What’s On Talking Pictures TV
Today Saturday 28 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on Talking Pictures TV
today.
06:00
Jack London
Biopic of the writer, starring Michael O’Shea
1943 – Drama, Adventure
07:45
The Passing Stranger
Crime drama, starring Lee Patterson
1954 – Drama, Crime
09:00
Flip Flap
Short animated comedy, with the voice of Mae Questel
1948 – Animation
09:15
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
S01E02
A fellow knight offers Sir Lancelot his daughter as a wife
09:45
Johnny on the Run
Crime drama, starring Eugeniusz Chylek
1953 – Family, Adventure
11:05
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
S01E15
A note found on Foranti’s body puts the Sentinel on the trail of Crogan
11:30
Sir Francis Drake
S01E19
An actor comes to Drake’s aid
12:00
Planet Outlaws
Buck Rogers adventure, starring Buster Crabbe
1953 – Science Fiction
13:25
The Left Hand of God
Romantic adventure, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
1955 – Drama
An American mercenary in the pay of a warlord in 1940s China has second thoughts about his employer, so assumes the identity of a dead Catholic priest to make his escape. Seeking sanctuary in a mountain mission, he reluctantly adapts to religious life. However, his cover is threatened when he falls for a nurse. Romantic adventure, with Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Agnes Moorhead and Lee J Cobb
15:10
The Rogues
S01E02
Tony, Marcel and Timmy try to sell a fake diamond-making machine
16:10
Man in the Moon
Comedy, starring Kenneth More
1961 – Comedy, Romance
A man working as a guinea pig for scientific research is chosen to be the first Brit in space. However, problems arise when the boffins responsible for developing the training programme decide to keep him in the dark about their plan. Events become even more complicated when a jealous rival sets out to throw a spanner in the works. Comedy, starring Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Hordern and Norman Bird
18:10
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Historical adventure, starring Cornel Wilde
1953 – Adventure
20:00
In Suspicious Circumstances
Two remarkable First World War stories
Edward Woodward narrates two remarkable stories from the First World War, highlighting the fate of a shell-shocked youngster found wandering on the Western Front and revealing what happened to two men who went on a drinking spree and missed the Battle of the Somme. Fact-based drama, starring Aidan Gillen, Maggie Shevlin and Wayne Foskett
21:00
The Four Just Men
S01E04
Ryder tries to clear the name of a woman convicted of poisoning her husband
21:30
Strange Days
Sci-fi thriller, starring Ralph Fiennes
1995 – Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
A paranoid ex-cop dealing in illegal virtual-reality experiences receives a compact disc that contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Suspecting an old flame might be in danger, he investigates further and uncovers a secret that could throw the entire city into chaos on New Year’s Eve, 1999. Kathryn Bigelow’s sci-fi thriller, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis and Tom Sizemore
00:20
Confessions of a Pop Performer
Comedy, starring Robin Askwith
1975 – Comedy
02:05
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Crime adventure, with Peter Fonda
1974 – Action, Adventure, Crime
Two small-time crooks steal the money to buy a sports car, and take to the open road with a hitch-hiker along for the ride, leading their police pursuers a merry dance across America – but provoking the wrath of a ruthless, hard-bitten lawman. Crime adventure, starring Peter Fonda, Susan George, Vic Morrow, Adam Roarke, Roddy McDowall and Kenneth Tobey
03:55
Port of New York
Smuggling drama, starring Yul Brynner
1949 – Crime
A woman attempts to betray the narcotics ring she is working for, leading an intrepid undercover agent into a desperate chase to bring down the debonair ringleader. Smuggling drama, starring Yul Brynner, Scott Brady, KT Stevens and Richard Rober
