NEW YEAR’S EVE

Chicken Run (2000) U

9.30AM, BBC1

Aardman’s cracking PoW movie spoof, set on a poultry farm in Yorkshire. Rocky (voiced by Mel Gibson) is the rooster plotting a great escape to flee the coop, while Julia Sawalha voices the plucky heroine hen, Ginger (above).

The Big Country (1958) PG

● 11.30AM, BBC TWO

Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons shine in William Wyler’s Western about a sea captain. He attempts to avoid taking sides in a conflict between his future father-in-law and a hillbilly family.

Mrs Doubtfire

(1993) 12 ◆

6.25PM, RTé2

Robin Williams plays a divorced actor who disguises himself as a seasoned female Scottish housekeeper to get a job looking after his own kids. Fun comedy, with Sally Field and a pre-007 Pierce Brosnan.

San Andreas (2015) (12)

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9.45PM, RTé2

Following an earthquake in California, a helicopter pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state to rescue his daughter. Disaster movie, starring Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino (both above).

A Star Is Born (1976) (15)

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1.30AM, RTé2

Musical about the relationship between a fading rock star drifting into alcoholism and his successful protégée. Starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.

Bullitt

(1968) 15 ◆ 2.35AM, RTé ONE

Classic thriller starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset. It centres on a police detective investigating an attempt to kill a Mob witness, and a politician who wants him off the case.