Film choice
BBC ONE, 1.40PM ★★★★
Disney’s 53rd feature is an enchanting combination of fairytale derring-do and heart-popping musical numbers that has left children and adults powerless to its charms (even if some parents may have grown rather tired of it). Elsa (Idina Menzel) is a shy princess driven into exile when her magical powers are discovered. Her sister Anna (Kristen Bell) gallops off to fetch her from her beautiful ice palace.
CHANNEL 4, 9.50PM ★★★★★
Tom Hooper’s film about the future George VI’s struggle to overcome his stammer in the nation’s hour of need won multiple Academy Awards, including a deserved Best Actor gong for Colin Firth. But it’s his double-act with Geoffrey Rush as his speech therapist Lionel Logue that gives the film its heart, and the doublehanders between them are fraught and fascinating. Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce also star.
CHANNEL 5, 11.05PM ★★★★
Kathryn Bigelow’s cult surfing/ crime film elevated Patrick Swayze’s actor status to true action hero. Keanu Reeves plays Johnny Utah, an FBI agent who goes undercover to infiltrate the Ex-Presidents, a gang of bankrobbing surfers led by the charismatic Bodhi (Swayze). The action heats up when Bodhi and Utah find they share a similar attitude towards danger. Lori Petty is the surfer who catches Johnny’s eye.