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° KUNG FU PANDA 2 (2011) *** BBC2, 10.10am Animated comedy sequel. Can martial arts master panda Po defeat an evil peacock with dastardly plans? Voiced by Jack Black and Gary Oldman. ° THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) **** Channel 4, 12.20pm Fantasy adventure. A boy becomes fixated by his granddad’s magic tales, centred on a bold stable-boy battling to save his lost love from a wicked prince. Stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin and Peter Falk. ° OPEN SEASON (2006) *** Channel 5,
2.15pm Animated comedy. Lured into the forest by a mischievous deer, a domesticated grizzly bear is urged by the woodland creatures to summon up his instinctive scariness and see off gun-toting hunters. Stars Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise and Billy Connolly. ° ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (2011) ** Channel 5,
3.55pm Comedy sequel. The warbling rodents desperately look for a way to return to civilisation after they get stranded on a desert island. Stars Jason Lee and Jenny Slate, with the voices of Justin Long and Matthew Gray Gubler. ° NOTTING HILL (1999) **** ITV, 10.20pm
Romantic comedy. Hugh Grant is a very Hugh Grant-like bookshop owner who falls for Julia Roberts’ glamorous Hollywood star, but then has to deal with the downside of dating a celeb. Also stars Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus and Gina McKee.
° PAPILLON (1973) **** BBC2, 11pm Factbased drama. Steve McQueen plays Henri “Papillon” Charriere, sentenced to life for a murder he didn’t commit and determined to escape from maximum-security Devil’s Island, the former leper colony where he’ll otherwise have to see out his days. Also stars Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Zerbe, Don Gordon and George Coulouris. ° LAYER CAKE (2004) *** Channel 5,
11pm Crime thriller. Planning to go straight and start a new life overseas, a cocaine dealer is dealt a serious blow when he’s asked to hunt for a gangster’s addicted daughter, along with a stolen shipment of Ecstasy. Stars Daniel Craig, Michael Gambon, Colm Meaney, Kenneth Cranham and Sienna Miller.