5 MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

THE COLOR PURPLE HISTORICAL DRAMA

There’s an argument to be made that this adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitizer Prizewinning novel is Steven Spielberg’s most underrated film. Whoopi Goldberg (pictured) is on star-making form as an abused woman living in rural Georgia. Tuesday, 11.15pm, BBC2

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY COMEDY SEQUEL

Renee Zellweger (left) returns for a third on-screen adventure . This time, Bridget discovers she’s pregnant, but is the dad her ex Mark (Colin Firth) or US dating guru Jack (Patrick Dempsey)?

Friday, 10pm, Channel 5

THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY FRIENDSHIP WRITTEN LARGE

Lily James (above) stars in this charming period drama as an author who is invited to attend a meeting of a literary club on post-war Guernsey. Friday, 9.40pm, RTÉ2

THE IPCRESS FILE CAINE’S SPY CLASSIC

The recent TV series update was a really good effort, but you can’t beat Michael Caine as Harry Palmer (right), cinema’s coolest-ever spy — and a mighty fine cook to boot. Sunday, 2.05pm, BBC2

ALI BIOPIC OF A BOXING LEGEND

Will Smith gained 35lb of muscle mass to play heavyweight champion boxer Muhammad Ali in this biopic and was nominated for an Oscar. The film focuses on the period from 1964 to 1974 and is no fawning tribute but a serious piece of work that gets under the skin of the man and really packs a punch. Thursday, 9pm, BBC4