May/June 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
We're ringing in the hot weather with another great episode! From 50's noir to 60's supermarionation, from spy thrillers to cozy comedies, it's all here.
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May 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Orson Welles, Joan Collins, George Peppard and Margaret Lockwood. This latest episode is like your fantasy dinner party, as Mel Byron and the team of reviewers introduce all these stars and more. Also coming up on your favourite UK TV channel this month are rarities such as the Lone Wolf films and Ealing Studios' production set in The Wirral.
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April 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
The podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel with contributions and reviews by you, the viewers. Coming up on today’s show we’ve got Laurel and Hardy, Peter Fonda, Stanley Baker and Googie Withers. There’s tv favourites, Crown Court and Danger UXB. We’ve got a 50s prisoner of war drama, a sixties British crime thriller and classic horror from the legendary Jess Franco.
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March/April 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through upcoming highlights on the Talking Pictures TV Podcast. If you'd like to submit a review, e-mail [email protected]
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Late March 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Mel Byron and the TPTV Podcast Team take you into Spring wthe a varied selection of the best of Talking Pictures TV from 7th-26th March. There are trains and planes, Homes & Watson, Hammer and...yet more Hammer. Stanley Baker, Alastair Sim, Valerie Hobson, and a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, are among the stars whose films we recommend.
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Late February / Early March 2023
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
We're back! After gremlins in our email system nearly managed to close us down forever, it's the return of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. This week join Scott and a host of guest reviewers as they bring you all the news and reviews from the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel. How's this for a line up? Boris Karloff, Matt Monro, Dick Powell, Sylvia Syms and Peter Sellers - all here on his week's show. If you would like to take part in a future episode, drop us a line at our new email address: We'd love to hear from you.
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TPTV Podcast - Special Announcement - NEW EMAIL ADDRESS
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Hi everybody Apologies but technical issues over the new year have resulted in the complete loss of our email account. Yep...everything - sent items, received items, any reviews that have been sent in etc. Most importantly, we have also lost all of your contact details, your email addresses. We have therefore set up a new email address for anyone that wishes to contribute a review, either now or in the near future. Our new email address is Please drop us a line at this new address if you wish to continue to take part in future episodes and we will continue to...
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BONUS Episode - Dearest Joy - Interview with Jonathan Tafler
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
Mel Byron talks to actor, Jonathan Tafler, son of TPTV favourites, Sydney Tafler and Joy Shelton. Sydney starred in 'It Always Rains on Sunday' (1947), 'Reach for the Sky' (1956) and many other classic films. Joy's films include ' Waterloo Road' (1945) and 'Millions Like Us' (1943). Jonathan's new book, 'Dearest Joy' shares letters between the newly-married Sydney and Joy as work commitments see them separated at the end of World War 2. Pregnant Joy is working in the West End, whilst Sydney is touring with Olivier's Old Vic company. Sydney's travels take him to, among other places, ...
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November/December 2022
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
As 2022 winds down, Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through what Talking Pictures TV has in store for the remaining months - including some saucy 70's cinema, a 50's office drama and the conclusion of a beloved sci-fi series.
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November 2022
Talking Pictures TV Podcast
The earliest Hammer film still in existence, some Technicolor noir, a lesser-known Alec Guinness film and more make up what's on offer in this edition of the podcast dedicated to the UK's favourite television channel. Join Mel Byron and the team as they discuss these and more gems showing on TPTV between 7th and 27th November 2022.
info_outlineThe podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel with contributions and reviews by you, the viewers.
Coming up on today’s show we’ve got Laurel and Hardy, Peter Fonda, Stanley Baker and Googie Withers.
There’s tv favourites, Crown Court and Danger UXB. We’ve got a 50s prisoner of war drama, a sixties British crime thriller and classic horror from the legendary Jess Franco.