What’s On

Today, Saturday, 24^th October

The Man in the Mirror (1936)

Today at 1.25am on Talking Pictures TV

A timid man’s reflection steps out of the mirror and organises him.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Operation Safecrack (1982, S5, Ep 3)

Today at 4.10am on Sky Arts HD

A famous British safe-cracker is used by an advertising executive in an elaborate live television stunt.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Bosom Friends (1981, S4, Ep 14)

Today at 9.30am on Sky Arts HD

An impoverished lady invites an old school-friend to lodge with her, but soon regrets her decision.

Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004–13)

A Murder Is Announced (2005, S1, Ep 4)

Today at 11am on ITV3 HD

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are summoned by a newspaper notice to the house of Letitia Blacklock, anticipating a murder game – but things become too real when someone is shot dead.

The Captain’s Table (1959)

Today at 11.10am on London Live

A cargo skipper is given command of a luxury liner and has to watch his manners.

Aces High (1976)

Today at 11.15am on ITV4 HD
Today at 12.15pm on ITV4 Plus 1
Today at 12.20pm on ITV4 HD
Today at 1.20pm on ITV4 Plus 1

In the air force during World War I, young pilots are needlessly sacrificed.

A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Today at 11.25am on TCM Movies HD
Today at 12.25pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

The story of the Allied defeat at Arnhem in 1944.

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

Today at 12.35pm on Sony Movies Action
Today at 1.35pm on Sony Movies Action

In 1942 Libya, the commander of a motor ambulance gets his vehicle and passengers to safety despite the hazards of minefields and a German spy.

The Ladykillers (1955)

Today at 12.35pm on Film4 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.

Midsomer Murders (1997–To Date)

Birds of Prey (2003, S6, Ep 5)

Today at 1pm on ITV3 HD

A book dealer is found drowned, having seemingly committed suicide in despair at having sunk all his cash in a local inventor’s revolutionary new transport system – but the discovery of a second body makes it clear that there is a murderer at large.

A Star Is Born (1954)

Today at 1.10pm on BBC Two HD

A young actress meets Hollywood success and marries a famous leading man, whose star wanes as hers shines brighter.

The Flintstones (1994)

Today at 1.20pm on ITV2 HD
Today at 2.25pm on ITV2 HD

In the Stone Age town of Bedrock, quarry worker Fred Flintstone is promoted to vice-president so that he can be the fall-guy for his boss’s crooked schemes.

The Colditz Story (1955)

Today at 3.15pm on Sony Movies Action
Today at 4.15pm on Sony Movies Action

Adventures of British POWs in the German maximum security prison in Saxony’s Colditz Castle during World War II.

Talking Pictures (2013)

Musicals

Today at 4pm on BBC Two HD

Looking at the Hollywood musical, with interviews from stars such as Fred Astaire and Julie Andrews, as well as discussion of films like Singin’ in the Rain and The Sound of Music.

The Sea Wolves (1980)

Today at 4.30pm on ITV4 HD
Today at 5.30pm on ITV4 Plus 1
Today at 5.35pm on ITV4 HD
Tonight at 6.35pm on ITV4 Plus 1

In 1943, elderly British territorials living in India dispose of a Nazi transmitter in neutral Goa.

Murder, She Wrote (1984–96)

Sing a Song of Murder (1985, S2, Ep 5)

Today at 5pm on 5USA

Jessica rushes to London to help her cousin Emma, an actress who has been the target of several murder attempts and has resorted to faking her own death.