FILM CHOICES

The Princess Bride, 12.20pm, Ch4

THIS fairytale fantasy, directed by Rob Reiner, is full of warmth and wonder. Cary Elwes is the poor farmhand who embarks on a quest to free fair Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of Chris Sarandon’s evil Prince Humperdinck. Fabulously tongue-in-cheek.

Papillon, 11pm, BBC2

STEVE McQUEEN (pictured) gives one of the most memorable performances of his career in the astonishing semifictional account of Henri Charriere’s time in the hellish penal system in French Guiana in the Thirties. But Dustin Hoffman matches him step for step as his fellow inmate Louis Dega.