A look at the films showing on BBC-tv and the new releases in the cinema with Philip Jenkinson.

The Spy with the Cold Nose
Disraeli, a friendly bulldog with a built-in transmitter, is presented to the Russians. Comedy by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, starring Laurence Harvey and Lionel Jeffries (by courtesy of Paramount).

The Jokers
Two brothers (Oliver Reed and Michael Crawford) steal the Crown Jewels in order to give them back. Script by The Likely Lads team, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais (by courtesy of Rank).

My Six Convicts
Stanley Kramer's human document about life on the 'inside' which, despite the serious subject, managed to be one of the funniest prison films ever made.

Shadow of a Doubt
A re-airing of one of Alfred Hitchcock's rarer grand guignol pieces. A pretty niece suspects her uncle of being a vicious murderer.

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