What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Monday 23 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
Get Some In!
S05E01
A newly promoted corporal gets a hero’s welcome
06:30
Leave Her to Heaven
Film noir, starring Gene Tierney
1945 – Drama, Romance, Thriller
An emotionally unbalanced woman falls in love with an author who resembles her dead father. But their marriage is followed by a series of tragic deaths, and her new husband comes to realise his wife’s obsessive jealousy is driving her to murder. Film noir, starring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price and Darryl Hickman
08:40
Mutiny
Nautical adventure, starring Mark Stevens
1952 – Adventure
The captain of an American ship during the War of Independence finds himself at the mercy of a gang of vicious mutineers loyal to Britain. However, he soon discovers their motive for the uprising is nothing more than a love of gold. Nautical adventure, starring Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury and Patric Knowles
10:15
Ramrod
Western, with Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
1947 – Western
The daughter of a cattle rancher defies her father by marrying a sheep farmer, and takes over running her husband’s land when he dies. However, a powerful landowner is determined to seize her territory for himself. An alcoholic cowhand working for the widow strives to bring about a legal settlement, but a violent range war seems inevitable. Western, with Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
12:05
King of the Khyber Rifles
Adventure, starring Tyrone Power
1953 – Adventure, Drama, Romance
Half-Indian Army captain Tyrone Power, struggling to win the respect of his bigoted fellow officers in the Khyber Rifles, is assigned to quell a tribal uprising. Adventure yarn, also starring Terry Moore, Michael Rennie and Guy Rolfe
14:05
Away for the Day in 1952
Travelogue about day trips via coach
14:30
Crown Court
S01E07
Part one of three. A teacher is accused of wounding a police officer with a chisel
15:00
Sapphire
Murder mystery, starring Nigel Patrick
1959 – Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
16:45
Naked Fury
Crime drama, starring Kenneth Cope
1959 – Crime, Drama
Four crooks bump off a security guard and take his daughter hostage to escape justice, but make the mistake of seeking refuge in a dangerously unstable building. Crime drama, starring Kenneth Cope, Reed De Rouen and Leigh Madison
18:00
The Footage Detectives
A nostalgic look at Christmases past
19:00
In Suspicious Circumstances
20:00
The Main Chance
S02E12
Gifts in solicitors’ offices can have starting repercussions
21:00
Cisco Pike
Crime drama, starring Kris Kristofferson
1971
A small-town drug-dealer is collared by a crooked cop, who blackmails him into offloading his stash. Crime drama, starring Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman, Harry Dean Stanton, Antonio Fargas, Viva and Joy Bang
23:55
Joseph Andrews
Period comedy, starring Peter Firth
1976
An 18th-century villager is employed as a personal footman to a seductive aristocrat. Over a series of adventures, he tries to remain loyal to his childhood sweetheart in the face of the advances of both his mistress and a succession of equally lusty ladies. Period comedy, starring Peter Firth, Ann-Margret and Michael Hordern
01:50
Death Line
Horror, starring Donald Pleasence
1973 – Horror
A government official disappears without trace on the London Underground. A cynical police inspector and a couple who were the only witnesses investigate, discovering a string of other missing people are the result of bloodthirsty cannibals lurking in a collapsed tunnel. Horror, starring Donald Pleasence and Norman Rossington, with a cameo appearance by Christopher Lee
03:35
Vacant Possession
Recently recovered episode of anthology drama Blackmail
