What’s On

Today, Wednesday, 19^th January

The Cat and the Canary (1978)

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• Today at 12.25am on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

Greedy relatives assemble in an old house to hear an eccentric’s will, and a young girl’s sanity is threatened. Remake of the 1939 version. Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox.

Soul Music

Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor

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• Today at 12.30am on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Emotional responses to Albinoni’s Adagio in G Minor, including BBC foreign correspondent Malcolm Brabant, who is reminded of war-torn Sarajevo by the composition, and actress Virginia McKenna, who chose the piece for her husband Bill Travers’ memorial service.

Smashing Time (1967)

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• Today at 1.20am on Talking Pictures TV

Two north country girls have farcical adventures in swinging London, including paint squirting and pie throwing. Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York.

Night Song (1947)

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• Today at 1.25am on GREAT! movies christmas
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• Today at 2.25am on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

A wealthy socialite falls for a blind pianist and pretends to be blind also, and poor to boot. Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore.

Sailors Don’t Care (1940)

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• Today at 3.20am on Talking Pictures TV

A boat-building father and son join the River Patrol service. Tom Gamble, Edward Rigby, Jean Gillie.

The Saint (1962–69)

Locate and Destroy

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• Today at 6.15am on ITV4 HD
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• Today at 7.15am on ITV4 Plus 1

Simon Templar sets out on the trail of a former Nazi believed to have taken refuge in South America.

The Avengers (1961–69)

Take Me to Your Leader

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• Today at 8.05am on ITV4 HD
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• Today at 9.05am on ITV4 Plus 1

60s style action adventure, with the bowler-hatted sleuth Steed and a slinky succession of glamorous female sidekicks.

Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)

Gnome And Away

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• Today at 9.20am on GOLD HD
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• Today at 3.20pm on GOLD HD

Howard has an unusual gift for Marina’s garden but must deliver it without Pearl finding out, and turns to his friends for help.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Rex Harrison

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• Today at 9.50am on Sky Arts HD

A look at the life and career of Rex Harrison, the Oscar-winning English actor who starred as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1964 film musical My Fair Lady. Rex Harrison.

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

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• Today at 10.30am on Talking Pictures TV

Two wealthy and eligible bachelors of the 1890s have problems with their marriage prospects. Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Joan Greenwood.

You Must Be Joking! (1965)

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• Today at 10.55am on GREAT! movies christmas
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• Today at 11.55am on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

Assorted army personnel vie in an extended initiative test. Michael Callan, Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott.

The Long Memory (1953)

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• Today at 11am on Film4 HD

An ex-con , framed for a murder he did not commit, plots revenge but instead discovers a fresh crime. John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars.

The Saint (1962–69)

Flight Plan

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• Today at 11.25am on ITV4 HD
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• Today at 12.25pm on ITV4 Plus 1

A crook flees justice in the guise of a nun, hotly pursued by Simon Templar – who suddenly finds himself having to take a crash-course in the finer points of flying a stolen experimental plane.

The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)

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• Today at 12.20pm on Talking Pictures TV

An aged earl is bewildered when his son fails to be elected to parliament as a socialist, but his butler gets in as a Tory. Cecil Parker, A E Matthews, David Tomlinson.

High Treason (1951)

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• Today at 1pm on London Live

Saboteurs are routed by the London police. Liam Redmond, André Morell, Kenneth Griffith.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Bosom Friends (1981, S4 E14)

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• Today at 1.30pm on Sky Arts HD

An impoverished lady invites an old school-friend to lodge with her, but soon regrets her decision. Rachel Kempson, Joan Greenwood, Nat Jackley.

Ben-Hur (1959)

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• Today at 2.25pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

In the time of Christ, a Jew suffers mightily under the Romans. Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet.

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

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• Today at 2.35pm on Sky Cinema Family HD
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• Tonight at 11.40pm on Sky Cinema Family HD

A department store Santa Claus promises a child that he will provide her with a house, a father and a brother for Christmas. Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan Mcdermott.

The Avengers (1961–69)

Fog

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• Today at 2.40pm on ITV4 HD
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• Today at 3.40pm on ITV4 Plus 1

60s style action adventure, with the bowler-hatted sleuth Steed and a slinky succession of glamorous female sidekicks.

Berlin Express (1948)

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• Today at 3.15pm on GREAT! movies christmas
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• Today at 4.15pm on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

Police of four nations guard a German VIP on a crack train to Berlin. Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin.

Campbell’s Kingdom (1957)

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• Today at 4.55pm on Film4 HD

A young man who thinks he is dying arrives in the Canadian Rockies to take over his father’s oil valley, but a scheming contractor opposes him. Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig.

Our Man in Havana (1959)

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• Today at 5pm on GREAT! movies christmas
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• Tonight at 6pm on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

A British vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana allows himself to be recruited as a spy, and wishes he hadn’t. Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O’Hara.

The World at War (1973–74)

Whirlwind (1974, E12)

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• Today at 5pm on Yesterday

The development of British and American strategic bombing in both success and setback. Laurence Olivier, Hans Brunswig, John Corcoran.

For the Love of Ada (1970–71)

The Wedding

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• Tonight at 6pm on Talking Pictures TV

Walter and Ada prepare to get married, but a small oversight threatens to ruin the big day.

Bigger Than Life (1956)

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• Tonight at 6.05pm at the BFI (NFT2)

A small-town schoolteacher is prescribed cortisone for arthritis; it gradually turns him into a bullying megalomaniac full of grandiose schemes. James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau.

Father Brown (1954)

[as The Detective]

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• Tonight at 7.10pm on GREAT! movies christmas
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• Tonight at 8.10pm on GREAT! movies christmas Plus 1

A Catholic clergyman retrieves a priceless church cross from master thief Flambeau. Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch.

Valerie (1957)

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• Tonight at 7.20pm on TCM Movies HD
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• Tonight at 8.20pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

A Western rancher is accused of wounding his wife and murdering her parents. Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel.

Blake’s 7 (1978–81)

Weapon (1979, S2 E3)

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• Tonight at 9.05pm on Forces TV

Servalan manipulates a brilliant but under-valued weapons scientist into fleeing with his new secret weapon, IMIPAK, in the hope of leading Blake into a trap using a clone as bait. Gareth Thomas, Sally Knyvette, Paul Darrow.

Street of Shadows (1953)

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• Tonight at 11.15pm on Talking Pictures TV

A Soho club-owner and his society girlfriend become mixed up in murder when the corpse of his mistress is discovered in his office. Cesar Romero, Kay Kendall, Edward Underdown.