Talking Pictures TV Friday

First episode of the Western adventure series, with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. The sole survivor of a massacre reinvents himself as a masked avenger

Fascinating aspects of angling, including a look at the miles of inland waterway so polluted that no fish can live in them

A spy for the French foreign legion goes undercover as a nightclub singer to expose an Arab leader's evil schemes. Action adventure, starring Yvonne De Carlo and Carlos Thompson

A sword-maker aspires to become a knight so he can thwart a treasonous plot to overthrow King Arthur. Swashbuckling adventure, with Alan Ladd, Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton

An inventor develops a bombsight that could change the course of the Second World War, but Nazi spies plan to disrupt his work. Thriller, starring Leslie Banks and John Mills

A secretary brings sweeping changes to a stuffy university, while a professor and his son are determined to enforce a moral code. Comedy, starring Diane Hart and Charles Hawtrey

Shows and films not to be missed throughout August

A soldier discovers his wife is having an affair, prompting him to head home and save his marriage. Second World War drama, starring John Mills, Joy Shelton and Alastair Sim

An ambitious actress refuses to grant her unhappy husband a divorce, so he makes plans to murder her instead. Thriller, starring Douglass Montgomery and Patricia Burke

The naive second wife of a wealthy Cornish landowner is forced to live in the shadow of her glamorous predecessor. Romantic thriller, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine

Michael Aspel examines the case of a man who claims to use psychic abilities to travel in time, and which he employed to investigate the Lockerbie plane disaster

Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch

The team investigates whether a new pesticide has caused the deaths of thousands of animals in the Somerset countryside

Caroline introduces the 1973 American slasher Scream Bloody Murder

A boy who murdered his father is released from a mental hospital, but news of his mother's remarriage turns him violent once more. Horror, with Fred Holbert and Leigh Mitchell

Caroline presents a taster of next week's offerings

An author becomes embroiled in murder in the Mediterranean while ghost-writing an ageing actor's autobiography. Comedy thriller, starring Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney

Disfigured genius Dr Phibes returns from the grave to search for an elixir of life. Horror sequel, starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Beryl Reid

A pair of volunteer workers clash over the best approach to teaching an autistic boy neglected by his parents. Drama, with Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland

How the flood warning system works

Michael's brothers follow him in joining the French Foreign Legion, and John befriends a petty criminal and former legionnaire, who is re-enlisting

Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya performed by harmony band the Fortunes

Assorted travellers board a boat bound for Africa in the hope of staking a claim on land rich in uranium. Comedy, starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones