London Live Today

A digest of news and events from across London from the past few days.

Between September 1944 and February 1945, US troops fought their longest battle in history, one so punishing soldiers called it the Meat Grinder or Death Factory

Drake rescues a fellow agent who is being tortured for information, but finds he is still suffering the traumatic after-effects of the interrogation as they flee for their lives

Digging deep into London's past to uncover the remains of what was at one time Britain's largest prison

Selina Scott explores Boughton House in Northamptonshire, home to more than 40 Van Dyck paintings, gilt tables and a Louis XV dinner service

A chance to catch up on the week's headlines and a taste of what to see and do in London this weekend.

McGill helps a blind girl to find her mother's killers, but discovers she is being unwittingly used by drug smugglers. Guest starring Marius Goring and Felicity Kendal

The crew of a downed RAF bomber seeks the Dutch resistance's help in escaping Nazi territory. Powell and Pressburger's Second World War drama, with Godfrey Tearle and Eric Portman

A dim-witted man gets a job at his uncle's weapons factory, and is manipulated by both the workforce and the management. Satirical comedy, starring Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers

A special compilation of historical short films themed around pets

Short visual tours exploring Soho and Milllwall, with fascinating facts for locals and tourists alike. Narrated by Dewyne Lindsay

Nicola White explore the banks of the Thames for treasure

First of a two-part documentary about youngsters facing poverty, beginning with three teenage girls who are on the cusp of adulthood and are all surviving on less than £10 a day

While Neil Burnside woos Laura Dickens, Willie Caine is on a operation in Cyprus to recover a kidnapped British engineer.

Comedy about a group of Essex gangsters bumbling their way in and out of a life of crime

After getting sprung from prison by a Mexican bandit, a bounty hunter is hired to protect a town by the father of a saloon girl killed by a member of the bandit's gang.

An orphaned teenager hopes to join his girlfriend at university, but his disturbed aunt will go to any lengths to keep him with her. Horror, with Jimmy McNichol and Susan Tyrrell

Short visual tours for locals and tourists, exploring Elephant & Castle and Croydon. Narrated by Dewyne Lindsay

A compilation of historical short films themed around sport from Film London's archives

The case of Dr Ruxton, a physician who lived a quiet, respectable life in Lancaster, until in 1935 he beat, strangled and stabbed his wife and housemaid to death

A new planet is sighted, and after holding a seance one of the Moonbase crew becomes convinced that all Alphans should be evacuated to live there

An Ibiza club DJ plans to sell her designer goods to raise enough money to take her act worldwide, Plus, Alicja appraises a vintage gold and diamond timepiece

David Hayman travels to meet rivals to Scotch whisky's dominance, beginning in Norfolk, where he encounters the thriving English Whisky Company