TV FILMS of the week

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WAR HORSE Today, BBC2, 5.15pm

When his drunken farmer dad Ted

(Peter Mullan) comes home with a foal called Joey, young Albert

(Jeremy Irvine) promises to train the animal to work in the fields. However, he doesn’t predict that Europe will go to war – or that Ted will sell Joey to Captain Nicholls (Tom Hiddleston). Albert subsequently learns of tragedy on the battlefield and enlists in the army to track down Joey and return the horse to the farm. Meanwhile, behind enemy lines, Joey is captured by the Germans and embarks on a momentous journey. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s book.

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ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES Tomorrrow, Channel 4, 3.55pm

Director Barry Sonnenfeld brought the perfectly cast family back together and ramped up the gags for this entertaining sequel. Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) welcome baby Pubert into the clan, but Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) aren’t happy about having a new sibling.

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RESISTANCE Monday, Film4, 9pm

In 1938 Strasbourg, Jewish butcher’s son Marcel Mangel (Jesse Eisenberg, left) begrudgingly joins his brother Alain (Felix Moati), neighbour Emma (Clemence Poesy) and her sister Mila (Vica Kerekes) at the German border to take delivery of 123 Jewish orphans on behalf of the Save the Children Foundation.

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LOGAN LUCKY Tuesday, GREAT! movies, 9pm

Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum), a one-time star footballer waylaid by injury, loses his job on the same day he learns that his ex-wife Bobbie Jo (Katie Holmes) intends to relocate to Lynchburg with her new beau. Jimmy channels his frustration into planning a heist with his one-armed brother Clyde (Adam Driver).

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DEADPOOL 2 Wednesday, Film4, 9pm

In this gleefully irreverent and potty mouthed sequel, former Special Forces operative Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) is assembling a team of mutant rogues to protect a boy with supernatural abilities. He creates the X-force, a team of super-powered people and an alternative to the X-men.

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KONG: SKULL ISLAND Thursday, Channel 5, 11.30pm

Bill Randa (John Goodman) spearheads a government expedition to a Pacific island, searching for unidentified organisms. However, their sonic weapons rouse a 100ft ape and their best-laid plans are smashed. It’s an enjoyable enough way to pass a couple of hours – just don’t expect it to live up to the 1933 original.

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BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Friday, BBC3, 9pm

Adapted from Sarfraz Mansoor’s memoir, Blinded by the Light is a coming-of-age comedy, charting one downtrodden British Pakistani teenager’s Bruce Springsteen-inspired self-awakening in 1980s Luton. Javed’s (Viveik Kalra) dreams of writing full-time must be extinguished to be a dutiful son to his mother and father.