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SATURDAY

OKLAHOMA! (1955) U ● 1.15PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Gloriously sweeping adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical, personally overseen by the pair and directed by

From Here To Eternity’s Fred Zinnemann. Gordon Macrae and Shirley Jones top the cast, with Rod Steiger and Gloria Grahame.

THE BODYGUARD

(1992) 15 ◆ 9PM, CH5 ★★★★

Whitney Houston scored a massive box-office hit with this romantic thriller – and her equally massive power ballad cover of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You is one of her defining tracks. Houston is the singer falling for her bodyguard (Kevin Costner, below).

BUSTER

(1988) 15 ◆ 10PM, BBC2 HHHH

A perky look at the life story of Buster Edwards (Phil Collins) after he had taken part in the Great Train Robbery and fled to Mexico with his wife, June (played by Julie Walters). The story itself is grounded in fact, but it’s an enjoyably romanticised account.

JASON BOURNE (2016) 12 ◆

10PM, CH4 ★★★

Matt Damon is back in the Bourne driving seat after a one-film hiatus (in which Jeremy Renner took the lead as Aaron Cross). Grizzled but still defiant, Damon’s Bourne is directed by Paul Greengrass, who also returns to the action-packed conspiracy thriller fray.

NOTTING HILL (1999) 15 ◆ 10.35PM, ITV ★★★

An easy-going romcom from the pen of genre king Richard Curtis. Hugh Grant is the terribly nice London book shop owner who falls for a Hollywood starlet, played with suitably starry aplomb by Julia Roberts (above).

KINKY BOOTS (2005) 12

◆ 11.40PM, BBC2 ★★★

The frothy true-ish story, since adapted into a stage musical, of a down-at-heel shoe manufacturer that launches a range of man-sized platforms at the suggestion of Chiwetel Ejiofor’s drag queen.

SUNDAY FLUSHED AWAY (2006) U n

11.35AM, E4 ★★★

Good clean fun, this British animation follows an upmarket rat (above) down the drain when he is flushed into the sewers by an unwelcome house guest. It all feels pinefresh, and the voice cast is top-notch – Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet and Ian Mckellen.

MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS (2005) 12 ◆ 1.35PM, ITV ★★★

A formulaic but fun follow-up in which star Sandra Bullock unleashes more smartmouth dialogue and pratfalls. Regina King is her bodyguard on a mission in Vegas.

SUMMER HOLIDAY

(1948) PG ● 1.50PM, BBC2 ★★★

See Classic Film Choice (right).

PADDINGTON 2

(2017) PG ●

5PM, BBC1 ★★★★ The adorable bear from darkest Peru voiced by (Ben Whishaw) returns for a second comedy movie adventure, finding friends – including Brendan Gleeson (above) – in the most unlikely of places after he is stitched up by Hugh Grant’s nefarious actor.

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

(2016) 12 ◆ 8PM, E4 ★★★

The landmark-smashing invaders are back, but this time, Earth is prepared, with its defences bolstered by alien technology.

Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum both return.

THE BIG SICK (2017) 15

◆ 11PM, BBC2 ★★★

Funny, sweet and surprising romcom starring Zoe Kazan as the girl who becomes seriously ill and falls into a coma, just as she starts dating a new guy (Kumail Nanjiani).

THE GAMBLER (2014) 15

◆ ★★★

11.10PM, FILM4

A decent reworking of the 1974 James Caan classic, this time starring Mark Wahlberg (left) as the college professor with a gambling habit, who finds that his chips are very much down. Brie Larson co-stars.

MONDAY A LAWLESS STREET

(1955) U ●

12.30PM, PARAMOUNT ★★★

Randolph Scott plays the marshal, with Angela Lansbury – then a starlet – as the wife who left him to pursue a stage career. It’s ‘man’s gotta do’ stuff, with a diverting subplot about political wheeling and dealing to get Colorado into the Union.

SECRETS THAT KILL (2020) 12

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2.15PM, CH5 ★★

When her mum falls into a coma, Jenny suspects that it’s all the work of her new, much younger husband – but is the most obvious suspect always the right one?

ANGELS ONE FIVE (1953) U ● ★★★★

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV

The story of the small acts of heroism during the Battle of Britain that led to a big victory. John Gregson stars as ‘Septic’ Baird (above), one of the all-important ‘few’, alongside Jack Hawkins among the officer class.

AIR FORCE ONE (1997) 15

◆ 10PM, CH5 ★★★

Thrilling action adventure of the kind that director Wolfgang Petersen (of the original Das Boot and The Perfect Storm) does so well. Harrison Ford is the heroic US President (below) putting his military training to use when terrorists hijack the Presidential plane.

JACK REACHER (2012) 15 ◆ ★★★

10.20PM, ITV4

Tom Cruise takes the lead as the hero of the books by Lee Child, an itinerant military man who here takes on a conspiracy as he tries to free a falsely accused US Army sniper.

WOMAN AT WAR (2018) 12

◆ ★★★★

11.40PM, FILM4

PREMIERE In this Icelandic comedy drama, Halla (Halldora Geirhardsdottir, right) is a woman not to be messed with, an eco-warrior battling big industry. Her life changes when she adopts a little girl.

TUESDAY WHITE FEATHER (1955) U ● ★★★

2PM, PARAMOUNT

Robert Wagner stars as a land surveyor overseeing the resettlement of Cheyenne Indians, who catches the eye of Cheyenne girl Appearing Day (Debra Paget). Her brother – Jeffrey Hunter’s Little Dog (above) – and her fiance aren’t too thrilled.

HOUSE OF TERROR (2017) 12

◆ ★★

2.15PM, CH5

Francia Raisa is the woman who downsizes to a fashionable micro home after her husband mysteriously disappears. Her fresh start comes a cropper when she realises someone is watching her, and she has few places to hide.

AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS (2001) 12 ◆ ★★★

6.55PM, GREAT! MOVIES

Romantic comedy starring Catherine ZetaJones (above, with Hank Azaria) and John Cusack as the media-hungry Hollywood stars who won’t admit their torrid romance has fizzled out. Julia Roberts struggles as the plain sister of Zeta-jones’s glamourpuss.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE ★★★

(1992) 15 ◆ 11PM, 5STAR

Rebecca De Mornay is the nanny with a dark agenda in Curtis Hanson’s thriller. As she homes in on the family she holds responsible for her own ruin, her terror campaign involves every trick in the vengeful woman’s book – and it’s a fine performance from De Mornay.

THE COUNTRY GIRL (1954) PG ●

11.15PM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★★

Fine performances all round in this drama, directed by George Seaton. William Holden is the stage producer giving Bing Crosby’s washed-up star another shot at the big time, with Grace Kelly as the not so dutiful wife. BOMBAY

(1995) 12 ◆

2AM, CH4 ★★★ Part of the Indian Film Season, this drama charts religious tensions after a Muslim girl and a Hindu boy fall in love and run away to get married in defiance of their families.

WEDNESDAY

STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) 15 ◆

9PM, PARAMOUNT ★★★★

Howling mad and hugely fun sci-fi from

Paul Verhoeven, who also directed Robocop, Total Recall and Basic Instinct. Casper Van Dien is on the military team doing battle with mutant bugs from outer space.

HUSH, HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964) 15 ◆ 9.05PM, TALKING PICTURES ★★★

TV Camp Southern chiller starring Bette Davis, channelling Baby Jane, as the spinster who refuses to leave her decaying home, and is subjected to devious plots to relieve her of her wealth – and her sanity. Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten also star.

FACE/OFF

(1997) 18 ▲ 10PM, ITV4 ★★★★

John Travolta (left) and Nicolas Cage swap facial identities in John Woo’s bighitting and enjoyably bonkers actioner. Cage is a terrorist, with Travolta as the FBI agent driven to sci-fi extremes to catch him – those extremes end up with the two foes swapping actual faces with each other.

THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (2002) 12 ◆

10PM, 5 USA ★★★

Ben Affleck joins the ranks of actors who have played Tom Clancy’s super-agent

Jack Ryan. He stars alongside Morgan Freeman (below) in a spy thriller that takes Jack from CIA HQ to Moscow, where he raises red flags at a nuclear missile facility.

THE FULL MONTY (1997) 15 ◆ 11PM, CH5 ★★★★

Smash-hit British comedy starring Robert Carlyle, who leads a troupe of unemployed Sheffield steel men in desperate need of work and a shot of self-esteem – and finding both in an unexpected place.

I ORIGINS (2014) 15 ◆ 2AM, CH4 ★★★

Off-kilter drama from Another Earth director Mike Cahill, so expect lots of talking and ponderous ideas. Michael Pitt (left) is a PHD student researching both the evolution of the human eye and love at first sight – and looking to disprove the existence of God.

THURSDAY

TOGETHER (2021) 12 ◆ 9PM, BBC2 ★★★★ PREMIERE See The Big Movie (right). FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS (2016) PG ● 9PM, BBC4 ★★★

Warm-hearted comedy drama based on the bizarre life of Mrs Jenkins (Meryl Streep, above), a tuneless socialite who loved to sing. Her partner and manager (Hugh Grant) set up a surprisingly long career for a woman who sang all the right notes, but in the wrong order.

BAD TIMES AT THE ROYALE

EL (2018) 15 ◆ 9PM, FILM4 ★★★

PREMIERE Taking place in one stylish setting – a hotel that straddles the NevadaCalifornia border – this noir thriller follows six guests whose murky pasts are slowly revealed. Cynthia Erivo is a singer (above), Jeff Bridges a priest, Jon Hamm a salesman and Dakota Johnson a hippy.

DEADFALL

(1968) 12 ◆

9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV ★★★

Michael Caine stars as cat burglar Henry Clarke in this thriller, written and directed by Bryan Forbes. He teams up with an eccentric couple (Eric Portman and Giovanna Ralli) for a robbery and romantic intrigue.

IDENTITY

(2003) 15 ◆ 9PM, HORROR ★★★

Atmospheric horror about a group of strangers sheltering from a storm in an isolated motel, where they are picked off one by one. Nothing is quite what it seems. (Freeview 68, Freesat 138, Sky 317, Virgin 149)

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2 (2017) 15 ◆ 10PM, CH5 ★★★

Shoot-out-heavy sequel with Keanu Reeves returning to the title role, loaded with even more bullets than he had in the first film. The ante-raising will certainly please action fans.

LUCY (2014) 15 ◆ 10PM, ITV4 ★★★★

Scarlett Johansson (left) is the unwitting mule who is forced to carry an experimental drug in her body in this chaotically fun sci-fi thriller. When the drug accidentally enters her system, she gains incredible powers – but she’s set to burn out fast.

FRIDAY WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE (2019) 12 ◆ 8PM, SKY PREMIERE ★★★

PREMIERE Cate Blanchett is the wife and mother who, on the outside at least, appears to have a perfect life. When she suddenly disappears without a trace, her husband (Billy Crudup) and teenage daughter (Emma Nelson) embark on an adventure to find her.

BRAVEHEART (1995) 15 ◆ 10PM, CH5 ★★★★★

The story of Scottish hero William Wallace is directed in epic fashion by Mel Gibson. Gibson himself plays Wallace, with Sophie Marceau (below) as the future Queen – but it’s the battle scenes that are the film’s highlights.

UNDER SIEGE (1992) 15 ◆ 10.05PM, ITV4 ★★★★

Tongue-in-cheek action movie with Steven Seagal as a former Navy Seal now working as a cook on board a US battleship. He’s on ice, locked in a freezer, when mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones, storm the boat…

28 DAYS LATER (2002) 18 ◆ 11.05PM, 5STAR ★★★

Danny Boyle’s quality zombie film, with a screenplay by Alex Garland, fills the familiar genre expectations with plenty of shocks and surprises. Cillian Murphy is the hospital patient waking up to a terrifying new world.

TAKEN 2

(2012) 15 ◆ 11.20PM, ITV ★★★

The TV series prequel to this action franchise was cancelled after its second season – a clear message, surely, that fans want to see Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills, the former CIA man who never stops chasing down his prey. Here, he’s joined in the race by Maggie Grace (above) as his toughened-up daughter, Kim.

SPY

(2015) 15 ◆ 12.10AM, CH4 ★★★★

This hilarious spy comedy follows unlikely hero Susan Cooper (Melissa Mccarthy) as she graduates from CIA desk job to perilous field work. Jude Law, Jason Statham and Miranda Hart gamely hold up the British side.