TPTV Schedule August 20th - 26th 2018 DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Mon 20 6:00 Dusty Ermine 1936. Drama directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Margaret Aug 18 Rutherford and Anthony Bushell. Going 'straight' after being in jail, Jim is suspected when forged notes start circulating in the area. Mon 20 7:45 A Run For Your 1949. Comedy. Director: Charles Frend. Stars Alec Guinness, Donald Aug 18 Money Houston, Moira Lister & Hugh Griffith. Two Welsh brothers, Tom & Dai take an excursion to London for the first time and get separated Mon 20 9:25 Marilyn 1953. Crime drama directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Maxwell Reed Aug 18 and Sandra Dorne. The wife of the garage owner is caught with the mechanic, when he is accidentally killed and a cover up begins. Mon 20 10:45 Madeleine 1950. Drama. Directed by David Lean. Stars Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Aug 18 Leslie Banks & Elizabeth Sellars. The true story of Madeleine Smith, a Scotswoman on trial for murder. Mon 20 13:05 Thunder In The City 1937. Comedy. Stars Edward G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Constance Aug 18 Collier & Ralph Richardson. A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have never seen. Mon 20 14:45 Forbidden Cargo 1954. Drama. Directed by Harold French. Starring: Jack Warner, Nigel Aug 18 Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars and Terence Morgan. Narcotics agent Michael Kenyon receives a tip about a drug smuggling operation. Mon 20 16:30 Burke's Law 1967. Who Killed Hamlet? 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 20 17:30 Scotland Yard 1956. The Case of the River Morgue. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Aug 18 Starring Hugh Moxey, Gorgon Needham and Jane Welsh. The police are summoned when a dead body is stolen. (S1, E16) Mon 20 18:10 Glimpses: London Take a trip on The Thames from Greenwich, where many of London's Aug 18 River Bus late historic features are to be seen: Tower Bridge, The Tower Of London, 1940s St Pauls, the 'new' Waterloo Bridge & on to Westminster Mon 20 18:15 Indiscretion of an 1953. Drama. Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Stars Jennifer Jones, Aug 18 American Wife Montgomery Clift & Richard Beymer. A married woman gets into an affair in Rome and is torn between her old life and new romance. Mon 20 19:30 Our Weekends in Narrated by Ralph Richardson. A Charming short film made in 1949 Aug 18 1949 following London workers on their weekends in the country. Cricket of The Green, Picnics at the Lido, Boating, Bowling & Fishing. Mon 20 20:00 The Human Jungle The 24-Hour Man. 1965. Stars Herbert Lom. Alvar loses control of a Aug 18 water-bus and risks the lives of his passengers. Desperate, he resolves to have his revenge. Guest stars Johnny Sekka. (S2, E3) Mon 20 21:00 The Ghost & Mrs 1947. Drama. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Starring Rex Harrison, Aug 18 Muir Gene Tierney and George Sanders. Mrs Muir discovers that her holiday cottage is haunted by a previous owner. Mon 20 23:00 I Walk the Line 1970. Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars: Gregory Peck, Aug 18 Tuesday Weld and Estelle Parsons. A small town sheriff’s world is turned upside down by a beautiful young woman. Mon 20 1:00 What Ever 1969. Drama. Directed by Lee H. Katzin. Stars Ruth Gordon, Geraldine Aug 18 Happened To Aunt Page & Robert Fuller. Alice applies for the job of housekeeper in order Alice to find out what happened to a missing widowed friend. Mon 20 3:00 Floodtide (1949) 1949. Drama. Directed by Frederick Wilson. Starring Gordon Jackson, Aug 18 Rona Anderson, John Laurie and Elizabeth Sellars. David becomes a ship designer and falls in love with his boss's daughter. Mon 20 4:45 The Way of Youth 1934. Crime drama. The manager of a gaming club tries to swindle the Aug 18 owner. Starring Aileen Marson, Irene Vanbrugh and Sebastian Shaw. DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Tue 21 6:00 The Hostage 1956. Drama. A South American revolutionary is facing death for Aug 18 murder but the President's daughter in London is taken hostage. Starring Ron Randell. Tue 21 7:30 Invasion 1966. Fantasy. Director: Alan Bridges. Stars Edward Judd, Yoko Tani & Aug 18 Valerie Gearon. An English army unit come up against strange beings from another planet who have landed on earth. Tue 21 9:10 Too Many Crooks 1959. Comedy. Directed by Mario Zampi and starring Terry-Thomas, Aug 18 George Cole and Sidney James. 'Fingers' runs an unsuccessful gang. When they decide to rob a wealthy man, things don't go to plan. Tue 21 10:50 The Case of 1949. Drama. Made at Merton Park Studios, based on a true story, Aug 18 Charles Peace directed by Norman Lee. The film recounts the exploits through the trial of Charles Peace. Starring Michael Martin-Harvey. Tue 21 12:35 Street Corner 1953. Drama. Directed by Muriel Box. Stars Peggy Cummins, Anne Aug 18 Crawford, Rosamund John & Terence Morgan. A pseudo-docu-drama with an emphasis on the daily work and routine of female police. Tue 21 14:30 Cornish Ramble 1946. Directed by Paul Barralet. A Travelogue of Cornwall in the late Aug 18 1940s. A place where superstition and legend are part of a way of life. We visit many of the famous landmarks and a Tin mine. Tue 21 14:50 Snowbound 1948. Mystery drama. Directed by David MacDonald and starring Aug 18 Dennis Price, Herbert Lom and Robert Newton. A group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps. Tue 21 16:30 Burke's Law 1967. The Rabbit's Husband. 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. Tue 21 17:30 Scotland Yard 1956. Destination Death. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Russell Aug 18 Napier, Paula Byrne and Melissa Stribling. A body at a London airport, and a flask of poison leads Scotland Yard to Lisbon. (S1, E17) Tue 21 18:10 Hindle Wakes 1952. Drama starring Leslie Dwyer and Lisa Daniely. Successful Aug 18 remake of one of the earliest British talkies. Set in the Hindle, two mill workers take off to Blackpool for the 'Wakes' holiday. ​(Subtitles Available) Tue 21 20:00 The Human Jungle Solo Performance. 1965. Stars Herbert Lom. Jean Forrest's glamorous Aug 18 image is shattered when the world learns of her attempted suicide. Guest stars James Villiers and Rona Anderson. (S2, E4) Tue 21 21:00 A Nightingale Sang 1979. Drama. Released from prison, Pinky (Richard Jordan) vows to go Aug 18 In Berkeley Square straight, but after taking a maintenance job, he attracts a lot of attention. Starring David Niven Tue 21 23:05 Silkwood 1983. Drama. Directed by Mike Nichols. Stars Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Aug 18 Russell & Craig T Nelson. A worker at a plutonium plant is contaminated to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations. (Subtitles Available) Tue 21 1:40 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. Tue 21 3:20 The Laurel-Hardy 1930. Comedy. Director: James Parrott. Stars Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Aug 18 Murder Case Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone. Laurel & Hardy get involved in a murder case after the death of Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer. Tue 21 4:00 The Sandwich Man 1966. Comedy. Director: Robert Hartford-Davis. Stars Michael Bentine, Aug 18 Harry H Corbett & Norman Wisdom. A man with a sandwich-board goes around London meeting people from all walks of life. DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Wed 22 6:00 Kiss the Bride 1944. Joan's (Patricia Medina) mother wants her to marry her Aug 18 Goodbye pompous boss although she loves a soldier (Jimmy Hanley). One of Jean Simmon's first films. Wed 22 7:45 Just My Luck 1957. Comedy. Director: John Paddy Carstairs. Stars Norman Wisdom, Aug 18 Jill Dixon, Leslie Phillips & Margaret Rutherford. Norman places a bet on the races so he can afford a diamond pendant. Wed 22 9:30 Time Lock 1957. Adventure. Director: Gerald Thomas. Stars Robert Beatty, Betty Aug 18 McDowall & Vincent Winter. It's a race against time to save six-year old, Stephen, after he locks himself in a time locked vault. Wed 22 11:00 Death Goes To 1953. Crime drama with Barbara Murray and Gordon Jackson in the Aug 18 School lead role. A rare, old British mystery surrounding a strangulation at a school that needs Scotland Yard to investigate. Wed 22 12:15 We Three Documentary made in the 1950s about life on a sheep station in the Aug 18 isolated outback, Australia. Great to see the boundary dogs on motorcycles & the counting methods of the herds along with daily life. Wed 22 12:30 Demi-Paradise 1943. Drama. Directed by Anthony Asquith. Stars Laurence Olivier, Aug 18 Penelope Ward, Margaret Rutherford & Felix Aylmer. A Russian engineer recounts his time in England during WW2. Wed 22 14:45 The Fabulous 1947. Musical. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this rise Aug 18 Dorseys and rise story of the fabulous Dorsey brothers. Wed 22 16:30 Burke's Law 1967. Jackpot. The crime-solving adventures of dashing, debonair Aug 18 Amos Burke (Gene Barry ), an L.A.P.D.