CAPTAIN PHILIPS, RTÉ ONE, WEDNESDAY 9.35PM

Based on a true story, Paul Greengrass’s gripping drama stars Tom Hanks as Richard Philips, an American merchant naval captain who’s guiding a huge cargo ship down Africa’s treacherous northeastern coast when they’re attacked by a desperate band of Somali pirates. They’re trigger-happy and looking for big ransoms, but the captain decides to outwit them.