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A new edition of preview show What's on TPTV with Noel (episode 36) premieres on the channel a week today (Tuesday 4th March) at 7.40 am - 7.50 am, repeated on:

Thursday 6th March at 6.35 am - 6.45 am
and Sunday 9th March at 7.50 am - 8 am and 1.15 pm - 1.25 pm.

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A new edition of preview show What's on TPTV with Noel (episode 37) premieres on the channel next Tuesday (18th March) at 5.05 pm - 5.20 pm, repeated on:

Sunday 23rd March at 10.50 am - 11.05 am
and Monday 24th March at 7.15 am - 7.25 am.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections have been updated on Talking Pictures' website (a new week covering Monday 31st March to Sunday 6th April). Some of the shows on during that period:

Wednesday 2nd April:

- The Texan season 1 episode "The Smiling Loser", airing at 5.05 pm - 5.40 pm

Thursday 3rd April:

- Richard Diamond, Private Detective season 4 episode "East of Danger", airing at 5.30 am - 6 am

- The Cheaters episode "The Man with the Ticking Head", premiering at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Friday 4th April:

- Strange But True? series 2 edition "Phantom Hitch Hiker/Cursed Stone", premiering at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

- Doomwatch episode "No Room for Error", premiering as part of The Cellar Club at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm

Saturday 5th April:

- Richard the Lionheart episode "The Wolf of Banbury", premiering at 9.30 am - 10 am

- surviving series 11 episode of Z-Cars "Kidnap", premiering at 7 pm - 8 pm.

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The pre credit sequence for this week's Doomwatch was a shocker. Superb episode, well written, brilliantly acted.

The Cheaters and Richard the Luonheart: nice to see 2025 on a "remastered by" credit. I hope that means we will see dvd (or even better blu ray) releases to follow. The quality of remasters on these were both excellent - clearly they are using the original film stock or something very close to it. The audio was a little crackly on The Cheaters (it was fine on RtL). The broadcast quality looked to be worthy of a blu ray release.

Of the episodes themselves, I enjoyed Richard the Lionheart more, it reminded me of the swashbuckling style of the Francis Drake series. The only issue was there was too much plot for 30 minutes, it could have easily been longer.

The Cheaters was more much more formulaic both in story and script, but the sting at the end was a nice idea. John Ireland needs better material in future episodes though.

Z Cars has reached a new year and new series, and newly worked music by Steeleye Span no less. A strong first episode filmed at Brighton Racecourse (a long way from Newtown!) In bright summer sunshine. I assume next week will continue the story.

Richard Diamond - its somewhat formulaic and obviously dated but David Janssen shines as the title character. Plus "Sam" makes me chuckle every time I hear her voice. I'll keep watching and enjoying "Mr. D."

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections have been updated on Talking Pictures' website (a new week covering Monday 7th to Sunday 13th April). Some of the films and television series on during that period:

Tuesday 8th April:

- an airing of Mr. Beamish Goes South ("lost episode rediscovered"), premiering at 4.40 pm - 5.20 pm (repeated on Thursday 10th April at 6.50 pm - 7.30 pm)

Wednesday 9th April:

- The Texan season 1 episode "The Sheriff of Boot Hill", airing at 4.35 pm - 5.10 pm

Thursday 10th April:

- Richard Diamond, Private Detective season 4 episode "The Mouse", airing at 5.30 am - 6 am

- The Cheaters episode "The Authentic Mr. McCoy", premiering at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Friday 11th April:

- Strange But True? series 2 edition "Dowsing/Near Death Experience", premiering at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

- Doomwatch episode "By the Pricking of My Thumbs", premiering as part of The Cellar Club at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm

Saturday 12th April:

- Richard the Lionheart episode "School for a King", premiering at 9.30 am - 10 am

- late-fifties crime film Three Men for a Crime (from the Danziger archives), premiering at 3.35 pm - 4.55 pm

- surviving series 11 episode of Z-Cars "Ringers", premiering at 7 pm - 8 pm.

Note: Having checked the IMDb, actor John Laurie also played amateur detective Edward Potter in at least two other film shorts (Too Many Detectives and Potter of the Yard (the production company was Collingwood Productions).

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Originally Posted by cutback73

The pre credit sequence for this week's Doomwatch was a shocker. Superb episode, well written, brilliantly acted.

The Cheaters and Richard the Luonheart: nice to see 2025 on a "remastered by" credit. I hope that means we will see dvd (or even better blu ray) releases to follow. The quality of remasters on these were both excellent - clearly they are using the original film stock or something very close to it. The audio was a little crackly on The Cheaters (it was fine on RtL). The broadcast quality looked to be worthy of a blu ray release.

Of the episodes themselves, I enjoyed Richard the Lionheart more, it reminded me of the swashbuckling style of the Francis Drake series. The only issue was there was too much plot for 30 minutes, it could have easily been longer.

The Cheaters was more much more formulaic both in story and script, but the sting at the end was a nice idea. John Ireland needs better material in future episodes though.

Z Cars has reached a new year and new series, and newly worked music by Steeleye Span no less. A strong first episode filmed at Brighton Racecourse (a long way from Newtown!) In bright summer sunshine. I assume next week will continue the story.

Richard Diamond - its somewhat formulaic and obviously dated but David Janssen shines as the title character. Plus "Sam" makes me chuckle every time I hear her voice. I'll keep watching and enjoying "Mr. D."

As far as I'm aware, to date there has only been one Blu-ray release of The Cheaters, Network's UK release, with Richard the Lionheart only getting a DVD release by Network.

The hope is that a boutique label like Via Vision will continue where Network left off and release further episodes of some other TV series from the Danziger archives - The Vise, Mark Saber and Saber of London.

Maybe the new version of the Z-Cars theme tune will grow on me, but after getting used to and really liking the previous version, to me it didn't seem to fit with what was going on in the episode. Very good story and they kept it interesting with the majority of the episode taking place at the racecourse (the next surviving Series 11 episode being shown will conclude the story started in "Guns" (called "Manslaughter").

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections have been updated on Talking Pictures' website:

TV Schedule - two new weeks covering Monday 14th to Sunday 27th April
TV Highlights - a new week covering Monday 14th to Sunday 20th April.

Some of the films and television series on during the period of Monday 14th to Sunday 27th April:

The Cheaters:

- episode "The Legacy", premiering on Thursday 17th April at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

- episode "For the Price of Two", premiering on Thursday 24th April at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "The Iron Doctor", premiering on Friday 18th April at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club (followed by an airing of mid-sixties horror film Catacombs at 10.10 pm - 11.55 pm (as part of The Cellar Club)

- episode "Flight Into Yesterday", premiering on Friday 25th April at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

Richard the Lionheart:

"Crown in Danger", premiering on Saturday 19th April at 9.30 am - 10 am

"The Pirate King", premiering on Saturday 26th April at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 2 edition "Enfield Poltergeist", premiering on Friday 18th April at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

- series 2 edition "The Jim Twins/Fitwick Ghost", premiering on Friday 25th April at 8.25 pm - 9 pm on Friday 25th April

The Texan:

- season 1 episode "The Gunfighter", airing on Wednesday 16th April at 4.45 pm - 5.20 pm

- season 1 finale "The Man Hater", airing on Wednesday 23rd April at 4.40 pm - 5.15 pm

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 11 episode "Fairground", premiering on Saturday 19th April at 7 pm - 8 pm
- surviving series 11 episode "Hunch", premiering on Saturday 26th April at 7 pm - 8 pm.

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There was one addition to a recent post that I forgot to include. A clip was shown on The Footage Detectives a few months ago from a series called Glencannon. I'm assuming it's the same episode which is getting an airing on Talking Pictures on Sunday 13th April at 9.25 am - 9.50 am ("The Loving Cup" (the cast includes Thomas Mitchell and Patrick Allen).

A clip was shown on The Footage Detectives a few weeks ago of a documentary short about the new (at the time) Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham in the mid-sixties. The documentary short is getting an airing on Sunday 27th April at 6 am - 6.30 am.

Getting an airing three weeks today (Wednesday 16th April at 8.30 am - 9.10 am) is Talking Pictures Meets Ray Dorset (Mike Read interviewing the founder of Mungo Jerry at a past TPTV Festival at Christchurch).

One final thing, in a recent Talking Pictures email newsletter they said that some new Look at Life shorts are going to be premiering on the channel (check listings for when they will be airing).

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Missed this last week when looking through the two new weeks' worth of listings added to the TV Schedule section on Talking Pictures' website last week. Was reminded by yesterday's weekly Sunday email newsletter. Starting on Saturday 26th April is Gerry & Sylvia Anderson series Supercar (airing at 10 am - 10.30 am, the series begins with the episode "Rescue").

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Not sure if these have aired on the channel before, but some episodes of fifties anthology series Four Star Playhouse are airing on the channel soon:

- "The Bomb", airing on Thursday 24th April at 11 am - 11.30 am
- "Trail's End", airing on Friday 25th April at 5.30 am - 6 am
- "Tusitala", airing on Friday 25th April at 5.40 pm - 6.10 pm.

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Premiering on Talking Pictures this coming Friday morning (4th April) at 5.30 am - 6 am is an episode of mid-fifties anthology series The Star and the Story ("Ferry to Fox Island").

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A new edition of preview show What's on Talking Pictures TV with Noel (episode 38) premiered on the channel earlier today. It will be repeated on:

Friday 4th April at 2.10 pm - 2.20 pm
and Sunday 6th April at 8.50 am - 9.05 am.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections have both been updated on Talking Pictures' website (one week, covering Monday 28th April to Sunday 4th May). Some of the television series on during this period:

The Cheaters:

- episode "The Man Who Wouldn't Be Paid", premiering on Thursday 1st May at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "The Web of Fear", premiering on Friday 2nd May at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm (followed by an airing of Bela Lugosi-starring film The Dark Eyes of London at 10.10 pm - 11.40 pm (both as part of The Cellar Club)

The Man from Interpol: (from the Danziger archives)

- starts on the channel on Tuesday 29th April at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm with the episode "The Feathered Friend"

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "The Alchemist of Rouen", premiering on Saturday 3rd May at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 2 edition "Etta Smith", premiering on Friday 2nd May at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "False Alarm", premiering on Saturday 3rd May at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 11 episode "Scot Free" (the season finale), premiering on Saturday 3rd May at 7 pm - 8 pm.

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A new edition of preview show What's on Talking Pictures TV with Noel (episode 39) premiered on the channel earlier today. It will be repeated on:

Friday 18th April at 7.35 am - 7.45 am
and Saturday 19th April at 7.45 am - 7.55 am.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections on Talking Pictures' website have both been updated with a new week's worth of listings. Some of the shows and films airing during Monday 5th to Sunday 11th May:

The Cheaters:

- episode "Libel", premiering on Thursday 8th May at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "In the Dark", premiering on Friday 9th May at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

The Man from Interpol:

- episode "Odds on Murder", premiering on Tuesday 6th May at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "The King's Champion", premiering on Saturday 10th May at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 2 finale "UFOs - Pilots/Kaikoura Lights", premiering on Friday 9th May at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "The Talisman of Sargon", premiering on Saturday 10th May at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 12 episode "Guilt", premiering on Saturday 10th May at 7 pm - 8 pm

Films:

- early-sixties horror film The Tell-Tale Heart (from the Danziger Archives), premiering on Monday 5th May at 9.05 pm - 10.45 pm

- mid-seventies horror film The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, premiering on Friday 9th May at 10.10 pm - midnight as part of The Cellar Club

- early-seventies comedy Traffic, airing on Saturday 10th May at 5.35 pm - 7.30 pm

- late-fifties crime film Web of Suspicion (from the Danziger Archives), premiering on Saturday 10th May at 5.30 pm - 7 pm

Shorts:

- 'lost' early-fifties comedy short film The Super Secret Service (a clip from this was shown on The Footage Detectives a few weeks ago (the cast includes Peter Sellars), premiering on Wednesday 6th May at 6 pm - 6.25 pm.

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A new edition of preview show What's on Talking Pictures TV with Noel (episode 40) is premiering on the channel next Monday morning (28th April) at 8.45 am - 8.55 am. It will be repeated on:

Tuesday 29th April at 5.10 pm - 5.20 pm
and Saturday 3rd May at 8.15 am - 8.25 am.

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The TV Highlights section on Talking Pictures' website has been updated with a new week's worth of listings (covering Monday 12th to Sunday 18th May). Some of the television series and films on the channel during this period:

Anthology series:

- Four Star Playhouse episode "Young Girl on an Apple Tree", premiering on Monday 12th May at 7.30 am - 8 am

- Star Performance episode "Yellow-Belly", premiering on Wednesday 14th May at 9.50 am - 10.25 am

- Star Performance episode "The Long Count", premiering on Friday 16th May at 8.55 am - 9.25 am

The Cheaters:

- episode "The Schemers", premiering on Thursday 15th May at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "The Human Time Bomb", premiering on Friday 16th May at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

The Man from Interpol:

- episode "The Key Witness", premiering on Tuesday 13th May at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "King Arthur's Sword", premiering on Saturday 17th May at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 3 premiere "Venetian Palace Incident", premiering on Friday 16th May at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "What Goes Up", premiering on Saturday 17th May at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 12 episode "Rip Off", premiering on Saturday 17th May at 7 pm - 8 pm

Films:

- mid-forties horror film The Woman Who Came Back, premiering on Friday 16th May at 10.10 pm - 11.30 pm as part of The Cellar Club.

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Well that was an interesting onscreen message after the season 1 finale of The Texan was shown on Talking Pictures earlier today. It was one of those onscreen messages with the male voiceover that comes up when the channel has finished showing all of the episodes of a series. The difference here? "The Man Hater" was not the last episode of The Texan, unless Talking Pictures could only only license the first thirty-seven episodes (the whole of the first season). There is probably a good, logical explanation.

Wondering when we will be seeing the next batch of episodes of Fireball, Thunderbirds and the second season of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. And what happened to the Saddle Up! introductions by James Stephens, in addition to Melvyn Hayes' introductions to films from the thirties?

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections on Talking Pictures' website have been updated:

TV Schedule: two weeks added, covering Monday 12th to Sunday 25th May
TV Highlights: one week, covering Monday 19th to Sunday 25th May.

Some of the television series, shorts and films on during Monday 19th to Sunday 25th May:

Anthology series:

- Star Performance episode "Here Comes the Suit" (the cast including David Niven), premiering on Tuesday 20th May at 9.45 am - 10.15 am

- Star Performance episode "A Place Full of Strangers" (the cast including Dick Powell), premiering on Wednesday 21st May at 9.50 am - 10.20 am

- Star Performance episode "One Way Out" (the cast including Ida Lupino), premiering on Thursday 22nd May at 9.35 am - 10.05 am

The Cheaters:

- episode "A Question of Murder", premiering on Thursday 22nd May at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "The Inquest", premiering on Friday 23rd May at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

The Man from Interpol:

- episode "All the Dead Were Harrisons", premiering on Tuesday 20th May at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "The Challenge", premiering on Saturday 24th May at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 3 episode "Cornish Sea Monster/Exorcist's Story", premiering on Friday 23rd May at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "Amazonian Adventure", premiering on Saturday 24th May at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 12 episode "Quarry", premiering on Saturday 24th May at 7 pm - 8 pm

Documentaries:

- Derek Fowlds: Jobbing Actor, premiering on Saturday 24th May at 5.15 pm - 6.25 pm

Films:

- late-fifties comedy Operation Stogie (from the Danziger Archives), premiering on Wednesday 21st May at 5.15 pm - 6.25 pm

- early-seventies horror film Bluebeard, premiering on Friday 23rd May at 10.10 pm - 0.30 am as part of The Cellar Club

Shorts:

- Dick Emery on Wiggins! (lost short rediscovered), premiering on Sunday 25th May at 7.20 am - 7.40 am.

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Didn't follow-up seeing this in the TV Schedule section by checking for the full episode title on the IMDb (hadn't posted before about this premiere airing). But in yesterday's weekly TPTV email newsletter it was mentioned. Premiering next Sunday morning (4th May) at 8.20 am - 8.50 am is another episode of fifties anthology series Star Performance, "The Deceiving Eye" (the cast including Frank Lovejoy).

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A new edition of preview show What's on Talking Pictures TV with Noel (episode 41) is premiering on the channel next Monday morning (12th May) at 10.35 am - 10.45 am. It will be repeated on:

Tuesday 13th May at 7.40 am - 7.50 am
Friday 16th May at 2.45 pm - 3 pm
Saturday 17th May at 8.15 am - 8.25 am
and Monday 19th May at 4.20 am - 4.30 am.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections on Talking Pictures' website have been updated, both covering Monday 26th May to Sunday 1st June. Some of the television series and films on the channel during this period:

Anthology series:

- Star Performance episode "Vote of Confidence", premiering on Thursday 29th May at 6.25 pm - 6.55 pm (the cast including David Niven)

- Star Performance episode "The Collar", airing on Friday 30th May at 9.25 am - 9.55 am (the cast including David Niven)

The Cheaters:

- episode "Fire!", premiering on Thursday 29th May at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "The Logicians", premiering on Friday 30th May at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

Man from Interpol:

- episode "No Other Way", premiering on Tuesday 27th May at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "The Bride", premiering on Saturday 31st May at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 3 edition "Past Life/Pluckley", premiering on Friday 30th May at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "Grounded", premiering on Saturday 31st May at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 13 episode "Debris", premiering on Saturday 31st May at 7 pm - 8 pm

Films:

- early-seventies horror film Demons of the Mind, premiering on Friday 30th May at 10.10 pm - 11.55 pm as part of The Cellar Club.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections on Talking Pictures' website have been updated:

TV Schedule: covering Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June
TV Highlights: covering Monday 2nd to Sunday 15th June.

Some of the television series on the channel during this period:

Anthology series:

- Star Performance episode "Ladies on His Mind", airing on Monday 2nd June at 4.15 am - 4.45 am (the cast including Ronald Coleman, Elisabeth Fraser and Hillary Brooke)

- Star Performance episode "The Book", premiering on Monday 2nd June at 10.10 am - 10.40 am (the cast including David Niven)

The Cheaters:

- episode "An Obituary for a Champion", premiering on Thursday 5th June at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

- episode "Lamb to the Slaughter", premiering on Thursday 12th June at 7.30 pm - 8 pm

Doomwatch:

- episode "Public Enemy", premiering on Friday 6th June at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

- episode "Waiting for a Knighthood", premiering on Friday 13th June at 9.05 pm - 10.05 pm as part of The Cellar Club

Man from Interpol:

- episode "Killer with a Strong Arm", premiering on Tuesday 3rd June at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

- episode "Murder in the Smart Set", premiering on Tuesday 10th June at 6.30 pm - 7.05 pm

Richard the Lionheart:

- episode "The Strange Monks of Latroun", premiering on Saturday 7th June at 9.30 am - 10 am

- episode "The Great Enterprise", premiering on Saturday 14th June at 9.30 am - 10 am

Strange But True?:

- series 3 edition "Gulf Breeze UFO Incident", premiering on Friday 6th June at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

- series 3 edition "Paranormal on Camera/Ghost Planes of the Peaks", premiering on Friday 13th June at 8.25 pm - 9 pm

Supercar:

- episode "Keep It Cool", premiering on Saturday 7th June at 10 am - 10.30 am

- episode "Jungle Hazard", premiering on Saturday 14th June at 10 am - 10.30 am

Z-Cars:

- surviving series 13 episode "Prey", premiering on Saturday 7th June at 7 pm - 8 pm

- surviving series 13 episode (and the series finale) "Pressure", premiering on Saturday 14th June at 7 pm - 8.10 pm.

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The TV Schedule and TV Highlights sections on Talking Pictures' website have been updated:

TV Schedule: covering Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June
TV Highlights: covering Monday 2nd to Sunday 15th June.

Some of the documentaries and films on the channel during this period:

Documentaries:

- mid-nineties documentary The Punching Preacher (about George Foreman), premiering on Thursday 12th June at 12.45 pm

Films:

- late-fifties horror film Portraits of Terror, premiering on Friday 6th June at as part of The Cellar Club

- late-forties horror film Scared to Death (the cast including Bela Lugosi), premiering on Friday 13th June at as part of The Cellar Club

Films from the Danziger Archives:

- early-sixties drama The Durant Affair, premiering on Monday 2nd June at 1.25 pm

- early-sixties crime film Two Wives at One Wedding, premiering on Monday 9th June at 3.05 pm

- mid-fifties romance film Star of My Night, premiering on Tuesday 10th June at 12.50 pm

- early-sixties drama Fate Takes a Hand, premiering on Tuesday 10th June at 2.20 pm

- early-sixties war film The Silent Invasion, premiering on Saturday 14th June at 5.40 pm

Lost films rediscovered:

- mid-thirties comedy Singing Through, premiering on Thursday 5th June at 1.30 pm - 3 pm.

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A new edition of preview show What's on Talking Pictures TV with Noel (episode 42) premieres on the channel next Monday (26th May) at 9.30 am - 9.45 am, repeated on:

Tuesday 27th May at 7.35 am - 7.45 am
Wednesday 28th May at 1.45 pm - 1.55 pm
and Sunday 1st June at 8.20 am - 8.30 am.

Also, the TV Schedule section on the website has now been updated, covering up the same period as the TV Highlights section (Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June).

There is an episode of anthology series Star Performance airing on the channel on Monday 9th June that I haven't seen before, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't aired on Talking Pictures TV before. Called "Moorings", it's airing at 7.10 am - 7.40 am, with the cast including Charles Boyer, Dorothy Malone and Will Wright.