Up in the Air

11.30pm-1.15am BBC2

Travelling the US to sack folks in

the kindest way possible, George

Clooney lives out of a suitcase and loves his easy, high-flying lifestyle. But young upstart Anna Kendrick and fellow traveller Vera Farmiga complicate things. Witty, intelligent and supremely entertaining, this offbeat comedy is flawlessly played and, in the end, quite touching. (2009; Cert 15).