Talking Pictures TV Guide — Friday, 24 July 2026

Browse the full Talking Pictures TV TV guide for Friday, 24 July 2026. 25 programmes listed , including 6 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

01:15 20m

Travellers Yarn

Vintage fire engines and modern tyres

01:35 1h

Doomwatch

S2 · E13 · Public Enemy

A boy who falls from the roof of a factory is found to have been poisoned

A boy who falls from the roof of a factory is found to have been poisoned, leading to suspicions of the working conditions and the dangers of a new alloy process being developed

02:35 1h 15m

Crosstrap

Crime Film ★ 4.5

Crime drama, starring Laurence Payne

★ Cast & Info

03:50 10m

Look at Life

Gibraltar's New Day

How the British overseas territory was transformed into a holiday destination

04:00 1h

Burke's Law

S1 · E30 · Who Killed the 11th Best Dressed Woman in the World

A woman is murdered at an exclusive health spa

A woman with a history of seducing married men is murdered at an exclusive health spa, and suspicion falls on her fellow guests

05:00 1h

The Rogues

S1 · E26 · Our Men In Marawat

Inspector Briscoe forces the gang to replace a stolen relic

Inspector Briscoe arrests Timmy, but offers to let him go if the gang will return a stolen relic to its rightful home and help prevent a revolution. Guest starring Dana Wynter

Morning

06:00 1h 15m

Someone at the Door

Mystery Film ★ 5.0

Crime comedy, starring Michael Medwin

A gang of criminals tries to drive off the residents of the house where they have hidden their stolen loot. Crime comedy, starring Michael Medwin and Garry Marsh

★ Cast & Info

07:15 1h 30m

Hammer the Toff

Crime Film ★ 6.0

Detective drama, starring John Bentley

★ Cast & Info

08:45 2h 15m

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Adventure, Romance Film ★ 5.9

Romantic adventure, starring Gregory Peck

★ Cast & Info

11:00 30m

The Lucy Show

S5 · E11 · Lucy and Pat Collins

Sitcom follow-up to I Love Lucy

Sitcom follow-up to I Love Lucy starring Lucille Ball as a widow, who works hard to provide for her teenage daughter Chris and younger son Jerry

11:30 30m

Star Performance

S3 · E22 · Tusitala

Robert Louis Stevenson mediates between two Samoan tribes

Robert Louis Stevenson, near the end of his life, mediates between two Samoan tribes to prevent war. Starring David Niven

Daytime

12:00 1h

Railway Murders

S1 · E4 · The Newcastle Train Murder

In 1910 the city of Newcastle was transfixed by a murder trial

13:00 5m

1950s Kitchen Hygiene - Glimpses

1950s Kitchen Hygiene

An insight into the workings of the kitchen in the 1950s

13:05 1h 10m

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre

S5 · E2 · Accidental Death

A couple are surprised by an intruder

The adopted daughter of an army colonel and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder, who turns out to be an old comrade-in-arms of her father

14:15 30m

The Adventures of Robin Hood

S1 · E20 · Errand of Mercy

The outlaws vow to complete a dead herbalist's mission of mercy

A herbalist dies in the forest while seeking plants he needs to cure an outbreak of disease, so Robin and his men vow to complete his mission of mercy

14:45 1h 40m

The Vicious Circle

Crime, Mystery, Thriller Film ★ 6.5

Thriller, starring John Mills

★ Cast & Info

16:25 5m

Cinebox Memories

Debbie Reynolds: Sing in the Sunshine

Debbie Reynolds performs We'll Sing in the Sunshine

16:30 30m

The Cheaters

S2 · E9 · Murder Fugue

A pianist doubles his insurance just before surviving a car accident

Hunter is suspicious of the timing when a world-famous pianist doubles the insurance on his priceless hands just three days before surviving a car accident

17:00 1h

A Family at War

S1 · E12 · If It's Got Your Number On It

Freda runs into an old flame

Freda has a romance with an Australian airman, before she runs into an old flame

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 1h

Hannay

S2 · E6 · The Confidence Man

A protection racket victim needs help

A music hall owner in the East End of London turns to Hannay for help when she is menaced by a protection racket

19:00 1h

Z Cars

S3 · E27 · A Man... Like Yourself

A man claims his son was a victim of police brutality

Tom Schofield stirs up trouble by claiming that his son was a victim of police brutality. Norman Allen, Kate Allit and John Barrie star

20:00 1h 5m

Public Eye

S5 · E12 · Shades of White

Frank is manipulated by DI Firbank

Frank reluctantly takes on a case that leads to his being manipulated by several people - including DI Firbank. Guest starring Lesley-Anne Down

21:05 1h 50m

Maxwell

One-off drama, starring David Suchet

One-off drama reconstructing the final stages in the life of Czech-born media mogul Robert Maxwell. Under intense pressure, with cracks showing in his business empire, his marriage in trouble, health concerns and a massive pension scheme fraud to hide, he escapes to the privacy of his yacht near the Canary Islands. David Suchet and Patricia Hodge star

22:55 5m

Cellar Club with Caroline Munro

Supernatural: Mr Nightingale

Caroline Munro introduces the fourth episode of Supernatural

23:00 1h

Supernatural

S1 · E4 · Mr Nightingale

A man is haunted by his own double

An Englishman visiting Hamburg on business is haunted by his own double. Starring Jeremy Brett and Lesley Anne Down

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