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Today, Monday, 27th June
Rewinder
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Jedi
- Today at 12.15am on BBC Radio 4 FM
Greg James returns with another search through the BBC archive, inspired by current stories.
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
- Today at 12.20am on GREAT! movies classic 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.
Maugham’s Eye View
The Creative Impulse
- Today at 6am on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Today at 1pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Tonight at 8pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
The Creative Impulse.
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
[as She Played With Fire]
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- Today at 6am on GREAT! movies classic
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- Today at 7am on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
An insurance assessor investigates a fire, finds a murder, marries the victim’s widow and is blackmailed… Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price.
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)
Count Down (1973)
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- Today at 8am on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Today at 12pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Tonight at 7pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Bob prepares for his looming wedding day.
Space 1999 (1976)
Missing Link (1976)
- Today at 9am on horror channel
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- Today at 10am on horror channel Plus 1
Koenig is critically injured on the lunar surface and goes into a coma – but emerges to find himself transported to a beautiful city of light on the planet Zenno, where he embarks on an affair with an alien scientist’s daughter.
Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1951)
- Today at 9.10am on Talking Pictures TV
Tom Brown finds life at Rugby brutal, but helps to become a civilising influence. Remake of the 1940 version. John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, James Hayter.
Visa to Canton (1960)
[as Passport to China]
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- Today at 9.50am on GREAT! movies classic
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- Today at 10.50am on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
A pilot is roped into rescuing a group of refugees from communist China by the American girl he was originally charged with flying out. Richard Basehart, Athene Seyler, Lisa Gastoni.
Cash on Demand (1961)
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- Today at 11.20am on GREAT! movies classic
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- Today at 12.20pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
A fussy bank manager outwits a classy robber. Peter Cushing, André Morell, Richard Vernon.
Our Girl Friday (1953)
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- Today at 12.15pm on Talking Pictures TV
Four shipwrecked sailors are washed up on a desert island. Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More.
The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
- Today at 1pm on London Live
Murders result from the making of an all-star film in an English village. Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis.
The Calendar (1948)
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- Today at 3pm on Talking Pictures TV
A racehorse owner is accused of deliberately sabotaging his horse to rig the race, but a secret admirer tries to clear his name.
The Greengage Summer (1961)
[as Loss of Innocence]
![Main title from The Greengage Summer (1961) (5) [as Loss of Innocence]](https://www.silversirens.co.uk/pictures/thumb8_loss-of-innocence-1961-opening-credits-5.jpg "The Greengage Summer (1961) opening credits (5) [as Loss of Innocence]")
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- Today at 4.45pm on GREAT! movies classic
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- Today at 5.45pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1
A young girl staying at a hotel falls in love with a jewel thief but is accidentally responsible for his capture. Kenneth More, Danielle Darrieux, Susannah York.
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
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- Tonight at 6pm on Talking Pictures TV
In 1857, a British garrison in India is threatened by the forces of Kuuram Khan, but saved by a half-caste officer. Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie.
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
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- Tonight at 9pm on Talking Pictures TV
Surrealist romance; after a nuclear war, motley survivors in the wastelands turn into bed setting rooms, cupboards and parakeets. Rita Tushingham, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe.
Cinema screenings
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I Could Go on Singing (1963)An American singing star in Britain looks up an old lover and tries to take over their illegitimate son, but the call of the footlights proves stronger. Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman.
- Tomorrow, 6.15pm, NFT1 + intro by Dirk Bogarde’s nephew, Ulric van den Bogarde
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The story of Mary Stuart’s opposition to Elizabeth I, her imprisonment and execution. Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson, Patrick McGoohan. -
A young designer shares his sexual favours equally between two loves of different sexes, a Jewish doctor and a lady executive. Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head. -
An account of the uneventful life of poetess Stevie Smith, lived out mainly in a London suburb under the fear of death. Glenda Jackson, Mona Washbourne, Alec McCowen. -
A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. Deborah Findlay, Suzanna Hamilton, Gillian Hanna. -
A trio of World War II veterans band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune. Keenan Wynn, Mai Zetterling, Ronald Howard.