Talking Pictures Schedule, Today (United Kingdom)

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.

1974. Horror. Director Roy Ward Baker. Stars Peter Cushing, David Chiang & Julie Ege. Van Helsing helps a family reclaim their village from powerful vampires. [S]

1973. Sci-Fi Horror. Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri. A cosmic force is turning earth girls into queen bees who 'love' their men to death.

1957. Drama. Muscles Tanner (Joe Robinson), a boxer, gives up the ring after two fatalities and emigrates to Canada and gets involved with two crooked lumbermen.

1967. A fascinating look at the ancient art of coopering (barrel making) and all the different uses that they are put to.

Fort Wyatt Crossing. Western with Wayne Rogers & Robert Bray, who run a stagecoach line in the Old West where they come across a wide variety of killers, robbers and ladies in distress. [S]

1952. Crime. Directed by David MacDonald. Stars Frances Day, Patricia Dainton & John Bentley. The star of a musical walks out before curtain up, but the show must go on, in a 'Haunted Theatre'. [S]

Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not be missed throughout July. [S]

1956. Drama. Directed by Fielder Cook. Stars Van Heflin, Everett Sloane & Ed Begley. Fred Staples finds his ambitions and ethics at odds after being employed by a renowned New York corporation. [S]

A commemoration of one of our finest actors, Peter Cushing. This documentary mixes extracts from a rare radio interview from 1986 with new contributions from some of those who knew him best. [S]

Liberation. 1964. Narrator: Pierre Chaminade. It's 1944. A man speaks of life under the Nazis. The reformed French Army lands in Normandy, the Americans head for Paris and voices speak of victory. [S]

The Special One. 1964. Stars MacDonald Carey, Richard Ney & Flip Mark. The parents of a gifted child accept private tutoring from a strange man, unaware of his real identity and malevolent plans. [S]

1954. Drama. Directed by: Lance Comfort Stars: Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell & Maurice Denham. A taxi-driver is accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl on a derelict bomb-site. [S]

1954. Thriller. Director: Joe Mendoza. Stars Peter Illing. A ski champion uncle tries to kill his nephew in order to gain his inheritance in this British crime mystery short film.

The Scorpion. 1964. Stars Roger Moore, Katherine Woodville & Dudley Sutton. Simon searches for a mysterious villain, only known as The Scorpion, who is blackmailing a government official. [S]

1953. Crime. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Stars Dan Duryea, Elsie Albiin & Eric Pohlmann. A US pilot AWOL from the states is framed for his wife's murder and has 36 hours to prove his innocence. [S]

1966. Following the life of the eel and also how there is great business involved to satisfy customers.

The Widower. 1970. Stars Wilfred Pickles, Irene Handl & Jack Smethurst. Ada brings Walter home for the first time, for a fish and chip supper. (S1, E01) [S]

Pigeon Decoy/Fishing with a Dog Nobbler. 1980. Jack Hargreaves demonstrates the use of a mechanical pigeon decoy before going trout fishing with an artificial minnow called a 'dog nobbler'. [S]

We celebrate Father's with a Cabana chocolate bar! We have a reel of picnic frolics in the 50s, footage of selling old bangers in the 50s and look at scenes of aircraft in Bristol in the 50s/60s. [S]

Treason. 1978. Stars: Alfred Burke, Bernard Horsfall, Joss Ackland & Emily Richard. General Von Wittke comes to Guernsey, ostensibly to write a report on the Occupation. [S]

2002. Drama/Comedy. Directed by Sarah Harding. Stars Fay Ripley, Helen McCrory & Ron Cook. In post-war London, a chance meeting between two old friends sets off a murderous chain of events. [S]

1967. Crime. Directed by Richard Brooks. Stars Robert Blake, Scott Wilson & John Forsythe. The true story of two ex-convicts who murdered a family, from the killings to their own executions. [S]