FILM CHOICES

The Glenn Miller Story, 3.40pm, RTÉ One

JAMES Stewart takes on the role of the bandleader in director Anthony Mann’s biopic, while various jazz legends – including Louis Armstrong – play themselves.

Jack Reacher, 9pm, TV3

LEE Child’s novels comes to the big screen starring Tom Cruise (pictured) as the titular former military police investigator. He’s called in to examine the case of an ex-army sniper accused of a random mass shooting.

Burke And Hare, 11.35pm, BBC2

BLACK comedy about grave-robbers turned killers who supply corpses for cash to a teaching hospital. It falls gravely short in terms of both comedy and frights. Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis are the thieves.