Talking Pictures TV
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Talking Pictures TV (TPTV) is a British free-to-air vintage-film and nostalgia television channel. It was launched on 26 May 2015 on Sky channel 343,[Note 1][2] but later also became available on Freeview, Freesat, and Virgin Media. It is on air for 24 hours a day and features mainly older British films, both classics and B-films,[4] but the schedule also includes some American films, straight-to-video programmes, cinema shorts, extended interviews with veteran actors, and period home movies of British locations.
Broadcast area | United Kingdom, Ireland |
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Headquarters | Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
Programming | |
Language(s) | British English |
Picture format | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Talking Pictures TV Ltd |
History | |
Launched | 26 May 2015; 8 years ago (2015-05-26)[2] |
Links | |
Website | TalkingPicturesTV.co.uk |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview UK | Channel 82[1] |
Freesat | Channel 306<"Freesat Channels". Freesat. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.> |
Streaming media | |
Freely | Channel 36<"Freely TV Guide". Freely. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.> |
In July 2018, Talking Pictures TV had an audience share of 0.50%. As of 2019[update], it had reached an audience share of 0.63%.[5]