TV FILMS OF THE WEEK

THE ASSISTANT Sunday, Sky Cinema Premiere, 4pm

One of the best films to be released during lockdown, with Julia Garner nominationgrabbingly good as a lowly film company assistant, wretchedly having to cover up the misdeeds of her sexually abusive boss.

SAVING MR BANKS Sunday, BBC1, 10.30pm

Emma Thompson is a cantankerous joy as P.L. Travers, the haughty author who resolutely refuses to let the Walt Disney company get its hands on her literary pride and joy, Mary Poppins. Until she flies to LA and meets Walt (Tom Hanks) himself...

DISOBEDIENCE Tuesday, Film 4, 9pm

Beautiful Ronit (Rachel Weisz) returns from New York to North London’s orthodox Jewish community following the death of her rabbi father. But no one seems very pleased to see her. Discovering why is a slow, rewarding and startlingly sexy process in which co-star Rachel McAdams shines. THE BIG CHILL

Wednesday, Sony Movies Classic, 11.30pm

Seven 30-somethings gather at a South Carolina holiday home following the death of their old college friend. Glenn Close and Jeff Goldblum lead an all-star cast. THE DAMNED UNITED Thursday, BBC4, 9pm Semi-fictionalised account of Brian Clough’s disastrous 44-day reign at Leeds United in 1974. Michael Sheen’s turn as the great man is terrific.

JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL Friday, Sky Cinema Premiere, 11am

The inspired casting of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black is one of the main reasons this reboot of the 1995 original has been such a huge success. Here, Danny DeVito and Danny Glover join the fun as we plunge back into the game, once again in search of a missing jewel.

THE RAILWAY MAN Friday, BBC1, 10.45pm

Colin Firth plays Eric Lomax, the former British PoW famous for surviving the brutal Japanese prison camps and for eventually forgiving, in person, one of his sadistic Japanese guards. Controversially, that’s not quite how things work out in this otherwise well-made British film.