What’s On

Saturday, 7^th November

The Wild Geese (1978)

• 
• Saturday at 12.10am on Legend

Adventures of four British mercenaries in a central African state. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris.

Minder (1984)

Senior Citizen Caine (1984)

• 
• Saturday at 12.30am on That’s TV

Terry protects a widowed garage owner from her grasping family and Arthur spots a chance to achieve one of his greatest ambitions – getting his hands on a Rolls-Royce.

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

• 
• Saturday at 3.10am on Talking Pictures TV

A hunter arranges for a ship to crash on a deserted island so he can enjoy the thrill of stalking and killing the surviving passengers.

Talk About Jacqueline (1942)

• 
• Saturday at 7.20am on Talking Pictures TV

A woman’s new husband finds out about her scandalous past, so her sister claims the stories are about her.

The Directors (2018–To Date)

Carol Reed (2019, S3)

• 
• Saturday at 8am on Sky Documentaries HD

A closer look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning British director behind acclaimed films Odd Man Out, Oliver! and The Fallen Idol.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

The Umbrella Man (1980, S2 E9)

• 
• Saturday at 8.50am on Sky Arts HD

A well-dressed old man sells an umbrella, claiming he needs money for the fare home – but then spends the proceeds in a pub. Roald Dahl, John Mills, John Carson.

Drop Me Here, Darling

Fear of Driving

• 
• Saturday at 9.30am on BBC Radio 4 Extra
• 
• Saturday at 2.30pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
• 
• Saturday at 8.30pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Stars Leslie Phillips and Jill Bennett.

Never the Twain (1981–91)

In Whom We Tryst

• 
• Saturday at 9.40am on That’s TV 2

Simon and Oliver endanger a lot more than their hearts when they both take a fancy to an attractive shop assistant.

For the Love of Ada (1970–71)

Housekeeping

• 
• Saturday at 10.10am on That’s TV 2

Walter is almost arrested for shoplifting in Leslie’s supermarket.

Biggles (1986)

[as Biggles: Adventure in Time]

• 
• Saturday at 12pm on Talking Pictures TV

A young New York businessman is transported back in time to 1917, and his help solicited by a daredevil airman. Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Fiona Hutchison.

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

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• Saturday at 1.10pm on BBC Two HD

An American atomic submarine commander races against time to reach a Soviet spy satellite that has crash-landed near a British research station in the Arctic – before Russian troops arrive to stake their claim to it.

HMS Defiant (1962)

[as Damn the Defiant!]

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• Saturday at 1.45pm on Talking Pictures TV

Mutiny erupts on an 18th-century British sailing ship. Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham.

Golden Years (2016)

• 
• Saturday at 2.15pm on Together TV
• 
• Saturday at 3.15pm on Together TV Plus 1

A retired couple rob banks to regain their lost pensions. Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna, Sue Johnston.

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

• 
• Saturday at 2.50pm on Film4 HD

A department store Santa Claus promises a child that he will provide her with a house, a father and a brother for Christmas. Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Dylan Mcdermott.

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

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• Saturday at 4.20pm on Talking Pictures TV

When a rocketship returns from space, two of its three crew members have disappeared and the third is slowly taken over by a fungus that thrives on blood. Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Margia Dean.

Coast of Skeletons (1964)

• 
• Saturday at 5pm on Legend Xtra
• 
• Saturday at 6pm on Legend Xtra Plus 1

British inspector Harry Sanders investigates diamond and gold fraud in Africa, uncovering a plot involving smugglers raiding a sunken ship.

Tell Me Another (1976–79)

Stories About How They Started in Showbusiness

• 
• Saturday at 5.55pm on Talking Pictures TV

Yootha Joyce, Bernard Manning, Alfred Marks, Leslie Phillips, Terry Scott and Max Wall talk about the beginning of their showbiz career.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

• 
• Saturday at 6pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

In the Thirties, an American archaeologist and explorer beats the Nazis to a priceless artefact: the magical box containing fragments of the stones on which God wrote His laws. Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman.

Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple (1984–92)

The Body in the Library

• 
• Saturday at 8.15pm on BBC Four HD

The Body in the Library (Part 3).

Prudence and the Pill (1968)

• 
• Saturday at 9.10pm on Talking Pictures TV

A banker’s wife and her sister-in-law try to uncover who has been swapping their contraceptive pills for aspirin.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• 
• Saturday at 10pm on Sky Cinema Greats HD

Indiana Jones goes in search of his father, who disappeared while looking for the Holy Grail. Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott.