Episodes

  • June 2026
    May 31 2026
    Hal is in the chair this week alongside Scott, Sarah, and Gareth to bring you the highlights of what's in store on the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel - Talking Pictures TV Watch Talking Pictures TV on Freeview 82, Virgin 445, Freesat 306, Freely 36 or Sky 324. And don't forget that you can catch up – or watch again – for free on TPTV Encore! Go to www.tptvencore.co.uk
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    47 mins
  • May 2026
    May 11 2026

    Scott is joined this week by a host of wonderful guests who have got together to bring you their recommendations of the best entertainment on Talking Pictures TV - the nation's favourite archive TV and movie channel.

    Powell & Pressburger, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve, Quatermass, classic Hammer horror and much more.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • April/May 2026
    Apr 20 2026

    As Spring blossoms, Talking Pictures TV provides vintage television, Hammer horror, an Irish film with ties to neo realism and much more!

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Early April 2026
    Mar 30 2026

    Mel Byron guides us through another three week's worth of Talking Pictures TV goodness, featuring a sci-fi Play For Today, a Gainsborough classic and much more!

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    47 mins
  • March 2026
    Mar 8 2026

    Welcome once again to the official Talking Pictures TV podcast, the podcast that is dedicated to the nations favourite archive TV and movie channel.

    As usual we have enlisted the help of you, the viewers and once again, you have come up trumps with sending in your thoughts and your reviews of what is coming up on the channel over the next three weeks.

    In this month's episode we have duchesses, Dracula and a disaster movie. Frankenstein , fraudulent seances and fearless giant killers.

    We are also joined by our friends from the Reel Britannia podcast with their favourites from all the cracking movies and tv shows coming up in March.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • February/March 2026
    Feb 16 2026

    Eartha Kitt, Kenneth More, Roger Moore, Jean Seberg - they're all here in another round-up of Talking Pictures TV highlights!

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    55 mins
  • January/February 2026
    Jan 26 2026

    The TPTV podcast is back for a new season! Mel Byron and the team recommend their favourite upcoming shows and films for you. With lots of much-loved stars, including Thora Hird, Joan Collins, Stanley Baker and more. We also welcome our friends from the Reel Britannia podcast for their insight into three very different films!

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    48 mins
  • October/November 2025
    Oct 27 2025

    This episode's recommendations from the Talking Pictures TV schedule include a brilliant, and unusual, Sherlock Holmes film; a little something from Ed Wood; an early Hammer sci-fi; and a John Mills thriller. All courtesy of Mel Byron and the TPTV podcast team.

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    38 mins