Talking Pictures Schedule, Sun, 26 May 2024 (United Kingdom)

1978. Drama. Directed by Raphael D. Silver. Stars John Heard, Richard Bright & Mike Kellin. In prison, a bookish con artist struggles to adjust to the intricate social order of the prison system. [S]

1953. Adventure. Director: John Huston. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida & Jennifer Jones. A group of rogues headed to Africa, in hopes of claiming valuable land, get stranded in Italy. [S]

1980. Sci-Fi. A beautiful psychic is dispatched to investigate a space shuttle when its crew mysteriously disappears. Starring Adam West and Camille Mitchell. [S]

The Great Gambling Raid. 1961. Stars James Whitmore, Janet De Gore & Conlan Carter. A seemingly overzealous cop busts a 'gambling den' which turns out to be just a few old friends playing for pennies.

1942. Drama. Director: Lance Comfort. Stars Clifford Evans, Deborah Kerr & Dennis Arundell. Mr. Penn's deeds are told in this portrait of the founder of both the Quakers and the Pennsylvania Colony.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Laurence Harvey is 'Mag Maguire' a fairground boxer and Maxwell Reed, 'Eddie Racer' a motorbike daredevil rider. The mutual love interest is the lovely Susan Shaw. [S]

1952. Drama. Director: Robert Florey. Stars Charles Boyer, Marcia Henderson & Hillary Brooke. An actor decides to help a struggling woman but gets caught in a mystery when she disappears the next day.

The Haunted U-Boat. 1959. Stars John Newland, Werner Klemperer & Eric Feldary. During World War II, a German U-boat is apparently haunted by a loud banging which only occurs when it is submerged. [S]

1954. War. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Stars Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde & Bonar Colleano. In 1944, passengers of a downed aircraft discuss their lives while awaiting rescue from the North Sea. [S]

1957. Western. Director: Samuel Fuller. Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan & Dean Jagger. An ex-gunslinger and his brothers find themselves up against a gang led by a beautiful wealthy woman. [S]

The Bride of Robin Hood. 1957. Stars Richard Greene, Billie Whitelaw & Ronald Allen. A runaway bride to be proves herself a valiant archer by saving Robin's life and in return wishes to marry him. [S]

1959. Thriller. Directed by Ralph Thomas. Stars Kenneth More, Taina Elg & Brenda de Banzie. A diplomat is inadvertently involved in the death of a spy, fleeing to Scotland to search for clues. [S]

1960.

Mike and Noel are joined by special guest Hartley Hare, they take a look at 'Make Do and Mend', there's a brilliant lost reel of haulage firms in the 50s and Dame Maureen Lipman has been in touch. [S]

1967. An incredible look at Britain's promising railway preservation scene, featuring a trip with the locomotive Flying Scotsman on one of its last main line runs.

1991. Family. Director: Nils Gaup. Stars Stian Smestad, Louisa Haigh & Gabriel Byrne. A Norwegian boy in 1850's England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are pirates. [S]

1966. Comedy. Directed by Francis A Searle. Stars Barbara Mullen and Eric Woodburn. A spinster has been proclaimed dead - but is very much alive... [S]

The Marine Merchants. 1976. A film capturing the fishing industry, featuring Hull and North Sea fishing and a visit to the aquarium at Aberdeen.

Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs Muriel McKay. 1992. Stars Anne Reid & Ed Devereaux. The intriguing true crime story about two brothers and their plan to kidnap Rupert Murdoch's wife. [S]

1963. Musical. Directed by Michael Carreras. Stars Joe Brown, Susan Maughan, Harry H Corbett and Marty Wilde. An East End lad, Alf Hitchens, dreams of hitting the big time in the music business.

1955. Crime. Directed by Ken Hughes. Stars Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue & Joseph Tomelty. A body is recovered from the Thames and reporter, Delaney, identifies the man as being a nuclear physicist.