Monday, July 30 - Public Eye: Case for the Defence

Case for the Defence
S4, Ep5
Aug. 27, 1969

Frank Marker is finding it difficult to pick up the tread after his release from prison. A man with a record must take whatever he can get. Because of this, Marker is working as a shelf-filler in a supermarket. Out of the blue comes an offer of a job with a firm of enquiry agents. This is more in Marker's line. But he soon discovers that working for a firm is very different from the old days, when he was his own boss. When he decides that his employer's moral code is in conflict with his own, he goes out on a limb to right a wrong.

Sunday, July 29 - Double Feature!: The Lady in Red

The Lady in Red (1979)

1930's gangster era film about Dillinger and his last girl.

Sunday, July 29 - the Time of Your Life: Episode 6

S1, Ep6
Jul. 23, 2007
Episode #1.6

With the help of her friends, Kate finally pieces together the night of the accident.

Saturday, July 28 - Double Feature!: The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection (1972)
La mala ordina (original title)

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man. When the pimp's wife and daughter are murdered in the course of the "manhunt", he swears revenge on everyone who had anything to do with it.

Saturday, July 28 - The Time of Your Life: Episode 5

S1, Ep5
Jul. 16, 2007
Episode #1.5

Kate gets a makeover, Amanda threatens to wear her shell suit to the science fair and Toby cooks dinner for Sally.

Friday, July 27 - The Time of Your Life: Episode 4

S1, Ep4
Jul. 9, 2007
Episode #1.4

Toby and Eileen come to blows when a homeless man moves into Kate's old room, Sally seeks help for her drink problem and Kate's dreams become ever more vivid after meeting Brian's father.

Thursday, July 26 - The Time of Your Life: Episode 3

S1, Ep3
Jul. 2, 2007
Episode #1.3

Amanda catches Kate in a clinch with her teenage son Dexter.

Wednesday, July 25 - The Time of Your Life: Episodes 1 & 2

The Time of Your Life (2007)
TV Series

35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what has happened her family and old school friends are reluctant to dig up the past.

S1, Ep1
Jun. 18, 2007
36 year old Kate wakes from an 18 year coma and struggles to accept that the world - including boyfriend Pete - has moved on without her.


S1, Ep2
Jun. 25, 2007
Kate moves in with Sally and starts to remember more about the night of the attack.

Tuesday, July 24 - The Wrong Road

The Wrong Road (1937)

A young couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.

Monday, July 23 - Vice Squad

Vice Squad (1953)

When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the process. Barnaby has no qualms about bending the law to achieve his ends, including trumped up charges to persuade his only witness to cooperate or detaining some call girls to coerce their madam to help him. In the meantime he deals with everyday police business, juggling seemingly trivial matters with more serious ones.

Sunday, July 22 - Plot of Fear

Plot of Fear (1976)
...e tanta paura (original title)

The witty police Lieutenant slash playboy Lomenzo investigates several murders that are unquestionably connected, as the killer left behind drawings of a famous children's book on the victims' mutilated bodies. With the help of his ravishing new French girlfriend Jeanne, Lomenzo discovers that the murdered people were all members of a wealthy clique that secretly gathered to play kinky sex games. During one of these decadent gatherings, a young prostitute named Rosa accidentally (?) died and it looks as if someone is avenging her by eliminating all members one by one.

Saturday, July 21 - In Their Sleep

In Their Sleep (2010)
Dans ton sommeil (original title)

Sarah and her husband have moved to a house in the country; their son, Loic, a college student, chaffs at the isolation and a tragedy occurs. A year later, Sarah lives alone in the house; distracted by grief, she's sent home from her hospital job at 2 AM. Police on the road warn her of burglaries in the area, then a young man, much like her son, flags her down: he surprised a burglar at his house, and he's being chased. He is Arthur. Sarah gives him a lift, and soon a car is in pursuit. A long night ensues with flashbacks to crimes and chases; can Sarah protect Arthur as she would her own son?

Friday, July 20 - Darkroom: Closed Circuit & Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back

Darkroom (1981–1982)
TV Series

Closed Circuit
S1, Ep1
Nov. 27, 1981

An aging news broadcaster discovers he's to be replaced by a computer-generated simulation that perfectly replicates him in every way. He resists at first, but the inevitability of the change, coupled with the promise of an early retirement, causes him to accept and finally welcome his fate.

Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back
S1, Ep2
Nov. 27, 1981

Charlie Miller discovers that his crystal radio is in contact with the German U-boat that sunk the ship his father died on during World War II 30 years ago. Should he change the course of history and save his father?

Thursday, July 19 - Foyle's War: War Games

Foyle's War (2002)
TV Series

War Games
S2, Ep3
Nov. 30, 2003

When a British food corporation signs a secret agreement with the Nazis to provide essential food services to the enemy during wartime, murders result.

Wednesday, July 18 - Public Eye: Paid in Full

Public Eye (1965–1975)
TV Series

Paid in Full
S4, Ep3
Aug. 13, 1969

Marker has been working with Kenrick's for two weeks and is slowly becoming settled. However matters go wrong when a colleague, Wilson, has his pay packet stolen. Wilson has found out about Marker's prison record and gives his name to the police.

Tuesday, July 17 - The Space Children

The Space Children (1958)

A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.

Monday, July 16 - The Patient in Room 18

The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Lance is sent to the hospital to recuperate from a nervous breakdown. At the hospital, Sara is his nurse and she still holds a grudge from the last court case. At the hospital, a wealthy patient has just donated $100,000 worth of radium to be used on his skin problem. But late that night, he is murdered and the radium is stolen. Everyone has a motive except for Sara and Lance as they were looked in his room during the murder. As the bodies pile up, Sara and Lance try to solve the case as Foley is clueless.

Sunday, July 15 - Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach (1955)

Lynn Markham (Joan Crawford) moves into a beach house that once belonged to her dead husband. There, she meets real estate agent Amy Rawlinson (Jan Sterling) and Drummond "Drummy" Hall (Jeff Chandler), an attractive beach bum who wanders in and out of the house as though he owned it. Lynn learns the house was once rented to Eloise Crandall (Judith Evelyn), an older woman whose cause of death (suicide, accident, or murder) remains undetermined.

Friday, July 13 - Van Der Valk: A Rose From Mr. Reinhart

Van der Valk (1972–1992)
TV Series

A Rose From Mr. Reinhart
S2, Ep3
Sep. 12, 1973

Arlette’s instincts prove truer than her husband’s after a young woman is threatened in the park.

Thursday, July 12 - Four Star Playhouse: A Place Full of Strangers & Go Ahead and Jump

Four Star Playhouse (1952–1956)
TV Series

This show featured four rotating stars, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Ida Lupino and Dick Powell in individual episodes consisting of everything from comedy to drama.

A Place Full of Strangers
Season 4, Episode 10
(8 Dec. 1955)

An overworked businessman, desperate for a break, takes an unplanned bus trip in an attempt to escape his responsibilities.

Go Ahead and Jump
Season 3, Episode 14
(30 Dec. 1954)

Mason, a flip cab driver with a secret heart of gold, has a forlorn passenger determined to commit suicide.

Wednesday, July 11 - Van der Valk: A Man of No Importance

Van der Valk (1972–1992)
TV Series

A Man of No Importance
S2, Ep2
Sep. 5, 1973h

When a dead man turns up on the deck of a canal barge, everyone is ready to dismiss him as a nonentity. The commissaris disagrees. Before Van der Valk can find out what happened to the man, though, he first must discover his identity.

Tuesday, July 10 - Public Eye: Divide and Conquer

Public Eye (1965–1975)
TV Series

Divide and Conquer
S4, Ep2
Aug. 6, 1969

Frank starts work as a free man for Kenrick's, a local building firm. His first day at work goes fairly smoothly but he is still adjusting to life outside prison. Back at his lodgings he is well-looked after by Mrs. Mortimer but is resistant to mixing with the other parolee Enright. This is despite the efforts of the urbane Enright, a disqualified solicitor, to make contact. Enright (Peter Cellier) tries to break the ice with Frank but it's tough going.

Eventually Enright persuades Frank to visit the local pub. At the bar he spots a burly biker, Harry, trying to perform a con-trick on the unsuspecting landlord. He and his mate Frank had successfully pulled the same stunt on a cafe owner earlier in the day. Frank warns the landlord, causing Harry to react violently, attacking him. The two rockers storm out, Enright unable to stop them. Frank's intervention did save the landlord some money, and he is grateful, but all concerned are shaken.

That is not the end of the matter. On leaving the pub the two bikers roar past Marker and Enright on their machines. Later on they rev' menacingly outside his digs. Much worse follows though the next day when they find Frank repairing a wall on the seafront.

Monday, July 9 - Van der Valk: A Death by The Sea

Van der Valk (1972–1992)
TV Series

Barry Foster stars as Van Der Valk - the no-nonsense Dutch detective who, as head of Amsterdam CID, works his way through murders, blackmail, missing persons and the more tricky cases that come the way of the Dutch police.

A Death by the Sea
Season 2, Episode 1
Aug. 29, 1973

An unconscious nude man, a prominent local businessman, is found in his car; his wife is missing. He claims they took a midnight swim, intended to be followed by a love-making session on the beach.

Sunday, July 8 - Woman in Hiding

Woman in Hiding (1950)

Deborah Chandler's rejected suitor, Selden Clark, manages the factory of her father, who dies: did he fall or was he pushed? But charming Clark manages to win her over and marry her. On the honeymoon, Clark's former girl Patricia intervenes and opens Deborah's eyes, alas too late. Now Clark tries to kill Deborah. Believed dead by all but Clark, she flees. But drifter Keith Ramsey recognizes and follows her. Can she trust him? Can he believe her?

Saturday, July 7 - The Designated Victim

The Designated Victim (1971)
La vittima designata (original title)

Stefano Argenti is an advertising executive who is at odds with his wife over the sale of a joint business. He wants rid of it so he can live a life of luxury with his mistress; but his wife won't agree to the sale. Stefano meets Count Mateo Tiepolo, who it transpires, is at odds with his violent brother. Mateo suggests a plan in which each man murder the other's vice; though Stefano is reluctant. But then Mateo kills Stefano's wife, and demands that the favour is returned.

Friday, July 6 - Public Eye: Welcome to Brighton?

Public Eye (1965–1975)
TV Series

A long-running British TV series starring Alfred Burke as dour private-eye Frank Marker. Cynical and world-weary, Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.

Welcome to Brighton?
S4, Ep1
Jul. 30, 1969

After a year in Ford Prison, Marker moves to the South coast and tries to readjust to life outside.

Thursday, July 5 - The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)

When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover the tomb of the Egyptian prince Ra, American entrepreneur and investor Alexander King insists on shipping the treasures and sarcophagus back to England for tour and display. Once there, someone with murderous intent has discovered the means of waking the centuries dead prince.

Wednesday, July 4 - She Played With Fire

She Played with Fire (1957)
Fortune Is a Woman (original title)

A London insurance adjuster (Jack Hawkins) compromises his principals when he covers up an arson/murder involving a former flame (Arlene Dahl), now married to another man.

Tuesday, July 3 - Address Unknown

Address Unknown (1944)

US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.

Monday, July 2 - Dinah East

Dinah East (1970)

A glamorous movie queen of the 1950s is revealed to be a man whose secret led to complicated relationships.

Sunday, July 1 - Three Strangers

Three Strangers (1946)

According to a legend, if three strangers gather before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny) on the night of the Chinese New Year and make a common wish, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her heart and grant the wish. In London 1938 on the Chinese New Year, Crystal Shackleford has such an idol and decides to put the legend to the test. She picks two random strangers off the street, and puts the proposition to them. They decide that an ideal wish would be for a sweepstakes ticket they buy equal shares in to be a winner.

Saturday, June 30 - Foyle's War: Among the Few

Foyle's War (2002)
TV Series

Among the Few
S2, Ep2
Nov. 23, 2003

Sam volunteers to go undercover to discover how rationed gasoline is being stolen from a fuel depot, and Andrew becomes a suspect in a murder case.