Talking Pictures TV Today

The rose, which has been England's national emblem for more than 400 years

The head of an eccentric early 20th-century family contends with his sons growing up and realises how much he depends on his wife. Comedy, with Irene Dunne and William Powell

After discussing flowering trees, Jack Hargreaves and Michael Hordern travel to Islay for an angling competition

A composer's death is regarded as a suicide, but a journalist on holiday in the same town is determined to prove he was murdered. Crime drama, starring Alex Nicol and Anne Paige

A London-based police officer decides to become a dog-handler when his partner is killed during a chase. Thriller, starring Joan Rice and Tim Turner

George's daughter Mary marries Detective Sergeant Andy Crawford, but the big day is not a break from police work when one of the guests' wallet is stolen

A detective asks a crime writer to help him solve the murder of a blackmailer, unaware that the author is the killer. Thriller, starring Hugh Sinclair and Dinah Sheridan

The history of the prolific British film and television production company founded by the Danziger brothers, and the studios they established to create features and series

Arthur Conan Doyle's Christmas short story The Blue Carbuncle, in which Sherlock Holmes is on the trail of a priceless gem and a very special goose. Read by Mike Read

An entomologist is sent undercover behind the Iron Curtain to foil a biological warfare plot. Comedy thriller, with Margaret Lockwood and Dane Clark

Educational film about Cornwall

Six train robbers lie low in a deserted monastery and carry on with their criminal activities while pretending to be monks. Comedy, starring Ronald Fraser and Barbara Windsor

The work of the Earl Marshal of England and the College of Arms, who are behind every full state ceremonial

Michael Aspel talks to a man who claims to have seen Bigfoot, and investigates the potential dangers of Ouija boards

Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch

A deadly epidemic sweeps through Britain's schools, and the only treatment has side-effects that may be even worse

Caroline introduces Spanish horror The Vampires' Night Orgy

A group of builders is stranded in a remote village, which they discover is populated by ravenous vampires. Horror, starring Jack Taylor and Dyanik Zurakowska. In Spanish

Caroline takes a look at what's coming up next week

Space explorers are menaced by a mad scientist with an army of deadly robots. Sci-fi adventure, starring Maximilian Schell and Anthony Perkins

A Post Office messenger boy makes a bid for pop stardom. Comedy, starring David Hemmings, Jennifer Moss and John Pike

John Thaw stars as a failed businessman who travels to Rhodes to live in a friend's villa, where he is embroiled in the mystery of a missing woman.

How music was created for silent films

Digby keeps a childhood promise to Michael, while John returns home to England bearing the truth about the Blue Water

Ricky and Sandy try to prevent a gullible general store owner from being fleeced by a couple of comen trying to sell a salted mine