Gaslight

Gaslight 1940

7.10

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.

1940

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith 1941

7.10

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.

1941

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing 1942

6.45

During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.

1942

Mrs. Fitzherbert

Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947

6.00

The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.

1947

Bedelia

Bedelia 1946

5.20

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.

1946

Contraband

Contraband 1940

6.90

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.

1940

Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn 1926

6.80

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.

1926

Meet Sexton Blake

Meet Sexton Blake 1945

5.50

The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.

1945

The Agitator

The Agitator 1945

6.00

The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.

1945

Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour 1940

5.70

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.

1940

Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal 1943

3.50

The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will soon be forced out of their jobs. The Royal's property master, Bob Parker (Bud Flanagan), recruits the rest of the staff to stage a benefit gala. They hope their show, featuring songs and dances, can raise enough cash to stave off the end. Meanwhile, they seek investors who can keep the Theatre Royal and its staff in business permanently.

1943

Dual Alibi

Dual Alibi 1947

6.20

A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.

1947

Waltz Time

Waltz Time 1945

1

Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina. In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the man she loves.

1945

Tiptoes

Tiptoes 1927

1

A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical

1927

Murder in Reverse?

Murder in Reverse? 1945

6.50

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.

1945

Old Mother Riley's Circus

Old Mother Riley's Circus 1941

3.80

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

1941

London

London 1927

1

A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.

1927

The Three Weird Sisters

The Three Weird Sisters 1948

7.00

Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.

1948

The Common Touch

The Common Touch 1941

7.00

The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

1941

Spring Song

Spring Song 1946

6.00

The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.

1946