TPTV Schedule August 13th - 19th 2018 DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Mon 13 6:00 Scotland Yard 1961. The Silent Weapon. Directed by Peter Duffell. Staring Geoffrey Aug 18 Keen, Stanley Morgan and Norma Parnell. A horse rider is found dead in suspicious circumstances. (S1, E35) Mon 13 6:35 Operation Diplomat 1953. Crime. Directed by John Guillermin. Stars Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Aug 18 Patricia Dainton. A surgeon is forced to operate on an injured man by a gang of smugglers. Mon 13 8:00 BFI: The Hospital 1941. Factual. Director: Francis Searle. Recruitment film presenting an Aug 18 Nurse ideal view of the nursing profession, which is likely to have been in stark contrast with the daily experience of wartime nurses Mon 13 8:10 The Riverside 1935. Crime. Directed by Albert Parker and stars Basil Sydney, Alastair Aug 18 Murder Sim, Judy Gunn and Tom Helmore. Inspector Winton investigates a murder that has occurred shortly before a meeting of financiers. Mon 13 9:25 The Old Curiosity 1934. Drama. Director: Thomas Bentley. Stars Elaine Benson, Ben Aug 18 Shop Webster & Hay Petrie. A kind shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop and evict him. Mon 13 11:25 A Day in the Life of 1936. Directed by Hubert Schonger. We follow a fishing village family Aug 18 The Children Of the as they go about their daily duties, all in harmony with the North Sea North Sea - way of life. Glimpses Mon 13 11:40 The Intruder 1953. Drama. Director: Guy Hamilton. Stars Jack Hawkins, Dennis Aug 18 Price, Michael Medwin, George Cole & Hugh Williams. An ex Colonel catches one of his former men robbing his house and investigates why. Mon 13 13:20 Clash By Night 1963. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Terence Aug 18 Longdon, Jennifer Jayne & Harry Fowler. A prison bus enroute to jail is hijacked by a gang determined to free their leader. Mon 13 14:50 The Adventurers 1951. Adventure. Director: David MacDonald. Stars Jack Hawkins, Aug 18 Dennis Price, Siobhan McKenna & Peter Hammond. During the Boer War, several men go into the South African veldt in search of diamonds. Mon 13 16:30 Burke's Law 1967. Who Killed the Fat Cat? The crime-solving adventures of dashing, Aug 18 debonair Amos Burke (Gene Barry ), an L.A.P.D. homicide captain who is also a millionaire. Mon 13 17:30 Scotland Yard 1955. Night Plane to Amsterdam. Director: Ken Hughes. Stars Gerald Aug 18 Case, Shay Gorman, Selma Vas Dias & Andreas Malandrinos. The case of a murder which baffled the police of two countries. (S1, E11) Mon 13 18:10 Chaplin in Musical A very early short where Charlie is billed as Charles Chaplin. Poor Aug 18 Bars Charles is trying to earn a crust but ends up on a wild goose chase through the saloon bar doors. Mon 13 18:15 Beautiful But 1954. Drama. Rich heiress, Corby Lane (Jean Simmons), returns to a Aug 18 Dangerous small town to repay the townsfolk for saving her life when she was a child. Starring Robert Mitchum. Mon 13 20:00 The Human Jungle Time-Check. 1963. Stars Herbert Lom. A thief seems strangely Aug 18 fascinated by clocks. Inspector Meredith & Dr Corder hold opposed views. Guest stars Melvyn Hayes & Gerald James. (S1, E11) Mon 13 21:00 The Reckoning 1970. Drama. Directed by Jack Gold. Stars Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Aug 18 Rachel Roberts & Douglas Wilmer. A successful business man seeks revenge after learning news of his grandfather. Mon 13 23:15 Villain 1971. Drama. Director: Michael Tuchner. Stars Richard Burton, Ian Aug 18 McShane & Nigel Davenport. Your everyday London businessman and sadistic gang leader. Once you've met, you'll wish you hadn't. Mon 13 1:15 Only Two Can Play 1962. Comedy. Director: Sidney Gilliat. Stars Peter Sellers, Mai Aug 18 Zetterling, Virginia Maskell & Kenneth Griffith. Due to boredom, John spends his time daydreaming of affairs with attractive women. Mon 13 3:25 The Big Trail 1930. Western. Director: Raoul Walsh. Stars John Wayne, Marguerite Aug 18 Churchill & Tyrone Power Sr. Breck Coleman agrees to lead & protect pioneers trying to make their way on the treacherous Oregon Trail Mon 13 5:45 krazy kat: 1931 Animated Short. Created by George Herriman. Directed by Manny Aug 18 Disarmament Gould & Ben Harrison. Part of the long running series featuring Krazy Conference Kat. There’s a war going on and only one Kat can stop them! DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Tue 14 6:00 Scotland Yard 1961. The Grand Junction Case. Directed by Peter Duffell. Starring Aug 18 Russell Napier and Howard Pays. A woman's dismembered body is found in a canal and her tattoo gives Duggan a lead. (S1, E36) Tue 14 6:35 Calling Paul Temple 1948. Crime Drama starring John Bentley & Dinah Sheridan. Scotland Aug 18 Yard is unable to unravel the 'Rex' murders and cannot manage without the help of Paul Temple and his sidekick 'Steve'. Tue 14 8:25 Front Line Kids 1942. Crime drama directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Aug 18 Fuller, Marion Gerth and Anthony Holles. A gang of street urchins are given jobs by a Head Porter to help his crooked plans succeed. Tue 14 9:40 After The Ball 1957. Musical. Director: Compton Bennett. Stars Pat Kirkwood, Aug 18 Laurence Harvey & Jerry Stovin. The biographical telling of the great music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility. Tue 14 11:20 When The Bough 1947. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Patricia Roc, Aug 18 Breaks Rosamund John & Bill Owen. A young mother hands over her baby to foster parents, but struggles to let go emotionally. Tue 14 13:00 A Place Of One's 1945. Drama. Director: Bernard Knowles. Stars Margaret Lockwood, Aug 18 Own James Mason & Barbara Mullen. After an elderly couple move into an old house, they are joined by a young girl who becomes possessed. Tue 14 14:50 Faces in the Dark 1960. Drama. Directed by David Eady. Starring John Gregson, Mai Aug 18 Zetterling & John Ireland. Richard, a factory owner, becomes blind during an experiment on the very day his wife wants a divorce. (Subtitles Available) Tue 14 16:30 Burke's Law 1967. Who Killed the Man on the White Horse? The crime-solving Aug 18 adventures of dashing, debonair Amos Burke (Gene Barry ), an L.A.P.D. homicide captain who is also a millionaire. Tue 14 17:30 Scotland Yard 1955. The Stateless Man. Director: Paul Gherzo. Stars Frank Leighton, Aug 18 Robin Wentworth, Theodore Wilhelm, Tom Clegg, May Hallett & Anna Doran. A crime in London's dockland baffles the police. (S1, E12) Tue 14 18:05 The Trollenberg 1958. Sci-Fi. A series of deaths on a Swiss mountain-side appear to be Aug 18 Terror connected to a mysterious cloud. Stars: Forrest Tucker, Warren Mitchell & Andrew Faulds. Tue 14 19:45 The Puddle-Muddle 1947. Director Hans M. Nieter. A Charming Road safety film made for Aug 18 Riddle children in the late 40s, using the fictional town of Puddle-Muddle as an example of the correct traffic and pedestrian rules. Tue 14 20:00 The Human Jungle The Two Edged Sword. 1963. Stars Herbert Lom. Two young mothers Aug 18 ask Dr Corder to help them with entirely different problems. Guest stars Susan Burnet and Pauline Yates. (S1, E12) Tue 14 21:00 The Last Valley 1971. Drama. Directed by James Clavell. Stars Michael Caine, Omar Aug 18 Sharif & Nigel Davenport. A mercenary & a teacher, each fleeing the religious war in Germany, find a valley untouched by the war. Tue 14 23:30 Truth About 1957. Comedy. Director: Muriel Box. Stars Laurence Harvey, Diane Aug 18 Women Cilento, Julie Harris, Eva Gabor & Mai Zetterling. A father-in-law offers reassurance by recounting past relationships. Tue 14 1:30 Reach For The Sky 1956. War drama. Directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Kenneth More, Aug 18 Muriel Pavlow and Lyndon Brook. This is the true story of Douglas Bader, who loses his legs but returns to flight during WW2. Tue 14 4:00 The Lost City 1997. Action. After surviving a helicopter crash in the uncharted South Aug 18 African wilderness, two young men, a girl and a renegade thief discover an ancient city unknown to civilization. DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Wed 15 6:00 Scotland Yard 1961. The Never Never Murder. Directed by Peter Duffell. Starring Aug 18 Russell Napier, Genine Graham and Maurice Good. A dead body sets the police on the track of a fraudster. (S1, E37) Wed 15 6:35 Passport To 1956. Crime drama directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Rod Aug 18 Treason Cameron and Lois Maxwell. Clifford, an American private eye, stationed in London for the sake of a murdered friend, takes over a case. Wed 15 8:15 Let's visit the Short documentary detailing the farming traditions of the Shetland Aug 18 Crofters - Glimpses Islands, from the Crofters' summertime sheep drive to the drama of the annual herring haul. Wed 15 8:35 Sons Of The Sea 1939. Drama. The Head of Dartmouth training college is murdered but Aug 18 was he the intended victim? Directed by Maurice Elvey. Starring Leslie Banks and Kay Walsh. Wed 15 10:10 Busy Bodies 1933. Comedy. Directed by Lloyd French. Stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Aug 18 Hardy. Stan & Ollie do battle with inanimate objects & their co-workers during a routine work day at the saw mill. Wed 15 10:30 A Run For Your 1949.