CITIZEN KANE

BBC Two, 3.00pm

Orson Welles was 25 when he directed, produced and starred in this spellbinding film, considered by many to be the greatest ever made for its innovations in editing and photography. When an eccentric media mogul (Welles) utters “rosebud” as his last word, a reporter (Joseph Cotten) tries to find out why. The narrative is simply irresistible, and The Magnificent Ambersons follows on Tuesday.

1941, b/w