Talking Pictures TV Friday

Work on a railway across a British colony in Africa is disrupted by a series of crises, not least attacks by man-eating lions. Period adventure, with John Bentley and Zena Marshall

A mill worker has an affair with the son of her employer, but courts scandal by refusing to marry him when the relationship is exposed. Drama, starring Lisa Daniely and Brian Worth

A private eye is hired to protect a boxer, who ends up dead in a hit and run incident. The detective believes this was a deliberate murder, and sets out to prove it

An RAF officer and a working class woman's romance meets with disapproval. Second World War comedy drama, starring Jack Warner and Marjorie Rhodes

A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an amateur footballer during a charity match. Thriller, starring Leslie Banks and Greta Gynt

Conclusion. Mrs de Winter revives the fancy-dress ball, but incurs her husband's wrath when she copies his first wife's dress. The wreck of Rebecca's boat is found

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not to be missed throughout May

Blue plaques dedicated to Richard I, King John, Marilyn Monroe, Lord Byron and William Hayley

A working-class family moves to suburbia after the First World War, but struggles to adapt to rising up the social ladder. David Lean's drama, with Robert Newton and Celia Johnson

Comic short film, starring Peter Sellers

Two kids and their nanny discover a network of underground caverns in Hawaii that leads them to a mysterious lost city. Fantasy adventure, with Nicola Cowper and Paul Carafotes

A light aeroplane crash may not have been an accident

Michael Aspel explores the story of a disturbance in a Venetian palace

Caroline introduces another episode of Doomwatch

Fay investigates living conditions in a new tower block as part of an environmental report, and discovers the residents are experiencing a new form of psychological stress

Caroline introduces Woman Who Came Back

A woman who survives a bus crash comes to believe she is possessed by the spirit of a 300-year-old witch. Horror, starring Nancy Kelly and John Loder

A look at next week's features

Disfigured genius Dr Phibes returns from the grave to search for an elixir of life. Horror sequel, starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Beryl Reid

A conman disguises himself as a preacher to get closer to an evangelist, and they set off across the American Midwest. Oscar-winning drama, with Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons

Several strangers, many concealing dark secrets, meet at a castle believed to be haunted by the ghost of the ancestral lord. Horror, starring Mara Russell-Tavernan and Robert Essex

A recollection of events in 1940, narrated by Michael Redgrave. France signs an Armistice at Compiegne and in Britain, the factories are humming to replace equipment

Rock and roll singer Vince Taylor performs Shakin' All Over

A rebellious seafarer brings together a gang of renegades to prevent the British from overthrowing their king. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Steve Reeves and Jacqueline Sassard