These include That ll Be The Day, Something To Hide, Endless Night, Victoria and Abdul and Fragile. A much rarer film, the thriller I Met A Murderer, starring James Mason, was shot here in 1939. This has recently been shown twice on the Talking Pictures TV channel. The final exciting police chase was filmed in Whale Chine, near Atherfield, and other shots were taken at various Island locations. Very little is known about this movie, which was also released in America. Luckily, when the late Military Road farmer Sylvia Jones made the first of her five appearances on my IW Radio show John Hannam Meets, she could clearly remember much more than anyone else.
Would I Lie To You? is just one of the gems on TV tonight.
Expect plenty of laughs with tonight’s episode of Would I Lie To You? and celebrate Dolly Parton’s birthday with a special tribute night on the BBC. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss on TV tonight.
Our hand selected recommendations for what’s on TV tonight include three TV shows, a film, live sport and the latest trending need-to-binge-on-now box set
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What’s on TV tonight
Whereâs it on? BBC1, Monday, 12.05am
All the Presidentâs Men (1976)
In the week of Trumpâs second impeachment, hereâs a timely reminder of the investigation that led to Nixonâs resignation back in 1974. Coming up on its 45th birthday, Alan J. Pakulaâs conspiracy thriller is an enthralling dramatisation of the Washington Postâs investigation into the break-in at the Watergate offices. Many Hollywood films of the Watergate era were dyed in disillusionment and paranoia, including Pakulaâs own The Parallax View (1974), but All the Presidentâs Men was the first to tackle the scandal head on. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman bring starry clout as the Postâs reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and it was Redford himself whoâd bought the rights to their book and helped bring it to the screen. Long before Spotlight (2015), the results set a high bar for the investigative journalism movie. Itâs a film of forensic atte
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Final Girls Saturday 16/1 The Horror Channel @ 10.45pm
A young woman brings her friends to see a tribute screening of her late mother s most famous horror movie. She s ashamed of her career but must get over it fast when they are all magically transported into what s happening onscreen. Yes it sounds silly but it s actually a really funny and affectionate spoof of 80 s horror that laced with a surprising amount of heart. Taissa Farmiga, Alia Shawkat, Adam Devine and Thomas Middleditch all add to the fun.
Escape From New York Saturday 16/1 Film4 @ 11.05pm
by Nick Pourgourides (Amazon £7.99, 133pp)
One OF the joys of lockdown for me has been watching all the old classic Kenneth More films on Talking Pictures TV.
These include the Doctor farces, with More ebullient alongside Dirk Bogarde and James Robertson Justice, and North West Frontier, where More shares a railway carriage with Lauren Bacall, clanking across remote outposts of the Empire.
More was the type of Englishman who was always jovial and competent and courageous. He’s the chap you’d want at your side if the ship is sinking, the plane is in flames, or the steam train is under attack from angry locals. He was never snooty or coldly ironic, never irascible or eccentric.