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14:45pm Cleopatra (PG) 1963

Julius Caesar intervenes in an Egyptian civil war and falls for the country's charismatic queen. Hollywood's tempestuous couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton met on the set of this star-studded historical epic which, taking inflation into account, is the most expensive film ever made.

19:15pm Cheaper By the Dozen (PG) 2003

A large family move to a new town, hoping it'll be the fresh start they need — but nothing goes according to plan, and unlucky dad Steve Martin is soon left to look after the twelve rowdy kids. Threadbare family comedy which pales in comparison to the 1950 original and leaves Martin struggling with the implausible plot and paper-thin jokes.

21:00pm Under Siege (15) 1992

Steven Seagal stars in this slick action blockbuster in the Die Hard vein. Set on board a battleship, the action begins when *********s infiltrate the vessel, determined to steal its arsenal of nuclear weapons. However, they didn't count on resourceful cook Seagal — who, along with a semi-naked stripper (Erika Eleniak), attempts to thwart their plans.

22:55pm Rita, Sue and Bob Too (18) 1987

A bored married man decides the only way to get around his wife's indifferent attitude to *** is to have a fling with the teenage girls who babysit for them. However, it proves to be a risky manoeuvre, and his other half soon gets wind of the trio's saucy liaisons through local gossip.

00:40am Love Me or Leave Me Alone

Against the backdrop of the countryside, a couple try to understand and express their feelings for each other.

00:55am P'Tang Yang Kipperbang (PG) 1982

Touching comedy drama set in 1948, starring John Albasiny as a 14-year-old schoolboy coming to terms with the postwar world and full of romantic longing for his beautiful classmate.

02:25am Strange Little Girls Short film about two teenage girls adrift in an adult world who spend a day shopping, observing passers-by and drinking vodka. Laura Beales and Charlie Kennedy star.

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13:00pm Time Lock (PG) 1957

Largely forgotten suspense thriller, remarkable mainly for featuring a very young Sean Connery in an early role. The plot itself is about a boy who somehow manages to get himself locked in a bank vault. With 63 hours before the device opens, the authorities are left facing a race against time to free the lad before he runs out of air — and suffers a horrible end.

14:20pm Sailor of the King (U) 1953

Gripping World War Two adventure based on a novel by CS Forester, starring Jeffrey Hunter as a dedicated Navy officer who risks life and limb in a single-handed attack on a well-armed German cruiser.

16:00pm The River's Edge (15) 1957

Crime thriller, starring Ray Milland as a bank robber on the run who tracks down his ex-lover and her new husband, and forces them to help him escape across the border to Mexico with his ill-gotten gains.

17:40pm Destination Gobi (U) 1953

A detachment of American military personnel sent to monitor weather conditions in the Mongolian desert come under attack from the Japanese air force, and must team up with local tribesmen to defeat their common enemy.

19:20pm Carry On Up the Khyber (PG) 1968

The gang go to colonial India for this bawdy saga of occupying British forces having trouble with the natives. Tensions mount as the locals discover the soldiers' fearsome reputation is quite undeserved prompting open rebellion.

21:00pm Charlotte Gray (15) 2001

World War Two thriller adapted from Sebastian Faulks' best-selling novel, chronicling the journey of an unassuming woman who becomes a spy and infiltrates occupied France in an effort to locate her pilot lover, who was shot down.

23:20pm My Beautiful Laundrette (15) 1985

An Asian teenager joins forces with a former National Front member to open a trendy laundrette, but as the project develops, so does the boys' relationship leading to mixed feelings and racial tension.

01:10am Honeymoon

Short film about a woman who sets off on her honeymoon, but becomes unsure of her husband's true personality.

01:30am The Ploughman's Lunch (15) 1983

A group of people working in the media find their cynicism grows following the Falklands War.

03:40am Social Call

Jonathan Romney's short film taking an ironic look at fate.

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14:55pm Spellbound (U) 2002

This fascinating do***entary by director Jeffrey Blitz deservedly won international acclaim. It explores the culture surrounding America's national spelling contest, which sees millions of schoolchildren battle it out through endless rounds of the competition, hoping to win the coveted title.

16:55pm The Jungle Book (U) 1942

Classic if rather wooden version of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories about jungle boy Mowgli, who is raised by wolves before returning to his native village as an adolescent to tackle three dastardly thieves out to plunder a lost city.

19:05pm Heaven Can Wait (PG) 1978

Warren Beatty plays a good-natured American Football player who is taken to Heaven prematurely and has to return to Earth in another body.

21:00pm The Gift (15) 2000

A clairvoyant woman's life is turned upside down when her sixth sense allows her to unravel the mystery behind a girl's disappearance. However, a dramatic series of events forces her to wonder whether she's led the police to the right man.

23:05pm The Pillow Book (18) 1995

Ewan McGregor and Vivian Wu star in Peter Greenaway's absorbing drama about a Japanese woman with a fetish for writing on the human body. She despairs when she's forced into a loveless and unfulfilling marriage, but an encounter with an English translator sent to her homeland brings sensuality back into her life in stunning fashion.

01:30am Hallo Panda

An anti-love story about a talking panda who refuses to procreate, and the zoo keeper who tries to help remedy the situation.

02:00am Bodysong (18) 2000

Director Simon Pummell's do***entary following the development of human life, from the moment of conception to the final breath, using amateur footage, classic film clips and photographs to illustrate the journey.

03:35am Dogs Mercury

Short film about a group of disparate characters living in the same neighbourhood who struggle to come to terms with life in all its glory and ugliness.

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14:55pm Destination Gobi (U) 1953

A detachment of American military personnel sent to monitor weather conditions in the Mongolian desert come under attack from the Japanese air force, and must team up with local tribesmen to defeat their common enemy.

16:35pm The Way Ahead (U) 1944

A group of slipshod British Army recruits face a testing time as they undergo a tough training regimen aimed at whipping them into shape to fight in World War Two.

18:55pm Silver Streak (1976)

Gene Wilder is taking a slow restful trip to Chicago on the Silver Streak. Or so he thinks. He's involved in a love affair, a murder, is thrown from the train, wanted by the police, and joins forces with a car thief to reboard the train to save his love.

21:00pm Dogma (15) 1999

Two fallen angels pull out all the stops to worm their way back into Heaven after being banished by God (played by Canadian songstress Alanis Morissette), but their fumbling attempts to prove their worth only lead them even further from salvation. Kevin Smith's controversial comedy fantasy came under fire from religious groups on release, but rises above the furore to stand out as a brilliantly funny piece of satire.

23:25pm ***y Beast (18) 2000

A retired gangster, enjoying the high life in Spain, becomes the target of unwanted attention when a psychotic former partner in crime resolves to enlist his expertise for a major bank robbery.

01:05am Six Shooter

Oscar-winning live action short by Martin McDonagh, in which a widower encounters suicide, a shoot-out and an exploding cow during an eventful train journey with a psychopath.

01:30am The Low Down (18) 2000

Jamie Thraves' directorial debut follows a twentysomething props-maker living in north London, as he struggles to get to grips with his new girlfriend thanks to the intervention of assorted friends and the spectre of his past.

03:15am Perfect

Short drama by photographer Rankin, exposing the sordid truth behind a successful couple's seemingly ideal relationship.

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13:00pm The Private Life of Henry VIII (PG) 1933

Charles Laughton gives an Oscar-winning performance as the 16th-century British monarch whose womanising ways brought him lasting notoriety.

14:55pm Sailor of the King (U) 1953

Gripping World War Two adventure based on a novel by CS Forester, starring Jeffrey Hunter as a dedicated Navy officer who risks life and limb in a single-handed attack on a well-armed German cruiser.

16:45pm The Jungle Book (U) 1942

Classic version of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories about jungle boy Mowgli, who is raised by wolves before returning to his native village as an adolescent to tackle three dastardly thieves out to plunder a lost city.

18:55pm Silver Streak (PG) 1976

An exhausted publisher boards a train from Los Angeles to Chicago in the hope of getting away from the stresses of work only to find himself mixed up in murder, mystery and mayhem.

21:00pm Broken Arrow (15) 1996

Pilot Christian Slater is double-crossed by his veteran partner John Travolta, who plans to extort money from the US government by stealing a top-secret ****er's nuclear warheads and threatening to detonate one of them in a major American city.

23:05pm The Crying Game (18) 1992

Neil Jordan's fascinating Oscar-winning drama caused shock and controversy, and puts viewers through the wringer. Stephen Rea heads the cast, playing an IRA man holding a British soldier *******. The pair form an unlikely bond so when the situation ends in tragedy, the guilt-ridden ********* sets out to find his former prisoner's lover. But romance is soon on the cards, with devastating results.

01:10am The Guides

Short film about a naive tourist who discovers a portal to a distorted world of time and space in a cathedral.

01:25am Croupier (15) 1997

A failed writer takes a job at a casino to support himself and soon becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot to rob his employer, thanks to the attentions of a mysterious woman. Mike Hodges' dark and tangled crime drama was a disaster at the box office when first released in the UK, but after performing rather better in the States, finally received a deserved second chance.

03:10am Monsters

Short film about a child whose violent fantasies take on a life of their own (888)

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13:00pm The Million Pound Note (U) 1954

An eccentric multi-millionaire bets his equally rich brother that, if a man is known to be wealthy, he can get by without ever spending any money, obtaining everything he needs on credit. To put this theory to the test, they give £1million to a penniless seaman, but instruct him never to spend it.

14:50pm The River's Edge (15) 1957

Crime thriller, starring Ray Milland as a bank robber on the run who tracks down his ex-lover and her new husband, and forces them to help him escape across the border to Mexico with his ill-gotten gains. 4

16:35pm A Room with a View (PG) 1986

Helena Bonham Carter plays a naive woman who enjoys a trip to Florence, where the balmy Tuscan countryside and a carefree tourist lead to her ***ual awakening. Like all good things, it soon comes to an end but she struggles to settle back into life at home.

18:55pm Flight of the Phoenix (12) 2004 Premiere.

Dennis Quaid stars in this adventure, a remake of the 1966 film of the same name. He plays the pilot of a plane which crashes in the Gobi desert, leaving all the survivors stranded. But as tensions rise, it becomes clear the threats of starvation and dehydration aren't the only thing they have to worry about.

21:00pm Without a Paddle (12) 2004

Three friends embark on a canoeing trip in honour of a late, lamented pal but their break ends up being far from relaxing, with a perilous river and deranged mountain men conspiring to ensure the experience goes horribly and hilariously wrong. Irritating and tedious comedy, starring Seth Green, Matthew Lillard and Dax Shepard, alongside old hand Burt Reynolds, retreading Deliverance territory (888)

22:50pm Mischief Night (15) 2006 Premiere.
Penny Woolcock's refreshingly realistic comedy drama set in Leeds gives an insight into the racial divisions that exist within contemporary Britain. Kelli Hollis stars as Tina, a single parent living on a culturally diverse housing estate where tensions and revelations bubble to the surface in the lead up to Mischief Night.

00:50am Soft

Short film about a father who is revealed as a coward when he falls foul of bullies.

01:05am The Principles of Lust (18) 2003
Aspiring artist Alec Newman is faced with a dilemma when he's forced to choose between a normal family life with his girlfriend and her son, or a hedonistic whirl of ***, drugs and rock 'n' roll with risk-taking friend Marc Warren.

03:10am Two Bacardis and Coke

Short film about two teenage girls desperately trying to buy a drink on the eve of the Millennium

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14:55pm Green for Danger (PG) 1946

Side-splitting, classic comedy thriller set in a rural English emergency hospital during World War Two. The remarkable Alastair Sim stars as a Scotland Yard inspector investigating a series of bizarre murders in the operating theatre and he soon formulates a complex and cunning plan to reveal which of the suspects is actually the ruthless killer.

16:45pm Operation Amsterdam (PG) 1958

A stiff-upper-lipped British Army officer engages in a spot of larceny, but it's all to aid the war effort. Ordered to Amsterdam, he joins forces with two cunning Dutchmen and steals a secret cache of diamonds from a bank vault, thus preventing them falling into the hands of the Nazis. But German soldiers look set to thwart the plan.

18:55pm Gallipoli (PG) 1981

Patriotic Australians Mel Gibson and Mark Lee join the Anzac Army to fight during World War One, but soon find their youthful idealism eroded by the harsh reality of the conflict.

21:00pm The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (15) 1991

Leslie Nielsen returns as disaster-prone police detective Frank Drebin. The blundering cop discovers a secret conspiracy to kidnap a renowned solar energy expert and replace him with an imposter. As he sets out to bring the perpetrators to justice, he is unexpectedly reunited with an old flame.

22:35pm Jackass: The Movie (18) 2002

Johnny Knoxville and his gang of daredevil cohorts bring the daft, dumb and hilarious MTV series to the big screen. As usual, they perform a variety of weird and wonderful stunts, including crawling across dozens of mousetraps while wearing rodent make-up, and being rolled down bowling lanes on skateboards.

00:15am The End of the Affair (15) 1999

An accidental meeting between a jilted lover and the husband of his former flame leads to tragedy when long-buried feelings are unearthed and love turns to obsession.

02:10am Slums of Beverly Hills (15) 1998

Comedy following the antics of an eccentric family struggling to cope with the arrival of a glamorous relative, as seen through the eyes of a teenager wrestling with the difficulties of puberty.

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16:35pm The Satan Bug (PG) 1965

Suspense thriller about the race against time to find an eccentric millionaire who has stolen a deadly virus from a government laboratory. He's become increasingly unhinged thanks to man's meddling with nature but his desperate act threatens to bring about the end of life on Earth.

18:55pm Silver Streak (PG) 1976

An exhausted publisher boards a train from Los Angeles to Chicago in the hope of getting away from the stresses of work only to find himself mixed up in murder, mystery and mayhem.

21:00pm K-Pax (12) 2001

Kevin Spacey is committed to an asylum where psychiatrist Jeff Bridges attempts to deal with his mental state, trying to get to the root of the wild claims that he's a visitor from another planet on a research mission. However, the mystery man appears to have a bizarre effect on all those around him, prompting the doctor to reassess everything he believes in.

23:15pm Rounders (15) 1998

A young poker player gives up gambling when he loses all his savings to a brutal Russian club owner, turning his attention to studying law. However, when an old friend is released from prison with substantial debts to worry about, he is persuaded to return to the game.

01:25am Bats (15) 1999

Genetically engineered mutated bats escape from a shady research facility and start terrorising the residents of a small Texas town. Fortunately a local wildlife expert and her assistant are on hand to help battle the mammalian menace. But the creatures are blessed with heightened intelligence and aggression, so their task won't be easy.

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16:35pm The Way Ahead (U) 1944

A group of British Army recruits face a testing time as they undergo a tough training regimen aimed at whipping them into shape to fight in World War Two. Stirring do***entary-style drama originally intended as a training film, and full of flag-waving patriotism as a result.

18:55pm That Thing You Do! (PG) 1996

A small-town beat combo become overnight sensations with their debut record but their sudden success looks to be a one-off, leaving them struggling to find a way of repeating the formula.

21:00pm Broken Arrow (15) 1996

Pilot Christian Slater is double-crossed by his veteran partner John Travolta, who plans to extort money from the US government by stealing a top-secret ****er's nuclear warheads and threatening to detonate one of them in a major American city.

23:05pm Mischief Night (15) 2006

Comedy drama set in Leeds gives an insight into the racial divisions that exist within contemporary Britain. Kelli Hollis stars as Tina, a single parent living on a culturally diverse housing estate where tensions and revelations bubble to the surface in the lead up to Mischief Night.

01:05am Angela's Ashes (15) 1999

Director Alan Parker's stark adaptation of Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoirs, recounting his experiences of growing up in poverty-stricken Limerick with his alcoholic father Malachy and desperate mother Angela.

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13:00pm Days of Heaven (PG) 1978

Terrence Malick's acclaimed period drama, set in the early 20th century, stars Richard Gere as a labourer named Bill who goes on the run with his young sister Linda and girlfriend Abby. the group settle in Texas, where the two adults begin working on a wealthy but ailing farmer's ranch. They soon discover their new employer has developed feelings for Abby, believing her to be Bill's sibling rather than partner. Recognising a chance to escape their life of poverty, Bill encourages Abby to marry the dying man, little realising it will result in a jealous love triangle.

14:55pm The Private Life of Henry VIII (PG) 1933

Charles Laughton gives an Oscar-winning performance as the 16th-century British monarch whose womanising ways brought him lasting notoriety.

16:45pm Operation Amsterdam (PG) 1958

A stiff-upper-lipped British Army officer engages in a spot of larceny, but it's all to aid the war effort. Ordered to Amsterdam, he joins forces with two cunning Dutchmen and steals a secret cache of diamonds from a bank vault, thus preventing them falling into the hands of the Nazis. But German soldiers look set to thwart the plan.

18:55pm Flight of the Phoenix (12) 2004

Dennis Quaid stars in this adventure, a remake of the 1966 film of the same name. He plays the pilot of a plane which crashes in the Gobi desert, leaving all the survivors stranded. But as tensions rise, it becomes clear the threats of starvation and dehydration aren't the only thing they have to worry about.

21:00pm GI Jane (15) 1997

Laughable military adventure, starring Demi Moore as a US Army lieutenant who makes history by becoming the first woman to join the elite Navy Seals fighting unit. Barked at by the no-nonsense platoon sergeant and laughed at by her fellow trainees, she soon realises that her call-up is nothing more than a publicity stunt so she decides to prove her true worth by shaving off all her hair and demanding equal treatment.

23:30pm The Madness of King George (PG) 1994

Acclaimed drama, based on Alan Bennett's successful stage play The Madness of George III. Nigel Hawthorne won a well-deserved Bafta for his superb performance as the 18th-century monarch whose unbalanced behaviour almost cost him his power and position, with Helen Mirren as his loyal wife, ****** Everett as the scheming prince of Wales and Amanda Donohoe as the subject of the king's desires.

01:35am She's the One (15) 1996

Comedy about the romantic entanglements of two brothers whose yearning for love and happiness sets them on a collision course.

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15:05pm Lost (PG) 1955

Offbeat do***entary-style drama charting the effects of a baby's abduction on members of the kidnap gang, the police and the Press plus, of course, the youngster's frantic parents. As the investigation into the child's disappearance gets under way, clues are in short supply leaving officers desperately hoping for the break which will help them find the villains and save the victim.

16:55pm The History of Mr Polly (U) 1949

Wonderful, sparkling period comedy about a timid Victorian draper's assistant who's forced by to re-evaluate his life by his irritating wife. He finally makes the momentous decision to strike out on his own, but his grand adventure suffers a few false starts. When he does look set to finally get going, he struggles to leave the past behind.

18:55pm Gallipoli (PG) 1981

Patriotic Australians Mel Gibson and Mark Lee join the Anzac Army to fight during World War One, but soon find their youthful idealism eroded by the harsh reality of the conflict. Peter Weir's harrowing drama which patiently explores the soldier's lives before they head off to the Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey, creating a powerful anti-war message and exploring the nature of friendship.

21:00pm Without a Paddle (12) 2004

Three friends embark on a canoeing trip in honour of a late, lamented pal but their break ends up being far from relaxing, with a perilous river and deranged mountain men conspiring to ensure the experience goes horribly and hilariously wrong.

22:50pm Southern Comfort (18) 1981

Director Walter Hill's tense thriller makes for difficult viewing, but it's well worth the effort. It follows the journey of a team of gung-ho National Guardsmen who become lost while making their way through the Louisiana swamps and end up having to battle beleaguered Cajuns determined to get rid of them at any cost.

00:50am Innocence (15) 2004 Premiere.

Lucile Hadzihalilovic's surreal drama is set in an isolated boarding school for girls. Each new pupil arrives at the educational facility in a coffin, where they are forbidden from leaving the premises and given a place in the establishment's hierarchy based on the colour of the ribbon in their hair.

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13:00pm The Kidnappers (U) 1953

Two orphaned boys living with their strict grandfather in Nova Scotia are disappointed by his refusal to allow them to keep a dog. However, their loneliness is alleviated when they discover a baby apparently abandoned in woodlands and decide to raise the child themselves.

14:55pm I Could Go On Singing (U) 1963

Judy Garland gives her final leading performance in this musical drama as a famous American singer who returns to England with the intention of reclaiming her illegitimate son, now living with his father. Sadly, off-screen problems took their toll on the production, making it an uneven, although interesting, affair.

16:50pm Black Narcissus (U) 1947

Five British nuns establish a school and hospital on a remote mountainside in the Himalayas, where loneliness, isolation and frustration soon take their toll.

18:55pm The Straight Story (U) 1999

An ageing man embarks on a bizarre cross-country journey to visit his estranged brother, hoping to heal the rift between them before it's too late. Though his eyesight leaves much to be desired, he carries on regardless choosing a motorised lawnmower as his form of transport.

21:00pm Courage Under Fire (15) 1996

Meg Ryan stars in this promising but ultimately rather predictable drama about a female helicopter pilot killed in the 1990 Gulf War. Denzel Washington plays the American military official who investigates her death to decide whether she deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor in the process coming to terms with a tragic blunder he made during the conflict.

23:15pm Urban Legend (18) 1998

A group of intrepid students investigate a spate of killings at college, convinced the bogeyman from a local legend has come to life to wreak havoc among their classmates, as he picks off victims in increasingly grisly fashion.

01:10am She's the One (15) 1996

Comedy about the romantic entanglements of two brothers whose yearning for love and happiness sets them on a collision course.

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13:00pm The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (U) 1939

Vintage British thriller which has won a cult following over the years, starring Leslie Banks as a dedicated Scotland Yard inspector investigating the murder of an amateur footballer during a charity soccer match.

14:40pm Picnic at Hanging Rock (PG) 1975

Acclaimed director Peter Weir's beautiful and atmospheric period mystery about the disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher during a trip to the Australian landmark on Valentine's Day, 1900. T

16:55pm Kidnapped (U) 1971

Thoroughly entertaining adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel set during the Jacobite Revolution, starring Lawrence Douglas as a naive young man who is cheated out of his inheritance by his conniving uncle, abducted and taken aboard a slave ship, where he forms an alliance with a fearsome rebel.

18:55pm The Madness of King George (PG) 1994

Acclaimed drama, based on Alan Bennett's successful stage play The Madness of George III. Nigel Hawthorne won a well-deserved Bafta for his superb performance as the 18th-century monarch whose unbalanced behaviour almost cost him his power and position, with Helen Mirren as his loyal wife, ****** Everett as the scheming prince of Wales and Amanda Donohoe as the subject of the king's desires.

21:00pm Gladiator (15) 2000

Director Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning drama, starring Russell Crowe as a betrayed Roman general who wins acclaim as a gladiator in the Colosseum. He never loses sight of his prime goal to exact revenge on the emperor who ordered the murder of his wife and son. J

23:55pm The Grifters (18) 1990

Scheming moll Anjelica Huston, her estranged small-time con-man son John Cusack and his devious girlfriend Annette Bening become embroiled in a double-dealing crime spree, delving into the seedy underbelly of the gangland world.

02:00am Reality Bites (15) 1994

Drama detailing the exploits of graduates struggling to cope with life after college. Would-be film-maker Winona Ryder thinks winning the heart of a cable TV executive will bring her instant success, but friend Ethan Hawke is not so sure, partly because he loves her himself.

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13:00pm Days of Heaven (PG) 1978

Terrence Malick's acclaimed period drama, set in the early 20th century, stars Richard Gere as a labourer named Bill who goes on the run with his young sister Linda and girlfriend Abby. the group settle in Texas, where the two adults begin working on a wealthy but ailing farmer's ranch. They soon discover their new employer has developed feelings for Abby, believing her to be Bill's sibling rather than partner. Recognising a chance to escape their life of poverty, Bill encourages Abby to marry the dying man, little realising it will result in a jealous love triangle.

14:55pm The Gentle *** (U) 1943

Seven girls from vastly different backgrounds are brought together when they volunteer to join the Army but the social gulfs between them cause all manner of home-grown conflict.

16:45pm Seance on a Wet Afternoon (PG) 1964

Bryan Forbes' brooding psychological drama about a publicity-hungry medium who plots a bizarre kidnapping, intending to “solve” it by ESP and win acclaim for her psychic powers.

18:55pm Dancing at Lughnasa (PG) 1998

Slow-paced drama adaptated from the acclaimed stage play, chronicling the lives of five unmarried sisters in Thirties Ireland, whose world is turned upside down by the arrival of their missionary brother.

20:40pm American Gangster

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21:00pm GI Jane (15) 1997

Military adventure, starring Demi Moore as a US Army lieutenant who makes history by becoming the first woman to join the elite Navy Seals fighting unit. Barked at by the no-nonsense platoon sergeant and laughed at by her fellow trainees, she soon realises that her call-up is nothing more than a publicity stunt so she decides to prove her true worth by shaving off all her hair and demanding equal treatment.

23:25pm ***** Up Your Ears (18) 1987

Gary Oldman gives an incredibly powerful performance in this energetic biopic of celebrated Sixties playwright Joe Orton, which concentrates on his turbulent relationship with lover, early collaborator and eventual murderer Kenneth Halliwell.

01:30am Innocence (15) 2004

Lucile Hadzihalilovic's surreal drama is set in an isolated boarding school for girls. Each new pupil arrives at the educational facility in a coffin, where they are forbidden from leaving the premises and given a place in the establishment's hierarchy based on the colour of the ribbon in their hair.

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13:00pm The History of Mr Polly (U) 1949

Period comedy about a timid Victorian draper's assistant who's forced by to re-evaluate his life by his irritating wife. He finally makes the momentous decision to strike out on his own, but his grand adventure suffers a few false starts. When he does look set to finally get going, he struggles to leave the past behind.

14:45pm Very Important Person (U) 1961

A stuck-up Allied scientist lands in a concentration camp during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. His bizarre attitude and a series of misunderstandings soon earn him the enmity of his fellow inmates, who suspect he's a spy but luckily a plucky British officer vows to launch a rescue effort.

16:35pm Genevieve (U) 1953

A pair of rival motoring enthusiasts engage in a friendly race on the way back from the London-to-Brighton veteran car rally. But their light-hearted attitude turns into heated competition as they approach the finishing line, with their friendship seemingly doomed while their long-suffering other halves have to contend with their obsession.

18:35pm A River Runs Through It (PG) 1992

Emotional drama about two very different brothers, brought up in a strict religious household and united only by a shared enthusiasm for fishing, who find their uneasy relationship cut short by tragedy.

21:00pm The Manchurian Candidate (15) 2004

A Gulf War veteran struggles with nightmares and vows to get to the root of the problem, convinced something strange happened to him and his comrades but it soon becomes clear that powerful, shadowy figures don't want him probing too deeply.

23:35pm Rounders (15) 1998

A young poker player gives up gambling when he loses all his savings to a brutal Russian club owner, turning his attention to studying law. However, when an old friend is released from prison with substantial debts to worry about, he is persuaded to return to the game.

01:45am Cabaret Balkan (18) 1998

Goran Paskaljevic's expertly crafted series of vignettes adapted from Dejan Dukovski's play, set in Belgrade during the course of a cold winter's night, as taxi drivers, policemen and shady dealers drink, chat and fall out.

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16:50pm The Adventurers (PG) 1950

Slow-moving turn-of-the-century adventure set in the stunning mountain ranges of South Africa, about a group of mismatched soldiers searching for a cache of diamonds stolen during the Boer War. As their obvious distrust comes to the surface, the search for riches becomes a tense and deadly affair.

18:25pm Sleuth Special

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18:45pm Tea with Mussolini (PG) 1999

A group of eccentric and outspoken women living in Florence during the tense pre-war years of the 1930s experience the ups and downs of parenthood when they decide to adopt a local lad disowned by his father. However, as international hostilities break out, their happy existence comes under threat.

21:00pm Alien (18) 1979

The crew of a cargo spacecraft inadvertently pick up a malevolent, seemingly indestructible life-form which slaughters them one by one.

23:15pm American Gangster Special

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23:35pm LA Confidential (18) 1997

Guy Pearce stars as an ambitious but cowardly detective, who must team up with his arch-enemy, courageous and thuggish cop Russell Crowe, to solve a tough murder case which threatens to expose corruption in the highest echelons of LA's police force.

02:20am Bats (15) 1999

Genetically engineered mutated bats escape from a shady research facility and start terrorising the residents of a small Texas town. Fortunately a local wildlife expert and her assistant are on hand to help battle the mammalian menace. But the creatures are blessed with heightened intelligence and aggression, so their task won't be easy.

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13:00pm The Wicked Lady (PG) 1945

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and decides to seek a little excitement turning to highway robbery and murder to spice up her life, as well as getting romantically involved with a caddish crook.

15:00pm Kidnapped (U) 1971

Thoroughly entertaining adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel set during the Jacobite Revolution, starring Lawrence Douglas as a naive young man who is cheated out of his inheritance by his conniving uncle, abducted and taken aboard a slave ship, where he forms an alliance with a fearsome rebel.

17:00pm Black Narcissus (U) 1947

Five British nuns establish a school and hospital on a remote mountainside in the Himalayas, where loneliness, isolation and frustration soon take their toll.

18:55pm Porridge (PG) 1979

Comedy spin-off from the TV series, in which cellmates Fletcher and Godber are coerced into aiding an escape attempt organised by the sinister Grouty (Peter Vaughan). However, they end up struggling to break back in before their absence is detected.

20:40pm American Gangster Special

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21:00pm Out of Time (12) 2003

A cop's less-than-squeaky-clean activities catch up with him, leaving him on the wrong side of the law as the prime suspect in a murder investigation and facing a race against the clock to prove his innocence.

23:00pm The Machinist (15) 2004 Premiere.

Unnerving thriller, starring an emaciated Christian Bale as a factory worker suffering from chronic insomnia who hasn't slept in over a year. When his fatigue causes a tragic accident, his co-workers turn against him, while a series of strange messages around his flat plunge him into intense paranoia. He becomes convinced that the key to the bizarre events surrounding him is a mysterious co-worker but nobody else believes he exists.

01:00am Jean de Florette (PG) 1986

Farmer Cesar accidentally kills one of his neighbours and becomes determined to get his hands on the dead man's land for the valuable natural spring it contains. However, a city dweller and his daughter inherit the property, so the covetous Cesar and his nephew concoct a cruel scheme to ruin the newcomer.

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13:00pm The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (U) 1939

Vintage British thriller which has won a cult following over the years, starring Leslie Banks as a dedicated Scotland Yard inspector investigating the murder of an amateur footballer during a charity soccer match.

14:40pm The Gentle *** (U) 1943

Seven girls from vastly different backgrounds are brought together when they volunteer to join the Army but the social gulfs between them cause all manner of home-grown conflict.

16:25pm Henry V (PG) 1944

Laurence Olivier directs and stars in this stylised, Oscar-winning version of Shakespeare's historical drama chronicling the English king's attempts to win the French crown on the battlefield of Agincourt.

19:00pm The First Wives Club (PG) 1996

Polished comedy, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton as middle-aged women dumped by their husbands in favour of younger girls, prompting them to plot humiliating forms of revenge.

21:00pm Gladiator (15) 2000

Director Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning drama, starring Russell Crowe as a betrayed Roman general who wins acclaim as a gladiator in the Colosseum. He never loses sight of his prime goal to exact revenge on the emperor who ordered the murder of his wife and son.

23:55pm Palindromes (15) 2004

Surreal drama, featuring eight diverse actresses in the role of Aviva a teenage girl obsessed with becoming pregnant. When her mother forces her to have an abortion she runs away from home, and encounters a collection of increasingly dubious characters during her travels.

01:50am Manon des Sources (PG) 1986

French drama about an isolated shepherdess who is horrified to learn the truth behind her father's death and ruthlessly seeks revenge on those responsible. However, her actions lead inevitably to tragedy.

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13:00pm The Undercover Man (PG) 1949

An investigator for the treasury department is assigned the case of a notorious crime boss, who has evaded every charge against him but might just be brought down if he can be found guilty of tax evasion. However, the gangster's henchman are determined to kill anyone who might provide evidence that could put their boss behind bars. Entertaining thriller, based loosely on the battle to bring Al Capone to justice.

14:40pm Picnic at Hanging Rock (PG) 1975

Acclaimed director Peter Weir's beautiful and atmospheric period mystery about the disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher during a trip to the Australian landmark on Valentine's Day, 1900.

16:55pm The Thief of Bagdad (U) 1940
Alexander Korda's unmissable Oscar-winning Arabian Nights adventure, starring Sabu in the title role of the thief who finds himself imprisoned with the deposed king. Together, the pair come up with a plan to escape and reclaim the throne in the name of the rightful monarch with a little help from flying carpets, a genie, a magical jewel and an enchanted mechanical horse.

19:15pm The Woodlanders (U) 1997

Sawmill owner's daughter Emily Woof is forced to marry a wealthy doctor despite her love for a humble woodsman. Former do***entary-maker Phil Agland turned his hand to fiction for this adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel, but it's hardly convincing, let down by poor performances and a pace that lets scenes drag on for far too long.

21:00pm House of Flying Daggers (15) 2004

Two lawmen are sent to find the head of a rebel group, which threatens to destroy the Tang dynasty's tenuous grip on power. Their search takes them to a beautiful blind dancer, who they hope will lead them to the mysterious and influential figure but matters soon take a complicated turn.

23:10pm 8mm (18) 1999

Surveillance expert Nicolas Cage is dragged into a seedy world of murder and deception when hired to investigate a suspicious movie found among the possessions of a dead man. The film seems to contain scenes of a real-life killing but appearances can be deceptive.

01:35am ***** Up Your Ears (18) 1987

Gary Oldman gives an incredibly powerful performance in this energetic biopic of celebrated Sixties playwright Joe Orton, which concentrates on his turbulent relationship with lover, early collaborator and eventual murderer Kenneth Halliwell.

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13:00pm The Wicked Lady (PG) 1945

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and decides to seek a little excitement turning to highway robbery and murder to spice up her life, as well as getting romantically involved with a caddish crook.

15:00pm The Man in the Iron Mask (PG) 1977

A mysterious prisoner proves key player to the future of 17th-century France. Hugely enjoyable swashbuckling adventure, starring Richard Chamberlain in a dual role as both the masked captive and the despotic French King.

17:00pm The Divorce of Lady X (PG) 1938

A staid lawyer is coerced into sharing a hotel room with a mysterious woman after she becomes stranded due to bad weather. However, he finds himself fascinated by her aura of elusiveness, which piques his curiosity. Events take an unexpected turn when an old friend arrives at the legal expert's office to arrange a divorce, prompting him to jump to entirely the wrong conclusion.

18:40pm American Gangster Special

Preview of Ridley Scott's forthcoming fact-based crime thriller, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe

19:00pm Project X (PG) 1987

A military airman is assigned to work at a secret establishment where chimpanzees are supposedly being trained to operate flight test simulators but when he discovers the true nature of the research, he resolves to set them free.

21:00pm Alfie (15) 2004

A silver-tongued chauffeur employs his natural charm to enjoy a string of casual liaisons with a host of different women but as he tires of his bed-hopping antics, he struggles to work out what's missing from his life. Comedy drama, an ineffectual and largely pointless remake of the 1966 hit, with Jude Law vainly struggling to fill Michael Caine's sizeable shoes.

23:00pm Sleuth Special

Michael Caine and Jude Law discuss their roles in the forthcoming remake of the 1970s mystery

23:20pm The Long Good Friday (18) 1980

A ruthless London crime lord tries to extend his dockland empire by exploring business opportunities in America. When his organisation is the target of a series of ****ings, he discovers a mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his territory, and resorts to increasingly brutal methods to expose the culprits.

01:30am Stealing Beauty (15) 1995

An American teenager visits Tuscany for the summer, hoping to discover her father's true identity with only her dead mother's diary for help and ends up falling in love for the first time. Acclaimed Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci's lavish and elegant coming-of-age drama, which shot Liv Tyler to international fame.

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13:00pm They All Kissed the Bride (U) 1942

A successful female executive falls for a dashing writer, unaware of his plans to expose alleged unfair working practices at her company.

14:40pm The Way Ahead (U) 1944

A group of slipshod British Army recruits face a testing time as they undergo a tough training regimen aimed at whipping them into shape to fight in World War Two.

16:50pm The Children's Hour (12) 1961

Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine star in this candid drama about the serious repercussions of a spoilt schoolgirl's malicious gossip about her female teachers' ***uality. This daring remake remained loyal to the themes of the once controversial play of the same name, following a previous toned-down adaptation, and admirably deals with lesbianism, a topic still deemed risque in the 1960s.

19:00pm The First Wives Club (PG) 1996

Comedy, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton as middle-aged women dumped by their husbands in favour of younger girls, prompting them to plot humiliating forms of revenge.

21:00pm The Talented Mr Ripley (15) 1999

Matt Damon gets a chance to flex his acting muscles in this excellent crime thriller. He stars as a man with a talent for deception who agrees to travel to Italy and persuade a businessman's son to return home. Before long he develops a taste for the high life, and decides to get in on the action first by befriending the rich and beautiful people, and then by more drastic measures.

23:40pm The Machinist (15) 2004

Unnerving thriller, starring an emaciated Christian Bale as a factory worker suffering from chronic insomnia who hasn't slept in over a year. When his fatigue causes a tragic accident, his co-workers turn against him, while a series of strange messages around his flat plunge him into intense paranoia. He becomes convinced that the key to the bizarre events surrounding him is a mysterious co-worker but nobody else believes he exists. Bale shed over a third of his body weight to play the tormented protagonist.

01:40am Bob le Flambeur (PG) 1955

A down-on-his-luck gambler plans an audacious robbery at a casino but doesn't count on a string of double-crosses and mysterious beauties complicating matters.

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13:00pm The Whole Town's Talking (U) 1934

Edward G Robinson plays two roles in this crime comedy about Arthur Jones, a timid clerk who bears an uncanny resemblance to notorious gangster “Killer' Mannion. When Jones is mistaken for the crook and arrested, he manages to convince the cops of his identity and is issued a special do***ent proving who he is. But when Mannion finds out, he plans to steal the do***ent and use it as the perfect cover for his criminal activities.

14:45pm The Kidnappers (U) 1953

Two orphaned boys living with their strict grandfather in Nova Scotia are disappointed by his refusal to allow them to keep a dog. However, their loneliness is alleviated when they discover a baby apparently abandoned in woodlands and decide to raise the child themselves.

16:40pm Henry V (PG) 1944

Laurence Olivier directs and stars in this stylised, Oscar-winning version of Shakespeare's historical drama chronicling the English king's attempts to win the French crown on the battlefield of Agincourt.

19:15pm Porridge (PG) 1979

Comedy spin-off from the TV series, in which cellmates Fletcher and Godber are coerced into aiding an escape attempt organised by the sinister Grouty (Peter Vaughan). However, they end up struggling to break back in before their absence is detected.

21:00pm My Cousin Vinny (15) 1992

A man is arrested on a murder charge through a series of damning coincidental cir***stances, then finds he can't stop his inept lawyer cousin from attempting to defend him.

23:15pm Sleuth Special

Michael Caine and Jude Law discuss their roles in the forthcoming remake of the 1970s mystery

23:35pm Blow Out (18) 1981

A sound-effects expert lands in trouble after witnessing an accident which leaves a prominent politician dead. He soon realises the crash might have been engineered, and that what he saw and recorded may have been murder. But as he probes deeper, it becomes clear he's placed his own life on the line.

01:40am Le Doulos (15) 1962

Brooding French gangster drama following a criminal who resumes an underworld career after his release from prison, murdering an old friend and planning a robbery. However, when the police interrupt his attempted heist and he is shot and wounded, he begins to suspect someone has informed on him.

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13:00pm Freedom Radio (PG) 1941

Wartime melodrama about a Viennese doctor's reaction to the Nazi regime. At first, he attempts to maintain business as usual and ignore the increasing brutality around him. However, events take a sickening turn when his wife begins wholeheartedly espousing Hitler's views prompting him to start broadcasting Allied propaganda from a secret transmitter.

14:45pm The Thief of Bagdad (U) 1940

Alexander Korda's unmissable Oscar-winning Arabian Nights adventure, starring Sabu in the title role of the thief who finds himself imprisoned with the deposed king. Together, the pair come up with a plan to escape and reclaim the throne in the name of the rightful monarch with a little help from flying carpets, a genie, a magical jewel and an enchanted mechanical horse.

16:45pm A Shot in the Dark (PG) 1964

Accident-prone Inspector Clouseau attempts to prove a French maid is innocent of murder but struggles to keep his mind on the job in hand as her charms threaten to be too much for him. Hilarious comedy bursting with slapstick moments which should provide belly laughs aplenty. Peter

18:40pm Sleuth Special

Michael Caine and Jude Law discuss their roles in the forthcoming remake of the 1970s mystery

19:00pm Project X (PG) 1987

A military airman is assigned to work at a secret establishment where chimpanzees are supposedly being trained to operate flight test simulators but when he discovers the true nature of the research, he resolves to set them free.

21:00pm House of Flying Daggers (15) 2004

Two lawmen are sent to find the head of a rebel group, which threatens to destroy the Tang dynasty's tenuous grip on power. Their search takes them to a beautiful blind dancer, who they hope will lead them to the mysterious and influential figure but matters soon take a complicated turn.

23:10pm I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (18) 1998

The survivor of the original slasher movie sets off for a holiday in the Bahamas but as soon as she arrives, her arch-enemy returns from the dead, forcing her into a desperate battle for survival. Dastardly horror sequel, desperately trying to recreate the scares of genre masterpieces, but failing miserably.

01:05am Army in the Shadows (12) 1969

World War Two drama about a leader of the French resistance, who is betrayed by a colleague and taken to a German prison camp. However, he manages to escape his confinement and returns to his home town of Marseilles to track down the man who turned him in to the Nazis.

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13:00pm The Vicious Circle (U) 1957

A surgeon is horrified to find an actress has been murdered in his home, and calls the police. However, they soon discover the murder weapon in his car, leaving the finger of suspicion pointing straight at him. A desperate race against time ensues, as the doctor tries to clear his name and find the real killer.

14:35pm Terror in a Texas Town (PG) 1958

Sterling Hayden gives a powerful performance in this classic Western, playing an embittered Scandinavian seaman out to avenge the murder of his farmer father, who was killed after refusing to bow to the demands of a ruthless land baron. Mean, moody and magnificent, this offering is definitely one to tune in for.

16:05pm The Undercover Man (PG) 1949

An investigator for the treasury department is assigned the case of a notorious crime boss, who has evaded every charge against him but might just be brought down if he can be found guilty of tax evasion. However, the gangster's henchman are determined to kill anyone who might provide evidence that could put their boss behind bars. Entertaining thriller, based loosely on the battle to bring Al Capone to justice.

17:40pm The Desperadoes (U) 1943

When the bank in a small Utah town is robbed, a reformed outlaw travelling through the area is the prime suspect, and ends up behind bars. However, the local sheriff is convinced the former bandit really has changed his ways, so breaks him out of prison to help track down the real culprits.

19:20pm Addams Family Values (PG) 1993

Comedy sequel to the 1991 smash-hit movie, based on the Sixties TV series. Morticia and Gomez (Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia), the spooky spouses who treat life as one long scream, make the mistake of hiring a new nanny to protect the latest addition to the weirdest family in town from his sinister siblings Wednesday and Pugsly but the seemingly perfect childcarer rather surprisingly turns out to be serial killer who takes an unhealthy interest in Uncle Fester.

21:00pm Elektra (12) 2005

Jennifer Garner reprises her role from Daredevil as the martial arts expert, who returns from the dead to embark on a new career as a hit-woman. However, her conscience gets in the way when she's asked to kill a father and daughter, and she's hurled into a race to save their lives and her own from a secret society of mystically-powered ninjas.

22:45pm The Green Mile (18) 1999

An 8ft-tall convicted murderer arrives on death row, where the guards are stunned to learn he's scared of the dark and can apparently perform miracles. His extraordinary ability to heal makes many of the staff doubt his guilt, but emotions run high as they realise there's no overturning the sentence.

02:10am Run Lola Run (15) 1999

Tom Tykwer's brilliant, innovative crime drama which offers three possible scenarios and outcomes as a woman and her boyfriend race against time to pay a drug pusher who also deals in death.

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13:00pm The Divorce of Lady X (PG) 1938

A staid lawyer is coerced into sharing a hotel room with a mysterious woman after she becomes stranded due to bad weather. However, he finds himself fascinated by her aura of elusiveness, which piques his curiosity. Events take an unexpected turn when an old friend arrives at the legal expert's office to arrange a divorce, prompting him to jump to entirely the wrong conclusion.

14:45pm Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (PG) 1968

Three veteran soldiers plan to visit Italy for an Army reunion, unwittingly spelling trouble for a single mother who has been claiming child support from each of them since World War Two, while telling friends and neighbours that her son's father was killed in action.

17:00pm The Man in the Iron Mask (PG) 1977

A mysterious prisoner proves key player to the future of 17th-century France. Hugely enjoyable swashbuckling adventure, starring Richard Chamberlain in a dual role as both the masked captive and the despotic French King.

19:05pm Congo (12) 1995

An expedition sent into the jungles of Zaire in search of King Solomon's diamond mines disappears without trace. The tycoon behind the mission sends his assistant, a former CIA agent, to discover what became of them. Travelling with a group of explorers, she discovers the previous party have met with a grisly fate at the hands of a horde of intelligent bloodthirsty apes.

21:00pm Alfie (15) 2004

A silver-tongued chauffeur employs his natural charm to enjoy a string of casual liaisons with a host of different women but as he tires of his bed-hopping antics, he struggles to work out what's missing from his life.

23:00pm Sleuth Special

Michael Caine and Jude Law discuss their roles in the forthcoming remake of the 1970s mystery

23:20pm Serial Mom (18) 1994

Superior black comedy, with Kathleen Turner giving a hilarious star turn as an all-American housewife, who takes protecting her family to extreme measures. In between keeping a perfect home and raising the children, she takes to tormenting and bumping off all those who can't live up to her high standards, often dispatching them in extremely gruesome ways.

01:05am Le Cercle Rouge (PG) 1970

A thief is released from prison on the same day a murderer escapes from custody. The two criminals join forces to carry out a jewel heist, but have to contend with a mob boss out for revenge and a detective who forces a nightclub owner to help him set a trap for them.

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13:00pm The Kidnappers (U) 1953

Two orphaned boys living with their strict grandfather in Nova Scotia are disappointed by his refusal to allow them to keep a dog. However, their loneliness is alleviated when they discover a baby apparently abandoned in woodlands and decide to raise the child themselves.

14:45pm Freedom Radio (PG) 1941

Wartime melodrama about a Viennese doctor's reaction to the Nazi regime. At first, he attempts to maintain business as usual and ignore the increasing brutality around him. However, events take a sickening turn when his wife begins wholeheartedly espousing Hitler's views prompting him to start broadcasting Allied propaganda from a secret transmitter.

16:35pm The Way Ahead (U) 1944

A group of slipshod British Army recruits face a testing time as they undergo a tough training regimen aimed at whipping them into shape to fight in World War Two.

18:55pm The Triumph of Love (PG) 2001

A princess discovers her family usurped the rightful monarch, and sets out to find the real heir to the throne only to fall head over heels in love with him.

21:00pm My Cousin Vinny (15) 1992

A man is arrested on a murder charge through a series of damning coincidental cir***stances, then finds he can't stop his inept lawyer cousin from attempting to defend him.

23:15pm The End of the Affair (15) 1999

An accidental meeting between a jilted lover and the husband of his former flame leads to tragedy when long-buried feelings are unearthed and love turns to obsession.

01:10am Kings & Queen (15) 2004

Emmanuelle Devos stars as a woman who turns to her second ex-husband for help when she learns her father is terminally ill. However, she finds he has problems of his own, having been committed to a mental hospital under the charge of icy psychiatrist Catherine Deneuve.

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13:00pm Days of Heaven (PG) 1978

Terrence Malick's acclaimed period drama, set in the early 20th century, stars Richard Gere as a labourer named Bill who goes on the run with his young sister Linda and girlfriend Abby. the group settle in Texas, where the two adults begin working on a wealthy but ailing farmer's ranch. They soon discover their new employer has developed feelings for Abby, believing her to be Bill's sibling rather than partner. Recognising a chance to escape their life of poverty, Bill encourages Abby to marry the dying man, little realising it will result in a jealous love triangle.

14:55pm The Return of Frank James (U) 1940

Former outlaw Frank James, now a reformed character struggling to stay on the right side of the law, sets out to exact a suitable revenge on his brother's killers.

16:40pm The True Story of Jesse James (U) 1956

The family and friends of infamous outlaw Jesse James tell the story of his rise to notoriety with brother Frank, as the man himself faces death from an angry mob following a failed bank raid. Western adventure with bags of potential, but it's surprisingly unengaging.

18:25pm A River Runs Through It (PG) 1992

Emotional drama about two very different brothers, brought up in a strict religious household and united only by a shared enthusiasm for fishing, who find their uneasy relationship cut short by tragedy.

21:00pm Mr & Mrs Smith (15) 2005

A couple struggle to keep their marriage interesting until they learn they have something in common they are both assassins. When their employers demand they target each other, their rocky relationship suddenly becomes more complicated. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie show off the on-screen chemistry which brought them together away from the cameras, while director Doug Liman balances the action with plenty of laughs. With Vince Vaughn and Adam Brody (888)

23:10pm Fight Club (18) 1999

Edward Norton stars as a disillusioned office worker who grows sick and tired of his humdrum white-collar job and yearns for fulfilment which he seems to find when he and a new friend set up a club where similarly frustrated people can vent their anger in bouts of no-holds-barred combat. However, he doesn't realise his partner in crime has grander, more destructive, plans in mind. David Fincher's critically praised satirical drama is a bleak but darkly funny affair.

01:50am The Proposition (18) 2004

Gritty Australian Western, starring Guy Pearce as a captured outlaw offered a terrible choice by British lawman Ray Winstone. Either he tracks down and kills his homicidal older brother, or their younger sibling will be hanged.

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13:00pm Behind the Headlines (PG) 1956

Two investigative reporters attempt to solve the mystery of a murdered showgirl, and soon find themselves involved in a sinister world of crime and conspiracy.

14:20pm Shockproof (PG) 1949

A probation officer falls in love with a convicted murderess on parole, and the pair begin a relationship. However, the appearance of the gambler responsible for landing the young woman in prison throws a spanner in the works.

15:55pm The Desperadoes (U) 1943

When the bank in a small Utah town is robbed, a reformed outlaw travelling through the area is the prime suspect, and ends up behind bars. However, the local sheriff is convinced the former bandit really has changed his ways, so breaks him out of prison to help track down the real culprits.

17:35pm The Vicious Circle (U) 1957

A surgeon is horrified to find an actress has been murdered in his home, and calls the police. However, they soon discover the murder weapon in his car, leaving the finger of suspicion pointing straight at him. A desperate race against time ensues, as the doctor tries to clear his name and find the real killer.

19:20pm Addams Family Values (PG) 1993

Black comedy sequel to the 1991 smash-hit movie, based on the Sixties TV series. Morticia and Gomez (Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia), the spooky spouses who treat life as one long scream, make the mistake of hiring a new nanny to protect the latest addition to the weirdest family in town from his sinister siblings Wednesday and Pugsly but the seemingly perfect childcarer rather surprisingly turns out to be serial killer who takes an unhealthy interest in Uncle Fester. Not quite on par with the clan's first cinematic outing, but an entertaining ride all the same.

21:00pm Patriot Games (15) 1991

Former CIA agent Jack Ryan foils an attack on a member of the royal family by an IRA splinter group, killing one of the ter'rorists in the process. However, he becomes caught in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the dead man's revenge-seeking brother.

23:10pm The Hustler (15) 1961

One of the finest movies in Paul Newman's impressive back catalogue. The blue-eyed star plays disillusioned but arrogant pool shark Fast Eddie Felson, who regains his self-respect by taking on champion player Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason).

01:45am Bad Girls (15) 1994

A quartet of Wild West prostitutes become sharp-shooting cowgirls to prove they're more than a match for the men when it comes to horse riding and gunplay.

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13:00pm Lost (PG) 1955

Offbeat do***entary-style drama charting the effects of a baby's abduction on members of the kidnap gang, the police and the Press plus, of course, the youngster's frantic parents. As the investigation into the child's disappearance gets under way, clues are in short supply leaving officers desperately hoping for the break which will help them find the villains and save the victim.

14:55pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

16:50pm The Mighty (PG) 1998

Two introverted boys one with learning difficulties, the other physically disabled are thrown together by fate and forge a firm friendship. As they struggle to cope with the world at large, their shared interests and experiences help them to deal with the pitfalls of growing up on the fringes of society.

18:55pm Local Hero (15) 1983

An American oil company representative is sent to buy a Scottish coastal village so it can be demolished to make way for a new refinery, but gradually takes a shine to the place.

21:00pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (15) 2003

A female journalist sets out to demonstrate how women manage to deter prospective partners, and soon spies the perfect bloke to test her theories on. However, the experiment takes an unexpected turn thanks to her “guinea pig”, who has a hidden agenda of his own.

23:10pm John Carpenter's Vampires (18) 1998

A group of vampire slayers are targeted by a vengeful undead overlord, leading to a series of gore-soaked encounters between human and blood-sucking opponents as they fight over possession of a crucifix holding an invincible power.

01:10am Jungle Fever (18) 1991

A successful African-American architect embarks on a perilous affair with an Italian-American secretary, little realising the tension it will cause between their respective communities.

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13:00pm The Gentle *** (U) 1943

Seven girls from vastly different backgrounds are brought together when they volunteer to join the Army — but the social gulfs between them cause all manner of home-grown conflict. World War Two comedy, which offers an interesting view of what life was like for women in the 1940s, but hasn't aged well.

14:55pm Seance on a Wet Afternoon (PG) 1964

Bryan Forbes' brooding psychological drama about a publicity-hungry medium who plots a bizarre kidnapping, intending to “solve” it by ESP and win acclaim for her psychic powers.

17:10pm The True Story of Jesse James (U) 1956

The family and friends of infamous outlaw Jesse James tell the story of his rise to notoriety with brother Frank, as the man himself faces death from an angry mob following a failed bank raid. Western adventure with bags of potential, but it's surprisingly unengaging.

19:05pm Congo (12) 1995

An expedition sent into the jungles of Zaire in search of King Solomon's diamond mines disappears without trace. The tycoon behind the mission sends his assistant, a former CIA agent, to discover what became of them. Travelling with a group of explorers, she discovers the previous party have met with a grisly fate at the hands of a horde of intelligent bloodthirsty apes.

21:00pm Courage Under Fire (15) 1996

Meg Ryan stars in this promising but ultimately rather predictable drama about a female helicopter pilot killed in the 1990 Gulf War. Denzel Washington plays the American military official who investigates her death to decide whether she deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor — in the process coming to terms with a tragic blunder he made during the conflict.

23:10pm Serial Mom (18) 1994

Superior black comedy, with Kathleen Turner giving a hilarious star turn as an all-American housewife, who takes protecting her family to extreme measures. In between keeping a perfect home and raising the children, she takes to tormenting and bumping off all those who can't live up to her high standards, often dispatching them in extremely gruesome ways.

23:55am Primal Fear (18) 1996

High-flying lawyer Richard Gere endures the glare of publicity to defend an altar boy accused of killing an archbishop — but soon realises there's more to his mysterious client than meets the eye.

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13:00pm Two Thousand Women (U) 1944

Two pilots dice with death in a bid to liberate British women held by the Nazis in an internment camp in France.

14:55pm Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (PG) 1968

Three veteran soldiers plan to visit Italy for an Army reunion, unwittingly spelling trouble for a single mother who has been claiming child support from each of them since World War Two, while telling friends and neighbours that her son's father was killed in action.

17:00pm The Return of Frank James (U) 1940

Former outlaw Frank James, now a reformed character struggling to stay on the right side of the law, sets out to exact a suitable revenge on his brother's killers. Fritz Lang's below-par Western sequel suffers from some heavy-handed directing and a weak script.

18:55pm The Triumph of Love (PG) 2001

A princess discovers her family usurped the rightful monarch, and sets out to find the real heir to the throne only to fall head over heels in love with him.

21:00pm Napoleon Dynamite (PG) 2004

An alienated high-school geek goes all out to help his new friend bag the class presidency, while simultaneously juggling the demands of his bizarre family.

22:45pm Stuck on You (12) 2003

Conjoined twins head for the bright lights of the big city so one of them can follow his dream of becoming an actor. But the pair get more than they bargained for when one of them lands a role on a TV show starring alongside Cher, while the other wants to search for the woman he's been conducting an online romance with.

00:55am The World (PG) 2004

Drama, set against the backdrop of a Beijing theme park depicting famous landmarks from around the world. The film explores the daily grind of the park's disenchanted staff, including a dancer in a strained relationship with a commitment-shy security guard.

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13:00pm Lost (PG) 1955

Offbeat do***entary-style drama charting the effects of a baby's abduction on members of the kidnap gang, the police and the Press plus, of course, the youngster's frantic parents. As the investigation into the child's disappearance gets under way, clues are in short supply leaving officers desperately hoping for the break which will help them find the villains and save the victim.

14:45pm Picnic at Hanging Rock (PG) 1975

Acclaimed director Peter Weir's beautiful and atmospheric period mystery about the disappearance of three schoolgirls and their teacher during a trip to the Australian landmark on Valentine's Day, 1900.

17:05pm The Talk of the Town (U) 1942

Jean Arthur stars as a boarding house landlady whose romantic loyalties are divided between two different men staying under her roof.

19:20pm Carry On Dick (PG) 1974

Lawmen Kenneth Williams and Jack Douglas dedicate themselves to catching cheeky highwayman Sid James, and enlist the help of a local reverend. But little do they realise the pious pastor and his buxom housemaid aren't all they seem.

21:00pm Brassed Off (15) 1996

Mark Herman's moving, bittersweet comedy about a South Yorkshire colliery band who discover their pit is about to be closed, and slowly find the strength and inspiration to fight back.

23:05pm Fight Club (18) 1999

Edward Norton stars as a disillusioned office worker who grows sick and tired of his humdrum white-collar job and yearns for fulfilment which he seems to find when he and a new friend set up a club where similarly frustrated people can vent their anger in bouts of no-holds-barred combat. However, he doesn't realise his partner in crime has grander, more destructive, plans in mind.

01:45am The Proposition (18) 2004

Gritty Australian Western, starring Guy Pearce as a captured outlaw offered a terrible choice by British lawman Ray Winstone. Either he tracks down and kills his homicidal older brother, or their younger sibling will be hanged.

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13:00pm The Gentle *** (U) 1943

Seven girls from vastly different backgrounds are brought together when they volunteer to join the Army but the social gulfs between them cause all manner of home-grown conflict. World War Two comedy, which offers an interesting view of what life was like for women in the 1940s, but hasn't aged well.

14:55pm Seance on a Wet Afternoon (PG) 1964

Bryan Forbes' brooding psychological drama about a publicity-hungry medium who plots a bizarre kidnapping, intending to “solve” it by ESP and win acclaim for her psychic powers.

17:05pm The Bride of Frankenstein (PG) 1935

An eccentric professor tries to force a reluctant Baron Frankenstein to resume his experiments in creating life. Meanwhile, the monster, having survived his apparent death in the first film, is in search of companionship leading him into a dreadful bargain with the two scientists.

18:25pm A River Runs Through It (PG) 1992

Robert Redford's carefully crafted emotional drama about two very different brothers, brought up in a strict religious household and united only by a shared enthusiasm for fishing, who find their uneasy relationship cut short by tragedy.

21:00pm Mr & Mrs Smith (15) 2005

A couple struggle to keep their marriage interesting until they learn they have something in common they are both assassins. When their employers demand they target each other, their rocky relationship suddenly becomes more complicated.

23:15pm Wish You Were Here (15) 1987

Emily Lloyd stars in this affecting comic drama about the exploits of a 16-year-old growing up in a Fifties seaside town, where she seeks attention through provocative behaviour and bad language.

01:00am The Godless Girl (PG) 1929

Silent drama starring Lina Basquette as Judy, an atheist youngster who holds secret anti-religious meetings with her friends. When a conflict with an opposing group gets out of hand and a girl is killed, Judy is sent to a tough reform school along with the leader of a Christian club. Here, the pair reconcile their differences and gain a fresh outlook on life.

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13:00pm Behind the Headlines (PG) 1956

Two investigative reporters attempt to solve the mystery of a murdered showgirl, and soon find themselves involved in a sinister world of crime and conspiracy.

14:15pm The Bride of Frankenstein (PG) 1935

An eccentric professor tries to force a reluctant Baron Frankenstein to resume his experiments in creating life. Meanwhile, the monster, having survived his apparent death in the first film, is in search of companionship leading him into a dreadful bargain with the two scientists.

15:35pm Hellzapoppin (U) 1941

A poor boy tries to improve his romantic chances with a rich girl by staging a musical revue.

17:10pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

19:05pm A Walk in the Clouds (PG) 1995

A disillusioned salesman, recently returned from action in World War Two, bumps into a pregnant woman who is nervous about returning home to her strict parents' vineyard, so he agrees to pose as her husband to calm the waters. But once there, the pleasures of the simple life make him reluctant to leave despite having a real wife back home.

21:00pm Indecent Proposal (15) 1993

Architect's wife Demi Moore has her life turned upside down by billionaire Robert Redford, who offers her $1million to spend a night with him. There's just one snag, in the form of her husband Woody Harrelson, who's understandably reluctant to agree to such an offer and it seems his reservations may be well-founded.

23:10pm Primal Fear (18) 1996

High-flying lawyer Richard Gere endures the glare of publicity to defend an altar boy accused of killing an archbishop but soon realises there's more to his mysterious client than meets the eye.

01:40am Mostly Martha (PG) 2001

A chef's routine existence is thrown into turmoil after a death in the family leaves her to care for her niece and as if that wasn't enough, a handsome rival enters her life, causing no end of chaos.

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13:00pm The Mudlark (U) 1950

An orphaned Victorian urchin finds a picture of the Queen, and becomes determined to meet her. But the grieving monarch has lived a life of seclusion since the death of her husband 13 years ago. The youngster breaks into Windsor castle, embarking on a series of adventures and helping Prime Minister Disraeli (Alec Guinness) to persuade the Queen to return to public life.

15:05pm It Happened to Jane (U) 1959

A widow who owns a lobster farm clashes with the ruthless railway executive whose company ruined one of her shellfish shipments and the ensuing legal battle makes the unjustly treated businesswoman a national hero.

17:05pm The Hunters (PG) 1958

A former World War Two air ace leads a group of fellow fighter pilots on a daring mission deep into enemy territory in Korea.

19:20pm Carry On Dick (PG) 1974

Lawmen Kenneth Williams and Jack Douglas dedicate themselves to catching cheeky highwayman Sid James, and enlist the help of a local reverend. But little do they realise the pious pastor and his buxom housemaid aren't all they seem.

21:00pm Patriot Games (15) 1991

Former CIA agent Jack Ryan foils an attack on a member of the royal family by an IRA splinter group, killing one of the *********s in the process. However, he becomes caught in a lethal game of cat-and-mouse with the dead man's revenge-seeking brother.

23:10pm Candy (15) 2005 Premiere.

Harrowing drama, starring Heath Ledger as a poet who draws his art student lover into his use of heroin. However, as their shared addiction comes to dominate their lives and relationship, desperate measures are called for to break the cycle of self-destruction.

01:30am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (15) 1997

Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow play gal-pals who feel their achievements are decidedly unimpressive, and decide to invent new lives when they attend their school reunion. There are plenty of mishaps along the way as they dream up hare-brained schemes to convince former classmates they are more interesting than they seem.

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1:00pm Tonight and Every Night (U) 1944
Musical, set in a 1940s London revue theatre that never misses a night even during the height of the Blitz. The star of the show is American singer Rita Hayworth, who embarks on a romance with an RAF pilot.

2:55pm The Barefoot Contessa (PG) 1954
Hollywood impresario Humphrey Bogart makes a star of beautiful Spanish dancer Ava Gardner in this scathing satire of the film business.

5:30pm The Raid (U) 1954

Van Heflin heads the cast of this dark, tense American civil war drama about a band of escaped confederate prisoners planning an attack on a Canadian border town. Their leader goes undercover as a businessman to get the lie of the land, but as he strikes up a relationship with a local widow and her son, he undergoes a crisis of conscience.

7:15pm Watership Down (U) 1978

Fantastic animated tearjerker, cleverly blending a range of techniques to tell the tale of a ragtag group of rabbits whose warren is set to be destroyed, forcing them to search for somewhere new to live.

9:00pm 21 Grams (15) 2003

Wife and mother Naomi Watts is left devastated after her husband and children are killed when a car driven by religious zealot Benicio Del Toro careers into them, and struggles to cope as her spouse's heart is donated to another man.

11:25pm Johnny Mnemonic (15) 1995

Keanu Reeves stars in this sci-fi adventure, playing a courier in the world of the future who attempts to download vital information stored within a microchip implanted in his brain. But he unwittingly sets himself up as a target for an evil corporation desperate to get hold of the data for themselves.

1:10am Girl, Interrupted (15) 1999

A would-be writer in the 1960s is committed to an exclusive psychiatric ward by her parents after attempting suicide, but the move seems to cause more problems than it solves. This emotional drama follows the same lines as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but lacks both the subtlety and power of that classic offering.

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13:00pm You'll Never Get Rich (U) 1941

Fred Astaire stars in this comedy musical featuring Cole Porter songs as a Broadway dancer, who falls madly in love with chorus girl Rita Hayworth. However, their romance seems doomed to fail when he is drafted into the army.

14:40pm The Notorious Landlady (PG) 1962

Junior diplomat William Gridley is assigned as an aide to the US ambassador to Britain, where he rents a room from a woman suspected of murdering her husband. He soon falls for her, and tries to clear her name.

17:05pm Wake of the Red Witch (PG) 1949

A ship's owner and captain attempt to put their differences aside and embark on a quest for treasure in the East Indies but it's not long before old rivalries bubble to the surface once more.

19:05pm The Wedding Planner (PG) 2001

Jennifer Lopez stars as a wedding planner who is swept off her feet by a dashing doctor. Her plans to ensnare the man of her dreams fall through, however, when she discovers she has been employed to organise his wedding to another woman.

21:00pm Indecent Proposal (15) 1993

Architect's wife Demi Moore has her life turned upside down by billionaire Robert Redford, who offers her $1million to spend a night with him. There's just one snag, in the form of her husband Woody Harrelson, who's understandably reluctant to agree to such an offer and it seems his reservations may be well-founded.

23:10pm Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (18) 1998

A gang of East End petty crooks find themselves out of their depth when they run up a huge gambling debt to an underworld crime lord, and land in even more trouble when they concoct a risky scheme to bag enough cash to pay him back.

01:15am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (15) 1997

Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow play gal-pals who feel their achievements are decidedly unimpressive, and decide to invent new lives when they attend their school reunion. There are plenty of mishaps along the way as they dream up hare-brained schemes to convince former classmates they are more interesting than they seem.

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13:00pm The Wicked Lady (PG) 1945

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and decides to seek a little excitement turning to highway robbery and murder to spice up her life, as well as getting romantically involved with a caddish crook.

15:10pm The Mudlark (U) 1950

An orphaned Victorian urchin finds a picture of the Queen, and becomes determined to meet her. But the grieving monarch has lived a life of seclusion since the death of her husband 13 years ago. The youngster breaks into Windsor castle, embarking on a series of adventures and helping Prime Minister Disraeli (Alec Guinness) to persuade the Queen to return to public life.

17:05pm Pursued (PG) 1947

Raoul Walsh's superb psychological Western, featuring Robert Mitchum as a brooding cowboy who yearns to find peace, though he seems set on a path of tragedy thanks to the intervention of a mysterious stranger and a mysterious forgotten incident from his childhood.

19:00pm Buena Vista Social Club (U) 1999

Wim Wenders' superb Oscar-nominated do***entary charts legendary guitarist Ry Cooder's 1996 visit to Cuba to meet some of the country's finest musicians, with a view to organising a once-in-a-lifetime concert at Carnegie Hall.

21:00pm Arlington Road (15) 1999

Suspicion and paranoia rule the day in this well-honed thriller, starring Jeff Bridges as a mild-mannered professor who becomes convinced there's something not quite right about new neighbour Tim Robbins. It's nothing he can put his finger on, but he decides to delve into his past regardless only to get a nasty shock.

23:15pm Candy (15) 2005

Harrowing drama, starring Heath Ledger as a poet who draws his art student lover into his use of heroin. However, as their shared addiction comes to dominate their lives and relationship, desperate measures are called for to break the cycle of self-destruction.

01:35am Say Anything (15) 1989

An aspiring teenage kickboxer falls for the most beautiful and intelligent girl in his class, and to his delight she feels the same way about him but her father isn't quite so enthusiastic about the relationship.

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13:00pm The Divorce of Lady X (PG) 1938

A staid lawyer is coerced into sharing a hotel room with a mysterious woman after she becomes stranded due to bad weather. However, he finds himself fascinated by her aura of elusiveness, which piques his curiosity. Events take an unexpected turn when an old friend arrives at the legal expert's office to arrange a divorce, prompting him to jump to entirely the wrong conclusion.

14:50pm The Hunters (PG) 1958

A former World War Two air ace leads a group of fellow fighter pilots on a daring mission deep into enemy territory in Korea.

16:55pm The Pink Panther Strikes Again (PG) 1976

Peter Sellers returns on hilarious form as accident-prone Inspector Clouseau, this time fending off the unwanted attentions of a murder syndicate led by demented former police chief Dreyfus, who's come up with a scheme to get rid of the clumsy cop once and for all. But it soon becomes clear that even the world's top assassins will have a hard time doing away with the lucky lawman.

19:05pm My House in Umbria (12) 2003

A wealthy romance novelist's peaceful life in Italy is shattered when she's caught up in a Ter'rorist attack. However, she vows to help several of her fellow victims by inviting them to recuperate at her lavish home, while police probe the bo'mbing.

21:00pm Hide and Seek (15) 2005

A widower is left to pick up the pieces after his wife's suicide, and settles in a different town with his daughter, where the youngster finds solace in an imaginary friend. However, events take a dark turn when the unseen playmate proves to have a bloodthirsty streak.

22:55pm Run Lola Run (15) 1999

Tom Tykwer's brilliant, innovative crime drama which offers three possible scenarios and outcomes as a woman and her boyfriend race against time to pay a drug pusher who also deals in death.

00:30am Breaking the Waves (18) 1996

Disturbing drama, starring Oscar-nominee Emily Watson as an unbalanced woman living in the wilds of Scotland who bizarrely believes having adulterous affairs will help her paralysed husband make a full recovery.

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13:00
Pursued (Film)

One of Raoul Walsh's masterpiece westerns, Pursued is often cited as the film noir of the genre. Robert Mitchum plays Jeb Rand, a man haunted by childhood memories that lead him into a bitter feud with his adoptive family, the Callums. As the violence escalates, so does his love for his adoptive sister Thorley Callum, even though he knows she wants him dead. On their wedding night, as he awaits his death, the story of the curse that has followed him all his life is told in flashback. Mitchum's brooding performance is matched by the magnificence of Monument Valley, where cinematographer Wong Howe captures the menacing shadows that seem to presage tragedy.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Teresa Wright, Robert Mitchum, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale Jr., John Rodney (Black and White, Subtitles, 1947, PG, 3 Star)

14:55
My Neighbour Totoro (Film)
From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's charming animation tells the story of sisters Satsuke and Mai, who find their new home is in a mystical forest where mythical creatures live. Befriending O Totoro, king of the forest, they share his magical adventures and also his wisdom when their mother falls dangerously ill. In English with the voices of Dakota and Elle Fanning.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, Tanie Kitabayashi, Hitoshi Takagi (Widescreen, Subtitles, 1988, U, 4 Star)

16:35
The Talk of The Town (Film)
George Stevens' film, nominated for seven Oscars, stars Cary Grant as Leopold Dilg, a factory worker and political activist wrongly accused of burning a factory down. Escaping from prison, he goes on the run and ends up at the cottage of Nora Shelley, a teacher and his old schoolmate, who he had a crush on. She's renting the cottage to Michael Lightcap, a law professor awaiting appointment to the Supreme Court. While Nora spends her time making sure the lawyer doesn't discover her other lodger's true identity, the two men begin arguing about the role and rule of law in society. Lightcap eventually finds out Dilg's identity and agrees to defend him, uncovering the frame-up that got Dilg into trouble and clearing his name with a soul-stirring speech. Columbia Pictures shot two endings: one with Dilg getting the girl, the other with Lightcap, now a judge, and Nora settling down. Director: George Stevens Starring: Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman
(Black and White, 12)

18:50
Time Bandits (Film)
Surrealistic comedy-fantasy by director Terry Gilliam, with Craig Warnock as a young boy snatched from his suffocating suburban existence for a series of bizarre adventures in time and space by a band of renegade dwarfs led by David Rappaport. Starring John Cleese, Sean Connery and Ralph Richardson. Edited for content.
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin (Widescreen, Subtitles, 1981, PG, 4 Star)

21:00
Sleepy Hollow (Film)
Tim Burton's rollicking adaptation of Washington Irving's tale stars Johnny Depp as Constable Ichabod Crane, who is sent to the tiny village of Sleepy Hollow, where a headless horseman is leaving a trail of decapitated bodies. Crane believes in the science of detection, but will his skills solve the mystery, or is there really a supernatural explanation? Stunningly realised and shot, the film also stars Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson and Michael Gambon.
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gambon, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones (Subtitles, 1999, 15, 4 Star)

23:00
I Still Know What you Did Last Summer (Film)
Chiller starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr about a girl on holiday in the Bahamas, trying to reshape her life after the horrific murder of her friends a year previously. Things turn nasty as it transpires that she is still in great danger.
Director: Danny Cannon
Starring: Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer, Muse Watson, Bill Cobbs (Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, 18, 2 Star)

00:55
Johnny Mnemonic (Film)
In the near future, industrial espionage of information systems is so rife, couriers have the information transmitted into implants in their brain that can hold gigabytes of information. Johnny Mnemonic is one of these couriers who's doubled his capacity to a dangerous 180 gigabytes and if he doesn't download in 24 hours, he'll die. Unfortunately, a gang of Japanese yakuza mobsters are after what's in his head and are happy to dispose of the rest of his body. Now he's on the run in New Jersey with no download code and only protector Jane J-Bone to help him make it past cyber-anarchists and deadly assasins in Robert Longo's futuristic thriller.
Director: Robert Longo
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano, Dennis Akayama, Dolph Lundgren (Widescreen, Subtitles, 1995, 18, 2 Star)

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13:00pm Tonight and Every Night (U) 1944

Musical, set in a 1940s London revue theatre that never misses a night even during the height of the Blitz.
14:45pm The Enforcer (15) 1951

Humphrey Bogart is on moody and magnificent form here, playing a crusading DA determined to smash an organised crime ring but Mob boss Everett Sloane is equally determined to stop tongues wagging, and begins picking off crucial witnesses to a gangland murder to ensure he evades justice.

16:25pm Riddle of the Sands (U) 1978

Thriller set before World War One, in which a yachtsman discovers a plan to invade England while sailing round the coast of Germany and calls on a friend to help thwart the dastardly plot.

18:25pm Coach Carter (12) 2005

A former professional basketball player agrees to coach a high school team. However, he's shocked by their lack of discipline, and instigates a tough new regimen. All seems well at first, but as the youngsters become complacent, he's forced to take drastic action leading to complaints from both parents and pupils.

21:00pm Pan's Labyrinth (15) 2006 Premiere.

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, inquisitive youngster Ofelia is taken by her pregnant mother to live with the wicked Capitan Vidal. In the surroundings of her new abode, the fairytale-obsessed girl ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth, where she encounters a mysterious faun. The creature sets Ofelia a series of disturbing tasks which she must complete in order to journey to an underground kingdom, where she will be restored to the throne as a princess.

23:10pm Stealing Beauty (15) 1995

An American teenager visits Tuscany for the summer, hoping to discover her father's true identity with only her dead mother's diary for help and ends up falling in love for the first time.

01:25am Moolaade (15) 2004

Four girls, due to undergo the traditional and barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, escape and seek shelter with a brave and respected mother. However, the youngsters' disappearance causes an uproar in their Burkina Faso village and leads to a violent and tragic showdown.

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13:00pm Lady in the Dark (U) 1944

Ginger Rogers stars as a hard-working executive experiencing strange dreams, who undergoes psychotherapy to help her choose between the three men in her life.

15:05pm Wake of the Red Witch (PG) 1949

A ship's owner and captain attempt to put their differences aside and embark on a quest for treasure in the East Indies but it's not long before old rivalries bubble to the surface once more.

17:15pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

19:20pm Catch That Kid (PG) 2004 Premiere

A plucky teenager racks her brains to think of a way of financing an operation for her mountaineer father and eventually comes up with a daring plan to rob a bank with the help of her friends.

21:00pm City of God (18) 2003

Affecting Brazilian drama chronicling the everyday lives of a group of youngsters living in a violent and lawless Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood. Seen through the eyes of an aspiring photographer, who decides against following his peers into a life of crime, the action is both captivating and shocking as drugs and gun crime affect adults and children alike.

23:30pm Blow Out (18) 1981

A sound-effects expert lands in trouble after witnessing an accident which leaves a prominent politician dead. He soon realises the crash might have been engineered, and that what he saw and recorded may have been murder. But as he probes deeper, it becomes clear he's placed his own life on the line.

01:35am The Godless Girl (PG) 1929

Silent drama starring Lina Basquette as Judy, an atheist youngster who holds secret anti-religious meetings with her friends. When a conflict with an opposing group gets out of hand and a girl is killed, Judy is sent to a tough reform school along with the leader of a Christian club. Here, the pair reconcile their differences and gain a fresh outlook on life.

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13:00pm The Wicked Lady (PG) 1945

A 17th-century noblewoman tires of her humdrum life and decides to seek a little excitement turning to highway robbery and murder to spice up her life, as well as getting romantically involved with a caddish crook.

15:10pm Private Hell 36 (PG) 1954

Two corrupt Los Angeles detectives steal the loot belonging to a dead gangster but blackmail and murder soon loom large on the horizon as guilt overtakes one of the crooked cops, and other underworld figures surface to claim their share of the booty.

16:55pm Sullivan's Travels (PG) 1941

Preston Sturges' brilliant tragicomic satire features a delightful performance from Joel McCrea as a movie director who tires of making fluffy comedies. When he suggests making a serious film about life during the Depression, he is forced to admit he knows nothing about poverty or suffering. To broaden his horizons he disguises himself as a tramp and takes a journey across America, finding love with an out-of-work actress along the way.

18:50pm The Pink Panther (PG) 1963

The world's most inept police detective, Inspector Clouseau, heads off to Switzerland in search of a suave jewel thief targeting a valuable gem but the bumbling officer's attempts to foil the crime create chaos.

21:00pm 21 Grams (15) 2003

Wife and mother Naomi Watts is left devastated after her husband and children are killed when a car driven by religious zealot Benicio Del Toro careers into them, and struggles to cope as her spouse's heart is donated to another man.

23:25pm 24 Hour Party People (18) 2002

Biopic of Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, the man credited with breathing new life into Manchester's music scene and introducing the world to bands including Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays.
01:40am Say Anything (15) 1989

An aspiring teenage kickboxer falls for the most beautiful and intelligent girl in his class, and to his delight she feels the same way about him but her father isn't quite so enthusiastic about the relationship.

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13:00pm Kipps (U) 1941

Michael Redgrave gives an inspired performance as a draper's assistant who inherits a fortune and sets out to climb the social ladder in his small home town immediately attracting the attention of a gold digger determined to marry him for his money.

15:15pm I Could Go On Singing (U) 1963

Judy Garland gives her final leading performance in this musical drama as a famous American singer who returns to England with the intention of reclaiming her illegitimate son, now living with his father.

17:15pm It Happened to Jane (U) 1959

A widow who owns a lobster farm clashes with the ruthless railway executive whose company ruined one of her shellfish shipments and the ensuing legal battle makes the unjustly treated businesswoman a national hero.

19:15pm Porridge (PG) 1979

Comedy spin-off from the TV series, in which cellmates Fletcher and Godber are coerced into aiding an escape attempt organised by the sinister Grouty (Peter Vaughan). However, they end up struggling to break back in before their absence is detected.

21:00pm Hide and Seek (15) 2005

A widower is left to pick up the pieces after his wife's suicide, and settles in a different town with his daughter, where the youngster finds solace in an imaginary friend. However, events take a dark turn when the unseen playmate proves to have a bloodthirsty streak.

23:00pm ****on el Perro (15) 2004

An unemployed mechanic struggles to make ends meet by selling home-made knives. However, when he is given a pedigree dog by a grateful stranger his life takes an unexpected turn.

00:50am Breaking the Waves (18) 1996

Disturbing drama, starring Oscar-nominee Emily Watson as an unbalanced woman living in the wilds of Scotland who bizarrely believes having adulterous affairs will help her paralysed husband make a full recovery.

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13:00pm The Enforcer (15) 1951

Humphrey Bogart is on moody and magnificent form here, playing a crusading DA determined to smash an organised crime ring but Mob boss Everett Sloane is equally determined to stop tongues wagging, and begins picking off crucial witnesses to a gangland murder to ensure he evades justice.

14:40pm Prince Valiant (U) 1954

Robert Wagner takes the title role in this lively adventure, based on the newspaper comic-strip by Hal Foster. He plays the noble Viking knight who is invited to King Arthur's court, only for sinister onlookers to plot his and the ruler's demise.

16:45pm My Neighbour Totoro (U) 1988

Two youngsters move to a new home in the countryside when their mother is taken ill and are thrilled to discover the house is next to an enchanted forest, where all manner of magical creatures dwell. Befriending the eldest and wisest of the strange Totoros, they are taken on a series of amazing adventures.

18:25pm Coach Carter (12) 2005

A former professional basketball player agrees to coach a high school team. However, he's shocked by their lack of discipline, and instigates a tough new regimen. All seems well at first, but as the youngsters become complacent, he's forced to take drastic action leading to complaints from both parents and pupils.

21:00pm Road to Perdition (15) 2002

Devoted husband and father Michael Sullivan leads a secret life as a hit-man for an Irish mobster, but faces a crisis when his son witnesses his involvement in a killing. The lad promises to keep his mouth shut, but one of Sullivan's fellow gangsters feels the boy is too much of a risk, and plans to wipe out the entire family forcing father and son to go on the run together.

23:10pm Y Tu Mama Tambien (18) 2001

A pair of Mexican teenagers hope to enjoy a summer of drink, drugs and *** while their girlfriends are away in Europe. In an effort to impress a woman they meet at a wedding, they claim to be going on a road trip to a non-existent unspoiled beach. To their surprise, she asks to join them, and as they drive across the country, simmering tensions come to the surface as the two boys compete for their travelling companion's attention.

01:10am Reality Bites (15) 1994

Drama detailing the exploits of graduates struggling to cope with life after college. Would-be film-maker Winona Ryder thinks winning the heart of a cable TV executive will bring her instant success, but friend Ethan Hawke is not so sure, partly because he loves her himself.

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1:00pm Brief Encounter (PG) 1945

David Lean's classic romantic melodrama, telling the story of a suburban housewife who finds herself falling in love with a married doctor she meets by chance at a railway station.

2:50pm Riddle of the Sands (U) 1978

Thriller set before World War One, in which a yachtsman discovers a plan to invade England while sailing round the coast of Germany and calls on a friend to help thwart the dastardly plot.

5:00pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

7:05pm The Wedding Planner (PG) 2001

Jennifer Lopez stars as a wedding planner who is swept off her feet by a dashing doctor. Her plans to ensnare the man of her dreams fall through, however, when she discovers she has been employed to organise his wedding to another woman.

9:00pm Good Will Hunting (15) 1997

An aggressive and unstable genius refuses to make use of his gifts to improve his life, preferring to work as a janitor than turn his back on his neighbourhood and best friend. He forms a tempestuous friendship with the unconventional psychologist who helps him come to terms with his mental talents and his past traumas.

11:25pm Black Christmas (18) 1974

Thriller set in a college sorority house where the festive celebrations are brought to an abrupt end by an obscene phone caller who begins stalking and killing the girls.

1:20am Moolaade (15) 2004

Four girls, due to undergo the traditional and barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, escape and seek shelter with a brave and respected mother. However, the youngsters' disappearance causes an uproar in their Burkina Faso village and leads to a violent and tragic showdown.

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13:00 Private Hell 36 (1954)

Don Siegel's thriller stars Steve Cochran and Howard Duff as Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham, two cops assigned to track down $300,000 stolen in a hold-up. When nightclub singer Lilli Marlowe turns up with a $50 bill from the raid, they're told to shadow her and identify the man who gave it to her. They spot him, and the ensuing car chase leaves him dead and reveals a trunk stuffed full of money. Bruner suggests they keep some but Farnham eventually decides to do the honest thing. With one of the other thieves on their trail and a partner who's willing to turn him in, Bruner has to act fast if he's to save his skin and the loot.

14:45 Magic in the Water (1995)

When Jack Black promises his his two children Joshua and Ashley the holiday of a lifetime on Lake Glenorky, British Columbia, it means he gets stuck into work and they get bored. Until Ashley spots the legendary lake mosnter, 'Orky'. Her dad won't believe her until he receives a visitation, one that will change his and the children's lives in Rick Stevenson's charming family film.

16:50 The Undefeated (1969)

John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take diferent paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans of conquest. The film suffered from being released in the same year as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch and Wayne in Oscar-winning form in True Grit, but it stands alongside them, with a panoramic sweep of a story and two leads who successfully spark off each other.

19:15 Elf (2003)

Will Ferrell plays Buddy who, as a kid, crawled into Santa's sack, ended up at the North Pole and was reared as an elf. Reaching adulthood, he sets off to find his real father, Walter but is dismissed as a nut. However, with the help of shop girl Jovie, he aims to win his father over and bring back the true spirit of Christmas to Manhattan. Director Jon Favreau and Ferrell keep the schmaltz to a minimum, instead using the actor's comedy skills to produce a film that that has a wicked sense of humour as well as a seasonal heart.

21:00 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

In 1940s Spain, a young girl escapes from the horrifying brutality of her sadistic stepfather's military endeavours into a mysterious netherworld of magic and monsters where she is set three tasks that will see her crowned as princess of this strange kingdom.

23:10 Mean Creek (2004)

Rory Culkin plays Sam Merric, a school kid who's continually bullied by George Tooney. When Sam's older brother Rocky finds out, he suggests teaching George a lesson he won't forget and, together with some of Sam's classmates, persuades him to go on a boating trip to a fake birthday party. But as Sam and some of his friends realise there's more to George than meets the eye, Rocky and his pal Marty become even more determined to go ahead with the lesson - one that is growing in cruelty and will lead to tragedy.

00:55 The Hustler (1961)

Hotshot hustler Fast Eddie Felson loses out to king of the pool halls Minnesota Fats, but finds a ruthless ally in promoter Bert. 8-ball drama nominated for eight Academy Awards.

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13:00 Kipps (1941)

Carol Reed's film version of H.G. Wells' warm comedy novel, starring Michael Redgrave as Arthur Kipps, a draper's assistant who inherits money in 1906 and attempts to become a member of society in a small seaside town.

15:15 Catch That Kid (2004)

Tomboy Maddy lives for danger, just like her dad. So when a climbing trip leaves him needing expensive treatment, Maddy plans to rob a bank to pay for it. Luckily, her mum designed the security system...

17:05 River of No Return (1954)

In Otto Preminger's only western, Robert Mitchum stars as Matt Calder, a farmer recently released from prison after serving a sentence for killing a man. Picking up his son Mark from saloon singer Kay, father and son return to the farm. But later, he sees her and her fiancée Harry Weston in peril on a collapsing raft. He saves them but his thanks is to be slugged senseless and have his horse stolen as Weston races to stake a gold claim. Marooned in dangerous Indian territory, the trio's only chance is to take to the river and head for the nearest town. As they travel, Mark learns the truth about his father's crime while Kay falls for Matt, but all three know that they must still face Weston. Preminger insisted that the actors perform their own stunts on the river and, on one occasion, Monroe almost drowned when her boots filled up with water.

19:00 The Return of The Musketeers (1989)

Richard Lester once again gathered together D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis for another bout of swashbuckling deeds as the ageing adventurers set out to rescue Queen Anne from plots hatched by both her lover, Cardinal Mazarin, and the manic daughter of Milady de Winter, Justine de Winter.

21:00 Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Chow Yun-Fat stars as an ageless Tibetan monk whose task is to guard the mystical Scroll of the Ultimate from modern-day Nazis. He rescued the scroll from their clutches in 1943, denying them victory in the war, but the fascists still want it so the Third Reich can rise again. Now in modern-day New York, the monk seeks an apprentice and finds one in the unlikely guise of Kar, a punk pickpocket. Teaching him both the history of the scroll and the martial arts skills he will need to defend it, the pair must also fend off the enemy, who are beginning to close in.

23:00 Wolf Creek (2005)

Backpackers Liz, Kristy and Ben buy a car to explore the Australian outback, only to break down in the isolated Wolf Creek National Park. They are rescued by Mick, a local who offers hospitality at his camp site. But soon Liz awakes from a drugged sleep, tied up. In the distance, a woman screams, and there's no sign of the two men...

00:55 Kagemusha (1980)

Akira Kurosawa's first film after a prolonged absence won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in the 16th century, a thief, sentenced to death, is given a second chance due to his resemblance to the leader of the clan, Shingen Takeda. When Takeda is killed in battle, anxious that his death is not discovered and the clan weakened, the thief is installed as the leader to fool their enemies.

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS

13:00 Prince Valiant (1954)

Veteran director Henry Hathaway's Arthurian adventure is based on the popular newspaper cartoon strip by Hal Foster. Robert Wagner plays the eponymous prince, a Viking invited to join King Arthur's court. But the evil Sir Brack plans to oust the king and then invade Valiant's Scandanavian home and only Valiant can stop him.

14:55 Brief Encounter (1945)

One of the timeless classics of British cinema, David Lean's Oscar-nominated, heart-breaking film stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as two married people whose chance encounter in a railway station's café sees them tempted to adultery before realising their marriages are more important than fleeting happiness.

16:45 The Straight Story (1999)

David Lynch's Oscar-nominated, FilmFour-funded film, based on a true story, stars the late Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight. Alvin learns his brother is dying and wants to see him one more time. But he can't afford the air fare and doesn't have a car. What he does have is a tractor-mower that he decides to drive the 300 miles to Wisconsin. The film do***ents his painfully slow progress, the people he meets and the adventures he has, but does so with loving care, leisurely bringing out Alvin's character, showing how he too brings out the best in those he meets.

18:50 Time Bandits (1981)

Surrealistic comedy-fantasy by director Terry Gilliam, with Craig Warnock as a young boy snatched from his suffocating suburban existence for a series of bizarre adventures in time and space by a band of renegade dwarfs led by David Rappaport.

21:00 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star as John and Jane Smith, a typical suburban couple attending marriage counselling sessions in an attempt to reignite the spark in their relationship. What neither of them knows is that the other is a highly skilled assassin until, separately, they get a call for their next job. Accidentally double-booked, they each discover the truth about their spouse's secret existence; now they're in danger not only from their respective organisations but also from each other.

23:15 Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

Director Stephen Chow made his name in this country with the deliriously wonderful Sh***in Soccer, and Kung Fu Hustle continues his love of comedy kung-fu films. Set in pre-revolutionary China, Chow plays Sing, a street hustler who makes the mistake of pretending to be a member of the notorious Axe gang. He becomes caught up in a war between the gang and the residents of Pig Sty Alley, which the gang want to take over. Little do they know that two of the alley's residents are retired martial arts experts and soon the fists and feet are flying in knockabout fights that owe as much to Kill Bill as they do to classic Hollywood silent comedies.

01:10 John Carpenter's Vampires (1997)

Master director of horror and thrillers John Carpenter turns his attention to vampires in this fast-moving film, with James Woods playing Jack Crow, the leader of a gang of mercenary vampire killers in the employ of the Catholic church. After a successful operation they are almost wiped out by the 'king' vampire, Jan Valek. Now the survivors must hunt him down and destroy him before he finishes them off.

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13:00pm The Count of Monte Cristo (U) 1975

Swashbuckling historical adventure, with Richard Chamberlain on fine form in the lead. He plays a Frenchman determined to exact revenge on the scheming enemies who had him imprisoned on false charges.

15:10pm Kiki's Delivery Service (PG) 1989

A witch moves to a new town, hoping to forge a life for herself. Despite the objections of the locals, a kindly baker offers her a job delivering bread by broom but events take a strange turn when she suddenly loses her powers.

17:25pm Genevieve (U) 1953

A pair of rival motoring enthusiasts engage in a friendly race on the way back from the London-to-Brighton veteran car rally. But their light-hearted attitude turns into heated competition as they approach the finishing line, with their friendship seemingly doomed while their long-suffering other halves have to contend with their obsession.

19:15pm Crocodile Dundee (15) 1986

Comedy adventure which became a surprise hit. Paul Hogan co-wrote the screenplay and stars as the larger-than-life hero of the Australian Outback who's invited to New York by a reporter keen to discover the man behind the legend. A series of hilarious gags ensues as the die-hard Aussie uses all his survival skills to adjust to life in the urban jungle.

21:00pm William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (12) 1996

Shakespeare meets MTV in director Baz Luhrmann's exuberant adaptation of the famous romantic tale. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes take the lead roles of the “star-cross'd lovers” torn apart by their feuding families, who go to desperate lengths to ensure they'll be together for ever.

23:20pm The 51st State (18) 2001

Drug dealer Samuel L Jackson decides to retire from a life of crime but must raise the necessary funds through one final sale in the north of England. He soon realises the mean streets of Liverpool are no place for a kilt-wearing American and is forced to invest in a little personal security.

01:00am Black Christmas (18) 1974

Thriller set in a college sorority house where the festive celebrations are brought to an abrupt end by an obscene phone caller who begins stalking and killing the girls.

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13:00 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)

Stuart Orme's film, based on Joan Aiken's fantasy novel, is set during the rule of King James III. Two cousins are taken from their comfortable home to a snowswept orphanage, while evil governess Letitia Slighcarp plots to steal their uncle's fortune. But nature has a way of exacting revenge...

14:55 The Undefeated (1969)

John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take diferent paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans of conquest.

17:10 Magic in the Water (1995)

When Jack Black promises his his two children Joshua and Ashley the holiday of a lifetime on Lake Glenorky, British Columbia, it means he gets stuck into work and they get bored. Until Ashley spots the legendary lake mosnter, 'Orky'. Her dad won't believe her until he receives a visitation, one that will change his and the children's lives in Rick Stevenson's charming family film.

19:15 When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

Etienne Perier's thriller stars Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert, a tough navy secret service agent called in to track down gold bullion smugglers. With Hunslett, he follows the trail to Greek tycoon Sir Anthony Skouras' yacht off the Scottish coast, but are his suspicions right?

21:00 East Is East (1999)

Damien O'Donnell's multiaward winning comedy stars Om Puri as George Khan, a Pakistani immigrant who, with wife Ella, is trying to run his fish and chip shop while coping with their seven children. Despite his increasingly desperate attempts to raise them to honour traditional values, all they want to do is embrace the best that the West has to offer.

22:55 In America (2002)

Jim Sheridan's Oscarnominated drama stars Paddy Considine as Johnny, a wouldbe actor, who emigrates from Ireland to New York with his wife Sarah and daughters Christy and Ariel. While he searches for work, his wife tries to keep the family above the poverty line, with their lives complicated by enigmatic neighbour Mateo, who alternates between rages and affection for the family.

00:55 Repo Man (1984)

Alex Cox's debut feature is now considered a cult classic. Harry Dean Stanton plays a repo man his job is to hunt down and repossess cars on which the owner's payment is overdue. Stanton sometimes dirty, sometimes dangerous, usually drugfuelled takes on Emilio Estevez as an apprentice and starts teaching him the tricks of the trade. Then the call for the big job goes out $20,000 for the first to track down a 1964 Chevy Malibu. Suddenly every repo man in the city is on the case as are government agents because the driver is a mad scientist who's escaped from a government establishment with killer aliens in his trunk...

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13:00 Frankenstein (1931)

James Whale's film is one of cinema's defining horror classics. Loosely based on Mary Shelley's novel, it stars Colin Clive as Dr Henry Frankenstein, who creates The Monster, only to find his supposed perfect man is a murderous killer.

14:15 Shockproof (1949)

In Douglas Sirk's drama, hard case Jenny Marsh, released from prison after five years for killing a man to protect her gambling lover Harry, comes under the wing of parole officer Griff Marat. Determined to make her go straight, and avoid the clutches of the still-infatuated Harry, Wilde moves her into his household as companion to his blind, widowed mother. But Jenny continues to hold clandestine meetings with her shady ex, and they hatch a scheme that guarantees their continued protection - marriage to Griff. The pair wed, but when Jenny truly falls in love with Griff, Harry doesn't take rejection lightly.

15:45 River of No Return (1954)

In Otto Preminger's only western, Robert Mitchum stars as Matt Calder, a farmer recently released from prison after serving a sentence for killing a man. Picking up his son Mark from saloon singer Kay, father and son return to the farm. But later, he sees her and her fiancée Harry Weston in peril on a collapsing raft. He saves them but his thanks is to be slugged senseless and have his horse stolen as Weston races to stake a gold claim. Marooned in dangerous Indian territory, the trio's only chance is to take to the river and head for the nearest town. As they travel, Mark learns the truth about his father's crime while Kay falls for Matt, but all three know that they must still face Weston.

17:30 Small Time Crooks (1999)

Woody Allen stars as Ray, leader of an incredibly inept gang who are planning to break into a bank from the empty shop next door. Ray rents the shop and turns it into a cookie store, fronted by his wife Frenchy. But while the heist is beset by problems, the cookies are a hit and the pair are soon running a multi-million-dollar company. But while Ray can't cope with his new found wealth, Frenchy falls into the lifestyle and for smooth David, who offers to groom her for society while planning to get his hands on the money.

19:15 Watership Down (1978)

Based on Richard Adams' acclaimed novel, Martin Rosen's animated film tells of the adventures of Hazel, Fiver and a group of rabbits in search of a new warren. Featuring Zero Mostel as Kehaar, the seagull who helps them against General Woundwort, who seeks to destroy them.

21:00 Good Will Hunting (1997)

Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Robin Williams star in Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning film, with Damon as Will Hunting, a school janitor who also happens to be a savant with a photographic memory and the ability to solve seemingly impossible math problems. 'Caught' at the blackboard by teacher Stellan Skarsgard at the same time as he faces problems with the police, Damon is offered a choice - prison or counselling with an equally stubborn therapist.

23:25 Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2001)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's award-winning, Oscar-nominated comedy-romance stars the entrancing Audrey Tatou as the eponymous Amelie, a waitress in a Montmartre café whose mission in life is to ensure people's happiness. But she herself is without love until she glimpses Nino, whose hobby is collecting discarded photo-booth pictures. She pursues him with clues and messages, he pursues her and true love prevails in this fairy-tale filled with beautiful images and wonderful moments.

01:45 Mean Creek (2004)

Rory Culkin plays Sam Merric, a school kid who's continually bullied by George Tooney. When Sam's older brother Rocky finds out, he suggests teaching George a lesson he won't forget and, together with some of Sam's classmates, persuades him to go on a boating trip to a fake birthday party. But as Sam and some of his friends realise there's more to George than meets the eye, Rocky and his pal Marty become even more determined to go ahead with the lesson - one that is growing in cruelty and will lead to tragedy.

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13:00 Gunfighters (1947)

George Waggner's tough western, based on a Zane Grey story, stars Randolph Scott as Brazos Kane, a gunslinger who renounces his violent ways and goes to work for land baron Banner, who has two daughters. One, the virtuous Jane, falls for Kane; the other, bad-girl Bess, falls for Bannon's hired gun Bard Mackey. As a vicious range war breaks out, Kane finds himself on one side with Mackey on the other and has to decide if he'll break his vow never to pick up a gun again.

14:50 The Man From Colorado (1948)

Glenn Ford stars as Colonel Owen Devereaux, a sadistic Union colonel who develops the love of killing for its own sake during the Civil War. His former army friend, Captain Del Stewart, obtains a job as his deputy in order to try and keep him from extreme behaviour. But both men are in love with Caroline Emmet who is uncertain of her feelings and has to make up her mind between the two men.

16:55 The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Peter Sellers is again the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, this time the target of his ex-boss, Chief Inspector Dreyfus. Driven mad by Clouseau's antics, he escapes from the asylum, captures a scientist who creates a city-destroying device and blackmails the world with one demand - kill Clouseau! As the finest assassins close in, Clouseau blithely tries to track down Dreyfus, oblivious to one failed assassination attempt after another in a series of classic comic set pieces.

18:55 Local Hero (1983)

Bill Forsyth's wise and witty comedy stars Peter Riegert as Mac, a Texas oil company executive sent to Scotland to buy up an entire village for the site of a new refinery. But he is bemused by the seductive strangeness of the village and all does not go to plan...

21:00 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie star as John and Jane Smith, a typical suburban couple first seen undergoing marriage counselling to try and get the spark back in their relationship. What neither of them knows is that the other is a highly skilled assassin until, separately, they get a call for their next job. Accidentally double-booked, they discover the truth about each other's secret existence, and now they're in danger not just from their respective organisations but each other. But it's amazing what the frisson of danger can do for a jaded marriage...

23:10 Wolf Creek (2005)

Backpackers Liz, Kristy and Ben buy a car to explore the Australian outback, only to break down in the isolated Wolf Creek National Park. They are rescued by Mick, a local who offers hospitality at his camp site. But soon Liz awakes from a drugged sleep, tied up. In the distance, a woman screams, and there's no sign of the two men...

01:05 Kings and Queen (2004)

Emanuelle Devos plays a woman in her mid-thirties who apparently has it all, but in fact lives a life of desperation. Twice divorced, with her latest relationship on the rocks and a moody son, she learns that her father is suffering from terminal cancer. She turns to her second ex-husband, but finds he has mental problems and is under the care of psychiatrist Catherine Deneuve.

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13:00 Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)

From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's animation tells of a young witch, Kiki, who sets out to make her way in the world. Ending up in a small town, she finds they have a "no witches" rule, but the local baker offers her a job delivering bread by broom. Having made a success of her new job, she's shocked one day to find she can no longer make her broom levitate nor talk to her cat. What's happened to her?

15:15 The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989)

Stuart Orme's film, based on Joan Aiken's fantasy novel, is set during the rule of King James III. Two cousins are taken from their comfortable home to a snow-swept orphanage, while evil governess Letitia Slighcarp plots to steal their uncle's fortune. But nature has a way of exacting

17:10 The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock's underrated black comedy revolves around Harry, who is dead, his corpse found in the woods of a Vermont village. Jennifer Rogers, his wife, thinks she may have killed him, while retired sailor Albert Wiles believes he might be responsible. As other townsfolk begin to think maybe they had a hand in his death, the race is on to hide the body from the authorities. Unfortunately everyone has a different idea for disposal, leading to the body popping up at the most awkward moments.

19:15 Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Hogan, a national institution Down Under, broke into the big time with this film, playing an Outback crocodile hunter who attracts the attention of American journalist Sue Charlton. After she shares his life and dangers in the bush, she invites him to New York, an environment that's alien to Dundee but one he adapts to with charm and humour as he and Charlton slowly fall in love.

21:00 Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (2004)

The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly.

23:05 The 51st State (2001)

Samuel L Jackson plays Elmo McElroy, a pharmaceutical genius who has used his knowledge to make a fortune in illegal drugs, particularly with Formula 51, which is more potent than heroin, crack or anything else. But instead of selling it to his drug lord employer The Lizard, he flies to Liverpool where Felix is acting as broker for gangster Leopold Durant. Durant is prepared to offer $20m for the formula: money Elmo would love to spend, if he can stay alive long enough in Ronny Yu's fast-moving crime thriller.

00:45 Kagemusha (1980)

Akira Kurosawa's first film after a prolonged absence won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Set in the 16th century, a thief, sentenced to death, is given a second chance due to his resemblance to the leader of the clan, Shingen Takeda. When Takeda is killed in battle, anxious that his death is not discovered and the clan weakened, the thief is installed as the leader to fool their enemies.

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13:00 The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)

Richard Chamberlain stars as Edmond Dantes in David Green's star-studded movie of Alexandre Dumas's famous novel. Dantes innocently carries a message for the exiled Napoleon back to France, which allows his supposed best friend Fernand to denounce him in order to marry Mercedes, Chamberlain's betrothed. Incarcerated for life by corrupt magistrate De Villefort, he meets fellow prisoner Abbe Faria, who not only has an escape plan but also knowledge of a hidden treasure. Howard dies before the escape but Chamberlain succeeds and, now empowered through wealth, seeks revenge on those who ended his freedom and stole his beloved.

15:00 Genevieve (1953)

Henry Cornelius's very British comedy stars John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan as Alan and Wendy McKim, while Kenneth Moore and Kay Kendall play Ambrose Cleverhouse and Rosalind Peters. The two men are classic car fanatics and after completing the London-to-Brighton race, decide on their own race for the return leg. As the men get more competitive and the women more despairing, there are laughs galore, counter-pointed by Larry Adler's iconic harmonica-score.

16:45 When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

Etienne Perier's thriller stars Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert, a tough navy secret service agent called in to track down gold bullion smugglers. With Hunslett, he follows the trail to Greek tycoon Sir Anthony Skouras' yacht off the Scottish coast, but are his suspicions right?

18:30 K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Based on a real-life incident, Kathryn Bigelow's tense film stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as Alexei Vostrikov, the commander of Russia's first nuclear submarine and Mikhail Polenin, his executive officer, whose first test voyage ends in disaster when the reactor fails. The only hope is for the crew to repair it at the risk of fatal irradiation. But the two men also have very different political agendas, one of which could trigger global conflict rather than maintain the uneasy truce of the Cold War.

21:00 Romeo + Juliet (1996)

This fast paced MTV style 'Romeo + Juliet' is set in Verona Beach, with the Montagues and the Capulets transformed into an American underworld full of gangs and guns.

23:20 Mallrats (1995)

Jeremy London and Jason Lee play T S Quint and Brodie Bruce, two teen slackers dumped by the girlfriends Brandi and Rene. They take to hanging around the local mall, where, inevitably, the two girls swan past, but Kevin Clerks Smith's film also sees them collide with Tricia Jones, a teenager doing research for a *** book, William Black, who spends his time trying to decipher the posters with hidden images and, from Clerks, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith.

01:05 Choses secrètes (2002)

Coralie Revel and Sabrine Seyvecou are two French twenty-something girls without money or connections. But they both have one asset to help them climb the ladder of life - their bodies. Cold-bloodedly pandering to men's desires and obsessions, they seduce their way to the top, enslaving older, richer men along the way with only the equally notorious son of one of them standing in their way.

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13:00 A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Majestic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger starring David Niven as Peter Carter, an airman who cheats death and falls in love with an American radio operator June. Shocked at the "clerical error" that allowed him to live, the celestial bureaucrats invoke a trial, the result of which will decide his fate, with staunch American patriot Abraham Farlan prosecuting.

15:00 Elf (2003)

Will Ferrell plays Buddy who, as a kid, crawled into Santa's sack, ended up at the North Pole and was reared as an elf. Reaching adulthood, he sets off to find his real father, Walter but is dismissed as a nut. However, with the help of shop girl Jovie, he aims to win his father over and bring back the true spirit of Christmas to Manhattan.

16:45 All About Eve (1950)

Bette Davis stars in Joseph Mankiewicz's drama as Margo Channing, the acid-tongued star of screen and stage who takes the young, innocent, mousey Eve Harrington under her wing only to find her protege quietly betraying her at every turn until she has climbed the dizzy heights once occupied by Margo.

19:20 Jingle All The Way (1996)

Harassed businessman Howard tells his little boy he'll buy him a Turboman for Christmas, only to find that every store has sold out. Racing round the shops in search of the last toy, he realises that postman Myron is doing exactly the same thing.

21:00 Trading Places (1983)

Dan Aykroyd plays Louis Winthrope III, a rich, smug investment broker set up by Randolph and Mortimer Duke in their experiment to prove environment rules over breeding. Stripped of his home, money, fiancée and job, he sees the homeless Billy Ray Valentine offered his place instead and only hooker Ophelia will help him. But when the three discover Randolph and Duke's plot, they plan to get even.

23:10 In America (2002)

Jim Sheridan's Oscar-nominated drama stars Paddy Considine as Johnny, a would-be actor, who emigrates from Ireland to New York with his wife Sarah and daughters Christy and Ariel. While he searches for work, his wife tries to keep the family above the poverty line, with their lives complicated by enigmatic neighbour Mateo, who alternates between rages and affection for the family.

01:10 Le fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain (2001)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's award-winning, Oscar-nominated comedy-romance stars the entrancing Audrey Tatou as the eponymous Amelie, a waitress in a Montmartre café whose mission in life is to ensure people's happiness. But she herself is without love until she glimpses Nino, whose hobby is collecting discarded photo-booth pictures. She pursues him with clues and messages, he pursues her and true love prevails in this fairy-tale filled with beautiful images and wonderful moments.

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13:00 Black Magic (1949)

Orson Welles plays Cagliostro, a mysterious hypnotist trained by the great Dr Mesmer himself who uses his powers to gain power, wealth, prestige and romance in the court of first Louis XV then Louis XVI. But Cagliostro overreaches himself when he tries to substitute his protégé Lorenza for Marie Antoinette.

15:00 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)

Michael Anderson's thrilling account of the true story of HMS Ameythst, a British frigate "captured" by Chinese communists during the Chinese revolution and whose dash to freedom under shellfire captured the imagination of the world.

17:10 A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

Charles Chaplin directed, wrote and scored what turned out to be his last film, this finely-tuned romantic comedy. Marlon Brando stars as Ogden Mears, a diplomat travelling from Hong Kong to America to reconcile with his estranged wife Martha. However, his stateroom is invaded by the mysterious Natascha, a White Russian countess who fled the revolution and ended up a bar-girl in Hong Kong. At first, Mears is inclined to throw her out but she begs for his help to get to America and he reluctantly agrees, setting in train an unlikely relationship.

19:15 Carry on Doctor (1968)

Sid James is the rogue patient, smoking under the bed sheets and smuggling in whisky, Jim Dale the handsome but accident-prone doctor infatuated by beautiful nurse Anita Harris, and Kenneth Williams the hospital head who is the unlikely romantic target of strict and starched matron Hattie Jacques in this classic comedy.

21:00 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley, the loud-mouthed cop from Detroit who's back to shake up Beverly Hills after chief Andrew Bogomil is nearly killed. Teaming up again with Det Billy Rosewood, who's developed an unhealthy liking for firepower under Foley's influence, and Det Sgt John Taggart, they set out to crack the 'Alphabet Crimes' - robberies from heavily guarded premises. Chief suspect is Maxwell Dent, who's protected by heavy Charlie 'Chips' Cain and assassin Karla Fry.

23:00 Little Voice (1998)

LV is a recluse, living with her blowsy mum Mari but gifted with a voice that can imitate Piaf, Garland and Monroe. Into Mari's life comes sleazy talent agent and, when he hears LV sing, he thinks he can make her a star in this polished comedy drama from Mark Herman.

00:45 Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Todd Haynes' evocation of the heady days of glam rock stars Christian Bale as Arthur, the journalist sent to investigate the disappearance ten years ago of star Brian Slade. Slade was supposedly assassinated on stage, but believing it was all a publicity stunt, Arthur has to trawl through the survivors of the time to piece together the true story.

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13:00 A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

Charles Chaplin directed, wrote and scored what turned out to be his last film, this finely-tuned romantic comedy. Marlon Brando stars as Ogden Mears, a diplomat travelling from Hong Kong to America to reconcile with his estranged wife Martha. However, his stateroom is invaded by the mysterious Natascha, a White Russian countess who fled the revolution and ended up a bar-girl in Hong Kong. At first, Mears is inclined to throw her out but she begs for his help to get to America and he reluctantly agrees, setting in train an unlikely relationship.

15:15 Once upon a Time (1944)

Alexander Hall's charming modern fairy-tale stars Cary Grant as Jerry Flynn, a Broadway producer in need of money who sees his financial salvation in young Arthur Thompson's caterpillar that dances to the tune of Yes Sir, That's My Baby. Exploiting the kid, Flynn makes his money but as his act disappears as a butterfly, he finds something more valuable in the shape of love interest Jeannie, Arthur's older sister.

16:55 The Silent Enemy (1958)

During 1941, in the Mediterranean, the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibralter to organise defences, but finds only two British divers available to help him. Worryingly, it appears that the Italians might be secretly using neutral Spain across the bay as their key base.

19:05 My House in Umbria (2003)

Richard Loncraine's film stars Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, a spinster of a certain age who lives in Umbria. Boarding a train for a shopping trip in Milan, she is in the carriage that is blown up by a ********* **** and only she, the General, a young German, Werner and a little girl, Aimee survive. On a whim, she invites them to recuperate on her estate and each nurses their physical and emotional wounds, until the arrival of Aimee's uncle, Thomas Riversmith throws both Aimee and Emily into turmoil.

21:00 House of Flying Daggers (2004)

The plot concerns a blind outlaw who's tricked by a couple of cops into betraying a band of killers. But the plot is largely subservient to the supremely well choreographed martial arts action.

23:15 Pitch Black (2000)

A deep space transporter crash-lands on a desolate planet circled by three suns. Among the survivors are pilot Carolyn Fry, mystic Abu 'Imam' al-Walid, cop William J. Johns and convicted criminal Richard B. Riddick, and their first thoughts are of survival and escape. Then Fry finds out that the planet suffers a total eclipse every 22 years, which is when the hibernating, flesh-eating inhabitants awake and hunt. Now the race is on just to stay alive...

01:15 Calvaire (2004)

Laurent Lucas plays Marc Stevens, a jobbing cabaret singer taking in old people's homes and community centres, but on his way to the next gig, his car breaks down in a rundown village. Given shelter by Paul Bartel, an ex-artiste, and asked to perform his act, Stevens finds it so moves Bartel that his life is in danger and he must fight or flee.

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13:00 Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Albert Dekker stars in this classic mad scientist movie as the short-sighted Dr Thorkel, who summons four scientists to his lair deep in the Peruvian jungle. When they find he merely wants them to look at crystals he's discovered, their rebellion so angers him, he uses his atomic generator to shrink them to just a foot high. Now they must escape his wrath and the creatures of the jungle as they battle to reverse the process.

14:35 Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Ernst Lubitsch's comedy drama stars Don Ameche as Henry Van Cleve, a good middle class citizen, although something of a playboy in 19th-century Kansas and New York, who has just arrived in hell. There, he recounts his life story to a suave and gentlemanly Satan, who has to decide whether the one-time Casanova is to spend eternity in Hades or Heaven.

16:50 Sea of Sand (1958)

Second World War action movie, directed by Guy Green, about a dangerous mission by the Long Range Desert Group, led by Captain Williams and Captain Cotton to blow up a vital enemy petrol dump behind German lines in North Africa in 1943. But once they get to their target, they discover it isn't just petrol that's being stored.

18:55 Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (2004)

The determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters while there's a lavish wedding party in town. Right away, the smart and headstrong Lalita announces she will only marry for love, giving her mother nightmares. Then Lalita meets wealthy American Will Darcy, and sparks immediately fly. But is it love or hate?

21:00 Pitch Black (2000)

A deep space transporter crash-lands on a desolate planet circled by three suns. Among the survivors are pilot Carolyn Fry, mystic Abu 'Imam' al-Walid, cop William J. Johns and convicted criminal Richard B. Riddick, and their first thoughts are of survival and escape. Then Fry finds out that the planet suffers a total eclipse every 22 years, which is when the hibernating, flesh-eating inhabitants awake and hunt. Now the race is on just to stay alive...

23:00 Bully (2001)

Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner and Bijou Phillips are just three of a group of teenagers who gang up to murder bully Nick Stahl, who uses psychological violence as well as physical and ***ual violence against them.

01:10 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Cameron Crowe's taste for autobiography began with this milestone comedy - based on the year he spent impersonating a high school student - crammed with future stars. The school year begins at Ridgemont High, California, where the students include reluctant virgin Stacy, her experienced friend Linda, Brad the chef and Jeff, the permanently stoned surf dude. Stacy runs through a string of dates - avoiding the terminally shy but infatuated geek 'Rat' Ratner - before ending up with macho Mike and Brad undergoes numerous humiliations while Jeff skirts danger, and survives intact...

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13:00 Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Kern Shafter arrives at a Dakota army post to find it commanded by his old nemesis Edward Garnett. Shafter and Garnett despise each other, and the antagonism ripens in a competition for the affections of Josephine Russell, a beautiful young woman. Garnett repeatedly attempts to diminish Shafter in Josephine's eyes, and he sends Shafter on dangerous missions, clearly hoping Shafter will not return. A scouting mission in support of General Custer's command leads both Shafter and Garnett into the most dangerous cir***stance of their lives.

14:35 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a ******* for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

16:50 Jingle All The Way (1996)

When Howard misses his son's karate practice, he makes peace by promising his son a Turbo Man doll for Christmas. What Howard doesn't know is that every other child wants the doll as well. On the day of Christmas Eve, Howard must compete against a deranged postal worker (played by Sinbad), as well as con-artist Santas, the police, and almost every parent in town, to get his son the cherished toy. But while Howard is going insane trying to find the doll, his son is wondering where his father is, and his neighbor is putting the moves on his wife.

18:30 K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

The story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine's crew, led by the unyielding Captain Alexi Vostrikov, races against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which threatens not only the lives of his crew, but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers.

21:00 Phone Booth (2002)

A fiendish publicist finds himself being held ******* in a phone booth by an extreme moralist who watches his victim's every move through the scope of his high-power sniper rifle, while speaking to the publicist via the phone booth. The caller prides himself on using force to punish corrupt people by forcing them to admit all of their lies and sins through mental games, or killing them. At the same time, he eliminates other people as well; everyday people who are guilty of brutal dishonesty and/or corruption, such as a murderous street pimp and a pushy pizza man (all of which, if you look hard enough in the film, have a guilt link). The caller himself is corrupt, and uses it defeat other corruption. It is evil fighting evil in the phone booth.

22:30 28 Days Later (2002)

A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood and devastating within seconds, the virus locks those infected into a permanent state of murderous rage. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realising that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.

00:45 Little Voice (1998)

After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV (played by Jane Horrocks) becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.

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13:00 Moonrise (1948)

Dane Clark plays Danny Hawkins, a young man tormented both by images of his father being lynched for murder and the bullying of Jerry Sykes. Matters come to a head at the local dance where the pair vie for the attention of schoolteacher Gilly Johnson. In the ensuing fight, Hawkins kills Sykes in self-defence and hides the body. But when the body is found, Hawkins wracked with guilt becomes increasingly unstable until his grandmother persuades him to do the decent thing.

14:45 The History of Mr Polly (1949)

In Anthony Pelissier's adaptation of the H G Wells novel, John Mills plays the eponymous Mr Polly who, disillusioned by the constant nagging of his wife and his dull life, torches his shop and takes to the open road. He ends up in the heart of the countryside where, after a few hitches, he begins a new life with a jovial innkeeper, but can this idyllic existence last for ever and what of the family he left behind?

16:40 All About Eve (1950)

Bette Davis stars in Joseph Mankiewicz's drama as Margo Channing, the acid-tongued star of the stage who takes the young, innocent, mousey Eve Harrington under her wing only to find her protege quietly betraying her at every turn until she has climbed the dizzy heights once occupied by Margo.

19:15 Carry on Doctor (1968)

Sid James is the rogue patient, smoking under the bed sheets and smuggling in whisky, Jim Dale the handsome but accident-prone doctor infatuated by beautiful nurse Anita Harris, and Kenneth Williams the hospital head who is the unlikely romantic target of strict and starched matron Hattie Jacques in this classic comedy.

21:00 Trading Places (1983)

Dan Aykroyd plays Louis Winthrope III, a rich, smug investment broker set up by Randolph and Mortimer Duke in their experiment to prove environment rules over breeding. Stripped of his home, money, fiancée and job, he sees the homeless Billy Ray Valentine offered his place instead and only hooker Ophelia will help him. But when the three discover Randolph and Duke's plot, they plan to get even in John Landis's landmark, rip-roaring comedy.

23:10 If... (1968)

Lindsay Anderson's coruscating classic critique of British society is set in a private school where rebellious pupils led by Mick Travis take revenge against the petty-minded teachers and prefects.

01:15 Reality Bites (1994)

Ben Stiller directs and stars in this romantic comedy that follows the lives and loves of four graduates in Houston, Texas. Winona Ryder plays Lelaina Pierce, who works for a local TV station and dreams of moving to a bigger channel. Lelaina shares a flat with Vickie Miner, who works as a temp. They're joined by slacker Troy Dyer, while Stiller plays Michael Grates, an executive on a big cable TV station who Lelaina meets by chance.

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13:00 Black Magic (1949)

Orson Welles plays Cagliostro, a mysterious hypnotist trained by the great Dr Mesmer himself who uses his powers to gain power, wealth, prestige and romance in the court of first Louis XV then Louis XVI. But Cagliostro overreaches himself when he tries to substitute his protégé Lorenza for Marie Antoinette.

15:00 The Mummy (1932)

Boris Karloff stars as Imhotep, an Egyptian high priest buried alive for trying to restore his beloved princess to life. Now disturbed by archaeologists, his spirit takes on the guise of museum curator Ardeth Bey. He sees in scientist Helen Grosvenor the incarnation of his lost love and sets out on a trail of death and destruction to have her join him in the afterlife.

16:30 The Silent Enemy (1958)

During 1941, in the Mediterranean, the Italians start using underwater chariots to mine the undersides of allied ships. Explosives expert Lionel Crabbe arrives in Gibralter to organise defences, but finds only two British divers available to help him. Worryingly, it appears that the Italians might be secretly using neutral Spain across the bay as their key base.

18:35 Chariots of Fire (1981)

Hugh Hudson's Oscar-winning film goes back to the 1924 Paris Olympics, where Cambridge student Harold Abrahams and devout Christian Scot Eric Liddell represented Britain on the track. Hudson's Oscar and BAFTA-laden tale of commitment, integrity and sacrifice follows their lives and loves before the two come together in Paris and as they compete at the Olympics, where Liddell must overcome issues arising from his religion.

21:00 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

Eddie Murphy returns as Axel Foley, the loud-mouthed cop from Detroit who's back to shake up Beverly Hills after chief Andrew Bogomil is nearly killed. Teaming up again with Det Billy Rosewood, who's developed an unhealthy liking for firepower under Foley's influence, and Det Sgt John Taggart, they set out to crack the 'Alphabet Crimes' - robberies from heavily guarded premises. Chief suspect is Maxwell Dent, who's protected by heavy Charlie 'Chips' Cain and assassin Karla Fry. And it's not long before the quiet of Beverly Hills is shattered by car chases and shoot-outs in Tony Scott's comedy cop-thriller.

23:00 Beneath The Planet of The Apes (1970)

Violent sequel to the Darwinian nightmare. Apes have inherited the Earth, driving people underground. But the humans have got their stinking paws on a nuclear ****.

00:45 Palindromes (2004)

Todd Solondz's drama tells the story of Aviva as her life moves through various stages, from her desire to have children through a bungled abortion to unwitting involvement with a violent anti-abortion evangelical family.

02:40 The Mummy (Film)

Boris Karloff stars as Imhotep, an Egyptian high priest buried alive for trying to restore his beloved princess to life. Now disturbed by archaeologists, his spirit takes on the guise of museum curator Ardeth Bey. He sees in scientist Helen Grosvenor the incarnation of his lost love and sets out on a trail of death and destruction to have her join him in the afterlife.

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13:00 The History of Mr Polly (1949)

In Anthony Pelissier's adaptation of the H G Wells novel, John Mills plays the eponymous Mr Polly who, disillusioned by the constant nagging of his wife and his dull life, torches his shop and takes to the open road. He ends up in the heart of the countryside where, after a few hitches, he begins a new life with a jovial innkeeper, but can this idyllic existence last for ever and what of the family he left behind?

14:45 Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Ernst Lubitsch's comedy drama stars Don Ameche as Henry Van Cleve, a good middle class citizen, although something of a playboy in 19th-century Kansas and New York, who has just arrived in hell. There, he recounts his life story to a suave and gentlemanly Satan, who has to decide whether the one-time Casanova is to spend eternity in Hades or Heaven.

16:55 This Happy Breed (1944)

Taken from Noel Coward's popular play of the same name, David Lean's film looks at the way in which a working class family adapts to life after World War I as they slowly move up the class ladder. Celia Johnson stars as dowdy housewife Ethel Gibbons, married to Frank, who has just returned from the war. Ethel had been sharing a house with her daughter Queenie, son Reg, crotchety mother Mrs Flint and spinster sister-in-law Sylvia. Frank returns from the war to move them all into a bigger house in Clapham and the film traces the ups and downs of the family's fortunes as the new peace allows them to reach for a greater standing in life.

19:00 The Return of The Musketeers (1989)

After the romps of The Three Musketeers in 1973, Richard Lester once again gathered together D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis for another bout of swashbuckling deeds as the ageing adventurers set out to rescue Queen Anne from plots hatched by both her lover, Cardinal Mazarin, and the manic daughter of Milady de Winter, Justine de Winter.

21:00 Chain Reaction (1996)

Keanu Reeves stars as Eddie Kasalivich, a brilliant physicist who's part of a university research team looking at alternative energy solutions. When they crack the holy grail, delivering free energy from water, they're ready to announce their find to the world. But an explosion at their laboratory destroys the work and kills the team leader and Kasalicich, together with Dr Lily Sinclair finds himself suspected of sabotage and murder. On the run, with the mysterious Paul Shannon and the even more shadowy Lyman Earl Collier co-ordinating the operation to track them down and, if necessary, 'terminate them with extreme predjudice', the pair have to not just prove their innocence but save their secret.

23:00 28 Days Later (2002)

Danny Boyle's cult low budget horror stars Cillian Murphy as one of those unaffected by a plague which has turned most of humanity into blood-crazed zombies. As he and a growing band of survivors group together in London and try to reach the military stronghold commanded by Chris Eccleston in Manchester, they face the most dangerous journey of their lives...

01:15 8MM (1999)

Private investigator Tom Welles is called in by the widow of a wealthy banker to find out the truth about a film found among her husband's effects. It shows a young woman being killed, but is it a real 'snuff' movie or a fake? Welles sets off on a journey to the very extremes of the **** industry, with **** shop clerk Max California as his guide. Eddie Poole and George Higgins are just two of the lowlifes he must deal with to find the terrible truth in Joel Schumacher's tough yet very moral thriller.

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13.00pm Bugles in the Afternoon (U) 1952

A disgraced Cavalry soldier attempts to redeem himself by returning to active service at a remote fort in the middle of Sioux territory, little suspecting his new commanding officer is an arch-enemy from the past. Their antagonism grows as they both fall for the same woman, and the new arrival finds himself assigned more and more dangerous missions by his commander, who hopes he will not return from them.

14.35pm The River's Edge (15) 1957

Crime thriller, starring Ray Milland as a bank robber on the run who tracks down his ex-lover and her new husband, and forces them to help him escape across the border to Mexico with his ill-gotten gains.

16.15pm The Wolf Man (PG) 1941

The son of a wealthy man returns home, and promptly falls for a local girl but it's not long before all thoughts of romance are driven from his mind following a bite from a werewolf, which leaves him suffering a nightmarish transformation each time the full moon rises.

17.35pm Once Upon a Time (U) 1944

Cary Grant stars as a Broadway producer desperate for success after a string of commercial flops. An encounter with a boy who has trained a caterpillar to dance could be the solution to his problems, but as the money rolls in he alientates the youngster and his sister.

19.15pm Carry On Dick (PG) 1974

Lawmen Kenneth Williams and Jack Douglas dedicate themselves to catching cheeky highwayman Sid James, and enlist the help of a local reverend. But little do they realise the pious pastor and his buxom housemaid aren't all they seem.

21.00pm House of Flying Daggers (15) 2004

Two lawmen are sent to find the head of a rebel group, which threatens to destroy the Tang dynasty's tenuous grip on power. Their search takes them to a beautiful blind dancer, who they hope will lead them to the mysterious and influential figure but matters soon take a complicated turn. S

11.10pm Blackball (15) 2003

A rebellious bowls player is kicked out of his stuffy local club but they soon realise they need his considerable talent to win a famous victory against a talented Australian team.

00.55am The Grifters (18) 1990

Scheming moll Anjelica Huston, her estranged small-time con-man son John Cusack and his devious girlfriend Annette Bening become embroiled in a double-dealing crime spree, delving into the seedy underbelly of the gangland world. Stephen Frears' acclaimed thriller based on the novel by Jim Thompson twists and turns to delicious effect.

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13:00pm The Wolf Man (PG) 1941

The son of a wealthy man returns home, and promptly falls for a local girl but it's not long before all thoughts of romance are driven from his mind following a bite from a werewolf, which leaves him suffering a nightmarish transformation each time the full moon rises.

14:20pm Moonrise (PG) 1948

A man is haunted by the fact that his late father was a murderer, something no-one will ever let him forget. His problems are further compounded when he accidentally kills a bully and realising people will think it was malicious, he decides to hide the body.

16:15pm Sea of Sand (U) 1958

Allied troops fighting in North Africa in 1943 are ordered to work as saboteurs behind enemy lines and plot to blow up Rommel's desert fuel dumps. The predictable clash of personalities between officers causes problems initially, but the military men overcome their differences to work together.

18:10pm Howards End (PG) 1992

Acclaimed Merchant-Ivory period drama based on EM Forster's novel about the conflict between two families from vastly different backgrounds who become fatefully entwined.

21:00pm Phone Booth (15) 2002

Arrogant publicist Colin Farrell uses a public telephone to call his girlfriend behind his wife's back. But no sooner has he hung up, than the phone rings and the voice on the other end tells him that if he hangs up he will be shot by an unseen sniper.

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22:35pm Secretary (18) 2002

A shy and lonely woman who often indulges in self-harm is released from a mental hospital and returns to her Florida home town, where she takes a job as a secretary. However, she soon embarks on a sadomasochistic relationship with her domineering boss that has a dramatic effect on both their lives.

00:40am The Piano Teacher (18) 2001

A skilful pianist hides an appetite for violent ***ual fetishes and self-mutilation behind a mask of strict discipline until a handsome pupil shatters her disguise.

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13:00pm City Beneath the Sea (U) 1953

Anthony Quinn and Robert Ryan play deep-sea divers who arrive in Jamaica to search for a sunken wreck containing $1million in gold, little realising their greed will lead to a fierce competition.

14:40pm A Town Like Alice (PG) 1956

Jack Lee's harrowing drama is never easy viewing, but it's certainly worth the effort. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, it explores the harsh realities of life for women prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya during World War Two, as they are forced to march for days on end, while being subjected to random beatings and torture.

17:00pm This Happy Breed (U) 1944

Stunning drama chronicling the domestic life of a working-class London family between the wars, providing a fascinating insight into the realities of the era.

19:05pm Fantastic Voyage (PG) 1966

A respected scientist suffers severe brain damage during a shooting, forcing a medical team to be miniaturised to microscopic size and injected inside his body to effect a miracle cure little realising one of the minuscule passengers has sabotage on his mind.

21:00pm The Shawshank Redemption (15) 1994

Quiet, unassuming banker Tim Robbins, wrongly jailed for murdering his adulterous wife and her lover, forms an extraordinary friendship with fellow inmate Morgan Freeman and, over the years, earns a position of trust as the corrupt governor's book-keeper.

23:40pm Re-Animator (18) 1985

A medical student and his girlfriend are drawn into a series of bizarre experiments by his creepy new roommate, who has found a way to bring the dead back to life. However, his efforts lead to all manner of gory consequences for the unwitting heroes.

01:20am Beneath the Planet of the Apes (15) 1969

More monkey business in the first sequel to the sci-fi classic. American astronaut James Franciscus and chimpanzee scientist Kim Hunter team up to search for missing friend Charlton Heston in the nuclear-devastated future, but encounter trouble with subterranean mutants and atomic weapons along the way.

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13:00 Time Bandits (1981)

Surrealistic comedy-fantasy by director Terry Gilliam, with Craig Warnock as a young boy snatched from his suffocating suburban existence for a series of bizarre adventures in time and space by a band of renegade dwarfs led by David Rappaport.

15:25 War of The Wildcats (1943)

Originally released as Old Oklahoma John Wayne heads the cast as oilman Dan Somers, whose feud with Hunk Gardner isn't helped by their love for the same woman, Catherine Allen. Their rivalry comes to a head when Somers is offered a lucrative contract and Gardner does everything he can to sabotage it, leading to so thrilling a chase that the studio, Republic, spliced segments into future productions.

17:25 Gunfighters (1947)

George Waggner's tough western, based on a Zane Grey story, stars Randolph Scott as Brazos Kane, a gunslinger who renounces his violent ways and goes to work for land baron Banner, who has two daughters. One, the virtuous Jane, falls for Kane; the other, bad-girl Bess, falls for Bannon's hired gun Bard Mackey. As a vicious range war breaks out, Kane finds himself on one side with Mackey on the other and has to decide if he'll break his vow never to pick up a gun again.

19:15 Carry on Dick (1974)

Sid James and Barbara Windsor go out in style in their last Carry On film, based on the legend of Dick Turpin. James portrays the notorious highwayman Big Dick Turpin, who disguises himself as the Reverend Flasher to avoid detection. Windsor plays a buxom member of his gang, with Kenneth Williams as Captain Fancey, who is charged with capturing Turpin, and Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley, head of the Bow Street Runners. Regulars Hattie Jacques, Joan Sims and Kenneth Connor are all present and correct, as are the usual number of double entendre jokes in this Gerald Thomas comedy.

21:00 Chain Reaction (1996)

Keanu Reeves stars as Eddie Kasalivich, a brilliant physicist who's part of a university research team looking at alternative energy solutions. When they crack the holy grail, delivering free energy from water, they're ready to announce their find to the world. But an explosion at their laboratory destroys the work and kills the team leader and Kasalicich, together with Dr Lily Sinclair finds himself suspected of sabotage and murder.

23:00 Mallrats (1995)

Jeremy London and Jason Lee play T S Quint and Brodie Bruce, two teen slackers dumped by the girlfriends Brandi and Rene. They take to hanging around the local mall, where, inevitably, the two girls swan past, but Kevin Clerks Smith's film also sees them collide with Tricia Jones, a teenager doing research for a *** book, William Black, who spends his time trying to decipher the posters with hidden images and, from Clerks, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith.

00:45 Jungle Fever (1991)

Spike Lee's drama stars Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra as two work colleagues who start a passionate affair. She is engaged to John Turturro, he is married to Lonette McKee but when their affair becomes known to their families, it is as much their racial differences that cause trouble as the affair itself.

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13:00 The Awful Truth (1937)

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a modern socialite couple who have decided to get divorced. As the clock ticks down to midnight, their final hours as a married couple are spent trying to undermine the other's attempts to find happiness, she with staid bachelor Dan Leeson, he with heiress Barbara Vance because, as Leo McCarey's sophisticated screwball comedy proves, they're meant for each other.

14:45 Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Ernst Lubitsch's comedy drama stars Don Ameche as Henry Van Cleve, a good middle class citizen, although something of a playboy in 19th-century Kansas and New York, who has just arrived in hell. There, he recounts his life story to a suave and gentlemanly Satan, who has to decide whether the one-time Casanova is to spend eternity in Hades or Heaven.

16:55 The River's Edge (1957)

Allan Dwan was one of the few directors who mastered the art of making B-movies look better than plot or budget allowed. In this thriller, Dwan's final film, Ray Milland plays Nardo Denning, a crook who needs to smuggle his cash into Mexico. His ticket over the border is his ex-girlfriend Margaret who is married to border guard Ben Cameron, but as the trio set out into the mountains and deserts, Cameron uses his knowledge of the territory to outwit the murderous Denning.

18:35 Chariots of Fire (1981)

Hugh Hudson's Oscar-winning film goes back to the 1924 Paris Olympics, where Cambridge student Harold Abrahams and devout Christian Scot Eric Liddell represented Britain on the track. Hudson's Oscar and BAFTA-laden tale of commitment, integrity and sacrifice follows their lives and loves before the two come together in Paris and as they compete at the Olympics, where Liddell must overcome issues arising from his religion.

21:00 Alien (1979)

Ridley Scott's gripping tale of extraterrestial horror starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrirt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and Ian Holm as members of the mining ship Nostromo's crew who do battle with a mighty alien in deep space - 'where no-one can hear you scream'. Claustrophobic, dark and intense.

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23:15 Predator 2 (1990)

The predator is back, now hunting the streets of Los Angeles for his prey. This time the alien has decided to take the feuding drug-dealing gangsters who are threatening to overrun the city as trophies, but when he starts taking out the police as well, tough cop Danny Glover and partners Ruben Blades and Maria Conchita Alonso set on its trail. But they must also contend with special agent Gary Busey, who seems to know what happened to a mercenary patrol in the South American jungle...

01:20 Palindromes (2004)

Todd Solondz's drama tells the story of Aviva as her life moves through various stages, from her desire to have children through a bungled abortion to unwitting involvement with a violent anti-abortion evangelical family.

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13:00pm Monte Carlo or Bust (U) 1969

Tony Curtis heads the cast as a gambler who wins half of scheming businessman Terry-Thomas's company in a card game. The tycoon challenges him to enter the race with the winner getting the whole business, but doesn't plan on playing fair.

15:25pm The League of Gentlemen (U) 1960

The film follows the antics of former Army colonel Jack Hawkins, who's left furious when the top brass insist on his retirement and sets out to exact an elaborate revenge by blackmailing ex-servicemen into taking part in a robbery plotted with military precision.

17:35pm Lady from Louisiana (PG) 1941

Drama, starring John Wayne as a lawyer sent to New Orleans to prosecute the criminal syndicate running a crooked lottery scam. He soon falls for a local woman, not realising her father is in charge of the gang he's come to deal with.

19:15pm Carry On Up the Khyber (PG) 1968

The gang go to colonial India for this bawdy saga of occupying British forces having trouble with the natives. Tensions mount as the locals discover the soldiers' fearsome reputation is quite undeserved prompting open rebellion.

21:00pm The Manchurian Candidate (15) 2004

A Gulf War veteran struggles with nightmares and vows to get to the root of the problem, convinced something strange happened to him and his comrades but it soon becomes clear that powerful, shadowy figures don't want him probing too deeply.

23:25pm Nuns on the Run (15) 1990

Disillusioned small-time crooks Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane decide the time has come to go straight. However, their efforts are thwarted when they fall foul of their Mob boss, the police and the Triads, forcing them to flee for their lives. In an attempt to escape detection, they don habits and wimples to pose as nuns, but life in the convent proves far from easy.

01:10am Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (18) 1970

Three female rock musicians with a taste for the high life set out to make it big in Hollywood under the expert guidance of their trans***ual manager. But with success comes a decadent plunge into a world of ***, drugs and sleaze.

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13:00 Five Against The House (1955)

When a group of students enjoy a night at a casino in Reno, one of them, Ronnie tells the others he's worked out how to rob it without being caught. The others fall in with his plan as an academic exercise, planning to return the money afterwards. Except for Roy, who's mentally disturbed and, along with ex-GI Brick, plans to keep the cash. As the plans proceed, the students find themselves caught in a nightmare that threatens not just their liberty, but their lives as well in Phil Karlson's film noir thriller.

14:35 Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986)

Hayao Miyazaki fantasy animation from the Japanese Studio Ghibli. Young Sheeta and Pazu team up to find the mythical castle of Laputa, once a floating castle that is now grounded and abandoned, guarded only by robots and the animals of the forest. With the pirates, led by Dola, and the military, led by Muska, hot on their heels, only Sheeta's knowledge of the ancients can save the castle from destruction.

17:15 Dark Command (1940)

Entertaining tale from the Wild West about a small-town big shot who terrorises the locals after clashing with the newly elected sheriff.

19:05 Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Classic piece of science-fiction cinema, combining ground-breaking special effects with a plot involving the near-assassination of a diplomat. In order to save the diplomat, a submarine is shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. They have just begun their voyage when it becomes clear there is a saboteur on board.

21:00 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Uplifting and life-affirming drama starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman as Andy Dufrense and Ellis Boyd Redding, prisoners serving long sentences in the vicious Shawshank jail. The two come to terms with their imprisonment while surviving the sadistic acts of prison warden Samuel Norton, and for both, a different sort of redemption awaits.

23:40 Movie Rush (Entertainment)

A round-up of the latest releases.

23:45 Cherry Falls (2000)

One of the series of black comedy horrors of the late nineties, sparked by the success of 'Scream'. This film gives an interesting twist to the serial killer motif, with a murderer who systematically picks off the virgins in a small-town high school. The pupils embark on a frenzy of terror-fuelled lust, but the local sheriff’s daughter is in a quandary, as she does not feel ready for intimacy with her boyfriend.

01:30 Yes (2004)

Sally Potter's film sees Joan Allen as the bored wife of British politician Sam Neill. At a dinner party, she meets Simon Akbarian, a Lebanese exile who, a professional in his own land, works in London as a cook. Fascinated by him, the two start a torrid affair but their cultural and political differences begin to drive a wedge into their happiness.

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13:00 A Town Like Alice (1956)

Taut World War II drama, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, reflecting the experience of the generation of Australians that fought the war against the Japanese. Jean Paget is among a group of women trapped in Malaya who are forced to walk hundreds of miles in search of food and shelter by the Japanese army. But Australian soldier Joe Harman sneaks food to them from his labour camp. After the war, Jean visits Joe in his home town of Alice Springs, but finds that her life is none too easy.

15:15 Timberjack (1955)

Based on the novel by Dan Cushman, this Western directed by Joseph Kane sees Sterling Hayden playing Tim Chipman, an honest lumberman who returns home to find his father murdered. Chipman gets his own back by setting the family timber company against ruthless competitor Croft Brunner. It seems that Brunner is also a rival for the heart of saloon keeper Lynne Tilton, but she is won over to Chipman's side when she discovers that Brunner was also responsible for the death of her father.

17:00 War of The Wildcats (1943)

Originally released as Old Oklahoma John Wayne heads the cast as oilman Dan Somers, whose feud with Hunk Gardner isn't helped by their love for the same woman, Catherine Allen. Their rivalry comes to a head when Somers is offered a lucrative contract and Gardner does everything he can to sabotage it, leading to so thrilling a chase that the studio, Republic, spliced segments into future productions.

18:55 Bogus (1996)

Haley Joel Osment plays Albert Franklin, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Las Vegas where his mother works as part of a stage circus act. But when she is killed in a car accident, he finds she's provided for him to be cared for by her half-sister Harriet Franklin. She's a businesswoman who has neither knowledge nor time for the boy but reluctantly takes him on. To help him through his bereavement and new life, Albert invents an invisible friend, Bogus, a character from one of his books. But is Bogus just a figment of his imagination or a real entity?

21:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson are Ulysses Everett, Pete Hogwallop and Delmar O'Donnell, three chain-gang convicts who make a break for freedom when Ulysses finds out his wife is going to re-marry - he convinces the other two to join him with a story of buried treasure. The Coen Brothers' deliriously weird Oscar-nominated film, improbably based on The Odyssey, sees the trio travel across the Depression-hit south, meeting along the way Sirens and a one-eyed *****-salesman as well as blues singer Tommy Johnson who helps them become unlikely recording stars before journey's end.

23:00 The Big Lebowski (1998)

Jeff Bridges is Jeff 'The Dude' Leboswki who's mistaken for Jeffrey Lebowski, who is The Big Lebowski. Which explains why he's roughed up and has his precious rug ****ed on. In search of recompense, The Dude tracks down his namesake, who offers him a job. His wife has been kidnapped and he needs a reliable bagman. Aided and hindered by his pals Walter Sobchak, a Vietnam vet, and Donny, master of stupidity, The Dude finds himself involved in violence, mayhem and bowling rivalry with Jesus Quintana in another Coen Brothers classic.

01:15 Two Lane Blacktop (1971)

Monte Hellman's road film is one of the seminal American movies of the 70s, ranking alongside Easy Rider as a work that highlights the transition from the optimistic 60s into the cynicism of the 70s. Singer/songwriter James Taylor and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson play the driver and mechanic of a 1955 Chevy who earn their money taking on small-town dragsters. They meet up with Warren Oates, driver of a Pontiac GTO, who suggests a race to Washington DC; the winner taking the loser's car. Along the road, they pick up Laurie Bird and the foursome set out on a trip across the America of run-down towns, diners and cheap motels where hope and optimism are in short supply.

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13:00 The Awful Truth (1937)

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a modern socialite couple who have decided to get divorced. As the clock ticks down to midnight, their final hours as a married couple are spent trying to undermine the other's attempts to find happiness, she with staid bachelor Dan Leeson, he with heiress Barbara Vance because, as Leo McCarey's sophisticated screwball comedy proves, they're meant for each other.

14:55 The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Gripping wartime thriller with Hugh Williams as Colin Metcalfe, a British journalist working in Norway who finds himself hunted by the Germans when he uncovers a secret U-boat base. Deborah Kerr co-stars as the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helping the Brits combat the Nazi menace.

16:55 The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

John Wayne and Oliver Hardy star as discharged soldiers from a Kentuckian army regiment who take the side of French settlers, exiled from their homeland after Napoleon's defeat and granted land in Alabama. On the other side is ruthless land-grabber Grant Withers, with the love interest for Wayne coming from Vera Ralston, as the daughter of one of the French ex-generals in George Waggner's all-action western.

18:50 The Vikings (1958)

Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis star as Einar and Eric, two Viking half brothers fighting for the right to rule Northumbria and for the hand of its beautiful Queen in this full-blooded action drama.

21:00 Frequency (2000)

Time-travelling drama. An atmospheric phenomenon enables a New York police officer to communicate with his beloved dead father, a fire fighter and amateur radio enthusiast, across thirty years of time. He manages to warn his father of his own death, but by changing events in history they unwittingly cause a tragedy, and now need to try to alter history again.

23:10 Creep (2004)

The creepy chronicle of party loving Kate, who falls asleep on a London Underground station - and wakes up to find her worst nightmare has come true. Soon she's fleeing through miles of subterranean tunnels, chased by a terrifying part-human creature.

00:45 Infernal Affairs (2002)

Tony Leung stars as an undercover cop who's spent ten years infiltrating one of Hong Kong's most notorious Triad gangs. Andy Lau plays a bent cop working as a mole for the gang. Each knows the other exists but neither their name or identity, and the race is on for each to expose the other... Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's explosive thriller sees the two pursuing each other's identity until the final confrontation.

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13:00 Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Hogan, a national institution Down Under, broke into the big time with this film, playing an Outback crocodile hunter who attracts the attention of American journalist Sue Charlton. After she shares his life and dangers in the bush, she invites him to New York, an environment that's alien to Dundee but one he adapts to with charm and humour as he and Charlton slowly fall in love.

14:55 Dark Command (1940)

Entertaining tale from the Wild West about a small-town big shot who terrorises the locals after clashing with the newly elected sheriff.

16:50 The Undefeated (1969)

John Wayne and Rock Hudson star in Andrew V McLaglen's western as Union Colonel John Thomas and Confederate Colonel James Langdon, who clash in the dog days of the Civil War and, after the truce is agreed, take different paths. Langdon leads his men south to Mexico, where they'll join Maximillian's army, while Thomas and his men decide to trap and train wild horses. Inevitably, their paths cross again and, somewhat reluctantly, they join forces to stop Maximillian's plans of conquest.

19:15 Carry on Up The Khyber (Film)

Classic Carry On set in India during the 1890s. Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond is looking after the British outpost near the Khyber Pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you'd think they were safe. But the Khasi of Kalabar has other ideas...

21:00 Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

The Pythons' satire on organised religion in general and Christianity in particular is one of cinema's comedy classics. Brian Cohen is mistaken for the Messiah from his birth and, as he grows into adulthood, the Messiah tag sticks. Along the way, he gets involved with a crackpot Judean liberation movement led by John Cleese and finally finds himself a victim of Roman justice, courtesy of a lisping Michael Palin.

22:45 Predator 2 (1990)

The predator is back, now hunting the streets of Los Angeles for his prey. This time the alien has decided to take the feuding drug-dealing gangsters who are threatening to overrun the city as trophies, but when he starts taking out the police as well, tough cop Danny Glover and partners Ruben Blades and Maria Conchita Alonso set on its trail. But they must also contend with special agent Gary Busey, who seems to know what happened to a mercenary patrol in the South American jungle...

00:50 Choses secrètes (2002)

Coralie Revel and Sabrine Seyvecou are two French twenty-something girls without money or connections. But they both have one asset to help them climb the ladder of life - their bodies. Cold-bloodedly pandering to men's desires and obsessions, they seduce their way to the top, enslaving older, richer men along the way with only the equally notorious son of one of them standing in their way.

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13:00 Copacabana (1947)

In his first solo outing away from his brothers, Groucho Marx plays theatrical agent Lionel Q Devereaux, who manages Brazilian firebrand Carmen Novarro. And to double his commission, he gets her to pose as French chanteuse Mlle Fifi at the same nightclub. Unfortunately, matters get complicated when the club's owner Steve Hunt falls in love with one of the incarnations, leading to misunderstandings galore.

14:45 Lady from Louisiana (1941)

John Wayne stars in Bernard Vorhaus' film as attorney John Reynolds sent to investigate the Louisiana lottery. He falls for Julie Mirbeau, daughter of the organiser but his investigations sees her father is murdered by one of his own henchmen when the net starts closing in on the racket. Julie, believing Reynolds' work led to her father's death, abadons him and flaunts herself with the killer Blackie Williams. But when she learns the truth, she turns back to Reynolds and agrees to give State's evidence, only for the trial to be dramatically interrupted by a storm that breaks a levee.

16:35 Monte Carlo or Bust (1969)

After the success of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, director Ken Annakin and many of the cast of Magnificent... reunited for this similarly themed film. This time, the object is Monte Carlo, with the cars driven by the dastardly Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes, the dashing Tony Curtis accompanied by the lovely Susan Hampshire, the inventive Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and ex-jailbirds Gert Frobe and Peer Schmidt.

19:00 Love Story (1970)

Ryan O'Neal plays Oliver Bartlett IV and Ali MacGraw Jennifer Cavalleri, two Harvard students who fall in love. Sadly, Cavalleri has a fatal disease and the two, knowing they only have a short time together, live life to the full in Oscar-nominee Arthur Hiller's heart-breaking romantic film.

21:00 Elektra (2005)

Rob Bowman's fantasy thriller stars Jennifer Garner as Elektra, an assassin tutored by the mysterious martial arts master Stick. Her latest assignment is to keep Mark Miller and his daughter Abby safe from the ninja warriors of the evil Order of the Hand, to whom she once paid allegiance. Now on the side of good, her task is to protect those who can tip the balance between good and evil, but can she overcome her once-fellow assassins?

22:45 The Big Lebowski (1998)

Dude Lebowski is met by two mobsters wanting repayment of a loan that he knows nothing about. This simple case of mistaken identity entangles him into a complex kidnaping plot.

01:00 Jungle Fever (1991)

Spike Lee's drama stars Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorra as two work colleagues who start a passionate affair. She is engaged to John Turturro, he is married to Lonette McKee but when their affair becomes known to their families, it is as much their racial differences that cause trouble as the affair itself.

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13:00 The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Marlene Dietrich plays the Countess Claire Ledoux, an adventuress in old New Orleans with a murky aristocratic past in Russia and a fresh hope in the New World. Rich banker Charles Giraud courts her and promises riches but her heart, perhaps reluctantly, belongs to rough-tough sea captain Robert Latour. Both court her in their own way and she agrees to marry one - but has she made the right choice?

14:30 Johnny O'Clock (1947)

Dick Powell stars as Johnny O'Clock, a high-class gambler with a shaky casino partnership. When crooked policeman Chuck Blayden tries to move in on the operation but ends up dead, trouble begins.

16:25 Laputa: Castle In The Sky (1986)

Young Sheeta and Pazu team up to find the mythical castle of Laputa, once a floating castle that is now grounded and abandoned, guarded only by robots and the animals of the forest. With the pirates, led by Dola, and the military, led by Muska, hot on their heels, only Sheeta's knowledge of the ancients can save the castle from destruction.

18:55 Bogus (1996)

Haley Joel Osment plays Albert Franklin, a seven-year-old boy growing up in Las Vegas where his mother works as part of a stage circus act. But when she is killed in a car accident, he finds she's provided for him to be cared for by her half-sister Harriet Franklin. She's a businesswoman who has neither knowledge nor time for the boy but reluctantly takes him on. To help him through his bereavement and new life, Albert invents an invisible friend, Bogus, a character from one of his books.

21:00 Gosford Park (2001)

Multiple storylined drama set in 1932, showing the lives of upstairs guest and downstairs servants at a party in a country house in England.

23:35 O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey", set in the deep south during the 1930's. In it, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

01:35 R-Point (2004)

On 07 January 2007, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead...

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13:00 The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)

Based on the classic TV series, Jim Varney heads up the Clampett family as Jed, who finds oil on his Arkansas farm. Deciding that his daughter Elly May needs to become a 'lady', the family move to Beverly Hills, where their boondock ways are forgiven on account of their wealth. But when widower Jed decides to re-marry, there's no shortage of candidates, as Jed's scheming bank manager Milburn Drysdale and his assistant, Miss Hathaway, try to make sure their own chosen candidate is selected. Penelope Spheeris' film, following her success with Wayne's World, continues in the same comic vein and fans of the TV series should look out for a cameo role from Buddy Ebson, the original Jed Clampett.

14:55 City Beneath The Sea (1953)

Robert Ryan and Anthony Quinn star as deep-sea divers Brad Carlton and Tony Bartlett recruited by Dwight Trevor to recover £1m of gold sunk when Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by an earthquake in 1692. But Trevor only wants them to find the gold - once they uncover it, he intends to dispose of them. Love interest for the leads comes from Terry McBride, feisty owner of a steamer, and bar-singer Venita, while the earthquakes that top and tail the film are prime examples of the special effects of the time.

16:35 Reach For The Sky (1956)

Kenneth More stars as WWII fighter ace Douglas Bader. He lost both of his legs in a flying accident in 1931, but overcame adversity to become a leading combat pilot.

19:15 Carry on Abroad (1972)

The 'Carry On' regulars embarking on a package holiday to the Spanish resort of Elsbels. The revellers find that the Palace Hotel hardly lives up to its name - not least because the builders haven't finished erecting the place. It's not all bad news though, particularly for Sid James, who catches Barbara Windsor in the shower!

21:00 The Butterfly Effect (2004)

A young man blacks out memories of harmful events in his life. As he grows up he discovers that his ability to remember the events has a dramatic impact on him and everything around him.

23:05 Swingers (1996)

Doug Liman's first feature follows out-of-work actor Mike, whose six-year relationship has just ended. Luckily, his buddies know just the cure: a trip to Vegas.

00:50 Two Lane Blacktop (1971)

The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination.

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13:00 City Beneath The Sea (1953)

Robert Ryan and Anthony Quinn star as deep-sea divers Brad Carlton and Tony Bartlett recruited by Dwight Trevor to recover £1m of gold sunk when Port Royal, Jamaica, was hit by an earthquake in 1692. But Trevor only wants them to find the gold - once they uncover it, he intends to dispose of them. Love interest for the leads comes from Terry McBride, feisty owner of a steamer, and bar-singer Venita, while the earthquakes that top and tail the film are prime examples of the special effects of the time.

14:40 Johnny O'Clock (1947)

Dick Powell stars as Johnny O'Clock, a high-class gambler with a shaky casino partnership. When crooked policeman Chuck Blayden tries to move in on the operation but ends up dead, trouble begins.

16:25 All About Eve (1950)

Bette Davis stars in Joseph Mankiewicz's drama as Margo Channing, acid-tongued star of the stage who takes the young, innocent, mousey Eve Harrington under her wing only to find her protege quietly betraying her at every turn until she has climbed the dizzy heights once occupied by Margo.

19:00 Rat Race (2001)

Gag-meister Jerry Zucker serves up another cracking comedy with a cast to die for. John Cleese plays Donald P Sinclair, a Las Vegas casino owner who decides to set up a special event for his highest rollers. Lucky tokens in his slot machines entitle six punters to enter a race across America with $2million as the prize.

21:00 Far From Heaven (2002)

Todd Haynes' Oscar-nominated drama stars Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid as the perfect 50s suburban couple in mid-town America, he in a successful job, she a happy housewife with two children. But when she discovers his secret desires, she turns for friendship and solace to their black gardener. But their friendship starts a vicious circle of gossip that threatens to expose all her secrets.

23:05 Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996)

Mira Nair's film, set in 16th century India, tells the story of two young girls, friends who are divided at first by birth and later by ***, as one learns the art of lovemaking from the Kama Sutra and comes to the notice of a local prince - who is married to her friend.

01:10 Innocence (2004)

Lucile Hadzihalilovic's debut feature is set in a girls' school where the pupils are there for an unspoken reason that only becomes clear as the film progresses. Under the strict tutelage of Mme Eva and Mme Edith, they are forbidden to leave the school grounds and when one girl tries to escape, her absence is never commented on.

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13:00 Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Irene Dunn plays prim schoolmistress Theodora Lynn of the small Connecticut town Lynnfield, named after her ancestors. But to liven up her dull life, she secretly writes a racy novel based on the town which, when serialised in the town paper under a nom de plume, creates a local scandal. But when it is published as a book and becomes a national bestseller, Lynn is exposed and ostracised until the town discovers it's become a literary hotspot for tourists.

14:55 The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

John Ford's favourite film features the same character, Judge Priest, that appeared in his eponymous 1934 film. This time the role of the upright small town lawyer Judge William Priest is taken by Charles Winniger, who sticks up for the ordinary people of the town, much to the disgust of the rich mansion owners who still miss the days of the Confederacy. Among the unpopular decisions Priest takes are to help a woman who keeps a house of ill repute, preventing the lynching of an innocent young black man and organising a decent funeral for a prostitute. But his position comes under threat when hotshot Yankee lawyer Horace Maydew stands against him for election.

16:45 The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Gripping wartime thriller with Hugh Williams as Colin Metcalfe, a British journalist working in Norway who finds himself hunted by the Germans when he uncovers a secret U-boat base. Deborah Kerr co-stars as the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helping the Brits combat the Nazi menace.

18:50 Life is Beautiful (1998)

Roberto Benigni's multi-award winning film stars the director as Guido, a hotel waiter in a small pre-war Italian town, who falls helplessly for and marries Dora. They have a son Giosué and all seems perfect until, in 1945, the Nazis begin to round up Italian Jews and send them to the camps. Guido and family are among them and, in the camp, Guido constructs an elaborate game to comfort and protect his son from the horrors that surround them; it is also a game that may save Giosué's life.

21:00 Independence Day (1996)

Roland Emmerich's science fiction blockbuster sees aliens reach Earth. And they're clearly hostile: their plan is to suck the planet of all its resources, leave behind a burnt cinder circling the sun, and move on. Planting giant ships above the world's major cities, they unleash destruction on an unprecedented scale. All attempts to fight back are met by hordes of fighter craft until pilot Steven Hiller manages to down one and capture the pilot. In tandem, scientist David Levinson, having worked out their purpose, also works out a way to destroy them but he and Hiller need a spacecraft: which brings them to a secret base near Las Vegas...

23:40 The Blair Witch Project (1999)

One of the most successful horror films of all time, with a simple but eerie premise: three student filmmakers set off into the woods near Burkitsville, Maryland, in search of the truth behind the legends of the Blair Witch. They never returned but, a year later, their footage was found.

01:15 Old Joy (2006)

Director/writer Kelly Reichardt's film is deceptively gentle drama about a friendship renewed. Kurt and Mark, two friends who lost touch and decide to re-kindle their relationship with a weekend trek through Oregon's mountains. They talk, with Mark concerned about imminent fatherhood while Kurt is more meditative, but at the end, will the bond be re-forged?

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1.00pm Reach for the Sky (U) 1956

Kenneth More stars in this dignified and inspiring biopic as renowned World War Two hero Douglas Bader. A plane crash in 1931 cost the aspiring pilot both his legs, but he refused to give up his dreams of learning to fly and, after learning to walk on artificial limbs, rose to the rank of squadron leader in the RAF. However, more misfortune was in store when he was shot down over occupied France and taken prisoner.

15:35pm When Eight Bells Toll (PG) 1971

A Navy intelligence agent poses as a biologist to investigate the theft of millions of pounds worth of gold bullion, stolen from ships off the British coast. However, his enquiries are met with hostility, especially when he sets his sights on a Greek tycoon who he suspects may be operating as a modern-day pirate.

17:30pm High Anxiety (15) 1977

A psychiatrist takes over the running of an institute following the suspicious death of the previous director. But when he ends up framed for murder, he must keep his own neuroses under control to prove his innocence.

19:15pm The Beverly Hillbillies (PG) 1993

TV comedy series, about a family of country bumpkins who strike it rich and move to a plush Los Angeles suburb. However, the locals greet their new neighbours with dismay.

21:00pm The Butterfly Effect (15) 2003

A college student who discovers he can travel into the past and change events but his inability to cope with the hand life has dealt him leads to nothing but trouble.

23:05pm Swingers (15) 1996

A group of mismatched friends struggle to make an impact on the singles scene, pinning all their hopes on an ill-fated trip to Las Vegas before returning home and facing up to reality.

00:50am Old Joy (15) 2005

Two old friends one a responsible family man, the other a directionless free spirit embark on a camping trip together. But as they journey into the wilderness, they are forced to face up to how much they have changed over the years perhaps too much for their friendship to survive.

02:15am Detroit Rock City (15) 1999

Four teenage boys acquire tickets to see rock band Kiss in concert only to find one of their mothers has torn them up. Luckily, they're not so easily beaten and set off regardless, determined to have the time of their lives but all manner of obstacles stand in their path, leading to chaos.

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13:00 Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

First made as a 1950 film with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt take on the roles of Tom and Kate Baker, parents to a dozen children. He's the coach of a smalltown college American football team, she's an author. But when he takes up a job coaching a big college team just as she has to promote her new best seller, the idyllic if slightly chaotic life they and the children have starts to spiral out of control.

14:45 Cottage to Let (1941)

Anthony Asquith's fast-paced comedy-thriller stars Leslie Banks as John Barrington, an inventor during the Second World War working on a new **** sight at his home in a remote Scottish glen. He is unaware that he is the target of a Fifth Column organisation operating out of Glasgow who have already installed an agent in his household masquerading as the cook. Also in the house are Banks' wife, daughter Helen and assistant Alan Trently, plus a Scotland Yard detective, disguised as their butler, who suspects Trently of passing on the secrets.

16:25 Death Drums along the River (1963)

Exciting location-filmed thriller based on Sanders of the River and starring Richard Todd as the Inspector Sanders, investigating diamond smuggling, mystery and murder in deepest Africa.

18:10 Independence Day (1996)

Roland Emmerich's science fiction blockbuster sees aliens reach Earth. And they're clearly hostile: their plan is to suck the planet of all its resources, leave behind a burnt cinder circling the sun, and move on. Planting giant ships above the world's major cities, they unleash destruction on an unprecedented scale. All attempts to fight back are met by hordes of fighter craft until pilot Steven Hiller manages to down one and capture the pilot. In tandem, scientist David Levinson, having worked out their purpose, also works out a way to destroy them but he and Hiller need a spacecraft: which brings them to a secret base near Las Vegas...

20:50 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview (Entertainment)

The Oscar-winning actor talks about his role in There Will Be Blood, which opens in London Friday Feb 8, nationally Friday Feb 15.

21:00 My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)

Jim Sheridan's Oscar-nominated film stars Daniel Day Lewis as Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy into an Irish working class family but overcame his disability and background to become an award-winning writer.

23:00 Gangs of New York (2002)

Martin Scorsese's multi Oscar-nominated epic stars Daniel Day-Lewis as William Cutting, the leader of a violent gang in 19th-century New York who take on their rivals, led by 'Priest' Vallon. Vallon dies and his young son Amsterdam disappears, only to return a man torn between a thirst for revenge and a fascination for the charismatic Cutting, with Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane, the pickpocket they both love.

02:10 The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)

Paulette Goddard plays Celestine, a saucy servant who disrupts the Parisian household she joins. Both the head of the household, Captain Lanlaire and his son Georges fall for her, as does their neighbour Captain Mauger. But lovesick valet Joseph harbours a deep, secret desire for her, so passionate, he will kill to gain her affection.

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13:00 Convicted (1950)

Glenn Ford stars in Henry Levin's film noir as Joe Hufford, convicted of manslaughter, who attracts the approval of warden George Knowland, who rewards him with trusty tasks, including chauffeuring his daughter Kay. However, Hufford witnesses the killing of a stoolie and, refusing to grass, is accused and convicted of the crime. Only a deathbed confession by the real killer spares him the electric chair but at last he walks out of prison a free man, into the arms of the waiting Kay.

14:45 Private Hell 36 (1954)

Don Siegel's thriller stars Steve Cochran and Howard Duff as Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham, two cops assigned to track down $300,000 stolen in a hold-up. When nightclub singer Lilli Marlowe turns up with a $50 bill from the raid, they're told to shadow her and identify the man who gave it to her. They spot him, and the ensuing car chase leaves him dead and reveals a trunk stuffed full of money. Bruner suggests they keep some but Farnham eventually decides to do the honest thing. With one of the other thieves on their trail and a partner who's willing to turn him in, Bruner has to act fast if he's to save his skin and the loot.

16:20 The Cassandra Crossing (1977)

Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster and Sophia Loren are among the passengers trapped on a plague-infested train as it hurtles across Europe. Will any of them make it off alive?

18:55 Gallipoli (1981)

The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the might of the Turkish army.

21:00 Just Married (2003)

Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy are Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney, a chalk-and-cheese couple who fall in love and marry. Now, all they need for the union to work is to survive both families who disapprove of the match, deal with the well-meaning friends who meddle too much and, on their honeymoon, suffer a selection of Europe's worst accommodation.

22:50 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview (Entertainment)

The Oscar-winning actor talks about his role in There Will Be Blood, which opens in London Friday Feb 8, nationally Friday Feb 15.

23:00 My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Directed by Stephen Frears and written by Hanif Kureishi, this multi-layered social comedy stars Daniel Day Lewis as Johnny, an ex-NF member who befriends Asian Omar and helps him realise his dream of opening a laundrette that is more like a picture palace than a laundromat.

00:50 All the Pretty Horses (2000)

Matt Damon and Henry Thomas play John Grady Cole and Lacey Rawlins, two cowboys in the fading west of the late 40s, seeking adventure and employment in Mexico. Falling in with drifter Blevins, they start work on a Mexican ranch, whose owner's daughter Alejandra takes a shine to Cole but an episode from Blavein's past comes to haunt all of them, resulting in brutal imprisonment that will test them to the limits.

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13:00 Human Desire (1954)

Railroad worker Carl Buckley asks his wife Vicki to beg her lover John Owens to use his influence to save his job. She succeeds but when Buckley sees them together, he kills Owens in a fit of jealous rage and brutally dominates her, blackmailing her with her letter that implicates her in the murder. But the murder was witnessed by Jeff Warren, who lies at Owens' inquest and, dazzled by Vicki's beauty, begins an affair with her. She begs him to kill her now-alcoholic husband but he refuses. Eventually, Buckley is sacked from his job and he forces Vicki to leave town with him on the train, little knowing she plans to murder him. But in another compartment is Warren and as the train thunders through the night, insane rage leads to another brutal tragedy.

14:45 Julia (1977)

Fred Zinnemann's sensitive and compelling dramatisation tells of the awakening in the 1930s of playwright Lillian Hellman to the growing threat of Nazism through the persecution and final execution of her childhood friend Julia.

17:00 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview

Daniel Day-Lewis talks about his latest film There Will Be Blood, currently on general release.

17:10 When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

Etienne Perier's thriller stars Anthony Hopkins as Philip Calvert, a tough navy secret service agent called in to track down gold bullion smugglers. With Hunslett, he follows the trail to Greek tycoon Sir Anthony Skouras' yacht off the Scottish coast, but are his suspicions right?

19:05 Blast From The Past (1999)

When the Cuban missile crisis arrives, Calvin Webber hurries pregnant wife Helen into their huge, luxurious **** shelter. A plane crash near their property convinces them they've dropped the Big One and for 35 years, the couple and their son Adam stay put, with Adam learning ballroom dancing, four languages and culture from Jackie Gleason tapes. Then one day he's sent out to find a girl and meets Eve Rustikoff, who's more than confused by his manner...

21:00 Hide and Seek (2005)

Robert De Niro plays David Callaway, a psychiatrist whose wife has recently committed suicide. Distancing himself and his daughter Emily from the scene of the tragedy, they move from the city to a New York State summer home, complete with lake at the door. But it is winter, the other houses are shut and the weather is bleak. Emily, refusing to be comforted, takes refuge in her imaginary friend Charlie. At first, her father indulges her but blood-stained bathroom walls, drowned pets and veiled threats to his new friend Elizabeth Young lead to murder. Are Emily and Charlie involved or is there another explanation?

23:00 A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

Ewan McGregor is a Scottish cleaner who gets sacked from his job and kidnaps his boss's daughter. But will the angels, played by Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo, persuade the errant couple to fall in love?

01:00 Trainspotting (1996)

Trainspotting is acknowledged to be one of the most original films to come out of Britain. The multi-award-winning movie, based on Irvine Welsh's novel, stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald and Kevin McKidd in a story of drugs, survival, scams, friendship and tragedy.

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13:00 If You Could Only Cook (1935)

William A Seitler's comedy stars Herbert Marshall as Jim Buchanan, a successful car designer who walks out of his job after an argument. He bumps into jobless Joan Hawthorne, who persuades him that they should apply for the post of butler and cook to gourmet gangster Mike Rossini. Somehow disguising her inability to cook, the pair muddle along until Buchanan's past life catches up with him and he's dragooned into wedding a society girl. But even gangsters have a romantic side and Rossini uses a little persuasion to make sure the right couple get hitched.

14:20 Cottage to Let (1941)

Anthony Asquith's fast-paced comedy-thriller stars Leslie Banks as John Barrington, an inventor during the Second World War working on a new **** sight at his home in a remote Scottish glen. He is unaware that he is the target of a Fifth Column organisation operating out of Glasgow who have already installed an agent in his household masquerading as the cook. Also in the house are Banks' wife, daughter Helen and assistant Alan Trently, plus a Scotland Yard detective, disguised as their butler, who suspects Trently of passing on the secrets.

15:55 Death Drums along the River (1963)

Exciting location-filmed thriller based on Sanders of the River and starring Richard Todd as the Inspector Sanders, investigating diamond smuggling, mystery and murder in deepest Africa.

17:30 Bus Stop (1956)

Marilyn Monroe turns in one of her best performances as Cherie, a saloon singer who becomes the object of cowboy Beauregard Decker's affections, the only problem being that she doesn't know he plans to marry her in Joshua Logan's drama.

19:15 Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

First made as a 1950 film with Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt take on the roles of Tom and Kate Baker, parents to a dozen children. He's the coach of a smalltown college American football team, she's an author. But when he takes up a job coaching a big college team just as she has to promote her new best seller, the idyllic if slightly chaotic life they and the children have starts to spiral out of control.

21:00 Laws of Attraction (2004)

Pierce Brosnan plays divorce lawyer Daniel Rafferty, whose crumpled appearance hides a sharp legal brain, sharp enough to continually outwit his rival Audrey Woods. But their big battle comes when they are retained on opposite sides by rock star Thorne Jamison and his wife Serena, who are fighting for possession of a castle in Ireland. The two lawyers travel to the Republic for the case but, away from the hurly burly of New York, they fall in love with the island's charm, and, inevitably, with each other in Peter Howitt's enjoyable opposites-attract romantic comedy.

22:50 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview (Entertainment)

Daniel Day-Lewis talks about his latest film There Will Be Blood, currently on general release.

23:00 The Last of The Mohicans (1990)

Michael Mann's epic film is set in America in 1757, where the French and the English are fighting for power, with the help of the Huron and Mohican Native Americans respectively. Centre stage in the film is Hawkeye, the orphan of murdered settlers, who was raised by Mohicans, is torn between two cultures, and falls for Cora Munro, the daughter of one of the British commanders.

01:05 Zatôichi (2003)

Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano directs, scripts and stars in this martial arts adventure as Zatôichi, a character well known in Japan through television series and films but rarely seen in the west. Zatôichi is a blind masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman, thanks to his extraordinarily heightened senses. Travelling the country fighting for the weak and oppressed, he joins forces with a young man and woman out to avenge their slaughtered parents, to help them protect a village against a brutal gang led by ronin Hattori.

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13:00pm You Can't Take It with You (U) 1938

The daughter of an eccentric New York family receives a wedding proposal from her wealthy suitor. But she doesn't count on the resulting culture clash as their prospective in-laws meet for the first time.

15:30pm The Desperadoes (U) 1943

When the bank in a small Utah town is robbed, a reformed outlaw travelling through the area is the prime suspect, and ends up behind bars. However, the local sheriff is convinced the former bandit really has changed his ways, so breaks him out of prison to help track down the real culprits.

17:10pm Doctor in Distress (PG) 1963

Dirk Bogarde, in his last appearance as amorous medic Simon Sparrow, tries to sort out the romantic problems in his life and has the added complication of playing Cupid for his pompous boss Sir Lancelot Spratt.

19:10pm The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain (PG) 1995

Hugh Grant and Ian McNeice star as English cartographers whose map-making plans are thwarted by Welsh villagers determined to stop them downgrading the status of their local mountain.

21:00pm Along Came a Spider (15) 2001

The daughter of a senator is kidnapped from her expensive private school, sparking a desperate race to hunt down her psychotic and devilishly intelligent captor before it's too late. Luckily, grizzled police psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is on hand to match wits with the villain.

23:00pm Gangs of New York (18) 2002

Martin Scorsese's impressive epic period drama chronicling the bloody gangland battles for control of 19th-century New York's Lower East Side as Irish immigrants flood the city, sparking violent clashes.

02:10am Surviving the Game (15) 1994

A desperate homeless man, driven to the brink of despair by the deaths of his only friends, agrees to guide a group of rich hunters into the wilderness little realising he is to be their quarry. Fast-paced thriller hampered by the unoriginal plot which may leave viewers with a spot of deja vu.

04:00am Close

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13:00pm Convicted (PG) 1950

Glenn Ford stars in this routine prison melodrama as an angry young man put behind bars for killing a man in a bar brawl. The sympathetic warden takes an interest in him, believing he can be redeemed. But things take a turn for the worse when Ford witnesses one of his fellow convicts being murdered and refuses to identify the killer even though it means he will be accused of the crime.

14:45pm The Wrong Arm of the Law (U) 1962

London gangster Peter Sellers forms an uneasy alliance with fellow crooks to stop the entire underworld being taken over by an Australian gang posing as policemen. Side-splitting comedy, with Sellers giving a fantastic performance in the lead.

16:35pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

18:30pm I Am Sam (12) 2001

A father with learning disabilities is faced with losing custody of his beloved daughter as her intelligence begins to outstrip his. But he won't give her up without a fight, prompting him to begin a battle to make the authorities see the error of their ways with help from a high-powered lawyer.

21:00pm Just Married (12) 2003

Newlyweds Brittany Murphy and Ashton Kutcher are in for a rude awakening when they jet off on their dream honeymoon. They're looking forward to a relaxing and enjoyable tour of Europe but a series of chaotic events, plus the intervention of the bride's old flame, leaves them at each other's throats and their marriage in tatters.

22:45pm The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (18) 2003

Luckless teenagers pick up a hitch-hiker a good deed that backfires when she commits suicide. However, when they call the police, it leads to an encounter with the sadistic local sheriff and his bloodthirsty family including the infamous chainsaw-wielding maniac known as Leatherface.

00:40am The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (18) 1974

Tobe Hooper's notorious horror about a psychopathic family who dispatch a group of youngsters in a variety of grisly ways, before the last in line manages to make her escape, pursued by chainsaw-wielding villain Leatherface.

02:15am Run Lola Run (15) 1998

Tom Tykwer's brilliant, innovative crime drama which offers three possible scenarios and outcomes as a woman and her boyfriend race against time to pay a drug pusher who also deals in death.

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13:00 Pickup on South Street (1953)

Pickpocket Skip McCoy accidentally becomes embroiled in a Cold War plot when he steals the wrong handbag: Candy thought she was delivering confidential information for her boss, but the information was government secrets that he, a communist spy, was sending to his masters. Now Candy must track down McCoy while, unknown to her, she's a target of the FBI. Both she and the FBI must hope low-life snitch 'Moe' Williams will tell them where McCoy is, but is she a patriot or just interested in money? And will McCoy just sell the secrets to the highest bidder?

14:35 Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

Elia Kazan's Oscar-winning indictment of American anti-Semitism with Gregory Peck as Philip Schuyler Green, a magazine writer who, posing as a Jew, encounters the bitter prejudice of the times.

17:00 Doctor in Distress (1963)

Under the steady hand of Ralph Thomas, who directed the other Doctor... films, Dr Simon Sparrow returns to St Swithins an experienced doctor but still with a roving eye that settles on Delia Mallory. Once again, Sir Lancelot Spratt is also in residence - but this time as a patient - and one who's fallen for physiotherapist Iris. Will Sparrow's tips help him win her hand? T

19:00 Brewster's Millions (1985)

Hilarious family comedy about a minor league baseball player who suddenly finds he has inherited $300 million. The only catch is that he must spend $30 million within 30 days or he loses the lot.

21:00 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, a would-be navy pilot whose uptight attitude at training camp makes him the butt of drill sergeant Emil Foley's attentions. Similarly, Mayo's relationship with Paula Pokrifi is equally compromised because of his indifference until the unexpected and tragic suicide of his best friend Sid Worsley becomes the catalyst for both his professional and personal maturity. T

23:20 The Trench (1999)

In 1916, at the Battle of the Somme, more British troops were killed in one single day than ever before or since. Paul Nicholls stars as Billy MacFarlane, a raw recruit in an equally raw platoon preparing for the assault on the German lines in William Boyd's sobering examination of both the horror and the boredom of trench life.

01:10 The Return (2003)

Andrei Zvyagintsev's drama sees two young teenage boys Andrey and Ivan return home to find a stranger on the bed, claiming to be their father, who has been absent for 12 years. He announces he's taking them on a fishing trip but as the trio set off, one of the boys begins to think he is a murderous gangster while the other just wants to believe papa has come home.

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13:00 They All Kissed The Bride (1942)

Joan Crawford plays Margaret Drew, a tough woman who runs her own trucking company. She's the equal of any man behind the wheel but the one thorn in her side is Michael Holmes, a reporter who's determined to write a book about her exploits.

14:40 Penny Serenade (1941)

Oscar-nominee Cary Grant stars as Roger Adams in George Stevens' surprisingly successful mix of tragic drama and humour, also starring Irene Dunne as his wife, Julie. As Julie packs in preparation for their divorce, the song Penny Serenade plays, transporting her back to her first meeting with Roger, their marriage and the tragic loss in birth of their son. Unable to bear children, they adopt an infant daughter, only for her to die just a few years later. Roger, wracked by guilt and loathing, sees no future for their marriage but redemption for both awaits.

17:00 A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Majestic fantasy from Powell and Pressburger starring David Niven as Peter Carter, an airman who cheats death and falls in love with an American radio operator June. Shocked at the "clerical error" that allowed him to live, the celestial bureaucrats invoke a trial, the result of which will decide his fate, with staunch American patriot Abraham Farlan prosecuting.

19:00 Love Story (1970)

Oscar-nominees Ryan O'Neal plays Oliver Bartlett IV and Ali MacGraw Jennifer Cavalleri, two Harvard students who fall in love. Sadly, Cavalleri has a fatal disease and the two, knowing they only have a short time together, live life to the full.

21:00 The Notebook (2004)

Nick Cassavetes' romantic drama stars his mother Gena Rowlands and James Garner as Duke and Allie Calhoun, living out their twilight years in a retirement home. She is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease but he insists on daily readings to her from a notebook, a record of how they met and married. And in flashback the film tells that story, with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as the young couple. She comes from a monied North Carolina family, he from local working stock but with aspirations. Despite the obstacles her family put in her place, her engagement to another and his WWII service, their love overcomes all.

23:25 Secretary (2002)

Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a shy woman recently discharged from a mental institution into the care of her dysfunctional family. Searching for work, she takes a lowly clerical job with dour, demanding attorney E. Edward Grey. Critical of her mistakes, one day, verbal abuse crosses to physical, as he spanks her. But she seems to thrive on his treatment and a reciprocal relationship begins until Grey, finding she enjoys the humiliation, fires her. Bereft, and with her boyfriend Peter unable to fulfil her desires, she plans to win back Grey's affections.

01:30 It's All About Love (2002)

Thomas Vinterberg's sci-fi romance, set in the near future, stars Joaquin Phoenix as John, the estranged husband of ice-skating superstar Elena. Meeting to sign divorce papers, he discovers her life is in danger from her management, who are worried at her appeal waning with age and have a plan to replace her... In a world suffering from cosmological chaos, they are joined by her brother Michael in their flight while his brother Marciello circles the world in a plane, crystallising his philosophy on the planet's ills.

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13:00 The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)

Peter Sellers stars as Pearly Gates, the manager of a West End fashion boutique: a cover for his real job as boss of a gang of inefficient villains. Angered by the arrival of a crew of Australian crooks, they join forces with Scotland Yard in an attempt to undermine the men from down under.

14:55 Cloak and Dagger (1946)

Fritz Lang spy thriller starring Gary Cooper as Professor Alvah Jesper, a mild-mannered American physicist who is sent on a mission into Europe to rescue a nuclear scientist held by the Nazis, and falls in love with an Italian underground fighter Gina.

16:55 The Last Wagon (1956)

Delmer Daves' fascinating western stars Richard Widmark in one of his most underrated roles. He plays Todd, the orphaned son of white settlers bought up by Comanches. When his wife and children are killed by three brothers, he exacts appropriate revenge. Caught and charged with murder, he's sent by wagon train to face justice. But when the train is attacked by Apaches, he is the only male adult not to be killed and has to escort a rag-tag band of survivors to safety while the lawmen set off in pursuit of their quarry.

18:50 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview (Entertainment)

Daniel Day-Lewis talks about his latest film There Will Be Blood, currently on general release.

19:00 The First Wives Club (1996)

Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton star as Brenda Cushman, Elise Elliot and Annie Paradis, three women united at the funeral of a college friend. And they discover they have another thing in common - they've all been dumped by their husbands, Morty, Bill and Aaron, for a younger model. Vowing revenge, they decide to hit them where it hurts most - the pocket. Using the various skills of socialite Gunilla Garson Goldberg, Annie's lesbian daughter Chris and Mob boss Carmine Morelli, they begin to pick them off one by one.

21:00 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Jay Roach's spy movie spoof that launched a thousand bar and club phrases stars Mike ***** as the eponymous hero, back after three decades in the cryogenic deep freeze, whose lack of dress sense, ***ual politics and technological expertise still won't stop him saving the world from Dr Evil.

22:45 Magnolia (1999)

Paul Thomas Anderson's ambitious, Oscar-nominated star-studded film follows the lives of a group of friends in San Fernando Valley, L.A. In the course of just one day, their lives are sometimes seen to inter-connect through friendship or family, sometimes are seen in isolation.

02:15 Dick (1999)

Andrew Fleming's teen comedy stars Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams as Betsy Jobs and Arlene Lorenzo, two teen airheads who accidentally end up appointed official dog walkers to Checkers, President Richard Nixon's pooch. But even they soon work out the President is up to no good and their intervention reveals the reason behind the still-unexplained 18 minute gap in Nixon's White House tapes that were crucial evidence in the infamous Watergate affair.

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13:00 Porco Rosso (1992)

From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's animation features flying ace Porco Rosso, a WWI hero mysteriously transformed into a pig when his squadron was wiped out. Now working as a mercenary guarding cruise ships from aerial pirates, he is shot down when they hire their own mercenary. Landing near Milan, he finds an airfield run by ageing mechanic Piccolo and his granddaughter Fio. Soon, with his trademark red bi-plane ready, he's set to take to the skies again.

15:00 Lady from Louisiana (1941)

John Wayne stars in Bernard Vorhaus' film as attorney John Reynolds sent to investigate the Louisiana lottery. He falls for Julie Mirbeau, daughter of the organiser but his investigations sees her father is murdered by one of his own henchmen when the net starts closing in on the racket. Julie, believing Reynolds' work led to her father's death, abadons him and flaunts herself with the killer Blackie Williams. But when she learns the truth, she turns back to Reynolds and agrees to give State's evidence, only for the trial to be dramatically interrupted by a storm that breaks a levee. Reynolds saves New Orleans by ordering a steamboat to block the gap in the dam, brings Blackie to justice and ends up with the girl in this Republic Pictures rousing drama.

16:40 Picnic (1955)

Starring William Holden as Hal Carter and Kim Novak as Madge Owens, Joshua Logan's Oscar-winning film is a sweltering tale of deception, betrayal and illicit love in small-town Kansas. Passions soar when Hal, a handsome drifter rolls into town only to boil over when he falls for Madge, the fiancee of of his old friend Alan Benson.

18:50 Daniel Day-Lewis Interview

Daniel Day-Lewis talks about his latest film There Will Be Blood, currently on general release.

19:00 My House in Umbria (2003)

Richard Loncraine's film stars Maggie Smith as Emily Delahunty, a spinster of a certain age who lives in Umbria. Boarding a train for a shopping trip in Milan, she is in the carriage that is blown up by a ********* **** and only she, the General, a young German, Werner and a little girl, Aimee survive. On a whim, she invites them to recuperate on her estate and each nurses their physical and emotional wounds, until the arrival of Aimee's uncle, Thomas Riversmith throws both Aimee and Emily into turmoil.

21:00 Little Nicky (2000)

Satan, after considering retirement, decides to hang on for another 10,000 years, angering his older sons and heirs Adrian and Cassius. They decamp to New York, sealing Hell shut, but, without a regular supply of souls, Satan could literally evaporate into thin air. His only hope lies in his nerdy youngest son Nicky, but even with the help of Valerie and a talking dog, he's going to have problems persuading his bigger brothers to return to Hell and save Dad.

22:35 American Psycho (2000)

American Psycho is an extraordinary and disturbing satire that stares deep into the heart of the materialistic world of the 80s yuppie and finds only superficiality and ultra violence. Based on the controversial book by Bret Easton Ellis, the film charts the descent of narcissistic Patrick Bateman from a hard-nosed and ruthless city type to an obscene serial killer.

00:35 Funny Ha Ha (2003)

Andrew Bujalski's film sat on the shelf until last year, when it was finally released to critical acclaim. Marnie is 23 years old and encountering that post-university problem. What do you do when the social structures that supported you disappear? Drifting through temp jobs and relationships with Mitchell and Alex, the film captures her attempts to take control of her life, including a desultory 'to-do' list that she never quite gets round to achieving, but in a wry observational way rather than condemnatory. At the end, she's offered a chance that could lead to something better but her surprising decision still leaves an upbeat ending to an engaging directorial debut.

02:20 Career Girls (1997)

Mike Leigh's film stars the late Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman as Hannah and Annie, two self-assured professional women, making their way in a man's world but, through flashbacks to their student days when they were both bundles of insecurities, Leigh tracks their growth and, along the way, the men they meet.

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13:00 Rat Race (2001)

Gag-meister Jerry Zucker serves up another cracking comedy with a cast to die for. John Cleese plays Donald P Sinclair, a Las Vegas casino owner who decides to set up a special event for his highest rollers. Lucky tokens in his slot machines entitle six punters to enter a race across America with $2million as the prize.

15:00 Cattle Empire (1958)

Joel McCrea plays John Cord, a trail boss jailed for five years when his men looted and burned the town of Hamilton. Released from prison, he is attacked by the townsfolk. Saved by town boss Ralph Hamilton, who was blinded in the original riot, Cord is engaged to drive 5,000 head of cattle for Hamilton. But he also accepts a commission from Garth, Hamilton's rival, planning to double cross one of them. As the drive nears its end, Cord's men demand to be let loose in town, and as history looks likely to repeat itself, Cord learns about what really happened five years ago, and who his true enemies are.

16:35 Penny Serenade (1941)

Oscar-nominee Cary Grant stars as Roger Adams in George Stevens' surprisingly successful mix of tragic drama and humour, also starring Irene Dunne as his wife, Julie. As Julie packs in preparation for their divorce, the song Penny Serenade plays, transporting her back to her first meeting with Roger, their marriage and the tragic loss in birth of their son. Unable to bear children, they adopt an infant daughter, only for her to die just a few years later. Roger, wracked by guilt and loathing, sees no future for their marriage but redemption for both awaits.

18:55 Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, now living in New York, wages war against a drug-running gang when his reporter girlfriend is kidnapped because she possesses incriminating film of a drug-related murder. Having rescued her with his antipodean cunning and the help of a gang of punks, the couple flee to the relative safety of the Australian outback - but the villains are in hot pursuit.

21:00 An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

Richard Gere plays Zack Mayo, a would-be navy pilot whose uptight attitude at training camp makes him the butt of drill sergeant Emil Foley's attentions. Similarly, Mayo's relationship with Paula Pokrifi is equally compromised because of his indifference until the unexpected and tragic suicide of his best friend Sid Worsley becomes the catalyst for both his professional and personal maturity.

23:20 Battle Royale (2000)

Japan in the near future and the teenagers are rebelling. In an attempt to restore order, the government orders that randomly selected school classes of teenagers will be sent to a remote island for the game of Battle Royale, where, suitably armed, they must kill or be killed until one is left alive - and failure to comply will see gamesmaster Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano kill them anyway.

01:35 Southern Comfort (1981)

Three years after his urban classic The Warriors, featuring a gang fighting its way home across New York, Walter Hill took the same theme to the southern swamps where a group of National Guardsmen on a training weekend suddenly find themselves in deadly conflict with the local Cajuns and, trapped in unknown territory, having to fight their way out.

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13:00pm Blood on the Sun (PG) 1945

The American editor of a newspaper in Thirties Tokyo uncovers evidence of a plan by the military government to invade China, and decides that the world needs to know the truth. However, his efforts to publish his findings earn the wrath of the authorities, and he is captured and interrogated by corrupt police.

14:45pm Destination Gobi (U) 1953

A detachment of American military personnel sent to monitor weather conditions in the Mongolian desert come under attack from the Japanese air force, and must team up with local tribesmen to defeat their common enemy.

16:30pm A Matter of Life and Death (U) 1946

David Niven stars as a World War Two ****er pilot who miraculously survives a plane crash and falls in love with an American radio operator he'd first spoken to during the fateful flight. He later learns that he was destined to die in the disaster as a mysterious “conductor” is sent to lead him into the afterlife but remains determined to continue his life on Earth, and insists on a trial to resolve the issue.

18:30pm I Am Sam (12) 2001

A father with learning disabilities is faced with losing custody of his beloved daughter as her intelligence begins to outstrip his. But he won't give her up without a fight, prompting him to begin a battle to make the authorities see the error of their ways with help from a high-powered lawyer.

21:00pm Judge Dredd (15) 1995

Sylvester Stallone takes the title role in this visually stunning sci-fi thriller based on the popular 2000AD comic strip. The relentless law enforcer is framed for a series of crimes committed by his evil brother, forcing him to escape from custody and hunt down his nefarious sibling in a bid to clear his own previously untarnished name.

23:00pm Battle Royale 2: Requiem (18) 2003

Another class of unruly teenagers are taken from their school and fitted with explosive collars but this time, they're ordered to wipe out a ********* cell or die trying.

01:40am The Return (12) 2003

Two brothers are stunned when a stranger turns up out of the blue, claiming to be their long lost dad. However, as he whisks the youngsters off on a fishing trip, one of them comes to suspect their “father” isn't what he claims.

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13:00 Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife, fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and a misfit. The family is reflected by the youngest son, who is a sensitive and aspiring writer.

16:15 Red River (1948) Western / Action / Adventure

Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues.

18:50 Vita è bella, La (1997) (Life is Beautiful) Comedy / Drama / Romance / War

A Jewish man has a wonderful romance with the help of his humour, but must use that same quality to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

21:00 Wedding Crashers (2005) Comedy / Romance

John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.

23:20 Primal Fear (1996) Drama / Thriller / Crime

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a "third person" in the room during the murder. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime and what really happened...

01:50 Veuve de Saint-Pierre, La (2000) Drama / Romance (The Widow of Saint-Pierre )

In a small French colony, a drunken man kills someone. While a guillotine is being shipped in, he changes, becoming a good and popular man.

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13:00pm You Can't Take It with You (U) 1938

The daughter of an eccentric New York family receives a wedding proposal from her wealthy suitor. But she doesn't count on the resulting culture clash as their prospective in-laws meet for the first time.

15:35pm A Man Betrayed (U) 1941

John Wayne leaves the wide open prairies behind and uncharacteristically dons a suit and tie to star in this lacklustre crime drama about a country lawyer who investigates his friend's murder and takes on corrupt politician Edward Ellis.

17:10pm Cattle Empire (U) 1958

Joel McCrea stars in Charles Marquis Warren's tough Western, playing a trail boss who is imprisoned when his men go on the rampage in a quiet town. Released five years later, he accepts a job from the town's leading citizen to head up a cattle drive. But he still harbours a grudge against the people he now works for, and seizes the chance for revenge when a rival cattle baron makes him a tempting offer.

18:45pm Daniel Day-Lewis Interview

The celebrated actor discusses his career, including his Oscar-nominated role in his latest film There Will Be Blood

18:55pm That Thing You Do! (PG) 1996

A small-town beat combo become overnight sensations with their debut record but their sudden success looks to be a one-off, leaving them struggling to find a way of repeating the formula.

21:00pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Mike ***** returns as the spoof spy in this hugely successful sequel to the 1997 comedy. The retro sleuth is sent back to swinging London at the height of the 1960s to combat the dastardly Dr Evil. Unfortunately, his arch-rival manages to step back in time first and steals the ***-symbol's “mojo”.

22:45pm Black Book (15) 2006

Director Paul Verhoeven returned to his native Holland to direct this intriguing World War Two thriller, set in the early years of the conflict. Carice van Houten stars as a young Jewish woman working as a singer who witnesses the massacre of a group of fellow Jews attempting to escape. She resolves to bring down the Nazi occupation by infiltrating their local headquarters as a spy, but soon finds herself wrapped up in a dangerous double life.

01:30am Disco Pigs (15) 2001

Teenage friends Darin and Sinead, nicknamed Pig and Runt, have been virtually inseparable since birth, but are torn apart when Sinead's parents send her away to school in Northern Ireland. When Darin discovers that his soulmate has a new companion, uncontrolled rage and violence bubble to the surface, jeopardising not only the pair's relationship but also their lives.

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13:00pm The Four Feathers (U) 1939 Adventure / War

A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit's embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem his cowardice by secretly aiding his former comrades disguised as an Arab. When his unit is overwhelmed and captured by the rebels, the hero finds an opportunity to return the 'feathers' of cowardice sent to him by his former comrades by freeing them.

15:10pm Catch That Kid (PG) 2004 Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Family

This is the story of a twelve-year-old named Maddy. Maddy and her adventurous father have always shared a love for mountain climbing. Their hobby, however, has a disastrous effect when a devastating accident on Mount Everest injures his spine, paralyzing him forever--unless he gets a very expensive operation. Determined to procure the money to pay for his surgery, Maddy decides to recruit two of her friends, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz kid, to help her pull off a risky heist. They plan to break into the local super-high-tech bank, which holds a vault suspended 100 feet off the floor, and get to its safe. To complicate matters even further, Maddy's mother works as the security chief at that very bank. Regardless of what obstacles she faces, Maddy is determined to get to the funds her father needs, by using the amazing climbing skills he taught her.

16:50pm The Hunters (PG) 1958 Action / Drama / Romance / War

A former World War Two air ace leads a group of fellow fighter pilots on a daring mission deep into enemy territory in Korea. This haphazard action adventure features some magnificent aerial effects and impressive performances by the cast.

18:55pm Timeline (12) 2003 Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.

21:00pm John Q (15) 2002 Crime / Drama / Thriller

A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room ******* until the doctors agree to perform the operation.

23:10pm The Cell (18) 2000 Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist who is part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows her mind to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent comes to ask for a desperate favour. They had just tracked down a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher, whose MO is to abduct women one at a time and place them in a secret area where they are kept for about 40 hours until they are slowly drowned. Unfortunately, the killer has fallen into an irreversible coma which means he cannot confess where he has taken his latest victim before she dies. Now, Catherine Deane must race against time to explore the twisted mind of the killer to get the information she needs, but Stargher's damaged personality poses dangers that threaten to overwhelm her.

01:10am Those Glory Glory Days (1984) (TV) Drama

Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a do***entary.

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13:00 The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) Comedy

Mike Brady and his wife Carol Brady have just only one week to come up with $20,000 in back taxes or their house is sold and they'll have no choice but to move. And it's up to the Brady kids to secretly raise money and save the homestead before they lose their house to their scheming neighbor Mr. Larry Dittmeyer.

14:40 Destination Gobi (1953) War / Drama

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese air force. The Mongols are rewarded by an airlift of the finest saddles.

16:25 Red River (1948) Western / Action / Adventure

Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues.

19:00 Doctor in Clover (1966) Comedy

Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist.

21:00 Judge Dredd (1995) Action / Crime / Sci-Fi

In a dystopic future, where urban areas have grown into megacities that cover entire coastal regions, the justice system has evolved to a single person invested with the power of police, judge, jury, and executioner: the Judge. Among the Judges of Mega-City One, Judge Dredd is one of the best, and a particular favorite of the Head of the Council, Judge Fargo. But there are evil forces at work in the Justice Dept: block riots and the escape of Rico, a homicidal maniac, are only steps in a plan that ultimately lead to the sentencing of Dredd for a murder he didn't commit. And Dredd must discover the secrets of his own past and survive to stop the evildoers.

23:00 Cruel Intentions (1999) Drama / Romance / Thriller

A pair of unscrupulous siblings star in a ***y tale of seduction, revenge and conquest. After cleverly seducing and ruining the reputation of an unsuspecting classmate, the sparks fly when Kathryn poses the ultimate challenge to her insatiable stepbrother Sebastian: deflower the Headmaster's beautiful, virgin daughter Annette. If he fails, Kathryn gets his 1956 jaguar convertible, but if he succeeds, Sebastain gets to possess and bed Kathryn. The stakes are high, but for Sebastian, the payoff is feverishly irresistible and before the summer's over, no one will escape their relentless game of cat and mouse . . . until one of them is bitten by the most unlikely sensation of all . . . love.

00:50 The Last Mitterand (2005) Biography / Drama

Robert Guédiguian's film, based on George-Marc Benamou's book, stars Michel Bouquet as the late President François Mitterand. Concentrating on the last year of his life, it is narrated by journalist Antoine Moreau, who has been hired to write his memoirs and who becomes obsessed with Mitterand's role in the Vichy government during the war. As the film progresses, Antoine's probing reveals the contradictions of one of Europe's last socialist leaders, from his beliefs to his philandering, and offers a fascinating portrait of a flawed statesman who took some of his secrets to the grave.

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13:00pm The Sun Shines Bright (PG) 1953

A principled judge in post-Civil War Kentucky faces the condemnation of wealthy townsfolk as he continually stands up for the poor and underprivileged. His position comes under threat when a slick lawyer stands for election against him.

14:45pm The One That Got Away (U) 1957

Gripping World War Two adventure telling the true story of Franz von Werra (Hardy Kruger), a German pilot who repeatedly escaped from British prison camps. After being moved to Montreal, he managed to break out and make it into America in an attempt to rejoin his squadron.

16:55pm A Town Like Alice (PG) 1956

Jack Lee's harrowing drama is never easy viewing, but it's certainly worth the effort. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, it explores the harsh realities of life for women prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya during World War Two, as they are forced to march for days on end, while being subjected to random beatings and torture.

19:10pm The Muse (PG) 1999

Inspired satire peeling back the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to offer a realistic insight into life in Tinseltown, shown through the eyes of a screenwriter who's lost his flair for comedy.

21:00pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding (15) 2002

A woman is thrilled to land the man of her dreams after a dramatic makeover, and begins to plan her wedding but her crazy family look set to ensure nothing goes to plan.

22:45pm A Man Apart (18) 2003

DEA agent Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) is pleased when he captures a notorious drug lord, but a similarly sinister criminal soon takes his place. The new crime lord tries to guarantee his safety by having Vetter assassinated. But the hit goes wrong, leaving the agent's wife dead and driving him into an obsessive quest for vengeance.

00:45am Kontroll (15) 2003

A group of disillusioned ticket inspectors working on Budapest's underground system struggle to deal with the everyday grind. However, their lives are made increasingly complicated by off-the-wall travellers, unrequited love and a sinister figure with a penchant for pushing passengers onto the tracks.

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13:00pm South of St Louis (U) 1948

Western about a trio of southern farmers harassed by Unionists prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. While one joins the Confederate army is a bid to fight back, the others go into the gun-running business leading the old friends into conflict with each other.

14:40pm War of the Wildcats (PG) 1943

Ambitious cowboy John Wayne embarks on a bitter personal feud with powerful oil baron Albert Dekker, as they battle for the rights to drill on sacred Indian land. When both men fall for the same woman, the conflict between them gets even uglier.

16:40pm The Way West (PG) 1967

A group of pioneering adventurers travel across the great plains of 19th-century America. Their arduous journey soon leads them into danger, but luckily veteran politician Kirk Douglas can guide them to safety. Bold Western, boasting a great cast and fantastic photography and the story's exciting too.

19:00pm Home Alone 3 (PG) 1997

Cheeky eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is delighted to be given a remote-controlled toy car by his neighbour unaware it contains a stolen microchip. A gang of crooks head to Alex's town with the intention of recovering their valuable item, but the resourceful youngster has prepared for their arrival with a series of nasty booby-traps.

21:00pm Underworld (18) 2003

A vampire warrior is intrigued to learn her sworn enemies the werewolves have set their sights on a mortal man. As she sets out to find more clues the so-called “death dealer” becomes attracted to the human target, and vows to protect him.

23:10pm Backbeat (15) 1993

Biopic telling the story of original Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, who played with the band during their pre-fame days in Hamburg. He eventually left for the love of photographer Astrid Kirchherr, only to die young from a brain haemorrhage.

01:05am Bamboozled (15) 2000

A TV executive decides to resurrect the black-and-white minstrels of yesteryear with a controversial new twist in an attempt to get himself fired. However, the overtly racist show is a huge success, leaving him struggling to explain his motives to the black community.

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13:00pm The Common Touch (PG) 1941

The teenage heir to a fortune poses as a down-and-out to learn how the poor live, hoping to use his inheritance to help them improve their lot in life. Realising the quest for profits is not as important as the fight against poverty, the youngster is shocked and shamed to discover the family firm's mean streak.

15:05pm Dark Command (U) 1940

Raoul Walsh's Western set in pre-Civil War Kansas, starring John Wayne as a recently elected marshal, whose rival for the position forms a band of pro-South vigilantes and embarks on a campaign of mayhem.

16:50pm Doctor in Clover (PG) 1966

Amorous medic Dr Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips) gets up to more romantic shenanigans while enduring a refresher course with his former professor.

18:55pm That Thing You Do! (PG) 1996

A small-town beat combo become overnight sensations with their debut record but their sudden success looks to be a one-off, leaving them struggling to find a way of repeating the formula. Cheering comedy drama set in the 1960s, written and directed by Tom Hanks, who also appears as the band's manager.

21:00pm Little Nicky (12) 2000

The Devil decides to put off retirement for a little longer, but his two oldest sons are left fuming and decide to get revenge by creating Hell on Earth, forcing their demonic dad to turn to the youngest member of the clan to save the day. Juvenile it may be, but this comedy is also frequently very funny. Adam Sandler does a decent job in the lead, but it's the supporting cast who really pull it together.

22:40pm Black Book (15) 2006

Director Paul Verhoeven returned to his native Holland to direct this intriguing World War Two thriller, set in the early years of the conflict. Carice van Houten stars as a young Jewish woman working as a singer who witnesses the massacre of a group of fellow Jews attempting to escape. She resolves to bring down the Nazi occupation by infiltrating their local headquarters as a spy, but soon finds herself wrapped up in a dangerous double life.

01:25am Southern Comfort (18) 1981

Director Walter Hill's tense thriller makes for difficult viewing, but it's well worth the effort. It follows the journey of a team of gung-ho National Guardsmen who become lost while making their way through the Louisiana swamps and end up having to battle beleaguered Cajuns determined to get rid of them at any cost.

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13:00pm A Town Like Alice (PG) 1956

Jack Lee's harrowing drama is never easy viewing, but it's certainly worth the effort. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, it explores the harsh realities of life for women prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya during World War Two, as they are forced to march for days on end, while being subjected to random beatings and torture.

15:20pm The Sun Shines Bright (PG) 1953

A principled judge in post-Civil War Kentucky faces the condemnation of wealthy townsfolk as he continually stands up for the poor and underprivileged. His position comes under threat when a slick lawyer stands for election against him.

17:05pm Daniel Day-Lewis Interview

The celebrated actor discusses his career, including his Oscar-nominated role in his latest film There Will Be Blood

17:15pm The Hunters (PG) 1958

A former World War Two air ace leads a group of fellow fighter pilots on a daring mission deep into enemy territory in Korea. This haphazard action adventure veers dangerously close to falling into obscurity, but is saved by some magnificent aerial effects and impressive performances by the cast.

19:20pm Catch That Kid (PG) 2004

A plucky teenager racks her brains to think of a way of financing an operation for her mountaineer father and eventually comes up with a daring plan to rob a bank with the help of her friends. Likeable comedy thriller, featuring engaging performances from the talented young cast. Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot and Jennifer Beals star

21:00pm Austin Powers in Goldmember (15) 2002

The spy is forced to travel through time again to rescue his equally suave father, who's been kidnapped by villains. The dynamic duo are on course to vanquish their foes and bed a bevy of babes but Dr Evil hopes to finally taste victory. There's not much new, but fans of the series won't be disappointed by this comedy sequel.

22:45pm Monster's Ball (15) 2001

A series of harrowing personal tragedies brings depressed prison guard Billy Bob Thornton and desperate widow Halle Berry together in an unlikely yet intense relationship.

00:50am Lady Vengeance (18) 2005

A woman wrongly imprisoned for the kidnap and murder of a child converts to Christianity while behind bars but on release sets out to gain a bloody and violent revenge on those who framed her. Park Chan-wook's thriller, which is the final part in his Vengeance trilogy, creates a brooding and bleak atmosphere, but also offers a twist or two to keep viewers guessing.

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13:00pm The Man in Grey (PG) 1943

An aristocratic girl extends the hand of charity to an impoverished friend who responds by attempting to steal her husband.

15:10pm War of the Wildcats (U) 1943

Ambitious cowboy John Wayne embarks on a bitter personal feud with powerful oil baron Albert Dekker, as they battle for the rights to drill on sacred Indian land. When both men fall for the same woman, the conflict between them gets even uglier.

17:10pm Sea Wife (PG) 1957

A cargo ship is torpedoed off the coast of Singapore and a disparate group of survivors end up adrift on a life raft. RAF officer Richard Burton finds himself growing attracted to fellow castaway Joan Collins little suspecting she is actually a nun.

18:45pm Simone (PG) 2002

A failing film-maker constructs a “synthespian”, a digital actress whose beauty and charisma quickly impress movie fans across the world. However, the adoring public are convinced she's real, forcing him to resort to increasingly desperate measures to maintain the deception.

21:00pm One Night at McCool's (15) 2001

Three men fall under the spell of beautiful seductress Liv Tyler. But as each recounts his meeting with her, it becomes increasingly clear that she has an ulterior motive for encouraging their attentions.

22:45pm Jason X (15) 2001

When masked maniac Jason Voorhees is defrosted five centuries after being cryogenically frozen, he wakes to find himself on board a spaceship, where he embarks on a bloody mission to kill the crew.

00:30am Ride with the Devil (15) 1999

A band of brave Confederate soldiers struggle to survive a series of bloody raids on Union troops, but the rigours of battle and the freezing winter threaten their hopes for the future, forcing them to seek shelter in a barn. As their hunger for battle fades, they reconsider the wisdom of continuing in the face of overwhelming odds.

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13:00pm Brewster's Millions (PG) 1985

A minor league baseball player is thrilled to learn he is due to receive a massive inheritance, but there's just one condition he must spend $30million in just one month, with nothing to show for it at the end, or he'll lose the lot. A scheming pair of lawyers, who stand to get the money if he fails, are determined to sabotage his efforts.

15:05pm Seance on a Wet Afternoon (PG) 1964

Bryan Forbes' brooding psychological drama about a publicity-hungry medium who plots a bizarre kidnapping, intending to “solve” it by ESP and win acclaim for her psychic powers.

17:15pm Dark Command (U) 1940

John Wayne stars as a recently elected marshal whose rival for the position forms a band of pro-South vigilantes and embarks on a campaign of mayhem. Raoul Walsh's Western, set in pre-Civil War Kansas, features some nicely choreographed stunts.

19:00pm Home Alone 3 (PG) 1997

Cheeky eight-year-old Alex Pruitt is delighted to be given a remote-controlled toy car by his neighbour unaware it contains a stolen microchip. A gang of crooks head to Alex's town with the intention of recovering their valuable item, but the resourceful youngster has prepared for their arrival with a series of nasty booby-traps.

21:00pm The Notebook (12) 2004

An elderly man reads a love story to a woman in a nursing home, from an old and faded notebook bulging with romantic scribblings about a passionate young couple whose fledgling affair is ripped asunder almost before it's begun.

23:20pm Repo Man (18) 1984

Alex Cox's cult sci-fi sci-fi thriller, starring Emilio Estevez as a streetwise punk who takes a job repossessing vehicles. While veteran repo man Harry Dean Stanton shows him the tricks of the trade, he encounters a UFO conspiracy theorist and becomes involved with the hunt for a 1964 Chevy Malibu with something sinister lurking in the trunk.

01:05am Bamboozled (15) 2000

A TV executive decides to resurrect the black-and-white minstrels of yesteryear with a controversial new twist in an attempt to get himself fired. However, the overtly racist show is a huge success, leaving him struggling to explain his motives to the black community.

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13:00 The League of Gentlemen (1960) Adventure / Crime / Comedy

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.

15:10 The Common Touch (1941) Drama

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.

17:10 Carry on Doctor (1967) Comedy

The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home. The patients are determined not to lose him, and so take on the might of the "cutting" Dr Tinkle and the overpowering Matron.

18:55 Local Hero (1983) Comedy / Drama

Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scotish villiage to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and starts the negotiations, the locals are keen to get their hands on the 'Silver Dollar' and can't believe their luck. However a local hermit and beach scavenger, Ben Knox, lives in a shack on the crucial beach which he also owns. Happer is more interested in the Northern Lights and Danny in a surreal girl with webbed feet, Marina. Mac is used to a Houston office with fax machines but is forced to negotiate on Bens terms.

21:00 Withnail & I (1987) Comedy / Drama

London 1969 - two 'resting' (unemployed and unemployable) actors, Withnail and Marwood, fed up with damp, cold, piles of washing-up, mad drug dealers and psychotic Irishmen, decide to leave their squalid Camden flat for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail's uncle Monty's country cottage. But when they get there, it rains non-stop, there's no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty, who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood...

23:05 Dog Altogether (2007) Short / Drama

Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his fractured life.

23:25 Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Crime / Horror / Thriller

Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.

01:05 Shane's World (2000) Do***entary

Shane Meadows, director of the acclaimed TwentyFourSeven, A Room For Romeo Brass, Once Upon A Time In The Midlands, Dead Man's Shoes and This is England, introduces three of his early short films and uses them as examples for young tyro directors to guide their steps to writing, funding and directing that first successful film.

02:25 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang. (1982) (TV) Comedy

The plot of one the early Channel Four films is sweet and simple. Boy likes girl at school, but is too embarrassed to confront her. Alan relates everything to a running cricket commentary (provided superbly by John Arlott) right up to the will he, won't he finale, when he has to kiss Ann in a school play.

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13:00pm Very Important Person (U) 1961

A stuck-up Allied scientist lands in a concentration camp during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. His bizarre attitude and a series of misunderstandings soon earn him the enmity of his fellow inmates, who suspect he's a spy but luckily a plucky British officer vows to launch a rescue effort.

14:50pm Carry On Behind (PG) 1975

Comedy about an archaeological dig, carried out by a pair of professors, which is disrupted by the saucy shenanigans and naughtiness of a motley bunch of holiday-makers in the neighbouring caravan park.

16:30pm The Long Ships (PG) 1963

Richard Widmark plays a valiant Viking warrior who vows to find a priceless golden bell. He manages to send most of his rivals off on a wild goose chase, leaving him free to hunt at his own pace. But he reckons without the intervention of ambitious Saracens, who realise what he's up to and are determined to claim the prize themselves.

18:55pm The Land Girls (12) 1997

Three very different Land Army agricultural volunteers are sent to work on a farm where they all fall head over heels for the owner's son, leading to romance, heartbreak and tragedy. Wartime drama, with Catherine McCormack, Anna Friel and Rachel Weisz as the attractive trio of leading ladies.

21:00pm Oliver Twist (PG) 2005 Premiere

Roman Polanski's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel. Orphan Oliver flees his harsh upbringing in the workhouse and seeks his fortune in London. Instead, he falls in with Fagin (Ben Kingsley) and his gang of young thieves. His first efforts as a pickpocket lead to him being taken in by the wealthy Mr Brownlow an opportunity brutal crook Bill Sykes sets out to exploit.

23:35pm Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (18) 1998

A gang of East End petty crooks find themselves out of their depth when they run up a huge gambling debt to an underworld crime lord, and land in even more trouble when they concoct a risky scheme to bag enough cash to pay him back.

01:40am You're Dead (15) 1998

A mismatched group of criminals attempt to commit the perfect robbery but personal problems get in the way of their plans, leading to a tense siege with armed police officers closing in for the kill.

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13:00pm Sea Wife (PG) 1957

A cargo ship is torpedoed off the coast of Singapore and a disparate group of survivors end up adrift on a life raft. RAF officer Richard Burton finds himself growing attracted to fellow castaway Joan Collins little suspecting she is actually a nun.

14:40pm Doctor in Clover (PG) 1966

Amorous medic Dr Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips) gets up to more romantic shenanigans while enduring a refresher course with his former professor.

16:40pm The Thirty-Nine Steps (U) 1959

Kenneth More stars as John Buchan's daring hero Richard Hannay, who comes to the rescue of a woman being attacked. She is subsequently murdered, but before she dies, warns him of an evil plan by a secretive organisation that he must stop leaving him with only two days to uncover the truth behind her cryptic last words.

18:25pm Chariots of Fire (U) 1981

Stirring Oscar-winning drama based on the true story of contrasting British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams going for gold at the 1924 Olympics in Paris.

21:00pm Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (18) 1998

A gang of East End petty crooks find themselves out of their depth when they run up a huge gambling debt to an underworld crime lord, and land in even more trouble when they concoct a risky scheme to bag enough cash to pay him back.

23:05pm The Firm (18) 1988

Disturbing drama about an estate agent named Bex who leads a double life as the head of a band of organised football thugs. Bex hatches a plan to unite the various gangs in his area and lead them on a trip to Germany to confront their Dutch hooligan rivals at the 1988 European Championship.

00:40am Going Off Big Time (18) 2000

A troubled ex-convict struggles to clean up his act and go straight, but is helped by a new girlfriend determined to give him the support he needs.

02:20am P'Tang Yang Kipperbang (PG) 1982

Touching comedy drama set in 1948, starring John Albasiny as a 14-year-old schoolboy coming to terms with the postwar world and full of romantic longing for his beautiful classmate.

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13:00pm The Man in Grey (PG) 1943

An aristocratic girl extends the hand of charity to an impoverished friend who responds by attempting to steal her husband.

15:10pm Sailor of the King (U) 1953

Gripping World War Two adventure based on a novel by CS Forester, starring Jeffrey Hunter as a dedicated Navy officer who risks life and limb in a single-handed attack on a well-armed German cruiser.

16:50pm Seance on a Wet Afternoon (PG) 1964

Bryan Forbes' brooding psychological drama about a publicity-hungry medium who plots a bizarre kidnapping, intending to “solve” it by ESP and win acclaim for her psychic powers.

19:00pm A Matter of Life and Death (U) 1946

David Niven stars as a World War Two ****er pilot who survives a plane crash and falls in love with a radio operator he'd first spoken to during the fateful flight. He later learns that he was destined to die in the disaster but remains determined to continue his life on Earth, and insists on a trial to resolve the issue. Powell and Pressburger's acclaimed fantasy drama is a visually stunning and utterly compelling love story.

21:00pm Vera Drake (12) 2004

Imelda Staunton won a well-deserved Bafta for her remarkable performance in this acclaimed drama by director Mike Leigh. She stars as a woman living in Fifties London who carries out discreet illegal abortions for girls in trouble. However, when her activities are discovered by the police, she's faced with prosecution and persecution.

23:30pm Notting Hill (15) 1999

A scatterbrained bookshop owner falls for a multi-millionaire film star in writer Richard Curtis's smash-hit follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are perfect as the unlikely couple, who face all manner of obstacles to make their romance work. Rhys Ifans delivers a great performance as Grant's wacky flatmate.

01:50am The Reckoning (15) 2003 Premiere.

Paul Bettany stars in this medieval mystery as a young priest who joins a group of travelling actors in an attempt to escape from his adulterous past. When the wandering troupe pass through a town where a woman has been sentenced to death for murdering a young boy, they are inspired to perform a re-enactment of the crime for the local people. However, their play leads them to uncover a disturbing conspiracy.

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13:00pm Carry On Doctor (PG) 1967

The regular team, augmented by Frankie Howerd, find themselves in hospital for this bawdy entry in the much-loved comedy series. A popular doctor is given the sack after he is caught in a compromising position, prompting the furious patients to stage a revolt against the luckless medic's strait-laced superiors.

14:45pm Reach for the Sky (U) 1956

Kenneth More stars in this inspiring biopic as renowned World War Two hero Douglas Bader. A plane crash in 1931 cost the aspiring pilot both his legs, but he refused to give up his dreams of learning to fly and, after learning to walk on artificial limbs, rose to the rank of squadron leader in the RAF. However, more misfortune was in store when he was shot down over occupied France and taken prisoner.

17:20pm Carry On Behind (PG) 1975

Comedy about an archaeological dig, carried out by a pair of professors, which is disrupted by the saucy shenanigans and naughtiness of a motley bunch of holiday-makers in the neighbouring caravan park.

19:00pm Black Narcissus (U) 1947

Five British nuns establish a school and hospital on a remote mountainside in the Himalayas, where loneliness, isolation and frustration soon take their toll. Stunning, stylised Oscar-winning drama from legendary directorial team Powell and Pressburger.

21:00pm Notting Hill (15) 1999

A scatterbrained bookshop owner falls for a multi-millionaire film star in writer Richard Curtis's smash-hit follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are perfect as the unlikely couple, who face all manner of obstacles to make their romance work. Rhys Ifans delivers a great performance as Grant's wacky flatmate.

23:20pm Happy-Go-Lucky Preview

A look at Mike Leigh's new comedy-drama, introduced by the director and star Sally Hawkins

23:30pm Naked (18) 1993

Mike Leigh's controversial drama taking a bleak and uncompromising look at Nineties life. David Thewlis stars as the ultimate angry young man, a highly intelligent dropout and rapist who leaves his northern home and travels to London, where he proceeds to antagonise everyone he meets, forcing them to question their whole existence.

02:00am Resurrected (15) 1989

Paul Greengrass' directorial debut stars David Thewlis as a soldier who goes missing during the Falklands War and is presumed dead. However, he later reappears, claiming to be suffering from amnesia. In an attempt to save themselves the embarrassment of explaining the situation, the British Army label the young man a deserter, leading to a tragic outcome.

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13:00pm The Common Touch (U) 1941

The teenage heir to a fortune poses as a down-and-out to learn how the poor live, hoping to use his inheritance to help them improve their lot in life. Realising the quest for profits is not as important as the fight against poverty, the youngster is shocked and shamed to discover the family firm's mean streak.

15:00pm The League of Gentlemen (PG) 1960

This nail-biting crime caper takes a subtle approach to action, making it a hugely enjoyable affair. It follows the antics of former Army colonel Jack Hawkins, who's left furious when the top brass insist on his retirement — and sets out to exact an elaborate revenge by blackmailing ex-servicemen into taking part in a robbery plotted with military precision.

17:10pm The Spy in Black (U) 1939

A German spy falls for an apparently sympathetic schoolteacher during a World War One mission. But he doesn't suspect the object of his affections is actually an English double agent, a revelation which jeopardises an operation to destroy the British fleet in the Orkneys in 1917.

18:45pm The Battle of the River Plate (U) 1956

Powell and Pressburger's solid and thought-provoking World War Two adventure about the British Navy's pursuit and eventual cornering of enemy battleship the Graf Spee in Montevideo harbour, where German commanding officer Peter Finch is faced with an impossible dilemma.

21:00pm Gosford Park (15) 2001

A disparate group of aristocrats and the nouveau riche gather for a weekend at a country estate. However, while loyal servants drink in every drop of scandalous chatter, personal vendettas bubble to the fore, leading to murder.

23:35pm Doomsday Preview

A look at the new British sci-fi thriller from The Descent director Neil Marshall

23:40pm The Descent (18) 2005

A woman recovering from a personal tragedy joins a group of friends on a caving expedition. But their adventure takes a horrific turn when they find themselves trapped underground in an unexplored cavern, with ravenous monsters lurking in the darkness.

01:35am Mischief Night (15) 2006

Penny Woolcock's refreshingly realistic comedy drama set in Leeds gives an insight into the racial divisions that exist within contemporary Britain. Kelli Hollis stars as Tina, a single parent living on a culturally diverse housing estate where tensions and revelations bubble to the surface in the lead up to mischief night.

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13:00pm Bugsy Malone (U) 1976

Director Alan Parker's much-loved slapstick musical spoof, featuring a cast composed entirely of children and following a war between rival gangsters in Twenties New York fought with custard pies and cream-firing tommy guns. When a slick mobster acquires devastating new weapons, his arch rival enlists the aid of a small-time chancer to steal them.

14:45pm The Emperor's New Clothes (PG) 2001

Witty, offbeat historical comedy drama, starring Ian Holm as Napoleon, who hatches a cunning plan to return from exile and reclaim control of France. When he encounters a sailor who bears an uncanny resemblance to him (also played by Holm), he arranges to swap places so he can make his way to Paris unnoticed. However, the double gets a little too used to living the life of an emperor, leaving the real Bonaparte stuck as a commoner.

16:50pm The Long Ships (PG) 1963

Richard Widmark plays a valiant Viking warrior who vows to find a priceless golden bell. He manages to send most of his rivals off on a wild goose chase, leaving him free to hunt at his own pace. But he reckons without the intervention of ambitious Saracens, who realise what he's up to and are determined to claim the prize themselves.

19:15pm The Thirty-Nine Steps (U) 1959

Kenneth More stars as John Buchan's daring hero Richard Hannay, who comes to the rescue of a woman being attacked. She is subsequently murdered, but before she dies, warns him of an evil plan by a secretive organisation that he must stop leaving him with only two days to uncover the truth behind her cryptic last words.

21:00pm Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (15) 2002

A Glaswegian crook heads for Nottingham after seeing his ex-girlfriend humiliate her boyfriend on daytime television, determined that he should win back her heart.

23:00pm The Full Monty (15) 1997

Blockbusting British comedy about a group of hard-up unemployed Yorkshiremen who try to make ends meet by becoming strippers, proving beyond doubt that there still is steel in Sheffield.

00:45am Hotel Splendide (15) 2000

A chef returns to the dreary spa where she used to work on hearing about the proprietor's death. She becomes determined to make some changes, abandoning the hotel's ridiculous health regimen and serving the guests edible food. But the late owner's son is determined to keep everything the way his mother would have wanted it.

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13:00pm Waterloo Road (PG) 1944

John Mills stars as a soldier who discovers his wife has betrayed him by having an affair, prompting him to head home and save his marriage.

14:25pm Very Important Person (U) 1961

A stuck-up Allied scientist lands in a concentration camp during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. His bizarre attitude and a series of misunderstandings soon earn him the enmity of his fellow inmates, who suspect he's a spy but luckily a plucky British officer vows to launch a rescue effort.

16:20pm The Madness of King George (PG) 1995

Acclaimed drama, based on Alan Bennett's successful stage play The Madness of George III. Nigel Hawthorne won a well-deserved Bafta for his superb performance as the 18th-century monarch whose unbalanced behaviour almost cost him his power and position.

18:25pm Oliver Twist (PG) 2005

Roman Polanski's adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel. Orphan Oliver flees his harsh upbringing in the workhouse and seeks his fortune in London. Instead, he falls in with Fagin (Ben Kingsley) and his gang of young thieves. His first efforts as a pickpocket lead to him being taken in by the wealthy Mr Brownlow an opportunity brutal crook Bill Sykes sets out to exploit.

21:00pm The Full Monty (15) 1997

Blockbusting British comedy about a group of hard-up unemployed Yorkshiremen who try to make ends meet by becoming strippers, proving beyond doubt that there still is steel in Sheffield.

22:45pm The Football Factory (18) 2004

Powerful and brutal do***entary-style drama following a soccer fan immersed in a violent counter-culture, who begins questioning his actions when he's plagued by nightmares.

00:25am Resurrected (15) 1989

Paul Greengrass' directorial debut stars David Thewlis as a soldier who goes missing during the Falklands War and is presumed dead. However, he later reappears, claiming to be suffering from amnesia. In an attempt to save themselves the embarrassment of explaining the situation, the British Army label the young man a deserter, leading to a tragic outcome.

02:10am The Warrior (12) 2000

Award-winning historical drama, starring Irfan Khan as a warrior who vows to give up his violent ways after a crisis of conscience. But his master is left fuming at this unexpected change of heart, and sends hired killers to exact a suitably bloody revenge. A trek through the Himalayas ensues, as the former champion sets out to find inner peace with his pursuers hot on his tail.

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13:00pm Sailor of the King (U) 1953

Gripping World War Two adventure based on a novel by CS Forester, starring Jeffrey Hunter as a dedicated Navy officer who risks life and limb in a single-handed attack on a well-armed German cruiser.

14:50pm Black Narcissus (U) 1947

Five British nuns establish a school and hospital on a remote mountainside in the Himalayas, where loneliness, isolation and frustration soon take their toll.

16:50pm A Matter of Life and Death (U) 1946

David Niven stars as a World War Two ****er pilot who survives a plane crash and falls in love with a radio operator he'd first spoken to during the fateful flight. He later learns that he was destined to die in the disaster but remains determined to continue his life on Earth, and insists on a trial to resolve the issue.

18:50pm Doctor in Clover (PG) 1966

Amorous medic Dr Gaston Grimsdyke (Leslie Phillips) gets up to more romantic shenanigans while enduring a refresher course with his former professor.

20:50pm Happy-Go-Lucky Preview

A look at Mike Leigh's new comedy-drama, introduced by the director and star Sally Hawkins

21:00pm Vera Drake (12) 2004

Imelda Staunton won a well-deserved Bafta for her remarkable performance in this acclaimed drama by director Mike Leigh. She stars as a woman living in Fifties London who carries out discreet illegal abortions for girls in trouble. However, when her activities are discovered by the police, she's faced with prosecution and persecution.

23:25pm Festival (18) 2005

Annie Griffin's dark take on the Edinburgh Fringe Festival follows an array of colourful characters as they descend on the city, leading to a series of comical and uncomfortable situations as judges use their influence for ***ual gain, performers try to make their mark and locals observe the goings-on with stoical confusion.

01:30am My Name Is Joe (15) 1997

A recovering alcoholic becomes romantically involved with a health service worker as he struggles to resist the temptation of the bottle but their burgeoning relationship begins to falter when his willpower fails and he falls off the wagon.

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13:00pm Victim (PG) 1961

Intense, ground-breaking thriller, with Dirk Bogarde playing a secretly *** barrister who risks his reputation, marriage and career to hunt down blackmailers preying on homo***ual men.

15:05pm The Battle of the River Plate (U) 1956

Powell and Pressburger's solid and thought-provoking World War Two adventure about the British Navy's pursuit and eventual cornering of enemy battleship the Graf Spee in Montevideo harbour, where German commanding officer Peter Finch is faced with an impossible dilemma.

17:25pm Bugsy Malone (U) 1976

Director Alan Parker's much-loved slapstick musical spoof, featuring a cast composed entirely of children and following a war between rival gangsters in Twenties New York fought with custard pies and cream-firing tommy guns. When a slick mobster acquires devastating new weapons, his arch rival enlists the aid of a small-time chancer to steal them.

19:15pm Those Glory, Glory Days (PG) 1983

A journalist with a passion for football has a chance meeting with her soccer idol Danny Blanchflower (playing himself), triggering memories of 1961 and her youthful obsession with Tottenham Hotspur.

21:00pm Notting Hill (15) 1999

A scatterbrained bookshop owner falls for a multi-millionaire film star in writer Richard Curtis's smash-hit follow-up to Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts are perfect as the unlikely couple, who face all manner of obstacles to make their romance work. Rhys Ifans delivers a great performance as Grant's wacky flatmate.

23:20pm Doomsday Preview

A look at the new British sci-fi thriller from The Descent director Neil Marshall

23:25pm The Descent (18) 2005

A woman recovering from a personal tragedy joins a group of friends on a caving expedition. But their adventure takes a horrific turn when they find themselves trapped underground in an unexplored cavern, with ravenous monsters lurking in the darkness.

01:20am Orphans (18) 1997

Four siblings reunite for the first time in years at their mother's funeral, an event which forces them to address unresolved conflicts in an atmosphere fuelled by alcohol and heightened emotion.

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13:00pm Waterloo Road (PG) 1944

John Mills stars as a soldier who discovers his wife has betrayed him by having an affair, prompting him to head home and save his marriage.

14:25pm Chariots of Fire (U) 1981

Stirring Oscar-winning drama based on the true story of contrasting British runners Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams going for gold at the 1924 Olympics in Paris.

17:10pm An Ideal Husband (PG) 1999

A London diplomat is blackmailed into pushing a dubious scheme through Parliament by a crafty former love, threatening both his career and marriage. Turning to an old and trusted friend for advice, he soon realises he's only managed to drag him into the mire of lies, temptations and secret liaisons as well.

18:55pm Local Hero (PG) 1983

An American oil company representative is sent to buy a Scottish coastal village so it can be demolished to make way for a new refinery, but gradually takes a shine to the place.

21:00pm League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (15) 2005

Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and the non-appearing Jeremy Dyson bring their twisted comedy series to the big screen for a feature-length spin-off. The town of Royston Vasey is facing destruction, as its creators plan to move on to other projects.

22:40pm Six Shooter

Oscar-winning live action short by Martin McDonagh, in which a widower encounters suicide, a shoot-out and an exploding cow during an eventful train journey with a psychopath.

23:20pm The Business (18) 2005

A British gangster swaps the mean streets of London for the sun-drenched beaches of Malaga, but before he knows it he's being dragged back into a life of crime by a loud-mouthed ex-convict.

01:05am The Firm (18) 1988

Disturbing drama about an estate agent named Bex who leads a double life as the head of a band of organised football thugs. Bex hatches a plan to unite the various gangs in his area and lead them on a trip to Germany to confront their Dutch hooligan rivals at the 1988 European Championship.

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13:00pm The Madness of King George (PG) 1995

Acclaimed drama, based on Alan Bennett's successful stage play The Madness of George III. Nigel Hawthorne won a well-deserved Bafta for his superb performance as the 18th-century monarch whose unbalanced behaviour almost cost him his power and position.

15:05pm Cottage To Let (U) 1941

A British inventor devises a revolutionary new ****sight, which could have a serious effect on the outcome of World War Two. However, it's not long before news of his creation reaches the enemy and a host of new arrivals bring suspicion in their wake.

16:45pm The Riddle of the Sands (U) 1978

Period action adventure set before World War One, in which a yachtsman discovers a plan to invade England while sailing round the coast of Germany and calls on a friend to help thwart the dastardly plot.

18:50pm The Land Girls (12) 1997

Three very different Land Army agricultural volunteers are sent to work on a farm where they all fall head over heels for the owner's son, leading to romance, heartbreak and tragedy.

21:00pm Elizabeth (15) 1998

Sumptuous historical drama following the strict upbringing of the self-styled Virgin Queen as she is prepared by her tutors to take on the responsibilities of royalty. It explores her thwarted romance with childhood sweetheart Robert Dudley, and chronicles events up until her famous decision to rule alone instead of marrying.

23:25pm Dead Man's Shoes (18) 2004

A man returns to his Derbyshire home town with his younger brother in tow but it soon becomes clear he has a dark purpose for revisiting his old stamping ground, and the local drug dealers have plenty of reason to be nervous.

01:10am Dog Altogether

Bafta-winning short directed by Paddy Considine, about a man plagued by a self-destructive rage who seeks refuge in a charity shop in the hope of finding redemption.

01:30am Shane's World

TwentyFourSeven director Shane Meadows introduces three of his short films and offers advice for up-and-coming movie-makers

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13:00pm Watership Down (U) 1978

Fantastic animated tearjerker, cleverly blending a range of techniques to tell the tale of a ragtag group of rabbits whose warren is set to be destroyed, forcing them to search for somewhere new to live.

14:45pm Monte Carlo or Bust (PG) 1969

Slapstick chase comedy about the misadventures of participants in the 1,500-mile Monte Carlo Rally. Tony Curtis heads the cast as a gambler who wins half of scheming businessman Terry-Thomas's company in a card game.

17:10pm Brief Encounter (PG) 1945

David Lean's classic romantic drama, telling the story of a suburban housewife who finds herself falling in love with a married doctor she meets by chance at a railway station. Celia Johnson and

18:50pm Time Bandits (PG) 1981

A bemused English schoolboy meets various heroic and despotic characters from history as he's escorted on a bizarre journey through time.

21:00pm Enduring Love (15) 2004

After witnessing a shocking accident, a man and his girlfriend attempt to put the traumatic events behind them but their efforts are thwarted by the increasingly obsessive attentions of a loner who was also at the scene.

22:50pm Brothers of the Head (18) 2005 Premiere.

Seventies-set drama about a pair of conjoined twins who are spotted by a sleazy music promoter as teenagers and turned into rock stars. However, the duo begin to struggle with the pressures of fame.

00:35am Personal Services (18) 1987

Julie Walters stars in this witty look at British attitudes toward ***. Loosely based on the life of celebrated madam and media celebrity Cynthia Payne, the film charts a woman's rise from struggling cafe waitress to supplier of kinky ***ual services for the rich, famous and needy.

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13:00pm Victim (PG) 1961

Intense, ground-breaking drama, with Dirk Bogarde playing a secretly *** barrister who risks his reputation, marriage and career to hunt down blackmailers preying on homo***ual men. Bogarde's bold decision to play this role shocked many fans, and the film marked a major shift in social attitudes.

15:05pm Black Magic (PG) 1949

An 18th-century magician is taught the secrets of hypnotism, and uses his newfound skills to acquire wealth and prestige. However, he ends up recruited by a band of gypsies plotting to bring down the French monarchy, who intend to kidnap Marie Antoinette and put a double in her place.

17:05pm Cowboy (U) 1958

Chicago hotel clerk Jack Lemmon befriends visiting cowboy Glenn Ford and soon talks his way into joining him on a cattle drive so he can impress the woman he loves. Naturally, the tenderfoot has no idea of what awaits him as he ventures out into the Wild West, an experience which forces him to undergo a dramatic change.

19:00pm The First Wives Club (PG) 1996

Polished comedy, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton as middle-aged women dumped by their husbands in favour of younger girls, prompting them to plot humiliating forms of revenge.

21:00pm Fantastic Four (PG) 2005

When a group of astronauts are exposed to cosmic rays they each develop special powers. However, one of them decides to use his new-found strength for his own nefarious ends, leaving the others to join forces and stop him.

23:00pm Once Upon a Time in America (18) 1984

Sergio Leone's final film is an acclaimed and shockingly violent epic. Robert De Niro stars in the lead role as New York gangster Noodles, who at the beginning of the film returns to his old haunts in the 1960s, prompting him to look back on he and his friends' rise through Manhattan's underworld during the Depression and the Prohibition era.

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13:00pm Carmen Jones (U) 1954

A sultry female military worker attracts attention from her colleagues, but has her eye on an engaged pilot. Hollywood adaptation of Bizet's opera, with modernised lyrics.

15:10pm Cloak and Dagger (PG) 1946

Superior spy adventure, starring Gary Cooper as a physics professor who undertakes a secret mission to acquire information on Germany's atomic research programme during World War Two.

17:20pm Bus Stop (U) 1956

Comedy drama, starring Marilyn Monroe as a cafe singer who is romantically pursued by a rodeo cowboy determined to win her hand in marriage, if only by sheer persistence.

19:15pm Cheaper By the Dozen (PG) 2003

A large family move to a new town, hoping it'll be the fresh start they need but nothing goes according to plan, and unlucky dad Steve Martin is soon left to look after the twelve rowdy kids.

21:00pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles (15) 1987

Steve Martin plays Neal Page, a stressed businessman who just wants to make it home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. However, when his flight is forced to land miles from its destination, Neal finds himself sharing a disaster-strewn journey across America with a slobbish salesman (John Candy).

22:40pm Personal Services (18) 1987

Julie Walters stars in this witty look at British attitudes toward ***. Loosely based on the life of celebrated madam and media celebrity Cynthia Payne, the film charts a woman's rise from struggling cafe waitress to supplier of kinky ***ual services for the rich, famous and needy.

00:40am Sunflower (PG) 2005

After the death of Chairman Mao, an artist imprisoned in a labour camp is released and returns home to his wife and the son he has never known. The former painter's hands have been seriously injured in his captivity, putting an end to his career, but when the boy demonstrates artistic talent, he becomes determined to force the reluctant youngster to follow in his footsteps.

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13:00pm Sea Wife (PG) 1957

A cargo ship is torpedoed off the coast of Singapore and a disparate group of survivors end up adrift on a life raft. RAF officer Richard Burton finds himself growing attracted to fellow castaway Joan Collins little suspecting she is actually a nun.

14:45pm Fanny by Gaslight (PG) 1944

A deranged Victorian aristocrat manipulates the lives of those around him for personal gain, but sows the seeds of his own downfall by attempting to seduce a government minister's illegitimate but innocent daughter, who seems beset by ill fortune.

16:55pm Cottage To Let (U) 1941

A British inventor devises a revolutionary new ****sight, which could have a serious effect on the outcome of World War Two. However, it's not long before news of his creation reaches the enemy and a host of new arrivals bring suspicion in their wake.

18:45pm Simone (PG) 2002

A failing film-maker constructs a “synthespian”, a digital actress whose beauty and charisma quickly impress movie fans across the world. However, the adoring public are convinced she's real, forcing him to resort to increasingly desperate measures to maintain the deception.

21:00pm Wedding Crashers (15) 2005

Two party-mad bachelors make the most of the romantic atmosphere as they gatecrash weddings to pick up women. With a catalogue of tall stories to tell guests, the pair regularly become the boys of the ball. But when one of them falls for a blushing bridesmaid, they both learn a few things about love.

23:25pm Mischief Night (15) 2006

Penny Woolcock's refreshingly realistic comedy drama set in Leeds gives an insight into the racial divisions that exist within contemporary Britain. Kelli Hollis stars as Tina, a single parent living on a culturally diverse housing estate where tensions and revelations bubble to the surface in the lead up to mischief night.

01:10am Repo Man (18) 1984

Alex Cox's sci-fi thriller, starring Emilio Estevez as a streetwise punk who takes a job repossessing vehicles. While veteran repo man Harry Dean Stanton shows him the tricks of the trade, he encounters a UFO conspiracy theorist and gets involved with the hunt for a car with something sinister lurking in the boot.

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13:00pm Chance of a Lifetime (U) 1950

A group of angry factory workers, tired of poor wages and working conditions, go on strike. The boss of the business decides to let his workers have a go at running the place, causing them to dramatically reassess their ideas.

14:45pm The Eve of St Mark (PG) 1944

A man's romance is brought to an abrupt halt when he's drafted to fight in World War Two. Assigned to the Philippines, he ends up stranded on a small and desolate island but letters from his love back home give him the will to survive.

16:30pm Monte Carlo or Bust (PG) 1969

Slapstick chase comedy about the misadventures of participants in the 1,500-mile Monte Carlo Rally. Tony Curtis heads the cast as a gambler who wins half of scheming businessman Terry-Thomas's company in a card game. The tycoon challenges him to enter the race with the winner getting the whole business, but doesn't plan on playing fair.

18:55pm Bogus (PG) 1996

A woman takes in a seven-year-old orphan who finds comfort in an imaginary friend, a gentle but giant Frenchman. As the trio's unusual relationship develops, the makeshift mother discovers her young guest has just as much to teach her about life.

21:00pm The Talented Mr Ripley (15) 1999

Matt Damon gets a chance to flex his acting muscles in this excellent crime thriller directed by the late Anthony Minghella. He stars as a man with a talent for deception who agrees to travel to Italy and persuade a businessman's son to return home. Before long he develops a taste for the high life, and decides to get in on the action first by befriending the rich and beautiful people, and then by more drastic measures.

23:35pm Brick (15) 2005

Tough high-school kid Joseph Gordon-Levitt is drawn into a world of corruption and crime when he investigates his girlfriend's mysterious disappearance. Encountering an array of strange and sinister characters, the teenager begins to identify possible leads, but as he seeks the truth his own life is put at risk.

01:40am Hedwig and the Angry Inch (15) 2001

A German rock star falls for an American GI, who promises to take him back to the States as long as he undergoes a *** change, transforming him into the woman he's always dreamed of being. Unfortunately, the operation goes wrong, leaving the rocker confused and abandoned in a strange land.

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13:00pm Cloak and Dagger (PG) 1946

Superior spy adventure, starring Gary Cooper as a physics professor who undertakes a secret mission to acquire information on Germany's atomic research programme during World War Two.

15:05pm The Frogmen (U) 1951

Underwater demolition experts make preparations for the invasion of a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific during World War Two, but must overcome personal differences if they're to be successful.

17:00pm The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (U) 1958

Inspired comedy Western, starring Kenneth More as a stiff-upper-lipped Englishman who is mistaken for a gunslinger and asked to tame a wild frontier town. It's not all shooting and violence though, as he even finds time to win Jayne Mansfield's heart in the process.

19:00pm Fantastic Voyage (U) 1966

A respected scientist suffers severe brain damage during a shooting, forcing a medical team to be miniaturised to microscopic size and injected inside his body to effect a miracle cure little realising one of the minuscule passengers has sabotage on his mind.

21:00pm Fantastic Four (PG) 2005

When a group of astronauts are exposed to cosmic rays they each develop special powers. However, one of them decides to use his new-found strength for his own nefarious ends, leaving the others to join forces and stop him.

23:00pm Once Upon a Time in America (18) 1984

Sergio Leone's final film is an acclaimed and shockingly violent epic. Robert De Niro stars in the lead role as New York gangster Noodles, who at the beginning of the film returns to his old haunts in the 1960s, prompting him to look back on he and his friends' rise through Manhattan's underworld during the Depression and the Prohibition era.

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13:00pm The Common Touch (U) 1941

The teenage heir to a fortune poses as a down-and-out to learn how the poor live, hoping to use his inheritance to help them improve their lot in life. Realising the quest for profits is not as important as the fight against poverty, the youngster is shocked and shamed to discover the family firm's mean streak.

15:00pm The Ghost and Mrs Muir (U) 1947

Lonely widow Gene Tierney moves into a seaside cottage, despite rumours that it is haunted. Sure enough, she finds herself sharing her home with the spirit of a deceased sea captain but his efforts to scare her away prove unsuccessful and a growing attraction develops between the pair as she agrees to write his biography.

17:00pm The Jungle Book (U) 1942

Classic version of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories about jungle boy Mowgli, who is raised by wolves before returning to his native village as an adolescent to tackle three dastardly thieves out to plunder a lost city.

19:00pm The First Wives Club (PG) 1996

Polished comedy, starring Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton as middle-aged women dumped by their husbands in favour of younger girls, prompting them to plot humiliating forms of revenge.

21:00pm School of Rock (PG) 2003

A guitarist dreams of stardom, but his hopes are dashed when the other members of his band kick him out. Struggling to make ends meet, he takes a job as a substitute music teacher at an exclusive private school, and sets about moulding his pupils into rock gods.

23:05pm Dawn of the Dead (18) 2004

A mysterious plague leaves civilisation overrun by flesh-eating zombies, forcing desperate survivors to retreat to a shopping mall. It's refreshing to see George A Romero's classic receiving a stylish reinvention that stands comparison with the original.

01:05am 9th Company (15) 2005 Premiere.

Fyodor Bondarchuk makes his directorial debut with this drama set in the 1980s, in which he also stars. The film explores the bonds that form between a group of newly recruited Soviet soldiers as they are sent off to fight in war-torn Afghanistan.

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13:00pm School of Rock (PG) 2003

A slobbish guitarist dreams of stardom, but his hopes are dashed when the other members of his band kick him out. Struggling to make ends meet, he takes a job as a substitute music teacher at an exclusive private school, and sets about moulding his pupils into rock gods.

15:05pm Fanny by Gaslight (PG) 1944

A deranged Victorian aristocrat manipulates the lives of those around him for personal gain, but sows the seeds of his own downfall by attempting to seduce a government minister's illegitimate but innocent daughter, who seems beset by ill fortune.

17:10pm Cowboy (U) 1958

Chicago hotel clerk Jack Lemmon befriends visiting cowboy Glenn Ford and soon talks his way into joining him on a cattle drive so he can impress the woman he loves. Naturally, the tenderfoot has no idea of what awaits him as he ventures out into the Wild West, an experience which forces him to undergo a dramatic change.

18:55pm One Fine Day (PG) 1996

George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer star as mismatched single professionals whose children miss a school trip. The pair take it in turns to babysit while struggling to stick to their hectic work schedules only for their feelings for one another to blossom unexpectedly over the course of the day.

21:00pm Wedding Crashers (15) 2005

Two party-mad bachelors make the most of the romantic atmosphere as they gatecrash weddings to pick up women. With a catalogue of tall stories to tell guests, the pair regularly become the boys of the ball. But when one of them falls for a blushing bridesmaid, they both learn a few things about love.

23:25pm From Dusk Till Dawn (18) 1996

A trigger-happy crook and his ruthless brother take a preacher and his children ******* in a bid to get across the border into Mexico, and seek refuge in a bar filled with a host of dodgy characters. However, they soon realise it's inhabited by vampires only too keen to let them stay for a bite.

01:30am Planes, Trains and Automobiles (15) 1987

Steve Martin plays Neal Page, a stressed businessman who just wants to make it home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. However, when his flight is forced to land miles from its destination, Neal finds himself sharing a disaster-strewn journey across America with a slobbish salesman (John Candy).

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13:00pm Silver Streak (PG) 1976

An exhausted publisher boards a train from Los Angeles to Chicago in the hope of getting away from the stresses of work only to find himself mixed up in murder, mystery and mayhem.

15:10pm Bus Stop (U) 1956

Comedy drama, starring Marilyn Monroe as a cafe singer who is romantically pursued by a rodeo cowboy determined to win her hand in marriage, if only by sheer persistence.

16:55pm The Tall Men (PG) 1955

Clark Gable shines in this thrilling Western, which sees him play a Civil War veteran from Texas. He and his brother head north in the hope of striking it rich in the Montana goldfields, but instead are recruited into a cattle drive by a wealthy businessman. Along the way, they rescue a female settler from an Indian attack, who sparks a fierce rivalry between the former soldier and his employer.

19:15pm Cheaper By the Dozen (PG) 2003

A large family move to a new town, hoping it'll be the fresh start they need but nothing goes according to plan, and unlucky dad Steve Martin is soon left to look after the twelve rowdy kids.

21:00pm The Italian Job (12) 2003

A gang of thieves steal a fortune in gold bullion, only to be double-crossed by one of their own in a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead. One year later, the team regroup to form a daring plan to exact revenge on the traitor and reclaim their ill-gotten gains. Crime thriller, loosely based on the classic 1969 Michael Caine caper.

23:05pm Quills (18) 2000

Chronicle of the notorious Marquis de Sade's final years as he struggles to have his scandalous works published from behind the walls of a Parisian lunatic asylum. Encouraged to write by a sympathetic priest, he enlists a maid's help to ensure the manuscripts are smuggled out much to the displeasure of the king.

01:25am Sunflower (PG) 2005

After the death of Chairman Mao, an artist imprisoned in a labour camp is released and returns home to his wife and the son he has never known. The former painter's hands have been seriously injured in his captivity, putting an end to his career, but when the boy demonstrates artistic talent, he becomes determined to force the reluctant youngster to follow in his footsteps.

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13:00pm The Ghost and Mrs Muir (U) 1947

Lonely widow Gene Tierney moves into a seaside cottage, despite rumours that it is haunted. Sure enough, she finds herself sharing her home with the spirit of a deceased sea captain but his efforts to scare her away prove unsuccessful and a growing attraction develops between the pair as she agrees to write his biography.

15:05pm The Eve of St Mark (PG) 1944

A man's romance is brought to an abrupt halt when he's drafted to fight in World War Two. Assigned to the Philippines, he ends up stranded on a small and desolate island but letters from his love back home give him the will to survive.

16:50pm The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (U) 1958

Inspired comedy Western, starring Kenneth More as a stiff-upper-lipped Englishman who is mistaken for a gunslinger and asked to tame a wild frontier town. It's not all shooting and violence though, as he even finds time to win Jayne Mansfield's heart in the process.

18:55pm Bogus (PG) 1996

A woman takes in a seven-year-old orphan who finds comfort in an imaginary friend, a gentle but giant Frenchman. As the trio's unusual relationship develops, the makeshift mother discovers her young guest has just as much to teach her about life.

21:00pm Entrapment (12) 1999

Professional art thief Sean Connery and sultry insurance agent Catherine Zeta-Jones team up to plot the robbery of a lifetime but will have their work cut out if they're to keep their nerve and walk away with a cool $1billion in cash. Stylish crime thriller, with plenty of red herrings, plus one or two nice action sequences.

23:05pm Brothers of the Head (18) 2005

Seventies-set drama about a pair of conjoined twins who are spotted by a sleazy music promoter as teenagers and turned into rock stars. However, the duo begin to struggle with the pressures of fame.

00:50am Hedwig and the Angry Inch (15) 2001

A German rock star falls for an American GI, who promises to take him back to the States as long as he undergoes a *** change, transforming him into the woman he's always dreamed of being. Unfortunately, the operation goes wrong, leaving the rocker confused and abandoned in a strange land.

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1:00pm Highly Dangerous (U) 1950

An entomologist is recruited by British intelligence for an undercover mission behind the Iron Curtain. A plan is underway to use insects in biological warfare, and the scientist must obtain specimens of the bugs with a little help from a tough American reporter.

2:40pm The Frogmen (U) 1951

Underwater demolition experts make preparations for the invasion of a Japanese-occupied island in the Pacific during World War Two, but must overcome personal differences if they're to be successful.

4:30pm Three Came Home (12) 1950

A writer, her husband and the couple's young son are captured by Japanese forces and soon become separated in a tough prison camp.

6:30pm Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (PG) 1991

A spirited old lady changes an unfulfilled housewife's life by telling her about two women at the helm of a restaurant in Depression-era Alabama.

9:00pm The Transporter (15) 2002

An underworld courier ends up battling his powerful employers when his conscience gets the better of him leading to a desperate struggle to bring down the villains' crooked business and stay alive.

10:45pm Mr Nice Guy (15) 1997

A drug lord desperately searches for a missing videotape containing evidence that could send him to prison, but his apparently straightforward task soon runs into trouble in the form of high-kicking TV chef Jackie Chan.

12:25am Repo Man (18) 1984

Alex Cox's sci-fi thriller, starring Emilio Estevez as a streetwise punk who takes a job repossessing vehicles. While veteran repo man Harry Dean Stanton shows him the tricks of the trade, he encounters a UFO conspiracy theorist and gets involved with the hunt for a car with something sinister lurking in the boot.

2:10am Jump Tomorrow (PG) 2001

A timid Nigerian man embarks on a journey across America to meet the woman his parents have arranged for him to marry. He becomes smitten with a Spanish woman he encounters along the way, while an eccentric Frenchman becomes determined to see them end up together, whatever it takes.

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13:00pm The Common Touch (U) 1941

The teenage heir to a fortune poses as a down-and-out to learn how the poor live, hoping to use his inheritance to help them improve their lot in life. Realising the quest for profits is not as important as the fight against poverty, the youngster is shocked and shamed to discover the family firm's mean streak.

15:00pm The Kidnappers (U) 1953

Two orphaned boys living with their strict grandfather in Nova Scotia are disappointed by his refusal to allow them to keep a dog. However, their loneliness is alleviated when they discover a baby apparently abandoned in woodlands and decide to raise the child themselves.

16:55pm The Jungle Book (U) 1942

Classic version of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories about jungle boy Mowgli, who is raised by wolves before returning to his native village as an adolescent to tackle three dastardly thieves out to plunder a lost city.

18:55pm One Fine Day (PG) 1996

George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer star as mismatched single professionals whose children miss a school trip. The pair take it in turns to babysit while struggling to stick to their hectic work schedules only for their feelings for one another to blossom unexpectedly over the course of the day.

21:00pm The Transporter 2 (15) 2005 Premiere

Jason Statham returns as the driver who will transport anything or anyone, provided the price is right. This time he's charged with chauffeuring the son of a controversial politician, but his work is complicated when Russian criminals kidnap the youngster and inject him with a virus in the hope of infecting his father.

22:35pm 9th Company (15) 2005

Fyodor Bondarchuk makes his directorial debut with this drama set in the 1980s, in which he also stars. The film explores the bonds that form between a group of newly recruited Soviet soldiers as they are sent off to fight in war-torn Afghanistan.

01:15am Fast Times at Ridgemont High (18) 1982

Acclaimed cult comedy, adapted by Cameron Crowe from his own book, following the lives of Californian high-school teenagers.

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13:00pm Smoky (PG) 1946

A drifter finds a home and a purpose when he rescues a rancher's beloved horse, and is hired to train the unpredictable beast. A strong bond develops between man and steed, but it all goes horribly wrong when his no-good brother steals the animal and a botched rescue attempt leads to the horse escaping into the wild.

14:40pm Leave Her to Heaven (U) 1946

Melodrama about an unbalanced woman whose insane jealousy leads her to plot the death of anyone she suspects of attracting her husband's affections. (Satpimps)

16:50pm Kipps (U) 1941

Michael Redgrave gives an inspired performance as a draper's assistant who inherits a fortune and sets out to climb the social ladder in his small home town immediately attracting the attention of a gold digger determined to marry him for his money.

18:55pm Silver Streak (PG) 1976

An exhausted publisher boards a train from Los Angeles to Chicago in the hope of getting away from the stresses of work only to find himself mixed up in murder, mystery and mayhem.

21:00pm The Italian Job (12) 2003

A gang of thieves steal a fortune in gold bullion, only to be double-crossed by one of their own in a betrayal that leaves their friend and mentor dead. One year later, the team regroup to form a daring plan to exact revenge on the traitor and reclaim their ill-gotten gains.

23:05pm Freddy vs Jason (18) 2003

Razor-gloved slasher Freddy Krueger worries that he's being forgotten by America's teenagers so enlists implacable killer Jason Voorhees to refresh their memories in a particularly bloody way.

02:05am Devils on the Doorstep (15) 2000

World War Two drama, set in a Chinese peasant village during the Japanese occupation. One of the village's residents finds himself forced by the resistance to take in two prisoners of war a Japanese soldier and his nervous Chinese translator. However, as time passes it becomes apparent the resistance are not returning for their prisoners, leaving the villagers to decide what to do with them.

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13:00 Blast From The Past (1999)

When the Cuban missile crisis arrives, Calvin Webber hurries pregnant wife Helen into their huge, luxurious **** shelter. A plane crash near their property convinces them they've dropped the Big One and for 35 years, the couple and their son Adam stay put, with Adam learning ballroom dancing, four languages and culture from Jackie Gleason tapes. Then one day he's sent out to find a girl and meets Eve Rustikoff, who's more than confused by his manner...

15:05 The Spy in Black (1939)

Michael Powell's classic espionage thriller stars Conrad Veidt as Captain Hardt, a First World War German submarine commander-turned-spy sent to the Orkneys, where he is foiled by a double agent Jill Blacklock.

16:50 The Tall Men (1955)

Rousing action Western starring Clark Gable as a Civil War veteran who, with his brother Cameron Mitchell, agrees to crooked cattleman Robert Ryan's offer to be trail boss on a massive cattle drive from Texas to Montana.

19:10 The Muse (1999)

Director Albert Brooks also stars as Steven Philips, a successful Hollywood scriptwriter who hits writer's block. Hearing of Sara Liddle, a genuine muse descended from Zeus, who can re-kindle his skills, he sets off to consult her but her demands cause friction with his wife Laura in this romantic fantasy comedy.

21:00 Entrapment (1999)

Sean Connery plays Robert 'Mac' MacDougal, one of the finest art thieves in the world, while Catherine Zeta-Jones is Virginia 'Gin' Baker, an insurance company agent who plans to trap him by offering the opportunity to crown his career: the theft of a $40 million Chinese mask. To do so, she has to set herself up as a thief eager to learn from the master, which she does, passing a series of tests. But as Jon Amiel's all-action thriller reaches its climax high above Kuala Lumpur's skyscrapers, both of them realise there are still lessons to be learnt.

23:05 Quills (2000)

Oscar-nominated Geoffrey Rush stars as the Marquis de Sade, imprisoned in the Charenton Asylum for the Insane for his scandalous writings and behaviour. Tormented by the asylum's doctor Royer-Collard and the priest The Abbe du Coulmier, he still manages to smuggle out pages of manuscript thanks to laundress Maddy LeClerc in Philip Kaufman's stunning drama.

01:25 Withnail and I (1987)

Bruce Robinson's witty and perceptive first film as writer/director follows the hilarious drink and drug-fuelled misadventures of struggling actors Withnail and Peter Marwood in London and the Lake District during the last months of 1969. Signed for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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13:00 Highly Dangerous (1950)

The King of the 50s thriller, novelist Eric Ambler, wrote this comedy spy thriller to highlight the talents of Margaret Lockwood, one of the top stars of British cinema. Here she plays Frances Gray, a prim entomologist recruited by the British secret service to investigate an obscure Balkan state's attempt to develop biological weapons. Unfortunately, she runs into trouble almost immediately when she shares a train carriage with police chief Anton Razinski who realises she's carrying scientific equipment. He frames her for murder, and she is injected with a truth serum. But she manages to escape and team up with American journalist Bill Casey. Unfortunately, she is still under the influence of the drug and believes herself to be the heroine in a radio play as she and Casey embark on a mission to liberate some insects infected with the lethal bacteria...

14:50 A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

A witty and mordant comedy-drama which won Oscars for both direction and screenplay for Joseph L Mankiewicz. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern star as three friends who all receive letters from another friend telling them that she is about to leave town with one of their husbands: but which one?

16:50 Cowboy (1958)

Jilted Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris is a young adventurer and would-be cowboy. After befriending cattleman Tom Reece, Harris holds the man to his promise of taking him along as a partner on a cattle drive to Mexico and back. On the rugged trail Harris soon learns that only cattle count and men can die along the way with little care or concern on the part of anyone.

18:45 S1m0ne (2002)

A director's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star who becomes an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

21:00 Collateral (2004)

Jamie Foxx plays Max, a cab driver in Los Angeles working nights who's offered $600 by Vincent (Tom Cruise), who's just arrived in the city, has a few errands to run and will then be leaving. Vincent asks Max to park in an alleyway by an apartment block while he goes inside. When the dead body hits Max's cab, he realises what Vincent's errands are - he's a contract killer in town to make five hits and Max is trapped as his driver. But as the body count rises, the authorities begin to take notice.

23:15 Lantana (2001)

Ray Lawrence's assured, fascinating film appears, on the surface, to be a murder mystery; a corpse is found and Detective Leon Zat is on the case. But he faces personal problems with his wife Sonja who is seeing psychiatrist Dr. Valerie Somers, who in turn is having her own problems with her husband.

01:40 Hotel Splendide (2000)

Kath returns to Hotel Splendide, where she used to work as a chef, in the hope of rekindling her romance with Ronald Blanche, the son of the crumbling spa hotel's owner. However, she has to contend with Ronald's brother Dezmond, who is intent on running the establishment as his mother would have wished.

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13:00 The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

One of the earliest rock-and-roll movies, Frank Tashlin's film still holds its own against later, possibly slicker films. Gangster Marty Murdock figures the way to get ahead in society is to turn girlfriend Jerri Jordan into a star. He hires down-and-out agent Tom Miller to make her a sensation but there are two problems: Jordan can't sing and, in fact, just wants to be married to Murdock and become a domestic goddess. As Miller does his best to please both her and his boss, his proximity to Jordan begins to stir mutual emotions...

14:55 Three Came Home (1950)

Powerful and fact-based drama directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Claudette Colbert as Agnes Keith, a woman who, with her husband and young son, are captured by the invading Japanese in Borneo in 1941 and then segregated in a prison camp.

16:55 Destination Gobi (1953)

US Navy weather surveyors stationed in the Gobi desert are attacked by Japanese troops. They try to enlist Mongolian tribesmen to their cause, but when the nomads disappear, the Americans are forced to rely on their wits.

18:50 The Pink Panther (1964)

Peter Sellers stars as the bumbling French detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau, out to prevent suave thief David Niven from stealing the 'Pink Panther' diamond, and sparking off a string of no less than eight Panther sequels.

21:00 Road to Perdition (2002)

Sam Mendes' Oscar-garlanded 30s-set film noir thriller stars Tom Hanks as killer Michael Sullivan, who is in the employ of crime boss John Rooney. But Newman's son is jealous of the closeness the two share and kills Sullivan's family, apart from his oldest child. The pair go on the road seeking revenge and then a new life. But Rooney knows the only way to save his son is to eliminate Sullivan, and sets another hit man on their trail.

23:10 Wicker Park (2004)

Paul McGuigan's remake of L'Appartement stars Josh Hartnett as Matthew, desperately searching Chicago for his lost love Lisa in a series of disparate scenes that initially seen out of sequence, slowly come together to an emotional climax, with Rose Byrne as Alex, an enigmatic stranger whose influence on his quest could be dangerous.

01:20 Deterrence (1999)

Set in the near future, this political thriller centres around nuclear brinksmanship between Iraq and America as key US cities face the threat of attack by missiles. US President Walter Emerson must tackle the situation but becomes stranded in a roadside diner after a freak snowstorm and is forced to run operations from there.

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13:00 Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

John M Stahl's riveting film noir melodrama stars Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney as Ellen Berent Harland, an unredeemably evil, possessive woman who resorts to murder in order to ensure her husband Richard does not share his love with anyone else.

15:05 The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)

Ian Holm plays Napoleon, in exile on St Helena after defeat at Waterloo. But his supporters find a double, a humble sailor. The plan is for them to swap roles and for Napoleon to return to Paris and glory. Unfortunately, things don't go according to plan; the imposter decides not to reveal himself, leaving the ex-Emperor to eke out a living as a commoner.

17:10 The Drum (1938)

Alexander Korda's stirring and spectacular melodrama is set on the Northwest Frontier of India, where young Prince Azim helps the British defeat his evil uncle, who has murdered his father and usurped his throne.

19:00 Project X (1987)

Matthew Broderick stars in Jonathan Kaplan's sci-fi comedy as Jimmy Garrett, a trainee air force pilot assigned to teach chimps to use flight simulators. He becomes particularly attached to Virgil when he discovers the ape can use sign language learnt when he was part of a university programme. Then Garrett learns the real purpose of the simulator training: to fly Virgil through a fatal dose of radiation to simulate a nuclear attack on human pilots. He joins forces with Virgil's trainer Teri McDonald, and the trio flee the establishment, but the military are hot on their heels, determined not to lose their star chimp. .

21:00 The Transporter (2002)

Jason Statham plays an ex-Special Forces officer now living in France with a new career - he will, for the right amount, take anything anywhere. His three rules are: no changes to the plan; no real names; no opening of the package ... until one package starts moving.

22:40 Six Shooter (2005)

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and playwright-turned-director Martin McDonagh introduce a sneak preview of their new film In Bruges, followed by McDonagh's Oscar-winning short Six Shooter, a dark yet comic film. A widower encounters suicide, a shoot-out and an exploding cow on an eventful train ride with a young psycho.

23:20 Bright Young Things (2003)

Stephen Fry's directorial debut is based on Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies. Stephen Campbell Moore stars as a penniless, jobless unemployable sort of chap whose only hope of money and position is to throw himself into the hedonistic social scene of the 30s.

01:20 The Cat's Meow (2001)

Peter Bogdanovich's fact-based film is set on William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924 when film producer Thomas Ince was shot dead. No-one was ever convicted of the crime but many believe that Hearst was the killer, mistaking Ince for Charlie Chaplin who may have been having an affair with Hearst's mistress, Marion Davies.

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13:00 A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

A witty and mordant comedy-drama which won Oscars for both direction and screenplay for Joseph L Mankiewicz. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern star as three friends who all receive letters from another friend telling them that she is about to leave town with one of their husbands: but which one?

15:00 The Kidnappers (1953)

When their grandfather refuses to buy them a pet dog, two orphaned brothers decide to "adopt" an abandoned baby that they find in the woods, but ugly prejudices rise to the surface in their mixed community when their secret is discovered.

16:50 Kipps (1941)

Carol Reed's film version of H.G. Wells' warm comedy novel, starring Michael Redgrave as Arthur Kipps, a draper's assistant who inherits money in 1906 and attempts to become a member of society in a small seaside town.

18:55 The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

Michelle Pfeiffer's three-year-old son Ben disappears into thin air when Pfeiffer visits a class reunion. Detective Whoopi Goldberg dedicates herself to the search, but there is no trace... until nine years later, when he is found in the care of John Kapelos, who has innocently taken Ben on from the now-dead kidnapper.

21:00 Transporter 2 (2005)

Frank Martin is back as the Transporter, who'll take anything anywhere, no questions asked, for the right money. This time, he's earning what should be easy money guarding the son of government drugs czar Billings. But when the boy is kidnapped by drugs lord Gianni, Martin takes it as a professional slur and sets out to find the boy.

22:40 The Sea Inside (2004)

Javier Bardem plays quadriplegic Ramon Sampedro, who spent 29 years fighting for his right to die.

01:10 The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

John Malkovich's directorial debut is set in an unnamed South American country where detective Javier Bardem is assigned to track down a group of *********s. While he pursues his investigations, his daughter begins taking dance lessons from Laura Morante. Soon, the detective and the teacher form a relationship but as he learns more about her, he begins to suspect she is involved with the *********s.

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13:00 Smoky (1946) Drama

A cowpoke is heartbroken when his favourite steed is stolen. Family-friendly western starring Fred MacMurray Anne Baxter

14:50 Dark Command (1940) Romance / Western

The story takes place before the civil war when Bob Seton takes a run for Federal Marshal of Kansas against William Cantrell. He ends up Defeating Cantrell which infurates him. Cantrell then steals away Setons girl and manipulates her into marriage.The rivalry between them comes to a climax when Seton exposes Cantrell and his Guerrillas.

16:40 The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) Fantasy / Romance

Living in a haunted house by the sea is a less frightening prospect for Lucy Muir, a young widow with a small daughter, than continuing to live with her sisters-in-law. At first Captain Gregg plays the same tricks on Lucy he has used to get rid of previous tenants. This ghost who loves solitude soon comes to admire her spunk and to make it possible for her to afford to stay in the house he decides she will write a best-seller, his memoirs. When Lucy visits a London publisher, she also impresses a famous author of children's books, Miles Fairley. Can a ghost be jealous?

18:40 The Way West (1967) Western

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.

21:00 Collateral (2004) Crime / Drama / Thriller

A cab driver finds himself the ******* of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in LA. He must find a way to save both himself and one last victim.

23:15 ***, Lies and Videotape (1989) Drama

A ***ually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.

01:15 Gerry (2002) Drama / Adventure

A friendship between two twenty-something men is tested to its very limits when they go on a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.

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1.00pm The Girl Can't Help It (U) 1956

Rock 'n' roll comedy, with musical performances by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, The Platters and Julie London dominating the plot about a theatrical agent's attempts to propel a gangster's girlfriend to stardom.

2.50pm Blithe Spirit (U) 1945

Novelist Rex Harrison is shocked to find the ghost of his first wife haunting him and his new spouse, and sets out to find a way of getting rid of the annoying apparition. He employs the services of a local clairvoyant in an attempt to drive the ghoul away but her methods seem doomed to failure. David Lean's excellent adaptation of Noel

4.40pm The Drum (U) 1938

A courageous native prince in early 20th-century India enlists British Army help to defeat the evil uncle who murdered his father and seized the throne. Fabulous adventure directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Raymond Massey as the unscrupulous villain, while Sabu is on impressive form as the rightful ruler.

6.40pm The Fighting Temptations (PG) 2003

A New York businessman is thrilled to hear his aunt has left him a considerable inheritance but to get it, he must ensure the local gospel choir wins a forthcoming competition. Luckily, a few of the residents turn out to have a touch of talent, but he still faces a tough task whipping them into shape.

9.00pm Memento (15) 2000

Guy Pearce stars as a desperate man who loses his short-term memory in an attack but resolves to track down the person who murdered his wife in the same incident. Unable to remember events for more than a few minutes, he is forced to rely on copious note-taking and bizarre tattoos all over his body.

11.05pm Natural Born Killers (18) 1994

Stunning director's cut of Oliver Stone's controversial thriller, which mixes a range of techniques to bring this satirical tale to life in searing fashion. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis play lovers who embark on a violent cross-country murder spree while fleeing from the police, and become media darlings in the process.

1.25am Deep Red (18) 1975

A speaker at a telepathy conference claims a killer is not only in the audience, but will strike again that night and promptly ends up murdered himself.

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1.00pm Crocodile Dundee II (PG) 1988

The rugged Australian adventurer tangles with a gang of New York drug dealers intent on bumping off his journalist girlfriend, and decides to even the odds by luring them to the Outback for a showdown.

3.10pm Destination Gobi (U) 1953

A detachment of American military personnel sent to monitor weather conditions in the Mongolian desert come under attack from the Japanese air force, and must team up with local tribesmen to defeat their common enemy.

5.00pm Prince Valiant (U) 1954

Robert Wagner takes the title role in this lively adventure, based on the newspaper comic-strip by Hal Foster. He plays the noble Viking knight who is invited to King Arthur's court, only for sinister onlookers to plot his and the ruler's demise.

7.00pm Project X (PG) 1987

An airman is assigned to work at a secret establishment where chimpanzees are supposedly being trained to operate flight test simulators. But when he learns the innocent primates are being subjected to dangerous levels of radiation to test human endurance, he resolves to set them free, aided by a female researcher.

9.00pm Road to Perdition (15) 2002

Devoted husband and father Michael Sullivan leads a secret life as a hit-man for an Irish mobster, but faces a crisis when his son witnesses his involvement in a killing. The lad promises to keep his mouth shut, but one of Sullivan's fellow gangsters feels the boy is too much of a risk, and plans to wipe out the entire family forcing father and son to go on the run together.

11.10pm Love and *** (15) 2000

A writer afraid of commitment hopes to pick up a few pointers from past experiences while compiling an article on love. As she looks back on former romances, she recalls all manner of hysterical moments along the way but one old flame seems to feature rather prominently in her memories.

12.45am Deterrence (15) 1999

The US President gets trapped in a snowbound diner just as hostilities erupt in the Middle East, forcing him and his companions to face the looming spectre of nuclear war. Intelligent thriller written and directed by Rod Lurie.

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13:00pm You Were Never Lovelier (U) 1942

A wealthy Argentinean hotel manager, eager for one of his daughters to settle down and get married, hatches a plan to find her a suitable husband. He tries to interest his daughter in romance by inventing an imaginary admirer who sends her notes and gifts. However, the plan backfires when the young woman falls in love with an impoverished American dancer, convinced that he is her 'mystery man”.

15:00pm Pushover (PG) 1954

A bank robber's girlfriend embarks on an affair with a stranger she meets in a bar, not realising he's an undercover cop. When she learns the truth, she tries to seduce him into helping her make off with her lover's ill-gotten gains.

16:50pm The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (U) 1958

Inspired comedy Western, starring Kenneth More as a stiff-upper-lipped Englishman who is mistaken for a gunslinger and asked to tame a wild frontier town. It's not all shooting and violence though, as he even finds time to win Jayne Mansfield's heart in the process.

19:00pm Heaven Can Wait (PG) 1978

Warren Beatty plays a good-natured American Football player who is taken to Heaven prematurely and has to return to Earth in another body.

21:00pm Boat Trip (15) 2002

Two rampantly hetero***ual friends decide to go on a cruise to boost their flagging love lives, little realising they've been booked on a trip for single *** men, prompting all manner of zaniness and confusion.

22:45pm The Sea Inside (PG) 2004

Javier Bardem gives a towering performance in this acclaimed Spanish drama, which tells the true story of a fisherman who was left paralysed from the neck down following a diving accident. After spending years dependent on others to take care of him, he decides to fight for the right to die.

01:10am Jump Tomorrow (PG) 2001

A timid Nigerian man embarks on a journey across America to meet the woman his parents have arranged for him to marry. He becomes smitten with a Spanish woman he encounters along the way, while an eccentric Frenchman becomes determined to see them end up together, whatever it takes.

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13:00pm The Dark Corner (U) 1946

A private eye is released after serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. When he thinks someone is trying to kill him, he becomes convinced the real perpetrator is his old lawyer. But when the attorney turns up dead, the detective becomes the prime suspect.

15:00pm Very Important Person (U) 1961

A stuck-up Allied scientist lands in a concentration camp during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. His bizarre attitude and a series of misunderstandings soon earn him the enmity of his fellow inmates, who suspect he's a spy but luckily a plucky British officer vows to launch a rescue effort.

17:00pm Dark Command (U) 1940

John Wayne stars as a recently elected marshal whose rival for the position forms a band of pro-South vigilantes and embarks on a campaign of mayhem.

18:45pm Tea with Mussolini (PG) 1999

A group of eccentric and outspoken women living in Florence during the tense pre-war years of the 1930s experience the ups and downs of parenthood when they decide to adopt a local lad disowned by his father. However, as international hostilities break out, their happy existence comes under threat.

21:00pm Happy Gilmore (12) 1996

Crazy comedy, starring Adam Sandler as an ice hockey player expelled from the league because of his violent attitude, who sets out to shatter the quiet world of golf with his amazing skills.

22:40pm Swimming Pool (15) 2003

A writer jumps at the chance to use her publisher's holiday home in France for a few weeks, hoping to find inspiration in the peace and quiet but her solitude is shattered by the arrival of her host's wild daughter, whose presence proves to be unexpectedly beneficial.

00:40am Natural Born Killers (18) 1994

Stunning director's cut of Oliver Stone's controversial thriller, which mixes a range of techniques to bring this satirical tale to life in searing fashion. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis play lovers who embark on a violent cross-country murder spree while fleeing from the police, and become media darlings in the process.

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13:00pm Dragonwyck (PG) 1946

Gothic melodrama, starring Vincent Price as a Nicholas Van Ryn, a wealthy Dutch immigrant living in 1840s New York, who loathes his wife for not providing him with a son. When the man becomes infatuated with a visiting distant relative, he poisons his wife so that the two can marry, and they are soon blessed with a child. However, the early death of his only son proves too much for Nicolas, and he is driven over the edge, putting his new spouse in danger.

15:00pm Laura (PG) 1944

A New York detective becomes obsessed with the victim in a murder case he's investigating. But when she turns up alive and well, he must discover who really died before the killer strikes again.

16:40pm The Ghost and Mrs Muir (U) 1947

Lonely widow Gene Tierney moves into a seaside cottage, despite rumours that it is haunted. Sure enough, she finds herself sharing her home with the spirit of a deceased sea captain but his efforts to scare her away prove unsuccessful and a growing attraction develops between the pair as she agrees to write his biography.

18:40pm The Fighting Temptations (PG) 2003

A New York businessman is thrilled to hear his aunt has left him a considerable inheritance but to get it, he must ensure the local gospel choir wins a forthcoming competition. Luckily, a few of the residents turn out to have a touch of talent, but he still faces a tough task whipping them into shape.

21:00pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (15) 2003

A female journalist sets out to demonstrate how women manage to deter prospective partners, and soon spies the perfect bloke to test her theories on. However, the experiment takes an unexpected turn thanks to her “guinea pig”, who has a hidden agenda of his own.

23:10pm Shaft (18) 2000

Samuel L Jackson plays a maverick detective who vows to catch a racist criminal suspected of murdering an innocent black man. However, the only witness is reluctant to talk, and the killer turns out to be from a very wealthy family, leaving the tough-talking cop to quit the force and bring down the culprit on his own terms.

01:00am The Householder (U) 1963

Merchant Ivory comedy, following the fortunes of Indian teacher Shashi Kapoor, whose luck takes a turn for the worse after his arranged marriage is announced.

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13:00pm Very Important Person (U) 1961

A stuck-up Allied scientist lands in a concentration camp during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. His bizarre attitude and a series of misunderstandings soon earn him the enmity of his fellow inmates, who suspect he's a spy but luckily a plucky British officer vows to launch a rescue effort.

14:50pm Three Came Home (12) 1950

A writer, her husband and the couple's young son are captured by Japanese forces and soon become separated in a tough prison camp.

16:50pm Prince Valiant (U) 1954

Robert Wagner takes the title role in this lively adventure, based on the newspaper comic-strip by Hal Foster. He plays the noble Viking knight who is invited to King Arthur's court, only for sinister onlookers to plot his and the ruler's demise.

18:50pm Heaven Can Wait (PG) 1978

Warren Beatty plays a good-natured American Football player who is taken to Heaven prematurely and has to return to Earth in another body.

20:50pm George Clooney on Leatherheads

The actor and director discusses his latest film, set in the early days of American football in the 1920s

21:00pm Monster-in-Law (12) 2005

An unlucky-in-love woman thinks she's finally landed on her feet when she meets the hunk doctor of her dreams. But his mother proves to be an overprotective nightmare who's convinced the blushing bride is Miss Wrong and hatches a plan to drive her away.

22:55pm American Splendor (15) 2003

Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz.

00:55am The Man from Elysian Fields (15) 2001

A writer desperate for money takes a job at an escort agency providing wealthy women with intelligent male company. As he struggles to keep his new job a secret from his wife, he finds his latest client is the wife of an author he admires, and sees a chance to get the literary acclaim that has escaped him.

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13:00pm One Fine Day (PG) 1996

George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer star as mismatched single professionals whose children miss a school trip. The pair take it in turns to babysit while struggling to stick to their hectic work schedules only for their feelings for one another to blossom unexpectedly over the course of the day.

15:00pm The Awful Truth (U) 1937

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are perfectly cast in this superb Oscar-winning screwball comedy as a bickering husband and wife. With each spouse convinced that the other has been unfaithful, the sniping couple decide to get divorced, but they both become intent on ruining each other's future plans.

16:45pm I Was a Male War Bride (U) 1949

Suave French soldier Cary Grant is horrified to discover the only way he can accompany his new American officer wife Ann Sheridan back to the USA is by posing as a woman.

18:45pm George Clooney on Leatherheads

The actor and director discusses his latest film, set in the early days of American football in the 1920s

18:55pm One Fine Day (PG) 1996

George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer star as mismatched single professionals whose children miss a school trip. The pair take it in turns to babysit while struggling to stick to their hectic work schedules only for their feelings for one another to blossom unexpectedly over the course of the day.

21:00pm O Brother, Where Art Thou? (12) 2000

Three bumbling crooks escape from prison during the 1930s, and strive to get their hands on stashed-away loot before a devastating flood ruins their spoils, but encounter all manner of scrapes and strange characters along the way.

23:00pm From Dusk Till Dawn (18) 1996

A trigger-happy crook and his ruthless brother take a preacher and his children ******* in a bid to get across the border into Mexico, and seek refuge in a bar filled with a host of dodgy characters. However, they soon realise it's inhabited by vampires only too keen to let them stay for a bite.

01:00am Solaris (12) 2002

Psychiatrist George Clooney arrives on a space station to investigate the death of its commanding officer but subsequently starts to experience frightening visions of his late wife which seem all too real and force him to question his sanity.

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13:00pm The Pink Panther (PG) 1963

The world's most inept police detective, Inspector Clouseau, heads off to Switzerland in search of a suave jewel thief targeting a valuable gem but the bumbling officer's attempts to foil the crime create chaos.

15:15pm The Siege at Red River (PG) 1954

A Confederate secret agent lays his hands on a shipment of guns, but before he can do anything with them, he is betrayed by a former comrade and left fighting for his life behind enemy lines.

16:55pm The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (U) 1958

Inspired comedy Western, starring Kenneth More as a stiff-upper-lipped Englishman who is mistaken for a gunslinger and asked to tame a wild frontier town. It's not all shooting and violence though, as he even finds time to win Jayne Mansfield's heart in the process.

18:55pm Made in America (12) 1993

A school project leads a black woman to discover she's the product of artificial insemination. When she tracks down her real-life dad, she's horrified to find he's a brash, white, used-car salesman, notorious for his outrageous TV ads, and with little inclination to take on the responsibilities of parenthood.

21:00pm Pan's Labyrinth (15) 2006

In the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, inquisitive youngster Ofelia is taken by her pregnant mother to live with the wicked Capitan Vidal. In the surroundings of her new abode, the fairytale-obsessed girl ventures into an elaborate stone labyrinth, where she encounters a mysterious faun. The creature sets Ofelia a series of disturbing tasks which she must complete in order to journey to an underground kingdom, where she will be restored to the throne as a princess.

23:10pm Crimson Rivers (15) 2000

A French policeman investigating a disturbing murder realises the crime may be linked to an apparently separate inquiry into the desecration of a child's grave. He decides to join forces with the cop working on the second case, but they come to realise the twisted killer they're pursuing harbours a terrifying secret.

01:10am One Nite in Mongkok (15) 1999

A hired killer arrives in a Hong Kong suburb at the wrong time, as a long-running gang war is about to spill out onto the mean streets. He soon latches onto a helpful prostitute, eager to help him with his work, but the reluctant assassin has an ulterior motive for taking his latest job.

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13:00pm The Dark Corner (U) 1946

A private eye is released after serving a prison sentence for a crime he didn't commit. When he thinks someone is trying to kill him, he becomes convinced the real perpetrator is his old lawyer. But when the attorney turns up dead, the detective becomes the prime suspect.

15:10pm Pursued (PG) 1947

Raoul Walsh's superb psychological Western, featuring Robert Mitchum as a brooding cowboy who yearns to find peace, though he seems set on a path of tragedy thanks to the intervention of a mysterious stranger and a mysterious forgotten incident from his childhood.

17:20pm When Eight Bells Toll (PG) 1971

A Navy intelligence agent poses as a biologist to investigate the theft of millions of pounds worth of gold bullion, stolen from ships off the British coast. However, his enquiries are met with hostility, especially when he sets his sights on a Greek tycoon who he suspects may be operating as a modern-day pirate.

19:15pm The Man with One Red Shoe (PG) 1985

A high-ranking member of the CIA tries to bring down a rival by convincing him that innocent violinist Tom Hanks is carrying vital top-secret information. As the hapless musician is seduced by a female agent attempting to find out what he knows, his friend starts to question his sanity in the face of strange goings-on.

21:00pm Happy Gilmore (12) 1996

Crazy comedy, starring Adam Sandler as an ice hockey player expelled from the league because of his violent attitude, who sets out to shatter the quiet world of golf with his amazing skills.

22:40pm Shaft (18) 2000

Samuel L Jackson plays a maverick detective who vows to catch a racist criminal suspected of murdering an innocent black man. However, the only witness is reluctant to talk, and the killer turns out to be from a very wealthy family, leaving the tough-talking cop to quit the force and bring down the culprit on his own terms.

00:30am The Crow: Wicked Prayer (18) 2005

The fourth installment of the supernatural thriller series stars Edward Furlong as the latest incarnation of the undead avenger, an ex-convict murdered along with his girlfriend by a satanic cult leader as part of a ritual sacrifice. Returning from the dead to seek justice, he finds his killer is on the verge of becoming an immortal demon.

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13:00pm Dragonwyck (PG) 1946

Gothic melodrama, starring Vincent Price as a Nicholas Van Ryn, a wealthy Dutch immigrant living in 1840s New York, who loathes his wife for not providing him with a son. When the man becomes infatuated with a visiting distant relative, he poisons his wife so that the two can marry, and they are soon blessed with a child. However, the early death of his only son proves too much for Nicolas, and he is driven over the edge, putting his new spouse in danger.

15:10pm Three Coins in the Fountain (U) 1954

Comedy, chronicling the misadventures of three American women who each throw a coin into Rome's Trevi Fountain in the hope of meeting the men of their dreams.

17:15pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

The late Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

19:20pm Carpool (PG) 1996

A stressed-out executive takes over the job of ferrying children to school. However, his already chaotic life takes a turn for the worse when he and the kids are held ******* by a down-on-his-luck carnival owner. Hilarity ensues as the youngsters throw themselves into their adventure with gusto, while their chauffeur enjoys the experience much less.

21:00pm Million Dollar Baby (12) 2004

Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this moving drama, which landed him a clutch of Oscar triumphs. He plays a down-on-his-luck boxing trainer abandoned by both his protege and his daughter. When a tenacious woman (Hilary S****) from a dysfunctional family asks him to help hone her technique, he's initially dubious. However, she finally manages to win him round, and the pair soon form a strong and productive bond.

23:30pm Heartbreak Ridge (15) 1986 Clint

Eastwood adopts a voice of pure granite and a manner to match as a hell-raising Marine sergeant assigned to whip a squad of raw recruits into shape for the invasion of Grenada but his old-fashioned, hard-as-nails methods meet with disapproval in certain quarters, and he's soon clashing with his superiors.

02:00am Last Night (15) 1998

Poignant drama following the inhabitants of Toronto as they try to make their last six hours meaningful before the end of the world. While a teacher attempts to track down her favourite pupils and a man sets about fufilling his ***ual fantasies, a couple contemplate a suicide pact.

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13:00pm Whirlpool (PG) 1949

A woman falls under the spell of a murderous hypnotist who's managed to charm his way out of a secure psychiatric hospital.

15:00pm Laura (PG) 1944

A New York detective becomes obsessed with the victim in a murder case he's investigating. But when she turns up alive and well, he must discover who really died before the killer strikes again.

16:50pm Three Came Home (12) 1950

A writer, her husband and the couple's young son are captured by Japanese forces and soon become separated in a tough prison camp.

19:00pm The Return of the Musketeers (PG) 1989

D'Artagnan reunites his former companions to save the Queen from the evil Cardinal Mazarin, but the latter's cunning plan pits the heroes against each other. Meanwhile, the daughter of a vanquished enemy seeks revenge on the four heroes.

21:00pm Changing Lanes (15) 2002

Ben Affleck and Samuel L Jackson star as two men who turn a minor traffic accident into a life or death feud. Self-obsessed lawyer Gavin is on his way to file papers for a multi-million dollar case when he collides with alcoholic insurance salesman Doyle, on his way to an important custody hearing. When the accident leaves Doyle stranded and at risk of losing access to his children, he becomes determined to get even with the attorney and when some vital do***ents fall into his hands, he gets that chance, setting in motion a vindictive cycle of retribution.

22:50pm Happy-Go-Lucky Preview

A look at Mike Leigh's new comedy-drama, introduced by the director and star Sally Hawkins

23:00pm Secrets and Lies (15) 1995

Mike Leigh's award-winning drama about a working-class white woman who receives a shock in the form of her black daughter, who appears on the scene wanting to get to know her mother.

01:40am The Man from Elysian Fields (15) 2001

A writer desperate for money takes a job at an escort agency providing wealthy women with intelligent male company. As he struggles to keep his new job a secret from his wife, he finds his latest client is the wife of an author he admires, and sees a chance to get the literary acclaim that has escaped him.

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13:00pm Lady in the Dark (U) 1944

Ginger Rogers stars as a hard-working executive experiencing strange dreams, who undergoes psychotherapy to help her choose between the three men in her life.

15:05pm Wake of the Red Witch (PG) 1949

A ship's owner and captain attempt to put their differences aside and embark on a quest for treasure in the East Indies but it's not long before old rivalries bubble to the surface once more.

17:15pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

19:20pm Catch That Kid (PG) 2004 Premiere

A plucky teenager racks her brains to think of a way of financing an operation for her mountaineer father and eventually comes up with a daring plan to rob a bank with the help of her friends.

21:00pm City of God (18) 2003

Affecting Brazilian drama chronicling the everyday lives of a group of youngsters living in a violent and lawless Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood. Seen through the eyes of an aspiring photographer, who decides against following his peers into a life of crime, the action is both captivating and shocking as drugs and gun crime affect adults and children alike.

23:30pm Blow Out (18) 1981

A sound-effects expert lands in trouble after witnessing an accident which leaves a prominent politician dead. He soon realises the crash might have been engineered, and that what he saw and recorded may have been murder. But as he probes deeper, it becomes clear he's placed his own life on the line.

01:35am The Godless Girl (PG) 1929

Silent drama starring Lina Basquette as Judy, an atheist youngster who holds secret anti-religious meetings with her friends. When a conflict with an opposing group gets out of hand and a girl is killed, Judy is sent to a tough reform school along with the leader of a Christian club. Here, the pair reconcile their differences and gain a fresh outlook on life.

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13:00pm Witness for the Prosecution (PG) 1957

An invalid lawyer defies doctor's orders to defend a man accused of murdering his mistress, but it becomes clear the case is far from straightforward, and a series of twists and turns looks set to raise the legal expert's blood pressure.

15:15pm The Last Wagon (PG) 1956

The late Richard Widmark is on fantastic form as a renegade who ends up taking care of a group of youngsters who survived an attack by hostile Indians while travelling in a wagon train.

17:10pm The Man with One Red Shoe (PG) 1985

A high-ranking member of the CIA tries to bring down a rival by convincing him that innocent violinist Tom Hanks is carrying vital top-secret information. As the hapless musician is seduced by a female agent attempting to find out what he knows, his friend starts to question his sanity in the face of strange goings-on.

19:00pm The Return of the Musketeers (PG) 1989

D'Artagnan reunites his former companions to save the Queen from the evil Cardinal Mazarin, but the latter's cunning plan pits the heroes against each other. Meanwhile, the daughter of a vanquished enemy seeks revenge on the four heroes.

21:00pm Million Dollar Baby (12) 2004

Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this moving drama, which landed him a clutch of Oscar triumphs. He plays a down-on-his-luck boxing trainer abandoned by both his protege and his daughter. When a tenacious woman (Hilary S****) from a dysfunctional family asks him to help hone her technique, he's initially dubious. However, she finally manages to win him round, and the pair soon form a strong and productive bond.

23:30pm Taxidermia (18) 2006

Dark comedy telling the twisted tales of three generations of a family. The film begins with the story of a military orderly relieving his ***ual frustration in increasingly bizarre ways, before turning to his son, a champion in eating competitions who finds love with a fellow glutton.

01:15am The Crow: Wicked Prayer (18) 2005

The fourth installment of the supernatural thriller series stars Edward Furlong as the latest incarnation of the undead avenger, an ex-convict murdered along with his girlfriend by a satanic cult leader as part of a ritual sacrifice. Returning from the dead to seek justice, he finds his killer is on the verge of becoming an immortal demon.

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1.00pm Carpool (PG) 1996

A stressed-out executive takes over the job of ferrying children to school. However, his already chaotic life takes a turn for the worse when he and the kids are held hos'tage by a down-on-his-luck carnival owner. Hilarity ensues as the youngsters throw themselves into their adventure with gusto, while their chauffeur enjoys the experience much less.

2.40pm George Clooney on Leatherheads

The actor and director discusses his latest film, set in the early days of American football in the 1920s

2.50pm Picnic (U) 1955

A drifter turns up in a small Kansas town looking for an old friend the son of the richest man in town in the hope of borrowing money. However, he causes nothing but trouble for the locals, seducing both his old pal's fiancee and a local schoolteacher.

5.05pm The Jungle Book (U) 1942

Classic version of the famous Rudyard Kipling stories about jungle boy Mowgli, who is raised by wolves before returning to his native village as an adolescent to tackle three dastardly thieves out to plunder a lost city.

7.05pm Happy-Go-Lucky Preview

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7.15pm When Eight Bells Toll (PG) 1971

A Navy intelligence agent poses as a biologist to investigate the theft of millions of pounds worth of gold bullion, stolen from ships off the British coast. However, his enquiries are met with hostility, especially when he sets his sights on a Greek tycoon who he suspects may be operating as a modern-day pirate.

9.00pm Changing Lanes (15) 2002

Ben Affleck and Samuel L Jackson star as two men who turn a minor traffic accident into a life or death feud. Self-obsessed lawyer Gavin is on his way to file papers for a multi-million dollar case when he collides with alcoholic insurance salesman Doyle, on his way to an important custody hearing. When the accident leaves Doyle stranded and at risk of losing access to his children, he becomes determined to get even with the attorney and when some vital do***ents fall into his hands, he gets that chance, setting in motion a vindictive cycle of retribution.

10.50pm Go (18) 1999

A group of bored teenagers are caught up in a manic series of adventures over one wild weekend, including tangling with vicious drug lords, angry strippers and vengeful mobsters. Doug Liman's offbeat drama boasts a witty, intelligent script, cleverly telling the tale from three different perspectives.

12.50am ***, lies and videotape (18) 1989

An impotent man, who delights in recording interviews with women about their ***ual experiences, has a profound effect on an old friend's troubled marriage.

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13:00 The Gentle *** (1941)

Second World War do***entary-style morale booster, directed by Leslie Howard, that emphasised the role of women on the home front by following the fortunes of seven very different females, who all join the A.T.S. on the same day. The story follows them through basic training to their eventual postings, when they are reunited at an anti-aircraft station.

14:55 The Million Pound Note (1953)

Charming satire based on a short story by Mark Twain in which penniless American Henry Adams is given a million pound note and instructed to live on it for a month without spending any of it. Attitudes towards him change overnight, but will he be any happier?

16:35 Timberjack (1955)

Based on the novel by Dan Cushman, this Western directed by Joseph Kane sees Sterling Hayden playing Tim Chipman, an honest lumberman who returns home to find his father murdered. Chipman gets his own back by setting the family timber company against ruthless competitor Croft Brunner. It seems that Brunner is also a rival for the heart of saloon keeper Lynne Tilton, but she is won over to Chipman's side when she discovers that Brunner was also responsible for the death of her father.

18:20 George Clooney on Leatherheads (Do***entary)

George Clooney talks about Leatherheads, which he directs and stars in, a comedy about the birth of professional American football in the roaring 20s.

18:30 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

Disney-made adventure based closely on the original Jules Verne story of a 'sea monster' which causes chaos amongst 19th-century San Francisco mariners. When a government warship investigates, the 'monster' attacks, leaving just three survivors who are picked up by the creature - which turns out to be a submarine captained by a demented fanatic whose masterplan is to establish an undersea nation.

21:00 The Abyss (1989)

After Aliens, James Cameron took to the ocean's depths for this sci-fi thriller. Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star as a Bud and Lindsey Brigman, a husband-and-wife team running the rescue rig that's trying to get to a nuclear submarine that's gone down on the lip of one of the deepest sea trenches. But when psychotic Navy SEAL commander Lt Hiram Coffey launches a nuclear warhead into the trench, they discover they are not alone...

23:45 Beneath The Planet of The Apes (1970)

Violent sequel to the Darwinian nightmare. Apes have inherited the Earth, driving people underground. But the humans have got their stinking paws on a nuclear ****.

01:30 Run Lola Run (1998)

Lola's boyfriend is a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, and when things go wrong for him, Lola has just 20 minutes to get 100,000 Deutschmarks across the city or he's dead. Tom Tykwer's whirlwind thriller sees her running against the clock, delayed by bums, nuns, babies and guns, and each slap of her feet sees another second tick away as the tiniest choices become life-changing decisions.

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13:00pm Whirlpool (PG) 1949

A woman falls under the spell of a murderous hypnotist who's managed to charm his way out of a secure psychiatric hospital.

15:00pm Distant Drums (U) 1951

An Army officer mounts a daring raid through the treacherous Florida swamplands to battle a group of marauding Seminole Indians, and to rescue settlers who have been taken ******* by the tribe.

17:00pm The Day Will Dawn (U) 1942

Thrilling World War Two adventure about a journalist who's sent to occupied Norway by the British authorities. He's assigned to help the RAF sabotage an important German U-boat installation, and enlists the help of a local girl to aid his endeavour. However, the plan goes awry, leaving him in the hands of the enemy and sentenced to be shot.

18:55pm Happy-Go-Lucky

Preview A look at Mike Leigh's new comedy-drama, introduced by the director and star Sally Hawkins

19:05pm Fantastic Voyage (U) 1966

A respected scientist suffers severe brain damage during a shooting, forcing a medical team to be miniaturised to microscopic size and injected inside his body to effect a miracle cure little realising one of the minuscule passengers has sabotage on his mind.

21:00pm The Fifth Element (PG) 1997

A 23rd-century New York cab driver's life is turned upside down by an attractive woman who quite literally drops into his taxi. The encounter with the mysterious beauty leads to him being flung into battle against a horde of marauding aliens at an intergalactic holiday resort.

23:25pm Cypher (15) 2002

A mild-mannered man starts working as an industrial spy in an attempt to liven up his life. However, when he meets a ***y femme fatale, he ends up embroiled in a dangerous game of counter-espionage and uncovers a sinister brainwashing scheme that leaves him questioning his own identity.

01:10am Series 7: The Contenders (18) 2001

Six strangers compete in the ultimate reality TV show, the object of which is simply to stay alive and wipe out the opposition by whatever means necessary. It soon becomes clear that the heavily pregnant reigning champion faces a tough time if she's to retain her title.

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13:00 You Were Never Lovelier (Film)

Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth are paired for the second time in their careers in this knock-out musical. Astaire plays Bob Davis, a dancer on Broadway who finds himself at a loose end in Buenos Aires. He attempts to find work at a top hotel in the city only to find himself embroiled in the proprietor's marriage plans for his daughter Maria Acuna.
Director: William A. Seiter
Starring: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom, Leslie Brooks, Adele Mara
(Subtitles, Black and White, 1942, U, 4 Star)

14:50 A Town Like Alice (Film)

Taut World War II drama, starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, reflecting the experience of the generation of Australians that fought the war against the Japanese. Jean Paget is among a group of women trapped in Malaya who are forced to walk hundreds of miles in search of food and shelter by the Japanese army. But Australian soldier Joe Harman sneaks food to them from his labour camp. After the war, Jean visits Joe in his home town of Alice Springs, but finds that her life is none too easy. Both Finch and McKenna won BAFTAs for their performances.
Director: Jack Lee
Starring: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takagi, Tran Van Khe, Jean Anderson, Marie Lohr
(Black and White, Subtitles, 1956, PG, 4 Star)

17:10 A Ticket to Tomahawk (Film)

In Richard Sale's engaging western comedy, Dan Dailey plays Johnny Behind-The-Deuces, a travelling gambler and medicine show man inveigled by sure-shot Kit Dodge Jnr to help her father's railroad win its franchise against villainous stagecoach baron Dakota. The first one to get to Tomahawk will win the transport rights, but, of course, Dakota will do anything to stop the train, which also happens to have as its passengers a troupe of showgirls who are more than happy to break into song at any opportunity.
Director: Richard Sale
Starring: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Charles Kemper, Connie Gilchrist
(Subtitles, 1950, U, 3 Star)

18:55 Star Trek: Nemesis (Film)

Stuart Baird's film is the tenth and final Star Trek feature film to date. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew are sent to the planet Romulus, where a new leader, Shinzon, wishes to make peace with the Federation. But on arriving at the planet, Picard discovers Shinzon's plan is to destroy the Enterprise with his powerful craft the Scimitar and then advance on a defenceless Earth. Picard must use all his cunning to outwit his adversary but faces an obstacle: Shizon is a younger clone of himself and can anticipate all of Picard's tactics...
Director: Stuart Baird
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis
(Subtitles, 2002, 12, 3 Star)

21:00 Fantastic Four (Film)

Tim Story's action fantasy stars Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans as Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm and Johnny Storm, four astronauts sent out to investigate a cosmic radiation storm. Caught by the storm's effects before they can erect safety shields, each of them finds their bodies changed to superhuman effect - Richards becomes the super-elastic Mr Fantastic, Grimm - the super strong Thing, Sue - Invisible Woman, and Johnny - Human Torch. At first revelling in their powers to prevent death and disasters, they find themselves drawn into battle with Victor von Doom. Once the sponsor for their experiments and space exploration, thanks to exposure to the same storm, he is now transformed into Dr Doom, a metallic creature who can manipulate electricity and wants to use his power to destroy the Fantastic Four and rule the world.
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Evan Christopher, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Hamish Linklater
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2005, PG, 3 Star)

23:00 Jason X (Film)

In the 25th century, a group of archaeologists discover two cryogenically frozen figures on a desolate Earth. One is scientist Rowan and the other is Jason Voorhees, aka Jason from Friday the 13th. And when the bodies are revived on the scientists' spaceship, Rowan has to convince an unbelieving crew that they've also revived a serial killer with almost supernatural powers. Jim Isaac's continuation of the franchise, the tenth film featuring Jason, rises above some of the dire sequels with witty dialogue, some inventive deaths and Lisa Ryder as an android with attitude.
Director: James Isaac
Starring: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Chuck Campbell, Lisa Ryder, Peter Mensah, Melyssa Ade
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2001, 18, 2 Star)

00:45 Last Night (Film)

With six hours left before the end of the world, for the inhabitants of Toronto final choices include holding family dinners, trying out that ***ual fantasy for real, finishing off that final piece of work or just trying to get to a loved one when a taxi can't be had for love nor money. Don McKellar's directorial debut stars Sandra Oh, Callum Keith Rennie and David Cronenberg.
Director: Don McKellar
Starring: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell, Robin Gammell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, 15, 4 Star)

02:30 Courtesans of ****ay (Film)

Merchant/Ivory's do***entary is a unique, fascinating insight into a previously unseen world. In then-****ay, young women aspiring for Bollywood fame perform in what are literally public auditions in a compound where the watching public, if impressed, leave a small donation. But there is a darker side, as one of the guides explains, as night falls and the world's oldest profession takes over...
Director: Ismail Merchant
Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Zohra Sehgal, Kareem Samar
(1983, PG, 3 Star)

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13:00 Picnic (Film)

Starring William Holden as Hal Carter and Kim Novak as Madge Owens, Joshua Logan's Oscar-winning film is a sweltering tale of deception, betrayal and illicit love in small-town Kansas. Passions soar when Hal, a handsome drifter rolls into town only to boil over when he falls for Madge, the fiancee of of his old friend Alan Benson.
Director: Joshua Logan, Ivan Passer
Starring: William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1955, PG, 4 Star)

15:10 The Wicked Lady (Film)

A bawdy romp from Gainsborough Studios. Margaret Lockwood co-stars with James Mason, who plays highwayman Captain Jerry Jackson, as 17th-century beauty Barbara Worth, who leads a double life as aristocratic lady of the manor by day and highwaywoman by night. This was Gainsborough's highest-ever grossing picture, no doubt helped by Lockwood's then-daring plunging necklines; America demanded a more demure re-shoot before they'd release the picture.
Director: Leslie Arliss
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Griffith Jones, Michael Rennie, Felix Aylmer
(Black and White, 1945, PG, 3 Star)

17:10 Jungle Book (Film)

Classic version of Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories, directed by Zoltan Korda and starring Sabu as the young Indian boy who, brought up by wolves in the jungle, returns to his village as an adolescent.
Starring: Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp, Patricia O'Rourke
(Subtitles, 1942, U)

19:10 Memoirs of An Invisible Man (Film)

John Carpenter's comedy thriller stars Chevy Chase as Nick Halloway who, caught up in a freak accident, becomes invisible. Forced to flee the CIA, who see him as an outstanding asset, his only help is anthropologist Alice Monroe who, as well as providing the love interest, helps him come to terms with his plight. Edited for language.
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Norton
(Subtitles, 1992, PG, 3 Star)

21:00 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Film)

Sean Connery stars in this all-action adventure as Allan Quatermain, called out of retirement in Kenya to help the government avert a world war being fermented by master criminal The Phantom. Quatermain gathers together a top team: Dorian Gray, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and The Invisible Man are among those recruited, each with a spectacular skill. From Venice to the wastes of Mongolia, the team face perils and death in their desperate race against time. Stephen Norrington's fantasy, set in an alternative Victorian world, is frantic fun-filled action from start to finish, with the witty script matching awesome special effects.
Director: Stephen Norrington
Starring: Sean Connery, Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2003, 12, 2 Star)

23:00 Big Trouble in Little China (Film)

John Carpenter takes a rest from the horror genre to direct this enjoyable martial arts romp that's played firmly with its tongue in cheek. Kurt Russell plays Jack Burton, who agrees to pick up a friend's girlfriend from the airport. But when Miao Yin is kidnapped in front of him, Burton finds she's been abducted by sorcerer Lo Pan, the host of the spirit of an ancient Chinese warlord. He wants her for her unique green eyes, rare among Chinese women, that will rejuvenate his spirit and Burton has just hours to track down his lair and free Yin. With nods to the Indiana Jones trilogy, Carpenter enjoys setting up one exciting, exotic set piece after another while Russell wisely reprises the all-action, wise-cracking Snake Plissken from Escape from New York to enjoyable effect.
Director: John Carpenter
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton
(1986, 15, 4 Star)

01:05 One Night in Mongkok (Film)

Alex Fong plays a cop trying to stop gang warfare breaking out after a mobster's son is shot, while a naïve hitman arrives with a job to do in a city he's never visited. While Fong tries to keep a lid on things, Wu, taken under the wing of worldly Cecilia Cheung, finds his employer has grassed him to the cops, but even they don't know his ulterior motive for taking the job. Directed by Derek Yee.
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong, Anson Leung, Kar Lok Chin, Henry Fong
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Cantonese and Mandarin with English Subtitles, Widescreen, 2004, 15, 4 Star)

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13:00 The Diamond Queen (1953)

In late 17th-century France, a master-jeweller miscuts a diamond meant for Louis XIV's crown and is thrown into prison. His only hope of release is for his son to travel to India, together with a member of the court, to find a replacement jewel.

14:40 The Left Hand of God (1955)

American flier Jim Carmody poses as a Catholic village priest in 1947 China after escaping from Chinese warlord Mieh Yang, for whom he has been working as a military advisor. But the disguise of the cloth can't hide his feelings for missionary worker Anne Scott.

16:20 The Long Ships (1964)

After the success of The Vikings, Jack Cardiff's film jumped on the bandwagon with this all-action adventure. Richard Widmark plays Rolfe, a pirate Viking who beguiles his men with the story of "The Mother of Voices", a huge bell made of solid gold. But his stories reach Aly Mansuh, the leader of an army of Moors, who capture Rolfe and his crew. Mansuh and Rolfe form an uneasy alliance as they set off in search of the treasure, with only Rolfe knowing its true location. Escaping from Mansuh, Rolfe returns home and, with a fresh ship, sets off to be first to capture the bell; but Mansuh is hot on his trail and the prize will go to the swiftest and bravest.

18:55 Explorers (1985)

Joe Dante's underrated sci-fi film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. When Ben Crandall's dreams inspire him and his friend Wolfgang to create a giant circuit board, they discover that they've invented a craft that can pass through solid matter. At first, they just enjoy the thrills but they soon find the military interested in their exploits, as are beings from another system who are rather disturbed by the implications of the kids' discovery.

21:00 AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Two of the greatest threats to Mankind are about to meet in battle. The shadowy alien terrors that are Predators face the extra-terrestrial monsters called Aliens, in a long-awaited movie that brings the real stars of two of Hollywood's biggest hit sci-fi series together. An archaeological expedition to Antarctica discovers an ancient Aztec temple, consequently awakening a dormant Queen Alien, who immediately starts breeding again. Meanwhile, five teenage Predators are about to arrive to take part in a coming-of-age ritual involving a fight to the death with the Aliens - neither race is likely to take kindly to any humans that get in the way.

22:45 Alien (1979)

Ridley Scott's gripping tale of extraterrestial horror starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerrirt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt and Ian Holm as members of the mining ship Nostromo's crew who do battle with a mighty alien in deep space - 'where no-one can hear you scream'.

00:55 2046 (2004

Opening in the year 2046, Tak attempts to persuade Wang Jing Wen to travel back in time, where Chow Mo Wan asks the woman he loves to join him on Christmas Eve. Rebuffed, he finds a different date every year until reconciliation with his first love occurs.

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13:00 The Million Pound Note (1953)

Charming satire based on a short story by Mark Twain in which penniless American Henry Adams is given a million pound note and instructed to live on it for a month without spending any of it. Attitudes towards him change overnight, but will he be any happier?

14:40 The Gentle *** (1941)

Second World War do***entary-style morale booster, directed by Leslie Howard, that emphasised the role of women on the home front by following the fortunes of seven very different females, who all join the A.T.S. on the same day. The story follows them through basic training to their eventual postings, when they are reunited at an anti-aircraft station.

16:25 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954)

Disney-made adventure based closely on the original Jules Verne story of a 'sea monster' which causes chaos amongst 19th-century San Francisco mariners. When a government warship investigates, the 'monster' attacks, leaving just three survivors who are picked up by the creature - which turns out to be a submarine captained by a demented fanatic whose masterplan is to establish an undersea nation.

18:55 Happy Go Lucky Preview (Entertainment)

An exclusive extract from Mike Leigh's new film Happy-Go-Lucky, introduced by both the director and its star Sally Hawkins.

19:05 Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Classic piece of science-fiction cinema, combining ground-breaking special effects with a plot involving the near-assassination of a diplomat. In order to save the diplomat, a submarine is shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. They have just begun their voyage when it becomes clear there is a saboteur on board.

21:00 The Abyss (1989)

After Aliens, James Cameron took to the ocean's depths for this sci-fi thriller. Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star as a Bud and Lindsey Brigman, a husband-and-wife team running the rescue rig that's trying to get to a nuclear submarine that's gone down on the lip of one of the deepest sea trenches. But when psychotic Navy SEAL commander Lt Hiram Coffey launches a nuclear warhead into the trench, they discover they are not alone...

23:45 Predator 2 (1990)

The predator is back, now hunting the streets of Los Angeles for his prey. This time the alien has decided to take the feuding drug-dealing gangsters who are threatening to overrun the city as trophies, but when he starts taking out the police as well, tough cop Danny Glover and partners Ruben Blades and Maria Conchita Alonso set on its trail. But they must also contend with special agent Gary Busey, who seems to know what happened to a mercenary patrol in the South American jungle...

01:50 R-Point (2004)

Korean director Gong Su-Chang's horror film is set in Vietnam, where South Korean troops are fighting in support of the Americans. The base camp starts receiving radio messages from a patrol that went missing six months previously. The commander leads a unit out to investigate, ending up at R-point, an un-named area that has only known war and is devoid of human presence. But where humanity has fled, others may have come to fill the void, as the soldiers soon find out...

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13:00pm Star Trek: Nemesis (12) 2002

The fourth and final big screen voyage for The Next Generation crew sees the Enterprise sent to form an alliance with old enemies the Romulans. The alien empire has been taken over by a new leader, who turns out to be a clone of Captain Picard. But while he claims to want peace, he has more sinister plans in mind, involving a doomsday weapon that could destroy Earth.

15:05pm Lady from Louisiana (PG) 1941

Drama, starring John Wayne as a lawyer sent to New Orleans to prosecute the criminal syndicate running a crooked lottery scam. He soon falls for a local woman, not realising her father is in charge of the gang he's come to deal with.

16:40pm Timberjack (U) 1954

A man returning home to take over the family lumber business clashes with his rival as he attempts to discover the reasons behind his father's death.

18:25pm The Core (12) 2003

The Earth's core stops spinning, bringing chaos to the world, and prompting leading scientists to set about finding a way to restart it but they realise their only option is to venture deep below the planet's surface.

21:00pm Underworld (18) 2003

A vampire warrior is intrigued to learn her sworn enemies the werewolves have set their sights on a mortal man. As she sets out to find more clues the so-called “death dealer” becomes attracted to the human target, and vows to protect him.

23:10pm Beneath the Planet of the Apes (15) 1969

More monkey business in the first sequel to the sci-fi classic. Astronaut James Franciscus and chimpanzee scientist Kim Hunter search for the first film's missing hero (the late Charlton Heston) in the nuclear-devastated future, but encounter trouble with subterranean mutants and atomic weapons along the way.

00:55am Last Days (15) 2004

Michael Pitt stars as a troubled rock star, loosely based on Kurt Cobain, who goes into hiding in his isolated mansion to avoid the pressures of fame and human contact in general. As he attempts to escape the various friends, hangers-on and record company executives searching for him, he seeks solace from his personal demons in the woods before contemplating suicide.

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13:00pm Angels Over Broadway (U) 1940

A man caught embezzling from his boss considers suicide. But help is at hand from three unlikely sources a petty con man who tries to lure him into a poker game, a beautiful woman the hustler enlists to persuade him, and a penniless playwright who finds his suicide note and sees a chance to make it rich.

14:30pm A Town Like Alice (PG) 1956

Jack Lee's harrowing drama is never easy viewing, but it's certainly worth the effort. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, it explores the harsh realities of life for women prisoners of the Japanese in Malaya during World War Two, as they are forced to march for days on end, while being subjected to random beatings and torture.

16:55pm Distant Drums (U) 1951

An Army officer mounts a daring raid through the treacherous Florida swamplands to battle a group of marauding Seminole Indians, and to rescue settlers who have been taken ******* by the tribe.

18:55pm Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (PG) 2004

Giant flying robots attack New York and only the heroic Sky Captain and a tenacious reporter seem able to save the day. Gleefully old-fashioned sci-fi adventure, notable for the use of computer-generated backgrounds and real actors, which gives it a unique feel.

21:00pm I, Robot (12) 2004

Troubled cop Will Smith investigates the apparent suicide of the scientist responsible for designing some of the first truly intelligent robots, and becomes sure that one of the mechanical creations is behind the death. But he faces a hard time convincing anyone else, since robots are programmed to be unable to harm humans.

23:05pm The Fly (18) 1986

David Cronenberg's gruesomely graphic remake of the Fifties horror classic, starring Jeff Goldblum as a scientist whose experiments with matter transportation lead to tragedy.

00:50am The Fly (PG) 1958

A scientist's botched teleportation experiment results in his atoms getting mixed up with those of a bluebottle, with terrifying consequences.

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13:00pm The Diamond Queen (U) 1953

French adventurer Fernando Lamas sets off to India in search of a gem for the crown of King Louis XIV. On his travels he encounters the beautiful queen of Nepal, who just happens to have a diamond that fits the bill. However, the presence of her envious lover, and a few man-eating tigers, complicates the hero's quest.

14:45pm The Good Die Young (PG) 1954

A psychotic playboy persuades three equally troubled crooks to help rob a mail van. However, while the heist itself succeeds, violent tensions among the gang members threaten to ruin their triumph. Conflict is inevitable, but there's no telling who will come out on top and escape with the loot.

16:40pm The Long Ships (PG) 1963

Richard Widmark plays a valiant Viking warrior who vows to find a priceless golden bell. He manages to send most of his rivals off on a wild goose chase, leaving him free to hunt at his own pace. But he reckons without the intervention of ambitious Saracens, who realise what he's up to and are determined to claim the prize themselves.

19:05pm Happy-Go-Lucky Preview

A look at Mike Leigh's new comedy-drama, introduced by the director and star Sally Hawkins

19:15pm Thunderbirds Are Go! (U) 1966

Energetic feature-length adventure based on Gerry Anderson's hit puppet series. International Rescue are called in to save the first manned Mars probe from sinister ******er The Hood, and ensure a second mission runs smoothly.

21:00pm Fantastic Four (PG) 2005

When a group of astronauts are exposed to cosmic rays they each develop special powers. However, one of them decides to use his new-found strength for his own nefarious ends, leaving the others to join forces and stop him.

23:00pm Big Trouble in Little China (15) 1986

An all-American trucker encounters supernatural goings-on while trying to rescue a friend's fiancee from the clutches of an immortal sorcerer in Los Angeles' Chinatown.

01:00am 2046 (12) 2004

Offbeat romance with just a dash of time travel thrown in, from acclaimed director Wong Kar-Wai. The film follows the romantic liaisons of a pulp fiction writer over the years, interspersed with scenes from his latest novel about a man's efforts to change his ways.

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13:00pm The Left Hand of God (U) 1955

Humphrey Bogart stars as an American pilot who poses as a Catholic priest to evade capture by his former employer in postwar China.

14:45pm Heaven Can Wait (U) 1943

Don Ameche is perfectly cast in Ernst Lubitsch's razor-sharp fantasy comedy as a playboy who dies and ends up waiting outside the gates of Hell. The Devil (Laird Cregar) questions whether he has been sufficiently sinful to gain entry, prompting the old rogue to recount the story of his eventful life, from stealing his cousin's fiancee to meddling in his son's romance with a singer.

16:55pm Memoirs of an Invisible Man (PG) 1992

Chevy Chase stars as a successful but bored stockbroker whose life gets a much-needed injection of excitement when he's rendered invisible. But he's soon forced to go on the run from devious CIA agents, led by Sam Neill, who are determined to use him for nefarious purposes.

18:55pm Explorers (U) 1985

A young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix head the cast of this underrated sci-fi adventure, in which three boys intercept a message from outer space. Discovering it contains instructions for creating their own spaceship, they set out to trace the signal to its source. But the aliens aren't quite what the young astronauts expected them to be.

21:00pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (12) 2003

Courageous hero Allan Quatermain teams up with a host of other famed characters including Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Tom Sawyer and Dr Jekyll to put a stop to the nefarious Fantom's evil plot to bring about a World War.

23:00pm Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (15) 1972

The fourth instalment of the sci-fi saga is set in a near future, where apes are treated as slaves. Series regular Roddy McDowall returns, playing the son of his character from the previous movies, who is forced to conceal his intelligence and ability to speak from his human masters. But when the secret is revealed, he leads his fellow simians in a revolution.

00:40am The Cooler (15) 2003

A luckless gambler is hired by a casino boss to share his ill-fortune and stop other patrons winning. However, when he falls in love, fate finally seems to be smiling on him causing all manner of problems for his enraged employer.

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13:00 The Good Die Young (1954)

Powerful British film noir starring Laurence Harvey as Miles Ravenscourt, an amoral, psychotic playboy who incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

14:55 The One That Got Away (1958)

The true story of the only German prisoner-of-war taken in Britain who managed to escape and get back to Germany. Roy Baker's film gave German actor Hardy Kruger his first role in a British film as Oberleutnant Franz von Werra of the Luftwaffe, captured when he crashed his Messerschmitt in 1940. Taken before an interrogating officer, he bet a magnum of champagne against ten cigarettes that he would escape in six months and made two audacious attempts to get away, succeeding at the third when, part of a group of prisoners being transferred to Canada, he escaped from the train and and crossed the St Lawrence River into the then neutral United States. The real von Werra eventually reached Germany, returned to flying and was credited with downing eight more planes before being killed in action.

17:00 The Fly (1958)

Kurt Neumann's classic horror film, scripted by best-selling author James Clavell, stars Patricia Owens as Helene Delambre who tells, in flashback, the story that culminates in her bringing down a hydraulic press on the head and arm of her scientist husband Andre. As she tells her brother-in-law Francois and police Inspector Charas of the matter-transference device Andre had invented and the terrible accident that befalls him, the horror mounts, with an ending that is one of cinema's most terrifying climaxes.

18:55 Timeline (2003)

Richard Donner's film is a neat time travel action romp, based on Michael Crichton's novel. A group of students, studying a medieval site, find their professor has gone missing. Shadowy tech-company head Robert Doniger explains why: a dodgy time machine he developed has trapped the professor in 14th-century France. His only hope of rescue is if the students go back to the time of war, disease and sudden violence to rescue him.

21:00 I, Robot (2004)

Set just three decades in the future, Alex Proyas's all-action science fiction film is inspired by Isaac Asimov's 1950s short story. The science of robotics is so advanced that humanoid-looking servants have been developed, ready to obey any command from a human. When the chief designer of US Robotics, the biggest manufacturer of this new brand, is found dead in the company's atrium after a fall from the upper floor, it has all the hallmarks of suicide, and Chicago cop Del Spooner is assigned to the case. But, because of a previous trauma, Spooner is a technophobe and doesn't believe that all robots are harmless. Despite opposition from both his superiors and the company, he investigates further and soon his suspicions centre on one robot, Sonny. Is "he" one of an army of conscious, violent robots ready to challenge their human masters?

23:05 Resident Evil (2002)

Military leader Alice leads a mission, taking a team of commandos into the multi-national Umbrella Corporation's locked-down bunker which is controlled by the main computer, The Red Queen. The unit is sealed because of a virus that gassed all the staff but, as Alice and her team discover, the virus has re-animated them. Now, as well as facing the computer's weaponry, they must tackle the living dead to prevent the virus escaping into the outside world. Paul Anderson's horror thriller is based on the successful computer game.

00:55 The Crazies (1973)

George Romero's sci-fi horror film sees a military plane crash near a small town, infecting the water supply with a deadly virus that causes insanity and death. The army moves in to control the situation, only for the civilians to treat them as invaders and infect them as well.

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13:00pm The Spanish Gardener (U) 1956

Insecure diplomat Michael Hordern becomes increasingly jealous of his son's growing friendship with Spanish groundsman Dirk Bogarde. As his concern grows, he vows to take drastic steps to put an end to their bond but his foolhardy actions lead to tragedy.

14:45pm Thunderbirds Are Go! (U) 1966

Energetic adventure based on Gerry Anderson's hit puppet series. International Rescue are called in to save the first manned Mars probe from sinister ******er The Hood, and ensure a second mission runs smoothly.

16:35pm The Sons of Katie Elder (U) 1965

Western adventure, starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson Jnr as wandering brothers who return home for their mother's funeral, and seek revenge on the man who took the family ranch and killed their father.

19:00pm Congo (12) 1995

An expedition sent into the jungles of Zaire in search of King Solomon's diamond mines disappears without trace. The tycoon behind the mission sends his assistant, a former CIA agent, to discover what became of them. Travelling with a group of explorers, she discovers the previous party have met with a grisly fate at the hands of a horde of intelligent bloodthirsty apes.

21:00pm Evolution (PG) 2001

Mild-mannered science teachers David Duchovny and Orlando Jones investigate a mysterious meteor and discover it's oozing a bizarre fluid containing millions of minuscule but rapidly evolving organisms. It's not long before the microscopic creatures begin turning into terrifying alien monsters with a taste for meat.

22:50pm The Fly (18) 1986

David Cronenberg's gruesomely graphic remake of the Fifties horror classic, starring Jeff Goldblum as a scientist whose experiments with matter transportation lead to tragedy.

00:35am The Tree of Wooden Clogs (12) 1978

Drama set in 19th-century Lombardy, exploring the lives of several peasant families who live and work on the same farm. Ermanno Olmi's film, which spans 12 months, focuses on the toils and and traditions of the characters as the seasons change.

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