Movie choice

THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER

(1990)

PG 9PM, 5ACTION

Tom Clancy thriller starring Sean Connery as Soviet sub captain Marko Ramius, who goes rogue with his vessel. The CIA’S Jack Ryan suspects that Ramius wants to defect, while others fear he is going to attack America. A gripping, finely executed thriller.

HARRIET (2019) 12 10.40PM, BBC1

The story of the heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery and then led dangerous missions to rescue other enslaved people. Cynthia Erivo stars as Tubman, with support from the singer Janelle Monae and The Wire’s Clarke Peters.

DRIVE (2011) 18 10.55PM, GREAT! MOVIES Nicolas Winding Refn’s arty Los Angeles-set thriller stars Ryan Gosling (left) as a movie stunt driver who takes on a few dirty jobs on the side – so long as he just drives. Carey Mulligan is the young mother who turns his head, though he’s a man of very few words, and big trouble is coming his way.