2024-06-14
Rich Man, Poor Man. Stars Barry Foster, Michael Latimer & Susan Travers. An explosion almost kills a worker at a factory, and a poor immigrant barber is beaten to death in a luxury apartment. [S]
1985. Drama. Directed by John Schlesinger. Stars Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn & Joyce Van Patten. The true story of two childhood friends who decide to sell government secrets to the Soviet Union. [S]
1950. Drama. Directed by Norman Foster. Stars Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe & Robert Keith. An eyewitness to a murder is pursued by his wife, the police and the killer around San Francisco. [S]
1969. War. Directed by Michael Winner. Stars Oliver Reed, John Alderton & Wolfgang Preiss. A POW working at a zoo gets the chance to escape and takes the elephant he's been caring for with him. [S]
Love and War. 2010. D-Day transformed large parts of Britain into an armed camp. Troops came from all over the world. Relationships with the local residents grew and some of them lasted... [S]
Through the Eyes of a Child. 2010. Facing the bombing by the Luftwaffe, children in their thousands were evacuated. Sometimes whole schools moved to safer areas. This is the story of one of them. [S]
It's a 1960s twisting compilation see 'The Hollies' Shane Fenton & The Fentones, The Orchids, The Keytones, a lot of 'That Old Yeah, Yeah Feeling' and much more.
1962. Comedy. Directed by Robert Asher. Stars Bob Monkhouse, Alfred Marks & Hattie Jacques. Two brother's scheme to gain the family fortune after their grandmother bestows it to their cousin. [S]
1963. An entertaining performance of the song Come a Little Closer by Lance Percival and Julie Rayne in this classic cinebox scopiatone film.
1955. Mystery. Director: Montgomery Tully. Stars John Ireland, Honor Blackman & Geoffrey Keen. A struggling showman gets involved in the hunt for a murderer after two circus performers are killed. [S]
1956. Crime Drama. Directed by Robert S. Baker. Stars Rod Cameron and Lois Maxwell. Clifford, an American private eye, stationed in London for the sake of a murdered friend, takes over a case. [S]
1965. Sci-Fi. Director: John Gilling. Stars John Saxon, Maurice Denham and Patricia Haines. Aliens need to find mates from another world or they'll become extinct, they start with earth females. [S]
Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not be missed throughout June. [S]
The Beatniques. 1959. Stars Dan Dailey, Delphi Lawrence & Cec Linder. In Cannes, Collier helps a famous actress who is being blackmailed after incriminating love letters were stolen from her. [S]
Melvyn Hayes has delved into the archive and found another rare gem from the glamorous 1930s - the 1935 British romance Mimi, a splendid feature which will transport us back to 19th century Paris. [S]
1935. Romance. Directed by Paul L. Stein. Stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gertrude Lawrence & Diana Napier. The story of a struggling playwright in Paris who is inspired by a consumptive young woman. [S]
The wonderful, lush, tear-jerking romance that is Mimi has come to an end, but Melvyn Hayes has another brilliant film in store for next week, starring two giants of both cinema and television. [S]
1940. Mystery. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders. A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife. [S]
... Work. 1964. Let's take to the air in planes and helicopters with a look at the increasing number in Britain's airspace; including a glimpse of the businessmen, jockeys, and models taking off!
Worzel in Revolt. 1981. Stars Jon Pertwee, Una Stubbs & Geoffrey Bayldon. Worzel, still dominated by Aunt Sally, is given the chance to get his own back by the Crowman with the 'disobedient' head. [S]
Robert to the Rescue. 1963. Stars David Graham, Sylvia Anderson & John Bluthal. Steve and Venus take Professor Matic to a new planet the professor spotted with his new telescope.
1943. War Drama. Directed by Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder. Stars Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford & Eric Portman. Celia marries a gunner before he is deployed into wartime battle. [S]