Talking Pictures TV Wednesday

An alcoholic lawyer is placed in a difficult situation when he is forced to prosecute a man for murder, and told not to lose the case. Guest starring Star Trek's DeForest Kelley

Police officers race to save an injured child with a rare blood group who is in desperate need of a transfusion. Drama, starring Glyn Houston and Zena Walker

Four bungling secret agents are sent on a mission to recover a stolen secret formula. Comedy, starring Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Cribbins

An ex-convict goes in search of the loot from a robbery, but finds there are no end of other parties on the trail of the money. Crime drama, starring Joan Evans and Ron Foster

A former Union colonel is called on to save his one-time Confederate enemy when he is taken hostage by a Mexican general years later. Western, starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson

Mary tries to set things right with Jennifer, who insists she no longer wants to play her games. Ted warns that if forced to choose between them, his place will be with his wife

An Indian prince enlists the help of the British Army to overthrow the evil uncle who murdered his father. Adventure, directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Sabu and Raymond Massey

A mermaid is caught by a doctor during a fishing holiday, and decides to go home with him to sample life on dry land. Comedy, with Glynis Johns and Griffith Jones

People who claim to have had near-death experiences talk about what happened to them. Plus, a look into the mystery of dowsing

The team deals with a bomb at a gas works, only to discover another explosive device - which is set to go off at a specific time

An English aristocrat is found dead in an Amsterdam canal, but his mother does not seem to care. The hunt for the killer leads Van der Valk to the city's transvestite scene

A man seeks Maigret's help, claiming his wife is plotting to murder him, then later disappears. A woman claiming to be his wife says his story is a paranoid delusion. In French

Jacques is forced to leave the residence while Rose is still trapped there. Isabelle convinces him to try and free her. In French

A surgeon embarks on a passionate and perilous affair with his new boss's wife. Romantic drama, starring Robson Green and Francesca Annis

A criminal kidnaps her lover's son, and threatens to kill the boy if he does not reveal where he hid the money they stole. Crime thriller, with Jayne Mansfield and Anthony Quayle

A conman disguises himself as a preacher to get closer to an evangelist, and they set off across the American Midwest. Oscar-winning drama, with Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons

Britain's secret resistance movement are taught the skills of sabotage

A woman's husband reveals he has killed his previous six wives and intends to kill her as well - but struggles to convince anyone of her story. Guest starring Michael Gough

A forger travels to the Swiss Alps to stop his nephew from getting involved in a counterfeiting ring. Crime drama, starring Anthony Bushell and Jane Baxter