TalkingPictures This week, enjoy a reel on leaving school and finding a job in 1950s Yorkshire! Jean Muir is here to persuade you to part with your shillings, Tufty has some sound advice and visit 1950s Slough! [S] 2026-10-19 V For Victory. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall & Emily Richard. After cut-out blue paper V for Victory signs appear in library books, somebody takes to painting V signs on walls. [S] 2026-10-19 1962. A look at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. Also, with a look at a more detailed examination of the Berlin Wall. 2026-10-19 1958. Comedy. Director: Henry Levin. Stars Tom Ewell & Mickey Rooney. Two crooks rob a bank to buy a racehorse but realise they have to continue robbing banks to support it. [S] 2026-10-19 Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble. 1980. Stars Peter Vaughan, Ray Winstone & Eve Bland. A grief-stricken Kenny leaves London and meets with the seemingly helpful Rita. Meanwhile, his brothers try to find him. [S] 2026-10-19 1975. Crime Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey & Bernard Fresson. Narcotics detective Doyle travels to France to hunt the ringleader who eluded him in New York. [S] 2026-10-19 A TOTP style TV Show for Heritage Artists based on the Heritage Chart which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview. 2026-10-19 1965. Crime. Directed by Arthur Penn. Stars Warren Beatty, Alexandra Stewart & Hurd Hatfield. A stand-up comic incurs the wrath of the Mafia and escapes to Chicago but yearns to go back on stage. [S] 2026-10-19 1943. Directed by Herbert Mason. Sisters Gert and Daisy find out an old dress of Granny's that they have sold had £2,000 sewn into the hem. Can they get it back? Stars Elsie & Doris Waters. [S] 2026-10-19 Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed throughout October. [S] 2026-10-19 A Year and a Day. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Shaun O'Riordan & Peter Bennett. Robin helps a surgeon who is a runaway serf. He is one day short of a year and a day, but will he reach freedom? [S] 2026-10-19 A Little Art. 1961. Stars George Murcell, David Graham & Graydon Gould. Mike and Dr. Beaker try to find a forger's plates, used to create counterfeit money, before an art dealer and a criminal. [S] 2026-10-19 Double Pay Off. 1955. Stars Ron Randell, Howard Pays & Robert Raikes. Eric plans a clever robbery but it is soon revealed he has fallen victim to a gang. Will there be a double pay off of fate? [S] 2026-10-19 1962. War. Director: Max Varnel. Stars Eric Flynn, Petra Davies, Francis De Wolff. When the Nazis take over a small village during WWII, a local girl inadvertently falls in love with an officer. [S] 2026-10-19 1942. Drama. Director: Lawrence Huntington. Stars Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc, David Farrar, Robert Beatty, William Hartnell. Two bank robbers try to find their partner, who fled to London. [S] 2026-10-19 1948. Comedy. Director: John Irwin. Stars Cyril Fletcher, Betty Astell, Laurence Naismith. A magical guest, who can conjure anything one can wish for, causes trouble for a writer and his wife. [S] 2026-10-19 Thanks But.. No Thanks. 1975. Stars Douglas Fielding & Margaret Courtenay. Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear? [S] 2026-10-19 1946. Drama. Director: Roy William. Stars Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison & Edmond Breon. Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson hunt for the elusive plates before counterfeiters acquire them. [S] 2026-10-19 The Raiders. 1963. Stars Dermot Walsh, Robin Hunter, Neil Hallett. Richard and Gilbert find a dead body which leads them to the castle of a murderous knight responsible for several killings. [S] 2026-10-19 1943. War. Directed by Jeffery Dell. Stars Jane Baxter, Clifford Evans, Philip Friend. Based on a true story. A Belgian Pilot's daring attempt to retrieve the Colours from Nazi-occupied Belgium. [S] 2026-10-19 Take a trip to the 60s as Colette Magny performs the song Basin St Blues. 2026-10-19 1951. Crime Drama. Missing for two years, Martin (Michael Gough) returns home to his wife who is now with another man. Starring Elizabeth Sellars & Michael Gough. [S] 2026-10-19 1951. Sci-fi. Directed by Robert Wise. Stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal & Hugh Marlowe. An alien emissary arrives on Earth to deliver a warning which could determine the worlds survival. [S] 2026-10-19 1963. Position of Trust. Stars Derrick Sherwin & Imogen Hassall. Based on a real case, a wealthy young man, about to be married, arranges for an illicit liaison with a French girl. [S] (S1, E04) 2026-10-20 Our first stop is Liverpool in the late 50s... who remembers the public wash houses? We learn how to make a meal of cheese - 70s style and there are some great public announcements from the 50s. [S] 2026-10-20 Maigret in Finland. 1996. Stars Bruno Cremer & Robin Renucci. When a French professor is accused of murder and refuses to talk, Maigret must travel to Finland to investigate the case. [S] 2026-10-20 1975. Crime Drama. Director: John Frankenheimer. Stars Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey & Bernard Fresson. Narcotics detective Doyle travels to France to hunt the ringleader who eluded him in New York. [S] 2026-10-20 Murders in Batz - Les Blessures de l¿île. 2014. Director: Edwin Baily. Stars Stéphane Freiss & Flore Bonaventura. An inspector investigates the island's first murder in a century as storm hits. [S] 2026-10-20 The Lion and the Mouse. 1959. Stars James Gregory, Richard Bakalyan & Katherine Squire. After surviving a beating by crime boss Johnny Lucky, Eddie starts his own shakedown racket using Lucky's name. 2026-10-20 1945. Famous northern comedian Frank Randle stars in this comedy where his sweetheart's parents disapprove of him. [S] 2026-10-20 Oscar nominated short about a space mission during the mid-seventies, with intriguing images of Skylab, the brave astronauts and the Earth, later followed by footage from Apollo 17. 2026-10-20 Instant Freeze. 1966. Stars Adam West, Shelby Grant & George Sanders. Mr. Freeze causes havoc with his Flame-Freeze gun, and Batman and Robin rush to the rescue, only to be turned into popsicles. [S] 2026-10-20 Rats Like Cheese. 1966. Stars Adam West, George Sanders & Robert Hogan. Batman and Robin are thawed out, but Freeze has kidnapped Gotham City's star ballplayer just before the big game. [S] 2026-10-20 The Case of the Vanished Detective. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Sherlock Holmes disappears, urging Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade to find him. [S] 2026-10-20 1956. Comedy. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Stars Richard Hearne & William Hartnell. Mr Pastry names the apartment boilers he maintains 'Mavis and Ethel'. Trouble begins when he faces the sack. [S] 2026-10-20 1962. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Reynolds. When a scam goes wrong and someone gets murdered, a student gets accused of the homicide. [S] 2026-10-20 1946. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington. Stars Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr & Roland Culver. The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession... [S] 2026-10-20 1959. Drama. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn & Mary Clare. Roger forges a new life for himself after his release from prison. But his past catches up with him. [S] 2026-10-20 The Black Brothers. 1959. Stars Conrad Phillips, Roger Delgado & Warren Mitchell. Three Italian bandits steal arms intended for the Swiss resistance and then attempt to sell them to William Tell. [S] 2026-10-20 1958. Produced and directed by Harold Baim. A magnificent short film touring the beauty spots, historical buildings and resorts within the county of Devon, also known as the English Riviera. 2026-10-20 2022. Director: Adrien Denouette, Thibaut Seve. Dive into the brain of a complex, brilliant and endearing personality, far from the cliche of a world famous movie icon. 2026-10-20 1950. Drama. Directed by Henry Cass. Stars Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell & Kay Walsh. A salesman who learns he has months to live cashes in his savings to live in a fancy hotel. [S] 2026-10-20 1963. Comedy. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice & Samantha Eggar. Dr. Simon Sparrow's love life improves when the lovely Delia Mallory is brought into casualty. [S] 2026-10-20