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1949. Comedy. A nitwit investigator (Terry Thomas) goes undercover in a restaurant to catch a gang of crooks.

Founder of Talking Pictures TV and one half of the Footage Detectives, Noel Cronin, shares shows and films not to be missed throughout late August.

1951. Drama. Director: John Guillermin. Stars Peter Reynolds, Leslie Dwyer, Mercy Haystead & Charles Hawtrey. An unscrupulous bounder is to become the heir to a large fortune.

1961. Comedy. Shirley Anne Field gives a great performance as a young designer on the brink of an affair with a married executive (Robert Stephens) at the company she works for. Stars Kay Walsh.

1945. Mystery. Director: Roy William Neill. Stars: Basil Rathbone and Henry Daniell. Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious murders of women, all of whom have their forefinger severed.

1949. Thriller. Director: Daniel Birt. Stars Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden & Tom Walls. John's wife appears to have been shot after her body is found in the wreckage of a crash.

1957. Stars Robert Shaw, Roger Delgado & Laurence Herder. A series of attacks are blamed on Dan Tempest and the crew of the Sultana, but Beamish refuses to believe the rumours.

1964. Drama. Director: Robert Tronson. Stars Bernard Lee, William Sylvester, David Kossoff & Margaret Tyzack. A secret agent asks Henry Houghton to steal military secrets in exchange for money.

1959. A look into British racing drivers, that have always been at the forefront of this exciting sport. This film examines what has helped to put them in this winning position.

Take a look at the intriguing process of making of chocolate in 1930, in this classic tour of a chocolate factory.

1958. Stars Robert Beatty, June Ashley & Gerald Case. Two criminals plot to extract a large sum of money through kidnap - but apparently without committing a crime.

1955. Drama. Director: Edward Dmytryk. Stars Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson & John Mills. In WW2 London, a writer falls in love with the wife of a civil servant. Both men suspect her of infidelity.

The classic game show Give us a Clue hosted by Michael Parkinson, this week's guests are Emily Bolton, Jo Brown, Anita Harris, Geoffrey Hughes, Patrick Mower & Beryl Reid.

1986. From his Dorset home, Jack Hargreaves looks back at lambing on the chalk downs and reflects on the life cycle of the mayfly.

1953. Comedy. Director Henry Cornelius. Stars Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan and Kay Kendall. Alan and Ambrose are not going to let friendship get in the way of winning the London to Brighton rally.

1957. Drama. Director: David Miller. Stars Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears. A wealthy woman with a broken marriage finds purpose after taking in a young, deaf and blind girl.

1994. Crime. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Stars Rupert Graves, Kate Hardie & Jim Carter. A compelling drama capturing the life of one of Britain's most wanted men during the 1980s - David Martin.