Talking Pictures TV Friday

Documentary about the unlikely friendship between a British Spitfire ace and one of the Luftwaffe's star pilots. With interviews with German pilots who flew over England in 1940

Shows and films not to be missed throughout September

A limerick warning of the dangers of having a fire in the bedroom

Former sailors who served together on the same vessel are reunited at a party to celebrate the ship being re-launched. Musical, starring John Garrick and Jean Adrienne

Jack Hargreaves visits his circus family friends where a travelling artist is at work, and then he goes sea fishing off the coast of Poole

A daring pilot rescues a stewardess from East Germany. Cold War drama, starring Richard Greene and Eva Bartok

A British nobleman returns to England from running a mission on a tropical island, to find the nation's princess has stowed away. Comedy, starring Edward Rigby and Mercy Haystead

PC Dixon and the team investigate a hit and run case and attempt to find criminals selling illegal cigarettes

An Indian princess moves to London and tries to persuade a friend to write a biography of her father. Drama, starring Madhur Jaffrey and James Mason

The Stockbroker's Clerk by Arthur Conan Doyle. A young clerk consults Sherlock Holmes with his suspicions concerning a company that has offered him a very well paid job

A French governess looks after four children whose mother has died, only to find herself falling for their father. Romantic period drama, with Ingrid Bergman and Warner Baxter

A stubborn couple plan to defend a treasured lamp from those who want to remove it from its rightful place. Comedy, starring Francis Matthews and Ian Fleming

A fascinating reel featuring a trip to the CWS Biscuit Factory in Harlow, with a detailed look at the production of their popular biscuits from start to finish

A reporter helps Norwegian freedom fighters sabotage a German U-boat base, only to fall into enemy hands. Second World War adventure, starring Hugh Williams and Deborah Kerr

Shane Fenton and the Fentones perform That Old Yeah Yeah Feeling

Michael Aspel meets a family from Galway, Ireland, who are too frightened to live in their home because it's haunted by a poltergeist

Caroline introduces this week's episode of Doomwatch

The team investigates the case of a boy expelled from his school, who may suffer from a rare genetic anomaly that leaves him predisposed towards violence

Caroline introduces 1978 sci-fi horror The Alpha Incident

A microorganism from Mars is brought to Earth by a space probe, and terrorises passengers in a railway office. Sci-fi horror, starring Ralph Meeker and Stafford Morgan

A peek at next week's features

The crew and passengers of an interplanetary cruise ship are forced to seek refuge in a small support pod. Sci-fi thriller, starring Joe Penny, Kristine DeBell and Carl Lumbly

A businessman's daughter falls in with a bad crowd and is led astray, but her fiance is determined to bring her home. Drama, starring Oliver Reed and Louise Sorel

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

British Railways' change of technology

Bob Monkhouse introduces a compilation of classic slapstick comedy clips, featuring Max Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and many more

Members of a scout troop try to perform good deeds wherever they go, but their best efforts backfire on them. Musical comedy, starring Freddie Garrity and John Le Mesurier