Talking Pictures TV Thursday

Rival mill-owners are offered a massive contract, but draw the line at working together to fulfil it. Comedy, starring Stanley Holloway and Will Fyffe

A solicitor causes mayhem in his race to expose a sabotage plot involving radio-controlled bombs. Comedy, starring Alastair Sim and Barry K Barnes

A Victorian shopkeeper finds himself stuck in a dreary marriage, and plans to make a fresh start. Period comedy based on HG Wells' novel, with John Mills and Betty Ann Davies

An architect shuts himself off from the world following the death of his fiancee - but it soon seems someone is out to get him. Thriller, starring Robert Young

A knight on his way to his wedding is ambushed and replaced with a lookalike - but Lancelot suspects something is not quite right about the groom

American military personnel stationed in Hawaii are caught up in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Second World War drama, with Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr and Frank Sinatra

An IRA operative wounded during a robbery is hunted through the backstreets of Belfast by the police and gangland enemies. Carol Reed's thriller, with James Mason and Robert Newton

Michael Aspel explores near death experiences, and visits Cosford in Shropshire to consider the mystery of a haunted bomber

Barbara vows Mary to secrecy about their private arrangement, but Jennifer discovers the truth and accuses them of ruining any chance she had at happiness

A man hires Saber to find his missing wife. The trail leads to a hunting lodge in Norfolk

Bernard Manning introduces the Remember This rock 'n' roll band and dancers, comedian Duggie Brown, the Multichords, the Playmates, and Roy Orbison

The crazed scientist murders his father so he can continue his experiments to reanimate the dead. Comedy horror, starring Ralph Bates and Kate O'Mara

Feature-length drama exploring the dark family past that drove Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world-famous detective - and then kill him off. Douglas Henshall stars

Training film from the 1950s for shop staff learning to sell frozen food

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

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

One of the two owners of a successful fashion house is apparently killed in an elevator crash - but it turns out he may have been dead before the accident

In 1910 the city of Newcastle was transfixed by a murder trial

Shows and films not to be missed throughout August

A famous singer loses confidence and goes to live in a gypsy camp, where he falls for a woman who does not recognise him. Romantic drama, with Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer