Movie choice

BRIDE WARS

(2009) 12 1.55PM, CH4 Kate Hudson (left) and Anne Hathaway are best friends who turn into bitter rivals when both their weddings are booked in the same desirable venue on the same day.

EMMA 2.55PM, BBC2

(1996) U

Gwyneth Paltrow honed her received pronunciation for this Jane Austen adaptation – the first in a series of plummy roles for the American star. She glows as the pleasant yet pushy Emma Woodhouse, who nearly fluffs her future with Mr Right.

DEFIANCE

(2008) 15 10PM, BBC2

Drama based on the story of the Bielski partisans, who protected Jews from Nazi occupiers in the dense forests of Belarus. Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig are hugely watchable (even with distracting accents) as three brothers in a gripping if rather dense and heavy-going production.

CRAZY RICH ASIANS (2018) 12

10.30PM, BBC1 This romantic comedy was a runaway hit. Constance Wu is the American pitched into the epicentre of Singapore’s money-oozing elite when she comes face to face with boyfriend Nick’s (British actor Henry Golding) terrifying – and terrifyingly wealthy – mother (Michelle Yeoh).