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Today, Thursday, 11^th August

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

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• Today at 1.20am on TCM Movies HD
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• Today at 2.20am on TCM Movies Plus 1

An 18th-century British naval vessel sets off for South America, but during a mutiny the captain is cast adrift and the mutineers settle in the Pitcairn Islands. Lengthy remake of the 1935 version. Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris.

Our Man in Havana (1959)

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• Today at 1.30am on GREAT! movies classic
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• Today at 2.30am on GREAT! movies classic 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.

Ben-Hur (1959)

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• Today at 6.30am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Dancing with Crime (1947)

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• Today at 10.15am on Talking Pictures TV

A dance hall is the front for black marketeers, who are exposed by a resourceful taxi driver. Richard Attenborough, Barry K Barnes, Sheila Sim.

Much Too Shy (1942)

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• Today at 11.10am on GREAT! movies classic
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• Today at 12.10pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1

A gormless handyman gets into trouble when the portraits of his lady clients are sold to an advertising agency with nude bodies added to them. George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley.

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

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• Today at 11.55am on Talking Pictures TV

A bomber is grounded after a raid and its crew is helped by the Dutch resistance. Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Hugh Williams.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Galloping Foxley (1980, S2 E2)

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• Today at 1pm on Sky Arts HD

A man on a train journey is convinced that the passenger seated opposite him is a bully from his schooldays. Roald Dahl, John Mills, Anthony Steel.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Georgy Porgy (1980, S2 E9)

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• Today at 1.30pm on Sky Arts HD

A vicar with an unconventional childhood has problems with the insatiable spinsters of his parish. Roald Dahl, Joan Collins, Joan Collins.

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)

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• Today at 2.20pm on Film4 HD

The son of a disgraced knight prevents an attempt against the throne of King Henry IV. Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar.

Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico (2017–18)

Guadalajara to Puerto Vallarta (2017, S1 E4)

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• Today at 3pm on Dave HD

Passing through Tequila and Guadalajara, the chef visits Casa Kimberly, bought by Richard Burton for Elizabeth Taylor and where they still serve her favourite cocktail: a chocolate Martini. Rick Stein, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor.

Don’t Panic Chaps (1959)

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• Today at 3.10pm on GREAT! movies classic
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• Today at 4.10pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1

British and German units are sent to set up observation posts on the same Adriatic island, and agree to sit out the war in comfort. Dennis Price, George Cole, Thorley Walters.

A Pair of Briefs (1962)

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• Today at 4.15pm on Talking Pictures TV

Barristers Tony and Frances fall in love while opposing each other in court. Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda de Banzie.

The Pink Panther (1964)

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• Today at 4.20pm on Film4 HD

An incompetent Sûreté inspector is in Switzerland on the trail of a jewel thief called The Phantom. David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Poison (1980, S2 E5)

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• Today at 4.30pm on Sky Arts HD

A young teacher working in India is petrified when he wakes to discover a poisonous snake sleeping on his stomach. Roald Dahl, Andrew Ray, Anthony Steel.

Beau Brummell (1954)

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• Today at 4.55pm on TCM Movies HD
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• Today at 5.55pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

A regency dandy enjoys a close relationship with the Prince of Wales; when this is eventually withdrawn, he dies in penury. Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov.

The Jigsaw Man (1983)

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• Today at 4.55pm on GREAT! movies classic
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• Today at 5.55pm on GREAT! movies classic Plus 1

A British traitor in Moscow is given a new face and sent back home, where he becomes a double agent. Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Susan George.

No Time for Tears (1957)

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• Tonight at 6.15pm on Talking Pictures TV

Problems of a children’s hospital. Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms.

Shout at the Devil (1976)

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• Tonight at 11.10pm on GREAT! movies classic

In 1913 Zanzibar, a hard-drinking American and an old Etonian Englishman join forces to rout a brutal German commissioner who resents their poaching ivory in his territory. Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins.