Talking Pictures TV

Talking Pictures TV
Launched 26 May 2015
Picture format 576i 4:3 (SDTV)
576i 16:9 (SDTV)
Audience share 0.07% (March 2016 (2016-03), BARB)
Broadcast area United Kingdom
Website talkingpicturestv.co.uk/
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 81
Satellite
Sky Channel 343
Freesat Channel 306
Streaming media
YouView Channel 81

Talking Pictures TV is a British free-to-air film nostalgia channel which launched on 26 May 2015 on Sky Television platform channel 343.[1] The channel was founded by Sarah Cronin-Stanley and is run by her, assisted by her father former producer Noel Cronin, and her husband Neill. It runs for 24-hours a day and specializes in British films, both classics and B-movies from the early days of cinema through to the 1970s. During the twilight hours the schedule often changes to American drive-in movies or straight-to-video oddities. A wide range of movies from different genres are shown including horror, comedy, drama and thriller films. In addition to films, in-house productions are sometimes shown, as well as items from the Cronins' own back catalogue including Noel's Dandelion Distribution, as well as series from the Southern TV franchise archive, and early American shows such as the original Burke's Law and Honey West.

Cronin-Stanley and her father, for years have run a DVD membership club, The Renown Film Club, for fans of B-movie classics. Many of the films now shown on Talking Pictures TV are available through The Renown Film Club.[2]

The channel was first only available via satellite on the Sky platform in the United Kingdom and later also introduced on Freeview Channel 81 from 15 September 2015 (Freeview HD required, despite not being an HD channel)[3] and then Freesat Channel 306 from 2016.

Films

A list of selected films shown on Talking Pictures TV

Talking Pictures TV also features several films from the Old Mother Riley franchise, and from the BFI (British Film Institute) archives.

The channel also has themed days, such as Music Hall Monday, and An Afternoon with Patricia Dainton in which the actress came out of retirement to provide introductions to her films.

Television series

Talking Pictures TV features several classic television series from American broadcasters ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as British series' from Southern Television productions for ITV network.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Talking Pictures TV founder Sarah Cronin-Stanley on the reborn of Classic British film". express.co.uk. May 17, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Renown Pictures LTD". Renown Pictures LTD. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/faqs/

External links

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