What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Saturday 7 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
Blackout
Crime drama, starring Maxwell Reed
1950 – Crime, Mystery, Drama
07:25
Ask a Policeman
Comedy, starring Will Hay
1939 – Comedy
Three workshy bobbies in a peaceful coastal village try to prevent themselves being thrown out of work by faking a crime so they can solve it – only to encounter real smugglers. Comedy, starring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt and Moore Marriott
09:00
The Adventures of William Tell
S01E25
The resistance leader discovers a friendly village has turned against him
09:30
The Salvage Gang
Family drama, starring Christopher Warbey
1958 – Family, Adventure
10:35
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
S01E12
The crime syndicate are stealing cars
11:00
Sir Francis Drake
S01E16
The Spanish troops in the Netherlands launch a mutiny
11:30
The Adventures of Robin Hood
S01E38
Tuck and Robin make a bet on what makes people more generous
12:00
4D Man
Sci-fi drama, starring Lee Meriwether
1959 – Science Fiction, Horror
A scientist discovers a method of travelling through solid matter, but only murder can prevent the rapid ageing it causes. Sci-fi drama, starring Lee Meriwether, Robert Lansing and James Congdon
13:45
Emergency
Drama, starring Glyn Houston
1962 – Drama
An injured child with a rare blood group is in desperate need of a transfusion, prompting the police to set out to find a suitable donor from a disparate collection of people. Drama, starring Glyn Houston and Zena Walker
15:00
The Gentle Gunman
Drama, starring John Mills and Dirk Bogarde
1952 – Crime, Drama
A member of the IRA is sent to London to help with a campaign of bombing, but becomes disillusioned with the organisation’s violent methods. His desire to further the republican cause through peaceful means fuels tension with his brother and leads to him being branded a traitor. Drama, starring John Mills and Dirk Bogarde
16:45
Hombre
Western, starring Paul Newman
1967 – Western
A white man raised by Apaches joins a stagecoach on a journey across the Arizona desert, but is treated with scorn by his fellow passengers because of his background. However, when they are attacked by bandits, he is the first to stand up and defend the people who hate him. Western, starring Paul Newman, Richard Boone, Fredric March, Diane Cilento and Cameron Mitchell
19:00
In Suspicious Circumstances
An abused woman accused of murder
Edward Woodward presents dramatisations of two true-life crime stories. The case of an amorous doctor who loved one woman too many in pre-war Southport and an accused woman convicted of murder. Dudley Sutton, Geraldine James and Julia Ford star.
20:00
Maigret
S04E13
The discovery of a naked corpse attracts a barrage of anonymous letters
21:05
The Four Just Men
S01E01
Crime drama about four army veterans uniting to fight injustice
Crime drama about four army veterans based in Paris, London, New York and Rome who combine their talents to fight injustice around the world. In the first episode, they are brought back together by their dying commanding officer and vow to carry out his final wishes
21:35
Absence of Malice
Drama, starring Paul Newman
1981 – Drama, Romance, Thriller
Michael Gallagher, the son of an infamous Mafia boss, rejects his family’s criminal ways to lead a law-abiding life. When a union leader disappears, a frustrated FBI investigator leaks a story to the press that he intends to question Gallagher, and the hapless businessman finds his life rapidly falling apart in the aftermath of the bad publicity. Sydney Pollack’s drama, starring Paul Newman and Sally Field
23:50
Hands of the Ripper
Hammer horror, starring Angharad Rees
1971 – Horror, Thriller
The daughter of Jack the Ripper is traumatised by witnessing her mother’s murder and grows up to become a sexually repressed killer, prowling her father’s old stomping ground. Only a psychiatrist seems able to help her overcome her murderous impulses – but his motives soon slip from the professional to something more carnal in nature. Hammer horror, starring Angharad Rees, Eric Porter and Dora Bryan
01:30
The Ceremony
Crime drama, starring Laurence Harvey
1963 – Drama, Crime
03:40
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Historical drama, with Victor Mature
1954 – Adventure, History
A Greek slave is forced into the gladiatorial service when he defends an elderly merchant from the attack of a sadistic centurion. But he also has the hallowed robe of Christ – which makes him the target of Emperor Caligula and the treacherous Messalina, because they believe it has special powers. However, the reluctant gladiator does not intend to give it up to them. Historical drama, starring Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie and Debra Paget
