MOVIE CHOICE

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2019) PG

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2PM, BBC1 ★★★

The third film in the hugely enjoyable animated fantasy franchise following the young Viking Hiccup and his dragon sidekick, Toothless. With a tyrant out to kill Toothless, Hiccup seeks sanctuary for him at a secret dragon utopia.

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017) PG

● 5.30PM, CH4 ★★★★ Uplifting musical with all the fun of the fair, starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum in a fictionalised account of the circus impresario’s life. Packed full of positivity, it’s just what’s needed to help us to see in the New Year with some much-needed optimism.

MR HOLMES (2015) PG

● 6.20PM, BBC2 ★★★★

Ian Mckellen stars in this drama as an aged Sherlock Holmes, living out his retirement as his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had predicted. With only his bees, his housekeeper and her son for company, Holmes faces the fading of his mind while still in touch with his past, his memories and his legend.