What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Friday 13 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
Kill Her Gently
Crime thriller, starring Griffith Jones
1957 – Crime, Thriller
Two convicts break out of prison and go on the run. While hitchhiking, they are picked up by a motorist who realises who they are and makes the fugitives a proposition – he will help them to flee the country, if in return, they will murder his wife. Crime thriller, starring Griffith Jones and Maureen Connell
07:30
Look at Life
Hadrian’s Wall and the Berlin Wall
07:40
Flannelfoot
Crime thriller, starring Ronald Howard
1953 – Drama, Crime
09:05
The Egyptian
Historical drama, starring Victor Mature
1954 – History, Drama
An orphan survives a life of beggary in exile to become a doctor so renowned he is made chief physician to the pharaoh and his family. At this time, he adopts his master’s new religion of the One God, which brings them both into conflict with the established Egyptian priesthood of the old beliefs. Historical drama, starring Victor Mature, Jean Simmons, Edmund Purdom, Peter Ustinov and Gene Tierney
11:55
Breaking the Codes
The history of code-breaking in wartime
12:25
House of Bamboo
Gangland thriller, starring Robert Stack
1955 – Crime, Drama
An American crime syndicate operating in Tokyo becomes so successful that a group of US undercover agents join forces with their Japanese counterparts to bring the ringleaders to justice. Thriller, starring Robert Stack, Robert Ryan and Shirley Yamaguchi
14:30
Crown Court
S01E03
Part three of three. The case of a hospital sued for neglect reaches a verdict
15:00
Hell and High Water
Cold War adventure, starring Richard Widmark
1954 – Action, War
A mercenary American captain with a submarine and crew for hire embarks on a mission to search out sites of illegal atomic testing by Chinese communists somewhere in the Arctic Circle. Cold War adventure, with Richard Widmark, Victor Francen, Bella Darvi and David Wayne
17:00
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 AD
Sci-fi adventure sequel, starring Peter Cushing
1966 – Family, Science Fiction
Eccentric time traveller the Doctor journeys into the future, where he finds his arch enemies the Daleks have taken over the Earth and are hatching an evil scheme to remove the planet’s core and turn it into a vast spaceship. Sci-fi adventure sequel based on the TV series, starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Andrew Keir, Roberta Tovey and Ray Brooks
18:40
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Sci-fi drama, starring Michael Rennie
1951 – Drama, Science Fiction
An alien ambassador lands his spaceship in America and warns humanity that Earth risks imminent destruction by an interplanetary alliance unless it abandons its warlike ways – and is promptly shot by the military. The wounded visitor is forced to live among humans, but his powerful robot servant is poised to punish mankind for its aggression. Sci-fi drama, with Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Hugh Marlowe
20:30
Dial 999
S01E01
First episode of the 1950s crime drama, starring Robert Beatty
21:00
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
The cult movie star introduces Ravenous
21:05
Ravenous
Horror, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle
1999 – Horror, Western, Adventure
A mysterious Scotsman regales a group of 19th-century American soldiers with stomach-churning tales of cannibalism. As the troops trek across the mountains in search of evidence to support his claims, it becomes obvious the shifty Scot is hiding a secret. Horror, starring Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies and Jeffrey Jones
23:05
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
The cult movie star introduces My Boyfriend’s Back
23:10
My Boyfriend’s Back
Supernatural teen comedy, starring Andrew Lowery
1993 – Comedy, Romance, Horror
A carefree teenager is gunned down during a robbery just moments after asking the girl of his dreams for a date, but he does not let a trivial thing like death get him down and returns from the grave to take her to the high-school prom. Supernatural comedy, starring Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind and Bob Dishy
01:05
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
The cult movie star introduces The Demon
01:10
The Demon
Horror, starring Cameron Mitchell
1979 – Thriller, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious and bloodthirsty killer with a taste for women wreaks havoc in a quiet, rural village. The parents of a teenager kidnapped by the villain enlist the aid of a former soldier with mysterious psychic powers to find her. Horror, starring Cameron Mitchell and Jennifer Holmes
02:55
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Preview of next week’s films
03:00
Come Back Peter
Comedy, starring Patrick Holt
1952 – Comedy
