What’s On

Sunday, 31^st May

The Long Haul (1957)

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• Sunday at 1.25am on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 2.25am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

An ex-US Army trucker leaves Germany to take a job in Britain and runs into an organised crime syndicate.

Look Back in Anger (1959)

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• Sunday at 1.30am on BBC Two HD

A bad-tempered young man with a grudge against life and the government runs a market stall, lives in a squalid flat and has an affair with his wife’s best friend.

Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956)

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• Sunday at 3am on Talking Pictures

Spacemen land on the 13th Moon of Jupiter and find man-hungry spacegirls waiting for them.

Robin Hood (1973)

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• Sunday at 7.25am on Sky Cinema Disney HD

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

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Death Can Add (1982, S5, Ep 10)

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• Sunday at 8.45am on Sky Arts HD

An employee defrauds his investment firm out of greed and revenge, but is blackmailed by its auditor.

Another Man’s Poison (1951)

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

A lady novelist poisons her husband and lover, then unwittingly takes a fatal dose herself.

Murder Most Foul (1964)

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• Sunday at 9.10am on TCM Movies HD
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• Sunday at 10.10am on TCM Movies Plus 1

Refusing to return a guilty verdict, juror Miss Marple makes her own murder investigation backstage at a third-rate repertory company.

The Flintstones (1994)

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• Sunday at 10am on Sky One HD
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• Sunday at 11am on Sky One Plus 1

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.

Robin’s Nest (1977–81)

No Room at the Inn (1980, S6)

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• Sunday at 10am on Forces TV
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• Sunday at 8.30pm on Forces TV

Vicky has to spend Christmas in hospital, Marion arrives to see her grandchildren and Mr Nicholls spends some time with his ex-wife.

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

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• Sunday at 10.30am on Talking Pictures

A batty magistrate is unmasked by a land girl, an army sergeant and a GI.

Turn the Key Softly (1953)

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• Sunday at 10.05am on London Live
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• Sunday at 10.35am on London Live

The problems of three women released from prison.

Seven Thunders (1957)

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• Sunday at 11.45am on London Live

In wartime Marseilles, escaped POWs are helped by a doctor who turns out to have sinister intent.

The Sweeney (1974–78)

Trap (1975, S2, Ep 6)

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• Sunday at 11.50am on ITV4 HD
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• Sunday at 12.50pm on ITV4 Plus 1

Regan and Carter are confronted by a reporter with information on the unsolved Golden Maid robbery, but his strange behaviour raises more questions than answers.

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

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• Sunday at 1pm on Talking Pictures

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

Murder, She Wrote (1984–96)

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1 (1989, S5, Ep 21)

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• Sunday at 1.20pm on Channel 5 HD
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• Sunday at 2.20pm on Channel 5 Plus 1

A rival mystery writer arrives at Jessica’s door with not-so-friendly intentions.

Murder, She Wrote (1984–96)

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

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• Sunday at 2.20pm on Channel 5 HD
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• Sunday at 3.20pm on Channel 5 Plus 1

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

Much Too Shy (1942)

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• Sunday at 2.50pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 3.50pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 3.50pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Sunday at 4.50pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

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.

An Ideal Husband (1947)

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• Sunday at 3.30pm on Talking Pictures

A politician uncovers a financial scandal and intends to blow the whistle, but is blackmailed into keeping quiet.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

HD HD

A team of experts goes to investigate how an island used as a breeding ground for the recreated dinosaurs of Jurassic Park has become a self-supporting eco-system.

Talking Pictures (2013)

Richard Attenborough

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• Sunday at 4.20pm on BBC Two HD

An insight into the life and work of actor and director Richard Attenborough, with vintage interviews and classic archive clips illustrating a career that made him one of British cinema’s most popular and successful figures.

The Greengage Summer (1961)

[as Loss of Innocence]

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• Sunday at 4.45pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 5.45pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 5.45pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Sunday at 6.45pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

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

Dunkirk (1958)

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• Sunday at 5pm on BBC Two HD

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

Storm Over the Nile (1955)

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• Sunday at 6.50pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7.50pm on Sony Movies Classic
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• Sunday at 7.50pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
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• Sunday at 8.50pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

During the Sudan campaign of the 1890s, a stay-at-home receives four white feathers as a symbol of cowardice; but he goes undercover, becomes a hero, and rescues his best friend. Colour remake of the 1929 version.

Murder at the Gallop (1963)

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• Sunday at 8.05pm on TCM Movies HD
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• Sunday at 9.05pm on TCM Movies Plus 1

Miss Marple investigates when an old man is apparently frightened to death by a cat.

Waterloo (1970)

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

Historical events leading up to the 1815 battle.

Life at the Top (1965)

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• Sunday at 11.50pm on Talking Pictures

Ten years after marrying into money, Joe Lampton is dissatisfied, and he and his wife have affairs.