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SATURDAY LIVE AND LET DIE

(1973) PG ●

2.40PM, ITV HHH

Roger Moore’s first foray as 007 finds him trying to stop a drug baron from getting thousands of people hooked on heroin. Jane Seymour gets to do more than the usual Bond girl as voodoo woman Solitaire, and the theme is from Paul Mccartney.

A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977) PG

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2.55PM, CH5 HHHH

Showing as part of a tribute day to Michael Caine (below), Richard Attenborough’s war epic dramatises Allied efforts to infiltrate occupied Holland in 1944. Sean Connery and Gene Hackman are also among the cast.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) PG 6.25PM, CH5

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Michael Caine again, this time alongside Laurence Olivier and Michael Redgrave in a telling of the monumental campaign that ultimately changed the course of the Second World War. It’s all in the aerial action scenes, of course, which are satisfyingly well-staged.

ROCKETMAN (2019) 15

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9PM, CH4 HHHH

See The Big Movie (right).

THE TRUTH (2019) PG

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9PM, BBC4 HARRY BROWN (2009) 18 s 10.30PM, CH5 HHHH

In one of his finest performances, Michael Caine stars as the old soldier turning vigilante, striking back against the gangs of disaffected and violent youths on his estate.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) 18

s 10.35PM, ITV HHHHH

Jonathan Demme’s prestige psychological horror won the big five Oscars, breaking an Academy bias against horror movies. It’s a chilling exercise in cat-and-mouse fear and suspense, with Jodie Foster as an FBI cadet, a fly caught in a dangerous web.

SUNDAY PLANET OF THE APES (2001) 12

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Having had a pop at Batman, Tim Burton sinks his teeth into another cult 1960s item, casting Mark Wahlberg in Charlton Heston’s role and Helena Bonham Carter as decent chimp Ari (above, with Wahlberg).

THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997) PG

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3.10PM, CH5 HHHH

Luc Besson’s visionary sci-fi is over the top, borderline bonkers, but it works brilliantly. This is essentially a prophetic tale about a special being (Milla Jovovich) who holds the key to saving the Earth. Bruce Willis is the cab driver into whose protective lap she falls.

MRS DOUBTFIRE

(1993) 12 ●

4.15PM, CH4 HHH Robin Williams shows that drag is no drag in this winning comedy. He’s a divorced dad who dons a wig and a dress to impersonate an old Scottish housekeeper (above) and spend time with his children. Sally Field plays his ex-wife, with Pierce Brosnan as her suave new boyfriend.

TOMB RAIDER (2018) 12

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5.40PM, CH4 HHH

Based on the video game character launched in 1996, this action adventure stars Alicia Vikander as the athletic Lara Croft, who follows a trail of clues when she investigates the disappearance of her father.

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018) 15 9.45PM, BBC2

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Based on the novel by James Baldwin and directed by Barry Jenkins, this intense drama stars Kiki Layne as Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who faces a race against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first-born child.

ROSIE (2018) 12

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This downbeat Irish drama is based on a script by Roddy Doyle. The story unfolds over the course of 36 hours as Rosie (Sarah Greene, right), a mother-of-four, desperately tries to keep her family afloat as they become homeless when their rented house is put on the market and she must find new accommodation.

12.20AM, BBC1

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MONDAY WITNESS TO MURDER: A DARROW & DARROW MYSTERY (2020)

PG ● 2.15PM, CH5 HH

Lawyer Claire is hired to defend a woman accused of murder, but the case is complicated by the fact that her client was once a friend of her mum – and Miles will be prosecuting.

CROSSFIRE

(1947) PG ● 2.20PM, BBC2 HHHH

See Classic Film Choice (right).

UP THE JUNCTION (1967) 15

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9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHH

Suzy Kendall is the wealthy Chelsea girl who drops out in this adaptation of Nell Dunn’s short stories. Maureen Lipman and Adrienne Posta play her new working-class friends.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) 12

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9PM, FILM4 HHHH

Energetic biopic of habitual con man

Frank Abagnale Jr (Leonardo Dicaprio, above), who lived the high life, frequently posing as a pilot. Hot on his tail was Tom Hanks’s FBI man, who came to admire Frank.

THE MATRIX

(1999) 15 ◆

10PM, ITV4 HHHH

First in a trilogy that introduced new levels of exhilarating visual effects. Keanu Reeves (below) is the human who is shown that his life is a computer-generated illusion. The sequels follow on Tuesday and Wednesday.

FUNNY COW (2017) 15 11.50PM, FILM4

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This drama stars Maxine Peake as a fictional female stand-up comic, doing the rounds on the northern club scene during the 1970s. Turning the sexist heckles into a battle cry, she scrambles her way to the top.

WOMAN AT WAR (2018) 12 2.10AM, CH4

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This Icelandic black comedy stars Halldora Geirhardsdottir as the fighter of the title. In the beautiful surroundings of rural Iceland, she’s a fierce bow-and-arrow-wielding eco-warrior.

TUESDAY A WOMAN’S SECRET (1949) PG ● 2.20PM, BBC2

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In this film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, Maureen O’hara is Marian Washburn, a singer who grooms talented youngster Susan Caldwell (Gloria Grahame, above) for success, only to confess to the crime when her protegee is shot. But is she telling the truth?

A SINISTER SECRET (2020) PG 2.20PM, CH5

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Margaret Anne Florence plays the mother who discovers that someone is giving her cheerleading daughter steroids to help to improve her performance. But when she confronts the coach, all hell breaks loose.

REBECCA (1940)

PG ● 9PM, TALKING PICTURES TV HHHHH

Alfred Hitchcock’s superb adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel stars Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine (left) as Mr and Mrs Maxim de Winter. At Manderley, their estate, the newlyweds’ lives are haunted by the ghost of Maxim’s first wife, Rebecca.

THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) 15 10PM, ITV4 HHH

The second film in the franchise may not live up to its influential forerunner, but still makes required viewing. Keanu Reeves is the chap still searching for the answers to life, the universe and everything.

KING OF THIEVES 11PM, CH5

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(2018) 15 ◆

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Based on infamous real events, this truecrime thriller tells the story of the major heist pulled off in London’s jewellery district of Hatton Garden by a group of criminals old enough to know better. Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Tom Courtenay and

Jim Broadbent are the OAP crooks.

THE CABLE GUY

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11.25PM, GREAT! MOVIES HHHH Jim Carrey (right) adds a very dark tone to his Ace Ventura wackiness in this black comedy about a man (Matthew Broderick) whose life is taken over by a TV technician. Ben Stiller directs and, unsurprisingly, it’s the comedy of sheer embarrassment that is its forte.

(1996) 12