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OUR PICKS OF THE WEEK’S BEST TV

The Best Man Holiday

Film4, 9pm, Mon

A group of college friends reunite to celebrate Christmas.

Harper and his former best friend, Lance, haven’t spoken since Lance discovered Harper slept with his sweetheart Mia in college.

They’ve since married and Mia hopes to heal old wounds.

Black Narcissus

Film4, 1.05pm, Tue

Powell and Pressburger’s visually stunning drama follows a group of nuns under the control of Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr) as they travel to the remote Himalayan community of Mopu.

The intoxicating and exotic sights and smells test the moral resolve of Sisters Briony, Honey, Philippa and Ruth, who hanker for home.

Night Moves

Film4, 11.15pm, Tue

Environmental activists Josh (Jesse Eisenberg) and Dena (Dakota Fanning) hatch a scheme to blow up a dam in the Oregon mountains.

In the aftermath, Josh and Dena wrestle with their guilt as they decide whether to ignore their moral compasses or suffer the consequences of their extreme actions.

The Ladykillers

More4, 11.20am, Wed

A criminal mastermind and his accomplices rent rooms from an elderly woman in order to plan their latest heist.

The landlady doesn’t suspect a thing - she thinks they are a string quintet - but the gang gradually appreciate that she still poses a threat to their scheming, and realise they are going to have to kill her.

Immortals

Film4, 11.15pm, Thur

Centuries ago, the Gods imprisoned the Titans in a cage that can only be broken by a bolt from the mythical Epirus Bow.

King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his hordes declare war on the Gods by ravaging the land in search of the bow.

The gods watch with mounting dread from their vantage point on Mount Olympus.

The China Syndrome

Film4, 11am, Fri

Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon star in this classic nuclear disaster thriller.

Lawless

More4, 10.00pm, Fri

Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf star as moonshiners during the Depression.