WATCH IT

IF AARDMAN and DreamWorks animation Flushed Away (tomorrow, Channel 4, 1.25pm)

has so far passed you by, do yourself a favour and tune in this weekend.

Uptown rat Roddy (voiced by Hugh Jackman) is flushed down the toilet of the luxurious apartment where he lives and ends up in the London sewers.

There, he meets scavenger rat Rita (Kate Winslet) and clashes with criminal Toad (Ian McKellen).

This high quality computer animated comedy boasts a brilliant script penned by Porridge writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, amongst others, great vocal performances and is a treat for old and young alike.

You dirty rats: Roddy and Rita are caught by the evil Thimblenose Ted and his minion