MOVIE CHOICE

FILM RATINGS ■ Family viewing ● Generally suitable for all ◆ Caution recommended ▲ Particularly liable to offend

Chariots Of Fire (1981) ● 3.20PM, RTÉ ONE ★★★★★

Oscar-winning drama, starring Ian Charleson and Ben Cross as the very different British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, who went for gold in the Paris Olympics of 1928.

About Time (2013) 12 ◆ 9.35PM, RTÉ2 ★★★★

Domhnall Gleeson stars in Richard Curtis’s comedy. He plays a man who discovers he has the power to travel through time, and uses it to improve his love life. Rachel McAdams and Billy Nighy also star.

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013) 12 ◆ 11PM, CH4 ★★★★

Hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman) joins the party of dwarves as they face a dragon in the second part of Peter Jackson’s fantasy adventure trilogy.