Talking Pictures TV TV Guide & Listings (Australia Timezone)

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Tonight's highlights

      
        7:00 PM
        
          Z-Cars
        
      A Place of Safety. 1964. Stars Norman Bird & Johnny Sekka. A bailiff is attacked after trying to evict residents of a poverty stricken building. The team must investigate the volatile situation.

      
        8:00 PM
        
          Public Eye
        
      1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. Home & Away. Stars Alfred Burke, Barbara Young, Bryan Pringle. Madge Reading turns to Marker when she suspects there is another woman in her husband's life.

      
        9:00 PM
        
          Cellar Club with Caroline Munro
        
      Welcome down into the Cellar Club where tonight Caroline Munro has a terrifying treat with the 1971 thriller Fright starring Honor Blackman and Dennis Waterman.

      
        9:05 PM
        
          Fright (1971)
        
      1971. Thriller. Directed by Peter Collinson. Stars Honor Blackman, Susan George & Dennis Waterman. A young babysitter is terrorised by a bloodthirsty escapee of a psychiatric asylum.

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Talking Pictures TV Schedule — Today

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The first program is at 12:05 AM (12:05 AM UK Time )

12:05 AM

Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing — 00:05

1973. Comedy. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Stars Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms & May Heatherly. A prim English spinster meets a college drop-out while on a bus trip through Spain.

Runtime: 2 hr 15 min

2:20 AM

The Madame Gambles — 02:20

1951. Comedy. The owner of a dress shop gambles the shop away to her bookie who inherits, not only the shop, but the manager. Directed by Maclean Rogers. Starring Richard Hearne and Petula Clark.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 min

4:00 AM

Burke's Law — 04:00

Who Killed Super Sleuth? 1964. Stars Gene Barry, Gary Conway & Regis Toomey. Four world renowned cops and a US private eye become suspect in another sleuth's murder.

Runtime: 1 hr

5:00 AM

Batman — 05:00

Fine Feathered Finks. 1966. Stars Adam West, Burgess Meredith & Lewis Charles. Disguised as Bruce Wayne, Batman infiltrates the Penguin's umbrella factory in an attempt to track him down.

Runtime: 30 min

5:30 AM

Batman — 05:30

The Penguin's a Jinx. 1966. Stars Adam West, Lewis Charles & Burgess Meredith. Narrowly escaping a fiery death, Batman and Robin figure out the Penguin's next move is to kidnap a famous actress.

Runtime: 30 min

6:00 AM

Sherlock Holmes — 06:00

The Case of the Thistle Killer. 1954. Starring: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford & Archie Duncan. Sherlock helps hunt down a killer of women who leaves three thistles next to each body.

Runtime: 35 min

6:35 AM

Road to Bali — 06:35

1952. Comedy. Directed by Hal Walker. Stars Bing Crosby, Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour. Two vaudeville performers accept diving work in Bali and find treasure, love and trouble along the way.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 min

8:25 AM

Born Of The Sea — 08:25

1949. A mysterious baby is found in a boat at sea, along with a charming portrait of a community in Coverack. Where is he from? Stars Dorothea Paul Directed by Anthony Mavrogordato.

Runtime: 1 hr

9:25 AM

Stars In Your Eyes — 09:25

1956. Musical. Directed by Maurice Elvey. Stars Nat Jackley, Pat Kirkwood & Bonar Colleano. A group of talented entertainers band together to purchase a run-down theatre to put on a show.

Runtime: 1 hr 55 min

11:20 AM

Arsenal Stadium Mystery — 11:20

1939. Mystery. Director: Thorold Dickinson. Stars Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean. Poison, death and mystery set at the Arsenal Stadium. Detective Slade is called to solve the crime.

Runtime: 1 hr 45 min

1:05 PM

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre — 13:05

Strangler's Web. 1965. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Stars John Stratton & Pauline Munro. What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of a murder of a showgirl becomes very complicated.

Runtime: 1 hr 10 min

2:15 PM

The Adventures of Robin Hood — 14:15

The Byzantine Treasure. 1956. Stars Richard Greene, Victor Woolf & Archie Duncan. Discovering King John's mothers stolen money, Robin embarks to return it in a potentially dangerous mission.

Runtime: 35 min

2:50 PM

Patricia Dainton Presents... — 14:50

Tread Softly. Exclusive interview with Patricia Dainton who discusses her time on this film and her career in general. (S1, E01)

Runtime: 5 min

2:55 PM

Tread Softly — 14:55

1952. Crime. Directed by David MacDonald. Stars Frances Day, Patricia Dainton & John Bentley. The star of a musical walks out before curtain up, but the show must go on, in a 'Haunted Theatre'.

Runtime: 1 hr 30 min

4:25 PM

Patricia Dainton Presents... — 16:25

Outro. Thank you for watching from Patricia Dainton who wishes us a fond farewell and looks back on her life in film. (S1, E08)

Runtime: 5 min

4:30 PM

The Cheaters — 16:30

Green for Danger. 1962. Stars John Ireland, Robert Ayres & Margaretta Scott. Mrs Osborne's emeralds have been stolen, and she wants them back. John Hunter tries to track the thief down.

Runtime: 30 min

5:00 PM

A Family At War — 17:00

1971. Hazard. Stars Keith Drinkel & Jeff Shankley. Out in the Western Desert, Phillip comes to the aid of a Sergeant stuck in an abandoned vehicle riddled with mines. (S2, E11)

Runtime: 1 hr

6:00 PM

Rooms — 18:00

Sarah. Stars: Susie Blake, Maureen Lipman, Sam Dastor. New Year's Eve can be very lonely for people in the rooms, so Sarah opts to throw a party.

Runtime: 30 min

6:30 PM

Scales of Justice — 18:30

1967. Payment In Kind. Stars Edgar Lustgarten & Maxine Audley. Debt collectors suggest 'payment in kind' after the wife of a businessman falls behind on hire purchase payments. (S1, E13)

Runtime: 30 min

7:00 PM

Z-Cars — 19:00

A Place of Safety. 1964. Stars Norman Bird & Johnny Sekka. A bailiff is attacked after trying to evict residents of a poverty stricken building. The team must investigate the volatile situation.

Runtime: 1 hr

8:00 PM

Public Eye — 20:00

1973. Detective & Mystery Drama. Home & Away. Stars Alfred Burke, Barbara Young, Bryan Pringle. Madge Reading turns to Marker when she suspects there is another woman in her husband's life.

Runtime: 1 hr

9:00 PM

Cellar Club with Caroline Munro — 21:00

Welcome down into the Cellar Club where tonight Caroline Munro has a terrifying treat with the 1971 thriller Fright starring Honor Blackman and Dennis Waterman.

Runtime: 5 min

9:05 PM

Fright (1971) — 21:05

1971. Thriller. Directed by Peter Collinson. Stars Honor Blackman, Susan George & Dennis Waterman. A young babysitter is terrorised by a bloodthirsty escapee of a psychiatric asylum.

Runtime: 1 hr 45 min

10:50 PM

Cellar Club with Caroline Munro — 22:50

As the end of this week's Cellar Club draws near, Caroline Munro is here to talk about what is coming up next week.

Runtime: 5 min

10:55 PM

Horror of Frankenstein — 22:55

1971. Horror. Directed by Jimmy Sangster. Stars Dennis Price, Kate O'Mara & Ralph Bates. Young Victor Frankenstein inherits his father's title, his castle and his taste for grisly experiments.

Runtime: 2 hr

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What is on Talking Pictures TV tonight?

Tonight (Friday 16 October) on Talking Pictures TV, you can watch Z-Cars, Public Eye, Cellar Club with Caroline Munro, and Fright (1971). Check the full schedule for more details.

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Today's programming on Talking Pictures TV ends at 00:55 (10:55 your time) with Horror of Frankenstein.

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