What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Wednesday 18 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
The Detectives
S01E26
Conway is forced to kill an old friend
06:30
Woman Hater
Romantic comedy, starring Stewart Granger
1948 – Comedy, Romance
08:35
Operation Diplomat
Crime drama, starring Guy Rolfe
1953 – Drama
10:00
The Onedin Line
S01E03
James’ problems grow when he goes ashore
11:00
Born Of The Sea
Drama, starring Dorothea Paul
1949 – Drama
12:00
The Last Days of Dolwyn
Melodrama, starring Richard Burton
1948
A ruthless property developer attempts to have his native town turned into a reservoir to get revenge on locals who once branded him a thief, despite an elderly matriarch’s refusal to leave her home. Melodrama, starring Richard Burton in his screen debut, with Edith Evans and Emlyn Williams
13:55
Glimpses: Rollercoaster
Short film exploring an early British rollercoaster
14:00
Upstairs, Downstairs
S02E13
The family celebrates Lady Marjorie’s birthday
The family gathers to celebrate Lady Marjorie’s birthday, and as James returns to England with his fiancee, Phyllis, Elizabeth learns the unpleasant truth about her Armenian lover Julius
15:00
Saddle Up
James Stephens introduces Lust for Gold
15:10
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
17:00
Saddle Up
James Stephens introduces The Parson and the Outlaw
17:05
The Parson and the Outlaw
Western, starring Anthony Dexter
1957 – Western
18:30
Saddle Up
James Stephens reveals next week’s Westerns
18:35
The Westerner
S01E01
Drama series about a wandering cowboy
19:05
Any Man’s Kingdom 1956
Travelogue focusing on the scenery, history and residents of Northumberland
19:30
Time to Remember
Narrated by John Ireland. American tourists invade in 1924
20:00
Gideon’s Way
S01E04
The detective investigates a plot to fix horse races
21:00
Vanishing Point
Thriller, starring Barry Newman
1971 – Action, Drama
A former racing driver embarks on an epic drug-fuelled trip from Denver to San Francisco. Along the way, he plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the law, winning the admiration of a DJ who helps him stay one step ahead of his pursuers. Thriller, starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Victoria Medlin and Dean Jagger
22:55
Friday On My Mind
Drama broadcast in 1992, starring Christopher Eccleston and Maggie O’Neill
01:20
Woman Times Seven
Comedy anthology, starring Shirley Maclaine in seven different roles
1967 – Romance, Comedy, Drama
Anthology of seven tales on the theme of adultery. A widow enjoys her husband’s funeral, a woman becomes a prostitute to get back at her husband, a seemingly strait-laced woman has a daring secret, a writer’s wife tries to get his attention, a dress sparks a bitter rivalry, a death-pact is formed, and a married woman’s latest lover is secretly a private eye hired by her husband. Comedy, starring Shirley Maclaine in seven different roles. With Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin and Robert Morley
03:25
Omen III: The Final Conflict
Supernatural horror, starring Sam Neill
1981 – Horror
Antichrist Damien Thorn becomes US Ambassador to Britain, and while engineering dominion over the entire world, he ensures all babies born on a certain day are slaughtered, in the certainty that one of them is the second coming of Christ. Supernatural horror, starring Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi and Don Gordon
