SUNDAY May 9

Catch Me If You Can (2002) (BBC2, 4.45pm)

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This funny and stylish romp is based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, who as a teenager managed to swindle the US government out of thousands of dollars by affecting a series of outlandish disguises: as an airline pilot, doctor, international playboy, even the assistant attorney general. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Abagnale, driven by fantasies of luring his family back together with his ill-gotten gains, and Tom Hanks is the dogged FBI agent on his trail. With plenty of fun along the way, the two leads also develop a poignant relationship. Director Steven Spielberg keeps a brisk tempo, underscored by John Williams’s funky, jazzy score, propelling the plot inexorably towards its fascinating conclusion.

Spectre (2015) (ITV, 8.00pm)

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The last theatrically released Bond adventure to date sees the newly appointed M (Ralph Fiennes) battling political forces, including Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), to protect the integrity of MI6 following a merger with MI5. A cryptic message reveals ghosts from Bond’s past and 007 (Daniel Craig) follows a chain of evidence that leads to Dr Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), daughter of fugitive Mr White (Jesper Christensen). Aided by technical wizard Q (Ben Whishaw) and plucky agent Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris), Bond criss-crosses the globe 10 and infiltrates a menacing organisation named SPECTRE, fronted by the enigmatic Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz). It’s a robust tale of espionage and dark family secrets that can’t quite live up to its tour-deforce opening at a Mexican day of the dead parade.