LYON, France – Since its launch in 2015, Talking Pictures TV has become the fastest-growing independent channel in the U.K. with a growing library of British film and TV titles that span five decad…
LYON, France – Since its launch in 2015, Talking Pictures TV has become the fastest-growing independent channel in the U.K. with a growing library of British film and TV titles that span five decades, according to founder Noel Cronin.
Talking Pictures TV was a natural outgrowth of the DVD business, Cronin adds. “Once you’ve released them on DVD, what do you do with them then? Having worked in distribution for many years, I just felt there was a niche there for the older person.” Among the titles currently airing on the channel are Desmond Davis’ 1964 drama “Girl with Green Eyes,” starring Rita Tushingham and Peter Finch; Zoltan Korda’s 1951 “Cry the Beloved Country,” with Canada Lee and Sidney Poitier; Werner Herzog’s 1979 “Nosferatu the Vampyre”; and John Schlesinger’s 1962 film “A Kind of Loving,” starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie.
The company does a lot of restorations of its own titles, Cronin adds. “Anything that we can do to preserve their quality and their life.” Cronin has often sought specific titles for the channel only to discover that they’re gone, no longer in existence.
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