Television

Programmes

War Child This moving documentary follows three Middle Eastern refugee children on their hazardous journey across Europe in search of sanctuary. Sun 12 March, C4 10.30pm (70mins).

Murder in Italy Storyville documentary following the investigation into the fate of schoolgirl Yara Gambirasio, who disappeared in northern Italy in 2010. It took four years and 20,000 DNA samples, and unlocked some deep family secrets. Mon 13 March, BBC4 10pm (85mins).

The Last Kingdom Second series of the acclaimed historical drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s novels about pre-Norman England. Thur 16 March, BBC2 9pm (60mins).

Wild Ireland: The Edge of

the World Colin Stafford-Johnson explores the ruins of the Skellig Rocks – a monastic outcrop off county Kerry. Fri 17 March, BBC2 9pm (60mins).

Films

Red Sorghum (1987) Zhang Yimou directs this exotic fable of a young bride (Gong Li) who is escorted across 1920s China to meet her husband-tobe, a rich, leprous winemaker. Tue 14 March, Film4 2.10am (110mins).

Ida (2013) A novice nun uncovers her family’s secret past in Paweł Pawlikowski’s outstanding black-and-white road movie. Wed 15 March, Film4 11.15pm (100mins).

A Simple Plan (1998) Bill Paxton, who died last month, stars in this gripping thriller about three men who find millions of dollars in the wreckage of a small plane, and decide to keep it. Fri 17 March, BBC2 1.05am (115mins).