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SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 82 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Black Velvet Band (1997)
(Saturday 6 April, 10.10pm)
Drama. Director: Robert Knights. Starring: Nick Berry, Todd Carty, Chris Mchallem, Stephen Marcus, Nick Boraine, Gabriella Cirillo and Desmond Dube. A failed attempt to steal the crown jewels in 1800s Europe lands a band of five on a transportation ship to Australia, but can they escape?
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
(Sunday 7 April, 6pm)
Crime. Director: Don Sharp. Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Karen Dotrice and John Mills. An engineer attempts to prevent Prussian agents from executing a political assassination.
Budgie
(Saturdays, 8pm from 13 April)
Starring: Adam Faith, Iain Cuthbertson and Lynn Dalby. Down-andout, but forever optimistic, Ronald “Budgie” Bird, is a petty crook operating on the fringes of the criminal fraternity in London’s Soho. Budgie always has one eye on a get-rich quick scam, and the other on the big time.
The Weapon (1956)
(Tuesday 9 April, 1.50pm)
Thriller. Director: Val Guest. Starring: Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, George Cole and Frazer Hines. A young boy goes on the run after accidentally shooting his friend with a 10-year-old murder weapon found in an abandoned building.
Sparrows Can’t Sing (1963)
(Sunday 14 April, 2.30pm)
Comedy. Director: Joan Littlewood. Starring: James Booth and Barbara Windsor. Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone.