Talking Pictures TV TV Guide: Listings, Schedule & What’s On Talking Pictures TV Tonight

Published: 14 September 2026

Talking Pictures TV is the independent, family-run channel built almost entirely on one man’s private film collection. Noel Cronin spent decades buying up the rights to older British and Hollywood titles through his company Renown Pictures, and in May 2015 he and his daughter, Sarah Cronin-Stanley, turned that archive into a television channel. Eleven years on, nobody else on British free-to-air is attempting anything like it. Tuesday 15 September 2026 opens in the small hours with the drama Autumn Leaves, then Watching Points, The Lawless Years and Film Noir carry the schedule towards a Man from U.N.C.L.E rerun at 5am and the feature Lost Hours from 6am. Daytime runs through The Big Combo, The Shop at Sly Corner and Break in the Circle, then William Tell and the feature Seance On A Wet Afternoon fill lunchtime, before That’s My Boy and The Calendar carry the schedule towards early evening. The evening opens with the archive short Look At Life Shape of a Ship at 6:10pm, Whiplash and a second Man from U.N.C.L.E rerun ahead of Buccaneer at 7:55pm, then The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) takes the 9pm slot before Fortean TV and The Proposition close out the night. Full breakdown below.

Talking Pictures TV Schedule: Tuesday 15 September 2026 (Full Listings)

Here is the complete Talking Pictures TV schedule for Tuesday 15 September 2026, on Freeview 82.

Overnight

Breakfast

Morning

Afternoon

Early evening

Primetime

Late night

What’s on Talking Pictures TV today

Tuesday’s overnight run opens with the drama Autumn Leaves just after midnight, then Watching Points, The Lawless Years and Film Noir carry the small hours, before a Man from U.N.C.L.E rerun at 5am leads into breakfast.

The morning proper opens with the feature Lost Hours at 6am, then The Big Combo carries the schedule towards mid-morning. The Shop at Sly Corner and Break in the Circle fill the late morning, before William Tell and the feature Seance On A Wet Afternoon take up the run into lunchtime. What’s On TPTV With Noel, That’s My Boy and The Calendar carry the afternoon towards early evening.

Talking Pictures TV tonight — primetime and the evening schedule

Here’s the Talking Pictures TV primetime line-up for tonight, Tuesday 15 September 2026.

Look At Life Shape of a Ship — Talking Pictures TV, 6:10pm

One of the Rank Organisation’s cinema newsreel shorts from the 1960s, this quarter-hour turns its attention to British shipbuilding rather than the human-interest topics the series is best remembered for.

Whiplash — Talking Pictures TV, 6:25pm

Archive 1960s adventure series following an American stagecoach operator making his way through the Australian gold rush, from a single-series run that’s rarely aired elsewhere.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E — Talking Pictures TV, 6:55pm

A second helping of the Cold War spy caper tonight, this one from series two, with Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin back on assignment for their fictional law enforcement agency.

Buccaneer — Talking Pictures TV, 7:55pm

Archive adventure series closing out the pre-primetime run before tonight’s headline film.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) — Talking Pictures TV, 9pm

This screen version of Conan Doyle’s Baskerville legend gets the channel’s primetime slot tonight, one of several takes on the story that Talking Pictures TV rotates through its schedule over the years.

Fortean TV — Talking Pictures TV, 11pm

A late-night change of pace: a strand built around unexplained phenomena and strange claims, sitting between the primetime film and the night’s closing feature.

The Proposition — Talking Pictures TV, 11:35pm

Closes out the night, an archive feature rounding off an evening built on drama and adventure serials rather than a headline blockbuster.

What kind of films and shows are on Talking Pictures TV

Vintage British and Hollywood films

The backbone of the schedule is the Renown Pictures library: British films from the 1930s to the 1970s, plus war pictures, adventure films and the odd Hollywood title bought in to fill a gap. Quality swings wildly from one afternoon to the next, which is part of the deal.

Archive TV drama and detective series

Early evenings lean on serialised drama from the 1950s through the 1980s: Z Cars, Public Eye, Hannay and others of that stripe. Much of it isn’t shown anywhere else on British television, and some of it hadn’t been shown anywhere at all for thirty-odd years before this channel dug it out. If you want to know why people are fond of Talking Pictures TV rather than merely tolerant of it, this is the part of the schedule to point at.

Cult strands, B-movies and magazine shows

Late nights get stranger: horror and cult titles through Caroline Munro’s Cellar Club, oddities like Supernatural, imported curios.

How to watch Talking Pictures TV

Channel numbers

Here’s where to find Talking Pictures TV across the main UK television platforms:

Talking Pictures TV is free on all of the above platforms, with no subscription required. It doesn’t run a +1 timeshift channel, so these are the only live feeds available.

TPTV Encore catch-up

TPTV Encore is the channel’s own free streaming service, launched in December 2021 and run through a browser at tptvencore.co.uk, with an app on Android. Register an email address and recent broadcasts are usually there for about a week.

The better reason to bother with it is what sits behind the catch-up: a deep archive that includes Southern Television material never given a regular slot on the main channel. Those older titles stay free after the catch-up window shuts, but they carry adverts.

Frequently asked questions

What’s on Talking Pictures TV tonight?

Tonight opens with the archive short Look At Life Shape of a Ship at 6:10pm, then Whiplash and a second Man from U.N.C.L.E rerun lead into Buccaneer at 7:55pm. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) takes the 9pm slot, before Fortean TV and The Proposition close out the night. Check the schedule table above for the full day’s listings.

What channel is Talking Pictures TV on?

Freeview 82, Sky 324, Virgin Media 445 and Freesat 306. It’s also on Freely at channel 36. All are free to watch.

Does Talking Pictures TV have a +1 channel?

No. TPTV Encore stands in for a +1 service, with recent broadcasts available to catch up on demand instead.

Is Talking Pictures TV free to watch?

Yes, entirely. It’s advertising-funded rather than subscription-funded, on the live channel and on TPTV Encore alike.

Verdict

I rate Talking Pictures TV highly for exactly what it is: a small independent operation that still does something none of the bigger channels bother with. Old films and archive television get a proper home here instead of the odd graveyard slot. It won’t be for everyone, and some evenings the schedule reads like a lucky dip. That’s also the appeal.

Tonight’s evening leans towards archive drama and adventure serials ahead of the night’s one genuine film: Whiplash and a Man from U.N.C.L.E rerun carry the pre-primetime hour, Buccaneer closes out at 7:55pm, and The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) takes the 9pm slot before Fortean TV and The Proposition see the night out.

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