THIS WEEK’S BEST FILMS

Les Miserables (BBC1, 9pm) TUESDAY MONDAY Silent Witness (BBC1, 9pm)

(Ulrich Thomsen), a university lecturer, and their 14-year-old daughter Freja (Martha Sofie Wallstrom Hansen). Unexpectedly Erik inherits his family’s sprawling property and Anna poses the idea of turning the house into a commune. With pressure from young Freja, Erik agrees and the couple welcomes a menagerie of colourful characters into their new abode, where every decision is made by a group vote. At first, communal living is everything that Anna dreamt it might be, but fractures gradually appear in her marriage, exacerbated by

It’s 1832, and a teenage Cosette is tiring of her closeted life and is desperate for a new start in Paris. Meanwhile Marius Pontmercy, now a young law student, confronts his grandfather Gillenormand after learning the truth about his heroic late father and the ideals he fought for under Napoleon. At Marius’ new lodgings in Paris, his neighbours are a poor, violent and criminal family. Their eldest daughter Eponine takes a shine to him, but then, while out walking, Cosette catches his eye. Valjean, on the other hand, is disturbed to see his precious Cosette growing into a young woman. Finally Javert, who has climbed the ranks of the police, receives some important information. Is he getting closer to his goal of recapturing an escaped prisoner?