Tea With Mussolini

( 1999) BBC4, 8pm

Cher (above) rubs shoulders with Dames Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright in Franco Zeffirelli’s comedy drama. A group of eccentric British and American women living in 1930s Florence adopts a local boy, but their happiness is threatened by the looming war. ★★★☆☆