10 telly films

The Hunt

BBC4, 9pm, today

Thomas Vinterberg’s timely drama witnesses the emotional devastation when a primary school teacher, Lucas, is wrongly accused of inappropriate behaviour by a young charge, Klara

She just happens to be the daughter of his best friend.

The girl later retracts her statement but the damage is done.

London Road

BBC2, 10pm, today

London Road documents the real-life discovery of the bodies of five women in Suffolk in 2006.

Residents including bubbly Julie (Olivia Colman) and enigmatic neighbour Dodge are targets for TV crews as prostitutes continue to tout for business outside their homes.

When a local man is arrested, battle lines are drawn.

GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

Channel 5, 11.05pm, Mon Stephen Sommers’s allguns-blazing romp has big weapons and even bigger explosions.

Two soldiers are assigned the task of transporting special warheads to a command centre in Egypt.

When they are attacked by thieves, a top secret special forces unit, GI Joe, is sent to save them.

This Is 40

Film4, 11.15pm, Mon

Pete and Debbie have raised two beautiful daughters, but are now stuck in a rut.

As Debbie goes into denial about turning 40 in the very same week Pete celebrates the same milestone, husband and wife re-evaluate their stagnating marriage.

They decide on an emotional spring clean.

Win Win

Film4, 6.40pm, Tue

Mike Flaherty is struggling, so his prayers are answered when he’s appointed legal guardian of an elderly client who has Alzheimer’s – a role which brings in a monthly stipend of $1,500 dollars.

Matters become complicated when the man’s grandson turns up unannounced, having run away from his negligent mother.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Film4, 9pm, Tue

Impossible Missions Force operative Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is sprung from a Russian jail by fellow agents.

They are ordered to break into the Kremlin to steal intelligence files that reveal the identity of a terrorist codenamed Cobalt.

Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

ITV2, 9pm, Wed

Composer Stephen Sondheim’s acclaimed musical tells the story of barber Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), who was transported to Australia for a crime he didn’t commit.

Fifteen years later, he returns to London with a new name - Sweeney Todd – wanting revenge.

The A-Team

Film4, 9pm, Thur

Nothing is impossible in this all-guns-blazing adventure for Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, Templeton “Face” Peck, “Howlin’ Mad” Murdoch and B.A. Baracus

Framed for the murder of their friend, the soldiers break out of military prison and hijack a plane, which is then shot down by military gunships.

The Borderlands

BBC2, 12.05am, Fri

An investigator from the Vatican looks into a supposed miracle. Supernatural horror.

Oldboy

Channel 4, 12.40am, Fri

A man sets out to find out why he was held hostage for 20 years. Violent thriller.