TV FILMS OF THE WEEK

OLIVER! Sunday, 5*, 3pm

There’s no doubt the film adaptation of Lionel Bart’s stage musical strays a long way from Dickens. But Dickens surely would have warmed to this mix of fabulous performances from the likes of Oliver Reed and Ron Moody.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Sunday, Sony Movies, 4pm

A breakthrough performance for a young Anne Hathaway, as Andy Sachs, who lands a job as assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine. Meryl Streep is her terrifying boss.

PASSENGERS Monday, Film 4, 9pm

Sci-fi fans are used to the idea of space explorers in suspended animation. But what happens if they’re woken up 90 years early,? Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence find out.

BUGSY Tuesday, Sony Movies Classic, 9pm

This is the violent tale of Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel, who dreamed up the money-spinning idea of building hotel-casinos in the Nevada desert. Warren Beatty stars.

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE Wednesday, Sony Movies Classic, 2.25pm

Maggie Smith won the first of her two Oscars for her performance as a distinctly unorthodox teacher working at an Edinburgh girls’ school in the 1930s. Adapted from Muriel Spark’s 1961 novel.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO Thursday, BBC4, 8pm

The plot of Boris Pasternak’s sprawling novel defies easy summary, but essentially it’s about enduring love. All you need to know about the film is that it’s directed by David Lean, stars Omar Sharif and Julie Christie (left) and won five Oscars.

JUDY Friday, Sky Cinema Premiere, 8pm

Renée Zellweger won the Best Actress Oscar for her fabulous performance as the vulnerable and unhappy Judy Garland.

GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Friday, Film 4, 6.55pm

Touching tale of how A.A. Milne came up with the idea of Winnie-The-Pooh, with Domhnall Gleeson and Margot Robbie (above).