What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Saturday 1 April 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
The Giant Gila Monster
Horror, starring Don Sullivan
1959 – Horror, Science Fiction
07:30
The Hostage
Thriller, starring Ron Randell
1956 – Thriller
A South American revolutionary leader is arrested and sentenced to death. In a bid to prevent the execution, his followers kidnap the president’s daughter. Thriller, starring Ron Randell and Mary Parker
09:00
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
S01E14
A band of renegade knights preys on shepherds
09:30
The Princess and the Dragon
Stop-motion animated short film from 1949
09:40
Rockets in the Dunes
Children’s drama, starring Richard Adam
1960 – Family
A Devon beach is used by local children for racing sand yachts, but their fun may be at an end when the army plan to use the dunes as a training ground. The youngsters rally the local community to save their beach, but the discovery of disused mines complicates things further. Family drama, starring Richard Adam and Fiona Davie
10:45
Danny the Dragon
S01E09
The door in the space bubble is jammed
11:05
Phantom Creeps
S01E09
Dr Zorka is pursued by spies, as he continues to elude the authorities
11:30
Fury
S01E02
A wild stallion is menacing all of the local ranches
12:00
Creature with the Atom Brain
Sci-fi horror, starring Gregory Gaye
1955 – Horror, Science Fiction, Crime
13:20
The Outer Limits
S01E09
A man thinks he is going mad when he hears the voices of parasitic aliens
14:20
Abandon Ship
Drama, starring Tyrone Power
1957 – Drama, Adventure
A cruise liner sinks, and the ship’s first officer finds himself taking charge of a lifeboat with 20 other survivors after the captain dies. The boat is only designed to hold nine, and as the weather takes a turn for the worse, he is forced to decide which of the passengers should live and which should be left to drown. Drama, starring Tyrone Power and Mai Zetterling
16:15
Vernon’s Poolroom Routine
Archive footage of a 1960s pool room
16:50
White Cradle Inn
Drama, starring Madeleine Carroll
1947 – Drama
18:25
The Saint’s Return
Mystery, starring Louis Hayward
1953 – Mystery
19:45
Delayed Flight
Thriller, starring Helen Cherry
1964 – Thriller
21:00
The Four Just Men
S01E13
Manfred must return a stolen Rembrandt painting to a museum
21:30
Convicted
Melodrama, starring Glenn Ford
1950 – Action, Crime
Sympathetic prison warden George Knowland tries to help wrongly convicted inmate Joe Hufford adapt to life inside. However, despite his best efforts, the prisoner finds himself accused of a murder that could cost him his own life. Melodrama, starring Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Millard Mitchell and Dorothy Malone
23:20
Experiment in Terror
Thriller, starring Glenn Ford
1962 – Crime, Thriller
An FBI agent is assigned to help a bank clerk who is being blackmailed into stealing $100,000 to save her sister from a psychopathic kidnapper. Blake Edwards’ thriller, starring Glenn Ford, Lee Remick and Stefanie Powers
01:50
Penny Gold
Thriller, starring James Booth
1974 – Thriller, Drama
A dead body is discovered close to Windsor Castle. A detective assigned to crack the case discovers a connection with a criminal scheme to steal a priceless rare stamp, and encounters the victim’s identical twin sister, who has a mysterious part to play in both crimes. Thriller, starring James Booth, Francesca Annis and Joss Ackland
03:35
Out of Bounds
Thriller, starring Anthony Michael Hall
1986 – Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
A traveller accidentally picks up the wrong bag at an airport – and finds himself thrust into a dangerous world of double-dealing and deception, with crooks and the law hot on his trail. Thriller, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober and Glynn E Turman
