What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Wednesday 1 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
The Detectives
S01E29
An elderly couple find a body
06:30
Delayed Action
Mystery, starring Robert Ayres
1954 – Crime
A suicidal man is approached by a gang of thieves, who offer to pay him a fortune for 18 months, at the end of which he must confess to their crimes and kill himself. He agrees to the deal, but over the course of his last year, he turns his life around, and is tempted not to uphold his side of the deal. Mystery, starring Robert Ayres and June Thorburn
07:40
Breaking the Codes
The history of code-breaking in wartime
08:10
The Bridal Path
Comedy, starring Bill Travers
1959 – Comedy
A shy Scottish islander finds the selection of potential wives at home rather limited. He’s forced to cast his net wider to locate a suitable bride, and heads for the mainland armed with a specially written set of commandments. However, a series of misunderstandings leave him fleeing the police while still seeking an ideal mate. Comedy, starring Bill Travers, George Cole, Fiona Clyne, Gordon Jackson and Alex Mackenzie
10:00
The Onedin Line
S01E05
James faces a deepening financial crisis
11:00
My Favourite Brunette
Comedy, starring Bob Hope
1947 – Comedy, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
A photographer agrees to look after a private eye’s office, but a mysterious woman mistakes him for a real detective. Desperate to impress her, he keeps up the pretence and takes on the search for her missing uncle, blundering into danger as he is pursued by a crooked lawyer’s henchmen. Comedy, starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre and Lon Chaney Jr
12:45
Marty Wilde: 50 Years of Rock & Roll
50th Anniversary Concert at The London Palladium
14:00
Upstairs, Downstairs
S03E02
The aftermath of the Titanic disaster causes conflict
The aftermath of the Titanic disaster causes conflict within the household, as Miss Forrest gradually assumes more responsibility – and no one is more incensed than Lady Bellamy’s personal maid, who escaped the tragedy on a life-raft
15:00
Saddle Up
James Stephens introduces Jubal
15:05
Jubal
Western, starring Glenn Ford and Ernest Borgnine
1956 – Action, Western
Rancher Shep Horgan takes in injured drifter Jubal, and offers him a job. However, a jealous ranch hand takes a dislike to the new arrival, and tries to persuade Horgan that Jubal is having an affair with his wife. Western, starring Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger, Valerie French, Charles Bronson and Ernest Borgnine
17:05
Saddle Up
James Stephens introduces The Untamed Breed
17:10
The Untamed Breed
Western, starring Sonny Tufts
1948 – Western
18:45
Saddle Up
James introduces next week’s films
18:50
The Westerner
S01E03
A conman steals Dave’s dog
19:20
Short documentary following a day in the life of London’s Waterloo Station in 1960
20:00
Gideon’s Way
S01E06
A man is suspected of murdering his wives
21:00
Music Box
Courtroom drama, starring Jessica Lange
1989 – Crime, Drama, Thriller
A brilliant criminal attorney fights a desperate legal battle to defend her Hungarian-born immigrant father against accusations that he is a Nazi war criminal. Courtroom drama, starring Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Frederic Forrest
23:30
Shatter
Action thriller, starring Stuart Whitman
1974 – Action, Thriller
01:15
All Coppers Are
Drama, starring Martin Potter
1971
03:00
The Shakedown
Thriller, starring Terence Morgan
1960 – Crime, Drama
A former pimp is released from prison and, despite an ex-cellmate’s warnings, immediately returns to a life of crime in a photographic model racket. Thriller, starring Terence Morgan, Hazel Court, Donald Pleasence and Harry H Corbett
