. Director: . During WWII, a British Major is tasked Geoffrey Palmer, Linda Robson & Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Carolyn with rescuing a pedigree cow from a Seymour & Victor Maddern. Restless rag- Stars: , Hermione Miriam Margolyes. Billy and his Baddeley & . German-occupied Channel Island. friend find industrial waste being and-bone man Harold Steptoe decides to get married – against his father’s wishes. Londoners declare independence, 32 emptied into the local pond. requiring a ‘Passport to Pimlico.’ 33 SUBTITLED FILMS ON TPTV THIS MONTH FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Full subtitle listings on Mon 23 Aug 10:00 Theirs Is The Glory 17:20 The Music Box our website. 10:00 Double Bunk 11:40 Love Story 19:40 Dr Who And The Daleks WINGS AT WAR Mon 16 Aug 12:00 The Young Lovers 13:50 The Importance of Being 23:40 Duchess and The 07:25 Funny Face 14:00 Enemy At The Door Earnest Dirtwater Fox 14:00 Enemy At The Door 15:00 Girl In the Picture (1957) 15:40 Are You Being Served? 01:50 The Color Of Money 15:00 16:45 Strictly For The Birds 19:00 Angels One Five Sun 05 Sep 16:40 Colonel March Investigates 18:35 Small Hotel 21:00 The Champions 06:00 Busy Bodies War in the Air in WWII 00:35 The Desperate Hours 22:50 Deadfall 01:40 A Touch Of The Sun 08:05 Master Spy 05:25 Champion The Wonderhorse 01:20 Pit of Darkness 03:20 The Last Journey (1935) 09:30 Law Of The Plainsman Tue 17 Aug 02:55 Rough Cut 04:40 The Frightened Man 10:00 The Stable Door OUR PRICE 06:00 Farewell To Arms 05:25 Champion The Wonderhorse Mon 30 Aug 12:00 The Footage Detectives 07.45 Tunnel of Fear Tue 24 Aug 06:00 Night Was Our Friend 12:30 The Barnstormers 08:15 Serena 06:00 Springtime 10:00 The Eternal Sea 13:00 Painted Boats WITH FREE 10.00 Going Ape 12:20 Trouble Brewing 12:20 The Trollenberg Terror 15:55 Johnny Frenchman UK POSTAGE 13:30 Twice Two 16:50 Block-Heads 17:00 No Hiding Place - Told by a 19:10 £15 16:40 Blitz On Britain 18:00 One Step Beyond Dead Man 21:00 The Champions 18:00 One Step Beyond 18:45 Terror by Night 18:35 Return to Yesterday 23:50 The Rainmaker 18:35 Crooked Sky 01:10 The Delavine Affair 21:00 Easy Money Mon 06 Sep Number of discs: 1. Black & White. 21:00 The Seventh Veil 02:25 The Strange World Of Planet X 22:50 Alien Nation 06:00 The Black Abbot 22:50 Red Line 7000 03:55 Sing As You Swing 00:40 Fear Strikes Out 07:10 Pack Up Your Troubles Running Time approx: 140 min. 05:00 Stagecoach West 05:00 Stagecoach West 02:45 The Big Lift 10:00 The Cat Gang Director: Bruce Vigar. Wed 18 Aug Wed 25 Aug 05:25 Champion The Wonderhorse 12:25 Traveller’s Joy 08:25 BFI: Supersonic Saucer 06:00 Tue 31 Aug 15:00 The Grapes of Wrath Wings at War uses extraordinary 09:30 The Champions 07:55 The Music Box 06:00 Shadow of Fear 21:00 Next To No Time 10:30 The Secret Place 08:35 BFI: Kid From Canada 07:10 Inquest 23:00 The Fan (1981) archive footage to tell the dramatic 14:20 British Intelligence 09:30 The Champions 08:25 Gentle Trap 01:00 The Mummy’s Shroud story of the air war in Europe during 16:00 True as a Turtle 13:10 The Courtneys of Curzon Street 12:30 Ha’penny Breeze 05:25 Champion The Wonderhorse WWII. The programme begins with 18:00 15:55 Follow A Star 15:00 The Court Jester Tue 07 Sep 01:55 Champion 18.00 Sherlock Holmes 17:05 No Hiding Place - Whoever’s 06:15 No Lady Britain’s fight for survival following Thu 19 Aug 21:05 Right, Sweeney’s Wrong 08:10 Sons of the Desert Germany’s rapid onslaught across 09:35 Josephine and Men 00:55 It’s a Wonderful World 18:00 One Step Beyond 10:00 The Sky-Bike 11:35 Teacher’s Pet Thu 26 Aug 20:00 The Human Jungle 12:45 Mark of The Phoenix Europe in 1939/40. 13:55 River Beat 07:40 Naked Fury 21:00 Danger Within 15:00 Steptoe and Son Despite the ’s failure to 15:20 The Singer Not The Song 08:55 Gert & Daisy Clean Up 04:00 I’ll Turn To You 16:50 The Gold Express 20:25 Inferno 15:50 Fanny By Gaslight Wed 01 Sep 18:00 One Step Beyond defeat the RAF during the Battle of 01:45 Islands In The Stream 20:15 The Spy Who Came in from 06:00 Murder on Campus 18:35 The Hideout Britain, the nightly bombing attacks on Fri 20 Aug the Cold 07:15 BFI: Friend or Foe 20:00 The Human Jungle 08:10 The Magic Box 22:30 The Foreman Went to 09:30 The Champions Wed 08 Sep British cities and the threat to shipping 10:20 Angel Who Pawned 00:10 Escape Route 10:30 Marry Me 07:50 BFI: The Glitterball convoys carrying vital supplies meant Her Harp 01:45 No Way Back 12:20 Dark City 09:30 The Champions that Britain’s survival was by no means 11:50 The Frightened City Fri 27 Aug 18:00 Sherlock Holmes 10:30 Wings of Mystery 15:40 The Passing Stranger 07:55 The Strange Love of 21:05 Hangover Square 15:40 Johnny Frenchman certain. The fight for Britain required flexibility, new 18:00 The Five Pennies Martha Ivers 00:25 The Carpetbaggers 18.00 Sherlock Holmes aircraft, and luck. But the tide did turn and gradually 20:20 The Earth Dies Screaming 10:10 Jackpot (1960) 03:40 Detour 21:00 Cellar Club with 02:55 11:30 21 Days Thu 02 Sep Caroline Munro the War turned in the Allies’ favour. In the second Sat 21 Aug 13:00 The Wolves of 10:05 The Grass is Greener 22:45 The Hand part of this absorbing story, the programme looks at 07:45 It’s in the Bag Willoughby Chase 18:30 Saps At Sea 04:20 Strange Harvest (1953) 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures 20:00 Destination Gobi 19:40 Laurel & Hardy: Hog Wild Thu 09 Sep the impact of the bombing campaign and the arrival (all content subtitled) 21:50 Lust For a 21:00 Dangerous Davies, The Last 07:40 Our Relations of the US Army Air Force in Europe. 12:15 Dressed to Kill 23:50 The Fury (1978) Detective 10:55 Peril for the Guy 15:55 02:10 23:15 Framed (1975) 15:55 A Bell For Adano Chapters: 18:35 The Way Out Sat 28 Aug Fri 03 Sep 18:50 Find The Lady 1. Britain Attacked; 2. Fighting 20:10 The Detective (1968) 06:00 Second Fiddle 07:50 The Terror (1938) 23:10 The Man Who Could 22:25 G.I. Blues 07:30 Hammer The Toff 14:30 King Creole Cheat Death Over Water; 3. Keeping the Sea Sun 22 Aug 09:00 Saturday Morning Pictures 19:20 The Night Caller 02:35 Stock Car Lanes Open; 4. Fighting the 07:30 Ramrod (all content subtitled) 21:00 Cellar Club with Fri 10 Sep U-Boats; 5. Target Germany; 09:30 Law Of The Plainsman 12:00 Arsenal Stadium Mystery Caroline Munro 06:00 Hills Of Donegal 6. Russia Attacked; 7. Bomber 10:00 13:45 21:05 The Mummy 07:40 The Bohemian Girl 13:45 Romance on The Orient 16:10 Escape From Zahrain 00:10 How To Undress in Public 09:10 Double Bunk Command Strengthened; Express 18:35 The Four Feathers 03:20 Yank In Ermine 11:00 Operation Third Form 8. The Dams Raid; 9. 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