FILM CHOICES

While I Was Gone, 3.15pm, Ch5

KIRSTIE ALLEY gets a meaty leading role, even if it is in a TV movie that runs out of power by the end. She’s a bored wife who has memories of her youth reignited by the surprise arrival of an old college friend (Peter Horton). But not all the memories are happy ones, and trouble looms.

White Oleander,, 12.30am,, BBC1

ALISON LOHMAN stars as the 15-yearold girl passed between a variety of carers after her mother is sent to prison for murder. Strong female leads — Michelle Pfeiffer (pictured), Robin Wright Penn and Renée Zellweger — bring this tough but vibrant story, based on Janet Fitch’s bestseller, to life.