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Today, Sunday, 17^th November

The Greengage Summer (1961)

[as Loss of Innocence]

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• Today at 12.25am on Talking Pictures

A young girl staying at a hotel falls in love with a jewel thief but is accidentally responsible for his capture.

Spartacus (1960)

• 
• Today at 4.35am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

The slaves of ancient Rome revolt and are quashed.

Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)

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• Today at 6am on Talking Pictures

A smooth crook seduces the daughter of an eastern ambassador in London to gain entry to the embassy and rob it.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure

• 
• Today at 8.30am on Sky Arts HD

Star-studded sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tale, created by Roald Dahl.

Those People Next Door (1953)

• 
• Today at 10am on Talking Pictures

A young man’s titled parents object to his working-class fiancée.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

• 
• Today at 11.45am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

A rebel princess in a distant galaxy escapes, and with the help of her robots and a young farmer overcomes the threatening forces of evil.

The Seventh Veil (1946)

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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• Today at 1.55pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

The Rebel Alliance takes refuge from Darth Vader on a frozen planet.

The Large Rope (1953)

From Here to Eternity (1953)

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• Today at 2.25pm on BBC Scotland HD
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• Today at 2.25pm on BBC Two HD HD HD

Life in a Honolulu barracks at the time of Pearl Harbor.

Hell Is Sold Out (1951)

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• Today at 2.40pm 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.

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

• 
• Today at 4pm on Talking Pictures

A ministry mistake billets a girls’ school on a boys’ school.

I Was There

When Hollywood Came to Fishguard

• 
• Tonight at 6pm on BBC Radio Wales

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

Tomorrow, Monday, 18^th November

Profile (1954)

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• Tomorrow at 6am on Talking Pictures

The editor of a magazine is keen on the boss’s daughter, but her mother is keen on him, too.

Ben-Hur (1959)

• 
• Tomorrow at 7.45am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

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• Tomorrow at 9.10am on Talking Pictures

When valuable mineral deposits are found in a small British colony, the diplomat sent to cement relations does quite the reverse.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure

• 
• Tomorrow at 9.30am on Sky Arts HD

Star-studded sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tale, created by Roald Dahl.

The Saint (1962)

The House on Dragon’s Rock

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• Tomorrow at 12.35pm on ITV4 HD
• 
• Tomorrow at 1.35pm on ITV4 Plus 1

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

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• Tomorrow at 1.10pm on Film4 HD

An army officer deliberately starts the Balaclava charge to even an old score with Surat Khan, who’s on the other side. 1960s version, even further historically embellished.

Kipps (1941)

A Matter of Choice (1963)

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• Tomorrow at 2.25pm on London Live

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

The Fast Lady (1962)

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• Tomorrow at 3.30pm on Talking Pictures

A bashful suitor buys an old Bentley, becomes a roadhog, passes his test, captures some crooks and gets the girl.

The Flintstones (1994)

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• Tomorrow at 9.50pm on Sky Cinema Family 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 World at War (1973–74)

Occupation

• 
• Tomorrow at 10pm on Yesterday

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

Golden Salamander (1950)

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• Tomorrow at 11.45pm on Talking Pictures

A British archaeologist is torn between tackling a sinister crime syndicate and turning a blind eye.

Tuesday, 19^th November

The Mirror Crack’d (1980)

The Saint (1962)

The House on Dragon’s Rock

• 
• Tuesday at 6.25am on ITV4 HD
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• Tuesday at 7.25am on ITV4 Plus 1

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

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• Tuesday at 8.25am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Innocents in Paris (1953)

• 
• Tuesday at 9.15am on Talking Pictures

British tourists spend a weekend in the gay city.

Please Turn Over (1959)

• 
• Tuesday at 11.30am on Talking Pictures

A teenager writes a sexy best-seller clearly featuring her family and friends.

The National

Bean (1997)

• 
• Tuesday at 2.30pm on Sky Cinema Comedy HD

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

Talking Pictures (2013)

David Niven

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• Tuesday at 3.10pm on BBC Scotland HD
• 
• Tuesday at 3.10pm on BBC Two HD HD

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.

The Halfway House (1944)

• 
• Tuesday at 6pm on Talking Pictures

Overnight guests at an inn find it was bombed a year before and they have all been given a supernatural chance to reconsider their lives.

Wednesday, 20^th November

Massacre in Rome (1973)

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• Wednesday at 12.55am on Sony Movies Action

In 1944, after partisans blow up a detachment of SS troops in a Rome street, a German colonel makes an ineffectual attempt to resist an order to shoot 330 Italians in retaliation.

Tommy Cooper

Obsession (1948)

The Gilded Cage (1955)

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• Wednesday at 6am on Talking Pictures

In London, a United States Air Force officer hunts for the killer of his brother’s girlfriend.

The Foreman Went to France (1942)

• 
• Wednesday at 7.30am on Talking Pictures

Before Dunkirk, a Welsh foreman is sent on a mission to salvage secret French machinery.

Faces in the Dark (1960)

• 
• Wednesday at 9.15am on Talking Pictures

A blind man survives a plot against his life.

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

Chariots of Fire (1981)

• 
• Wednesday at 12.05pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Tawny Pipit (1944)

The National

We Joined the Navy (1962)

• 
• Wednesday at 3.15pm on Talking Pictures

A carefree naval commander and three cadets get involved with the affairs of small Mediterranean country.

Thursday, 21^st November

Beauty and the Barge (1937)

• 
• Thursday at 3.50am on Talking Pictures

A woman is taken in by a barge skipper, to the fury of the widow he is courting.

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• 
• Thursday at 3.50am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Loser Takes All (1956)

Hart to Hart

Long Lost Love

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• Thursday at 8.10am on Sony Channel
• 
• Thursday at 9.10am on Sony Channel Plus 1

Gone with the Wind (1939)

• 
• Thursday at 8.25am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

The Great Escape (1963)

• 
• Thursday at 2.20pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

Allied prisoners plan to escape from a German prison camp.

Against the Wind (1948)

Lovejoy (1991)

National Wealth

• 
• Thursday at 3.25pm on Drama
• 
• Thursday at 4.25pm on Drama Plus 1

Tunes of Glory (1960)

• 
• Thursday at 5pm on Sony Movies Action
• 
• Thursday at 6pm on Sony Movies Action

The new disciplinarian CO of a Highland regiment crosses swords with his lax, hard-drinking predecessor.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Vivien Leigh (S2, Ep 4)

• 
• Thursday at 5pm on Sky Arts HD

A look at the career of Vivien Leigh, who scooped an Oscar as Scarlett O’Hara, famously married star Laurence Olivier and died of tuberculosis aged 53.

Hue and Cry (1947)

• 
• Thursday at 6pm on Talking Pictures

East End boys discover that their favourite boys’ paper is being used by crooks to pass information.

Plenty (1985)

• 
• Thursday at 10pm on Talking Pictures

After World War II, the career of a neurotic society woman has parallels with the problems of western Europe.

Friday, 22^nd November

Discovering Film

Discovering: Vivien Leigh (S2, Ep 4)

• 
• Friday at 4am on Sky Arts HD
• 
• Friday at 11am on Sky Arts HD

A look at the career of Vivien Leigh, who scooped an Oscar as Scarlett O’Hara, famously married star Laurence Olivier and died of tuberculosis aged 53.

The Desert Rats (1953)

• 
• Friday at 4.20am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Our Girl Friday (1953)

• 
• Friday at 4.30am on Talking Pictures

Four shipwrecked sailors are washed up on a desert island.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• 
• Friday at 6am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Spartacus (1960)

• 
• Friday at 7.20am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

The slaves of ancient Rome revolt and are quashed.

Much Too Shy (1942)

• 
• Friday at 7.45am on Talking Pictures

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.

The Large Rope (1953)

Private’s Progress (1956)

• 
• Friday at 11.30am on Talking Pictures

An extremely innocent young national serviceman is taught a few army dodges and becomes a dupe for art thieves.

A Matter of Choice (1963)

• 
• Friday at 1pm on London Live

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

The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

• 
• Friday at 3.50pm on Talking Pictures

A ministry mistake billets a girls’ school on a boys’ school.

Brighton Rock (1948)

• 
• Friday at 7.05pm on Talking Pictures

The teenage leader of a racetrack gang uses a waitress as alibi to cover a murder, and marries her. He later decides to be rid of her, but fate takes a hand in his murder plot.

Deep End (1970)

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

• 
• Friday at 11.50pm on Talking Pictures

A cold but beautiful American woman in Spain falls for a mystery man who turns out to be a ghostly sea captain; she dies so as to be with him.

Saturday, 23^rd November

The Mirror Crack’d (1980)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

• 
• Saturday at 4.15am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Indiscreet (1958)

• 
• Saturday at 5.10am on Sky Cinema Comedy HD

An American diplomat in London falls in love with an actress, but protects himself by saying that he is married.

Bean (1997)

• 
• Saturday at 7am on Sky Cinema Comedy HD

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

A Touch of the Sun (1956)

• 
• Saturday at 8.05am on Talking Pictures

A hall porter is left a fortune, but after living it up for a while returns to his old hotel, which is on the rocks.

Ben-Hur (1959)

• 
• Saturday at 8.15am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

• 
• Saturday at 9.20am on Sky Cinema Christmas HD
• 
• Saturday at 9.40pm on Sky Cinema Christmas HD

A department store Santa Claus promises a child that he will provide her with a house, a father and a brother for Christmas.

Another Man’s Poison (1951)

For the Love of Ada (1972)

• 
• Saturday at 1pm on London Live

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

Mary Poppins (1964)

• 
• Saturday at 1.45pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard (1940)

• 
• Saturday at 2.20pm on Talking Pictures

A lady detective exposes a fake spiritualist.

San Demetrio, London (1943)

Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)

• 
• Saturday at 6pm on Talking Pictures

In 1880 Brighton, a publican’s wife plans to have her husband poisoned.

Above Us the Waves (1955)

• 
• Saturday at 7.50pm on Talking Pictures

In World War II, midget submarines attack a German battleship in a Norwegian fjord.

Two Way Stretch (1960)

The League of Gentlemen (1960)

• 
• Saturday at 11.35pm on Talking Pictures

An ex-Army officer recruits high-class misfits with guilty secrets to help him in a bank robbery.

Sunday, 24^th November

The Mirror Crack’d (1980)

The Wicked Lady (1945)

• 
• 24^th November at 9.25am on Talking Pictures

In the days of Charles II, Lady Skelton befriends a highwayman and takes to crime.

Candlelight in Algeria (1944)

• 
• 24^th November at 9.40am on Sony Movies Action
• 
• 24^th November at 10.40am on Sony Movies Action

Spies seek the whereabouts of Allied rendezvous.

Mary Poppins (1964)

• 
• 24^th November at 9.45am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Discovering Film

Discovering: Vivien Leigh (S2, Ep 4)

• 
• 24^th November at 10am on Sky Arts HD

A look at the career of Vivien Leigh, who scooped an Oscar as Scarlett O’Hara, famously married star Laurence Olivier and died of tuberculosis aged 53.

Wuthering Heights (1939)

• 
• 24^th November at 10.35am on 5Select
• 
• 24^th November at 11.40am on 5Select

The daughter of an unhappy middle-class Yorkshire family falls passionately in love with a gypsy who has been brought up with her.

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

• 
• 24^th November at 1.45pm on Talking Pictures

Two young marrieds inherit a decayed cinema and make it pay.

A Matter of Choice (1963)

• 
• 24^th November at 2.25pm on London Live

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

Talking Pictures (2013)

John Mills

• 
• 24^th November at 2.30pm on BBC Scotland HD
• 
• 24^th November at 2.30pm on BBC Two HD HD HD

A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.

Great Expectations (1946)

• 
• 24^th November at 3.05pm on BBC Scotland HD
• 
• 24^th November at 3.05pm on BBC Two HD HD HD

A boy meets an escaped convict on the Romney Marshes, with strange consequences for both of them.

Spring in Park Lane (1948)

• 
• 24^th November at 7.10pm on Talking Pictures

A diamond merchant’s niece falls for a footman who just happens to be an impoverished lord in disguise.

Raid on Rommel (1971)

• 
• 24^th November at 11.15pm on Sony Movies Action

In North Africa during World War II, a British officer releases prisoners of war and leads them in an assault on Tobruk.

Monday, 25^th November

The Last Curtain (1937)

• 
• 25^th November at 4am on Talking Pictures

An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.

To Dorothy, a Son (1954)

• 
• 25^th November at 9.20am on Talking Pictures

A woman stands to inherit two million dollars if her ex-husband has no male heirs.

Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

• 
• 25^th November at 12pm on Talking Pictures

The tragic love affair of Konigsmark and Sophie Dorothea, wife of the Elector of Hanover who later became George I.

How to Murder Your Wife (1965)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• 
• 25^th November at 4.15pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

• 
• 25^th November at 6pm on Sky Cinema Christmas HD

A department store Santa Claus promises a child that he will provide her with a house, a father and a brother for Christmas.

Discovering Film

Discovering: David Niven (S2, Ep 9)

• 
• 25^th November at 6pm on Sky Arts HD

A portrait of Hollywood’s quintessential Englishman, whose career included acclaimed roles in films Separate Tables, A Matter of Life and Death and Around the World in 80 Days.

The Rake’s Progress (1945)

• 
• 25^th November at 6.10pm on Talking Pictures

The career of a cheerful ne’er-do-well playboy of the thirties.

Tell Me Another

True Stories About Family and Relations

• 
• 25^th November at 8.30pm on Talking Pictures

The World at War (1973–74)

Pincers

• 
• 25^th November at 10pm on Yesterday

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

Deep End (1970)