Talking Pictures TV Saturday

When a murderer is sentenced to hang for his crimes, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before his execution is carried out

A mad scientist attempts to create a race of superbeings using atomic radiation as a means of genetic manipulation. Ed Wood's horror, starring Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson

A man on trial for murder is found not guilty - but afterwards, his terrified stepson reveals that he did commit the crimes, and now cannot be tried for them again

A starstruck orphan is treated to a Christmas trip on the famous submarine - and gets the chance to be a hero, like his father before him

Short film about two children visited by a special guest on Christmas Eve

Part one of two. The Riddler commits a series of silent movie-themed crimes, with a German film-maker documenting his villainy every step of the way

Husky gets trapped in a Martian spider's web while exploring the Silver Forest of Venus

A boy promises to obtain a Christmas tree for all his friends spending the festive season in hospital. Family drama, starring William Burleigh and Kate Nicholls

Little John comes to the aid of an elderly woman being abused by two of the Sheriff's men-at-arms, only to discover that she is his mother

Unga Khan begins the transforming process to control Diana's mind, as Crash is overpowered by the tyrant's Black-Robes

A woman disappears after renting an old house. After being found not guilty of her murder, her husband discovers she is not the first person to go missing in the house

A superhero protecting Earth from alien invaders discovers a secret conspiracy assisting the enemy. Sci-fi adventure, starring Ken Utsui and Sachihiro Ohsawa. Dubbed in English

The crimefighter and his sidekick are hired by an old friend to find his two missing children

Venus is captured by aliens who plan to sacrifice her to their sun, in the hope that this will stop their planet being bombarded with asteroids

Symphony Angel's jet crashes in the desert and the Mysterons broadcast a threat to destroy Cloudbase

An innocent man becomes embroiled in international espionage after a mysterious woman dies in his flat. Spy thriller based on John Buchan's novel, with Kenneth More and Taina Elg

A mysterious stranger magics up luxuries in rationing-ravaged Britain. Comedy, starring Cyril Fletcher and Betty Astell

Resentment grows due to Lejaune's harsh treatment of his men, a situation that only intensifies when a superior officer shoots himself, placing the cruel sergeant major in charge

A woman is found badly beaten in her home just before Christmas, but resists Haggar's efforts to uncover what happened to her

Lomax returns to London for his mother's funeral, and discover that the case that led to his imprisonment is being reopened - but he soon faces being framed all over again

A drifter attends his uncle's wedding and finds himself dragged into a bizarre scheme to build a flying machine. Comedy, with Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway

Part one of two. A detective pursues the serial killer, but becomes convinced a conspiracy seeks to protect his identity. Victorian thriller, with Michael Caine and Jane Seymour

A teenager tries to prove that her mother did not kill herself, but was murdered by her stepfather. Thriller, starring Mandy Miller and Peter Van Eyck

Brave railroad workers in the French Resistance attempt to sabotage the Germans during the Second World War. Drama, starring Marcel Barnault and Jean Clarieux. In French and German

Travelling round Britain looking at the particular problems of refuse disposal

A showbiz agent interrupts Abraham's holiday by asking him to represent a French model arrested for indecent exposure