THURSDAY

Ride Lonesome (1959) 12

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1.10PM, FILM4 ★★★★

Excellent Budd Boetticher western starring his longtime collaborator, Randolph Scott (above), as a bounty hunter chasing the man responsible for killing his wife. It was made on a shoestring, but in such skilled hands, it doesn’t show.

Witness To A Murder (2017) 12 u

2.20PM, CH5 ★★

Yancy Butler and Karis Cameron star in this thriller about a woman and her daughter who move to a remote town under the witness protection programme – but danger still follows them.

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) U

● 3PM, BBC2 ★★★ Grand designs can’t save shoddy foundations for Mr and Mrs Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy, left), whose self-build dream home in the country does not go to plan. It’s the third and final time Grant and Loy would sizzle together on screen.

The Imposter (2012) 15

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10.05PM, CH4 ★★★★★ Award-winning docudrama that weaves a gripping tale of mystery about how the life of a habitual liar and confidence trickster from Europe became entangled with that of a missing American boy and his family. A superior example of the truecrime genre.

A Bigger Splash (2015) 15

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11.10PM, FILM4 ★★★★

Sun-drenched drama with a playful tone that starts with its lead character (Tilda Swinton, above, with Matthias Schoenaerts) unable to speak. She’s a rock star resting her voice after surgery, whose plans for rest and recuperation on an idyllic Italian island go shockingly awry.