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Today, Friday, 21^st February

The Halfway House (1944)

• 
• Today at 12am 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.

Jamaica Inn (1939)

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• Today at 12.45am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Today at 12.45am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Today at 1.45am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

In old Cornwall, an orphan girl becomes involved with smugglers.

Chance of a Lifetime (1950)

• 
• Today at 2am on Talking Pictures

The owner of a small engineering works, impatient with the unionism of his men, gives them a chance to run the factory themselves.

Father Goose (1964)

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• Today at 4.15am on Sky Cinema Drama HD

During World War II, a South Sea wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their schoolmistress.

Boys Will Be Boys (1935)

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• Today at 4.25am on Talking Pictures

An incompetent headmaster thwarts a jewel robber.

The Desert Rats (1953)

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• Today at 5am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• 
• Today at 5am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Hollywood Couples

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

• 
• Today at 9am on Sky Arts HD

The relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who began an affair during the filming of Cleopatra and ended up getting married twice.

Georgy Girl (1966)

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• Today at 9.30am on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• Today at 10.30am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Today at 10.30am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Today at 11.30am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

An unattractive girl is fancied by her middle-aged employer but escapes to look after the illegitimate baby of her ungrateful friend.

The Gentle Sex (1943)

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• Today at 12.05pm on Talking Pictures

Seven girls from different backgrounds are conscripted into the ATS.

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

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• Today at 12.45pm on Film4 HD

In 1941, Britain’s director of naval operations arranges the trapping and sinking of Germany’s greatest battleship.

Paper Tiger (1975)

• 
• Today at 1pm on London Live

An ageing Englishman becomes tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador in a Pacific state, and finds he has to live his heroic fantasies in reality.

Raid on Rommel (1971)

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• Today at 1.30pm on TCM Movies HD
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• Today at 2.30pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

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

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

• 
• Today at 3.05pm on Sony Movies Action
• 
• Today at 4.05pm on Sony Movies Action

Seafaring salvage engineers fight over a Southern belle.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure (1980, S3, Ep 6)

• 
• Today at 4pm on Sky Arts HD

A crooked antiques dealer masquerading as a clergyman encounters a farmer, who gives him a piece of furniture worth a fortune.

This Happy Breed (1944)

• 
• Today at 4.30pm on Film4 HD

Life between the wars for a London suburban family.

The Boys (1962)

• 
• Today at 4.40pm on Talking Pictures

Four boys are on trial for killing a garage attendant.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Jean Simmons (S10, Ep 5)

• 
• Today at 5pm on Sky Arts HD

An inside look at the life and career of Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jean Simmons.

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

• 
• Tonight at 7pm on Sky Cinema Star Wars 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.

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

• 
• Tonight at 9.15pm on Sky Cinema Star Wars HD

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

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

• 
• Tonight at 11.50pm on Talking Pictures

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

Tomorrow, Saturday, 22^nd February

Robin Hood (1973)

• 
• Tomorrow at 1.15am on Sky Cinema Disney HD

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

What a Carve Up! (1961)

• 
• Tomorrow at 3am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Tomorrow at 4am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A madman fakes his own death in order to murder his relatives.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Jean Simmons (S10, Ep 5)

• 
• Tomorrow at 4.05am on Sky Arts HD

An inside look at the life and career of Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jean Simmons.

Chariots of Fire (1981)

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• Tomorrow at 5.05am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Agatha Christie’s Marple

A Murder Is Announced

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• Tomorrow at 7.45am on ITV3 HD

An unusual message appears in Chipping Cleghorn’s local newspaper, revealing details of a forthcoming murder and, while at first glance it looks like a practical joke, the information proves to be deadly accurate.

Watch It, Sailor! (1961)

• 
• Tomorrow at 8.35am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Tomorrow at 9.35am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Tomorrow at 9.35am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Tomorrow at 10.35am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A sailor about to be married receives a paternity accusation.

Murder, She Wrote (1984–96)

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2 (1989, S5, Ep 22)

• 
• Tomorrow at 9am on 5USA

Cabot Cove is abuzz when Eudora McVeigh is determined to fill Jessica’s role in solving a local murder.

Mary Poppins (1964)

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• Tomorrow at 9.30am on Sky Cinema Disney HD
• 
• Tomorrow at 5.35pm on Sky Cinema Disney HD

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

Discovering Film

Discovering: Dirk Bogarde (2017, S9, Ep 7)

• 
• Tomorrow at 10am on Sky Arts HD

Movie experts reflect on the career of Dirk Bogarde, the great English actor known for his complex roles in the dark films Victim, Death in Venice and The Night Porter.

The Big Money (1956)

• 
• Tomorrow at 1pm on London Live

A family of petty crooks is ashamed of its eldest son, who is an incompetent thief.

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

• 
• Tomorrow at 2pm on Sky Cinema Star Wars 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.

Light Up the Sky! (1960)

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• Tomorrow at 2.05pm on Talking Pictures

Life on a searchlight battery during World War II.

Aces High (1976)

• 
• Tomorrow at 4pm on ITV4 HD
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• Tomorrow at 5pm on ITV4 Plus 1
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• Tomorrow at 5.05pm on ITV4 HD
• 
• Tomorrow at 6.05pm on ITV4 Plus 1

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

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

• 
• Tomorrow at 4.15pm on Sky Cinema Star Wars HD

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

Next to No Time (1958)

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• Tomorrow at 5.25pm on Talking Pictures

A meek-and-mild engineer crossing the Atlantic gains confidence when told than anything is possible during the hour ‘lost’ every day.

Spartacus (1960)

• 
• Tomorrow at 6.15pm on ITV4 HD
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• Tomorrow at 7.15pm on ITV4 Plus 1
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• Tomorrow at 7.30pm on ITV4 HD
• 
• Tomorrow at 8.30pm on ITV4 Plus 1

The slaves of ancient Rome revolt and are quashed.

Battle of Britain (1969)

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• Tomorrow at 6.15pm on Paramount Network HD
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• Tomorrow at 7.15pm on Paramount Network Plus 1
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• Tomorrow at 7.20pm on Paramount Network HD
• 
• Tomorrow at 8.20pm on Paramount Network Plus 1

Summer 1940: England defends itself against aerial onslaught.

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

• 
• Tomorrow at 9pm on Talking Pictures

A noblewoman in Regency London shows her contempt for her loveless marriage to an ambitious MP by conducting a scandalous affair with the notorious Lord Byron.

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• 
• Tomorrow at 11.25pm on Sony Movies Classic

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

Spanish Fly (1976)

• 
• Tomorrow at 11.30pm on Talking Pictures

A penniless aristocrat sees a chance to change his fortunes by turning cheap wine into an aphrodisiac.

Sunday, 23^rd February

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• 
• Sunday at 12.25am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

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

Georgy Girl (1966)

• 
• Sunday at 6am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Sunday at 8am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

An unattractive girl is fancied by her middle-aged employer but escapes to look after the illegitimate baby of her ungrateful friend.

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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• Sunday at 6.35am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets

VIP

• 
• Sunday at 7am on Sky Atlantic HD
• 
• Sunday at 8am on Sky Atlantic Plus 1

The actor learns what it means to be treated like a VIP in some of the world’s finest hotels.

A Matter of Choice (1963)

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• Sunday at 8.25am on London Live

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

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure (1980, S3, Ep 6)

• 
• Sunday at 9am on Sky Arts HD

A crooked antiques dealer masquerading as a clergyman encounters a farmer, who gives him a piece of furniture worth a fortune.

The Fallen Idol (1948)

• 
• Sunday at 9.05am on 5Select
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• Sunday at 10.10am on 5Select

An ambassador’s small son nearly incriminates his friend the butler in the death of his shrewish wife.

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

• 
• Sunday at 10.30am on Talking Pictures

An elaborate screen treatment of Bernard Shaw’s comedy about Caesar’s years in Alexandria.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Jean Simmons (S10, Ep 5)

• 
• Sunday at 1pm on Sky Arts HD

An inside look at the life and career of Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jean Simmons.

The Small Voice (1948)

• 
• Sunday at 1pm on Talking Pictures

Escaped convicts hold up a playwright and his wife in their country cottage.

A Man About the House (1947)

• 
• Sunday at 2.40pm on Talking Pictures

Two English ladies inherit an Italian villa and fall under the spell of the handsome handyman, who marries one of them and proceeds slowly to poison her.

Dunkirk (1958)

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• Sunday at 2.45pm on BBC Two HD

In 1940 on the Normandy beaches, a small group gets detached from the main force.

Spartacus (1960)

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• Sunday at 3.55pm on ITV4 HD
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• Sunday at 4.55pm on ITV4 Plus 1
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• Sunday at 5.05pm on ITV4 HD
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• Sunday at 6.05pm on ITV4 Plus 1

The slaves of ancient Rome revolt and are quashed.

The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

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• Sunday at 4.30pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 5.30pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 5.30pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Sunday at 6.30pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Petruchio violently tames his shrewish wife.

The Password Is Courage (1962)

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• Sunday at 6.30pm on TCM Movies HD
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• Sunday at 7.30pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

In Europe during World War II, Sgt Major Charles Coward has a career of escapes and audacious anti-Nazi exploits.

Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

• 
• Sunday at 6.50pm on Talking Pictures

The adventures of a Victorian schoolmaster, deprived of his rightful fortune, who joins a band of travelling entertainers.

Separate Tables (1958)

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• Sunday at 6.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Sunday at 8.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Emotional tensions among the boarders at a British seaside guest house.

The Jazz Singer (1980)

• 
• Sunday at 10pm on Talking Pictures

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

Monday, 24^th February

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)

• 
• Monday at 12.15am on Talking Pictures

A waitress wins a local beauty contest and becomes a charm school starlet and later a stripteaser.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure (1980, S3, Ep 6)

• 
• Monday at 10am on Sky Arts HD

A crooked antiques dealer masquerading as a clergyman encounters a farmer, who gives him a piece of furniture worth a fortune.

The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)

• 
• Monday at 11am on Film4 HD

King Louis XIV keeps his twin brother prisoner. 1977 TV movie remake.

Discovering Film

Discovering: Jean Simmons (S10, Ep 5)

• 
• Monday at 11am on Sky Arts HD

An inside look at the life and career of Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress Jean Simmons.

There Was a Young Lady (1953)

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• Monday at 12.05pm on Talking Pictures

A diamond merchants’ secretary gets fired by her new boss for being too efficient.

Night of the Demon (1957)

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• Monday at 12.35pm on horror channel
• 
• Monday at 1.35pm on horror channel Plus 1

An occultist dispatches his enemies by raising a giant medieval devil.

Salome (1953)

• 
• Monday at 1pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Monday at 2pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Monday at 2pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Monday at 3pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Princess Salome of Galilee eludes her licentious stepfather, falls in love with a secret Christian and leaves home when her dancing fails to save the life of John the Baptist.

Bean (1997)

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• Monday at 1.40pm on Sky Cinema Adventure HD
• 
• Monday at 9.35pm on Sky Cinema Adventure HD

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

Brief Encounter (1945)

• 
• Monday at 3pm on London Live

A suburban housewife on her weekly shopping visits develops a love affair with a local doctor; but he gets a job abroad and they agree not to see each other again.

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• 
• Monday at 5.15pm on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Watch It, Sailor! (1961)

• 
• Monday at 5.20pm on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• Monday at 6.20pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Monday at 6.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Monday at 7.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A sailor about to be married receives a paternity accusation.

Brighton Rock (1948)

• 
• Monday at 6.10pm 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.

Tuesday, 25^th February

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

• 
• Tuesday at 4.20am on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• 
• Tuesday at 7am on Sky Cinema Action HD
• 
• Tuesday at 4.15pm on Sky Cinema Action HD

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

Three Silent Men (1940)

• 
• Tuesday at 7.35am on Talking Pictures

An Allied surgeon falls under suspicion when his enemy patient is later found dead.

The Final Test (1953)

• 
• Tuesday at 12.05pm on Talking Pictures

A cricketer looks forward to his last game but is out for a duck; he is however cheered by the crowd and comforted by his son.

The South Bank Show Originals

Richard Attenborough

• 
• Tuesday at 1pm on Sky Arts HD

Melvyn Bragg looks back on his revealing 1992 meeting with actor, producer and director Richard Attenborough, who won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983.

Next to No Time (1958)

• 
• Tuesday at 1.55pm on Talking Pictures

A meek-and-mild engineer crossing the Atlantic gains confidence when told than anything is possible during the hour ‘lost’ every day.

A Day to Remember (1953)

• 
• Tuesday at 2.15pm on Film4 HD

A darts team takes a day trip to France.

Tunes of Glory (1960)

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• Tuesday at 2.55pm on Sony Movies Action
• 
• Tuesday at 3.55pm on Sony Movies Action

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

The Young Mr Pitt (1942)

• 
• Tuesday at 3.45pm on Talking Pictures

Britain’s youngest prime minister quells the threat of invasion by Napoleon.

The Admirable Crichton (1957)

• 
• Tuesday at 5.15pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Tuesday at 6.15pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Tuesday at 6.15pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Tuesday at 7.15pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Lord Loam and his family are shipwrecked on a desert island, where his manservant proves the undisputed leader.

Two Way Stretch (1960)

• 
• Tuesday at 7.15pm on Talking Pictures

Three convicts plot to sneak out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds from a maharajah, and then creep back in to provide themselves with the perfect alibi.

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• 
• Tuesday at 9pm on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• Tuesday at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• Tuesday at 10pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Tuesday at 11pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

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

Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

• 
• Tuesday at 10.45pm on Talking Pictures

A noblewoman in Regency London shows her contempt for her loveless marriage to an ambitious MP by conducting a scandalous affair with the notorious Lord Byron.

The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

• 
• Tuesday at 11.05pm on Sony Movies Classic

A compulsive mother (of eight children) finds her third marriage rocking when she gets evidence of her husband’s affairs.

Wednesday, 26^th February

The Pumpkin Eater (1964)

• 
• Wednesday at 12.05am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Wednesday at 12.05am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Wednesday at 1.05am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A compulsive mother (of eight children) finds her third marriage rocking when she gets evidence of her husband’s affairs.

Hue and Cry (1947)

• 
• Wednesday at 1.15am on Talking Pictures

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

Going Gay (1933)

• 
• Wednesday at 4.45am on Talking Pictures

Two Englishmen in Germany fall for a lady singer and try to make her a star.

The South Bank Show Originals

Richard Attenborough

• 
• Wednesday at 8.10am on Sky Arts HD

Melvyn Bragg looks back on his revealing 1992 meeting with actor, producer and director Richard Attenborough, who won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983.

Nell Gwyn (1934)

• 
• Wednesday at 9.35am on Talking Pictures

The affair of Charles II and an orange-seller.

Agatha Christie’s Marple

A Murder Is Announced

• 
• Wednesday at 10.30am on ITV3 HD

An unusual message appears in Chipping Cleghorn’s local newspaper, revealing details of a forthcoming murder and, while at first glance it looks like a practical joke, the information proves to be deadly accurate.

Bang! You’re Dead (1954)

• 
• Wednesday at 12.05pm on Talking Pictures

A small boy accidentally shoots a local villain, and another man is arrested.

The Naked Truth (1957)

• 
• Wednesday at 3.10pm on Film4 HD

Celebrities band together to kill a blackmailer who threatens to expose unsavoury aspects of their lives.

The Captain’s Table (1959)

• 
• Wednesday at 3.15pm on London Live

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

Separate Tables (1958)

• 
• Wednesday at 6.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Wednesday at 7.55pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Wednesday at 7.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Wednesday at 8.55pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Emotional tensions among the boarders at a British seaside guest house.

Raid on Rommel (1971)

• 
• Wednesday at 7pm on TCM Movies HD
• 
• Wednesday at 8pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

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

Jamaica Inn (1939)

• 
• Wednesday at 11.45pm on Sony Movies Classic

In old Cornwall, an orphan girl becomes involved with smugglers.

Thursday, 27^th February

Jamaica Inn (1939)

• 
• Thursday at 12.45am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

In old Cornwall, an orphan girl becomes involved with smugglers.

Inspector Morse (1993)

Twilight of the Gods

• 
• Thursday at 1.20am on ITV3 HD
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• Thursday at 10.30am on ITV3 HD
• 
• Thursday at 11pm on ITV3 HD

An opera singer is shot by a sniper at an Oxford University ceremony just as she is about to receive an honorary degree.

The Ladykillers (1955)

• 
• Thursday at 4.35am on Sky Cinema Greats 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.

Checkmate (1935)

• 
• Thursday at 4.40am on Talking Pictures

A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.

Georgy Girl (1966)

• 
• Thursday at 8am on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• Thursday at 9am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Thursday at 9am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Thursday at 10am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

An unattractive girl is fancied by her middle-aged employer but escapes to look after the illegitimate baby of her ungrateful friend.

The Warner Saga

• 
• Thursday at 9am on Sky Arts HD

Documentary about the careers of Albert, Sam, Harry and Jack Warner, four sons of Polish immigrants who travelled to America, and played key roles in the development of Hollywood’s studio system.

We’ll Meet Again (1943)

• 
• Thursday at 10.05am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Thursday at 11.05am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Thursday at 11.05am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• Thursday at 12.05pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A girl singer suffers while her boyfriend loves another.

Private’s Progress (1956)

• 
• Thursday at 11.55am on Talking Pictures

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

This Happy Breed (1944)

• 
• Thursday at 12.50pm on Film4 HD

Life between the wars for a London suburban family.

The Way to the Stars (1945)

• 
• Thursday at 3pm on Film4 HD

World War II as seen by the guests at a small hotel near an airfield.

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

• 
• Thursday at 4.45pm on Sony Movies Action
• 
• Thursday at 5.45pm on Sony Movies Action

Seafaring salvage engineers fight over a Southern belle.

The March Hare (1956)

• 
• Thursday at 5.30pm on Talking Pictures

A penniless Irish baronet is forced to sell his land, but gets mistaken for the estate’s groom and stays on to help train a colt for a prestigious race.

Mad About Men (1954)

• 
• Thursday at 7.15pm on Talking Pictures

By mutual agreement, a sports mistress and a mermaid change places for a while.

Spring and Port Wine (1970)

• 
• Thursday at 10pm on Talking Pictures

A Lancashire family runs into trouble when stern father insists that teenage daughter should eat a meal she refuses.

Friday, 28^th February

The Go-Between (1971)

• 
• 28^th February at 12am on Talking Pictures

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

Let’s Do It Again (1953)

• 
• 28^th February at 6am on Sony Movies Classic
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• 28^th February at 7am on Sony Movies Classic
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• 28^th February at 7am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• 28^th February at 8am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A singer is outraged with her songwriter husband’s philandering, and pretends to have an affair of her own.

Hills Of Donegall (1947)

• 
• 28^th February at 7.30am on Talking Pictures

A singer retires from fashionable society in favour of a quiet, married life in the castle she inherits, but the forbidding edifice soon reveals sinister and shocking secrets.

It’s Great to Be Young! (1956)

• 
• 28^th February at 9.10am on Talking Pictures

A popular teacher falls foul of the new headmaster who tries to disband the school orchestra.

Nicholas Nickleby (1947)

• 
• 28^th February at 11.50am on Talking Pictures

The adventures of a Victorian schoolmaster, deprived of his rightful fortune, who joins a band of travelling entertainers.

The Triple Cross (1967)

• 
• 28^th February at 2.55pm on Sony Movies Action
• 
• 28^th February at 3.55pm on Sony Movies Action

Fact-based Second World War spy adventure about Eddie Chapman, a bank robber who became a British double agent in exchange for money and a full pardon.

Brief Encounter (1945)

• 
• 28^th February at 3pm on London Live

A suburban housewife on her weekly shopping visits develops a love affair with a local doctor; but he gets a job abroad and they agree not to see each other again.

A Man About the House (1947)

• 
• 28^th February at 3pm on Talking Pictures

Two English ladies inherit an Italian villa and fall under the spell of the handsome handyman, who marries one of them and proceeds slowly to poison her.

Against the Wind (1948)

• 
• 28^th February at 7pm on Talking Pictures

A Belgian priest living in exile in Britain during the Second World War becomes a secret agent for the Allies, but his first mission is a disaster, leading to the capture of a resistance leader.

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• 
• 28^th February at 11.25pm on Sony Movies Classic

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

Spanish Fly (1976)

• 
• 28^th February at 11.50pm on Talking Pictures

A penniless aristocrat sees a chance to change his fortunes by turning cheap wine into an aphrodisiac.

Saturday, 29^th February

A Taste of Honey (1961)

• 
• 29^th February at 12.25am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

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

Overseas Press Club – Exclusive!

Tatiana, the Czar’s Daughter

• 
• 29^th February at 10am on Talking Pictures

A Russian duchess lives a secret life as a nurse having survived her family’s execution during the Revolution, but Soviet agents suspect the truth and are searching for her.

Model for Murder

• 
• 29^th February at 10.30am on Talking Pictures

An American naval officer searching for his dead brother’s girlfriend in London gets involved in a jewellery heist.

Separate Tables (1958)

• 
• 29^th February at 11.35am on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• 29^th February at 12.35pm on Sony Movies Classic
• 
• 29^th February at 12.35pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
• 
• 29^th February at 1.35pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

Emotional tensions among the boarders at a British seaside guest house.

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

• 
• 29^th February at 12pm on Sky Cinema Hits 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.

Brief Encounter (1945)

• 
• 29^th February at 1pm on London Live

A suburban housewife on her weekly shopping visits develops a love affair with a local doctor; but he gets a job abroad and they agree not to see each other again.

Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

• 
• 29^th February at 1.30pm on Talking Pictures

In 1940, the young British widow of a French officer is enlisted as a spy, and after various adventures dies before a German firing squad.

Hue and Cry (1947)

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• 29^th February at 7.20pm on Talking Pictures

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

Tom Jones (1963)

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• 29^th February at 10.25pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• 29^th February at 11.25pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• 29^th February at 11.25pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

In 18th century England a foundling is brought up by the squire and marries his daughter after many adventures.