What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Wednesday 17 May 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
03:10
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
The final film of the night is Howling III: The Marsupials
03:15
Howling III: The Marsupials
Horror, starring Barry Otto
1987 – Horror
Movie cast
A cannibalistic tribe of werewolves are discovered in Australia, and a scientist studying the creatures falls in love with one of the females. Horror sequel, starring Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley and Ralph Cotterill
05:10
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
A preview of next week’s films
05:15
Look at Life
An airline stewardess’ typical working day
05:25
Mrs G Goes to College
S01E18
Students debate the role of parents
06:00
The Detectives
S03E10
A detective falls in love with a female prisoner
07:00
Strictly for the Birds
Comedy, starring Tony Tanner
1964 – Comedy
Movie cast
08:15
Clash by Night
Prison escape drama, starring Peter Sallis
1963
Escaped prisoners, forced to wait overnight in a deserted barn, recall the incidents that put them behind bars. Drama based on Rupert Croft-Brooke’s novel, starring Peter Sallis, Terence Longdon, Harry Fowler and Jennifer Jayne
09:45
Look at Life
Why people from all over the world attempt to swim the English Channel
10:00
The Onedin Line
S02E05
Yellow fever breaks out in Liverpool
11:00
Nurse on Wheels
Comedy, starring Juliet Mills
1963 – Comedy, Romance
Movie cast
12:45
Night Was Our Friend
Drama, starring Michael Gough
1951 – Drama, Romance
Movie cast
A man is assumed dead after his plane crashes in the jungle. He returns to civilisation driven to the edge of madness by his ordeal, only to find his wife has remarried. While she tries to comfort him, he plots revenge by committing suicide and making it seem as if she killed him. Drama, starring Michael Gough and Elizabeth Sellars
14:00
Upstairs, Downstairs
S04E04
Edward marries Daisy
Daisy and Edward are married, but his return to the front line cuts short their happiness. At the station Georgina witnesses the arrival of a train filled with casualties, and decides to do something positive to assist the war effort
15:00
A Night in Casablanca
Comedy, starring the Marx Brothers
1946 – Comedy
Movie cast
16:45
Operation Diplomat
Crime drama, starring Guy Rolfe
1953 – Drama
Movie cast
18:10
Guadalcanal Diary
Second World War drama, starring Preston Foster
1943 – Action, War, Drama
Movie cast
A tough sergeant, a chaplain and two marines fight through a series of battles on the Solomon Islands during the initial skirmishes of the American forces’ Pacific campaign. Second World War drama, based on the book by Richard Tregaskis, starring Preston Foster, Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix and Richard Conte
20:00
Gideon’s Way
S01E21
The detective suspects a rich girl’s boyfriend plans to kidnap her
21:00
Pendulum
Crime drama, starring George Peppard
1969 – Crime, Drama
Movie cast
When police captain Frank Matthews is accused of murdering his adulterous wife and her lover he avoids arrest and sets out to find the killer. Crime drama, starring George Peppard, Jean Seberg and Richard Kiley
23:05
Heavenly Pursuits
Comedy drama, starring Tom Conti
1986 – Comedy, Drama
Movie cast
A teacher at a Catholic school in Glasgow remains a committed atheist himself. He has no time for his colleagues’ efforts to have the supposed miracle worker the school is named after canonised. However, he soon has no choice in the matter when he inexplicably recovers from what should have been a fatal brain tumour, which is only the first in a series of miraculous events. Comedy drama, starring Tom Conti and Helen Mirren
00:55
Danger Route
Cold War spy thriller, starring Richard Johnson
1967 – Action, Drama, Thriller
Movie cast
02:45
The Passage
Second World War thriller, starring Anthony Quinn
1979 – Action, Drama, War
Movie cast
A Basque mountain guide is recruited by the American military to escort a scientist and his family safely through the Pyrenees to safety in neutral Spain. However, a sadistic SS officer is in hot on their trail. Second World War thriller, starring Anthony Quinn, James Mason and Malcolm McDowell
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