Talking Pictures TV Monday

A newspaper editor sacks his assistant, who takes revenge by murdering his former boss's mistress and launching a campaign of blackmail. Starring Christopher Lee

Police race against time to save a millionaire's kidnapped son who's been locked up with a short-fused bomb. Thriller, starring Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes and John Gregson

A safe cracker goes on the run with some help from his brother - but the police are soon in hot pursuit

A conscientious American signs up with British paratroops in the early years of the Second World War. Action adventure, starring Alan Ladd and Susan Stephen

Skinner suspects a young amateur footballer of being behind a series of car thefts, but his superiors believe he has the wrong man

A couple's married life doesn't get off to the start they would have hoped for when various attempts are made on the bride's life. Drama, starring Donald Houston and Natasha Parry

Shows and films not to be missed throughout August

Richard hatches a plot to bring about peace in the Holy Land by pretending to oppose a marriage and sending a secret proposal to Saladin

A professional assassin's mission to kill a politician is disrupted by a bumbling salesman. Black comedy, starring Alastair Sim and George Cole

A priest is marked for murder when he takes a confession from a member of a gang of thieves who have descended into infighting. Crime drama, with Sydney Chaplin and Audrey Dalton

The Kessler Sisters perform Quando Quando Quando!

A medical student is led astray by three roguish colleagues, infuriating the dictatorial chief surgeon. Comedy, starring Dirk Bogarde, James Robertson Justice and Kenneth More

Short film from 1967 in which Roy Hudd learns to ride a bike

The projectionist at Manchester's old Odeon introduces vintage cinema ads. Plus, classic racing card and the Thunderbirds characters in a road safety film

The inspector travels to Finland when a colleague is shot, and works with a local detective to uncover how an art dealer and his wife are connected to the killing. In French

International thief Simon Templar is hired to protect a reclusive female writer, but he and his charge are kidnapped by an evil organisation. Adventure, with Roger Moore

A police chief and a customs officer investigate a murder with echoes of a famous 600-year-old killing. Crime drama, starring Xavier Deluc and Barbara Cabrita. In French

A Cornish military captain is drawn into the war with France. Historical drama, based on Winston Graham's novels, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin

Documentary about a trawler crew out at sea during the winter

A man has a vision of his brother's murder which comes true, and an innocent man stands accused of the crime. With Boris Karloff, Robert Hardy and Patrick Macnee

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. In 1864 wealthy banker Thomas Briggs was the first murder victim on a British railway

A detective becomes convinced his sister's boyfriend is not what he appears. Murder mystery, starring Dennis Price and Peggy Evans