Talking Pictures TV Guide — Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Browse the full Talking Pictures TV TV guide for Wednesday, 22 July 2026. 21 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

02:05 1h 45m

Broken Blossoms

Drama, Romance Film ★ 6.0

Drama, starring Dolly Haas

★ Cast & Info

03:50 10m

Glimpses: Your Voice on the Telephone

An introduction to telephones from the 1950s

04:00 1h

Target: The Corruptors

S1 · E28 · The Blind Goddess

Paul Marino investigates the mob

Newspaper reporter Paul Marino investigates the mob with assistance from his undercover agent, Jack Flood

05:00 1h

The Rogues

S1 · E24 · The Bartered MacBride

Tony poses as the heir to a fortune

Tony poses as the heir to a murdered man's fortune, and tries to trick the killer by trading the inheritance for worthless land he tries to claim contains oil

Morning

06:00 1h 40m

The Broken Melody

Drama, Music Film ★ 5.5

Drama, starring John Garrick

★ Cast & Info

07:40 1h 45m

Forbidden

Thriller, Drama Film ★ 6.9

Thriller, starring Douglass Montgomery

★ Cast & Info

09:25 1h 50m

The Desperate Mission

Western, Action, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie Film ★ 4.5

Western, starring Ricardo Montalban

★ Cast & Info

11:15 15m

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

11:30 30m

Star Performance

S2 · E22 · The Bomb

A woman must defuse a bomb, with the help of her fiance and her ex

A woman is trapped with her fiance and her ex in an abandoned house with an unexploded bomb, and the three must work together to defuse it. With Margaret Sheridan and David Niven

Daytime

12:00 1h

Railway Murders

S1 · E2 · The Body in the Tunnel

In 1881 Percy Lefroy Mapleton, a young writer became fixated on a beautiful stage actress

In 1881 Percy Lefroy Mapleton, a talented young writer became fixated on a beautiful stage actress

13:00 30m

The Buccaneers

S1 · E19 · Blood Will Tell

A lawyer arrives at the colony looking for the heir to a fortune

A lawyer arrives at the colony looking for the heir to a fortune. When a boy stakes his claim, everyone assumes he is lying - but questions soon arise about his origins

13:30 1h 5m

Kim

Action adventure, starring Michael Rennie

An orphan boy in 19th-century India is drawn into a world of espionage and intrigue through his friendship with a British spy. Action adventure, with Michael Rennie, Joseph Wiseman and Tony Haig. Narrated by Shirley Temple

14:35 35m

Talking Pictures Remembers James Hayter

Robin Hayter talks about his father James

Robin Hayter talks about his father James, known on screen as Mr Pickwick and the voice of Mr Kipling's Cakes

15:10 30m

Dial 999

S1 · E21 · A Mined Area

Maguire tracks an ex-convict to discover what became of his ill-gotten gains

A thief whose ill-gotten gains were never found is released from prison, and Maguire tracks him to discover what became of the money

15:40 1h 50m

The Iron Petticoat

Comedy Film ★ 6.0

Comedy, starring Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn

★ Cast & Info

17:30 1h

River Patrol

Thriller Film ★ 4.8

Crime drama, starring John Blythe

Two police officers go undercover as husband and wife to expose a smuggling ring operating along the Thames. Crime drama, starring John Blythe and Wally Patch

★ Cast & Info

Tonight's Highlights

18:30 30m

Give Us a Clue

Guests include Jim Bowen, Anna Dawson and Paul Jones

Michael Parkinson hosts an episode of the game show from 1985, with guests Jim Bowen, Anna Dawson, Paul Jones, Julia McKenzie, Kenneth Williams and Wincey Willis

19:00 30m

Out of Town

Observing the Country/Working Dog Show

Jack Hargreaves looks for wildlife from a seat high in the trees

Jack Hargreaves looks for fallow and roe deer and other wildlife from a seat high in the trees. It's then on to a working dog show climaxing with a terrier race

19:30 1h 5m

Travelling Man

S2 · E4 · Hustler

Lomax is reunited with his son

Lomax is reunited with his son, only to discover he has robbed a bookmakers, and in a crisis of conscience, is trying to return the money. John Bird guest stars

20:35 2h 5m

Payday

Drama, Music Film ★ 6.1

Drama, starring Rip Torn

★ Cast & Info

22:40 1h 30m

The Disappearance of Flight 412

Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, TV Movie Film ★ 5.1

Sci-fi mystery, starring Glenn Ford

★ Cast & Info

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