Films of the day
What’s on the small screen this week
FAR FROM THE MADDING
CROWD 8PM, BBC2 Carey Mulligan and Matthias Schoenaerts star in adaptation of the classic Thomas Hardy novel set in rural Dorset. It follows the romance between headstrong Bathsheba Everdene and shepherd Gabriel Oak. (2015/12A) ****
EDDIE THE EAGLE FILM4
6.55PM, Wonderfully Brit-Centric feel-good comedy, based on a true story, with Taron Egerton playing ski jumper Eddie Edwards. Despite being a laughing stock in his own sport, the ultimate under-dog guns for glory at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star. (2016/PG) *****
DUMB AND DUMBER TCM MOVIES
11.10PM, Quite literally no-brainer fun as lovable dunces Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) embark on a hysterical cross-country road trip to Aspen in a bid to return a briefcase to its owner, who left it at the airport terminal. The turbo laxatives scene remains explosively iconic. (1994/12) ****
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN 6.55PM, FILM4
This dieselpunk superhero film, loosely based on the first volume of the comic book series of the same name, stars the late, great Sean Connery. In an alternative world in the Victorian era, a group of famous fantasy, science fiction and adventure characters team up on a secret mission. (2003/12) ***
THE EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS 6PM, FILM4
Ridley Scott brings new life to the story of defiant leader Moses as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrible cycle of deadly plagues. Christian Bale is Moses and the Pharaoh is played by Joel Edgerton. (2014/12) ***
AMERICAN MADE 9PM, FILM4
This highly entertaining action comedy stars Tom Cruise as pilot flying illicit missions transporting contraband for the CIA and drug cartels. Inspired by the life of Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who flew for the CIA and became a drug smuggler for the Medellín cartel in the 80s. To avoid jail time, he became an informant for the DEA. (2017/15) ****