FILM CHOICES

The Long Ships, 1.10pm,p, BBC2

IN THE late Fifties and early Sixties, Viking and Moorish epics were very much in vogue. Here’s a rather kitsch mash-up between the two, directed by the great Jack Cardiff. Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier (pictured) star as Norseman and Moorishorish king fighting overoer a golden bell that may or may not be real.