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Daniel, Mel and Scott

The official Talking Pictures TV Podcast, hosted by Mel, Daniel and Scott and featuring reviews, recommendations, interviews, special guests and fascinating insights into the stars and creatives who've turned Talking Pictures TV into the biggest independent TV channel in Great Britain!

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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 wealthy businessman comes with a particularly nasty ticking deadline. John Gregson is the detective faced with finding the boy before time runs out.

Lean, tense and running at around 80 minutes, it is the sort of economical British thriller that gets on with the job without feeling the need to hang around for another half-hour explaining itself.

Daniel, meanwhile, has gone for Green for Danger, Sidney Gilliat's marvellous 1946 murder mystery set in a wartime hospital during the Blitz.

When a patient dies on the operating table, the arrival of Scotland Yard's Inspector Cockrill, played with enormous relish by Alastair Sim, suggests that something rather more sinister than medical misfortune may be involved.

Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Rosamund John and Leo Genn are among the suspects in a film adapted from Christianna Brand's novel and combining a proper murder mystery with a wonderfully dry streak of British humour.

And apparently one Alastair Sim film wasn't enough.

Hal has selected The Green Man, the gloriously dark 1956 comedy in which Sim plays Harry Hawkins, an outwardly respectable watchmaker who has found a rather more lucrative sideline as a professional assassin.

Unfortunately for Hawkins, his latest carefully arranged murder keeps being interrupted by George Cole's enthusiastic vacuum cleaner salesman.

Add Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Raymond Huntley, Dora Bryan, Arthur Lowe and Richard Wattis to the proceedings and you have ninety minutes of beautifully controlled comic chaos.

Directed by Robert Day and written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, it also gives this week's choices a neat little connection with Green for Danger.

Finally, Gareth has decided that Britain simply isn't big enough for him this week and has gone continental with Georges Franju's extraordinary Les Yeux sans visage, better known as Eyes Without a Face.

Made in 1960 and starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli and Edith Scob, Franju's French horror classic concerns a brilliant surgeon desperately trying to restore the face of his disfigured daughter.

Unfortunately, his chosen method of doing so makes even the most questionable private cosmetic clinic look reassuringly respectable.

Beautiful, eerie and genuinely unsettling, it mixes fairy-tale imagery, medical horror and dreamlike black-and-white photography into something that still feels strikingly modern more than sixty years later.

So that's four films, two Alastair Sims, one psychopathic Robert Shaw, a professional hitman, a deeply worrying surgeon and a vacuum cleaner salesman.

Just another perfectly normal week at The Official Talking Pictures TV Podcast.

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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 the London shopgirl who became one of the war's greatest heroes.

And last, but not least, Mel brings us ' The Winslow Boy' (1948) starring Robert Donat. A five-shilling theft. A national scandal. One family's relentless fight for the truth.

You can watch Talking Pictures TV on Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freely 36, Freeview or Youview 82 or on the Sky digital satellite platform, channel 324.

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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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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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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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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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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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Welcome once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast, the podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive TV and movie channel.

As usual we have enlisted the help of you, the viewers and once again, you have come up trumps with sending in your thoughts and your reviews of what is coming up on the channel over the next three weeks.

In this month's episode we have duchesses, Dracula and a disaster movie. Frankenstein , fraudulent seances and fearless giant killers.

We are also joined by our friends from the Reel Britannia podcast with their favourites from all the cracking movies and tv shows coming up in March.

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Eartha Kitt, Kenneth More, Roger Moore, Jean Seberg - they're all here in another round-up of Talking Pictures TV highlights!

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The TPTV podcast is back for a new season! Mel Byron and the team recommend their favourite upcoming shows and films for you. With lots of much-loved stars, including Thora Hird, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker and more. We also welcome our friends from the Reel Britannia podcast for their insight into three very different films!

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Welcome you once again to the podcast dedicated to the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel – Talking Pictures TV.

The podcast where you, the viewer make our job just that little bit easier by sending in your reviews of some of the wonderful movies and tv shows we have lined up for your over the next three weeks.

On today's show, Scott brings you Western action with the legendary John Wayne, classic Hollywood comedy from Frank Capra starring Gary Cooper, and not one, but two trips to Brighton as Jack Warner dives head first into a 1960s murder mystery and Richard Attenborough stars in one of the greatet British movies ever made. All this plus Petula Clark, Googie Withers, Lionel Jeffries and Robin Hood and much more on the official Talking Pictures TV Podcast.

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This episode's recommendations from the Talking Pictures TV schedule include a brilliant, and unusual, Sherlock Holmes film; a little something from Ed Wood; an early Hammer sci-fi; and a John Mills thriller. All courtesy of Mel Byron and the TPTV podcast team.

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Lots of noir this time around, but we also make space for an adaptation of a well loved tale and a vintage Gainsborough melodrama. Keep listening for Talking Pictures TV highlights!

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Welcome to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - dedicated to the nation's favourite archive movie and TV channel.

This week, runaway buses, ticking timebombs, drugged disco dancers, Frankie Howerd, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra plus much more.

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Autumn is upon us and Mel Byron and the team choose some of the season's finest offerings from Talking Pictures TV, from 1940s British noir to Biggles, via a couple of top 1960s crime series.

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Even the Summer heat cannot stop Talking Pictures TV! Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through the month's offerings.

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Hi everybody, Scott here once again to welcome you to the podcast dedicated to the nation’s favourite archive TV and movie channel, Talking Pictures TV. This is the podcast that brings you behind-the-scenes stories, special features, and the latest highlights from the wonderful world of classic cinema and beloved television shows. Whether you’re a longtime fan or discovering these gems for the first time, settle in as we explore the unforgettable stars, hidden treasures, and fascinating history that make Talking Pictures TV such a unique part of our viewing lives.

It won't just be my voice you'll be hearing over the next 60 minutes—thank goodness, I can almost hear you say. Instead, I’ll be handing over the reins to you, the viewers, who will share your thoughts, memories, and recommendations for the upcoming schedule. This proves once again that it’s your voices, stories, and passion that truly bring the Talking Pictures TV community to life.

On this episode, we have wartime drama, classic film noir, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, and even naked space vampires! We also have a very special interview from the archive with the much-loved and much-missed actor John Challis, probably best known to most of us as Boycie from Only Fools and Horses.

So, stay tuned as we embark on another journey through television’s golden archive, celebrating the unforgettable moments that continue to inspire and enchant us all.

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Some hot summer selections from Mel Byron and the reviewing team. Stay at home, close the curtains and settle down in front of the telly with John Mills, Frankie Howerd, Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth, Warren Beaaty and Caroline Munro. What a party!

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Let us lead you through the early Summer programming of the world's greatest TV channel.

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Hi everybody – Scott here welcoming you once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast dedicated to the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel

And what’s more it’s you, the viewers who are front and centre of the show as you send in your reviews of all your favourite entertainment coming up on the channel over the next three weeks.

In this episode: zombies, soldiers, elephants, Jacques Tati...and much more!

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Margaret Rutherford, Alastair Sim, Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Leigh Lawson are among just a few of the glittering stars we meet as Mel Byron and the team take a look at what's coming up on TPTV Over late April and early May. It's Easter treats galore for classic film and TV fans!

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Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through another three weeks of top Talking Pictures TV content with the aid of a trusty band of reviewers.

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Hi everybody – Scott here welcoming you once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast dedicated to the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. And what’s more it’s you, the viewers who are front and centre of the show as you send in your reviews of all your favourite entertainment coming up on the channel over the next three weeks.

In store this week... court room dramas, war time adventures, Boston cops and menacing robots alongside Matt Monro and Vera Lynn.

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The shortest month of the year, but not short on great telly - from spaghetti westerns to film noir, war films to kid's tv.

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Welcome to the latest episode of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - the podcast presented by the viewers of the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel.

In this episode:

Doomwatch (1970 - 1972)

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

Orders are Orders (1955)

Nowhere To Go (1958)

So Long At The Fair (1950)

The Green Cockatoo (1937)

Plus a little something from Johnnie Ray thrown in for good measure

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In this episode we are covering what to look out for on the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel in the second half of November running into the first half of December.

We have a classic Christmas ghost story from the legendary MR James, mysterious lakeside neighbours, the return of King Kong as he is miraculously brought back from the dead, and prehistoric women from the planet Venus. How about that eh? You’d never get that that lot on the iPlayer.

There’s Angela Lansbury and Worzel Gummidge , plus Mel will be along with a very special interview with Kate Garner the daughter of the much missed Chas Hodges, one half of the wonderful duo, Chas and Dave, to chat about her new show.

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As the days grow short and rainy, we're here to give you the lowdown on all the best Talking Picture TV highlights to cozy up to at home. Norman Wisdom, Nigel Bruce and killer shrews await!

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The Talking Pictures TV Podcast is back, reviewing films and shows from September 2024! Join the team and their special guests, Steve McQueen, Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Diane Cilento and many more. Let's hope they can all fit in the studio.

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A very special bonus episode of the podcast as Scott is joined by Cev and Smokey from the wonderful House of Hammer podcast to celebrate Talking Pictures TV as they unlock The Vaults Of Hammer.

With over 30 rare British films, many unseen in decades.

Comedy, noir, crime and more!

Talking Pictures TV - the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel.

You can watch Talking Pictures TV on Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freeview or Youview 82 or on the Sky digital satellite platform, channel 328. Reel Britannia

A very British podcast about very British movies, hosted by Scott is available at: https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

House of Hammer

A Definitive Guide Of The Films, The Figures & The Folklore Of One Of The 20th Century’s Greatest Cinematic Legacies

Brought to you by Adam Roche, Ben Taylorson, Cev Moore and Smokey

All episodes available at: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-house-of-hammer/id1562467810

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Welcome to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - the podcast brought to you by the viewers of the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel.

Lots in store this week including classic French comedy starring Jaques Tati, classic British comedy from Sid James and Arthur Askey, 1950s British sci fi, a controverial movie from the mid sixties starring Oliver Reed and back to the 1930s for a little bit of Edward G Robinson

And wait for it, a prison escape drama starring Thora Hird. That's right - Thora Hird behind bars in Women Without Men from 1956.

Plus music from Diana Dors and Nat King Cole as well as a very special announcement for fans of the legendary Hammer studios.

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From American westerns to quota quickies, from Calvacanti to Carpenter, we guide you through what's good during the next few weeks on Talking Pictures TV.

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The bad guys don't stand a chance in this episode. Not with Batman, Captain Scarlet and Sherlock Holmes around. Join Mel Byron and the team as they introduce your favourite fighters of evil, along with John Gregson, Jean Kent and Laurence Harvey.

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Welcome to the Talking Pictures TV Podcast - the official podcast of the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel.

This week, your host, Scott and the viewers of TPTV bring you Dutch detectives, Max Bygraves, classic British sci fi from the 30s. Western adventure with Lee Van Cleef as well as an underseen movie starring the great Peter Sellers

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Happy Easter from the TPTV Podcast crew! We're looking at the next two weeks of great programming.

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In this early spring episode, Mel Byron and the team introduce Liberace, James Stewart, Frankenstein's bride (not that one!) and some British favourites.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Talking Pictures TV podcast

The show which is made possible by you, the viewers of Talking Pictures TV, the nation’s favourite archive tv

This week we’ve got hidden Nazi treasure and Helen Shapiro (two things I can guarantee you’ve probably never heard in the same sentence before), we have an elephant crossing the Alps, a Brighton murder mystery, and the wonderful Michael Dennison and Dulcie Gray.

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We're back to guide you through the holidays! The last episode of 2023.

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Mel Byron and the team bring you drama, fear and some classic tunes. Stars featured this episode include Vincent Price, Margaret Lockwood and George Formby. Everyone's favourite scarecrow, Worzel gummidge joins us too, as he makes his debut on Talking Pictures TV.

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Talking Pictures TV, the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel – bringing you classic movies and television programmes 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.

In this episode we have, have Soviet spies, Alfred Hitchcock, a fifties British murder mystery, an eighties psychological drama from the author of The Exorcist, classic comedy with Frank Randle, Gracie Fields, and something special from Alma Cogan

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In this episode, we bring some horror and noir to greet the colder days, and highlight a Talking Pictures TV feature!

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The official Talking Pictures TV Podcast, hosted by Mel, Daniel and Scott and featuring reviews, recommendations, interviews, special guests and fascinating insights into the stars and creatives who've turned Talking Pictures TV into the biggest independent TV channel in Great Britain! Follow the show at @tptvpodcast

In this episode: Michael Caine, Betty Grable, horror movies, Humphrey Bogart, naked French aliens and Steve's Greatest Hits...plus much, much more.

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Daniel Reifferscheid is back to guide you through three more weeks of top Talking Pictures TV programming, as reviewed by our great contributors! Capra, the Boultings, a Corman production and a whole lotta Hammer in this episode.

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Hi everybody, Scott here, welcoming you to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast

The podcast dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel and brought to you with contributions from the people that matter – you the viewers.

On this episode we have movies directed by Brian de Palma, John Frankenheimer and Powell and Pressburger; we have a classic and much loved Ealing comedy; movies starring Peter O’Toole, Jack Warner and Hardy Kruger; Egyptian terror with a horror movie from the Hammer studios, plus some exciting news that definitely has, shall we say, some strings attached – some might even say it’s F.A.B.

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What a Carry On! Join Mel Byron and the team as they dive into some of the delights on Talking Pictures TV this July. With Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, a Ring of Spies, some worms (ugh!) and, yes, a Carry On classic.

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Not a hoax, not an imaginary story! Shameful Steve Noble has taken over the podcast. Don't ask, just listen!

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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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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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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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Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through upcoming highlights on the Talking Pictures TV Podcast. If you'd like to submit a review, e-mail talkingpicturestvpodcast@gmail.com

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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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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:

talkingpicturestvpodcast@gmail.com

We'd love to hear from you.

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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

talkingpicturestvpodcast@gmail.com

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 include you on the mailing list.

Apologies to those that have sent in reviews over the last week or so - it looks like we will be postponing our next episode until mid to late February unfortunately.

Many thanks for your understanding

Scott, Mel and Daniel

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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,  Germany just after VE Day. Jonathan also shares his own latest acting projects with us.

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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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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.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast 

This week featuring movies starring Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough and Danny la Rue and with music from Cilla Black and Frank Sinatra.

Who said variety was dead eh...?

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast 

This week featuring movies starring Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough and Danny la Rue and with music from Cilla Black and Frank Sinatra.

Who said variety was dead eh...?

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Alistair Sim, Yul Brynner, Emma Thompson - they're all here in the latest episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast!

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Alistair Sim, Yul Brynner, Emma Thompson - they're all here in the latest episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast!

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Go behind the scenes with The Projectionists. Journey to Marseille in pursuit of drug barons. Fight for Khartoum with General Gordon. Join Mel Byron and the team for all of this and more as they look at what's coming up on Talking Pictures TV from mid-Sept to early October. Look out for Boris Karloff and Leo McKern too!

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Go behind the scenes with The Projectionists. Journey to Marseille in pursuit of drug barons. Fight for Khartoum with General Gordon. Join Mel Byron and the team for all of this and more as they look at what's coming up on Talking Pictures TV from mid-Sept to early October. Look out for Boris Karloff and Leo McKern too!

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Join Scott for the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast, the show dedicated to the UK’s favourite archive tv and movie channel.

This week, we have naval nonsense with David Tomlinson, Hammer glamour with Ingrid Pitt and classic BBC drama set on the high seas.  There’s a slice of chilling Edgar Allen Poe horror  directed by the legendary Roger Corman, and James Mason takes us on a tour of London that nobody knows.

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Steve Noble interviews Niall Johnson, the director of "Ghost Of Greville Lodge", playing on Talking Pictures TV at 18:10 on Friday the 5th of August.

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Summer at Talking Pictures TV means a combo of vintage cinema classics and classic TV of fine vintage. We guide you through it.

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Vintage cartoons, film noir, aliens, Joan Crawford and much more. Mel Byron and the team take you through a hugely varied selection from the films and shows coming up on Talking Pictures TV in June and July. Includes LOTS of Hammer films.

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A huge thanks to our good friend Cevin Moore for taking over the hosting chair for this episode.

Cev has brought along Nigel Patrick, Raquel Welch and Terry Scott this week as he and the Talking Pictures TV viewers give us an insight into what to expect on the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel over the next three weeks.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast that brings you all the news of what is coming up on the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. On this episode we’ve got cowboys, aliens, Andy Williams  and the Brat Pack. Also popping by, there’s Nicolas Cage, Roy Scheider, Michael Redgrave and the French resistance.

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Hollywood classics, vintage telly and a new strand in this episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast. 

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Monsters, Musicals and Murder. We have quite a few monsters, as it turns out, in this episode of the podcast that celebrates the UK favourite vintage film and television channel. Join Mel Byron and the team for a look at what's coming up on Talking Pictures TV in April, along with some surprise facts, music and maybe a laugh or two.

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This bonus episode is a must for fans of classic TV. TPTV podcast regulars and classic telly experts, Cev Moore and Gareth Preston, are joined by very special guest, Jaz Wiseman. Host of the ITC Entertained the World podcast, Jaz is one of the world's leading experts on the company that produced The Champions, The Saint, Gideon's Way and countless other classic series. With your host, Mel Byron.

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LOTS OF GREAT STUFF THIS WEEK AS SCOTT JOINED BY CO HOSTS MEL AND DANIEL WHO WILL BE CHATTING ABOUT TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOVIES – THERE’S SINGING AND DANCING FROM JESSIE MATTHEWS IN SAILING ALONG FROM 1938 AND RAY MILLAND IS THE MAN WITH THE XRAY EYES IN A CHILLER FROM THE LEGENDARY ROGER CORMAN.

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WE WELCOME HAL, A BRAND NEW REVIEWER TO THE SHOW WHO WILL BE TELLING ALL ABOUT THE BIG SCREEN ADENTURES OF STEPTOE AND SON AS THEY RIDE AGAIN AND THERES A LATE NIGHT TRIP TO THE CELLAR CLUB ALONG WITH MUSIC FROM BERNARD CRIBBENS, ANITA HARRIS AND MUCH MORE

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We've got a new release schedule, but the content remains the same: from Carry On to Ken Loach, Hollywood classics to homegrown fare, and of course lots of classic telly, we are guiding you through the best Talking Pictures TV has to offer.

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A special episode of the podcast this week featuring your regular hosts Scott, Mel and Daniel guiding you through everything you need to know about Talking Pictures TV's exciting new online on demand service, TPTV Encore

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The first show of 2022 is here! Mel Byron and the team bring their wit and wisdom to some of the finest films and shows making up the Talking Pictures TV schedule in January. From The Outer Limits to Maigret. From Violent Playground to Secret Army. There are appearances from Danny Kaye and Ed Wood along with some very fine music.

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Welcome to the Christmas edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. The podcast that is brought to you with the help of the viewers of the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel.

Scott, Mel and Daniel are joined by Steve, Simone, Phil, Tracy, Gareth, Gemma, Cev, and Lee & Adam

In store today there’s Rex Harrison doing his best Yul Brynner impression, wartime drama from Secret Army and some wild west action featuring Spencer Tracy.

There’s Peter Cushing, Peter Sellers and Peter Fonda as well as an Ealing comedy and some saucy goings on from the eighties with Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

And of course, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas on TPTV without Alistair Sim as Ebeneezer Scrooge

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As we rev up for our big Christmas episode, here's a little stocking filler to tide you over, featuring reviews for this week on Talking Pictures TV. 

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Join Mel Byron and the team of reviewers as they descend into the Cellar Club, talk classic swashbucklers and look at a classic 'social problem' film. Tyrone Power, Rita Tushingham and John Mills all make an appearance. Plus news of TPTV's new streaming service!

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Welcome once again to the Late November edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. The podcast for the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel. The podcast that is controlled chiefly by your good selves, the Talking Pictures tv viewers.

This week we bring you witches and witch hunters, heroines and heroin smugglers, car chases, alien embraces, card games and Sid James

We’ve got film noir, 70s US cop action, Danny Kaye, Michael Palin and Vincent Price along with a generous helping of classic tv drama, jazz music and sci fi.

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We head into November with all sorts of delight - from homegrown classics to Hollywood extravaganzas, knockabout comedies to spooky documentaries, big screen epics and classic telly. 

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The nights are drawing in, Halloween is approaching and the latest episode of the Official Talking Pictures TV podcast has a decidedly monstrous feel, with appearances from Dracula, the Loch Ness Monster, and alien terror brought down in Professor Quatermass' rocketship. Not to mention human villainy in movies like Mona Lisa and Leave Her to Heaven. Gareth Preston is in the guest host's chair for this episode. Tune in and let the regular team guide you through two packed weeks of vintage film and television.

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Guest hosts Matt & Gavin hold the fort and warm the seat as they bring you masked avengers, vampire hunters, a host of televisual treats and much, much more.   (And music, of course)   Enjoy!

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In this special bonus episode, Mel Byron talks to legendary TV and film director Alvin Rakoff, whose memoir, I'm Just the Guy Who Says 'Action', is out now.

Alvin is full of great stories about the early days of television, and of his time in film, and is the man who gave Sean Connery his first big break.

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Guest hosts Lee & Adam bring you reviews of Fantastic Voyage, Doomwatch and Secret Army amongst others. They also bring bad impressions, inane banter and a few great songs for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!

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September is huge on Talking Pictures TV, with stars a-plenty. Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Madeleine Carroll and Margaret Lockwood are just a few of the big names. Look out for Dr Who and The Daleks, and the Cellar Club returns with Roger Corman's Bucket of Blood.

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An extra bonus edition of the podcast for you this week in the shape of an episode of the Reel Britannia broadcast earlier this year.

Join Talking Pictures TV Podcast host, Scott, plus guests, as they chat about Saturday Morning Pictures and The Children's Film Foundation - with a particular focus on Mr Horatio Knibbles and The Battle of Billy's Pond, both being screened on Talking Pictures TV in September.

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Alien adventures with James Caan, Mandy Patinkin and the Childrens Film Foundation. Military misadventures with David Niven, Glynis Johns…and a cow. Drama in the dock courtesy of Margaret Lockwood and Leo Mckern. And some very exciting news about our fright filled Friday evenings at the Cellar Club with Caroline Munro.

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We're back with another episode chock full of recommendations for films and series to catch on Talking Pictures TV - from Hollywood classics to homegrown masterpieces, from the 30's to the 60's, from classic comedy to war documentaries - keep tuning in to Talking Pictures TV! 

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David Essex, Vicor Mature baring his chest and lots of Hammer films. Only one place you get that kind of mix - it's Talking Pictures TV. This episode we have all of these, plus a brooding Lewis Collins and one of Laurel and Hardy's finest. Join Mel Byron and the team as they delve into the archives with the UK's favourite classic film and TV channel

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The 1940 s are well represented this week…we have some film noir featuring podcast favourite George Sanders, a later offering from Laurel and Hardy, an Ealing drama starring Paul Robeson and a tartan clad  David Niven as Bonnie Prince Charlie.

We have two classic ITV dramas from the 1970s, a very early role for a certain Mr Maurice Micklewhite, thrills and spills thanks to legendary director Walter Hill and the marvellous Alec Guinness in a wonderfully dark comedy from 1950.

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Carmen Miranda, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman - this is a very Hollywood heavy episode of the podcast, but we haven't forgotten our British faves either, from Hammer to classic telly. 

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Welcome to another bonus edition of the podcast

Last summer, Daniel, Mel, and Scott were invited by their dear friend Dom to appear on his excellent podcast, Soho Bites.

The topic of conversation was the wonderfully bizarre movie from 1950 entitled 'Soho Conspiracy', directed by the legendary EJ Fancey

Regular listeners to Dom's show would have heard the episode back in August, but we thought it was high time that the Talking Pictures TV podcast listeners got a chance to hear it as well....especially as Talking Pictures TV are screening the movie at 3:20am on Tuesday 29th June.

Don't forget to check out all of the other episodes of Soho Bites at:

sohobitespodcast.com

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Bette Davis, Vincent Price and Michael Caine all make an appearance in this latest episode. Not in the same film, of course. There's crime, horror, war AND Looney Tunes. Let Mel Byron and the team guide you through the best of what's coming up on the UK's favourite independent TV channel.

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Welcome to the latest episode of the official Talking pictures TV Podcast. Join us for a birthday celebration as we mark six years of broadcasting the best in archive TV and movies.

On the show this week…. vampires, Victorian detectives and cold war spies. We have appearances from TPTV favourites, Googie Withers and John McCallum. There’s the story of the Battle of Arnhem as well as all the latest goings on in Upstairs Downstairs.

We’ve thrown in some music and there is also news of our next online Zoom quiz. Hope you enjoy it.

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The official Talking Pictures TV Podcast says goodbye to May with a stellar selection including an 80's espionage thriller, an early Peter Sellers performance, a wartime comedy, a supernatural anthology show and much more! 

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It’s Bank Holiday for the Bank Holiday as host, Mel Byron, talks about the Carol Reed classic. Join us for news, reviews and music as we talk about our favourite TV channel. There’s a British B crime drama, Paul Newman in Hombre and a terrifying Vampire Circus too. There’s comedy with Norman Wisdom in Press for Time and The Chain features an array of acting talent.

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A very special bonus episode for you this week featuring an episode of one of Scott’s other podcasts, Reel Britannia.

Scott is joined by Mel and Daniel from the official Talking Pictures TV podcast to chat about early British Hitchcock movies and in particular, Young and Innocent from 1937 starring Nova Pilbeam.

And don’t forget you can catch Young and Innocent on Talking Pictures TV on:

Friday 23rd April at 13:20

Sunday 2nd May at 10:00

All other episodes of Reel Britannia can be found at https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia

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Join your host, Scott, along with appearances from co-hosts Mel and Daniel for the latest episode of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast.

We have TPTV viewers Steve, Cev and Peter joining us with their thoughts on a fifties British crime drama, a diabolical horror from the eighties and a swinging sixties comedy adventure from the legendary Basil Dearden

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Kenneth More was one of the biggest stars of post-war British cinema. His films include Genevieve, Reach for the Sky and Sink the Bismarck!.

In this special bonus episode, Mel Byron talks to Nick Pourgourides, manager of the Kenneth More estate and author of More, Please.

Nick’s lifelong admiration for this great actor has led to his work in preserving Kenneth More’s legacy and ensuring that future generations get to know and love him.

You can find the official Kenneth More website at https://kennethmore.com/

Follow the Twitter feed @KennethMoreHQ

Nick's book is available at Amazon: amzn.to/3a1SLmP

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Here we are with another serving of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast, bringing you reviews of all sorts of delights coming to the channel. From big budget cinema to TV movies, from elegant psychological horror to wry Ealingesque comedy, from frock dramas to menswear action flicks, TPTV has it all, and we're here to guide you through it.

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There's an unlikely mix of James Stewart, Roger Moore and Margaret Leighton in fabulous gowns in this latest episode. Not in the same film! Mel Byron introduces reviews of Shout at The Devil (1976), Dead of night (1945) and Sapphire (1959). Crime, war, horror and frocks. Talking Pictures TV has it all!

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. In the chair for this episode is Scott who along with help from Talking Pictures TV viewers will give you a glimpse of what is coming up on the channel over the next two weeks.

Lots of great stuff on the show this week including a teenage David McCallum running riot with a machine gun in 1950s Liverpool, theres Hepburn and Holden in a dreamy tale of Hollywood imaginations running riot in Paris.,and how about Bette Davis , Ann Baxter, George Sanders, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm and Marilyn Monroe together in one of the greatest movies of all time.

We’ll be taking a trip to the Edwardian splendour of Eaton Place, the pre teen battleground that was the Saturday Morning Pictures and the wild American southwest of the 1880s for news of the return to our screens of one of the best loved equine entertainers.

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It's another episode guiding you through two weeks of Talking Pictures TV greatness. This time featuring films starring the likes of Robert Mitchum, Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot and...a Ford Transit?

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Get your pocket money ready as we’re going back to those Saturday Morning Pictures! We have reviews and news, as Flash Gordon, Superman and a host of other heroes make an appearance. Danny Kaye pops up too, trying hard to be heroic! Ralph Richardson is a quiet hero whilst Peter Cushing is misguided. Another cracking fortnight on the UK’s favourite independent TV channel.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. In the chair for this episode is Scott who along with help from Talking Pictures TV viewers will give you a glimpse of what is coming up on the channel over the next two weeks.

We have Arabian adventures, sixties speed shenanigans and a tale of twelve tots, toddlers, and teenagers (as well as pedal bins!) …with music from America’s favourite girl next door and Tupelo’s most famous son, we will also be bringing you all the news from the nation’s favourite archive movie and TV channel.

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We're ringing in the new year with lots of great vintage cinema showing on Talking Pictures TV! This edition includes a late Cliff Richard film, Powell and Pressburger in their golden age, a piece of 70's cheese with a Bacharach soundtrack and much more. 

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A bumper episode for the holidays! Mel, Scott and Daniel are all here to guide you through Talking Picture TV's fab end of year schedule. Featuring some spooky Ealing, small screen favourites hitting the big screen, Carol Reed adapting H.G. Wells, David Lean adapting Dickens, and much much more! 

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In this Bonus Episode, Mel Byron interviews actor, Jonathan Hansler, who is starring as George Sanders in the one-man play, Villain in Tinsletown. Jonathan gives us some deep insight into the suave, cynical and complex actor, one of classic Hollywood’s favourite villains.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. In the chair for this episode is Scott who along with help from Talking Pictures TV viewers will give you a glimpse of what is coming up on the channel over the next two weeks.

*Hollywood is represented by Ray Milland and Gary Cooper this week along with the home grown talents of Julie Christie, Richard Attenborough and John Mills*

With music from Roger Moore (yes…that Roger Moore), a vocal version of a familiar tv theme as well as a mystery singer with a very recognisable voice, we will also be bringing you all the news from the nations favourite archive movie and TV channel.

Dont forget, you can follow us on Twitter @TPTVPodcast

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Come on in and join us for another round of Talking Pictures TV greatness, featuring a lavish European co-production, an Italian legend directing two Hollywood greats, a Hammer chiller and much more. Also, we announce an upcoming event!

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John Mills, Irene Handl and the 1939 Arsenal football team all feature in this latest episode of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast.

Join Mel Byron and the team for film trivia, music and reviews of some of the best classic film and TV coming up in the next two weeks.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. In the chair for this episode is Scott who along with help from Talking Pictures TV viewers will give you a glimpse of what is coming up on the channel over the next two weeks.

There's an Oscar winning performance from Katherine Hepburn, two movies featuring Peter Cushing, Audrey Hepburn's only 'R' rated movie appearance and the wonderful pairing of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.

With music from Breakfast At Tiffany's along with birthday girl Petula Clark and something just a little silly from The Goons, we will bring you all the news from the nations favourite archive movie and TV channel.

Dont forget, you can follow us on Twitter @TPTVPodcast

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As the weather gets colder, we continue to hip you to the greatest vintage cinema and television happening on Talking Pictures TV! Featuring rare birds, subaquatic warlords, a talking dummy and much more. 

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An unlikely mix of Powell & Pressburger, a rarely seen 70's US classic and Doris Day are some of the ingredients of this late September episode. Season with Vincent Price at his creepy best, Frankie Vaughan, Vivien Leigh and a little-known British crime film for an unmissable flavour of some Talking Pictures TV delights.

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Welcome to the mid September edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - the podcast that is brought to you by the viewers of the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel.

In this episode we bring you underwater adventures with Nick Nolte, cold war thrills with Edward Woodward and classic Hollywood drama with Ginger Rogers and William Holden.

There's a couple of horror double bills, a triple helping of Stanley Holloway and it's back to the Saturday Morning Pictures with a classic from the Children's Film Foundation.

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Summer is ending, but have no fear, Talking Pictures TV has a feast cooked up to help you ring in Autumn in style! From Ealing to Hollywood, from vintage comedy to cult classics, there's something for everyone in this edition of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast.

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A controversial opinion, ENSA, and a film based on a poem all feature in the latest episode of the Talking Pictures TV podcast. We have some top facts about one of TPTV’s most-requested films. Add in Julie Walters, Lana Turner and the ‘British Brando’ and it all adds up to a heady mix of reviews, comment and music highlighting the very best of Talking Pictures TV’s late August schedule.

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An extra special bonus episode of the podcast this week:

Join Mel Byron as she chats to Joanna McCallum, currently starring in Bognor on Talking Pictures TV, the daughter of the legendary Googie Withers and John McCallum.

We cannot thank Joanna enough for agreeing to take part in the show as she recounts tales from not only from her own marvellous career, but also that of her parents.

So why not join Mel as she discusses some of the stories behind Pink String And Sealing Wax, Within These Walls and a certain Australian marsupial?

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Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast.

Lots in store for this episode including Peter Sellers and Bernard Cribbens heading an all star cast in one of the finest British comedies ever made, John and Hayley Mills in a movie described as a potent portrait of sex in swinging sixties…there’s the dastardly plot of an evil Asian criminal mastermind, and not one, but two movies featuring human cloning experiments. And if that wasn’t enough excitement, there’s our very own Mel Byron with a sensational  piece of news about something happening very soon.

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We are back with another two week's worth of vintage film goodness, and not just that - this episode also features reviews of the fine short subjects and TV shows from the usual group of TPTV enthusiasts. Charlie Chaplin, Norman Wisdom, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Charlton Heston - our late July episode is stocked to the brim with stars! 

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Heroes, real and fictional. Music, cool and hot. Stars, big, and…bigger. You can find them all in this July episode of the Talking Pictures TV podcast, presented by Mel Byron. Cary Grant is back to make us laugh. There’s Grace Kelly in her Oscar-winning role. Steve McQueen makes his movie swansong. Watch out for a sort-of-love story from an unlikely source, and a man who’s 104 years old. Enjoy reviews, fun facts and some great songs all designed to whet your appetite for Talking Pictures TV’s upcoming attractions.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Talking Pictures TV podcast.

Plenty to chat about in this episode including two premieres, four feathers and a horror double bill.

You will hear the saucy but ultimately tragic tale of Simone Silva's bid for stardom and may even find yourself humming along to the Cornish Rhapsody.

And if that wasn't enough, there's vocal support from Nancy Whisky, Dick James and Cliff Richard.

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This episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast is full of goodies, including an interview with author and Talking Pictures fan Andy Miller; some calypso from Robert Mitchum; and another slew of fab reviews, including lots of groovy 60's films airing soon on Talking Pictures TV!

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We celebrate Talking Pictures TV's 5th birthday with a galaxy of film and TV talent, from a Tony Hancock classic to lesser-known gem starring Megs Jenkins. Marvel at Dirk Bogarde's mind actually being bent. Gasp as a grown man owns up to a love of David Essex. Along the way we meet Shirley-Anne Field, Vincent Price and a vat or two of acid and not one, but two, Roger Moores.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Talking Pictures TV podcast.

Lots in store for you this time around with some Hammer horror, some Powell and Pressburger and some classic British TV science fiction.

With vocal support from Diana Dors, Anthony Newley and even Elsa Lanchester we will also be bringing you a crime thriller featuring Frank Sinatra, family drama with James Mason and bit of good old fashioned British sauciness from Terry Thomas and Leslie Phillips.

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We're in uncertain times, but the show must go on! For the last days of April and the early days of May, Talking Pictures TV has a veritable banquet lined up, including a classic 50's disaster film, an excellent Carol Reed thriller, David Bowie at his most alien and a never before seen edition of Sunday Night At The London Palladium! You can follow us on Twitter @tptvpodcast Or why not join us over at the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TPTVPodcast If you fancy submitting a review yourself, get in touch at talkingpictures@attaboyclarence.com for details of how to get involved. And to sign up as a supporter, and to receive bonus audio go to www.patreon.com/tptvpodcast

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Danny Kaye, the Tufty Club and Hitchcock's take on Freud. Just a small selection of the treats in the retro lucky bag of the latest Talking Pictures TV podcast. Mel Byron presents this lockdown episode, covering the latter half of April 2020.

Guest reviewers galore rub shoulders with Peter Sellers, Barbara Windsor, John Mills, and can that be Googie Withers waving from the back? There's uplifting music and some fun facts, too. Join us as we celebrate the UK's best TV channel and its many delights.

You can follow us on Twitter @tptvpodcast

Or why not join us over at the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TPTVPodcast

If you fancy submitting a review yourself, get in touch at talkingpictures@attaboyclarence.com for details of how to get involved.

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Welcome to the first of two podcasts highlighting some great movies and TV shows on Talking Pictures TV throughout the month of April.

Join Scott and a whole host of viewers as they lead us through such diverse reviews on two Alfred Hitchcock movies, four films from the legendary Amicus Productions and Jack the Ripper.
There's Mike Sarne, Dirk Bogarde and Billy Liar...and we will even throw in some Terry Thomas and Arthur Askey for good measure.

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The second half of March on Talking Pictures TV holds many delights, including a very British musical starring Jean Kent; Amicus taking a stab at science fiction; Joan Crawford in deadly peril; the juggernaut that is KONGA, and much more!

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The Talking Pictures TV podcast is back!

As ever, we are celebrating the very best in classic film and TV, this time highlighting some of the gems on the channel in the first half of March. What a first half it is too, like a classy cocktail party, with lots of old friends to cosy up to and plenty of new ones you've always wanted to meet, but haven't yet had the time.

In the host's chair is Mel Byron, who'll be introducing the new podcast producing team and talking about one of her favourite subjects, Googie Withers – again! There are guest reviews galore, covering an eclectic range of films, from the timeless classic, Whistle Down the Wind, to the glorious Passport to Pimlico. On the way, we'll encounter some British noir, Sir Cliff Richard, and killer weed! There are one or two long forgotten goodies in there,too.

So, something for everyone in this newest episode. Grab your favourite beverage, settle down and enjoy the ride. If you fancy submitting a review yourself, get in touch at talkingpictures@attaboyclarence.com for details of how to get involved.

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In this month's show there's some sad news, but some good news too!

Special guests include Dean Martin, Kenneth Williams, Dinah Sheridan, Christopher Lee, Lynne Frederick, Laurence Naismith, Diana Dors, Bing Crosby and Derek Farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...rrr...

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Hellooooo to all you Talking Pictures viewers, and the spookiest of welcomes to this edition, just in time for Halloween…

This month, Mr Daniel “Inside With” Reifferscheid takes over hosting and producing duties, and presents a spook-themed tour of what October has in store on Britain’s favourite television channel, with the help of the Talking Pictures reviewers, (and a guest appearance from Adam!).

So hop on in to this month’s edition, featuring witches, beasts, spooks, and a raft of brilliance once again from your favourite TV channel!

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In this month’s extravaganza, Adam and the Talking Pictures reviewers give you their verdicts on a whole host of upcoming treats in September, featuring Cary Grant, Morecambe & Wise, Claude Rains, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bates, Ingrid Bergman, Alfie Bass, Behemoth The Sea Monster, Kenneth Williams, Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Flanders & Swann, James Stewart, Arthur Askey and the devil himself!

They’re all here, and you should be too!

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If you have the evening free on Friday August 9th, from 5pm onwards, Adam and some of the reviewers for the Talking Pictures TV Podcast will be at the Anchor Bankside pub!

Come along, say hi, and talk about movies with us!

For info on how to get there see the link below:

http://www.visitbankside.com/eating-and-drinking/anchor-bankside

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In this month’s Talking Pictures TV celebration, we’ve got the biggest Hitchcock copycat ever, the first-ever foreign-language movie for the channel, a cursed sword-and-sandals production, a husband trying to hide his wife’s deadly secret. the most successful British movie ever AND fabulous music from Sid James and the weirdest band the British Invasion ever produced!

Starring Sid James, Klaus Kinski, Robert Young, Florence Bates, Felix Aylmer, Jean Simmons, Liza Minnelli, Flanders And Swann, Monica Vitti, Anna Neagle, Patricia Roc, Michael Wilding, Ida Lupino and many, many more!

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Written & Produced by Adam Roche

Guest reviewers: Daniel Reifferscheid, Cev Moore, Mel Byron, Steve “Shameful” Noble, Claire Mortimer, Kate Bolin, Gareth Preston, Kelly Morton, Andrea Braid, Kelly Luther, Mark Cunliffe, Chris Hughes

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It's June! 

In this special episode, hear all about what Talking Pictures has coming up for its audience, in the company of your host, Adam Roche!

Co-starring are Daniel Reifferscheid, Kelly Morton, Chris HUGHES, Chris & Eric Benson, Gareth Preston, Ally Pitts, Cev Moore, Gabriela Masson, Leigh Wilson, Melanie Williams, Steve Noble...

...and Just William, Sid James, Joan Sims, Bob Monkhouse, Dana Andrews, Bill Owen, Patricia Roc, and many many more!

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Welcome back to The Talking Pictures TV Podcast!

This time we’re taking a look at some of the treasures coming your way in May. We’ve got special guests, a VERY special celebrity guest, music, plus plenty of highlights from this month’s schedule, so come on in!

Starring Robert Donat, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins, Robert Powell, Laurence Olivier, Kris Kristofferson, Boris Karloff, Rosemary Clooney, Christopher Lee, Harrison Ford, Beryl Reid, Googie Withers, Sylvia Sims, William Hartnell, Peter Lorre and many, many more!

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Welcome along to the April edition of The Talking Pictures TV Podcast!

This time round I’ll be telling you all about the GREATEST MUSIC FILM OF ALL TIME! The most diabolical Ealing film of all time! The greatest BBC-based murder mystery OF ALL TIME!

We’ve got music from Liz Fraser, Bob Monkhouse, Jim Dale, Perry Como, Sid James, Elisabeth Welch and Hoagy Carmichael.

And guest appearances from Laurence Olivier, James Stewart, Shirley Eaton, Alec Guinness, Pierce Brosnan, Loretta Young, Dennis Price, Joseph Cotten, Joan Greenwood, Cary Grant, John Gielgud’s Evil Twin, Bette Davis, Richard O’ Sullivan, Neil Diamond and many more!

And all of the treasures you’ll hear about are playing on Talking Pictures TV in April, so count your blessings and MAKE SURE YOU’RE WATCHING!

On top of all this, there’s a fantastic competition for you to enter!

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In this month’s mammoth compendium of treasures, Adam will be guiding you through reviews, a sea of special guests, some fabulous musical treats, a guide to what’s coming up on Talking Pictures TV AND a very special chat with Talking Pictures founder, Sarah Cronin-Stanley!

We’ve got special appearances from Laurel & Hardy, Ingrid Bergman, Sid James, Cliff Richard, Laurence Olivier, George Formby, Will Hay, Joan Fontaine, Edward Woodward, Alfred Hitchcock, Nigel Bruce, Bill Owen and many, many more!

It’s our pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the UK’s Number 1 TV & Film Podcast!

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Hello and welcome along to the very first episode of the all-new official Talking PIctures TV Podcast hosted by Adam Roche.

In this episode, we’ll be taking you through some of the delights headed your way in February on the biggest independent television channel in Great Britain!

We’ve got Boris Karloff, Sid James, Arthur Askey, Morecambe and Wise, Petula Clark, Eric Portman, John Le Mesurier, Alec Guiness, Celia Johnson, Sabu, Miles Malleson, Laurel & Hardy, Dirk Bogarde, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Donat, Honor Blackman, Googie Withers, Anthony Newley, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Burton and many, many more!

Plus a whole brigade of special guests, a competition, some glorious music, a boy, a girl, a bike, and a very warm welcome to the very first episode of The Official Talking Pictures TV Podcast!

Come on in!

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