The Beach (2000) BBC One, 10.40pm; NI, 11.10pm; Wales, 11.20pm ★★★

Leonard Dicaprio plays second fiddle to a beach in Danny Boyle’s film. (Thailand’s idyllic Maya Bay was closed to tourists for years because of the negative eco impact of visitors.) The story follows backpackers Richard (Dicaprio), Étienne (Guillaume Canet) and Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) as they explore paradise – but they soon realise it’s less than perfect.