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Screenings of classic films on UK television and at the BFI cinema
Today, Saturday 17th November
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
- Today at 9.35am on TCM HD
- Today at 10.35am on TCM Plus 1
During World War II, seven British paratroopers land in the Bavarian Alps to rescue a high-ranking officer from an impregnable castle.
Bulldog Jack (1935)
- Today at 10am on London Live
A playboy poses as Bulldog Drummond when the real man is injured, and manages to foil the thieves and save the girl.
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
- Today at 10.35am on Talking Pictures
A man dreams that his plane will crash, and the dream begins to come true.
The Adventurers (1951)
- Today at 12.35pm on Talking Pictures
In 1902, two Boers and a cashiered English officer set out to recover stolen diamonds.
Bank Holiday (1938)
- Today at 1pm on London Live
The lives of various people intertwine during a day out at Bexborough.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Today at 1.10pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD
Disney’s version of the classic children’s tale of a shipwrecked family who build a new life on a desert island.
Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Today at 2.45pm on London Live
During the Russian Revolution of 1917, a widowed countess is helped to safety by a British translator.
Barnacle Bill
- Today at 4pm on Talking Pictures
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Tonight at 6.45pm on Sky Cinema Action HD
The Silent Enemy (1958)
- Tonight at 6.45pm on Movies4Men
The World War II exploits of a naval frogman in the Mediterranean.
No Trees in the Street (1958)
- Tonight at 8pm on Talking Pictures
Problems of a London slum family in the thirties.
Tomorrow, Sunday 18th November
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
- Tomorrow at 12.40am on Talking Pictures
The personal and political problems of a Labour MP.
The Guinea Pig (1948)
- Tomorrow at 2.50am on Talking Pictures
The first poor boy to win a scholarship to a famous public school has a hard time.
Ask a Policeman (1939)
- Tomorrow at 10am on London Live
In a small coastal village, incompetent policemen accidentally expose smugglers who are scaring the locals with a headless horseman legend.
Lease of Life (1954)
- Tomorrow at 10.35am on Talking Pictures
A poor clergyman is given a year to live, and puts it to good use.
The World at War (1973–74)
Distant War
- Tomorrow at 12pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
Snowbound (1948)
- Tomorrow at 12.25pm on Talking Pictures
Various people congregate at a ski hut in the Swiss Alps; all are after buried Nazi loot.
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
- Tomorrow at 12.30pm on BBC 2 HD
Semi-documentary account of the 1939 trapping of the German pocket battle ship Graf Spee in Montevideo Harbour, and of her subsequent scuttling.
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- Tomorrow at 1pm on London Live
Documentary drama tracing the steps leading up to the outbreak of war.
Derby Day
- Tomorrow at 3.40pm on Talking Pictures
The Long Arm (1956)
- Tomorrow at 5.20pm on Talking Pictures
A Scotland Yard superintendent solves a series of robberies.
Monday, 19th November
Green for Danger (1947)
- Monday at 2.20am on Talking Pictures
A mysterious murderer strikes on the operating table at a wartime emergency hospital.
Christmas Eve (1986)
- Monday at 3.05am on True Christmas
- Monday at 4.05am on True Christmas Plus 1
A well-to-do elderly woman with an incurable illness tries to reunite her family for Christmas Eve.
Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956)
- Monday at 6am on Talking Pictures
Spacemen land on the 13th Moon of Jupiter and find man-hungry spacegirls waiting for them.
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
- Monday at 11am on horror channel
- Monday at 12pm on horror channel Plus 1
A medieval Italian prince practices devil worship while the plague rages outside, but when he holds a ball, death is an uninvited guest.
Bank Holiday (1938)
- Monday at 3.15pm on London Live
The lives of various people intertwine during a day out at Bexborough.
The David Niven Show
Fortune’s Folly
- Monday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
The World at War (1973–74)
Distant War
- Monday at 6pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
The Guv’nor (1935)
- Monday at 11pm on London Live
Tuesday, 20th November
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
- Tuesday at 2.45am on horror channel
- Tuesday at 3.45am on horror channel Plus 1
In 1910, a Bavarian disciple of Dracula lures a British honeymoon couple.
The Ladykillers (1955)
- Tuesday at 2.50am on Channel 4 HD
- Tuesday at 2.50am on E4 HD HD
An old lady takes in a sinister lodger, who with his four friends commits a robbery. When she finds out, they plot to kill her, but are hoist with their own petards.
Crow Hollow (1952)
- Tuesday at 6am on Talking Pictures
A newly-wed wife of a young doctor goes to live with him in an oppressive old house where various mysterious attempts are made on her life.
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Tuesday at 10am on TCM HD
- Tuesday at 11am on TCM Plus 1
A Victorian gentleman and his valet win a bet that they can go around the world in eighty days.
Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Tuesday at 2.35pm on London Live
During the Russian Revolution of 1917, a widowed countess is helped to safety by a British translator.
The David Niven Show
Life Line
- Tuesday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
The World at War (1973–74)
France Falls
- Tuesday at 6pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Tuesday at 11.55pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD
Disney’s version of the classic children’s tale of a shipwrecked family who build a new life on a desert island.
Wednesday, 21st November
To Paris with Love (1955)
- Wednesday at 9.15am on Talking Pictures
A middle-aged widower and his son go to Paris on holiday and devise matrimonial plans for each other.
The Other Love (1947)
- Wednesday at 10.55am on Talking Pictures
At a Swiss sanatorium, a lady concert pianist who is dying falls in love with her doctor .
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Wednesday at 1.10pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD
Disney’s version of the classic children’s tale of a shipwrecked family who build a new life on a desert island.
Guns at Batasi (1964)
- Wednesday at 2.15pm on Film4 HD
The headquarters of an Anglo-African regiment is threatened by rebels.
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- Wednesday at 3.15pm on London Live
Documentary drama tracing the steps leading up to the outbreak of war.
The Root of All Evil (1947)
- Wednesday at 3.20pm on Talking Pictures
A jilted woman becomes unscrupulous in business in order to get even with her ex-boyfriend.
The David Niven Show
Backtrack
- Wednesday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
The World at War (1973–74)
Alone
- Wednesday at 6pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
No Trees in the Street (1958)
- Wednesday at 9pm on Talking Pictures
Problems of a London slum family in the thirties.
Plenty (1985)
- Wednesday at 11.15pm on London Live
Thursday, 22nd November
The Narrowing Circle (1956)
- Thursday at 9.30am on Talking Pictures
Murder on the staff of a magazine.
The Interrupted Journey (1949)
- Thursday at 10.50am 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?.
Murder by Death (1976)
- Thursday at 11.30am on TCM HD
- Thursday at 12.30pm on TCM Plus 1
- Thursday at 5.40pm on TCM HD
- Thursday at 6.40pm on TCM Plus 1
Things to Come (1936)
- Thursday at 1pm on London Live
War in 1940 is followed by plague, rebellion, a new glass-based society and the first rocketship to the moon.
Campbell’s Kingdom (1957)
- Thursday at 3.15pm on Talking Pictures
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.
The David Niven Show
The Promise
- Thursday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
Barnacle Bill
- Thursday at 6pm on Talking Pictures
The World at War (1973–74)
Barbarossa
- Thursday at 6pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
The Guv’nor (1935)
- Thursday at 11.05pm on London Live
Friday, 23rd November
Rebecca (1940)
- Friday at 2.45am on Talking Pictures
The naïve young second wife of a Cornish landowner is haunted by the image of his glamorous first wife, Rebecca.
The Blue Max (1966)
- Friday at 3.55am on Sky Cinema Action HD
In Germany after World War I, an ambitious and skilful pilot causes the death of his comrades and steals the wife of his High Command superior, who eventually finds a means of revenge.
Once in a New Moon (1935)
- Friday at 6am on Talking Pictures
A small town gets dragged out into space, and the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all.
Stagecoach West (1961)
Finn McColl
- Friday at 7.50am on Talking Pictures
Last of the Summer Wine (2005)
Watching the Clock
- Friday at 1.20pm on Drama
- Friday at 7.20pm on Drama
The David Niven Show
The Twist of the Key
- Friday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures
Twice ’Round the Daffodils
- Friday at 6pm on Talking Pictures
The World at War (1973–74)
Banzai!
- Friday at 6pm on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
Where Time Began (1977)
- Friday at 7.05pm on Movies4Men
After finding a map, Professor Otto Lindenbrock leads an expedition deep below the Earth’s surface to discover its long-hidden secrets.
Public Eye
- Friday at 8pm on Talking Pictures
Saturday, 24th November
The World at War (1973–74)
Occupation
- 24th November at 12am on Yesterday
1970s World War II documentary series, narrated by Laurence Olivier.
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
- 24th November at 10am on London Live
Documentary drama tracing the steps leading up to the outbreak of war.
Street Corner (1953)
- 24th November at 10.35am on Talking Pictures
Days in the lives of the women police of Chelsea.
Holiday Camp (1947)
- 24th November at 12.30pm on Talking Pictures
At a summer holiday camp, a murderer on the prowl affects people’s enjoyment in various ways.
The Fallen Idol (1948)
- 24th November at 5.55pm on Talking Pictures
An ambassador’s small son nearly incriminates his friend the butler in the death of his shrewish wife.
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
- 24th November at 6.45pm on Paramount Network
- 24th November at 7.50pm on Paramount Network
Arthur’s fortune is threatened by his former fiancée’s father, bent on revenge, while his wife wants to adopt a baby.
The Mummy (1959)
- 24th November at 9pm on horror channel
- 24th November at 10pm on horror channel Plus 1
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- 24th November at 10.15pm on Sky Cinema | Disney HD
Disney’s version of the classic children’s tale of a shipwrecked family who build a new life on a desert island.
Acknowledgements
Programme and film information obtained with thanks from myDigiGuide and BFI.