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Simon takes a disliking to a man making overtures to a married woman on his stage and challenges him to a fist fight

A small community comes under threat from a creature with a taste for human flesh. Horror, starring Mark Siegel and Bob Hyman

Fact-based drama following the British explorer's failed attempt to beat his Norwegian rivals to the South Pole in 1912. Starring John Mills, Derek Bond and James Robertson Justice

Key events of 1937, narrated by Niall MacGinnis. In Britain, soldiers rehearse for the Coronation but on the Continent, sandbags, air raid shelters and bombs presage things to come

An entomologist develops a machine to communicate with bees. Unknown to him, a queen bee has taken human form, with plans of her own

Harry Watt and Basil Wright's documentary following the mail train to Scotland from London, accompanied by Pat Jackson reading WH Auden's rhyming verse

Documentary film tracking the journey of a delivery train, accompanied by poetry by Blake Morrison, in tribute to WH Auden's verse form the original 1930s Night Mail film

A small-time crook assembles a gang to rob a train carrying withdrawn banknotes from Scotland to London to be destroyed. Crime drama, starring Lee Patterson and Kay Callard

Simon hatches a scam against a ruthless beauty tycoon, whose ideas were stolen from her ex-husband, leaving him penniless and in ill health. Guest starring Jean Marsh

The work of a wildlife haven warden on Skomer

The outlaw tries to put his violent past behind him - but when his mentor is murdered, he seeks revenge. Western, starring Scott Brady and Betta St John

Documentary following the first few operational months of Heathrow Airport in 1949, when the nation was still recovering from the Second World War

Long-running series from the 1960s and 1970s, in which Jack Hargreaves explores rural life and countryside traditions

Featuring footage of skydiving and the Andrews Sisters, plus a look behind the scenes on the making of Half a Sixpence

John Hurt stars in this spooky tale based on the Edwardian ghost story, about a man haunted by an apparition he sees on a desolate beach. Gemma Jones and Lesley Sharp co-star

Christopher Lee presents a guide to horror films

A mill worker has an affair with the son of her employer, but courts scandal by refusing to marry him when the relationship is exposed. Drama, starring Lisa Daniely and Brian Worth

An accountant who aided the gold robbers is forced to consider helping Cradock when his family's lives comes under threat

The inspector sets a trap for a serial killer by claiming to have already arrested him, in the hope that the murderer's pride will make him strike again. In French

Footage of 1960s teen idol Eden Kane performing Sounds Funny To Me

The son of a barrister's clerk is due to start work in the office - until he is arrested for a mugging

An American businessman tries to help people living in poverty in Hong Kong, but his efforts at charity are sabotaged by black marketeers

The private eye protects an antique newspaper entrusted to her by a dying man - and determine whether or not it is a forgery

Noel Cronin showcases films coming up soon on Talking Pictures

An FBI agent is sent to London to investigate a spate of kidnappings involving nuclear scientists. Crime thriller, starring George Raft and Sally Gray