WEDNESDAY

KILLER AFFAIR (2018) PG 2.15PM, CH5

Jackie (Lauralee Bell) hires a professional to expose her husband’s affair and secure custody of her daughter. But when both her husband and his mistress are killed, Jackie becomes suspect number one.

BEWITCHED (2005) PG

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6.55PM, GREAT! MOVIES ★★★ Writer-director Nora Ephron does something different with this update, casting Nicole Kidman as a witch auditioning for the lead role in a remake of the 1960s sitcom. There’s also Shirley Maclaine as the fabulously batty Iris/endora (below, with Kidman).

THE WOLFMAN 9PM, HORROR (2010) 15

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★★★

A rather so-so update of a Universal monster classic from 1941. Anthony Hopkins has words of warning for his son (Benicio del Toro) when he succumbs to a lycanthropic curse that appears to run in the family. (Freeview 69, Freesat 138, Sky 317, Virgin 149)

THE RAILWAY MAN (2013) 15 ◆

10.35PM, BBC1 ★★★★

Colin Firth stars in this fact-based drama as Eric Lomax (below), a survivor of the so-called Death Railway, the Thai-burma line that Japan’s prisoners of war were forced to build. Nicole Kidman is the strong, kind woman who helps to heal his wounds.

BABY DRIVER (2017) 15 ◆ 10.55PM, GREAT! MOVIES ★★★★

Ansel Elgort is the getaway driver, permanently plugged into his ipod, in a heist caper that is choreographed to the soundtrack’s beat. Lily James is the waitress worth fighting for, and there’s a strong supporting cast including

Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzalez and Jamie Foxx.

TABLE 19 2.40AM, CH4 ★★★

(2017) 12 ◆

Anna Kendrick stars in this wedding comedy as the woman who has been ousted from maid of honour duties after being dumped by the best man. Consigned to a table at the back, she tries to make the best of things.