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Wednesday, 11^th November

The Goon Show

The Affair of the Lone Banana

11^th November at 2.30am on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy, with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe.

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

11^th November at 3.10am on Legend

Compilation of four tales of terror, all linked to a mysterious mansion.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Parson’s Pleasure (1980, S3 E6)

11^th November 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. Roald Dahl, John Gielgud, Bernard Miles.

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)

11^th November at 9am on Legend Xtra
11^th November at 10am on Legend Xtra Plus 1

A Victorian entomologist creates human beings who can change themselves into monster death’s-head moths. Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham.

Highly Dangerous (1950)

11^th November at 9.15am on Talking Pictures TV

A lady entomologist in a Balkan country is suspected of spying, but manages to outwit her enemies. Margaret Lockwood, Dane Clark, Marius Goring.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

The Stinker

11^th November at 9.30am on Sky Arts HD

A scorned husband seeks revenge on his wife and her lover – but is not certain who the man is.

For the Love of Ada (1970–71)

The Mortgage

11^th November at 10.20am on That’s TV 2

Walter and Ada plan to move when they hear of a flat close to the church.

The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

11^th November at 11am on Talking Pictures TV

The masked avenger who quashes a dictatorship in 1865 Lichtenburg is none other than the son of Edmond Dantes. Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

The Party (1980, S3 E9)

11^th November at 1.30pm on Sky Arts HD

A man takes revenge for being left out of the Christmas celebrations at his office party. Robert Morley, Joyce Redman, Raymond Francis.

My Cousin Rachel (1952)

11^th November at 1.55pm on Talking Pictures TV

A Cornish gentleman dies in Italy after marrying a mysterious lady; when she comes to England she arouses the hostility, and love, of her husband’s foster son. Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton.

Hoax!

11^th November at 2pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra
11^th November at 8pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Telling the tales: Miles Kington, Michael Denison and John Wells, Who is fibbing? Tim Brooke-Taylor and the audience must try to spot the hoax! First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–62)

The Crocodile Case

11^th November at 2pm on Sky Arts HD

Jack kills Phyllis’s husband and cashes in by marrying the widow, but after identifying her lost crocodile dressing case, he might have exposed himself.

Dunkirk (1958)

11^th November at 2.25pm on BBC Two HD

In 1940 on the Normandy beaches, a small group gets detached from the main force. John Mills, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson.

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

11^th November at 3pm on Legend

A beggar rapes a servant girl and their offspring grows up to be a werewolf. Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain.

Mother’s Ruin (1994)

Unknown episode

11^th November at 3pm on Rewind TV

The manager of a health food store has his plans to run away with his girlfriend continually thwarted by his domineering mother.

Hobson’s Choice (1954)

11^th November at 3.50pm on Talking Pictures TV

In the 1890s a tyrannical Lancashire bootmaker is brought to heel by his plain-speaking daughter and her simple-minded husband. Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie.