Harold pretends to forget Albert's birthday as a joke, but it ends up not being so funny.

Sir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope, and her friend Jerry, in developing an apparatus they have invented, but he is called back onto the case after an experimental death ray is stolen.Director: Robert F. Hill Writers: Robert F. Hill (as Rock Hawley), Basil Dickey Stars: Ralph Byrd, Herbert Rawlinson, Joan Barclay

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

Mrs Slocombe's 50th birthday is approaching. The staff pull out all the stops to ensure it is an occasion to remember - but is she really 50, and where does her cat fit into all the kerfuffle?

Ammonia orders Lurcio to get rid of Senator Lecherous, Nausius wants to help a girl that he picks up in the street, and Ludicrus Sextus receives news of a special visitor from Rome.

The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel 'The Wrong Box' by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.

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!

Hyacinth has her feathers ruffled when she has problems with Daddy, and is appalled to spy a strange man at Elizabeth's house who has obviously spent the night there. What will it do to property values?

Why would an American who desperately needs the Pimpernel's help challenge him in a duel to the death? Sir Percy must find a way to protect his second identity and protect the man, at the same time.

Under the impression that Parker is an Ace Gunner, Binghamton wagers one of his most prized possessions that Parker can out-shoot an arrogant Captain's best gunner.

McHale's Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network.

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

Writer: Rod Serling
Stars: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley
Director: Fielder Cook

In Rod Serling's tale of corporate greed, when a young man is recruited onto the board of a high-powered corporation, he finds his ethics at odds with his ambition. Watch for an unbilled Lauren Bacall in a lobby scene... or is it a look-a-like?

The Way Ahead - World W*r II drama that follows a group of British draftees, starting with their rigorous basic training, and ending with their deployment in North Africa.

The Way Ahead (1944)
Director: Carol Reed
Writers: Eric Ambler(original story), Peter Ustinov(screen play)
Stars: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald
Genre: Drama, War
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English, French, German
Also Known As: The Immortal Battalion
Release Date: 6 June 1944 (UK)
Duration: 114 min
Filming Location: Pirbright Army Camp, Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK

Storyline:
A group of draftees are called up into the infantry during World War II. At first, they appear to be a hopeless bunch, but their Sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in North Africa, they realize what it's all about.

Reviews:
"This is a film about a seemingly run of the mill sort of group. After the Brits were involved in WWII and saw how bad the going would be, the government was forced to draft men who would traditionally have been exempt. Men who were a bit old or involved with careers that might be deemed 'useful' to the effort were suddenly being called to duty, as times were dire. The beginning of the film shows these men being selected for service.

Unfortunately, this is a rather motley group and they tended to complain quite a bit as well (mostly by Stanley Holloway's character). How they could become a productive unit seemed pretty doubtful and I doubt if such an unimpressive group of men would have been used as actors had this propaganda film been made a few years earlier--when things looked really bad for the British. However, now that the war was appearing win-able, I can understand the choices of actors.

There is nothing particularly magical about any of the film--their selection, their training or their combat experience in North Africa. However, all of it was very well handled and excelled because they tried to make it believable--normal, everyday men rising to the occasion. In many ways, it reminded me of a landlocked version of "In Which We Serve"--with fine acting and writing instead of jingoism and super-human exploits. Very well done.

There are a few interesting actors in the film. Peter Ustinov is in his first film and he plays a French-speaking man. While his French isn't 100% fluid, it was decent and a bit of a surprise. Apparently, he was in real life David Niven's assistant in the British Army and somehow ended up in the film.

Lurcio becomes involved in attempts to prevent Pompeii from going to war with the Barbarians. One of his anti-war activities involves trying to persuade the women of Pompeii to deny conjugal rights if their husbands get involved in the war.

Hyacinth wants a new car and, much to Richard's disgust, test drives a Rolls-Royce in her efforts to take Lydia Hawksworth down a peg.

The boys of C Flight are delighted to have 36 whole hours' leave. Ken and Jakey soon get into a spot of bother in London with some of Jakey's old teddy-boy mates.

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

There's talk of an uprising amongst the slaves, Lurcio's thrown into the dungeon after being caught holding incriminating pamphlets, and repeated rescue attempts make things a little cramped.

Boxing Day at Pledge's Purer Pickles. The factory is quite. The last consignment of special gift-wrapped gherkins for Christmas has long gone.


Nellie and Eli find time to spend a few peaceful hours with the family. It is a small family circle these days and the Pledge's are left with Lily and Walter, affectionately known - by Eli at least - as the Christmas Fairy and King Rat. But is it a good idea to hold a séance to try to get in touch with old Joshua Pledge who has been dead these two years? Is Lily really a medium? Can the ghosts of picklers long departed really roam the factory? Is dad trying to get in touch with Nellie from that great pickle factory in the sky?

After losing his brilliant new game-show formula to BBC big shot Jumbo Whiffy. Rich resorts to taking advantage of his terminally-ill father to get back into the limelight.