The podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel with contributions and reviews by you, the viewers. Coming up on today’s show we’ve got Laurel and Hardy, Peter Fonda, Stanley Baker and Googie Withers. There’s tv favourites, Crown Court and Danger UXB. We’ve got a 50s prisoner of war drama, a sixties British crime thriller and classic horror from the legendary Jess Franco.
Apr 16, 2023•58 min
Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through upcoming highlights on the Talking Pictures TV Podcast. If you'd like to submit a review, e-mail talkingpicturestvpodcast@gmail.com
Mar 27, 2023•34 min
Mel Byron and the TPTV Podcast Team take you into Spring wthe a varied selection of the best of Talking Pictures TV from 7th-26th March. There are trains and planes, Homes & Watson, Hammer and...yet more Hammer. Stanley Baker, Alastair Sim, Valerie Hobson, and a pre-Star Trek William Shatner, are among the stars whose films we recommend.
Mar 06, 2023•53 min
We're back! After gremlins in our email system nearly managed to close us down forever, it's the return of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. This week join Scott and a host of guest reviewers as they bring you all the news and reviews from the nation's favourite archive tv and movie channel. How's this for a line up? Boris Karloff, Matt Monro, Dick Powell, Sylvia Syms and Peter Sellers - all here on his week's show. If you would like to take part in a future episode, drop us a line at ou...
Feb 12, 2023•49 min
Hi everybody Apologies but technical issues over the new year have resulted in the complete loss of our email account. Yep...everything - sent items, received items, any reviews that have been sent in etc. Most importantly, we have also lost all of your contact details, your email addresses. We have therefore set up a new email address for anyone that wishes to contribute a review, either now or in the near future. Our new email address is talkingpicturestvpodcast@gmail.com Please drop us a line...
Jan 15, 2023•2 min
Mel Byron talks to actor, Jonathan Tafler, son of TPTV favourites, Sydney Tafler and Joy Shelton. Sydney starred in 'It Always Rains on Sunday' (1947), 'Reach for the Sky' (1956) and many other classic films. Joy's films include ' Waterloo Road' (1945) and 'Millions Like Us' (1943). Jonathan's new book, 'Dearest Joy' shares letters between the newly-married Sydney and Joy as work commitments see them separated at the end of World War 2. Pregnant Joy is working in the West End, whilst Sydney is t...
Dec 04, 2022•56 min
As 2022 winds down, Daniel Reifferscheid guides you through what Talking Pictures TV has in store for the remaining months - including some saucy 70's cinema, a 50's office drama and the conclusion of a beloved sci-fi series.
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
The earliest Hammer film still in existence, some Technicolor noir, a lesser-known Alec Guinness film and more make up what's on offer in this edition of the podcast dedicated to the UK's favourite television channel. Join Mel Byron and the team as they discuss these and more gems showing on TPTV between 7th and 27th November 2022.
Nov 07, 2022•56 min
Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast This week featuring movies starring Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde, Richard Attenborough and Danny la Rue and with music from Cilla Black and Frank Sinatra. Who said variety was dead eh...?
Oct 16, 2022•52 min
Alistair Sim, Yul Brynner, Emma Thompson - they're all here in the latest episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast!
Oct 03, 2022•52 min
Go behind the scenes with The Projectionists. Journey to Marseille in pursuit of drug barons. Fight for Khartoum with General Gordon. Join Mel Byron and the team for all of this and more as they look at what's coming up on Talking Pictures TV from mid-Sept to early October. Look out for Boris Karloff and Leo McKern too!
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr
Join Scott for the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast, the show dedicated to the UK’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. This week, we have naval nonsense with David Tomlinson, Hammer glamour with Ingrid Pitt and classic BBC drama set on the high seas. There’s a slice of chilling Edgar Allen Poe horror directed by the legendary Roger Corman, and James Mason takes us on a tour of London that nobody knows.
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Steve Noble interviews Niall Johnson, the director of "Ghost Of Greville Lodge", playing on Talking Pictures TV at 18:10 on Friday the 5th of August.
Aug 04, 2022•28 min
Summer at Talking Pictures TV means a combo of vintage cinema classics and classic TV of fine vintage. We guide you through it.
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Vintage cartoons, film noir, aliens, Joan Crawford and much more. Mel Byron and the team take you through a hugely varied selection from the films and shows coming up on Talking Pictures TV in June and July. Includes LOTS of Hammer films.
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 25 min
A huge thanks to our good friend Cevin Moore for taking over the hosting chair for this episode. Cev has brought along Nigel Patrick, Raquel Welch and Terry Scott this week as he and the Talking Pictures TV viewers give us an insight into what to expect on the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel over the next three weeks.
Jun 05, 2022•49 min
Welcome to the latest edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast – the podcast that brings you all the news of what is coming up on the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. On this episode we’ve got cowboys, aliens, Andy Williams and the Brat Pack. Also popping by, there’s Nicolas Cage, Roy Scheider, Michael Redgrave and the French resistance.
May 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Hollywood classics, vintage telly and a new strand in this episode of the Talking Pictures TV Podcast.
Apr 25, 2022•50 min
Monsters, Musicals and Murder. We have quite a few monsters, as it turns out, in this episode of the podcast that celebrates the UK favourite vintage film and television channel. Join Mel Byron and the team for a look at what's coming up on Talking Pictures TV in April, along with some surprise facts, music and maybe a laugh or two.
Apr 04, 2022•58 min
This bonus episode is a must for fans of classic TV. TPTV podcast regulars and classic telly experts, Cev Moore and Gareth Preston, are joined by very special guest, Jaz Wiseman. Host of the ITC Entertained the World podcast, Jaz is one of the world's leading experts on the company that produced The Champions, The Saint, Gideon's Way and countless other classic series. With your host, Mel Byron.
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 23 min
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Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 9 min
We've got a new release schedule, but the content remains the same: from Carry On to Ken Loach, Hollywood classics to homegrown fare, and of course lots of classic telly, we are guiding you through the best Talking Pictures TV has to offer.
Feb 21, 2022•1 hr 3 min
A special episode of the podcast this week featuring your regular hosts Scott, Mel and Daniel guiding you through everything you need to know about Talking Pictures TV's exciting new online on demand service, TPTV Encore tptvencore.co.uk
Feb 07, 2022•34 min
The first show of 2022 is here! Mel Byron and the team bring their wit and wisdom to some of the finest films and shows making up the Talking Pictures TV schedule in January. From The Outer Limits to Maigret. From Violent Playground to Secret Army. There are appearances from Danny Kaye and Ed Wood along with some very fine music.
Jan 14, 2022•49 min
Welcome to the Christmas edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. The podcast that is brought to you with the help of the viewers of the nation’s favourite archive tv and movie channel. Scott, Mel and Daniel are joined by Steve, Simone, Phil, Tracy, Gareth, Gemma, Cev, and Lee & Adam In store today there’s Rex Harrison doing his best Yul Brynner impression, wartime drama from Secret Army and some wild west action featuring Spencer Tracy. There’s Peter Cushing, Peter Sellers and P...
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min
As we rev up for our big Christmas episode, here's a little stocking filler to tide you over, featuring reviews for this week on Talking Pictures TV.
Dec 10, 2021•40 min
Join Mel Byron and the team of reviewers as they descend into the Cellar Club, talk classic swashbucklers and look at a classic 'social problem' film. Tyrone Power, Rita Tushingham and John Mills all make an appearance. Plus news of TPTV's new streaming service!
Nov 26, 2021•52 min
Welcome once again to the Late November edition of the official Talking Pictures TV podcast. The podcast for the nations favourite archive tv and movie channel. The podcast that is controlled chiefly by your good selves, the Talking Pictures tv viewers. This week we bring you witches and witch hunters, heroines and heroin smugglers, car chases, alien embraces, card games and Sid James We’ve got film noir, 70s US cop action, Danny Kaye, Michael Palin and Vincent Price along with a generous helpin...
Nov 12, 2021•56 min
We head into November with all sorts of delight - from homegrown classics to Hollywood extravaganzas, knockabout comedies to spooky documentaries, big screen epics and classic telly.
Oct 29, 2021•50 min
The nights are drawing in, Halloween is approaching and the latest episode of the Official Talking Pictures TV podcast has a decidedly monstrous feel, with appearances from Dracula, the Loch Ness Monster, and alien terror brought down in Professor Quatermass' rocketship. Not to mention human villainy in movies like Mona Lisa and Leave Her to Heaven. Gareth Preston is in the guest host's chair for this episode. Tune in and let the regular team guide you through two packed weeks of vintage film an...
Oct 15, 2021•47 min