Talking Pictures TV Wednesday

Simon, Luke and David become involved in a plot to do away with a prospective bridegroom by the bride's father

A chorus girl performing in a West End musical investigates the mysterious death of an actor in the same theatre 40 years previously. Mystery, with Frances Day and Patricia Dainton

A secretary is kidnapped by a gang of crooks and convinces them she is on their side, while secretly plotting to bring them to justice. Comedy, with Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray

How British weeks are planned in cities abroad to help promote trade

Biopic of 1930s jazz bandleaders Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, following their double act and the sibling rivalry that drove them apart. Starring the Dorsey brothers as themselves

A reformed pirate must set sail once again to clear his name when he is framed for a series of bloodthirsty raids. Swashbuckling adventure, with Louis Hayward and Patricia Medina

Arthur Naylor disrupts the plans to take the company public, so the Hammond brothers arrange a meeting to discover what he really wants

A widower brings his family back to his old home town in Texas, hoping to make a success of the family farm. Drama, starring Dale Robertson and Joanne Dru

A woman sent on a harrowing forced march between Japanese labour camps finds comfort in her friendship with an Australian prisoner. Drama, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch

Vintage police drama

Under cover of an air raid, Jimmy and Vincent lead a group of French resistance fighters in a daring attack on the factory housing the Germans' secret air weapon

The inspector investigates the murder of an accountant, whose life appears to have been too boring for him to have any enemies - if it weren't for one strange detail. In French

A writer is drawn into a dangerous affair with a woman who wants him to kill her husband. Thriller based on a Ruth Rendell novel, starring Amanda Donohoe and Stephen Dillane

An Englishwoman embarks on a chilling journey through Rome in search of her blind sister, who has mysteriously disappeared. Thriller, starring Prunella Ransome and Jeremy Brett

A man recruited to the board of a major New York corporation finds his ethics at odds with his career ambitions. Drama, starring Van Heflin and Everett Sloane

A young man joins a gang of smugglers to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. Crime drama, with Kieron Moore and Barbara White

An escapologist uses his skills to flee custody after being arrested for the murder of a chorus girl, and asks Holmes to prove he is innocent of the crime

A village is pulled into space and orbits the Earth, leading to conflict between the locals over how best to adapt to their situation. Sci-fi drama, with Eliot Makeham and Rene Ray