Talking Pictures TV Wish list
A list of films I would love to see screened on the UK TV channel Talking Pictures TV - Sky 328 - Freeview 81
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- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsJohn DerekMilly VitaleWilliam FranklynPimps prey on young women coming to London for work.
- DirectorGerry O'HaraStarsFrancesca AnnisAnneke WillsTony TannerA beautiful young girl arrives in London to pursue a modeling career, and finds herself caught up in the whole "swinging '60s" scene.
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsPatricia NealPamela BrownNicholas ClayThe dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips RaffertyAfter a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsTommy SteeleJanet MunroSidney JamesTommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Tommy finishes up in the bull-ring facing a VERY angry bull and cheered on by the crowd. What will he do now ?
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsPaul JonesJean ShrimptonMark LondonBritain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter (Paul Jones), receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie (Jean Shrimpton), is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.
- DirectorRobert Hartford-DavisStarsJacqueline EllisAnnette WhiteleyGeorgina PattersonA clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant from her window cleaner boyfriend, "Kinky", an aspiring pop singer. Desperate, and unable to confide in her parents, she must wrestle with her conscience and decide what course of action to take. Meanwhile, a concerned teacher learns the significance of the yellow teddy bears, and in trying to help the girls in question, puts her own career in jeopardy.
- DirectorVernon SewellStarsDonald PleasenceJohnny BriggsAnn LynnFrank is an unemployed, discontented and rebellious teenage, living at home with his mild-mannered father, domineering mother and sister Josie. Frank harbors a deep-seated resentment and hatred towards the black people he sees as flooding Notting Hill and taking all the jobs. He spends his time hanging around with a gang of similar youths who all share his racist views.
- DirectorJames HillStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversVinay InambarBill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsNigel DavenportJean WallaceJohn HamillAn environmental catastrophe destroys civilization. Led by father John and mother Ann, the Custance clan sets out on a quest for safety in a savage world that may just end up turning them into the very thing they are fleeing.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsJerry LewisTerry-ThomasJacqueline PearceAn American plans to bilk the British out of some considerable money with the help of an English con artist.
- DirectorPiers HaggardStarsDennis WatermanTessa WyattAlexandra BastedoA young, sensitive girl becomes panicky on her wedding night with an overpowering fear of marital sex and ultimate pregnancy.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsRomy SchneiderDonald HoustonDennis WatermanFrancesca Anderson, the rich wife of an older millionaire, can't cope with the death of her lover, who is the father of her only son, James. As her son is somehow part of her dead lover, she falls in love with him and tries to seduce him, but he has a girlfriend named Julie. As her husband finds out all about this, he tries to kill her
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsVirginia MaskellPaul RogersIan McShaneUniversity students form relationships and perform pranks with disastrous consequences all round.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsMichael LatimerLuan PetersDerek AylwardA mercenary joins forces with 2 crooked cops in an attempt to steal a fortune in gold bullion from a corrupt Arab country.
- DirectorDon MedfordStarsOliver ReedCandice BergenGene HackmanA ruthless rancher and his gang use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife.
- DirectorBarney Platts-MillsStarsSusan PenhaligonBruce RobinsonMichael FeastLove story between a young depressive girl and a talented young writer and the first steps into their adult life.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsOliver ReedOrson WellesCarol WhiteThe professional and romantic misadventures of an advertising executive in 1960s swinging London.
- DirectorSaul SwimmerStarsPeter NooneKarl GreenKeith HopwoodFriends Herman, Karl, Keith, Derek, and Barry are working-class Manchester lads who aren't getting far in their working lives. That fact is epitomized by Herman's failure to get the promotion to junior account executive at the advertising company at which he works. Regardless, his Grandmother Gloria, with whom he lives, has faith in him. What Herman really wants to do is race Mrs. Brown, a greyhound inherited from his now-deceased grandfather. Mrs. Brown is a natural racer and has the potential to win. His four mates have bought equal ownership of Mrs. Brown. Their problem is that what little money they collectively have goes into the care and feeding of Mrs. Brown, which doesn't leave them enough money for race entry fees, and the ultimate race takes place in London. So they try to raise money by their band Herman's Hermits playing at any and every gig they can get. In their quest to get themselves to London and Mrs. Brown into the race, they get into one misadventure after another. Along the way Herman, whose neighborhood friend Tulip is in love with him, falls in love with model Judy Brown, the daughter of wealthy greengrocers and greyhound-race aficionados Mr. and Mrs. G.G. Brown (short for George George). Judy's mother ends up being not the only Mrs. Brown whom Herman believes has a lovely daughter.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsPeter NooneKarl GreenKeith HopwoodBritish beat group Herman's Hermits, on tour in the USA, is offered an opportunity to have a spaceship named after the group. Several people seem to care whether it happens or not.
- DirectorPeter CoeStarsChristopher PlummerSusannah YorkGlynis JohnsA trio of randy sailors go looking for girl-friends in 18th-century London.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsOliver ReedJill St. JohnIan McShaneImprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsGuy RolfeAllan CuthbertsonAndrew CruickshankIn the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.
- DirectorJames KelleyAndrea BianchiStarsMark LesterBritt EklandHardy KrügerA wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year-old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsTerence MorganSuzy KendallTony BeckleyThree thugs--Tom, Dick, and Harry (a woman)--break into the penthouse apartment of an adulterous couple and proceed to terrorize them, until the unexpected happens.
- DirectorAlbert FinneyStarsAlbert FinneyColin BlakelyBillie WhitelawA married writer has an affair with his secretary.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsElliott GouldTrevor HowardJoseph BovaAfter an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German military. The scientists use metal implants to save him. Once he's back in the States, no one can tell if it's really him, so an intelligence specialist must determine who is under the "mask".
- DirectorPeter HallStarsDavid WarnerCilla BlackZia MohyeddinEveryone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation, but Valentine Brose would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsSebastian BreaksVirginia WetherellJack AllenPlayboy John Carter is implicated in the murder of a blonde from a discotheque and is forced by gangsters into posing for pornographic photographs.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsAnouska HempelRay BrooksSusan SheersLight-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein.
- DirectorDennis AbeyStarsPeter DenyerFreddie JonesSheila SteafelIn the late 1970s, rock 'n' roll was banned from television. One young man, our hero, led the battle against the TV ban. He searched the country for the biggest rock groups to perform at a concert in support of his cause. But the enemies of rock 'n' roll had other plans.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsMichael CrawfordJohn LennonRoy KinnearAn inept British World War II commander leads his troops through a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsWalter ChiariJack AlbertsonDave AllenWhen greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsRita TushinghamColin CampbellDudley SuttonAn immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working-class marriage--and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsSteve McQueenRobert WagnerShirley Anne FieldIn 1943, while stationed in Britain, arrogant Captain Buzz Rickson is in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, but his recklessness is endangering everyone around him.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsMichael CrawfordNyree Dawn PorterJulia FosterEvery time Alan Crabbe tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a stumble. But then he meets Eileen, who signals unmistakable messages at Alan with her large, inviting eyes.
- DirectorRay AustinStarsAlexandra HaySandor ElèsHarry BairdThe daughter of a British prison governor returns from an American finishing school and chases after the inmates of her dad's prison.
- DirectorRobert SpaffordStarsYvonne BuckinghamJohn Drew BarrymoreAlicia BrandetA teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal.
- DirectorChristopher MorahanStarsMarcello MastroianniRita TushinghamElaine TaylorThe rightful heir to the Russian Imperial Jewels recruits a ragtag team of female petty thieves and cat burglars to steal them from a British museum.
- DirectorErnest MorrisStarsJohn HewerAnn LynnJean MuirThe stripper Rita is trying to blackmail her former lover, the wealthy Carlos Branco, threatening to reveal his illegal dope trade for the police. Branco responds by hiring the hit man Perkel, an eccentric technician, who has invented a sophisticated technical device for killing people at some distance with the help of a transmitter. Perkel sneaks into the Flamingo Club during daytime, and attaches a transistor to the microphone Rita is going to use in her act the same evening. Before the show starts there is a fierce quarrel between Rita and another girl, and Rita leaves the Club. Another stripper, Diana, has to replace her, and when she performs Rita's act, she suddenly drops dead at the stage. A doctor investigates Diana's body, and thinks there were natural causes for her death, probably a congenital heart defect. Diana's husband Bert, who is the comic announcer between the acts of the show, cannot believe this. He is convinced that his 24 year old wife was murdered, although there is nothing that proves this at the moment. When Scotland Yard refuses to investigate the case, he starts the investigation himself.
- DirectorMichael CortStarsJames Robertson JusticeCharles HawtreyRobin HawdonA race of sexy women from Angvia, a planet in another dimension, comes to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.
- DirectorRobert AmramStarsGeorgie FameRosemary NicolsJohn CliveA quartet of Mod princesses who are so desperate for boyfriends that they're forced to kidnap them.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeeRupert DaviesVeronica CarlsonAfter a Monsignor accidentally brings Count Dracula back from the dead while exorcising his castle, the vampire preys on the holy man's beautiful niece and her friends.
- DirectorSidney HayersStarsSuzy KendallFrank FinlayFreddie JonesAfter one schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another is murdered in the same woods a few days later, the local police are baffled. With the help of a reporter from one of the local papers, and against the wishes of a psychologist at the local hospital, a young teacher at the school the girls attended uses herself as bait to lure the perpetrator out. Could it be the creepy husband of the head mistress at the school, the psychologist who seems to be taking an unusual interest in the case, or something altogether more sinister?
- DirectorBill BainStarsVanessa HowardMona WashbournePaul NicholasIn order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsHarry H. CorbettStanley BaxterBill FraserBusted for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War, a gang of East End wideboys choose conscription over prison and take their talents on a tour of duty.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsCarl GonzalesKim SmithDudley FosterTo boys from London plan to run away to Liverpool and from there to Jamaica.
- DirectorSamuel GalluStarsShelley WintersDonald PleasenceTerry-ThomasThe inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life that he creates a second identity that of a dashing, debonair womaniser.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsSuzy KendallKenneth MoreNigel GreenDuring the First World War, female German spy Fraulein Doktor and her team of saboteurs plan to kill Lord Kitchener, obtain the Allied defense plans, and steal the new French mustard-gas formula.
- DirectorElio PetriStarsMarcello MastroianniUrsula AndressElsa MartinelliIn a future where a human vs. human "Big Hunt" is used as an alternative to war, a veteran huntress' plan to kill a "victim" for a major TV sponsorship deal is compounded by romance.
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsFrank FinlayJane CarrLen JonesIn the early 70s in the quiet calm of the Welsh foothills, Danny Jones reaches the age of 17 with a desire to break away from the strict influence of his father, encouraged by his girlfriend who shakes up his small world for the better.
- DirectorPeter HallStarsUrsula AndressStanley BakerDavid WarnerThe deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsGary MerrillJane MerrowGeorgina CooksonAn astute businesswoman is completely devoted to her faithless husband, who must kill her to carry on with her pretty young niece. It turns out that the dead don't die so easily.
- DirectorKevin BillingtonStarsAnn BeachDesmond Walter-EllisPeter CookFresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics, and in the mini-skirted, flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain, he starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
- DirectorJoseph McGrathStarsDudley MooreEddie Foy Jr.Suzy KendallRupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday. One minor problem: he'll be 30 in six weeks...
- DirectorAlastair ReidStarsDiana DorsLinda HaydenTroy DanteLibidinous 15 year old English schoolgirl Lucy finds her single mother dead. They never had a good relationship, but this still unbalances her. She moves in with the family of her mother's old friend. She hates him and seduces his wife.
- DirectorMichael SarneStarsGeneviève WaïteChristian DoermerCalvin LockhartA provincial girl is entangled in the mod morality of London.
- DirectorJoe MassotStarsJack MacGowranJane BirkinIrene HandlEccentric professor Oscar Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When model Penny Lane and her photographer boyfriend move in next to him, he becomes fascinated with her. He drills holes in the walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and delusions.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsKathleen HarrisonLionel JeffriesDiana DorsThe delinquent sons of Mrs. Gibbons make life very trying for poor Lester.
- DirectorSamuel GalluStarsCraig StevensKate O'MaraMoira RedmondDefectors are being sent back behind the iron curtain. Can the limbo line be stopped?
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsDavid HemmingsTony BeckleyTom BellThe saga of three British soldiers and their German captive as they trek through the European countryside.
- DirectorRoddy McDowallStarsAva GardnerIan McShaneRichard WattisAn older woman uses witchcraft to keep her young jet-set friends. Based on an ancient Scottish folk song.
- DirectorRobert FreemanStarsJudy HuxtableEster AndersonKathy SimmondsBritish rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.
- DirectorJorge GrauStarsCristina GalbóRay LovelockArthur KennedyA cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsMichael BryantUrsula HowellsPat HeywoodA wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsJenny AgutterBryan MarshallClare SutcliffeA 15 year-old girl coming to terms with her sexuality suspects her foster brother may be guilty of a murder.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsLon Chaney Jr.Jack HedleyJill DixonWhen her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
- DirectorDesmond DavisStarsSarah MilesCyril CusackJulian GloverCass followed the bright lights to London, but was quickly disillusioned. She met (and married) Doctor Langdon, and soon realised she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and her first love Colin.
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsShashi KapoorFelicity KendalGeoffrey KendalThe story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bolliwood movies.
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsSamantha EggarOliver ReedStéphane AudranA secretary takes her boss's car for the holiday in the Mediterranean, oddly retracing a journey she has not taken, and is recognized by people she has not met before. Soon, things get serious.