What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Wednesday 11 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
The Detectives
S01E23
A racketeer tries to protect his daughter from a life of crime
06:30
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Comic mystery, starring Warner Oland
1937 – Action, Mystery, Thriller
07:55
Snow
Documentary about the impact of cold weather on British railways in 1963
08:05
A Cry from the Streets
Drama, starring Max Bygraves
1958 – Drama
10:00
The Onedin Line
S01E02
Anne Onedin learns about sea fever and navigation
11:00
The Night Has Eyes
Thriller, with Joyce Howard and James Mason
1942 – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
12:35
Cloak Without Dagger
Thriller, starring Philip Friend
1956 – Thriller
14:00
Upstairs, Downstairs
S02E12
Sarah’s pregnancy is discovered
The Bellamys learn of Sarah’s pregnancy, and to protect the real father she tells them she was seduced by a stranger. Watkins the chauffeur offers to marry her and deviously turns the situation to his advantage, but his plot is under threat of being uncovered
15:00
Saddle Up
James Stephens introduces the first feature When the Legends Die
15:05
When the Legends Die
Western, starring Richard Widmark
1972 – Drama, Western
17:10
Saddle Up
Introducing an episode of Zane Grey Theatre
17:15
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre
A Civil War veteran returns home to find his wife has been murdered
17:45
Saddle Up
James Stephens previews next week’s films
17:50
Behemoth the Sea Monster
Fantasy thriller, with Gene Evans
1959 – Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
The dumping of radioactive waste in the sea brings a dinosaur back to life, and grants it the power to fire beams of energy. The prehistoric beast goes on a rampage across England, and scientists discover that destroying the nuclear-powered creature may cause even greater devastation. Fantasy thriller, starring Gene Evans and Andre Morell
19:20
Look at Life
The work of bomb disposal units of three services
19:30
Time to Remember
Narrated by Sir Michael Redgrave. An overview of 1922
20:00
Gideon’s Way
S01E03
The detective hunts for a serial arsonist
21:00
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
23:15
Waking the Dead
Feature-length pilot of the detective drama, starring Trevor Eve
Feature-length pilot of the detective drama, starring Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston and Holly Aird. A team of police and criminal experts re-opens an unsolved murder case, inadvertently inspiring the perpetrator to recreate his original killing in a chilling mind game of revenge
01:20
Beat Girl
Drama, starring Gillian Hills
1960 – Drama
A teenager discovers her hated new stepmother was once a dancer in a strip club, and gets a job there, hoping to dig up some dirt – but soon has to contend with the unwanted advances of the sleazy owner, who ends up forcing her to help conceal a murder. Drama, starring Gillian Hills and Christopher Lee
03:05
Keep on Burning
Documentary about the Northern Soul scene
