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AUGUST/SEPT 2020
newsletter Freesat 306
Virgin 445
Dear Supporters of Film and TV History,
Hoping you are all well and enjoying a Lyons Maid or two on the hotter days
while watching Talking Pictures TV – your own personal trip to the flicks every day
and no fleas! This month we bring you a wonderful new DVD Box set from Renown
Pictures – The Comedy Collection Volume 3! We thought it was time we all had a
jolly good laugh and with 11 films over 3 discs, starring some of the greatest
British character actors you will see, it’s an absolute bargain at £20 for all 3 discs
with free UK postage. Titles include: A Hole Lot of Trouble with Arthur Lowe,
Victor Maddern and Bill Maynard; A Touch of The Sun with Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray and
Alfie Bass, once lost British comedy Just William’s Luck, fully restored to its former glory, Come
Back Peter, with Patrick Holt and Charles Lamb, also once lost and never before released on DVD,
as well as Where There’s A Will with George Cole and Kathleen Harrison, plus many more! More
details overleaf. There’s an extra special deal on our Comedy Collection Volumes 1 and 2 as well.
Regarding our events this year and next year, there is good news and bad news. Finally, the
manager at the St Albans Arena has come back to the office and has secured 28th March 2021
for us. Sad news as it doesn’t look like we will be able to go ahead with any other event this year,
including Stockport on Sunday 4th October. For those of you with tickets please see page 19 for
more details on what to do next.
Every Home Should Have One! We are delighted with our new
merchandise product this month – it’s a really stunning cushion
cover, the talk of the sofa printed with film quotes from some
of your favourites on TPTV, many suggested by viewers. The
perfect gift for any film lover! More details on page 14. There
are also a few of our limited edition TPTV enamel lapel badges
left, so get yours quick!
We are busy restoring some fascinating pieces of Transport History at the
moment, for next month’s new Transport Collection, perfect for fans of the
Ford 8 or the Austin 7, or planes or boats and trains! Noel has uncovered some
intriguing footage and we are busy cleaning them and transferring as I write.
The transfer room has been as busy as ever and along with some unseen films
and series from many archives this month, there are also a lot of new ‘glimpses’
and shorts, so do keep your eyes peeled for the TV listings. For a butcher’s at
what’s on this month, read our news on pages 23 and 28-29, starting with
Enemy at the Door, on Sunday 6th Sept at 9pm, a must for all those whose
heart is in the Channel Islands. Also look out for The Punch & Judy Man with
Tony Hancock, the film version of The Likely Lads, The Big Operator with
Mickey Rooney, Steve McQueen in Never Love a Stranger, and Dick Emery in
Ooh... You Are Awful! plus several more new series.
Finally, we remember John Saxon who starred in The Night Caller; Julian Curry
who played Claude Erskine-Browne in Rumpole of the Bailey and, of course,
Dame Olivia de Havilland, who all recently passed away. It is so important to
keep these stars on our screens for generations to come.
Stay tuned folks and please, do keep on spreading the word, it’s been
wonderful to see what a comfort we have been to so many in these difficult
times; please do spread the word to neighbours, friends and any groups you belong to!
It’s so very important, but particularly now. Very best wishes, Sarah, Noel & Neill 1
New DVD Release Box Set New from
THE RENOWN COMEDY 3 DVD THE RE
COLLECTION VOLUME 3
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Box
Running Time: 678 minutes
Set
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on 3 DVDs with optional subtitles
Disc One 221 min
Come Back Peter (1952) A charming
comedy, directed by Charles Saunders
and starring Patrick Holt, Charles Lamb,
Peter Hammond, Humphrey Lestocq, VOLU
Kathleen Boutall, Pamela Bygrave,
Aud Johansen, Dorothy Primrose, RRP £
Doris Groves, Joan Hickson. Chaos reigns
when relatives come to stay in a country house. EXCLUSIVE P
Boys will be Girls (1937) The story of a man who has to SUPPORTERS JU
give up drinking, smoking and wild women in order to inherit
a legacy. Directed by Gilbert Pratt, it stars Leslie Fuller with WITH FREE U
Nellie Wallace, Greta Gynt, Georgie Harris, Judy Kelly, Call Now On Freephone
D.J. Williams, Toni Edgar-Bruce, Constance Godridge,
Syd Crossley and Syd Courtenay.
A Hole Lot of Trouble (1969)
A group of workmen try to dig in this
delightful comedy, directed by
Francis A Searle. Stars: Arthur Lowe,
Victor Maddern, Bill Maynard and
Tim Barrett. Also features: Ken Parry,
Leslie Dwyer, Benny Lee, Brian Weske,
Neal Arden, Jack Chissick, Hazel Coppen,
Michael Sharvell-Martin, Georgina Simpson, Hani Borelle.
A Night of Magic (1944) Once lost British musical
comedy directed by Herbert Wynne.
Stars: Robert Griffith, Gerald Pring, Billy ‘Uke’ Scott,
Marian Olive and Elsa Tee. A man discovers an ancient
Egyptian princess alive inside a sarcophagus.
Disc Two 230 min
A Touch of The Sun (1956) At a swanky London
hotel, if you need anything, just ask for ‘Mr. Fix-it’, aka
Mr Darling, the hotel porter. British comedy, directed by
Gordon Parry and starring Frankie Howerd,
Ruby Murray, Alfie Bass, Dennis Price, Gordon Harker,
2 Richard Wattis, Miriam Karlin and Esma Cannon.
m Renown Disc Two continued
Under A Cloud (1937) British comedy directed by George
ENOWN King. A man returns from Australia after 20 years to his
estranged family. Stars: Edward Rigby, Betty Ann Davies,
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Hilda Bayley, Bernard Clifton, Moira Reed, Peter Gawthorne.
Just William’s Luck (1948) This once
lost British comedy is now fully restored to
CTION
its former glory. Directed by Val Guest it
stars: William Graham, Garry Marsh
and Jane Welsh and was based on the
popular books by Richmal Crompton,
UME 3 who was so impressed by it that she
wrote a novel based on the film. William
£29.99 investigates a haunted house, aided and
abetted by his gang, “The Outlaws”.
PRICE FOR OUR Stars: Hugh Cross, Kathleen Stuart, Leslie
Bradley, Hy Hazell, Patricia Cutts, Joan Hickson, Anne Marie,
UST£20.00 Michael Medwin, John Martell, Ivan Craig.
Disc Three 227 min
UK POSTAGE
0808 178 8212 It’s a Wonderful World (1956)
A musical comedy written and directed by Val Guest.
Stars: Terence Morgan, George Cole, Kathleen Harrison,
Mylène Demongeot. Includes rare footage of Ted Heath
and his Orchestra. Also features: Dennis Lotis, James Hayter,
Harold Lang, Maurice Kaufmann, Richard Wattis, Sam Kydd ,
Shirley Anne Field and Jon Pertwee.
Pick a Star AKA Movie Struck (1937)
American musical comedy film in
which a young country girl comes
to Hollywood and achieves movie
stardom. Starring Rosina Lawrence,
Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly and
Mischa Auer. Includes scenes with
Laurel & Hardy and also features
Lyda Roberti, Charles Halton,
Tom Dugan, Russell Hicks, Cully Richards, Spencer Charters.
Where There’s A Will (1955) Directed by Vernon Sewell,
starring George Cole, Kathleen Harrison and Leslie Dwyer.
A cockney family inherit a ramshackle farm and decide to
make a go of it. Also features: Ann Hanslip, Michael Shepley,
Dandy Nichols, Thelma Ruby, Norman MacOwan, Philip Ray,
Hugh Morton, Edward Lexy, Edward Woodward, Sam Kydd.
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Comedy Collection Volume One
IF YOU BUY the NEW Comedy Collection Volume 3
for £20 you can purchase Volume 1 for just £10
with FREE UK Postage (RRP £20)
OFFER EXPIRES: September 15th 2020
A collection of ten British comedy
films on three discs.
All in Good Fun (1955)
Director: James M. Anderson.
Stars: Bob Monkhouse, Charles Chaplin,
The Keystone Cops, Mack Sennett.
Inn for Trouble (1960)
Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards.
Stars: Peggy Mount, David Kossoff,
Leslie Phillips. Film version of The Larkins.
Dentist in the Chair (1960) Director:
Don Chaffey. Stars: Bob Monkhouse, Peggy Cummins, Kenneth Connor.
Two on the Tiles (1951) Director: John Guillermin. Stars: Herbert Lom,
Hugh McDermott, Brenda Bruce.
And the Same to You (1960) Director: George Pollock. Stars: Brian Rix,
William Hartnell, Leo Franklyn. Featuring Sid James and Tommy Cooper.
Carry On Admiral (1957) Director: Val Guest. Stars: David Tomlinson,
Peggy Cummins and Brian Reece.
Crazy Days (1962) Scenes from the silent era greats with Buster Keaton,
Charlie Chaplin and more. Director: James M. Anderson.
Demobbed (1944) Director: John E. Blakeley. Stars: Norman Evans,
Nat Jackley and Dan Young.
Lifetime of Comedy (1960) A compilation of comedy sketches with Buster
Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby.
Tell Me Another (1976) A comedy compilation of stories, filmed with
Dick Hills, featuring: Norman Wisdom, Arthur Askey, Jim Dale,
Jimmy Jewel, Ted Ray, Roy Hudd, Spike Milligan, Reg Varney,
Leslie Phillips, Terry Scott, Thora Hird, Warren Mitchell & Peggy Mount.
The Silent Comics – A short documentary reflecting on the timeless works
of silent comics Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Ben Turpin.
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Comedy Collection Volume Two
IF YOU BUY the NEW Comedy Collection Volume 3
for £20 you can purchase Volume 2 for just £10
with FREE UK Postage (RRP £20)
OFFER EXPIRES: September 15th 2020
Over 10 hours of vintage comedy in a fabulous
3-DVD box set. Six features, an interview with
Liz Fraser and a short comedy bonus.
The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959).
Director: Darcy Conyers. Cast: Brian Rix,
Cecil Parker, William Hartnell,
Leslie Phillips, Liz Fraser, Irene Handl,
Andrew Sachs and Hattie Jacques.
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
(1956) Director: Joseph Sterling.
Stars: Peter Sellers, Dick Emery,
Pamela Thomas and Spike Milligan.
What a Whopper (1961) Director: Gilbert Gunn. Stars Adam Faith,
Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Terence Longdon & Carole Lesley.
The Butler’s Dilemma (1943) Director: Leslie S. Hiscott.
Stars: Richard Hearne, Hermione Gingold and Henry Kendall.
Gert & Daisy Clean Up (1942) A “lost” film restored and available for the
very first time on DVD in this box set. Director: Maclean Rogers.
Stars: Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and Iris Vandeleur.
Tons of Trouble (1956) Director: Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars: Richard Hearne,
William Hartnell, Austin Trevor.
Gert & Daisy’s Week-end (1942) Director: Maclean Rogers.
Stars: Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Iris Vandeleur.
Your Money or Your Wife (1960)
Director: Anthony Simmons. Stars: Donald Sinden,
Peggy Cummins and Richard Wattis.
Also includes an interview with LIZ FRASER and
Comedy Cocktail (1951), a short feature which
features clips from Charlie Chaplin films..
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Come Back Peter
from Paul Hilliker
“Dear Talking Pictures TV/
Renown Pictures,
A couple of weeks ago a friend
of mine contacted you regarding
a 1952 film called Come Back
Peter. It was a bit of a long
shot, but you replied in super
quick time and said it was being
aired in July. I have been
trying to track down this film for
50 years as I had a part in it.
I remember seeing it on the TV a
couple of times in the 1960s but
not since and I would love my wife
and three daughters to see what
I got up to all those years ago.
My grandfather was a set
construction manager at
Shepperton Studios and he found
out that a baby was wanted for a
new film. The film was “Come Back
Peter” and the baby ended up
being me (Baby David). I was only
6 months old at the time so don’t remember much about
it. Apparently I was responsible for a script change
as I contracted chicken pox during the filming!! As you
can imagine, I am thrilled that Talking Pictures not
only have the film but intend showing it again – so many
thanks for that. I had exhausted all avenues I could
think of in my quest and decided it had either been
lost or destroyed. I am now really excited at the
prospect of seeing it once again and showing it to my
grown up family. I’ve sent a still from the film where
my screen aunt has just noticed my chicken pox spots.
Although my Grandfather worked
at Shepperton Film Studios,
I think there was a tie-up
with Bray Studios, as I
believe the exterior shots
were filmed around Bray.
I must also say how excited
I am to read that the film
will also be released on
DVD in August.”
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SPECIAL OFFER!Mr Pastry 2-DVD
Box Set PLUS Mr Pastry Keyring
& Fridge Magnet set all for £25!
(RRP £28)
OFFER EXPIRES:
September 15th 2020
Renown Pictures present a
selection of films featuring
the nation’s first TV Star,
Mr Pastry. Includes exclusive
glimpses into the life of Richard
Hearne from his collection of
home movies plus a slide show
of a very rare Mr Pastry
cartoon from TV Comic.
The films have been
fully restored with
optional subtitles added.
Disc One – 218min
TONS OF TROUBLE (1956)
THE BUTLER’S DILEMMA (1943)
Fridge Magnet and Keyring Set THE TIME OF HIS LIFE (1955)
Featuring the cheerful face Disc Two – 170min
of Mr Pastry, this unique THE MADAME GAMBLES
fridge magnet and handy (AKA MADAM LOUISE) (1951)
key fob will make you SOMETHING IN THE CITY (1950)
smile every day! Bonus Features included in
the Mr Pastry Collection:
MR PASTRY CARTOON STRIP
CELEBRITY CRAZY CRICKET
RICHARD HEARNE & BUSTER KEATON
‘CLOWNING AROUND’
PETULA CLARK: THE DAY BEGINS EARLY
MR PASTRY IN BEXHILL 1960
MR PASTRY WITH CHIPPERFIELD’S
CIRCUS
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Definitive 7 Disc DVD Box Set Collection
£25 with
FREE UK
postage
14 films based on
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes
stories, released between 1939 and 1946,
all starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
This is the only DVD box set available where
all the films have not only been remastered but,
more importantly, restored – and the results are very good.
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the
Baskervilles (1939) The Adventures of Sherlock
Holmes (1939) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice
of Terror (1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret
Weapon (1942) Sherlock Holmes in Washington
(1943) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death (1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw (1944) Sherlock Holmes and
the House of Fear (1945) Sherlock Holmes in the Pursuit to Algiers
(1945) Sherlock Holmes in the Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes in the Terror by Night (1946)
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill (1946).
Directors include: Sidney Lanfield, Alfred L. Werker,
John Rawlins, Roy William Neill. Casts include:
Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Ida Lupino, George
Zucco, Alan Marshal, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine,
Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny, Thomas Gómez,
Morton Lowry, Eily Malyon, Ralph Forbes.
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THE CURSE OF HARDBACK
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
The Basil Rathbone Story
By David Clayton
Basil Rathbone is synonymous with
Sherlock Holmes. He played the
Victorian sleuth in all fourteen Fox/
Universal films of the 1930s and 40s,
as well as on stage and radio. For many
people, he is Holmes, however, he grew
to hate the character. Holmes placed
restrictions on his career: before he was
an esteemed theatre actor, appearing in
Broadway plays such as The Captive and
The Swan, the latter of which became his
launchpad to greater stardom. In his long
career he appeared in many films,
including: Love From A Stranger (1937),
The Dawn Patrol (1938), The Mad Doctor (1941),
Crossroads (1942), Frenchman’s Creek (1944),
The Court Jester (1956) and many more.
However, he never escaped his most famous role.
Basil Rathbone was not Sherlock Holmes.
In The Curse of Sherlock Holmes, biographer
David Clayton looks at the behind-the-camera life
of a remarkable man who deserved so much more
than to be relegated to just one role.
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LAST EMBRACE
A taught thriller, made in 1979,
from Jonathan Demme,
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Silence of the Lambs, starring
Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French
Connection) as Harry Hannan, an
ex-government agent fearing for
his life and unable to trust even
his closest friends after the violent
death of his wife. Infused with the
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KISS OF DEATH
Henry Hathaway’s directorial
skills bring a heightened
sense of realism to this
classic 1947 film, which
marked Richard Widmark’s debut.
When a small time crook (Victor
Mature) gets a twenty year sentence
for robbery, he refuses to reveal his
accomplices, even after a D.A.
(Brian Donlevy) offers to help him.
But he changes his mind once he
learns that his wife has committed
20 suicide and a psychopath (Widmark)
has threatened his children.
BOTH Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy,
P&P Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark,
Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith,
Karl Malden, Anthony Ross,
Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer,
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Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan,
Nina Borget, Susan Cabot,
Alexander Campbell, Dort Clark,
CH Harry Carter, Eva Condon.
P&P Extras:
• High Definition Transfer
• Commentary by film historians
James Ursini and Alain Silver
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Stills Gallery
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11From the British Film Institute
Gaslight £15
(Dual Format Edition, you will
receive DVD & Blu-Ray editions)
Year: 1940 | Black & White
Optional subtitles
Running Time Approx: 84 min
DVD and Blu-ray editions
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Anton Walbrook,
Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell
Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton,
Jimmy Hanley.
Director Thorold Dickinson, (The Queen of
Spades, The Next of Kin), portrays a harrowing
and claustrophobic study of murder, abuse and
lust in Victorian London. Anton Walbrook
(The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), excels
as the sadistic husband who attempts to drive
his wife mad, played by Diana Wynyard,
(Cavalcade), to prevent her from disclosing
his dark past.
Extras:
Spanish A B C (Thorold Dickinson, Sidney Cole, 1938, 20 mins): a short film
on efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War.
Behind the Spanish Lines (Sidney Cole, Thorold Dickinson, 1938, 20 mins):
a companion piece to Spanish Civil War.
Westward Ho! (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): a short film to promote the
evacuation of urban children to rural areas.
Miss Grant Goes to the Door (Brian Desmond Hurst, 1940, 7 mins):
a short film about a German invasion from a story by Dickinson.
Yesterday is Over Your Shoulder (Thorold Dickinson, 1940, 9 mins): a short
film encouraging workers to join free engineering training schemes.
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Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212Memories of
a life in films
Part 12, by Noel Cronin
Well, the millennium had arrived in all its glory.
It turned out to be absolutely horrible for me;
my dear wife Joyce passed away, who truly was
my rock, and Dandelion was sold to what turned
out be an American crook. I will go into detail of
the FBI lawyers and the American federal system later and with more
detail in a book that is being written – a must for all insomniacs!
Following the Dandelion débâcle, my health and confidence suffered
and the fact that the American situation was dragging on made
concentrating on films and TV difficult, but after a few years I again
got interested in acquiring old film libraries and set about purchasing
several old such libraries, from the BBC no less! It took three years of
dogged persistence to save these films from literally rotting at the
Beeb; libraries such as Butchers, New Realm; mostly British ‘B’ features
but of great social value.
Having amassed several hundred old feature films what was I to do
with them? Broadcasters had little or no interest; one company
executive told me “we don’t play black and white after four in the
afternoon”. He does now! After months of trying to place the films
and with the conviction that quite a lot of people, given the chance,
would watch them, the idea of starting our own channel emerged….
Next month: the start of Talking Pictures.
Producer Noel Cronin founded Talking Pictures TV and
Renown Pictures. Noel is contributing a series of
memories to the newsletter over the coming months.
Ever since his entrance into the world of film as a young
man, Noel has been interested in preserving the
heritage of lost and forgotten films, shorts and
programmes, and for many years has been gathering, restoring and preserving
this wonderful heritage which would otherwise be lost. Noel worked for the
Rank Organisation and the Central Office of Information, and bought the rights to
several libraries that owned films which now air on Talking Pictures TV. His career
as a producer and editor of films, documentaries and TV series spans several decades.
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14From the British Film Institute
(Dual Format Edition, you will
receive DVD & Blu-Ray editions)
Year: 1967 | Colour
Optional subtitles £15
Running Time approx: 109 min
DVD and Blu-ray editions
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael Crawford,
John Lennon, Roy Kinnear,
Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern,
Jack Hedley, Robert Hardy, Sheila Hancock,
Dandy Nichols, John Junkin.
Hapless commander Lieutenant Goodbody
(Michael Crawford) enthusiastically leads his
troops on the battlefields of World War Two,
including the calamitous installation of a cricket
pitch behind enemy lines... With John Lennon in
his only non-musical screen performance, How
I Won the War is a biting satire on war and the
war movie, a unique cult comedy.
Extras:
Animated Genesis (1952, 22 mins) and A Short Vision (1956, 6 mins):
stylish, striking outstanding anti-war animations.
Head Rag Hop (1970, 3 mins): bold blues-soundtracked Pop-art abstraction.
Plod (1971, 21 mins): long thought lost, an anti-authoritarian fusion of
poetry and pop music shot on the streets of Liverpool, starring The Scaffold.
Richard Lester in Conversation with Steven Soderbergh (1995, audio):
the director discusses his career in an interview recorded at the NFT.
Feature commentary by Richard Lester authority Neil Sinyard
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60 tracks on 3 CDs showcasing
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Rock ‘n’ Rollers and pioneer of
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Rockabilly. Gene Vincent is a
member of both the Rock ‘n’ Roll
Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly MUSIC CD
Hall of Fame with Be-Bop-A-Lula 60 Tracks on 3 discs
considered a landmark recording
of the Rockabilly sound. Disc 3
1. She She Little Sheila
Disc 1 Disc 2 2. Pistol Packin’ Mama
1. Be-Bop-A-Lula 1. Bluejean Bop 3. Git It
2. Woman Love 2. Who Slapped John? 4. Say Mama
3. Race With The Devil 3. Lotta Lovin’ 5. Be Bop Boogie Boy
4. Gonna Back Up Baby 4. Unchained Melody 6. Rollin’ Danny
5. Jumps, Giggles & Shouts 5. You Better Believe 7. Well I Knocked Bim Bam
6. Bop Street 6. Pretty, Pretty Baby 8. Look What You’ve Gone
7. I Flipped 7. You Told A Fib and Done To Me
8. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back 8. Cat Man 9. Five Feet Of Lovin’
9. Jezebel 9. Baby Blue 10. Dance In The Street
10. Crazy Legs 10. Rocky Road Blues 11. Flea Brain
11. Five Days, Five Days 11. Frankie And Johnnie 12. Maybelline
12. B-I-Bickey-Bi-Bo-Bo-Go 12. Brand New Beat 13. The Night Is So Lonely
13. Dance To The Bop 13. It’s No Lie 14. Wild Cat
14. I Got It 14. Summertime 15. Right Here On Earth
15. Blues Stay Away From Me 15. Hey Good Lookin’ 16. My Heart
16. Pink Thunderbird 16. I Got A Baby 17. My Baby Don’t ‘Low
17. Cruisin’ 17. The Wayward Wind 18. Right Now
18. Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 18. Lovely Loretta 19. Anna Annabelle
19. Red Bluejeans & A Pony Tail 19. Should I Ever Love Again 20. Everybody’s Got A Date
20. Double Talkin’ Baby 20. Somebody Help Me But Me
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16Earl Cameron
and the Volvo
In the 1950’s, both EARL CAMERON and
the VOLVO AMAZON were pioneers at
promoting important changes to social
attitudes. Robert Hughes identifies them.
Born in Bermuda, Earl Cameron CBE Danger Man. At the milestone age of
was believed to be the first actor cast 100, Earl Cameron was still working.
in an English mixed-race romance; he Sadly, he recently passed away on
played a sailor captivated by a dockland 3rd July 2020 aged 102.
lass in Pool of London (1951). The role
echoed his own life in the Merchant
Navy, coming to England in 1939 and
later marrying an English girl.
Debilitated with pneumonia, Cameron
was hospitalised, suffering one ruined
lung. His Bermudian twang, easier for
British ears to understand than a
West Indian accent, opened doors
professionally, but while touring, doors
were cruelly closed against him when The Volvo Amazon, designed by
seeking out digs. Undeterred, Cameron Jan Wilsgaard, first appeared in 1956,
entertained the troops in the inspired by Chrysler’s New Yorker and
Netherlands and India where he was the Checker cab. An Amazon is used
warmly received. Film roles included to kidnap Edward Fox in The Avengers,
Simba and Safari (1955), both (1968), and William Lucas dumps his
covering the Kenyan Mau Mau Amazon for a Jaguar E Type in Dateline
uprising, and he played a murder suspect Diamonds (1965). The Amazon saved
in The Heart Within (1957). In BAFTA many lives with its revolutionary seat
winning Sapphire (1959), Cameron’s belt, pioneered by Volvo who generously
performance as Dr Robbins handles the allowed rivals to copy the configuration
revilement of racial prejudice with such charge-free. So while Earl Cameron’s
dignity after his sister is murdered for acclaimed film roles were sensitively
her ethnicity, that only the hardest hearts addressing racial tolerance coinciding
could have left the audience unmoved with around 75,000 arrivals settling in
towards the challenges facing Colonial England from former colonies year on
immigrants. Flame in the Streets (1961) year, Volvo’s Amazon revolutionised car
also examines interracial discord in both occupant safety just as Ernest Marples
society and the workplace. Further roles was cutting the ribbon to open the M1
included Thunderball (1965), The Dark motorway “in keeping with the new,
Man (1960), Dr Who, The Prisoner and exciting scientific age.”
17George Formby
The Absolutely Essential
3-CD Collection
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60 humorous tunes from the
ever popular singer-songwriter, MUSIC CD
film star and comedian who was
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the highest paid UK entertainer CD
60 Tracks on 3 discs
during the 30s and 40s. A huge influence on entertainers who
followed, The Beatles, among them, he appeared in many films,
including Trouble Brewing, Get Cracking and Let George Do It.
Disc 1 Disc 2 Disc 3
1. When I’m Cleaning Windows 1. Chinese Laundry Blues 1. Leaning On A Lampost
2. Why Don’t Women Like Me? 2. Sitting On The Sands All Night 2. I Wonder Who’s Under Her
3. Sitting On The Ice in the 3. Oh Dear Mother Balcony Now
Ice Rink 4. With My Little Stick of 3. It’s Turned Out Nice Again
4. Levi’s Monkey- Mike Blackpool Rock 4. Hitting The High Spots Now
5. With My Little Ukelele 5. Hindoo Man 5. It’s A Grand And Healthy Life
In My Hand 6. The Lancashire Torreador 6. I’m Making Headway Now
6. As The Hours and the Days 7. My Plus Fours 7. I Couldn’t Let The Stable Down
and the Months and the 8. Easy-Going Chap 8. The Lancashire Hot Pot Swingers
Years Roll By 9. I Don’t Like 9. Grandad’s Flannelette Nightshirt
7. Swimmin’ With Wimmin’ 10. Biceps, Muscle, And Brawn 10. The Wu’s a Window Cleaner Now
8. The Wedding of Mr Wu 11. Hi-Tiddly-Hi-Ti- Island 11. Count Your Blessings and Smile
9. Baby 12. You Can’t Stop Me 12. Oh, Don’t the Wind Blow Cold
10. Believe Or Not from Dreaming 13. On the Wigan Boat Express
11. You Can’t Keep A Growing 13. Like the Big Pots Do 14. On the Beat
Lad Down 14. I Blew A Little Blast 15. Bless ‘Em All
12. It’s No Use Looking At Me On My Whistle 16. I Wish I Was Back on the Farm
13. There’s Nothing Proud 15. Springtime’s Here Again 17. Delivering the Morning Milk
About Me 16. Noughts And Crosses 18. Auntie Maggie’s Remedy
14. Madame Moscovitch 17. Mother, What’ll I Do Now? 19. You’re Everything To Me
15. Fanlight Fanny 18. In My Little Snapshot Album 20. Andy the Handy Man
16. Share and Share Alike 19. Our Sergeant Major
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18Update on our postponed Film Festivals
in St Albans and Stockport
Due to the recent announcement by the Minister of Culture and the Prime
Minister, it is definite that unfortunately our Stockport festival in October will
need to be postponed along with our Film Quiz the night before. It is also clear
that due to Covid 19 and social distancing guidelines and the laws on mass
gatherings that we will not be able to reschedule our St Albans Festival of Film
postponed in March until next year. We had hoped to hold a Christmas event,
but with everything so uncertain, and with your safety in mind, we believe its
much better to look at March next year for you all. But there is good news! We
have secured a new date for both of these events with both venues these are:
St Albans 7th Festival of Film Sunday March 22nd 2020
NEW DATE Sunday 28th March 2021
Stockport 8th Festival of Film October Sunday October 4th 2020
NEW DATE Sunday 10th October 2021
Here are the options for ticket holders. I’m afraid due to social distancing rules
and the increase in insurance, ticket prices for our events will be going up next
year BUT NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ALREADY HAVE A TICKET. So the
options for you are as follows:
1. Let us know if you wish to transfer your tickets from this year to next year at
NO extra cost and which festival of film you wish to attend. You can move
to either event, if either is sold out you will be placed on the waiting list for
returns. YOU WILL NOT have to pay any increase. You will be re-issued with
new tickets and seat numbers.
2. If you have Quiz tickets these can also be moved as we will be holding a
Film Quiz with supper or Afternoon Tea in St Albans the day / evening before
and Stockport the day / evening before. Again at no extra cost to current
quiz ticket holders.
3. You can use your physical tickets for either event as a credit note against any
items on sale in our newsletters, including DVDs, Books, Merchandise etc,
please include the tickets with your order form.
4. If you really, really don’t want to secure a place at one of the best TV & Film
History events of 2021 and a terrific day out – we will issue you with a refund.
To do this you must return your physical tickets to us at:
Renown Pictures Ltd, PO Box 592, Kings Langley, Herts WD4 4DB.
Please include with your tickets a letter letting us know what you wish to do.
5. You can always call us to discuss your options on our usual numbers:
0808 178 8212 or 01923 290555.
It’s been a very difficult decision for all of us, but it’s the best way to ensure
everyone is safe and we all have something to look forward to next year!
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19From the British Film Institute
How to be £15
Eccentric
The Essential Richard Massingham
1 DVD | Years: 1934-1951
Black & White
Running Time:
Approx: 170 min
Richard Massingham was known to
anyone who went to the cinema in
Britain during the 1940s. He starred
as a well-meaning but bumbling
everyman in a series of imaginative shorts which provided
instruction to the British public on everything from how to cross
roads to the correct way to sneeze into a handkerchief to bathing
in just five inches of water during wartime rationing. Often
producing and directing too, his films are marked by a wonderful
combination of comedy, instruction, surrealism and whimsy. This
new selection from the BFI celebrates Richard Massingham as
one of British cinema’s most fascinating and enduring eccentrics.
Contents: Dr Massingham says... Tell Me If It Hurts (1934) | Coughs and
Sneezes (1945) | Jet-propelled Germs (1948) | Handkerchief Drill (1949) |
Another Case of Poisoning (1949) | The Cure (1950) | Surviving the War:
The Five Inch Bather (1942) | Post Early for Christmas (1943) | In Which We
Live: Being the Life Story of a Suit Told by Itself (1943) | Elopement in France
(1944) | An Englishman’s home... Down at the Local (1945) | An Englishman’s
Home........... (1946) | Moving House (1950) | Post-war Blues: What a Life!: What
a Life (1948) | Watch Your Meters (1947) | Warning to Travellers (1949) | Help
Yourself (1950) | Post-war Blues: The Daily Grind: Pool of Contentment (1946)
| Pedal Cyclists (1947) | Pedestrian Crossing (1948) | 30 Miles an Hour (1949) |
Introducing the New Worker (1951).
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20
Call Us Now On Freephone 0808 178 8212Eccentrically British! Spotlight on:
Richard Massingham
(31 January 1898 – 1 April 1953)
The son of a distinguished newspaper editor,
Richard Massingham is noted for directing and
starring in a series of public information films
made in the 1940s and 1950s. He trained in
medicine and was the Senior Medical Officer
at the London Fever Hospital, but Richard was
always interested in the cinema and made
amateur films in his spare time. He made his
first short in 1933 which featured the hospital that he worked at.
The following year he made a film about a traumatic dental visit: Tell
Me If It Hurts (1934), which received critical acclaim. After his film about
a lodger preparing for his day, And So to Work (1936), he secured a
place with the GPO Film Unit. This prompted him to leave medicine
and become a full time filmmaker. In 1938 he registered his company,
Public Relationship Films and began making shorts for the Ministry of
Information and other government departments. As well as directing the
shorts, he appeared in them as a good-humoured figure encouraging
audiences to save fuel, sneeze into a handkerchief or bathe in the war
recommended limit of “five inches of water.” As an actor he possessed
an expressive face with a childlike charm, casting himself as the absent-
minded ‘everyman’, (always allowing the audience to feel amused and
superior, while the film’s message was firmly instilled). Post-war films such
as They Travel by Air (1947) and Pool of Contentment (1946), adopted a
similar strategy. Some of his most popular shorts include: The Five-Inch
Bather (1942), Young and Healthy (1943), Coughs and Sneezes (1945),
What a Life (1948), Handkerchief Drill (1949) and Moving House (1950).
As a director, actor and producer, Massingham is often overlooked,
but in the 90 or so films he made, there is enough eccentricity and wit
to earn him a place beside other individualists of the British short film.
His marriage to wife Betty in 1943 was a happy union which lasted for
the rest of his life. He died at his home in Biddenden, Kent on 1 April
1953, during production of The Blakes Slept Here, a lavish and curious
Technicolour combination of gas advertising and historical content.
21ROUNDABOUT
From the British Film Institute
1963: A YEAR IN COLOUR
1 DVD Years: 1963
Colour | Running Time
Approx: 110 minutes £15
A fascinating and unique
glimpse back to Britain
and its place in the world
50 years ago. In the 1960s
the UK Government, through
the Central Office of Information
(COI), produced a number of films
for overseas distribution. Designed
to promote British industry and
values abroad, Roundabout was
one of the most popular of these
cinemagazines, with its selection of
topical stories for the Asian market.
The BFI has collected all the Roundabout films from 1963, (over
30). Highlights include a visit to the Royal Mint, a trip around a
British Doll factory and a look at modern architecture in London,
Djakarta and Saigon.
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22NEW Series coming up in August/Sept Watch Talking Pictures on:
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Please spread the word and tell your friends!
NEW SERIES: NEW SERIES:
The Brack Report Enemy at the Door
Starts: Monday 31st August at 6:00pm Starts: Sunday 6th Sept 9:00pm
Stars: Donald Sumpter, Jenny Seagrove, Originally broadcast from 1978-1980
Richard Hampton, Patricia Garwood This war drama depicts
and Neil Nisbet. the WWII German
Not seen on TV since occupation of Guernsey
1982. Scientist Paul and stars: Alfred Burke,
Brack is working on Simon Cadell, Bernard
a project at one of Horsfall, Richard Heffer,
Britain’s nuclear power Simon Lack. Continues
stations which suddenly every Sunday.
becomes the focus of a
potential disaster. New London Palladium
Episode to air in August
NO HIDING PLACE – Two Look out for a new episode
Newly Discovered Episodes! of Sunday Night at the
Thursday 20th August 1:00pm & Monday London Palladium! Unseen
7th Sept 7:00pm A Pocketful of Bones since its first broadcast on
(1963) Stars: Eric Lander, Patricia Brake, 20th March 1966, this
Raymond Francis, Frank Henderson, episode features Roy
Charles Morgan, Olwen Brookes, Orbison and The Seekers
June Watts, Julian Somers, Jean Kent. and is hosted by Jimmy
Monday 31st August 7:00pm & Tarbuck. Airs: Sunday
Saturday 5th Sept 7:55pm Whoever’s 29th August 9:00pm.
Right, Sweeney’s Wrong (1965) Stars:
Raymond Francis, Johnny Briggs, Michael The Mind of Mr J.G. Reeder
McStay, Nigel Green, Fred Beauman, Coming Soon!
Patrick O’Connell and David Orchard. Set in the 1920s, based on
stories by Edgar Wallace,
Whizzkids Guide! this series ran from 1969-
Coming Soon! 1971. Hugh Burden plays a
The 1980s TV show that gave mild-mannered employee
pupils all they needed to level at the Department of Public
the odds against teachers and Prosecutions with a gift for solving
parents is back, with pranks, complex crimes. Cast includes:
jokes and sketches from Arthur Mullard, Willoughby Goddard, Mona Bruce,
Kenneth Williams, Patrick Newell, Gillian Lewis, Virginia Stride, Windsor
Rita Webb, Sheila White, and Davies, Ray McAnally, Edward Fox and
The Brownsville Banned. Victor Maddern. Starts: Wednesday
Starts: Saturday 12th Sept at 9:00am. 16th Sept at 9pm, continues weekly.
23The Magic Box DVD
£12.99
with
FREE UK
postage
Running time: 103 mins approx. Colour.
See 60 famous film stars in the
romantic story of the one of the
pioneers of British film history!
This 1951 biographical drama was
directed by John Boulting with
cinematography by Jack Cardiff
and stars Robert Donat, as
William Freise-Greene, the designer of
one of the earliest working movie cameras, British inventor and pioneer
in cinema. The film follows the life of this talented and inspiring man,
who should be revered but is sadly little remembered today. Told in
flashback, the film follows the inventor’s search for a way to project
moving pictures, an obsession that changed the lives of those he loved.
Cast: Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, David Oake, Janette Scott,
John Howard Davies, Robert Beatty, Richard Attenborough,
Basil Sydney, Bernard Miles, Eric Portman, Mary Ellis,
Muir Mathieson, Joyce Grenfell, Dennis Price, Margaret Rutherford,
Mervyn Johns, Glynis Johns, Frederick Valk, Ronald Shiner,
Peter Reynolds. Also appearing: Bessie Love,
Cecil Parker, David Tomlinson, Kay Walsh,
Laurence Olivier, Marius Goring, Sheila Sim,
Michael Denison, Michael Hordern, Sid James,
Peter Ustinov, Bernard Miles, Stanley Holloway,
Thora Hird, William Hartnell, Googie Withers,
Sybil Thorndike, Joan Hickson, Amy Veness,
Marjorie Fielding, Michael Redgrave.
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24A founding father of British film: William Friese-Greene
(7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921)
William Friese-Greene, a prolific English inventor and
professional photographer is known as a pioneer in
the field of motion pictures, creating a series of
cameras during the period 1888–1891.
William Greene was born in Bristol in 1855. Friese was
added to his surname when he married Helena Friese in
1874. He was apprenticed to a photographer before
establishing his own business in Bath, where he met John Rudge, who was
experimenting with magic lanterns to create an illusion of movement. Friese-
Greene enthusiastically adopted these ideas, experimenting both with Rudge
and on his own. In 1885, he opened two photographic shops in London with
Esme Collings, who went on to be one of the pioneers of British film-making.
Friese-Greene obsessively patented badly thought out devices, while the true
advances in making and projecting motion picture films were being made
elsewhere. He began experimenting with colour cinematography in 1898,
even becoming a rival of the developer of Kinemacolor, G.A. Smith. A court
case in 1913 brought by Friese-Greene’s Biocolour system against Kinemacolor
brought down the latter, although Friese-Greene was unable to capitalise on
the victory as he was beset with financial troubles. He remained an incurable
optimist, constructing a camera for taking a series of photographs on a roll of
perforated film moving intermittently behind a shutter, the basic principle of
a motion-picture camera. Sadly, the camera was incapable of taking pictures
at a sufficient rate to capture movement and no successful presentation of
moving pictures was given by him. The credit for a successful cinematographic
device goes to Thomas Edison.
His other inventions in the field of printing – including photo-typesetting –
brought him wealth, as did his chain of photographic studios. However, he
spent everything he earned on inventing, going bankrupt three times.
He died on 5 May 1921 after delivering a speech about the uncertain state of
the British film industry to a meeting of the cinema trade at the
Connaught Rooms in London. His claim to have been the
“inventor of Kinematography” was taken up by film
historian Will Day, but a series of articles written by Brian
Coe in the 1960s discredited this. He was, however, one of
the very first to work on the concept of moving images.
Despite his failures, Friese-Greene is nevertheless a
founding father of British film. The film, The Magic Box
(1951) ensures his place in history is not forgotten.
25Letters to the Projectionist
On this page we bring you some of the interesting letters that have
arrived at Talking Pictures HQ this month. We receive many letters every
day about film and series requests; please be assured that we do make a
note of them all. We acquire new films and series every month, so ‘never
say never’! is our motto – but sadly we can’t just play those we’d like to
play, without proper licensing and rights in place. Also remember, some
films or TV series may no longer exist, but we will keep trying!
Working with the great Peter O’Toole on
The Tudors in Dublin. I was the only one
who got a photo with him because I said I
was living in Limerick and talked about his
old pal Richard Harris. At the time they were
putting up a statue of him in the town. It
was great to work with a legend. Oliver Reed
is buried in Church Town on the Cork Rd.
At one time, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole
and Ollie Reed were all living in Ireland.
Regards, Derek, Limerick.
Have just enjoyed another Hello Lovely People, memory faded. Then John
episode of Robin Hood, My husband John and I put your channel on just as
I haven’t seen it since I was 8,
and it’s as enjoyable for me
have watched many films/ a film called “Barnacle Bill”
now as it was then. For me programmes on your was starting. I shouted out:
none of the remakes of Robin channel – each trying to out- “That’s it, OMG I am sure
Hood have come anywhere do the other on “who is that?” that’s it”. He thought I had
near these classic episodes. and sharing a number of finally flipped but I knew
Watching Robin Hood when “I remember...” One provided this was the missing link to
originally screened made me the missing link to one of my my film – my excitement
want a long bow and crossbow memories. 1950s films always increased further when I
with arrows, which I got for remind me of one holiday saw a shot of the side of the
Christmas and had so much when we walked along the “boat” and the words
fun with. My arrows ended up
promenade, as a film starring “The Mudlark”. I never gave
just about everywhere and my
mother got quite frustrated. Alec Guinness was being shot it a thought that it happened
Sometime later, when I asked there. I have always been when I was 12 and with
where they were she said she able to visualise the mock mum in Hunstanton. I am
had no idea and I never found up of the front of a boat with still going round on a bit of
them again, so think she must actors on “deck”. The other a high!!! Thank you for the
have confiscated them! I hardly thing I remember about that part you played in solving
got into trouble, but I used to day were the words my little mystery and making
when shooting the crossbow “The Mudlark”. I watched this old lady very happy.
arrows which were pretty lethal a film “The Mudlark” once All Best Wishes for the Future
and did quite a lot of damage! but I quickly knew that was Judith Summers,
Regards, Ray Harrison not the one and again the North Yorkshire
26MIKLÓS RÓZSA MUSIC FROM
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minutes of music from the original two and a
half hour score. 56 years after its release and MUSIC CD
11 Oscars later this superb epic collection is now 30 Tracks on one disc
available, composed by the inimitable Miklós Rózsa.
Miklos secured a much deserved Oscar for his film score for Ben-Hur. The
original MGM soundtrack LP is combined here with the LP More Music from
Ben Hur and arranged so the music appears in the order it would have in the film.
1. THE OVERTURE 17. FAREWELL TO ROME
2. PRELUDE 18. RETURN TO JUDEA
3. STAR OF BETHLEHEM 19. MEMORIES
4. THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI 20. THE MOTHER’S LOVE
5. ROMAN MARCH 21. BREAD AND CIRCUS MARCH
6. FRIENDSHIP 22. PARADE OF THE CHARIOTEERS
7. THE HOUSE OF HUR 23. DEATH OF MESSALA
8. LOVE THEME OF BEN - HUR 24. SERMON ON THE MOUNT
9. GRATUS’ ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM 25. VALLEY OF THE DEAD
10. MESSALA’S REVENGE 26. THE LEPERS’ SEARCH FOR
11. THE BURNING DESERT THE CHRIST
12. THE ROWING OF THE 27. THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY
GALLEY SLAVES 28. GOLGOTHA
13. NAVAL BATTLE 29. THE CHRIST THEME FROM
14. VICTORY PARADE BEN – HUR (ALLELUIA)
15. FERTILITY DANCE 30. THE MIRACLE AND FINALE
16. ARRIUS’ PARTY
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27What’s on Talking Pictures
This is just a small selection; our full listings are on our website www.talkingpicturestv
every Sunday to anyone who wants them – just let us know! Email Sarah: sarah@tal
Wednesday 19th August 10:05pm Saturday 22nd August 6:00pm
and Sunday 30th August 10pm & Friday 28th August 12:10pm
The Rat Race (1960) The Likely Lads (1976)
Drama. Director: Robert Mulligan. Drama. Director: Michael
Stars: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Tuchner. Stars: Rodney Bewes,
Jack Oakie, Don Rickles. A saxophonist James Bolam, Brigit Forsyth. Bob
tries to make it in New York. and Terry go caravanning.
Thursday 20th August 1:00pm Saturday 22nd August 7:50pm
and Monday 7th Sept 7:00pm Tuesday 25th August 7:00pm
NO HIDING PLACE NEW EPISODE The Angry Silence (1960)
A Pocketful of Bones (1963) Drama. Director: Guy Green.
Directors: Peter Croft, Richard Sidwell Stars: Richard Attenborough,
Stars: Eric Lander, Raymond Francis, Pier Angeli, Oliver Reed. A factory
Frank Henderson, Charles Morgan. worker refuses to strike.
Thursday 20th August 7:10pm and Sunday 23rd August 6:00pm &
Sunday 30th August 7:10pm Friday 28th August 6:10pm
The Bliss of Mrs Blossom (1968) Yangste Incident (1957)
Comedy. Director: Joseph McGrath. War. Director: Michael Anderson.
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Stars: Richard Todd, William
Shirley MacLaine, James Booth. Hartnell, Donald Houston. HMS
A bored housewife starts an affair with Amethyst is caught in the
one of her husband’s employees. Chinese Civil War.
Friday 21st August 1:10pm Monday 24th August 2:00pm
IWM: Now It Can Be Told (1946) Together (1980) Series 1
Feature reconstruction of the secret Episode1 Director: Matthew
wartime work of the Special Robinson Stars: Victor Maddern,
Operations Executive, played by Ernest Hare, Kathleen Byron.
actual agents Harry Ree and The Rutherford Court residents
Jacqueline Nearne. are getting to know each other.
Continues weekdays at 2pm
Friday 21st August 10:00pm &
Saturday 29th August 2:05am Wednesday 26th August
Lust for a Vampire (1971) 10:05pm & Sunday 6th Sept
Horror. Director: Jimmy Sangster. 12am The Big Operator (1959)
Stars: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Drama. Director: Charles F.
Barbara Jefford. No-one realises Haasn. Stars: Mickey Rooney,
Mircalla is a vampire when she arrives Steve Cochran. A union member
at finishing school. threatens to testify against a
union boss.
Saturday 22nd August 12:40pm Thursday 27th August
It’s All Over Town (1964) 12:15am
Musical. Director: Douglas Hickox. Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Stars: Frankie Vaughan, Lance Percival, Crime. Director: Robert Stevens.
Willie Rushton. A technician and his Stars: John Drew Barrymore,
friend try to see all the London shows. Steve McQueen. A Catholic
Saturday 22nd August 1:50pm and orphan discovers he is Jewish.
Thurs 27th August 2:30pm Saturday 29th August 6:15pm
The Punch & Judy Man (1963) & Thursday 3rd Sept 2:30pm
Drama. Director: Jeremy Beautiful Stranger (1954)
Summers. Stars: Tony Hancock, Sylvia Thriller. Director: David Miller.
Syms, Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray. Stars: Ginger Rogers, Herbert
A seaside Punch & Judy man is driven Lom, Stanley Baker. An actress
mad by his social-climbing wife. becomes involved with a
28 dangerous criminal.s TV Over the Coming Weeks? v.co.uk and in all good newspapers and TV magazines. We send email listings lkingpicturestv.co.uk Watch Talking Pictures on: FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Saturday 29th August 8:00pm and Saturday 5th Sept 1:55pm Sunday 6th September 10:00pm and Friday 11th Sept 2:45pm Ooh... You Are Awful! (1973) Suspected Person (1942) Director: Cliff Owen. Stars: Dick Emery, Drama. Director: Lawrence Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser, Cheryl Huntington. Stars: Clifford Kennedy, Pat Coombs, Liza Goddard. Evans, Patricia Roc, David Farrar, To recover a stolen fortune, Charlie has Robert Beatty. Bank robbers try to find a bank account number. to find their partner in London. Saturday 29th August 10:00pm and Saturday 5th Sept 6:00pm & Tuesday 1st September 10:00pm Wednesday 9th Sept 2:30pm Gunn (1967) Went the Day Well? (1942) Thriller. Director: Blake Edwards. War. Director: Cavalcanti. Stars: Craig Stevens, Laura Devon. Stars: Leslie Banks, Mervyn Peter Gunn is hired to prove Johns, Basil Sydney, Thora Hird. a gangster killed a crime boss. An English village is taken over Sunday 30th August 11:50am and by German soldiers. Monday 31st August 12:00pm Sunday 6th Sept 3:25pm & The Baby and the Battleship (1956) Thursday 10th Sept 2:30pm Comedy. Director: Jay Lewis. My Teenage Daughter (1956) Stars: John Mills, André Morell, Drama. Director: Herbert Richard Attenborough, Lionel Jeffries. Wilcox. Stars: Anna Neagle, A sailor smuggles a baby aboard ship. Sylvia Syms, Norman Wooland. Sunday 30th August 1:50pm & A mother tries to deal with her Wednesday 2nd September 2:30pm daughter’s delinquency. Take Me High (1973) Sunday 6th Sept 6:00pm & Musical Comedy. Director: David Askey. Saturday 12th Sept 3:55pm Stars: Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, The Yellow Balloon (1953) George Cole. A young financier gets a Drama. Director: J. Lee shock when he’s sent to Birmingham! Thompson. Stars: Andrew Ray, Monday 31st August 6:00pm Kenneth More, Kathleen Ryan. The Brack Report (1982) Series 1 A boy is blackmailed by a crook. Episode 1 Stars: Donald Sumpter, Tuesday 8th Sept 4:05pm Jenny Seagrove, Richard Hampton, Spring Meeting (1941) Patricia Garwood and Neil Nisbet. Directors: Walter C. Mycroft Scientist Paul Brack is working on a and Norman Lee. Stars: Enid project at one of Britain’s nuclear power Stamp-Taylor, Michael Wilding, stations which suddenly becomes the Nova Pilbeam. Man about town focus of a potential disaster. Tony is relying on his mother to Continues daily at 6pm. save them from destitution. Monday 31st August 7:00pm & Sunday 13th Sept 3:45pm Saturday 5th Sept 7:55pm Sunstruck (1973) NO HIDING PLACE NEW EPISODE: Comedy. Director: James Gilbert. Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong Stars: Harry Secombe, Maggie (1965) Stars: Raymond Francis, Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Derek Johnny Briggs. An ex prisoner is caught Nimmo. A teacher moves to up with safe-cracking villains. Australia and forms a school choir. NEW SERIES: ENEMY AT THE DOOR Stars: Alfred Burke, Simon Cadell, Bernard Horsfall, Richard Heffer, Simon Lack. Depicting the German occupation of Guernsey, during the Second World War, the series ran from 1978-1980. Alfred Burke led the German force, aided by Simon Cadell. John Nettles played a police detective and Anthony Head made his TV debut as the leader of the resistance, his mother Helen Shingler was also a main character. Airs: Sunday 6th September 9:00pm and continues every Sunday. 29
Subtitled films available on TPTV this month FREEVIEW 81 | SKY 328 | FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Full listings of films with subtitles 14:30 For the Love of Ada Thu 03 September available on our website. 18:30 Smokescreen (1964) 06:00 Second Fiddle Sat 15 August 23:00 Come Back, Little Sheba 07:30 Peg Of Old Drury 09:30 Stagecoach West Tue 25 August 09:30 Where There’s A Will 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 06:00 Three Steps to the Gallows 11:05 Ambush In Leopard Street 12:35 Laxdale Hall 07:40 False Colours 16:25 Anne of the Indies 18:00 I’m All Right Jack 09:30 The Man Between 02:10 Talking Pictures TV Remembering Sam Kydd 20:05 The Molly Maguires Wed 26 August Fri 04 September 04:25 Captain’s Table (1936) 06:00 Third Alibi 12:00 The Young Mr. Pitt Sun 16 August 11:25 Frozen Alive 14:30 Battle of the V1 09:30 Stagecoach West 14:50 Another Time, Another Place 16:30 Bombay Waterfront 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 01:30 Royal Flash 19:10 The Flying Deuces 13:00 Action Stations Thu 27 August 01:45 Death Goes To School 04:05 Murder At 3am 06:00 Greed of William Hart Sat 05 September Mon 17 August 12:00 Private’s Progress 06:00 Old Mother Riley’s Jungle Treasure 06:00 Port of New York 22:00 Desire Under The Elms 09:30 Stagecoach West 09:30 A Touch Of The Sun Fri 28 August 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 12:50 The Duke Wore Jeans 06:40 Casbah 19:55 No Hiding Place - 03:20 Strange Harvest (1953) 08:45 Cover Girl Killer Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong Tue 18 August 16:50 Witness In The Dark 00:55 During One Night 06:00 Perfect Woman 22:00 The Fan 04:35 Girdle of Gold 07:40 Mystery of Wentworth... 02:50 Up With the Lark Sun 06 September 09:30 Desert Mice Sat 29 August 06:00 Old Mother Riley In Paris 15:35 Kipps 09:30 Stagecoach West 09:30 Stagecoach West 19:20 The Pot Carriers 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 00:15 Hurry Sundown 13:30 Bless This House 11:15 The March Hare Wed 19 August 15:15 King Creole 13:25 Hello Down There 06:00 Old Mother Riley M.P. 00:00 Houdini 19:45 Emergency 07:30 Crooked Sky 02:05 Lust For a Vampire 21:00 Enemy At The Door 09:30 You Will Remember 04:05 Kill Me Tomorrow 03:40 Lost Hours 15:05 Go to Blazes Sun 30 August 05:10 IWM: Break-in (1956) 22:05 The Rat Race 06:00 Son of Monte Christo Mon 07 September 00:15 The Cat and the Canary 09:30 Stagecoach West 06:05 Port of Escape Thu 20 August 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 07:40 Stock Car 06:00 Thunder In The City 15:40 For the Love of Ada 09:30 Daybreak 07:55 Crossroads to Crime 18:00 Movie Struck (AKA: Pick A Star) 16:05 The Devil and Miss Jones 09:30 Home and Away 22:00 The Rat Race 19:00 No Hiding Place - A Pocketful of Bones 13:00 No Hiding Place - A Pocketful of Bones 02:10 The Best of Everything Tue 08 September 17:10 Another Time, Another Place 04:30 Undercover Agent 06:00 Murder on Campus 21:00 The Looking Glass War Mon 31 August 07:15 Folly To Be Wise Fri 21 August 06:00 Shipmates O’ Mine 11:55 The Lady With A Lamp 06:00 Tiger By The Tail 07:40 Gaolbreak 19:10 Sundown 11:10 Viva Max 14:30 Passport To Pimlico 02:05 Big Ben Calling 18:40 Brighton Rock 19:00 No Hiding Place - Wed 09 September 22:00 Lust For a Vampire Whoever’s Right, Sweeney’s Wrong 06:00 Sing As You Swing 00:00 Expresso Bongo 23:00 Gumshoe 12:00 The Day The Earth Caught Fire Sat 22 August 00:40 Come Back to the Five & Dime, 19:10 Twice ‘Round the Daffodils 09:30 Stagecoach West Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Thu 10 September 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans Tue 01 September 06:00 Inquest 00:00 The Nanny 07:40 Cloak Without Dagger 07:15 Konga Sun 23 August 11:40 The Stranger 16:35 River Beat 09:30 Stagecoach West 16:30 Pit of Darkness Fri 11 September 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 01:35 And The Same To You 08:15 The Gentleman Bandit 11:00 Tom Brown’s Schooldays Wed 02 September Sat 12 September 15:20 Hobson’s Choice 07:45 Echo Of Diana 09:30 Stagecoach West 22:00 Downhill Racer 11:10 Radio Cab Murder 10:30 Hawkeye & the Last of the Mohicans 02:40 Girl In the Picture 12:40 The House In Marsh Road 11:00 Crow Hollow Mon 24 August 19:00 Ghost of Greville Lodge 21:45 I’m All Right Jack 06:00 Frail Women 23:55 See No Evil 23:50 The Upturned Glass 09:45 Charley Moon 01:40 The Last Journey (1935) 01:35 Jackpot (1960)
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