TPTV Schedule Feb 17th – Feb 23rd 2020 Date Time Programme Synopsis Mon 17 00:40 The Mob 1951. Drama. Directed by Robert Parrish. Stars Betty Buehler, Broderick Feb 20 Crawford & Richard Kiley. An undercover cop poses as a dock worker in order to get the goods on the mobsters. Mon 17 02:25 French Dressing 1964. Comedy. Director: Ken Russell. Stars James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Feb 20 Mell. Gormleigh-on-Sea is a quiet seaside resort, until a French sex symbol attempts to make it the new St Tropez. Mon 17 04:10 What a Whopper 1960. Comedy. What a Whopper is a comedy from former documentarist Gilbert Feb 20 Gunn. Adam Faith stars in this tale about a struggling writer who fakes photographs of the Loch Ness monster. (Subtitles Available) Mon 17 06:00 Flood Tide (1934) 1934. Drama directed by John Baxter and starring George Carney, Peggy Novak Feb 20 and Leslie Hatton. Set on the Thames estuary, romance blossoms for a young couple. Filmed at Twickenham Studios (Subtitles Available) Mon 17 07:15 Robbery Under Arms 1957. Action. Directed by Jack Lee and starring Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis and Feb 20 Maureen Swanson. Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's (Finch) bushranger gang in 19th century Australia. Mon 17 09:15 Man of the Moment 1955. Comedy. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Norman Wisdom, Feb 20 Belinda Lee, Lana Morris & Jerry Desmonde. Norman, a Civil Servant, becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference in Geneva (Subtitles Available) Mon 17 11:00 June Allyson Death of the Temple Bay. Stars: June Allyson and Lloyd Bridges. As sea captain Feb 20 Anderson's vessel is sinking, he begins to question his motives for going down with his ship. Mon 17 11:30 The Night Caller 1965. Sci-Fi directed by John Gilling and starring John Saxon, Maurice Denham Feb 20 and Patricia Haines. Aliens need to find mates from another world or they'll become extinct, they start with earth females (Subtitles Available) Mon 17 13:10 Chain of Events 1958. Drama. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw & Lisa Feb 20 Gastoni. A clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks all sorts of complications. Mon 17 14:25 Now and Forever 1956. Drama. Directed by Mario Zampi. Stars Janette Scott, Vernon Gray, Kay Feb 20 Walsh & Jack Warner. A schoolgirl falls in love with the son of a local garage owner and they hatch a plan to elope. Mon 17 16:25 Ha'penny Breeze 1951. Drama. Directed by Frank Worth. Stars Edwin Richfield, Don Sharp & Feb 20 Gwyneth Vaughan. David's Suffolk village is demoralised, but they gather support for his scheme to enter a yacht race. (Subtitles Available) Mon 17 18:00 The Man Who 1959. Crime. Director Herbert Wilcox. Stars Anna Neagle, Anthony Quaylea and Feb 20 Wouldn't Talk Zsa Zsa Gabor. A barrister tries to defend her client, a U.S. scientist for killing his bride, who was a U.S. spy. Mon 17 20:00 Danger UXB Unsung Heroes. 1979. Stars Anthony Andrews, Marjie Lawrence & Deborah Feb 20 Watling. Ash tackles a bomb, it's not considered vital, but the new fuse extractor doesn't work. (S1, E2) Mon 17 21:00 Special Branch Reported Missing. 1970. Stars: Derren Nesbitt, Fulton Mackay, Morris Perry. An Feb 20 attractive Russian ballerina from a visiting ballet company goes missing. Mon 17 22:00 Model For Murder 1963. Drama. Director: Michael Truman. Stars: Ian Hendry, Jane Asher, Ronald Feb 20 Fraser. The police investigate the murder of a model who was involved with drug pushers. Mon 17 23:30 The Looking Glass 1970. Action. Director: Frank R Pierson. Stars Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark Feb 20 War & Ralph Richardson. From the John le Carre novel; a British spy sends a Polish defector to East Germany on a mission (Subtitles Available) Date Time Programme Synopsis Tue 18 01:40 The Rough and the 1959. Drama. Starring Nadja Tiller, Tony Britton and William Bendix. Directed by Feb 20 Smooth Robert Siodmak. An archaeologist forsakes his fiancée for a passionate affair with a beautiful German woman. (Subtitles Available) Tue 18 03:45 Dick Powell Theatre Somebody's Waiting. Dick Powell served as host to this hugely popular 60s Feb 20 series with a glittering cast of guest stars. Starring Mickey Rooney & Susan Oliver. (S1, EP7) Tue 18 04:50 Mysterious Mr Davis 1936. Comedy. Businessman Julian (Henry Kendall) invents an important but Feb 20 imaginary partner to stave off his creditors. Stars Alastair Sim. Tue 18 06:00 Passport To 1956. Crime drama directed by Robert S. Baker and starring Rod Cameron and Feb 20 Treason Lois Maxwell. Clifford, an American private eye, stationed in London for the sake of a murdered friend, takes over a case. (Subtitles Available) Tue 18 07:40 Cruising the West In the early 1930's, Andre de la Varre went out on his own as 'The Screen Feb 20 Indies in 1938 Traveller' and made theatrical shorts for independent release. In this short we visit to Nassau in the Bahamas Tue 18 07:55 The Ghost of Monk's 1966. Action. Directors: Jan Darnley-Smith, Jeremy Summers. Stars Pierre Feb 20 Island Bedenes, Lucinda Jackson & Peter Bartlett. Four young children are shipwrecked on an island, but they are note alone. Tue 18 09:45 Freedom To Die 1961. Directed by Francis Searle Stars Bruce Seton, Felicity Young, Kay Callard & Feb 20 Paul Maxwell. Neat Crime drama of a hidden underworld where crime really doesn't pay. (Subtitles Available) Tue 18 11:00 The Flame Trees of The Promised Land. Stars: Hayley Mills, David Robb & Holly Aird. Young Elspeth Feb 20 Thika arrives in Thika, Kenya, with her optimistic parents who have purchased an unpromising tract of land. (S1, E01) Tue 18 12:00 Seance On A Wet 1964. Thriller. Director: Bryan Forbes. Stars Richard Attenborough, Nanette Feb 20 Afternoon Newman & Kim Stanley. A medium stages a kidnapping which she will then 'solve' by pretending to be psychic. Tue 18 14:15 Lilli Marlene 1950. Drama. Lilli, (Lisa Daniely) the French girl whose song 'Lilli Marlene' is Feb 20 loved by the Germans and the allies alike, is captured by the Nazis and rescued by the British. (Subtitles Available) Tue 18 15:55 Five Guns West 1955. Western. Director: Roger Corman. Stars John Lund, Dorothy Malone, Mike Feb 20 Connors. Shalee Jethro helps her father run a desert stagecoach station but comes into trouble with bandits. Tue 18 17:30 Blind Spot 1958. Crime Drama directed by Peter Maxwell. Starring Robert Mackenzie, Feb 20 Michael Caine and Delphi Lawrence. US Officer Adams, blinded during the war, is framed on a diamond-smuggling rap. (Subtitles Available) Tue 18 19:00 Clockwise (1986) 1986. Comedy. Director: Christopher Morahan. Stars John Cleese, Penelope Feb 20 Wilton & Alison Steadman. A headmaster runs his school by the clock - until one little slip destroyed his schedule. Tue 18 21:00 Gideon's Way The Nightlifers. Stars Derek Fowlds, John Gregson Alexander Davion and Feb 20 Daphne Anderson. A group of rich young people go from endless parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city Tue 18 22:00 Helter Skelter 1949. Comedy. Director: Ralph Thomas. Stars: Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson, Feb 20 Mervyn Johns. A radio 'detective' gets involved with a wealthy socialite. Tue 18 23:40 The Birthday Party 1968. Drama. Directed by William Friedkin. Stars Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Feb 20 Dandy Nichols & Sydney Tafler. The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers. Date Time Programme Synopsis Wed 19 02:10 These Are The 1962. Horror. Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field Feb 20 Damned & Viveca Lindfors. The sister of a motorbike gang leader and her boyfriend discover a military base when on the run. Wed 19 04:00 Every Day Except A study of working class life, but with an affectionate appreciation of the hard- Feb 20 Christmas (1957) working Covent Garden market porters. Created with Walter Lassally's virtuoso 35mm cinematography. Wed 19 04:50 Streamline Express 1935. Drama. Directed by Leonard Fields. Broadway star Patricia Wallis (Evelyn Feb 20 Venable), leaves the new show produced by Jimmy Hart (Victor Jory), who is in love with her, and runs off to California. Wed 19 06:00 Impulse (1955) 1955. Drama. Directed by Charles De la Tour & Cy Endfield. Stars Arthur Feb 20 Kennedy, Constance Smith & Joy Shelton. A Night club singer tricks an estate agent into thinking he killed a jewel thief. (Subtitles Available) Wed 19 07:40 The Missing Million 1942. Crime. Director: Phil Brandon. Stars Linden Travers, John Warwick, Patricia Feb 20 Hilliard. When a millionaire mysteriously disappears before his wedding, a chain of violent events is set into action Wed 19 09:20 Orders Are Orders 1954. Comedy. An American film crew are making a film in a British army camp, Feb 20 but the soldiers chase the film unit's girls. Starring Tony Hancock, Sid James & Peter Sellers. Wed 19 11:00 The Flame Trees of Hyenas Will Eat Anything. Stars: Hayley Mills, David Robb & Nicholas Jones. The Feb 20 Thika Grants get new neighbours when Hereward and Lettice Palmer arrive. (S1, E02) Wed 19 12:05 No Place For 1950. Drama. Directed by Henry Cass. Stars Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Janette Feb 20 Jennifer Scott & Guy Middleton. When 9-year-old Jennifer's parents get divorced, she is sent to a centre for maladjusted children. Wed 19 13:55 The Southern Star 1969.