Series 4, Episode 5
25th December 1970

The Christmas 1970 episode. Originally filmed in Black & White

A brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.

This movie has dubbed audio in French, German, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish, & multiple subtitles

Director: Stanley Donen
Writer: Alan Jay Lerner
Stars: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Genres: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance


00:00:00 Full Length Movie - title credits
00:01:12 Opening scene - Tom & Ellen Bowen debut their Broadway show amidst New York heatwave
0:05:54 Producer Irving Klinger recruits the Bowens for a London theater engagement
0:09:09 Edgar Klinger arranges transatlantic travel,
0:35:30 Tom bonds with dancer Anne Ashmond during a late-night coffee outing
0:45:48 The Bowens rehearse "How Could You Believe Me?" showcasing artistic mastery
0:57:18 Ellen confesses mutual love with Lord Brindale during moonlit confession
1:14:31 Tom discovers Anne's fiancé's betrayal, sparking romantic realization
1:26:03 Double wedding climax unites both couples in spontaneous ceremony


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The ladies and gents department refuses to picket as most of the staff strikes for better wages. Their actions infuriate the other employees and Mr Grace tells the ladies and gents department to hold a party for the children of employees.

Hyacinth decides to have a second attempt at finding a weekend home in the country and Elizabeth is called in to help her on her property search. Her final choice is `interesting' to say the least and worries Richard enormously.

After filing a divorce, Irene moves to Paris, where she falls in love with Paul. But, with Irene's jealous husband, Bruce, pursuing to get her back to New York, will Paul and Irene ever unite?

The cold has set in and fuel rations are severely limited amidst a fuel crisis, so Marsh is quick to alleviate C Flight of their portion of coke for Alice's use each night. Meanwhile, Ken is facing troubles of the heart.

When Grace Brothers anticipate a royal visit, the store staff indulge in hasty preparations with the decorations and fancy greetings.

Hyacinth volunteers Richard's services when there is a problem with the lights at the church hall, and he reluctantly agrees despite the fact that DIY is not really his forte.

At the club meeting, the men decide to take a trip to Majorca. The women threaten to withhold all their services if they do not take them, so off they all go.

Through a misunderstanding, Eddie spends the duration of the trip in jail.

Mrs. Marsh is once again hankering after an improvement in her lot through the Corporal's promotion; and when C Flight are set on night guard of the camp under Sergeant Dobson, an opportunity arises.

Klink catches word that his POW camp, Stalag 13, has been ranked as one of the top 10 prisoner-of-war camps. Hogan uses the distraction to sabotage a new rocket being stored at the site.

The staff are short of money and can't afford the new executive dining menu that is being forced on them. Mrs. Slocombe has a side-line, however, a home made perfume that will attract the opposite sex!

After being disturbed by the local Revivalist Band and having a big argument with the boys about religion, Eddie gets converted and joins the band; Joan hatches a plan to revert him to normal.

Giving one of Sir Percy's agents false information, Chauvelin hopes to lure the man he thinks is the Pimpernel into the open. He achieves his aim but is astonished when a 'simple minded' farmer's boy (the Pimpernel in disguise) arrives.

Norton buys stock in a fictional company Ralph is considering starting up called Ralph Kramden, Inc. And when Ralph learns that he is going to receive an inheritance, Norton wants his share as well.

When the Bough Breaks 1947 The Plot: After learning that her husband is a bigamist who already had a wife, new mother Lily Bates (Patricia Roc) resolves to raise her baby, Jimmy, on her own rather than give him up for adoption.

Each day Lily leaves Jimmy at a day nursery while she works as a shopgirl at a department

⁣Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.

Watch Three Came Home (1950) Full Movie on The Film Detective. Three Came Home is the dramatic screen adaption of Agnes Newton Keith's war-time prison memoir. Separated from her husband, Keith (Claudette Colbert) and her young son must survive in captivity until the end of the war. The realistic and harrowing film was directed by Oscar nominee Jean Negulesco, and features former Japanese silent screen star Sessue Hayakawa as the stern camp commandant Colonel Suga. "It will shock you, disturb you, tear your heart out," wrote the NY Times' Bosley Crowther. "But it will fill you fully with a great respect for a heroic soul."

Director: Jean Negulesco
Writers: Nunnally Johnson, Agnes Newton Keith
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond

As Selwyn is digging a hole, he is throwing the dirt all over Clive's car and Clive challenges him to a duel. Selwyn's clumsiness upsets everyone at the club, then he runs for a place on the committee.

⁣Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.