Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Connor &ESTHER RYAN 1 day 6 hours. So thank the monochrome gods of celluloid heaven for the utter delight that is Talking Pictures TV. [183][184][185], For the BBC film and television archival series, see, Official logo for branding and merchandise. TPTV is a family business, founded by producer/editor Noel Cronin, and run by his daughter Sarah Cronin-Stanley with her husband Neill Stanley. [125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132] An interview with A Family at War creator John Finch was also aired,[133] as well as Neil Sean Meets, an interviewing series presented by Neil Sean, who has interviewed historians and celebrities of the mid-20th century, such as Tommy Steele,[134] Roger Moore[135] and Eden Kane. [Note 3], For over 20 years, Cronin-Stanley and Cronin have been patrons of a DVD membership club, The Renown Film Club, for fans of B-film classics. 'But the big broadcasters stopped showing them,' she adds. Related To Kevin Cronin. Cronin plans the schedules himself, writing them out on weekly library cards. And from the post we get, and the phone calls, says co-founder Sarah Cronin-Stanley, were sure its much more.. A year end AA Banquet was held on April 26, 1997; At the end of May 1997, the Ringette Calgary office was relocated to 2815C - 12th Street NE; The Canadian Ringette Championships were held in . [4] "Ronald Colman Season"[150] occurred throughout November and December 2016, airing movies such as The Devil to Pay!, Bulldog Drummond, and Raffles. We have estimated It became available on Freesat channel 306 in February 2016,[1] and on Virgin Media on 1 June 2017. The kettles on and the only question remaining is milk chocolate or plain? Cronin has agreed to settle the Commission's action, without admitting or denying the allegations in the complaint, by consenting to the entry of a . She is not dating anyone. But they were wrong. [10] In 2018, the channel reportedly had a weekly audience of about 2 million,[11] but BBC News reported that it possibly rose to as high as 6 million in mid-2020 (during the COVID-19 pandemic).[12]. This was probably around the same time as cable, satellite and Freeview channels opened up the UK television vista at an alarming rate, with old movie shunted away from the main schedules and on to mid-morning slots on Film4 or the likes of TCM and Movies4Men (the latter sounds like its something its not, for those with a nervous disposition about clicking on it with the remote). . 2022 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. High-profile fans of the channel include Kenneth Branagh and Brian Blessed (they watch a film at the same time together, then discuss it afterwards, Cronin-Stanley says). DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. They also struggle to locate many films that have disappeared into the vaults of major studios. Antonia Quirke talks to Noel Cronin, the man behind cult channel Talking Pictures TV, which specialises in those old movies you used to catch on afternoon telly. Anthology 1943-1959 on CD - A beautifully packaged leather-like digipak re-issue of the Dinah Washington anthology, with liner notes! Vic Reeves and Jools Holland are regular viewers too and so, apparently, is the Queen, who is said to tune in for Laurel and Hardy. Stephanie Cronin Office Administrators Martina Houlihan Office Administrators Collette Murphy Office Administrators Mary Sheehan Office Administrators Waterville Golf Links Waterville, Ireland +353 66 947 4102 info@watervillegolflinks.ie 09:00 - 18:00 Every Day More from . Over 20 years ago, he set up Renown Pictures to buy as many older British films as possible. Noel started off as a postboy in the Rank Organisation in 1963, working up to cutting room assistant and eventually editor at the Central Office of Information, working on public information. Many of the American television shows were produced by Four Star Television. You transport the people we love to a time they remember, to a time that they feel safe., As for the stations forthcoming fifth birthday celebrations, Me and dad might have a cake, I suppose, says Cronin-Stanley. Is there a finer relaxation than partaking of a Hob Nob Special? The VES has nearly 4,500 members in 45 countries worldwide who contribute to all areas of entertainment - film, television, commercials, animation, Deepest sympathy to the family of Peggy. :D#hero's TCM is very US-focused, and as such you can tend to get a lot of Westerns and war movies. The Take Two series was presented by Elstree historian Morris Bright, and occasionally Robert Ross and/or the channel creators, who interview famous actors whose films and programming is airing on the channel, such as Nanette Newman, Angela Douglas, Rita Tushingham,[122] Sylvia Syms, Michael Craig,[123] Shirley Eaton, Sally Thomsett, Jack Smethurst, Jenny Hanley, Norman Eshley, Valerie Leon, Madeline Smith, Marc Sinden, and Janette Scott;[124] a few of them recorded station idents for the channel. Find out more. ", "14:00 MARK OF THE PHOENIX (1957) crime drama #AntonDiffring Crooks steal a metal formula and plan to smuggle it to East Germany", "PREMIERE: Boxing Day TALKING PICTURES with MARK LESTER at 3:30pm followed at 4:05pm by his film MELODY (1971)", "12:15 THE MILLION POUND NOTE (1954) comedy-drama #GregoryPeck is given a million pound note as part of a bet by two wealthy brothers", "PREMIERE: Wed-13-Feb at 4:20pm THE NEW YORK HAT (1912) rare silent short", "20:00 NO LOVE FOR JOHNNIE (1961) drama #PeterFinch #MaryPeach #StanleyHolloway #DonaldPleasence #BillieWhitelaw", "18:00 NOTORIOUS (1946) *SUBTITLES AVAILABLE* drama #CaryGrant #IngridBergman #ClaudeRains in the #AlfredHitchcock classic", "10:30 OUR GIRL FRIDAY (1953) comedy #JoanCollins #KennethMore #GeorgeCole Story of a shipwrecked group on a small tropical island", "UP NEXT The Pom Pom Girls 1976. Comedy directed by Val Guest #TerenceMorgan #GeorgeCole #KathleenHarrison", "22:10 THE 'L' SHAPED ROOM (1962) drama #LeslieCaron #AnthonyBooth #BrockPeters #PatriciaPhoenix Jane, a pregnant French girl moves into a seedy boarding house", "00:00 THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (1943) Pressburger & Powell classic war drama #RogerLivesey #RolandCulver #DeborahKerr", "09:30 MARILYN (1953) crime drama #MaxwellReed #SandraDorne #LeslieDwyer A murder, an affair and a cover-up! Noel Cronin (Noel Desmond Cronin) was born on 31 December, 1947 in UK, is a Producer, Editor, Executive. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. The coming fortnights schedule includes working-class drama Spring and Port Wine, and John Hurt in The Naked Civil Servant, with some Powell and Pressburger and Hammer Horror movies to follow in June. Its earned itself some nice celebrity endorsements, as well; Paul OGrady regularly mentions it on his Radio 2 show, other high-profile fans include Jim Moir (Vic Reeves), Danny Baker and Mark Gatiss, who likened the channel to the comforting taste of oxtail soup and being off school. Talking Pictures raison detre is British movies, often the more obscure the better. The Footage Detectives is a 2021 television programme starring Noel Cronin, Mike Read, Gay Emma. He mentions Hindle Wakes, a 1952 British drama set in Blackpool and Llandudno, shown on the station last August, featuring packed beaches and dancehalls from that era. [8] Older movies, including those made in black and white, were once regularly shown on terrestrial channels, such as BBC and Channel 4,[7] but such programming had declined by the 2000s, with only the best known classic films occasionally being aired. Stanley-Cronin recalls getting a call from a lady who informed her that her friend Elsie was coming around for afternoon tea. (1975) adult comedy features #ValerieLeon", "06:00 CARRY ON ADMIRAL (1957) comedy #DavidTomlinson #PeggyCummins #JoanSims An MP is mistaken for his naval friend and put in charge of a fighting ship", "12:00 DENTIST IN THE CHAIR (1960) comedy #BobMonkhouse #PeggyCummins #KennethConnor #RonnieStevens Students get embroiled in trying to sell stolen dental instruments", "09:25 DOWN AMONG THE Z MEN (1952) madcap comedy #HarrySecombe #MichaelBentine #SpikeMilligan #PeterSellers Professor Pureheart loses a secret formula in a grocery store", "PREMIERE: 11:10pm FRIENDS (1971) drama #SeanBury #AniceeAlvina #RonaldLewis #JoanHickson An French girl and an English boy create a life away from an adult world", "Get ready to dance off with Stan and Ollie in THE FLYING DEUCES (1939) at 11:20am #TPTV", "British Noir at 4pm on @TalkingPicsTV with #HerbertLom #SeanConnery in THE FRIGHTENED CITY (1961)", "14:10 The Frightened Man 1952 @CrimeTimeUK Directed by #JohnGilling #DermotWalsh, #BarbaraMurray & #ThoraHird", "12:00 HENRY V (1944) historic drama #LaurenceOlivier #RobertNewton #LeslieBanks #ReneeAsherton and an all-star cast", "Get the cake ready for our PREMIERE this afternoon at 4pm stars #CaryGrant #RosalindRussell in HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) on @TalkingPicsTV", "TODAY11:15 I Remember Mama 1948. We started getting sackloads of mail from people who couldnt believe we had these films that theyd not seen for decades.. Also, theyd never consider showing bigger films, stuff like Where Eagles Dare, Cronin-Stanley says. Noel is a high school graduate. Noel Cronin joined the Rank Organisation in 1962, at 14, delivering post at their film-processing laboratories in Park Royal, west London: "I remember the heady smell of the Guinness factory, the. I first saw it on a Sunday afternoon with an elderly aunt. Dont get me on my soapbox now! he laughs. [5], TPTV is a family business, founded by producer/editor Noel Cronin, and run by his daughter Sarah Cronin-Stanley with her husband Neill Stanley. [151], 15 February 2018 was "Sam Kydd Day",[152] with showings of a handful of his movies and television appearances, excerpts from his diaries and anecdotes of his life from his son Jonathan. 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A wonderful day in tribute to the sorely missed actor", "Danny Baker Takes Over Talking Pictures", "Vic Reeves on his favourite classic movies", "Ronald Colman Season on Talking Pictures TV", "Talking Pictures TV News February 2018", "Will Hay season to air on Talking Pictures TV", "STANLEY BAKER DAY - Friday 28 June on #TPTV", "Talking Pictures announce Kenneth More Day", "Coming Soon: DORA BRYAN DAY with films and memories of the actress from friends #PaulOGrady and #RitaTushingham Saturday 19 October from 3:30pm", "Full of toe tappers and tunes to whistle along to! On 12/30/2022 Noel Neal Nason was filed as an Other lawsuit. ts perfect lockdown viewing, a comforting loop of the past, broadcasting old films and vintage TV, 24 hours a day. She said she used to have a video of The Lavender Hill Mob but had lost it, and could we put it on about 2pm, she laughs. For the Love of AdaITV sitcom first shown in 1970, featuring Irene Handl as a Cockney widow prone to malapropisms, who falls in love with the gravedigger who buried her husband (Wilfred Pickles). Just goes to show what you can do on a shoestring! Other family members and associates include Katherine Daniels, Nichole Cronin, Gia Daniel, Shane Daniels and Carlos Rodriguez. Its now got more than 1.3 million regular viewers, and its slow-burn success still comes as something of a surprise, albeit a pleasant one, to the three-strong team that runs it. [153] 15 March 2019 was "John Gregson Day" which featured movies and television that starred/featured the actor, along with interviews with his family members and remaining cast members of his filmography. Noel lives at 56 Covington Rd, Yonkers, NY. Nominees in 25 categories for this year's VES awards were selected by VES members at 27 in-person and virtual nomination events conducted worldwide last weekend (the event unfortunately overlapped with the Oscar Bake-off). 4. But despite operating from nothing more glamorous than a modest shed in a Home Counties village, Talking Pictures TV has become one of the most unlikely success stories in broadcasting, counting even the Queen among its fans. Actors who have appeared on the guest lists include Jess Conrad (who reunited with the remaining cast of The Boys in 2017),[173] Rita Tushingham,[174] Brian Murphy, Melvyn Hayes, and Derren Nesbitt. Talking Pictures TV (TPTV) is a British free-to-air vintage-film and nostalgia television channel. He loves Laurel and Hardy.). Public EyeMoody British drama series starring Alfred Burke as lonely, fortysomething private investigator Frank Marker. Or a cup of tea and a cream bun., Talking Pictures TV is on Freeview channel 81, Virgin 445, Freesat 306, and Sky 328. Noel Cronin Managing Director at Renown Pictures Ltd Watford, England, United Kingdom 149 followers 147 connections Join to connect Renown Pictures Ltd This page contains the following errors:. The book ends on a high note, with the triumphant launch of Talking Pictures TV, the greatest moment of his career, and is a template for anyone wanting to start up their own station almost single-handedly. Trivia (2) Father of Sarah Cronin-Stanley. He bought the rights to many vintage films, then licensed them to traditional TV channels, before starting the. Sep 2016 - Present6 years 3 months. You could say the genesis of the channel can be traced back to the 1960s when Noel Cronin started off as a humble post-boy in the giant Rank Organisation, Britain's leading film company. The action revolves around the lives of the troubled characters who resided in Rutherford Court", "14.00 THE BIG VALLEY (Series Premiere) Palms of Glory S1, Ep1", "07:50 Black Saddle, episode Client: Robinson", "16:30 BURKE'S LAW: WHO KILLED VAUDEVILLE? The coup of putting Laurel and Hardy movies back on TV for the first time in years has obviously been a great boost to pointing people towards Talking Pictures, as has getting their listings printed in Radio Times. Born December 31, 1947 Add or change photo on IMDbPro Add to list More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Known for Double X: The Name of the Game 4.1 Producer Four persons linked to this address. , money, salary, income, and assets. Gaming videos! [98], Cronin-Stanley told The Times in February 2018: "Ofcom say we need to advise people before they watch something that it may contain outdated racial stereotyping, but I would say thats babysitting our audience". 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