DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

(1965) PG

1.15PM, BBC2 ★★★★★ David Lean’s splendid adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s historical novel copes magnificently with the multiple characters, complex emotions and scale of the events that form the story’s backdrop – namely, the Russian Revolution. Oh, and you’ll need some hankies handy. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie star as Yuri and Lara, who make one of the

20th century’s greatest love stories.