FRIDAY

UP PERISCOPE (1959) U

9.40AM, BBC2

Once advertised with the tagline ‘The Adventures That Tore The Ocean Floor’, this war drama did at least get the casting right, with James Garner as the frogman in peril.

THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (1953) PG

2.55PM, BBC2

Hugh Griffith, Stanley Holloway and Sid James are among the stars in this muchloved and prophetic Ealing comedy. When their West Country branch line faces closure, villagers band together to keep it open.