Talking Pictures TV Wednesday

A writer of children's books is strangled with a typewriter ribbon, casting suspicion on a prodigal son, a secretary and a number of people whose livelihood involves children

A schoolteacher befriends a tearaway youngster neglected by his drunken father. Drama, starring Richard Attenborough and Terence Morgan

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not be missed in the first half of September

A woman inherits an old house following her father's apparent suicide, only to be plagued by a mysterious assailant. Mystery, starring Rona Anderson, Guy Rolfe and Francis Lister

People who travel the world by air as part of their everyday jobs

Tempest arrives at Savannah on the promise of a valuable cargo - but local politics make this a risky endeavour

A 1920s pilot flies a banker's daughter across the country, only for a crash to leave them stranded in the wilderness. Adventure, starring Christopher Reeve and Rosanna Arquette

Denhom Elliott stars in this adaptation of Charles Dickens' ghost story about a lonely signalman haunted by a spectral figure

Mary's homecoming celebrations clash with Barbara's 18th birthday, while Edward is distracted by his marital problems and makes a serious error that a rival company exploits

James Stephens introduces Vengeance Valley

A selfish rancher's son gets a woman pregnant, and convinces her furious family that his adoptive brother is the father of the child. Western, with Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker

A crooked gambler driven out of town hires an assassin to kill Wyatt, but the lawman uses trickery to turn the hired gun and his employer against each other

Hoss befriends a gentle giant and gives him a job on the ranch

Bill protects a farmer from angry cattlemen plotting to kill him, and tries to persuade a sheriff who fought alongside him in the army to stop turning a blind eye

Two tenants play a joke on their landlady by leaving fake plans for a robbery where she will find them. But then a real thief turns up at the house. Guest starring Roger Lloyd Pack

A boxer is reunited with his father, whom he had thought to be dead. But the encounter brings back painful childhood memories that leave him unable to fight

A story of hostility within the fast-food underworld which began with the murders of a hot dog baron and his employee. FInal episode of the crime anthology

The inmates of a women's jail struggle to put their lives back together. Drama, starring Glynis Johns and Diana Dors

A look at Britain's Vulcan delta wing bomber, including the training of a new crew and unique footage of three of the early Vulcan bombers flying in formation

A barge owner survives being stabbed and pushed into the canal. As Maigret tries to discover the culprit, a body is discovered in the same waterway

A burglar becomes a valuable target after stealing a briefcase that contains a secret formula. Crime Drama. Drama, starring Jack Hogan, June Kenney and John Baer

The crew of a rickety cargo boat are marooned on an uncharted island with a mad sea captain and his murderous companion. Historical adventure, with Robbie Coltrane and Chris Barnes

A dying secret agent hides top secret papers in a woman's luggage, and she soon has both the police and his killers on her trail. Thriller, starring John Warwick and Jenny Laird

A detective takes on the challenging case of a master criminal engaged in blackmail and the theft of a top secret formula. Crime drama, starring Tod Slaughter and Patrick Barr