FILM CHOICES

Brief Encounter, 3pm, BBC2

DAVID LEAN’S enduring romance stars Celia Johnson as the dutiful wife who questions her marriage after conducting a chaste affair with a doctor (Trevor Howard, pictured with Johnson). Emotionally charged viewing that is a time capsule of English life and values.

Pawn Sacrifice, 11.20pm, BBC2

THE story of Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire), the American who took on Russia during the Cold War — at the 1972 World Chess Championship. Fischer was a genius, but one whose mind tormented him as much as it empowered him. Liev Schreiber is his adversary, Boris Spassky.