Talking Pictures TV Friday

A man tries to improve the fortunes of his struggling company by creating an imaginary business partner. Comedy, starring Henry Kendall and Alistair Sim

A notorious thief seeks refuge from police in the Casbah in Algiers, but is tempted out by his love for a Parisian woman. Romantic musical, starring Tony Martin and Yvonne de Carlo

A police inspector helps an ambulance crew locate three men with a rare blood type and persuade them to help save a dying child's life. Thriller, with Jack Warner and Anthony Steel

A schoolteacher clashes with a stuffy headmaster, who wants to get rid of a sixth-form music group. Comedy, starring John Mills and Jeremy Spencer

Manfred comes to the aid of a banker who has been tricked into assisting a plot to destabilise a foreign government. Guest starring Charles Gray

An ex-convict is outraged to discover his wife does not want him back on his release from prison. Crime drama, starring William Hartnell and Betty McDowall

A womanising barge worker is forced into marriage when one of his many girlfriends gets pregnant. Comedy, with Harry H Corbett and Ronnie Barker

A girl starts to believe her dead uncle has been reincarnated as a horse. Comedy, starring Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Dame May Whitty and James Gleason

Three workmen digging a hole in the street clash with local officials and a prissy fashion designer. Short comedy, starring Arthur Lowe and Victor Maddern

A team of Allied special operatives is sent on a daring mission to rescue a Swedish atomic scientist. Second World War spy thriller, starring Robert Newton and Raymond Lovell

Introducing tonight's episode of Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

The US ambassador to the UK arranges a holiday to spend more time with his wife, unaware she is being stalked by someone from her past. Starring Dean Stockwell

Preview of next week's episode

A thousand years in the future, a lone warrior is captured by an evil overlord and forced to fight a duel to the death. Sci-fi drama, starring David Carradine and Claudia Jennings

The crew and passengers of an interplanetary cruise ship are forced to seek refuge in a small support pod. Sci-fi thriller, starring Joe Penny, Kristine DeBell and Carl Lumbly

An ex-cop dealing in illegal virtual-reality experiences uncovers a conspiracy while hunting a killer. Kathryn Bigelow's sci-fi thriller, with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett

A drunken man confronts the Cartwrights, leaving them no other choice other than to defend themselves, but his grieving son vows revenge

Two crooks go in search of the loot they buried in a field 10 years previously, only to find a department store has been built on the site. Musical comedy, with Flanagan and Allen