TV FILM OF THE WEEK

PROMETHEUS Monday, Film 4, 9pm

Director Ridley Scott returned to the sci-fi genre for the first time in 30 years with this loose prequel to his classic 1979 frightener, Alien. Although it could never hope to live up to the hype which preceded it, this visually arresting thriller still succeeds in terms of bold set-pieces and finely tuned moments of nail-biting suspense. Set in the late 21st Century, it follows an idealistic space crew on a mission to find the aliens who may have created the human race. Inevitably, things go drastically awry. The fine cast includes Idris Elba, Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender.