Some hot summer selections from Mel Byron and the reviewing team. Stay at home, close the curtains and settle down in front of the telly with John Mills, Frankie Howerd, Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth, Warren Beaaty and Caroline Munro. What a party!
Jun 23, 2025•34 min
Let us lead you through the early Summer programming of the world's greatest TV channel.
Jun 02, 2025•43 min
Hi everybody – Scott here welcoming you once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast dedicated to the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel And what’s more it’s you, the viewers who are front and centre of the show as you send in your reviews of all your favourite entertainment coming up on the channel over the next three weeks. In this episode: zombies, soldiers, elephants, Jacques Tati...and much more!...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Margaret Rutherford, Alastair Sim, Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Leigh Lawson are among just a few of the glittering stars we meet as Mel Byron and the team take a look at what's coming up on TPTV Over late April and early May. It's Easter treats galore for classic film and TV fans!
Apr 17, 2025•33 min
Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through another three weeks of top Talking Pictures TV content with the aid of a trusty band of reviewers.
Mar 24, 2025•35 min
Hi everybody – Scott here welcoming you once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast dedicated to the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. And what’s more it’s you, the viewers who are front and centre of the show as you send in your reviews of all your favourite entertainment coming up on the channel over the next three weeks. In store this week... court room dramas, war time adventures, Boston cops and menacing robots alongside Matt Monro and Vera Lynn....
Mar 03, 2025•58 min
The shortest month of the year, but not short on great telly - from spaghetti westerns to film noir, war films to kid's tv.
Feb 10, 2025•43 min
Welcome to the latest episode of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - the podcast presented by the viewers of the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel. In this episode: Doomwatch (1970 - 1972) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Orders are Orders (1955) Nowhere To Go (1958) So Long At The Fair (1950) The Green Cockatoo (1937) Plus a little something from Johnnie Ray thrown in for good measure
Jan 19, 2025•32 min
In this episode we are covering what to look out for on the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel in the second half of November running into the first half of December. We have a classic Christmas ghost story from the legendary MR James, mysterious lakeside neighbours, the return of King Kong as he is miraculously brought back from the dead, and prehistoric women from the planet Venus. How about that eh? You’d never get that that lot on the iPlayer. There’s Angela Lansbury and Worzel ...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min
As the days grow short and rainy, we're here to give you the lowdown on all the best Talking Picture TV highlights to cozy up to at home. Norman Wisdom, Nigel Bruce and killer shrews await!
Oct 28, 2024•39 min
The Talking Pictures TV Podcast is back, reviewing films and shows from September 2024! Join the team and their special guests, Steve McQueen, Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Diane Cilento and many more. Let's hope they can all fit in the studio.
Sep 03, 2024•33 min
A very special bonus episode of the podcast as Scott is joined by Cev and Smokey from the wonderful House of Hammer podcast to celebrate Talking Pictures TV as they unlock The Vaults Of Hammer. With over 30 rare British films, many unseen in decades. Comedy, noir, crime and more! Talking Pictures TV - the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel. You can watch Talking Pictures TV on Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freeview or Youview 82 or on the Sky digital satellite platform, channel 328. Reel...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast - the podcast brought to you by the viewers of the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel. Lots in store this week including classic French comedy starring Jaques Tati, classic British comedy from Sid James and Arthur Askey, 1950s British sci fi, a controverial movie from the mid sixties starring Oliver Reed and back to the 1930s for a little bit of Edward G Robinson And wait for it, a prison escape drama starring Thora Hird. That's ri...
Jul 01, 2024•41 min
From American westerns to quota quickies, from Calvacanti to Carpenter, we guide you through what's good during the next few weeks on Talking Pictures TV.
Jun 10, 2024•40 min
The bad guys don't stand a chance in this episode. Not with Batman, Captain Scarlet and Sherlock Holmes around. Join Mel Byron and the team as they introduce your favourite fighters of evil, along with John Gregson, Jean Kent and Laurence Harvey.
May 19, 2024•48 min
Welcome to the Talking Pictures TV Podcast - the official podcast of the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel. This week, your host, Scott and the viewers of TPTV bring you Dutch detectives, Max Bygraves, classic British sci fi from the 30s. Western adventure with Lee Van Cleef as well as an underseen movie starring the great Peter Sellers
Apr 29, 2024•40 min
Happy Easter from the TPTV Podcast crew! We're looking at the next two weeks of great programming.
Apr 01, 2024•39 min
In this early spring episode, Mel Byron and the team introduce Liberace, James Stewart, Frankenstein's bride (not that one!) and some British favourites.
Mar 15, 2024•32 min
Welcome to the latest edition of the Talking Pictures TV podcast The show which is made possible by you, the viewers of Talking Pictures TV, the nation’s favourite archive tv This week we’ve got hidden Nazi treasure and Helen Shapiro (two things I can guarantee you’ve probably never heard in the same sentence before), we have an elephant crossing the Alps, a Brighton murder mystery, and the wonderful Michael Dennison and Dulcie Gray.
Feb 19, 2024•59 min
We're back to guide you through the holidays! The last episode of 2023.
Dec 18, 2023•42 min
Mel Byron and the team bring you drama, fear and some classic tunes. Stars featured this episode include Vincent Price, Margaret Lockwood and George Formby. Everyone's favourite scarecrow, Worzel gummidge joins us too, as he makes his debut on Talking Pictures TV.
Nov 20, 2023•55 min
Talking Pictures TV, the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel – bringing you classic movies and television programmes 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. In this episode we have, have Soviet spies, Alfred Hitchcock, a fifties British murder mystery, an eighties psychological drama from the author of The Exorcist, classic comedy with Frank Randle, Gracie Fields, and something special from Alma Cogan
Oct 29, 2023•40 min
In this episode, we bring some horror and noir to greet the colder days, and highlight a Talking Pictures TV feature!
Oct 16, 2023•31 min
The official Talking Pictures TV Podcast, hosted by Mel, Daniel and Scott and featuring reviews, recommendations, interviews, special guests and fascinating insights into the stars and creatives who've turned Talking Pictures TV into the biggest independent TV channel in Great Britain! Follow the show at @tptvpodcast In this episode: Michael Caine, Betty Grable, horror movies, Humphrey Bogart, naked French aliens and Steve's Greatest Hits...plus much, much more.
Sep 10, 2023•53 min
Daniel Reifferscheid is back to guide you through three more weeks of top Talking Pictures TV programming, as reviewed by our great contributors! Capra, the Boultings, a Corman production and a whole lotta Hammer in this episode.
Aug 21, 2023•55 min
Hi everybody, Scott here, welcoming you to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast The podcast dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel and brought to you with contributions from the people that matter – you the viewers. On this episode we have movies directed by Brian de Palma, John Frankenheimer and Powell and Pressburger; we have a classic and much loved Ealing comedy; movies starring Peter O’Toole, Jack Warner and Hardy Kruger; Egyptian terror wi...
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min
What a Carry On! Join Mel Byron and the team as they dive into some of the delights on Talking Pictures TV this July. With Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, a Ring of Spies, some worms (ugh!) and, yes, a Carry On classic.
Jul 10, 2023•54 min
Not a hoax, not an imaginary story! Shameful Steve Noble has taken over the podcast. Don't ask, just listen!
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 31 min
We're ringing in the hot weather with another great episode! From 50's noir to 60's supermarionation, from spy thrillers to cozy comedies, it's all here.
May 29, 2023•40 min
Orson Welles, Joan Collins, George Peppard and Margaret Lockwood. This latest episode is like your fantasy dinner party, as Mel Byron and the team of reviewers introduce all these stars and more. Also coming up on your favourite UK TV channel this month are rarities such as the Lone Wolf films and Ealing Studios' production set in The Wirral.
May 08, 2023•48 min