Talking Pictures TV Friday
BT TV
82
Freesat
306
Freeview
82
Sky
328
TalkTalk
82
Virgin
445
YouView
82
6:00 AM
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Second World War comedy, starring Brian Rix
A secret agent is sent on a dangerous mission, but the presence of an airman who is his exact double causes confusion. Second World War comedy, starring Brian Rix and Cecil Parker

7:45 AM
There Was a Young Lady
Comedy, starring Michael Denison
A secretary is kidnapped by a gang of crooks and convinces them she is on their side, while secretly plotting to bring them to justice. Comedy, with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray

9:25 AM
A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens adaptation set during the French Revolution, with Dirk Bogarde
A drunken English lawyer discovers a man he envies is a French aristocrat trying to escape the Revolution. Charles Dickens period drama, starring Dirk Bogarde and Dorothy Tutin

11:45 AM
Pearl of the South Pacific
Adventure, starring Virginia Mayo
Treasure hunters come up against hostile natives while searching for black pearls on a South Sea island. Action adventure, starring Virginia Mayo and Dennis Morgan

1:30 PM
Train of Events
Comedy drama anthology, starring Jack Warner
Four self-contained stories linked by a train crash at the film's opening. Comedy drama anthology, starring Jack Warner, Peter Finch and Susan Shaw

3:15 PM
A Good Read: Sherlock Holmes
A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle
A run of readings of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories begins with A Scandal in Bohemia, in which Holmes must retrieve an incriminating photo

4:15 PM
The History of Mr Polly
Period comedy, starring John Mills
A Victorian shopkeeper finds himself stuck in a dreary marriage, and plans to make a fresh start. Period comedy based on HG Wells' novel, with John Mills and Betty Ann Davies

6:15 PM
Look at Life
The music of bells, from small hand bells to the great bell of Westminster
The music of bells, from small hand bells to the great bell of Westminster

6:25 PM
Doctor in Love
Medical comedy, starring Leslie Phillips and Michael Craig
Two doctors enjoy a series of amorous adventures as they cause trouble at an anti-cold unit and a respectable doctor's surgery. Comedy, starring Leslie Phillips and Michael Craig

8:25 PM
Strange But True
Psychic children and lucid dreaming
Michael Aspel takes a look at the people whose lives have been changed by lucid dreaming, and the story of a former teacher's interest in psychic children

9:00 PM
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch
Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch

9:05 PM
Doomwatch
The population of an isolated island is evacuated to Britain
The population of an isolated island is evacuated to Britain, but they struggle to adapt to their new home, and appear to have limited resistance to modern illnesses

10:05 PM
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Caroline introduces the 1982 supernatural horror One Dark Night
Caroline introduces the 1982 supernatural horror One Dark Night

10:10 PM
One Dark Night
Horror, starring Meg Tilly
A teenager agrees to spend a night in a funeral home as part of an initiation, but as night falls, something terrible stirs. Horror, starring Meg Tilly and Robin Evans

11:55 PM
Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
Caroline takes a peek at next week's features
Caroline takes a peek at next week's features

12:00 AM
King Kong Lives
Fantasy adventure sequel, with Linda Hamilton
The giant ape emerges from a coma 10 years after his New York rampage, and detects the presence of a female of his species. Fantasy adventure sequel, with Linda Hamilton

2:05 AM
Run for the Sun
Jungle adventure, starring Richard Widmark
Renegade Nazis pursue a stranded author and a female journalist through the Mexican jungle. Adventure, starring Richard Widmark and Jane Greer

4:00 AM
The Restless Breed
Western, starring Scott Brady
A former secret service agent's son journeys to the frontier, hellbent on avenging his father's murder. Western, starring Scott Brady and Anne Bancroft

5:40 AM
Eddie Carroll & His Orchestra
The bandleader's ensemble perform with singer Gwen Jones
The bandleader's ensemble perform with singer Gwen Jones

6:00 AM
Beau Geste
The fort faces both a mutiny and repeated Tuareg attacks
The fort faces both a mutiny and repeated Tuareg attacks. A death in the ranks leads to the discovery of the hidden jewel

6:35 AM
Mutiny
Nautical adventure, starring Mark Stevens
A ship's captain finds himself at the mercy of mutineers plotting to steal a hoard of gold. Nautical adventure, with Mark Stevens and Angela Lansbury
