October 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Babysitters, Robots, Monsters and Dick Turpin.....It Must Be Talking Pictures TV This week on the Talking Pictures TV Podcast, we’ve once again been let loose on the schedules to pick out some of the films coming up over the next three weeks on the nation’s favourite archive TV and movie channel. And it’s quite a line-up. Daniel turns up the temperature with Night of the Big Heat (1967), complete with Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a Scottish island experiencing weather that definitely wasn’t in the forecast. Gareth goes for the gloriously pulpy sci-fi...
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September / October 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Three films, three reviewers, three weeks of Talking Pictures TV. We’re back with another trawl through the Talking Pictures TV schedules, picking out some of the films we think deserve a place on your watchlist over the next three weeks. Mel gets things underway with Noël Coward’s supernatural comedy Blithe Spirit (1945), directed by David Lean and starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond and the magnificent Margaret Rutherford. Ghostly goings-on, marital complications and one of cinema’s most memorable mediums combine in a wonderfully British mixture of wit,...
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September 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Five films, four reviewers, three weeks of Talking Pictures TV – and one very special guest. We’re back with another trawl through the Talking Pictures TV schedules, picking out some of the films we think deserve a place on your watchlist over the next three weeks. Mel kicks things off with the glorious screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936), starring William Powell and Carole Lombard – a wonderfully sharp, funny tale of the idle rich, an unexpected butler and a family with rather more money than sense. Scott heads into altogether more sobering waters with A Night to Remember (1958),...
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August 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
No Mel or Sarah this week, so the boys have been left unsupervised with the Talking Pictures TV schedules. What could possibly go wrong? With three weeks of cinematic treasures to choose from, Scott, Hal, Daniel and this week’s host, Gareth, have each been rummaging through the listings in search of something they think deserves a place on your watchlist. Scott has selected Tomorrow at Ten, Lance Comfort’s cracking 1963 British thriller starring John Gregson, Alec Clunes and a splendidly sinister Robert Shaw. Shaw plays Marlow, a kidnapper whose scheme involving the young son of a...
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July 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Join Mel and the team as they discuss the best of what's coming your way on Talking Pictures TV, the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel. Daniel kicks things off with 'Flic Story' from 1975. A true story of murder, madness, and the manhunt of a lifetime starring the legendary Alain Delon. Scott's next with the wonderful Waris Hussein directed 'Melody ' from 1971. Puppy love, playground politics, and a full-scale classroom rebellion - starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild. Sarah's choice is the classic 'Carve Her Name With Pride ' (1958) starring Virginia McKenna. The true story of...
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June/July 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Daniel is in the chair this week alongside Sarah, Gareth, Hal and Mel to bring you the highlights of what's in store on the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel - Talking Pictures TV Watch Talking Pictures TV on Freeview 82, Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freely 36 or Sky 324. And don’t forget that you can catch up – or watch again – for free on TPTV Encore! Go to www.tptvencore.co.uk
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June 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Hal is in the chair this week alongside Scott, Sarah, and Gareth to bring you the highlights of what's in store on the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel - Talking Pictures TV Watch Talking Pictures TV on Freeview 82, Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freely 36 or Sky 324. And don’t forget that you can catch up – or watch again – for free on TPTV Encore! Go to www.tptvencore.co.uk
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May 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Scott is joined this week by a host of wonderful guests who have got together to bring you their recommendations of the best entertainment on Talking Pictures TV - the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel. Powell & Pressburger, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve, Quatermass, classic Hammer horror and much more.
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April/May 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
As Spring blossoms, Talking Pictures TV provides vintage television, Hammer horror, an Irish film with ties to neo realism and much more!
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Early April 2026
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Mel Byron guides us through another three week's worth of Talking Pictures TV goodness, featuring a sci-fi Play For Today, a Gainsborough classic and much more!
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