MOVIE CHOICE

Two By Two

(2015) U 2.05PM, CH4

Two infant critters are left behind when Noah’s Ark sets sail in this jolly animation. The youngsters who are separated from their parents band together to survive the rising waters and catch up with the Ark. Happy endings are assured by way of sentimental bonding and a high-speed chase or two.

Mr Holmes

(2015) PG 6.20PM, BBC2

Ian McKellen stars in this drama as an aged Sherlock Holmes, living out his retirement as his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had predicted. With only his bees, his housekeeper and her son for company, Holmes faces the fading of his mind, while still in touch with his past, his memories and his legend.

The Water Diviner

(2014) 15 10PM, BBC2

The directorial debut of its star, Russell Crowe, is a stirring and emotional post-First World War drama. It follows an Australian farmer (Crowe) – also a diviner of water – as he travels to Turkey to find his three sons, who are missing, presumed dead, after serving with the Anzacs at Gallipoli.