True Movies / True Movies2 29 January
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True Movies 1
05:00
The Deliberate Stranger (Drama) PG certificate
Theodore 'Ted' Robert Bundy was the charming, all-American boy - and it was this facade that enabled him to ensnare his victims, play the media and elude the law for a number of years.
(Part 1 of 2, PG)
07:00
Switched at Birth (Drama) PG certificate
Two girls are born in the same hospital within days of each other. When one child becomes seriously ill the parents discover their DNA doesn't match.
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Kerwin
(PG)
09:00
George Wallace (Drama) PG certificate
The story of the governor of Alabama continues including his defiance of the courts, the National Guard and President John F. Kennedy. Gary Sinise and Angelina Jolie star.
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
11:00
Accidental Friendship (Film) Film icon PG certificate
What begins as a normal day on the job for officer Tami Baumann soon evolves into an appreciation for life's lost moments and the encouraging realisation that it's never too late to recapture them.
Director: Don McBrearty
Starring: Chandra Wilson, Kathleen Munroe, Gabriel Hogan, Ben Vereen, Taylor Trowbridge, Jean Yoon
(Made For TV, 2008, PG)
13:00
Borrowed Hearts (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
With Christmas fast approaching, a struggling single mother agrees that for a fee, she and her daughter will pose as the family of her bachelor boss in order to help him.
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Roma Downey, Eric McCormack, Shawn Thompson, Janet Bailey, Kevin Hicks, Barbara Gordon
(Made For TV, 1997, PG, 3 Star)
15:00
Switched at Birth (Drama) PG certificate
Two girls are born in the same hospital within days of each other. When one child becomes seriously ill the parents discover their DNA doesn't match.
Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Kerwin
(PG)
17:00
The Disappearing Act (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
She had beauty, brains, a great personality - and the temper of a serial killer: a beautiful and apparently benign young woman uses her 'innocence' to conceal the grim truth when her fiancée inexplicably vanishes.
Director: Paul Schneider
Starring: Patty Duke, Kelly Rowan, Robert Floyd, Rosemary Dunsmore, Dave Nichols, Karen Glave
(Made For TV, 1998, PG, 4 Star)
19:00
A Summer Without Boys (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
A middle-aged woman going through a divorce takes her daughter to a summer lodge, where she finds herself competing with her daughter for the lodge's handyman.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Starring: Barbara Bain, Michael Moriarty, Kay Lenz, Debralee Scott, Mildred Dunnock, Ric Carrott
(Made For TV, 1973, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Silent Night (Film) Film icon 4 star rating PG certificate
A courageous and unyielding young mother risks charges of treason to turn bitter enemies into cherished friends on an extraordinary Christmas Eve during the final days of World War II.
Director: Rodney Gibbons
Starring: Linda Hamilton, Matthew Harbour, Romano Orzari, Alain Goulem, Martin Neufeld, Mark Antony Krupa
(Made For TV, 2002, PG, 4 Star)
23:00
Murder Most Likely (Film) Film icon 12 certificate
When an undercover officer's wife falls from the balcony of the couple's condo he claims his wife was balanced precariously when she fell, but the police have other ideas.
Director: Alex Chapple
Starring: Paul Gross, Marie-Josée Croze, Janine Theriault, Tom McCamus, William B. Davis, Dean Gabourie
(Made For TV, 1999, 12, 2 Star)
01:00
Long Journey Back (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Stephanie Zimbalist stars in this true story of a bright, athletic teenager who, after losing a leg and suffering severe brain damage must fight for her life in The Long Journey Back.
Director: Mel Damski
Starring: Mike Connors, Cloris Leachman, Stephanie Zimbalist, Katy Kurtzman, Howard McGillin, Luis Avalos
(Made For TV, 1978, PG, 3 Star)
03:00
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (Film) Film icon 3 star rating U certificate
The same London district notorious for the recent attacks of Jack the Ripper is under threat again. Is it someone or something else? Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find out.
Director: Rodney Gibbons
Starring: Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Michel Perron, Shawn Lawrence, Tom Rack, Neville Edwards
(Made For TV, 2002, U, 3 Star)
05:00
The Deliberate Stranger (Drama) PG certificate
Mark Harmon stars in this mini-series about one of the most notorious serial killers in US legal history: Ted Bundy.
Starring: Frederic Forrest, M. Emmet Walsh, Terry Farrell, Willie Garson, Mark Harmon
(Part 2 of 2, Last In Series, PG)
True Movies 2
05:00
Family Rescue (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
George C. Scott, Ally Sheedy and Rachel Leigh Cook star in this harrowing true story of a 15-year-old who turns to her grandad for help when she is raped by her mother's boyfriend.
Director: Graeme Campbell
Starring: George C. Scott, Rachael Leigh Cook, Don Diamont, Ally Sheedy, Trenton McDevitt, Stan Kelly
(1997, 15, 2 Star)
07:00
The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Roots. Series 2, episode 5.
Farm worker Harley Foster and his son Jodie meet the Walton children when they're all picking peaches at the same orchard. The two are invited to stay a few days with the Waltons.
(1973, U)
08:00
The Waltons (Drama) U certificate
The Chicken Thief. Series 2, episode 6.
John-Boy sees Yancy Tucker stealing some chickens. He is then torn between keeping quiet for his friend's sake, and reporting what he witnessed to the Sheriff.
(1973, U)
09:00
Murder at Devil's Glen (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Three former college friends are haunted by a murder they helped cover-up. Eight years later they learn the burial site is to be excavated; they must return and face their past.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Starring: Ricky Schroder, Jack Noseworthy, Michael Easton, Jayce Bartok, Tara Reid, Jennifer Jostyn
(Made For TV, 1999, PG)
11:00
Hit and Run (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When suburban housewife Joanna Kendall commits 'hit and run' and leaves a child gravely injured, there is no evidence - and no witnesses. But can she escape the truth? And how long will it take for the guilt to break her?
Director: Dan Lerner
Starring: Margaret Colin, Lisa Vidal, Drew Pillsbury, Sherry Hursey, Kira Posey, Gretchen Esau
(1998, PG, 3 Star)
13:00
Nurses on the Line (Film) Film icon PG certificate
Starring Jennifer Lopez in one of her early roles, this dramatic true story follows a group of nurses who are pushed to the limit coping with the aftermath of a jungle plane crash.
Director: Larry Shaw
Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Loggia, David Clennon, Farrah Forke, Paula Marshall, Hilary Edson
(1993, PG)
15:00
Danielle Steel's Secrets (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
When a Hollywood producer casts his glossy new TV series, he unwittingly assembles a group whose private lives and individual secrets are often more intriguing than anyone on television.
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Linda Purl, Gary Collins, Ben Browder, Josie Bissett, John Bennett Perry
(Made For TV, 1992, 15, 2 Star)
17:00
Family of Spies (Drama) PG certificate
Based on a true story. A naval officer sells military secrets to the Russians to pay off spiralling debts but then starts to involve his family in his schemes.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Starring: Lesley Ann Warren, Powers Boothe
(Part 1 of 2, 1989, PG)
19:00
Texas Justice (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Heather Locklear and Peter Strauss star in a story of love, lust and money. When Cullen Davis wins an acquittal through the efforts of his flamboyant defence lawyer everyone wants to know why.
Director: Dick Lowry
Starring: Peter Strauss, Heather Locklear, Dennis Franz, Lewis Smith, Susan Walters, Chris Mulkey
(Part 1 of 2, Made For TV, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
21:00
Murder Without Conviction (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
Christine Bennett, a former nun, decides to leave the cloistered world. But soon faces danger when asked to exonerate twin brothers who, 30 years ago, were accused of brutally murdering their mother.
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Megan Ward, Morgan Weisser, Rutanya Alda, David Proval, Patty Duke, Matt Lutz
(Made For TV, 2004, PG, 3 Star)
23:00
The Practice (Drama) PG certificate
The Emmy Award-winning drama follows Bobby Donnell, a young lawyer struggling to keep his small Boston law firm afloat.
(PG)
00:00
Chicago Hope (Drama) PG certificate
At Chicago Hope, one of the country's leading hospitals, follow the lives and trials of the staff in this American medical series.
(PG)
01:00
The Fixer (Film) Film icon 15 certificate
When a man who lives by 'fixing' the problems of the rich and powerful begins to have doubts about his life after a nearly fatal accident, his business associates decide he must be silenced.
Director: Charles Robert Carner
Starring: Jon Voight, Brenda Bakke, J.J. Johnston, Miguel Sandoval, Jack Wallace, Barbara Gordon
(Made For TV, 1998, 15, 2 Star)
03:00
The Stranger Beside Me (Film) Film icon 3 star rating PG certificate
When a series of rapes take place in a close nit neighbourhood, newlywed Jennifer, begins to suspect her husband Chris, of the attacks. As Chris and Jennifer's marriage is put under strain, Chris claims he can let off steam by going out for a run each night - coincidentally clashing with the time of each rape. Jennifer's terrifying suspicions increase, leading her to contact the local police station. However, staying loyal to their old friend Chris, the police ignore the plea for help. But when Jennifer is warned that Chris molestered his sister as a child, Jennifer takes on her own investigation, and tracks Chris' movements to the home of his next victim.
Director: Sandor Stern
Starring: Tiffani Thiessen, Eric Close, Robert Crow, Steven Eckholdt, Gary Grubbs, Alyson Hannigan
(Made For TV, 1995, PG, 3 Star)
05:00
Christmas Card (Music) PG certificate
American soldier Cody Cullen sets out to find a home he can call his own but discovers more than he ever could have hoped. John Newton stars in this delightful and moving holiday love story.
Starring: John Newton
(PG)
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