What’s On

Thursday, 21^st January

First Men in the Moon (1964)

Thursday at 12.10am on Sony Movies Classic
Thursday at 12.10am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
Thursday at 1.10am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1

A Victorian eccentric makes a voyage to the moon and is forced to stay there.

Breakthrough (1979)

Thursday at 12.35am on Talking Pictures TV

The German sergeant hero of Cross of Iron survives the Western Front and involvement in an anti-Hitler conspiracy.

Flog It!

Leicester 43

Thursday at 1am on HGTV

Antiques experts Thomas Plant and Claire Rawle search for valuable items at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall, and presenter Paul Martin discovers a collection of Picasso ceramics curated by Richard Attenborough.

Little Women (1949)

Thursday at 1.25am on TCM Movies HD
Thursday at 2.25am on TCM Movies Plus 1

The growing-up of four sisters in pre-Civil War America. 1949 remake.

Home and Away (1956)

Thursday at 2.25am on Talking Pictures TV

A man’s luck suddenly changes when he wins the football pools.

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Thursday at 5.20am on Sky Cinema Greats HD

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

Operation Crossbow (1965)

Thursday at 7.25am on TCM Movies HD
Thursday at 8.25am on TCM Movies Plus 1

In World War II, trained scientists are parachuted into Europe to destroy the Nazi rocket-making plant at Peenemünde.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)

Thursday at 7.40am on Sony Movies Action

A city clerk discovers he has the power to work miracles (given him by supportive gods) and nearly causes the end of the Earth.

Hollywood Couples

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (2000, S3, Ep 10)

Thursday at 10am on Sky Documentaries HD

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

Madeleine (1950)

Thursday at 10.30am on Talking Pictures TV

In Victorian Glasgow, a well-to-do young woman is accused of murdering her lover, but the verdict is ‘not proven’.

Cottage to Let (1941)

Thursday at 11am on Film4 HD

Evacuated to Scotland, a Cockney helps prevent spies from kidnapping his inventor foster-father.

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Much Too Shy (1942)

Thursday at 11.15am on Sony Movies Classic
Thursday at 12.15pm on Sony Movies Classic
Thursday at 12.15pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
Thursday at 1.15pm 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.

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Thursday at 12.50pm on Film4 HD

An innocent man recently released from a mental hospital inadvertently takes possession of a piece of microfilm meant for a Nazi agent, and finds himself on the run from both the police and the Nazis.