What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Thursday 2 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
Honey West
S01E11
The private eye has to safeguard a fashion designer’s creations
06:30
The Strange Woman
Period drama, starring Hedy Lamarr
1946 – Drama, Romance, Thriller
A poverty stricken beauty inadvertently brings misery to three men as she searches for a rich husband who can satisfy her taste for the finer things in life. Period drama, starring Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward and Gene Lockhart
08:30
Breaking the Codes
William Friedman’s great achievements in codebreaking during the Second World War
09:00
Black Saddle
S01E06
A man imprisoned for murder seeks help clearing his name
09:30
The Gelignite Gang
Thriller, starring Wayne Morris
1956 – Thriller, Crime, Drama
An insurance investigator is on the hunt for a gang of jewel thieves. The case takes a personal turn when his amateur sleuth fiancee is kidnapped by the crooks. Thriller, starring Wayne Morris and Sandra Dorne
11:00
Top Secret
Spy comedy, starring George Cole
1952 – Comedy
12:55
No Trace
Thriller, starring Hugh Sinclair
1950 – Crime, Drama
14:30
Crown Court
S01E29
Part two of three. A couple are accused of causing an explosion
15:00
Melvyn’s Talking Pictures
Melvyn Hayes introduces Let’s Be Famous
15:10
Let’s Be Famous
Comedy, with Jimmy O’Dea
1939 – Music, Comedy
A starstruck Irish shopkeeper heads for London in search of fame and fortune, picking up an aspiring Lancastrian singer along the way. Comedy, starring Jimmy O’Dea, Betty Driver, Sonnie Hale, Basil Radford and Lena Brown
16:50
Melvyn’s Talking Pictures
A look ahead to next week’s film
17:00
Road to Happiness
Musical, starring John Boles
1941 –
18:20
Grand National Night
Crime drama, starring Nigel Patrick
1953 – Crime, Thriller
A racehorse owner has a drunken quarrel with his wife that ends in her accidental death. Terrified he will be thought a murderer, he hides her body and covers up the evidence – but a wily police inspector is convinced he has something to hide. Crime drama, starring Nigel Patrick, Moira Lister and Michael Hordern
20:00
The Saint
S02E24
Simon investigates the theft of a golden statue from a Greek archaeological dig
21:00
Justice
S02E09
Harriet helps a captain win a judgment in a trawler case
22:00
Frances
Biopic of actress Frances Farmer, starring Jessica Lange
1982 – Drama
Biopic of 1930s actress Frances Farmer, whose promising film career came to a sad end when she was committed to a mental institution. Starring Jessica Lange, Anjelica Huston, Kim Stanley and Sam Shepard
00:50
Don’t Bother to Knock
Thriller, starring Marilyn Monroe
1952 – Drama, Thriller
An emotionally unstable babysitter becomes dangerously infatuated with a dashing airline pilot, whom she confuses in her mind with her former lover. Thriller, starring Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr and Jim Backus
02:25
Lust for Gold
Western, starring Ida Lupino
1949 – Action, Western
A man searches for a hidden gold-mine discovered by his great-grandfather in the 1880s. Western, starring Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young and William Prince
