Talking Pictures TV Guide — Wednesday

Browse the full Talking Pictures TV TV guide for Wednesday, 4 November 2026. 23 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:20 2h 30m

The Man with the Golden Arm

Drama, Crime Film ★ 7.2

Drama, starring Frank Sinatra
★ Cast & Info
02:50 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
04:00 1h

The Directors

S1 · E5 · Howard Hawks

The life and work of Howard Hawks

A look at the life and career of Howard Hawks, the director of films including His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
05:00 30m

Batman

S1 · E29 · The Bookworm Turns

Part one of two. The Bookworm plots a literary crime spree

Part one of two. Literary villain the Bookworm plots a crime spree, and his henchwoman leads the dynamic duo into a trap. Guest starring Roddy McDowall
05:30 30m

Batman

S1 · E30 · While Gotham City Burns

Part two of two. The Bookworm plots to steal the batmobile

Part two of two. The Bookworm plots to steal the batmobile, while leaving the dynamic duo trapped in a giant cookbook. Guest starring Roddy McDowell

Morning

06:00 35m

Sherlock Holmes

S1 · E37 · The Case of the Unlucky Gambler

The sleuth searches for a gambler on the run from his creditors

A boy enlists Holmes' help in tracking down his missing father, a gambler on the run from his creditors. Guest starring Richard O'Sullivan
06:35 1h 40m

A Touch Of The Sun

Comedy Film ★ 6.0

Comedy, starring Frankie Howerd
★ Cast & Info
08:15 1h 20m

Part-Time Wife

Comedy Film ★ 5.5

Comedy, starring Anton Rodgers

A married woman agrees to pose as the wife of her husband's unmarried friend to help him look respectable. Comedy, starring Anton Rodgers and Nyree Dawn Porter

★ Cast & Info
09:35 1h 20m

Bad Sister

Drama Film ★ 5.6

Drama, starring Conrad Nagel
★ Cast & Info
10:55 1h 45m

Doctor in Trouble

Comedy Film ★ 5.1

Comedy, starring Leslie Phillips

Amorous Dr Burke inadvertently finds himself on board an ocean liner and cheerfully adopts the role of ship's medic, only too happy to take the temperatures of all the bikini-clad lady passengers. Comedy, the last of seven films adapted from Richard Gordon's series of books, starring Leslie Phillips, Harry Secombe, James Robertson Justice, Irene Handl and Freddie Jones

★ Cast & Info

Daytime

12:40 20m

Sugar

The reconstruction of a sweet shop destroyed during the Blitz
13:00 35m

The Buccaneers

S1 · E34 · Mistress Higgins' Treasure

Tempest goes in search of buried treasure

Tempest encounters a strange woman at sea, who tells him where buried pirate treasure can be discovered. Guest starring Adrienne Corri
13:35 1h 30m

Time Lock

Thriller Film ★ 6.3

Thriller, starring Robert Beatty
★ Cast & Info
15:05 15m

Look at Life

Tulip Town

The story of Spalding, famous for its tulips
15:20 2h 20m

Odd Man Out

Crime, Drama, Thriller Film ★ 7.3

Thriller, starring James Mason
★ Cast & Info
17:40 20m

Puzzle Corner No 12

General knowledge quiz, hosted by Ronnie Waldman

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 30m

Rooms

S1 · E3 · Monica - Part One

Part one of two. Drama anthology series

Part one of two. Drama anthology series, featuring stories of the people who rent a room in a boarding house. Monica battles with her inner demons and receives a welcome guest
18:30 30m

Rooms

S1 · E4 · Monica - Part Two

Part two of two. Monica finds her relationship put to the test

Part two of two. Monica finds her relationship - and her vanity - put to the test
19:00 30m

Out of Town

Long Distance Ride

Jack Hargreaves watches endurance riding in the New Forest

Jack Hargreaves explains the intricacies of the universal troop saddle, and watches endurance riding in the New Forest on the longest day of the year
19:30 35m

Dick Turpin

S1 · E8 · The Upright Man

Dick suspects a traitor among a brotherhood of crooks

Dick suspects a traitor among a brotherhood of crooks when many of the members of the group are arrested and hanged. Guest starring Ray McAnally
20:05 1h 5m

Van der Valk

S2 · E5 · Season of Love

An American woman discovers that her lover is missing

An American woman recently arrived in Amsterdam discovers that her lover is missing - and Van der Valk fears that she may also be in danger
21:10 1h 35m

The Lost World

S1 · E1

Lavish two-part period adventure, starring Bob Hoskins

Bob Hoskins stars in the first of a lavish two-part adventure based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel about a British scientific team's 1911 expedition into the uncharted Amazon jungle in search of prehistoric life. Maverick Professor Challenger leads the quest for a mythical plateau, aiming to prove his theory that dinosaurs still roam certain parts of the Earth
22:45 1h 35m

The Lost World

S1 · E2

Conclusion of the period adventure, starring Bob Hoskins

Trapped on the plateau, Edward, Agnes and Lord Roxton set out in search of professors Challenger and Summerlee, following their capture by the strange apemen who may provide the missing link between modern man and prehistoric life. But when they mount a rescue, the explorers are confronted by a native tribe. Conclusion of the adventure, starring Bob Hoskins, Peter Falk and James Fox

Early Morning

The Man with the Golden Arm

Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?

Morning

A Touch Of The Sun

Part-Time Wife

Bad Sister

Doctor in Trouble

Daytime

Time Lock

Odd Man Out

Tonight's Highlights

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