Movie choice

GIDEON OF SCOTLAND YARD 11AM, FILM4

(1958) PG ● ★★★★ Kicking off an afternoon of films by the great John Ford, this sees the American this side of the pond, directing Jack Hawkins as the inspector of the title. The Last Hurrah (1pm) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (3.30pm) follow.

MAD MAX (1979) 18 9PM, ITV4

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★★★★ Mel Gibson stars in a film – set in a society on the brink of violent lawlessness – that became a cult classic. Max is the cop who hangs up his badge to fight a running battle on four wheels.

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (2019) 15 11.45PM, BBC2

French romantic period drama – a visual, sensual treat – from Celine Sciamma, with Noemie Merlant (right) as an artist whose passions are ignited when she is hired to paint a portrait for a woman who, unbeknown to her, will soon be married off and sent away.

BLOOD MONEY: THE CURSE OF BRINK’S-MAT ROBBERY 10PM, CH5

Ahead of the starry new

BBC drama The Gold – about the armed robbery that netted the gang some £26 million in bullion, gems and cash – Ch5 takes a factual, indepth look at the 1983 heist. Here, police officers and key witnesses, many of them speaking on film for the first time, tell the inside story of the search for gold that was never recovered – and the global hunt for robbers who were never caught.