Dukenfield
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Popular culture obsessive : 20th Century film. Records, TV and books : 70s, 80s & 90s pop & dance music; Music Hall. Social history. Seaside towns & piers
In #CoronationStreet (aka The Bill : Weatherfield) is the head of the CID called Costello because his job is Watching (Over) The Detectives?
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
In #CoronationStreet (aka The Bill : Weatherfield) is the head of the CID called Costello because his job is Watching (Over) The Detectives?
On Popmaster this morning a contestant told Ken Bruce, during their introductory chat that his favourite group of all time was Toto.
I was struck by the fact that I have *never* heard anyone say this before in my entire life.
No judgement - but it's such an odd act to have as your GOAT.
I was struck by the fact that I have *never* heard anyone say this before in my entire life.
No judgement - but it's such an odd act to have as your GOAT.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
On Popmaster this morning a contestant told Ken Bruce, during their introductory chat that his favourite group of all time was Toto.
I was struck by the fact that I have *never* heard anyone say this before in my entire life.
No judgement - but it's such an odd act to have as your GOAT.
I was struck by the fact that I have *never* heard anyone say this before in my entire life.
No judgement - but it's such an odd act to have as your GOAT.
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Coronation Street (27th November 1978). Max Wall guests as Elsie Tanner's latest admirer.
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Coronation Street (27th November 1978). Max Wall guests as Elsie Tanner's latest admirer.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day:
David Lean's drama, This Happy Breed (1944 105mins.)
adapted by Noel Coward from his play, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 16.30]
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David Lean's drama, This Happy Breed (1944 105mins.)
adapted by Noel Coward from his play, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 16.30]
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This Happy Breed (1944)
Drama directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noël Coward, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson and John Mills. Life between the two World Wa
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November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day:
David Lean's drama, This Happy Breed (1944 105mins.)
adapted by Noel Coward from his play, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 16.30]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
David Lean's drama, This Happy Breed (1944 105mins.)
adapted by Noel Coward from his play, starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway and John Mills.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 16.30]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Samuel Fuller's dynamic and thoroughly entertaining #western Forty Guns (1957 76min.)
starring Barbara Stanwyck.
[Great Action 13.00]
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Samuel Fuller's dynamic and thoroughly entertaining #western Forty Guns (1957 76min.)
starring Barbara Stanwyck.
[Great Action 13.00]
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A ★★★★ review of Forty Guns (1957)
It's interesting that, while in most Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s women in leading roles were usually only allowed to be objects of romantic attention or damsels in distress, in the western ...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Samuel Fuller's dynamic and thoroughly entertaining #western Forty Guns (1957 76min.)
starring Barbara Stanwyck.
[Great Action 13.00]
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Samuel Fuller's dynamic and thoroughly entertaining #western Forty Guns (1957 76min.)
starring Barbara Stanwyck.
[Great Action 13.00]
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One of the great #FilmNoir classics is being screened on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today, 1:05pm.
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
One of the great #FilmNoir classics is being screened on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social today, 1:05pm.
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
Get ready for one of our favs, Broderick Crawford, starring in Phil Karlson’s Scandel Sheet (1952).
Some excellent cinematography by Burnett Guffey + love the artwork for this one. #Noirvember
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Scandal Sheet (1952 82 mins.)
#FilmNoir based on a novel by former crime newsman and future movie director Samuel Fuller
Stars Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed & a dapper John Derek.
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Scandal Sheet (1952 82 mins.)
#FilmNoir based on a novel by former crime newsman and future movie director Samuel Fuller
Stars Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed & a dapper John Derek.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 13.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Scandal Sheet (1952)
Scandal Sheet is a 1952 film noir directed by Phil Karlson.The film is based on the novel The Dark Page by Samuel Fuller, who himself was a newspaper
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Scandal Sheet (1952 82 mins.)
#FilmNoir based on a novel by former crime newsman and future movie director Samuel Fuller
Stars Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed & a dapper John Derek.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 13.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Scandal Sheet (1952 82 mins.)
#FilmNoir based on a novel by former crime newsman and future movie director Samuel Fuller
Stars Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed & a dapper John Derek.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 13.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
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Two legends of 1930s comedy collide. Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore muddle through the difficult problem of placing an order. From The Gay Divorcee (1934).
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Two legends of 1930s comedy collide. Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore muddle through the difficult problem of placing an order. From The Gay Divorcee (1934).
Tonights first watch #film was Nuri Bilge Ceylan's elegant drama Ahlat Ağacı (The Wild Pear Tree) [TUR, 2018]
which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend without reservation.
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which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend without reservation.
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The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village, and to his father, a debt-ridden man with a gambling problem.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Tonights first watch #film was Nuri Bilge Ceylan's elegant drama Ahlat Ağacı (The Wild Pear Tree) [TUR, 2018]
which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend without reservation.
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which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend without reservation.
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JUST BE HONEST!"
"Poundland also revealed that it will close all UK stores between December 25 and January 1 to give staff a "proper festive break" after one of the company's "most challenging years".
and save a small fortune in statutory overtime payments for staff working on public holidays.
"Poundland also revealed that it will close all UK stores between December 25 and January 1 to give staff a "proper festive break" after one of the company's "most challenging years".
and save a small fortune in statutory overtime payments for staff working on public holidays.
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
JUST BE HONEST!"
"Poundland also revealed that it will close all UK stores between December 25 and January 1 to give staff a "proper festive break" after one of the company's "most challenging years".
and save a small fortune in statutory overtime payments for staff working on public holidays.
"Poundland also revealed that it will close all UK stores between December 25 and January 1 to give staff a "proper festive break" after one of the company's "most challenging years".
and save a small fortune in statutory overtime payments for staff working on public holidays.
Last nights first watch #film was the fairly obscure #western Man from Del Rio (US, 1956)
which turned out to be very good indeed.
Expertly directed by Harry Horner, beautifully photographed by Stanley Cortez & with a terrific central performance by Anthony Quinn.
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which turned out to be very good indeed.
Expertly directed by Harry Horner, beautifully photographed by Stanley Cortez & with a terrific central performance by Anthony Quinn.
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Man from Del Rio (1956)
Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Last nights first watch #film was the fairly obscure #western Man from Del Rio (US, 1956)
which turned out to be very good indeed.
Expertly directed by Harry Horner, beautifully photographed by Stanley Cortez & with a terrific central performance by Anthony Quinn.
letterboxd.com/film/man-fro...
which turned out to be very good indeed.
Expertly directed by Harry Horner, beautifully photographed by Stanley Cortez & with a terrific central performance by Anthony Quinn.
letterboxd.com/film/man-fro...
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
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Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
A prostitute in Rome hunts for love, but struggles to find it. Oscar winner from Federico Fellini. Italian with subtitles.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Nights of Cabiria (1957 106 mins.)
Rare showing of this Oscar winner from Federico Fellini; starring Giulietta Masina.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 21.05]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Last nights first watch #film was the interesting #western set drama The Wonderful Country (US, 1959)
with Robert Mitchum & Julie London
Skilfully directed by Robert Parrish, beautifully photographed by Floyd Crosby & Alex Phillips; great score by Alex North
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with Robert Mitchum & Julie London
Skilfully directed by Robert Parrish, beautifully photographed by Floyd Crosby & Alex Phillips; great score by Alex North
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The Wonderful Country (1959)
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Bra...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Last nights first watch #film was the interesting #western set drama The Wonderful Country (US, 1959)
with Robert Mitchum & Julie London
Skilfully directed by Robert Parrish, beautifully photographed by Floyd Crosby & Alex Phillips; great score by Alex North
letterboxd.com/film/the-won...
with Robert Mitchum & Julie London
Skilfully directed by Robert Parrish, beautifully photographed by Floyd Crosby & Alex Phillips; great score by Alex North
letterboxd.com/film/the-won...
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Alex Garland's sci-fi drama Ex Machina (2014 103mins.)
with Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac.
[Film4 21.00 &+1]
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Alex Garland's sci-fi drama Ex Machina (2014 103mins.)
with Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac.
[Film4 21.00 &+1]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Ex Machina (2014)
Sci-fi thriller starring Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson. A young software programmer is given the opportunity to spend time at the home of his compa
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Alex Garland's sci-fi drama Ex Machina (2014 103mins.)
with Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac.
[Film4 21.00 &+1]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Alex Garland's sci-fi drama Ex Machina (2014 103mins.)
with Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac.
[Film4 21.00 &+1]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
read this today : very good, sympathetic biography - interesting and packed with detail.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
read this today : very good, sympathetic biography - interesting and packed with detail.
Out of the host & six panelists only one is still with us.
Which is quite alarming in many ways.
(i.e. I'm old enough to recognise all of them but have outlived almost all of them)
Which is quite alarming in many ways.
(i.e. I'm old enough to recognise all of them but have outlived almost all of them)
Blankety Blank (19th November 1981). Lost in the desert, Lawrence of Arabia said 'I knew we were going round in circles, that's the third time today we've passed the same BLANK.'
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Out of the host & six panelists only one is still with us.
Which is quite alarming in many ways.
(i.e. I'm old enough to recognise all of them but have outlived almost all of them)
Which is quite alarming in many ways.
(i.e. I'm old enough to recognise all of them but have outlived almost all of them)
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Duncan Jones' science-fiction drama Moon (2008 97mins.) [Film4 21.00 & +1]
starring Sam Rockwell.
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Duncan Jones' science-fiction drama Moon (2008 97mins.) [Film4 21.00 & +1]
starring Sam Rockwell.
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Moon (2008)
Science-fiction drama starring Sam Rockwell. Lone mining engineer Sam Bell is cut off from humanity on the far side of the Moon with only a computer
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November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Duncan Jones' science-fiction drama Moon (2008 97mins.) [Film4 21.00 & +1]
starring Sam Rockwell.
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Duncan Jones' science-fiction drama Moon (2008 97mins.) [Film4 21.00 & +1]
starring Sam Rockwell.
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Biographical drama Patton (1970 163 mins.)
starring George C Scott with Karl Malden and Michael Bates.
[Film 4 15.20 & +1]
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Biographical drama Patton (1970 163 mins.)
starring George C Scott with Karl Malden and Michael Bates.
[Film 4 15.20 & +1]
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Patton (1970)
Oscar-winning biographical drama starring George C Scott as General George Smith Patton, one of the greatest and most controversial military leaders o
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November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Biographical drama Patton (1970 163 mins.)
starring George C Scott with Karl Malden and Michael Bates.
[Film 4 15.20 & +1]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Biographical drama Patton (1970 163 mins.)
starring George C Scott with Karl Malden and Michael Bates.
[Film 4 15.20 & +1]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Last nights #film rewatch was William A. Wellman's elegant #western set melodrama The Track of the Cat (US, 1954)
with Robert Mitchum, Beulah Bondi & Teresa Wright
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#MovieNight #SnowWesterns
with Robert Mitchum, Beulah Bondi & Teresa Wright
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#MovieNight #SnowWesterns
Track of the Cat (1954)
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Last nights #film rewatch was William A. Wellman's elegant #western set melodrama The Track of the Cat (US, 1954)
with Robert Mitchum, Beulah Bondi & Teresa Wright
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#MovieNight #SnowWesterns
with Robert Mitchum, Beulah Bondi & Teresa Wright
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#MovieNight #SnowWesterns
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Stanley Kramer's monumental historical courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 178mins.)
starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich & Maximilian Schell
[BBC2 13.00 & iPlayer for 30 days]
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Stanley Kramer's monumental historical courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 178mins.)
starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich & Maximilian Schell
[BBC2 13.00 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Historical courtroom drama starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich and Maximilian Schell. In 1948, American justice Dan Haywood arriv
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November 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Stanley Kramer's monumental historical courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 178mins.)
starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich & Maximilian Schell
[BBC2 13.00 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Stanley Kramer's monumental historical courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 178mins.)
starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich & Maximilian Schell
[BBC2 13.00 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Last nights first watch #film was Osgood Perkins' witty & entertaining The Monkey (2025)
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#MovieNight
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#MovieNight
The Monkey (2025)
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brother...
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November 15, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Last nights first watch #film was Osgood Perkins' witty & entertaining The Monkey (2025)
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#MovieNight
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#MovieNight
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Lurid British exploitation horror Horrors of the Black Museum (1959 78 mins.)
starring Michael Gough (on his way to being Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman films) and June Cunningham.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 22.10]
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Lurid British exploitation horror Horrors of the Black Museum (1959 78 mins.)
starring Michael Gough (on his way to being Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman films) and June Cunningham.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 22.10]
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Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
A columnist wants to be able to write about unusual murders from experience. He hypnotises his assistant and sends him out to kill on his behalf, usin
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November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Lurid British exploitation horror Horrors of the Black Museum (1959 78 mins.)
starring Michael Gough (on his way to being Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman films) and June Cunningham.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 22.10]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Lurid British exploitation horror Horrors of the Black Museum (1959 78 mins.)
starring Michael Gough (on his way to being Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman films) and June Cunningham.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 22.10]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
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New Order released Movement on this day in 1981. Peter Saville's beautiful cover was based on Fortunato Depero's Futurismo design from 1932
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New Order released Movement on this day in 1981. Peter Saville's beautiful cover was based on Fortunato Depero's Futurismo design from 1932
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's satirical drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943 156mins.)
starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and John Laurie.
[BBC2 14.35 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's satirical drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943 156mins.)
starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and John Laurie.
[BBC2 14.35 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Classic period drama starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. Clive Candy VC is the quintessential English gentleman whose belief in "
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's satirical drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943 156mins.)
starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and John Laurie.
[BBC2 14.35 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's satirical drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943 156mins.)
starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook and John Laurie.
[BBC2 14.35 & iPlayer for 30 days]
www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/...