Talking Pictures TV

Talking Pictures TV (TPTV) is a British free-to-air vintage film nostalgia television channel., which launched on 26 May 2015. The channel was founded by Sarah Cronin-Stanley, and is run by her with assistance from her father, former producer/editor Noel Cronin, and her husband Neill. A wide range of movies from different genres are shown; including horror, comedy, drama and thriller films. In addition to films, in-house productions are sometimes shown, as are items from the Cronins' own back catalogue, including Noel's Dandelion Distribution, as well as series from the Southern TV franchise archive, and early American shows such as the original Burke's Law and Honey West.One of the channel's intentions was to maintain the history of cinema. Cronin-Stanley explained to the Watford Observer in 2016 that "People were interested in the big titles but he wanted to save the smaller, more obscure titles, from getting lost", but television networks rejected their pitches, so they decided to set up the channel independently