1SHERLOCK TV FILMS OFTHE WEEK
HOLMES Tonight, ITV2, 7.30pm
HOLMES (Robert Downey Jr) and trusty sidekick Watson (Jude Law) race to the scene of a ritualistic killing, just in time to stop Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) sacrificing a victim. Incarcerated in a police cell before his execution, Blackwood vows that “death is only the beginning” before he falls to his doom, the noose tight around his neck. Soon after, news reaches Holmes that Lord Blackwood has apparently risen from the grave to continue his reign of terror. Guy Ritchie’s reinvention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth is an entertaining romp, enlivened by banter between a suitably quixotic Downey Jr and strait-laced Law.
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APARTMENT Tomorrow, BBC2, 3.10pm
CLERK CC Baxter (Jack Lemmon, left) comes up with an unusual way to climb the career ladder – he lends his apartment to his superiors for their extramarital liaisons. However, he starts to have misgivings when he falls for Fran (Shirley MacLaine), who is having an affair with Baxter’s smarmy boss. Directed by Billy Wilder, it picked up five Oscars.
3GALAXY
QUEST Monday, Channel 5, 11pm
WASHED-UP actors of a cancelled sci-fi show are still in demand at conventions. But some of their biggest fans are a group of aliens who believe their show to be a historical document and so model their culture on it. When the creatures are targeted by the evil General Sarris, they turn to the actors for protection. Sigourney Weaver and Tim Allen, left, star.
4QUANTUM
OF SOLACE Tuesday, ITV4, 9pm
FOLLOWING the death of Vesper Lynd, Bond (Daniel Craig, left) joins M (Judi Dench) to interrogate Mr White, part of a secret organisation responsible for his beloved’s demise. The evidence leads them to Haiti, where Bond meets Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a woman pursing a secret vendetta against ruthless businessman Dominic Greene.
5OFFICE
CHRISTMAS PARTY Wednesday, Film4, 9pm
JENNIFER ANISTON refines her nasty boss routine as a CEO who plans to close the branch where her brother (T.J. Miller) works. He decides to save the day with an epic Christmas party. Office Christmas Party is a tinsel-strewn vision of Sodom and Gomorrah that will be hair of the dog for viewers who enjoyed The Hangover.
6CHANGELING
Thursday, Sony Movies, 11.35pm
ANGELINA JOLIE delivers a powerful portrayal of a crusading mother in Clint Eastwood’s harrowing drama. Based on a true story, Changeling centres on single mother Christine Collins (Jolie, left), who arrives home one day to find her son Walter (Gattlin Griffith) has disappeared without trace. Jolie is sensational as a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
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GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Friday, Channel 5, 9pm
A GUNSLINGER, an outlaw and an assassin learn about a hidden bounty of gold. But each man only knows part of the way to find the treasure, setting off on a deadly path of betrayal as each tries to learn the others’ secrets without revealing their own. Sergio Leone’s Western has everything – drama, comedy, violence, and Clint Eastwood, left, in his element.