Dad and daughter's garden TV channel - with six million viewers

A dad and daughter run their own TV channel from an office in their garden. They show classic films and get six million viewers a week.

Noel Cronin, 74, run its with Sarah Cronin-Stanley. Talking Pictures TV is the biggest home-run independent television station in the UK. It only airs vintage programmes and movies.

The channel was launched in 2015 and now attracts millions of young and old viewers with nostalgic content, including romance, horror and comedy.

They operate the channel from their home in Hertfordshire. It airs some of the "rarest and greatest gems" from British film history - all day, every day.

Noel and Sarah hope to preserve the history of British cinema and classic TV. Even the late Queen Elizabeth was a fan of their channel, often watching Laurel and Hardy.

Noel has been working in the film industry since 1962 as a producer and editor. His daughter Sarah was inspired by him and developed a passion for film early on.

Sarah said: "It's all about saving film history, celluloid and TV history. Young people are also fans of the vintage and that is encouraging."

One of their most popular shows is The Footage Detectives. Broadcaster Mike Read joins Noel on the quest to track down old films, footage and programmes.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the channel had nearly six million viewers every week. Sarah mentioned that their viewer numbers are still strong.

The channel is free because they want everyone to be able to watch it and it makes money from ads. It started in 2015 on Sky and now you can also watch it on Freeview, Freesat and Virgin Media.

Last year, they made a free online service where you can watch shows again. They make sure 95 per cent of their shows have subtitles and they were the first small