Talking Pictures TV Friday

A Dutch painter is accused of murdering his girlfriend, and vows to clear his name by finding the real killer. Mystery thriller, starring Hardy Kruger and Stanley Baker

What it takes to get to the top in professional football

A tough ex-convict finds work with an unscrupulous haulage firm, and comes into conflict with a sadistic rival. Crime drama, starring Stanley Baker and Patrick McGoohan

A military officer resents a film crew shooting on his barracks, so persuades them to use a haunted house as a location instead. Comedy, starring Brian Reece and Margot Grahame

An ambitious woman commits murder to advance her husband's career. Melodrama, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr

A psychothic author in love with the same woman as his brother resolves to apply his gift for inventing murders to real life. Crime thriller, with Dermot Walsh and Rona Anderson

Simon Sparrow signs up as ship's physician, but finds chasing the nurses a much more appealing pursuit than treating the passengers. Comedy, with Dirk Bogarde and Brigitte Bardot

The sport of rowing

A soldier returns home planning to fix his troubled relationship with his fiancee, but then he falls for someone else. Romantic comedy, starring Robert Donat and Renée Asherson

A man believes he has a terminal disease, prompting him to embark on a final fling abroad. Comedy, starring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh

Michael Aspel investigates numerous UFO sightings in Scotland, focussing on an area known as the Falkirk Triangle, and searches for the truth about the Durham Puma

Caroline introduces tonight's episode of Doomwatch

The team investigates strange behaviour among former miners in a South Wales town, and discovers that a special chemical used in a local fish farm may have affected them

Caroline introudces The Devil's Hand

An unassuming man is drawn into a strange world of voodoo and black magic after visiting a curious shop. Horror, starring Neil Hamilton

Caroline peeks at next week's features

A psychiatrist is assigned to determine if an unstable prisoner on death row is still mentally fit to be executed. Prison drama, starring Danny Glover and Ruben Blades

Fact-based drama following a British military expedition that becomes stranded in Malaysia's mountains. Starring Greg Wise and Dougray Scott. Originally broadcast in 1997

A priest is mistakenly arrested for a series of armed robberies, leaving his faithful parishioners battling to prove his innocence. Fact-based drama, starring Ralph Waite

Caroline Munro talks to Tony Dalton, author and friend of the director, about his life and career, and the classic horror films he made

John is reunited with Michael and Digby, but a sergeant major takes a dislike to the brothers. Boldini offers John his criminal services in recovering the Blue Water

A look into the world of pets, with a special glimpse at budgerigars

A couple go missing after the launch of a rocket, leading to suspicions the ship has been used to dispose of their bodies. Sci-fi murder mystery, with Howard Duff and Eva Bartok