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Today, Saturday, 19^th October

The Desert Rats (1953)

• Today at 4.15am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

An English captain commands an Australian detachment in the siege of Tobruk, and survives an encounter with Rommel.

Chariots of Fire (1981)

• Today at 4.40am on Sky Cinema Drama HD

In the 1924 Paris Olympics, a Jew and a Scotsman run for Britain.

The Captive Heart (1946)

• Today at 9.10am on TCM HD

• Today at 10.10am on TCM Plus 1

Stories of life among British officers in a German POW camp, especially of a Czech who has stolen the papers of a dead Britisher.

Millions Like Us (1943)

• Today at 10am on Talking Pictures

The tribulations of a family in wartime, especially of the meek daughter who goes into war work and marries an airman, who is killed.

For the Love of Ada (1972)

• Today at 10am on London Live

An elderly grave-digger and his wife celebrate their first wedding anniversary.

Zulu (1964)

• Today at 12.25pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

In 1879 British soldiers stand fast against the Zulus at Rorke’s Drift.

Bean (1997)

• Today at 1.40pm on Sky Cinema Comedy HD

An accident-prone attendant at London’s Royal National Gallery accompanies Whistler’s Mother to America.

Encore (1951)

• Today at 1.45pm on Talking Pictures

Three more Somerset Maugham short stories introduced by the author.

The Pink Panther (1964)

• Today at 2.30pm on itv4 HD

• Today at 3.30pm on itv4 Plus 1

• Today at 3.40pm on itv4 HD

• Today at 4.40pm on itv4 Plus 1

An incompetent Sûreté inspector is in Switzerland on the trail of a jewel thief called The Phantom.

Hart to Hart

My Hart Belongs to Daddy

• Today at 3pm on Sony Channel

• Today at 4pm on Sony Channel Plus 1

Remembering Dora Bryan

Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)

Never the Twain (1988)

Whose Baby?

• Today at 5pm on Forces TV

Desert Mice (1959)

• Today at 5.20pm on Talking Pictures

Adventures of a concert party sent to entertain the troops in North Africa during World War II.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

• Tonight at 6.25pm on itv2 HD

• Tonight at 8pm on itv2 HD

A team of experts goes to investigate how an island used as a breeding ground for the recreated dinosaurs of Jurassic Park has become a self-supporting eco-system.

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• Tonight at 8pm on Talking Pictures

Adventures of a pregnant Salford teenager, her sluttish mother, black lover and homosexual friend.

Tomorrow, Sunday, 20^th October

The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)

• Tomorrow at 1.45am on Talking Pictures

A pop star and his wife move to a village, where his new conductorship of the local brass band causes ill-feeling.

Zulu (1964)

• Tomorrow at 3.35am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

In 1879 British soldiers stand fast against the Zulus at Rorke’s Drift.

Miss Robin Hood (1952)

• Tomorrow at 4.25am on Talking Pictures

A lady author pits her wits against crooks and saves an old lady’s fortune.

The Rebel (1961)

• Tomorrow at 6.15am on TCM HD

• Tomorrow at 7.15am on TCM Plus 1

A suburban businessman goes to Paris to become an artist.

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

• Tomorrow at 8.30am on TCM HD

• Tomorrow at 9.30am on TCM Plus 1

Henry VIII divorces his wife to marry Anne Boleyn, but soon finds evidence of adultery.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Alec Guinness

• Tomorrow at 10am on Sky Arts HD

Sky TV series featuring in-depth profiles of individual film stars.

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

• Tomorrow at 10.55am on 5Select

• Tomorrow at 12pm on 5Select

A wife-murderer marries a barmaid and tries again.

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• Tomorrow at 11.30am on Sony Movies

• Tomorrow at 12.30pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

• Tomorrow at 12.30pm on Sony Movies

• Tomorrow at 1.30pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

In 1943, a sabotage team is sent to destroy two giant guns on a Turkish island.

Private Passions

Selina Cadell

• Tomorrow at 12pm on BBC Radio 3

Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)

Mary Poppins (1964)

• Tomorrow at 2.05pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD

• Tomorrow at 8pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD

In Edwardian London a magical nanny teaches two slightly naughty children to make life enjoyable for themselves and others.

Hell Drivers (1957)

• Tomorrow at 2.15pm on Talking Pictures

Fast driving on death-trap roads is required of rival lorry drivers for a cheapjack haulage firm.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• Tomorrow at 2.40pm on Sony Movies

• Tomorrow at 3.40pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

• Tomorrow at 3.40pm on Sony Movies

• Tomorrow at 4.40pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

An adventurer’s life with the Arabs, told in flashbacks after his accidental death in the thirties.

Inspector Morse

Twilight of the Gods

• Tomorrow at 2.45pm on itv3 HD

The Pink Panther (1964)

• Tomorrow at 2.50pm on itv4 HD

• Tomorrow at 3.50pm on itv4 Plus 1

• Tomorrow at 4pm on itv4 HD

• Tomorrow at 5pm on itv4 Plus 1

An incompetent Sûreté inspector is in Switzerland on the trail of a jewel thief called The Phantom.

The Wind Cannot Read (1958)

• Tomorrow at 2.50pm on London Live

In India and Burma during World War II, a flying officer falls in love with a Japanese language instructor suffering from a brain disease.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• Tomorrow at 5.45pm on 5Spike

• Tomorrow at 6.45pm on 5Spike Plus 1

• Tomorrow at 6.50pm on 5Spike

• Tomorrow at 7.50pm on 5Spike Plus 1

British POWs in Burma are employed by the Japanese to build a bridge; meanwhile British agents seek to destroy it.

Josephine and Men (1955)

I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

• Tomorrow at 11.35pm on Talking Pictures

A determined girl travels to the Hebrides to marry a wealthy old man, but is stranded on Mull and marries a young naval officer instead.

Monday, 21^st October

Inspector Morse

Twilight of the Gods

• Monday at 1.55am on itv3 HD

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960)

• Monday at 7.55am on TCM HD

• Monday at 8.55am on TCM Plus 1

After the girls burn down St Trinian’s, a dubious headmaster offers to create a new school for them.

Ben-Hur (1959)

• Monday at 8.35am on Sky Cinema Drama HD

In the time of Christ, a Jew suffers mightily under the Romans.

The Jazz Singer (1980)

• Monday at 9am on Sony Channel

• Monday at 10am on Sony Channel Plus 1

Oddly timed reprise of The Jazz Singer, with doting mother replaced by patient wife.

Folly to Be Wise (1952)

• Monday at 9.10am on Talking Pictures

A brains trust at an army unit sets off a battle of the sexes.

The Scarlet and the Black (1983)

• Monday at 9.55am on Sony Movies Action

• Monday at 10.55am on Sony Movies Action

Fact-based Second World War drama about a cleric who rescued thousands of PoWs and Italian resistance fighters from the Gestapo.

The South Bank Show Originals

Elizabeth Taylor

• Monday at 10am on Sky Arts HD

The Professionals (1977)

Everest Was Also Conquered

• Monday at 4.50pm on itv4 HD

• Monday at 5.50pm on itv4 Plus 1

Radio Pirates (1935)

• Monday at 6pm on Talking Pictures

A café proprietress, a radio salesman and a composer set up a pirate radio station.

The Long Dark Hall (1951)

• Monday at 10pm on Talking Pictures

A chorus girl is murdered and her married lover is accused.

The World at War (1973–74)

It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow

• Monday at 10pm on Yesterday

1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.

Tuesday, 22^nd October

The Interrupted Journey (1949)

• Tuesday at 7.45am on Talking Pictures

An author leaves his wife for another woman, changes his mind on the journey, pulls the communication cord and causes a train crash. Or does he?

Gone with the Wind (1939)

• Tuesday at 11am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

An egotistic Southern girl survives the Civil War but finally loses the only man she cares for.

The Professionals (1977)

Everest Was Also Conquered

• Tuesday at 11.25am on itv4 HD

• Tuesday at 12.25pm on itv4 Plus 1

Hell Is Sold Out (1951)

• Tuesday at 1pm on London Live

A novelist returns from the supposed dead to find that a glamorous woman is posing as his widow and issuing best-sellers under his name.

Ring of Bright Water (1969)

• Tuesday at 3.25pm on Talking Pictures

A civil servant buys a pet otter and moves to a remote cottage in the western Highlands.

Bean (1997)

• Tuesday at 4.45pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

An accident-prone attendant at London’s Royal National Gallery accompanies Whistler’s Mother to America.

Wednesday, 23^rd October

No Place for Jennifer (1950)

• Wednesday at 12am on Talking Pictures

Divorcing parents think again when their twelve-year-old daughter runs away.

Double Bunk (1961)

• Wednesday at 1.45am on Talking Pictures

Newly-weds live in an old houseboat.

The Mummy (1959)

• Wednesday at 2.35am on horror channel

• Wednesday at 3.35am on horror channel Plus 1

A mummy brought back to England by archaeologists wakes up and goes on the rampage.

I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

• Wednesday at 3.55am on Talking Pictures

A determined girl travels to the Hebrides to marry a wealthy old man, but is stranded on Mull and marries a young naval officer instead.

Booby Trap (1957)

• Wednesday at 6am on Talking Pictures

An absent-minded professor invents a pen that will explode on the sound of bells, but then leaves it in a taxi.

Grand National Night (1953)

• Wednesday at 12.25pm on Talking Pictures

A stable owner accidentally kills his drunken wife, but fate and a complex series of events clear him.

The Scarlet Web (1954)

• Wednesday at 4.15pm on Talking Pictures

An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a client is found dead.

Thursday, 24^th October

Robin Hood (1973)

• Thursday at 12am on Sky Cinema | Disney HD

Cartoon version of the tale of the legendary outlaw, with characters ‘played’ by animals.

The Night Visitor (1971)

• Thursday at 2.15am on Talking Pictures

Imprisoned for an axe murder he didn’t commit, a man escapes and takes revenge.

Hart to Hart

My Hart Belongs to Daddy

• Thursday at 7am on Sony Channel

• Thursday at 8am on Sony Channel Plus 1

The Lost Hours (1952)

• Thursday at 9.30am on Talking Pictures

A pilot wakes up in a strange hotel, discovers he is the chief suspect for the murder of a former member of his squadron, and begins his own investigation.

The Go-Between (1971)

• Thursday at 1pm on London Live

A tale of torrid and forbidden love between a couple in the English countryside.

Josephine and Men (1955)

Hell Is Sold Out (1951)

• Thursday at 3.15pm on London Live

A novelist returns from the supposed dead to find that a glamorous woman is posing as his widow and issuing best-sellers under his name.

A Night to Remember (1958)

• Thursday at 4.35pm on Film4 HD

The story of the 1912 sea disaster when the Titanic struck an iceberg.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• Thursday at 4.50pm on Sony Movies

• Thursday at 5.50pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

• Thursday at 5.50pm on Sony Movies

• Thursday at 6.50pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

An adventurer’s life with the Arabs, told in flashbacks after his accidental death in the thirties.

No Place for Jennifer (1950)

• Thursday at 6pm on Talking Pictures

Divorcing parents think again when their twelve-year-old daughter runs away.

Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Some Vans Can Make You Deaf

• Thursday at 7.20pm on Drama

• Thursday at 8.20pm on Drama Plus 1

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• Thursday at 10pm on Talking Pictures

Adventures of a pregnant Salford teenager, her sluttish mother, black lover and homosexual friend.

Friday, 25^th October

Tread Softly Stranger (1959)

Tread Softly Stranger (1958)

• Friday at 12am on Talking Pictures

In a north country town, two brothers in love with the same woman rob a safe.

Landfall (1949)

• Friday at 7.20am on TCM HD

• Friday at 8.20am on TCM Plus 1

A test pilot mistakenly believes that he accidentally sank a British submarine.

The Weaker Sex (1948)

• Friday at 9.20am on Talking Pictures

Day-to-day problems of a well-to-do war widow.

Sons of the Sea (1939)

• Friday at 12.25pm on Talking Pictures

Life at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.

Appointment with Danger (1950)

• Friday at 3.10pm on Film4 HD

A nun becomes the government’s chief witness in identifying the murderers of a US postal inspector.

Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1989)

The Plymouth Express

• Friday at 7pm on itv3 HD

Last of the Summer Wine (1973)

Waggoner’s Roll

• Friday at 7.20pm on Drama

• Friday at 8.20pm on Drama Plus 1

Saturday, 26^th October

The Shakedown (1960)

• 26^th October at 2.05am on Talking Pictures

A Soho vice boss photographs prominent people in compromising situations and blackmails then.

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960)

• 26^th October at 6.45am on TCM HD

• 26^th October at 7.45am on TCM Plus 1

After the girls burn down St Trinian’s, a dubious headmaster offers to create a new school for them.

Robin Hood (1973)

• 26^th October at 8.05am on Sky Cinema Family HD

Cartoon version of the tale of the legendary outlaw, with characters ‘played’ by animals.

The Rebel (1961)

• 26^th October at 8.50am on TCM HD

• 26^th October at 9.50am on TCM Plus 1

A suburban businessman goes to Paris to become an artist.

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• 26^th October at 12.55pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

• 26^th October at 5.35pm on 5Spike

• 26^th October at 6.35pm on 5Spike Plus 1

• 26^th October at 6.40pm on 5Spike

• 26^th October at 7.40pm on 5Spike Plus 1

British POWs in Burma are employed by the Japanese to build a bridge; meanwhile British agents seek to destroy it.

Inspector Morse (1993)

Twilight of the Gods

• 26^th October at 2.40pm on itv3 HD

Our Man in Marrakesh

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• 26^th October at 5.50pm on Sony Movies

• 26^th October at 6.50pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

• 26^th October at 6.50pm on Sony Movies

• 26^th October at 7.50pm on Sony Movie Plus 1

In 1943, a sabotage team is sent to destroy two giant guns on a Turkish island.

The Planter’s Wife (1952)

• 26^th October at 7.15pm on Talking Pictures

Malaya under the terrorists. A wife is planning to leave but changes her mind after she and her husband defend their home in a siege.

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

• 26^th October at 9pm on Talking Pictures

A renegade Nazi in hiding has a sinister plot to reconquer the world.

The Servant (1963)

• 26^th October at 11.35pm on Talking Pictures

A rich, ineffectual young man is gradually debased and overruled by his sinister manservant and his sexy ‘sister’

Sunday, 27^th October

Only Two Can Play (1962)

Double Bunk (1961)

• 27^th October at 7.55am on Talking Pictures

Newly-weds live in an old houseboat.

Convict 99 (1938)

• 27^th October at 9.45am on Talking Pictures

A seedy schoolmaster accidentally becomes a prison governor and lets the convicts run the place.

Hell Is Sold Out (1951)

• 27^th October at 1pm on London Live

A novelist returns from the supposed dead to find that a glamorous woman is posing as his widow and issuing best-sellers under his name.

A Matter of Choice (1963)

• 27^th October at 2.40pm on London Live

Two young men-about-town become accidentally involved with the police and inadvertently expose a wife’s adultery.

Some Will, Some Won’t (1970)

• 27^th October at 4.10pm on Talking Pictures

In order to inherit under an eccentric will, four people have to perform tasks out of character. Remake of Laughter in Paradise (1951)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Great Expectations (1974)

• 27^th October at 6.30pm on Talking Pictures

Charles Dickens’ tale of an orphan given the opportunity to escape poverty.