Film choice

Fast & Furious 5 (2011) E4, 9.00PM ★★★

 Taiwan-born director Justin Lin gives the ridiculous street-racing franchise legs with this series-high sweet spot, peaking with a bank vault whipping around at crazy speeds through downtown Rio. Prepare to witness two bollards being clonked together, as Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson square off as Diesel’s crew must pull off “one last job”. ITV4, 9.00PM ★★★★

 Though it’s not a classic, the first instalment of the James Bond franchise has held up surprisingly well over time. Sean Connery’s suave special agent is sent by his superior, M (Bernard Lee), to investigate the murder of a British agent in Jamaica. Cue Ursula Andress in a white bikini, Joseph Wise man as the titular baddie and Lois Maxwell’s debut as Miss Moneypenny. Bird on a Wire (1990) ITV, 10.40PM ★★★

 This derivative thriller stars Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn as former lovers who meet again by chance. He has been hiding from a pair of drug dealers for 15 years (courtesy of a state witness protection programme) but the baddies are back on his tail. He pairs up with Hawn’s high-flying lawyer for some mildly amusing badinage, before the film descends into an overlong chase sequence.