Talking Pictures TV Friday

A rebel leader and a military officer battle for possession of a sword that is the key to finding a lost treasure. Swashbuckling adventure, with Rita Corday and George Montgomery

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not to be missed in the second half of April

A builder recruits a dubious character to help him finish work on a housing estate. Comedy mystery, starring Ruth Dunning and Edward Evans

A prehistoric creature is captured off the coast of Ireland and brought to England - closely followed by its enraged mother. Monster adventure, starring Bill Travers

How Britain's first spacecraft was created, tested and launched

A miser reforms after ghosts haunt him on Christmas Eve. Adaptation of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Seymour Hicks and Donald Calthrop.

Two children declare to their parents that they want to get married as soon as possible. Drama, starring Mark Lester and Jack Wild

A girl goes to live with her aunt, and her sunny nature has an astonishing effect on those around her. Simon Nye's adaptation of Eleanor H Porter's novel, starring Amanda Burton

The heads of two schools, one for boys and the other for girls, struggle to work together when they have to share facilities. Comedy, starring Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford

A yachtsman and his friend investigate a plan to invade England while sailing round the coast of Germany in 1901. Spy thriller, starring Simon MacCorkindale and Michael York

Michael Aspel examines the case of the Enfield Poltergeist, one of the most remarkable examples of the phenomenon

Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch

A computer monitoring an intensive care ward is upgraded to be capable of independent thought - but it decides to kill any patients it judges past saving

Caroline introduces 1965 horror Catacombs

A man plots to murder his wife so he can carry on an affair with her niece, but finds she does not die easily. Horror, starring Gary Merrill and Jane Merrow

Caroline offers a peek at next week's features

Bass player and singer Heinz performs Dreams Do Come True

A tramp is used to spearhead a fake campaign to boost a corrupt politician's career. Frank Capra satire, starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

An alien king sends two of his most loyal subjects to Earth to find him a queen. Sci-fi comedy, starring Barry Gordon and Peter Kastner

A penniless aristocrat plans to marry an American heiress for her money - not realising she's as poor as he is. Romantic comedy, starring Ian Hunter and Claire Luce

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

A leisurely journey along the Thames

Two criminals out for revenge on their former boss stumble into a series of sinister events at an old monastery. Crime thriller, starring Wilfrid Lawson and Bernard Lee