FILM CHOICES

Jagged Edge, 12.10am, BBC1

THE courtroom thriller takes an edgy turn in the hands of Basic Instinct writer Joe Eszterhas. Glenn Close plays a lawyer who defends wealthy widower Jeff Bridges (pictured with Close) on the charge of murdering his socialite wife — and finds herself falling for his charms.

The Guard, 1.20am, Ch4

UPTIGHT FBI agent Don Cheadle and laid-back garda Brendan Gleeson are the mismatched law enforcers working together to tackle drug barons on the west coast of Ireland. John Michael McDonagh’s blackly comic, westernflavoured thriller is philosophical and brusque in equal measure.