FILM CHOICE

Hot Fuzz

ITV2, 9pm

PC Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is one of the Metropolitan Police’s shining lights. He is so good at his job, he makes the rest of the force seem sluggish. So the Chief Inspector (Bill Nighy) transfers Nicholas to the sleepy West Country backwater of Sandford, where nothing ever happens. “There hasn’t been a recorded murder in Sandford for 20 years,” proudly declares Inspector Frank Butterman (Jim Broadbent). Assisted by Frank’s son, Constable Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), Nicholas meets the locals, and soon discovers that Sandford harbours at least one psychopath. Hot Fuzz is a hugely enjoyable romp in the countryside that handcuffs the loopy plotting of Midsomer Murders to the hysterically overblown action of Lethal Weapon.