What’s On

Today, Sunday, 26^th September

The Body in the Library (1999)

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• Today at 4am on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Spinster sleuth Miss Marple sets out to discover who murdered a mystery blonde.

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets (2012–14)

VIP (2012, S1)

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• Today at 4am on Sky Atlantic HD
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• Today at 5am on Sky Atlantic Plus 1

The actor heads to the Harlequin Suite at the Dorchester in London, where Elizabeth Taylor once had a pink marbled bathroom installed. Richard E Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Amanda Lear.

The Flaw (1955)

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• Today at 6am on Talking Pictures TV

A professional racing car driver marries a wealthy woman for her money, and then plans to murder her. John Bentley, Donald Houston, Rona Anderson.

The Pickwick Papers (1952)

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• Today at 7.25am on Talking Pictures TV

Various adventures of the Pickwick Club culminate in Mrs Bardell’s suit for breach of promise. James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick.

Emergency Call (1952)

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• Today at 10am on Talking Pictures TV

Inspector Lane tracks down several people who share a rare blood group needed to save a life. Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton.

Trio (1950)

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• Today at 11.15am on London Live

Following Quartet, three more stories from Somerset Maugham: The Verger, Mr Knowall, and Sanitorium. James Hayter, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer.

The World at War (1973–74)

Pincers (1974, E19)

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• Today at 1pm on Yesterday

Operation Dragoon, the liberation of Paris, the Allied breakout in France and the failure of Operation Market Garden, the Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine. In the East the Romanian coup and the Soviet advance. Laurence Olivier, J Lawton Collins, Francis de Guingand.

Account Rendered (1957)

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• Today at 1pm on London Live

A detective inspector tracks down the killer of a banker’s flirtatious wife. Griffith Jones, Ursula Howells, Honor Blackman.

The Great Escape (1963)

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• Today at 1.05pm on Film4 HD

Allied prisoners plan to escape from a German prison camp. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough.

The World at War (1973–74)

Genocide (1974, E20)

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• Today at 2pm on Yesterday

The founding of the SS, the development of Nazi racial theory and the implementation of the Final Solution. Laurence Olivier, Rita Boas-Koopman, Richard Böch.

Doctor at Large (1957)

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• Today at 2.15pm on London Live

Simon Sparrow tries two country practices, but returns at last to St Swithin’s. Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Sinden.

The World at War (1973–74)

Nemesis (1974, E21)

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• Today at 3pm on Yesterday

The final invasion of Germany by both the Western and Eastern allies, the bombing of Dresden and the events in the Führerbunker during the fall of Berlin. Laurence Olivier, Vladimir Antonov, Eberhard Bethge.

Dandy Dick (1935)

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• Today at 4.15pm on London Live

A country vicar becomes innocently involved with racehorse doping. Will Hay, Nancy Burne, Esmond Knight.

The Astonished Heart (1950)

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• Tonight at 7pm on Talking Pictures TV

A psychiatrist is permitted by his wife to fall in love with another woman, but finds the situation intolerable and kills himself. Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton.

Passport to Shame (1958)

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• Tonight at 11.55pm on Talking Pictures TV

A taxi driver rescues his girl from the white slave business. Diana Dors, Eddie Constantine, Herbert Lom.