Talking Pictures TV Guide — Monday, 20 July 2026

Browse the full Talking Pictures TV TV guide for Monday, 20 July 2026. 25 programmes listed , including 5 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 1h 5m

The Heritage Chart Show

A TOTP style show based on the Heritage Chart, which is voted on in over 80 countries. Songs you love from popular artists, live and on video with the odd interview

02:20 1h 10m

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Crime, Mystery Film ★ 8.0

Fantasy thriller, starring Warren Mitchell

Four crooks terrorise the owner of a magic shop, only to find to their cost that he really does have mystical powers. Fantasy thriller, starring Warren Mitchell and John Malcolm

★ Cast & Info

03:30 1h

The Rogues

S1 · E25 · The Pigeons of Paris

Marcel and Timmy investigate the murder of a spy

Timmy learns that an old friend who has been murdered was a spy. He and Marcel go to Paris to track down the killer. Guest starring Jill St John

04:30 30m

The Adventures of Robin Hood

S1 · E30 · The Wanderer

A healer's unusual methods make him some bitter rivals

The outlaw comes to the aid of a healer who has been summoned to treat a nobleman, and whose unusual techniques have attracted some bitter rivals

05:00 30m

The Buccaneers

S1 · E29 · Prize of Andalusia

The crew helps a sailor cast adrift to find his stolen ship

The crew rescues a sailor cast adrift, and journeys to a Spanish island to help him recover his stolen ship

05:30 30m

Supercar

S1 · E1 · Rescue

The first of Gerry Anderson's sci-fi puppet series

The first of Gerry Anderson's sci-fi puppet series, about the test pilot for a hi-tech vehicle. Supercar makes its maiden flight with a rescue mission at sea

Morning

06:00 30m

The Vise

S1 · E14 · The Gamblers

June Belmont is invited by Carlos Rodrigues to join the roulette table

June Belmont is invited by Carlos Rodrigues to join the roulette table. June brings Carlos some luck so they become partners

06:30 1h 20m

Three Sundays to Live

Thriller Film ★ 5.0

Thriller, starring Kieron Moore

An innocent band leader is convicted of murder. His fiancee and friends search for a missing woman who can give him an alibi. Thriller, starring Kieron Moore and Jane Griffiths

★ Cast & Info

07:50 1h 15m

The Professionals

Crime, Thriller Film

Crime drama, starring William Lucas

A safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system. Crime drama, starring William Lucas and Andrew Faulds

★ Cast & Info

09:05 10m

What's on TPTV with Noel

Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed throughout the end of July and beginning of August

09:15 1h 15m

British Intelligence

Action, Adventure Film ★ 6.1

Spy thriller, starring Boris Karloff

★ Cast & Info

10:30 1h

Z Cars

S9 · E26 · Pastime

An arsonist and an extortionist cause trouble for the detectives

Skinner has an arsonist on his hands, while Stone and Lynch have to deal with an extortionist

11:30 30m

Star Performance

S3 · E23 · The Returning

A professor's romance with a student is interrupted by the outbreak of war

An American professor in 1940s Japan loses his job over a romance with a student, while his attempt to bring her back to the States with him is interrupted by the outbreak of war

Daytime

12:00 1h 5m

Danger UXB

S1 · E13 · With Love from Adolf

An injured Ash is forced into action by an emergency

An injured Ash is rushed to hospital, his confidence shattered - but an emergency forces him to return to duty. Final episode of the Second World war drama

13:05 30m

Richard the Lionheart

S1 · E19 · The Lord of Kerak

A crusader who has neglected his duties plans to have Richard killed

A crusader ruling a castle in the Holy Land plots to have Richard killed to avoid his own dereliction of duty being exposed

13:35 1h 40m

The Flemish Farm

War, Drama Film ★ 5.5

Fact-based Second World War adventure, starring Clive Brook

★ Cast & Info

15:15 15m

Look at Life

Student Nurse

Following the reflections of a student nurse over her three years of training

15:30 1h 45m

Last Holiday

Comedy, Drama Film ★ 7.6

Comedy, starring Alec Guinness

★ Cast & Info

17:15 5m

1950s Celebrity Tea Party

Footage of a charity event, attended by famous faces including Vera Lynn

17:20 1h 40m

Tawny Pipit

Drama Film ★ 6.2

Comedy, starring Bernard Miles

★ Cast & Info

Tonight's Highlights

19:00 1h

The Footage Detectives

A reel from 1953's Coronation Fair

A reel from 1953's Coronation Fair, a sneak into the secret Cabaret Club, and memories of Radio North Sea International

20:00 1h 50m

Maigret

S3 · E2 · Maigret et l'Homme du Banc

The inspector uncovers a trail of a murder victim's secrets

When Louis Thouret is found stabbed to death, Maigret uncovers a trail of the victim's secrets while hunting the killer. In French

21:50 1h 35m

So Evil, So Young

Drama Film ★ 4.0

Drama, starring Jill Ireland

A girl framed for a robbery is sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden. Drama, starring Jill Ireland and Ellen Pollock

★ Cast & Info

23:25 30m

The Lawless Years

S1 · E9 · The Marie Walters Story

Detective Ruditsky solves the murder of a young woman

Detective Ruditsky solves the murder of a young woman by uncovering crucial evidence. Stars James Gregory, Robert Karnes and Barbara Stuart

23:55 2h

Murders in Sarlat

Film

Crime thriller, starring Cécile Bois

A detective returns to her birthplace to investigate a murder with echoes of the region's dark history, Crime thriller, with Cécile Bois and Thierry Godard. In French

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