Talking Pictures TV Friday

Sam rescues a man in the desert who has been attacked by three masked man, but the victim proves to be a troublemaker when he is brought back to town

The Delta Rhythm Boys perform Come Softly to Me

A woman's rich uncle lends her artistic husband some money - but the meddlesome wife ends up selling her man rather than his paintings. Comedy, starring Barbara Kelly

Short film about keeping teeth healthy

Jack Hargreaves follows the men who produce charcoal and narrates an archive film of one of the largest pigeon flocks he had ever seen

The writer of a comic strip about a female thief runs into a woman who persuades him to get involved in some real-life crime. Comedy, with Margaret Rutherford and Richard Hearne

Jimmy Logan, Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor and Norman Vaughan discuss the early days of their showbiz careers

The barrister's defence of a man charged with attempting to drown his wife lands Justice Featherstone in hot water. Courtroom drama, with Leo McKern

A student prank takes a dangerous turn

Secret agents hunt for a diary on board the Orient Express. Spy thriller, starring Jean Kent

A party is interrupted by the surprise appearance of the hostess' husband, who has been missing presumed dead for four years. Mystery, with Paulette Goddard and William Sylvester

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

A Victorian innkeeper's wife befriends a chemist's son, hoping that he will provide her with poison to kill her husband. Period crime drama, with Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson

Two constables find an abandoned van full of stolen toys, which leads them to a criminal family with a more dangerous trade in explosives

Caroline introduces this week's episode of Doomwatch

Anne Tarrant investigates new treatment for mental illness that has deadly side effects, and has caused a supposedly rehabilitated mass murderer to go on the run

Caroline Munro introduces 1972 sci-fi horror The Stone Tape

Nigel Kneale's 1972 ghost story The Stone Tape, a chilling tale of ghost detection and recorded memory. Starring Michael Bryant

A look ahead to next week's programmes

A woman struggles to protect her son while held in a series of Japanese prisoner-of-war camps. Fact-based Second World War drama, starring Claudette Colbert and Patric Knowles

A small-time London petty crook goes on the run from his former cronies. Thriller, starring Norman Wisdom and William Katt

A research pathologist takes lodgings in a woman's gloomy attic, just as Jack the Ripper claims his third victim. Thriller, starring Jack Palance and Constance Smith

Shows and films not to be missed throughout the start of December