What’s on the small screen this week
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION CHANNEL 4, 9.15PM
The team of secret agents faces being shut down when the head of the CIA convinces the US Senate that it is too dangerous. Spy thriller sequel, starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg.
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CHANNEL 4, 7PM
Premiere. After losing his job as a bank clerk, PT Barnum creates and develops his circus in New York in the mid-1800s with the help of playwright Phillip Carlyle and an adopted family of entertainers shunned by society. Musical drama, starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.
SHAUN OF THE DEAD ITV4, 9PM
An unambitious 29-year-old man recently dumped and trapped in the job from hell decides to get his life back on track. Unfortunately, he has to put his plans on hold when zombies rise from their graves and stalk the streets of London to feast on the living. Comedy horror, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran, Lucy Davis, Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton.
HOME AGAIN FILM4, 7.05PM
Five months after separating from her husband, Alice Kinney and her daughters relocate from New York to her childhood home in Los Angeles, which belonged to her late father, Oscar-winning film director John Kinney. Eventually things take an unexpected turn when she lets three young guys move in with her. Romantic comedy, starring Reese Witherspoon, Michael Sheen and Candice Bergen.
LOCKE CHANNEL 4, 2.50AM
A devoted family man preparing to face the biggest challenge of his career receives a mysterious phone call that leads him to make a fateful decision. However, this act sets in motion a series of events that threaten to destroy his entire life over the course of a single car journey. Thriller, starring Tom Hardy, with the voices of Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott.
HIDDEN FIGURES FILM4, 9PM
As the space race reaches fever pitch in the early 1960s, a trio of female African-American mathematicians attempt to overcome prejudice and find work with Nasa. Their remarkable skills prove vital in getting an astronaut into orbit and bringing him safely back to Earth, but to realise their potential they must overcome deep-seated prejudice. Fact-based drama, with Taraji P Henson.