Talking Pictures TV Thursday

A gang leader accidentally kills a man, and becomes increasingly unstable as he and his two henchmen go on the run. Crime drama, starring John Harvey and John Fitzgerald

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death of a patient. Drama, starring Michael Redgrave, Tony Britton and Carl Mohner

An entomologist is sent undercover behind the Iron Curtain to foil a biological warfare plot. Comedy thriller, with Margaret Lockwood and Dane Clark

An alcoholic bomb disposal expert regains his self-respect by defusing an unexploded German doodlebug. Powell and Pressburger's thriller, starring David Farrar

A noblewoman faces losing the castle she inherited from her father when a rival demands that the king make a law preventing women from owning land

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

Brighton policemen track down the killer of a woman found in a deserted beach house. Murder mystery, starring Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Michael Goodliffe and John Barron

Water sports in the Solent

Michael Aspel uncovers bizarre stories and accounts of alien abductions

Ted scrambles to stop Jennifer from going through with her threat, even as she extends her offer to Brian and David, creating more conflict between the Hammond brothers

The detective tries to help a man who thinks his wife is a murderer to see that she is innocent, only to begin to suspect he is right about her

The Crickets sing Everyday and Think it Over, Johnnie Ray performs Somebody Stole My Gal, Walking in the Rain and Little White Cloud, and Yana sings three numbers

The survivors of a sea-plane accident share their life stories while awaiting rescue in a dinghy. Drama, starring Dirk Bogarde, Michael Redgrave and Bonar Colleano

A comedy actor rises to fame in the silent movie age, before sabotaging his life and career through womanising and drink. Comedy drama, starring Dick Van Dyke and Michele Lee

A scientist pursues a strange creature from the Earth's core that feeds on radiation and melts the flesh off its victims. Hammer sci-fi horror, with Dean Jagger and Edward Chapman

Triple-bill of the detective drama starring Boris Karloff, featuring a falsely accused bank robber, a murdered dancer and a shooting involving an invisible killer

Tim goes undercover on the beach to investigate the case of an actress who was killed while surfing. Dorothy Lamour guest stars

An exploration of how different styles of noir developed, looking at Gilda, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers, Out of the Past and Touch of Evil

Two reporters try to drum up a human interest story by interviewing relatives of passengers in a plane crash. Drama, starring Richard Stapley and Pauline Yates