Talking Pictures TV Thursday

Detective drama from 1954, starring Ronald Howard as the Baker Street sleuth. Holmes and his new companion Dr Watson investigate a motiveless stabbing for their first case

Noel Cronin shares shows and films not to be missed at the beginning of March

Two men preparing to fight a duel to the death are transported by a passing comet to a jungle planet of giant monsters. Sci-fi adventure, starring Cesare Danova and Sean McClory

Short film from 1966 about steeplechasing in Britain

A businessman sets about finding a suitable male companion for his landlady. Comedy, starring Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn and Joel McCrea

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and turns to highway robbery. Classic British costume drama, starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason

A country vicar struggles to come to terms with the fact he has only one year left to live. Drama, starring Robert Donat and Kay Walsh

The different types of British exports being made in 1965

Part one of three. The head of a witches' coven is accused of manslaughter following the death of a man who claimed to have been cursed

Part two of three. A witness gives evidence of orgies held by the coven, while a vicar shares his expert testimony on the black arts

Part three of three. The head of the coven admits to being a charlatan, so could not have placed a curse on the dead man

A crafty waiter is the only thing keeping a hotel running, but a representative of the owners thinks he should retire. Comedy, starring Gordon Harker and Marie Lohr

Behind the scenes on the world's toughest power-boat race, which provides a testing ground for the development of ever more powerful craft

The island of Malta comes under siege during the Second World War, and a reconnaissance pilot plays a crucial role in its defence. Drama, starring Alec Guinness and Anthony Steel

The birth of Jennifer's baby coincides with a business visitor from Beirut. Clare is put in charge of looking after the guest, who accidentally exposes her secrets

Time rapidly runs out for Owen and Anna as Richard employs a private detective to discover the identity of his wife's lover. Starring Robson Green and Francesca Annis

From his temporary headquarters on Westmarsh Airfield, Detective Cradock begins his unenviable task of discovering how the robbery was executed

Martin Kemp stars in this one-off fact-based period drama about Edwardian bigamist George Joseph Smith, who married three women at once and murdered all three for their money

A Liverpudlian single mother travels to New York to find her estranged father, and begins a new career as a boxer. Boxing drama, starring Margi Clarke and Carroll Baker

An American newspaper editor in 1930s Tokyo uncovers a Japanese plot to invade China and tries to alert the rest of the world. Melodrama, starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney

A visit to the youth club on Eel Pie Island in the River Thames

Travis investigates the lynching of two Apaches accused of being horse thieves and a preacher who tried to save them