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- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsBen LyonJane BaxterAthole StewartJill Trevor vows revenge on newspaper baron Sir Joshua Morple, who she holds responsible for ruining her father. Her very public antics to draw attention to Morple's despicable conduct come to the notice a rival newspaper, who send journalist Jim Brent to offer to write up Jill's story, hoping to be able to dig up some dirt on Morple. Jim is initially skeptical, seeing Jill as a silly attention-seeking airhead, but as he gets to know her he changes his mind and realizes that her claims have substance, so the pair join forces to discredit Morple publicly, starting to fall in love with each other at the same time.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsShaun GlenvillePeggy CumminsMary MerrallA disgraced doctor has a chance to redeem himself when a diphtheria epidemic ravages the community, and one of its victims is his son.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsJohn LoderJane BaxterJack HawkinsLoder and Baxter become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsMax MillerHal WaltersKathleen GibsonA noble child is kidnapped by a chimney sweep and saved by strolling players.
- DirectorRonald HainesStarsJohn SlaterCecile ChevreauMolly Hamley-CliffordA murderous twin gets his comeuppance.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsEric PortmanAnn DvorakWalter FitzgeraldEquipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players cigarettes, a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him, he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it, he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsAnne CrawfordDavid FarrarCarl JaffeAn English agent parachutes into occupied Holland during World War II to retrieve some important papers. He poses as an American newspaperman and a Gestapo officer during his adventures. He then meets and falls for a Dutch baroness who appears to be sympathetic to the British.
- DirectorHerbert MasonStarsPat KirkwoodHugh SinclairSydney HowardAn unemployed dancer poses as a nurse and sets her sights on playboy composer Clinton Clay. After he is dumped by his Russian wife, the "nurse" finally gets her man.
- DirectorHarold BaimStarsJames McKechnieGeorge Strachan
- DirectorWalter WestStarsValerie CarlishArthur DibbsJohn Latham
- DirectorEdmond T. GrévilleStarsRaymond LovellCarol van DermanMartin BensonThe film is set in 1944, in German-occupied Netherlands. There is an ongoing famine. Jan Alting is a a Dutch patriotic farmer, who uses his farm as a place of refuge for Jews, communists, and Dutch resistance members. He has disinherited his son Anton Alting, who is a German collaborator. One day, Anton unexpectedly visits his father's residence and discovers a group of subversives hiding there. He orders his father to kick them out, threatening to shoot them if he refuses. Jan is torn between his patriotic duty and his desire to avoid direct conflict with his estranged son.
- StarsVictor SilvesterDoreen FreemanSusan FranksPopular dance music series.
- StarsRichard BakerEdward HallidayBBC Television's first presentation of news items on the pattern of cinema newsreels.
- CreatorEric MorleyStarsPeter WestAngela RipponCharles NoveExhibition dancing series.
- DirectorJohn E. BlakeleyStarsFrank RandleTessie O'SheaJosef LockeJoe Smart is a radio repairman who enters the political arena competing in an upcoming election against his own boss. Joe wins the election, but encounters loads of trouble in the process.