Talking Pictures TV Friday

The gentleman thief goes on the trail of a string of pearls stolen from a beautiful heiress. Comedy adventure, starring Warren William, Joan Perry, Eric Blore and Alan Baxter

Archive footage of a 1960s pool room

An enterprising author attempts to boost sales of his new book about Loch Ness by engineering sightings of the legendary monster. Comedy, starring Adam Faith and Sid James

The workers at a shipyard on the River Clyde prepare for the challenges of the future at the beginning of the Second World War. Drama, starring Clive Brook and Morland Graham

An artist is hired to paint an actress who was killed in the same accident as his brother - only to realise she is not dead. Mystery, starring Terry Moore and Robert Beatty

Following the Napoleonic wars, the Prince Regent attempts to marry off his unruly daughter to a number of acceptable nobles. Drama, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont

A Belgian airman serving with the RAF returns to his homeland to retrieve a buried flag holding sentimental value. Fact-based Second World War adventure, starring Clive Brook

An investigation into the rumour of a plot to overthrow Hungary's communist dictatorship entangles a US newspaperman in a web of intrigue. Thriller, starring George Sanders

An innocent man is pursued by ruthless spies as he races against time to avert the outbreak of the First World War. Thriller, starring Robert Powell, Karen Dotrice and John Mills

Making cars and road safer

Michael Aspel examines the mysterious lights of Longdendale Valley in the Peak District, and looks at the phenomenon of perceptive pets

Caroline introduces another episode of Doomwatch

Quist must determine whether Britain's first astronaut is fit for duty after a mistake in orbit leads to a nuclear-powered rocket crashing to Earth

Caroline introduces the 1976 adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

A deformed bellringer becomes infatuated with a gypsy, and strives to protect her when she is accused of witchcraft. Gothic drama, starring Warren Clarke and Kenneth Haigh

A taster of next week's features

A woman recently released from prison takes revenge on her ex-husband. Satirical drama, starring Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins and Jeff Goldblum

An alien mutant abducts females from Earth as a means of repopulating his devastated planet. Sci-fi thriller, starring John Saxon and Maurice Denham

A budding entrepreneur and her assistant hatch a plan to make it rich by heading out West to sell barbed wire to cowboys. Comedy Western, starring Ginger Rogers and Barry Nelson

A nostalgic look back at British soul band Hot Chocolate, featuring a 1974 performance of their hit Emma

A disillusioned journalist flees the rat race and takes a job as a lighthouse keeper. Drama, starring Michael Redgrave and Barbara Mullen