Film4 Listings for Wednesday 20th October

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03:25
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


11:00
The Iron Petticoat (Film)
Katharine Hepburn plays a humourless Russian, Captain Vinka Kovelenko, who defects from her home country. Major Chuck Lockwood is assigned to show her the bright lights of London while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, the two opposites fall in love but then must contend with the KGB, who are not happy with the idea of one of their officers running around free in London in this comedy.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson-Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff
(Subtitles, PG, 1956, 3 Star)


12:50
Conspiracy of Hearts (Film)
In 1943 in Italy, Mother Katharine and Sister Mitya are part of a group of nuns helping to smuggle orphaned Jewish children out of an internment camp. Their covert activities are initially aided by the camp commandant, a sympathetic Italian major, but when he is replaced by a Nazi colonel and a lieutenant the nuns find themselves in much more danger.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Lilli Palmer, Sylvia Syms, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Lewis, Albert Lieven, Peter Arne
(Black and White, Subtitles, U, 1960, 3 Star)


15:00
The Valley of Gwangi (Film)
Dinosaurs meet cowboys in Jim O'Connolly's cult film, with the monsters animated by the inimitable Ray Harryhausen. In a small Mexican town, horse trader Tuck Kirby meets up with old flame T J Breckinridge, owner of a rundown circus. He runs into palaeontologist Professor Horace Bromley, who has found a living eohippus, the prehistoric ancestor of the horse. Nursing their own agendas, the scientist and the cowboy venture into the Forbidden Valley only to find that larger, more deadly creatures have survived from prehistoric times.
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Starring: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith, Freda Jackson, Gustavo Rojo
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 1968, 2 Star)


16:50
Dallas (Film)
Western starring Gary Cooper as Blayde Hollister, an ex-Confederate officer who poses as a newly appointed US Marshal to exact vengance against brothers Bryant, Will and Longfellow Maarlow for plundering his estate and murdering his family.
Director: Stuart Heisler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton
(Subtitles, U, 1950, 3 Star)




18:40
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


18:50
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Film)
Andie Anderson writes an advice column for a fashionable magazine and agrees to demonstrate how easy it is to attract and then alienate a man in just ten days. She chooses Benjamin Barry, little knowing he's an advertising executive whose job rests on proving he understands women so well that he can make one fall for him in two weeks. Donald Petrie's comedy sees the two unknowingly played at their own game in this witty battle of the sexes. Edited for language.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Lennon
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 12, 2003, 3 Star)


21:00
The Magdalene Sisters (Film)
Peter Mullan's award-winning film tells the story of four of the inmates of one of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, brutal nun-run institutions housing single mothers, orphans and 'promiscuous' girls. Run with a rod of iron by Sister Bridget, the inmates' only solace is their friendship.
Director: Peter Mullan
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray
(Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 2002, 4 Star)


23:15
Lucky Number Slevin (Film)
Paul McGuigan's tricksy thriller stars Josh Hartnett as Slevin Kelevra, who pitches up at his friend's New York apartment, only to find it empty. He makes himself at home, but his peace is interrupted by employees of crime lord The Boss, who mistake him for his absent friend, who owes The Boss $96,000. But The Boss makes Slevin an offer: kill the son of his rival, The Rabbi, and the debt will be wiped clean. But The Rabbi soon gets hold of Slevin and makes a counter-offer. Add in cynical assassin Mr Goodkat, who is playing both ends against the middle in what might be a long-term plan, and Lucy Liu as Lindsey, Slevin's next-door neighbour, who soon becomes his love interest, and the result is a multi-stranded double-cross, but one with only one lucky winner.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Michael Rubenfeld
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 2006, 4 Star)


01:20
In America (Film)
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.
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Neal Jones, Randall Carlton
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 2003, 3 Star)




03:20
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)

Film4 Listings for Thursday 21st October

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03:20
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


11:00
I Am Cuba (Film)
Showing in a restored version, Russian director Mikhail Kalatozov's propaganda film charts the rise of the Cuban revolution through four stories; a prostitute, a farmer, student revolutionaries and finally, Castro's forces are profiled to show the evil of the Batista regime and the right of the revolutionaries to fight him. Although the politics are somewhat obvious, the film is rightly revered for its artistry, with Kalatozov using techniques, angles and set-up that were, at the time, genuinely revolutionary.
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Starring: Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, JosĂ© Gallardo, RaĂșl JimĂ©nez, Luz MarĂ­a Collazo, Jean Bouise
(Subtitles, Subtitled, In Spanish with English Subtitles, Black and White, PG, 1964, 4 Star)


13:45
Sea Wife (Film)
An offbeat melodrama. An RAF officer, a Sea Wife, a nun, a brash businessman and a purser all end up drifting on a life raft in the Indian Ocean after their ship is torpedoed. Romantic and racial tensions divide the four as they hope for rescue in Bob McNaught's taut film.
Director: Bob McNaught
Starring: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Joan Hickson
(Subtitles, U, 1957, 2 Star)


15:25
Boomerang (Film)
Elia Kazan's Oscar-nominated classic noir thriller, based on a true-life case, stars Dana Andrews as Henry Harvey, a New England State Attorney who is determined to prove vagrant John Waldron innocent of the murder of a prominent churchman.
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene
(Black and White, Subtitles, PG, 1947, 4 Star)


17:10
Death Drums along the River (Film)
Exciting location-filmed thriller based on Sanders of the River and starring Richard Todd as Inspector Sanders, investigating diamond smuggling, mystery and murder in deepest Africa.
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Starring: Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Vivi Bach, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla, Jeremy Lloyd
(Subtitles, PG, 1963, 2 Star)




18:50
The Family Stone (Film)
Thomas Bezucha's wry, sharp comedy/drama looks at a family in upheaval during the Christmas period. Everett Stone brings his fiancee Meredith Morton to his family home for the festive season. Matriarch Sybil Stone doesn't approve of her and leads the family attack on Meredith but cracks start to appear in the family's own relationship and painful, occasionally amusing truths appear. Edited for language.
Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, PG, 2005, 3 Star)


20:50
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


21:00
The Insider (Film)
"60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman sniffs a story when a former research biologist for Brown & Williamson, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, won't talk to him. When the company leans hard on Wigand to honour a confidentiality agreement, he gets his back up. Trusting Bergman and despite a crumbling marriage, he goes on camera for a Mike Wallace interview and risks arrest for contempt of court.
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 15, 1999, 4 Star)


00:05
Dance with a Stranger (Film)
Miranda Richardson stars in this moving recreation of the events that led Ruth Ellis to become the last woman in Britain to be hanged, telling the story of her torrid love affair with handsome racing driver and its tragic consequences. With Stratford Johns, Ian Holm and Matthew Carol.
Director: Mike Newell
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Tom Chadbon
(Subtitles, 15, 1985, 3 Star)


02:00
The Hole (Film)
Nick Hamm's dark thriller sees public school student Thora Birch desperate for the attention of handsome Desmond Harrington. Fellow pupil Daniel Brocklebank suggests the pair plus two other friends bunk off a geography school trip and sneak off to a disused bomb shelter for three days where she'll have a chance to make her move. But after three days, Brocklebank isn't back to release the four and, as the days go on, the four are, literally, dying to get out. Told in flashback by one survivor, this is one of the most chilling films of recent years and proof that British directors can do cerebral horror.
Director: Nick Hamm
Starring: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley, Embeth Davidtz
(Subtitles, 15, 2001, 3 Star)

Film4 Listings for Friday 22nd October

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11:00
Flight of the Phoenix (Film)
Robert Aldrich's classic drama stars James Stewart as Frank Towns, pilot of a plane transporting workers and cargo from an oil field back to town. Caught in a sandstorm, the plane crashes hundreds of miles off course, the radio destroyed. As the days go by, all hope of rescue fades until Heinrich Dorfmann announces he is an aeroplane designer and, by cannibalising the wrecked plane, he can build a craft to fly them to safety. The outstanding cast also includes Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen and Ronald Fraser.
Director: Robert Aldrich
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy KrĂŒger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen
(Subtitles, PG, 1966, 3 Star)


13:45
The Tall Men (Film)
Rousing action Western about 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. On the way they meet Nella from the Indians who decides to ride with them.
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan GarcĂ­a, Harry Shannon
(Subtitles, U, 1955, 3 Star)


16:05
Doctor Dolittle (Film)
Rex Harrison stars in Richard Fleischer's charming adaptation of Hugh Lofting's classic children's book as the eccentric Doctor Dolittle, who can converse with animals in 849 languages. Wrongly imprisoned for releasing a captive seal into the wild, he is rescued by his friend Tommy and the pair set off with Matthew Muggins is search of the mythical pink sea snail.
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough, Peter Bull, Muriel Landers
(Subtitles, U, 1967, 3 Star)


18:55
Never Been Kissed (Film)
Romantic comedy where a former high-school nerd (now a reporter), Josie, gets a second chance to go back to school when she goes under cover to research her story on cool teens. Back in the classroom, Josie falls for English her teacher...will she reveal her true identity for him?
Director: Raja Gosnell
Starring: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Michael Vartan, Molly Shannon, Leelee Sobieski, Jeremy Jordan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, PG, 1999, 2 Star)


21:00
East is East (Film)
Damien O'Donnell's multi-award-winning comedy stars Om Puri as George Khan, a Pakistani immigrant who, along with his 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.
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Starring: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi, Emil Marwa, Chris Bisson
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 15, 1999, 3 Star)




23:00
Cronos (Film)
Guillermo Del Toro's cult horror film stars Federico Luppi as antiques dealer Jesus Gris, who stumbles across the Cronos Device, the invention of a 14th-century alchemist. Beetle-like in look, its bite confers immortality on its victim and Gris succumbs to its powers. But also after the device is dying industrialist Dieter, who sends his thuggish nephew Angel de la Guardia on a mission to track it down.
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel, Tamara Shanath, Daniel Giménez Cacho
(18, 1993, 3 Star)


00:50
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Film)
McMurphy, a social misfit who finds himself locked up in an insane asylum through his own choice to avoid a prison sentance. Whilst there he encourages his fellow inmates (DeVito, Lloyd and Dourif among them) into acts of rebellion, joyous freedom and self-expression. The authorities, principally in the shape of the formidable Nurse Ratched, react with increasing violence to McMurphy's dangerous ideas with terrible final consequences for McMurphy.
Director: Milos Forman
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Michael Berryman, Danny DeVito, Peter Brocco
(Editor's Choice, Widescreen, Subtitles, 18, 1975, 5 Star)


03:25
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)

Film4 Listings for Sunday 24th October

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11:00
The Iron Petticoat (Film)
Katharine Hepburn plays a humourless Russian, Captain Vinka Kovelenko, who defects from her home country. Major Chuck Lockwood is assigned to show her the bright lights of London while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, the two opposites fall in love but then must contend with the KGB, who are not happy with the idea of one of their officers running around free in London in this comedy.
Director: Ralph L. Thomas
Starring: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson-Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff
(Subtitles, 1956, PG, 3 Star)


12:50
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)


13:00
The Three Musketeers (Film)
Stephen Herek's derring-do take on Dumas' tale stars Chris O'Donnell as D'Artagan, a would-be recruit to the noble Musketeers who finds that Cardinal Richelieu has disbanded them, leaving only renegades Aramis, Athos and Porthos, who discover the Cardinal is plotting against France. They manage to intercept Richelieu's beautiful but deadly accomplice Milady as she is about to sail for England to make an alliance that will topple France's monarchy. But can they manage to return to Paris in time to thwart the Cardinal and save the throne?
Director: Stephen Herek
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca de Mornay
(Widescreen, 1993, PG, 3 Star)


15:05
Ride the High Country (Film)
Sam Peckinpah's western classic in which once-respected, now down-on-his-luck lawman Steve Judd accepts the job of transporting gold from a remote mining camp to a small-town bank. Judd meets his former colleague Gil Westrum and his young assistant Hank Longtree, who agree to join Judd, but plan to steal the gold en-route.
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan, R.G. Armstrong
(Subtitles, 1962, PG, 4 Star)


16:55
On the Town (Film)
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin are Gabey, Chip and Ozzie, three US Navy sailors with just 24 hours in New York and a mission - to find a date. Cue sassy taxi driver Brunhilde, pin-up Ivy and glamorous museum scientist Claire, who variously become their objects of desire in this stunning musical, shot almost entirely on location. Directed by Stanley Donen and Kelly, this Oscar-winning musical is packed with songs from Leonard Bernstein's sumptuous score including, of course, the classic New York, New York.
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Starring: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen Slezak
(Subtitles, 1949, U, 4 Star)




18:50
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Film)
Andie Anderson writes an advice column for a fashionable magazine and agrees to demonstrate how easy it is to attract and then alienate a man in just ten days. She chooses Benjamin Barry, little knowing he's an advertising executive whose job rests on proving he understands women so well that he can make one fall for him in two weeks. Donald Petrie's comedy sees the two unknowingly played at their own game in this witty battle of the sexes. Edited for language.
Director: Donald Petrie
Starring: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Parisse, Adam Goldberg, Thomas Lennon
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 2003, 12, 3 Star)


21:00
10 Things I Hate About You (Film)
Gil Junger's feel good teen comedy is loosely based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, with Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona and Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford. He accepts a bribe to take her to the prom so that her sister can take the beau of her choice, but when Katarina finds out, she's furious. Just as Patrick realises her true character and falls for her... Cue many hysterical misunderstandings, including a wonderful set piece on an athletics field involving a marching band.
Director: Gil Junger
Starring: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1998, 15, 3 Star)


23:00
Pan's Labyrinth (Film)
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.
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero, Sergi LĂłpez, Maribel VerdĂș, Doug Jones, Álex Ángulo
(Editor's Choice, In Spanish with Subtitles, Widescreen, 2006, 15, 4 Star)


01:15
The Actors (Film)
Dylan Moran plays Tom, a struggling actor playing a Nazi stormtrooper in an avant-garde production of Richard III with thespian Anthony O'Malley in the title role. But O'Malley has a get-rich plan: conning retired gangster Barreller out of a suitcase of cash; he just needs a willing accomplice... But the plan goes awry and only the pair's acting ability can save their lives in Conor McPherson's crime comedy caper.
Director: Conor McPherson
Starring: Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon, Lena Headey, Miranda Richardson, Michael McElhatton
(Black and White, Subtitles, 2002, 15, 3 Star)


03:05
The Social Network Special (Documentary)
Writer Aaron Sorkin and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake talk about their acclaimed new drama The Social Network.
(Repeat)

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  11:00The Sea Inside[HD]
  Fact-based Spanish drama about a fisherman who is paralysed from the neck down in a diving accident. After spending years dependent on others to take care of him, he decides to fight for the legal right to end his own life. Starring Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda and Lola DuenasFilm/General Movie/Drama

  13:25Where the Sidewalk Ends[SUB BW HD]
  A violent New York cop beats a robbery suspect to death during a moment of madness and hastily tries to cover his tracks by framing a local mobster for the crime. Thriller, starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill and Karl MaldenFilm/Detective/Thriller

  15:15The Master of Ballantrae
  <sub>A Scottish nobleman who fought alongside Bonnie Prince Charlie is driven into exile when the rebellion is defeated. After years overseas spent battling pirates, he returns home to discover the woman he loves thought he was dead and has since married his treacherous brother. Swashbuckling adventure, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, starring Errol Flynn and Anthony SteelFilm/Adventure

  17:00Singin' In The Rain
  Two old friends and an aspiring starlet find their lives changing as the arrival of sound revolutionises film-making. Gene Kelly co-directs, choreographs and stars in this musical comedy, with Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen and Millard Mitchell. Songs include Make 'em Laugh, You Are My Lucky Star and the evergreen title numberFilm/Musical/Comedy

  19:00The Pink Panther Strikes Again[SUB HD]
  Bungling Inspector Clouseau fends off a murder syndicate led by demented former police chief Dreyfus, who has a scheme to get rid of the clumsy cop once and for all. However, doing away with the lucky lawman proves harder than anticipated - even for the world's top assassins. Comedy sequel, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk and Leonard RossiterFilm/Comedy

  21:0010 Things I Hate About You[SUB HD]
  Lively teenager Bianca is not allowed to start dating until her man-hating sister Kat does first - but no boy is brave enough to ask her out. However, Bianca's would-be boyfriend thinks he has found the perfect man for the job in the shape of a quirky loner with a mysterious past. Comedy, based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa OleynikFilm/Comedy

  23:00Get Rich or Die Tryin'[SUB HD]
  An inner-city drug dealer puts his life of crime behind him after a near-fatal shooting to pursue a new career as a rap artist. Unfortunately, when he performs songs inspired by his shady past, his former criminal associates do not take kindly to having their misdeeds immortalised in music. Drama, starring Curtis `50 Cent' Jackson, Terrence Howard and Ashley WaltersFilm/General Movie/Drama

  01:15Smiles of a Summer Night[BW]
  A lawyer goes to the theatre with his much younger wife, and finds the leading lady is an old flame. After a confrontation with the count she is having an affair with, the actress becomes determined to seduce the attorney once again, inviting both her lovers - and their wives - to a party at her country house. Ingmar Bergman's romantic comedy, with Gunnar Bjornstrand and Eva DahlbeckFilm/Comedy

  03:25The Social Network Special[REP]
  Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake and writer Aaron Sorkin discuss David Fincher's new movieFilm/Cinema

  03:35Close</sub>

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  11:00(GMT) Fathom
  <sub>A glamorous skydiver is hired by intelligence agents to retrieve the triggering device for a hydrogen bomb that a US Army defector has hidden in a statuette, and stop it falling into the hands of the Chinese. However, she begins to suspect her mysterious employers are involved in an elaborate double-cross as she searches frantically for the detonator. Espionage comedy, starring Raquel Welch, Tony Franciosa, Ronald Fraser and Richard BriersFilm/Comedy

  13:00Bugsy Malone[SUB HD]
  Alan Parker's slapstick musical comedy, featuring a cast composed entirely of children and following a war between rival gangsters in 1920s 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. Starring Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger and John Cassisi, with Jodie Foster in an early appearanceFilm/General Movie/Drama

  14:50Across the Wide Missouri
  An ambitious fur trapper plans to make his fortune in beaver pelts. To do so, he needs a safe passage through lands held by the Blackfoot tribe, so he marries the chief's daughter and together they lead an expedition that takes them deep into the uncharted wilderness. Western adventure, starring Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, Maria Elena Marques and John HodiakFilm/Western

  16:25Logan's Run[SUB AD HD]
  In a hedonistic futuristic city, euthanasia is compulsory for everyone over 30. A law enforcer whose job is to kill anyone who tries to escape is given the task of exposing an underground movement. To do so, his body clock is fast-forwarded, giving him a taste of life on the run. Sci-fi thriller, starring Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett and Peter UstinovFilm/Science Fiction

  18:40Ever After: A Cinderella Story[SUB HD]
  A girl grows up in 16th-century Europe under the iron fist of her mean stepmother, until the love of handsome Prince Henry offers a glimmer of hope. Unfortunately, the royal gent has worries of his own in the shape of an arranged marriage. Luckily, Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci is on hand to play fairy godfather and bring the pair together. Romantic drama, starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott and Timothy WestFilm/General Movie/Drama

  21:00The Others[SUB HD]
  A mother awaits the return of her husband from the Second World War, while struggling to care for her son and daughter. Both children suffer a violent reaction when exposed to daylight, forcing her to keep much of their isolated Jersey home shrouded in gloom. When the pair claim to see strangers in the house, their terrified mother begins to suspect that the souls of the dead are stalking the halls. Supernatural horror, starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan and Christopher EcclestonFilm/Horror

  23:00White Noise[SUB AD HD]
  A man is devastated by the death of his wife, but finds new hope when he becomes convinced her spirit is trying to communicate with him through electrical equipment. However, his obsession begins to spiral out of control and the threat of serious danger grows ever more real. Supernatural thriller, starring Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Ian McNeice and Deborah Kara UngerFilm/Detective/Thriller

  00:50The Innocents[SUB BW HD]
  A highly-strung vicar's daughter takes up the post of governess to two orphaned children living with their servants in a sprawling Gothic mansion. She learns of the scandalous history of her predecessor and her lover, and suspects their spirits are the cause of her charges' disquieting behaviour. Horror, based on Henry James' short story The Turn of the Screw, starring Deborah Kerr Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde and Megs JenkinsFilm/Horror

  02:50The Social Network Special[REP]
  Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake and writer Aaron Sorkin discuss David Fincher's new movieFilm/Cinema

  03:00Close</sub>

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  11:00Julia[SUB HD]
  Fred Zinnemann's Oscar-winning fact-based drama set in the 1930s, chronicling the relationship between writer Lilian Hellman and her enigmatic friend Julia, focusing on the devastating effect the Nazis' rise to power has on their lives. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell and Meryl Streep in her big-screen debutFilm/General Movie/Drama

  13:15Edge of Darkness[SUB AD BW]
  Two years after the Nazi invasion of Norway, the residents of a small coastal village are biding their time in anticipation of rising up against the occupying forces. Awaiting a shipment of arms from England, a brave fisherman prepares to lead the revolt when German cruelty becomes too much to bear. Second World War adventure, starring Errol Flynn, Walter Huston, Ann Sheridan and Judith AndersonFilm/Adventure/War

  15:35Howards End[SUB AD]
  Three families from very different backgrounds are thrown together when an aristocratic woman bequeaths part of her estate to a friend, meeting with outrage from her relatives. When the will disappears, the stage is set for a conflict with tragic consequences. Merchant Ivory period drama, based on EM Forster's novel, starring Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham CarterFilm/General Movie/Drama

  18:25Oliver Twist[SUB AD HD]
  Orphan Oliver flees his harsh upbringing in the workhouse and seeks his fortune in London. Instead, he falls in with the duplicitous Fagin 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 Sikes sets out to exploit. Roman Polanski's period drama, based on Charles Dickens' novel, starring Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley and Jamie ForemanFilm/General Movie/Drama

  21:00Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story[SUB AD HD]
  The struggling owner of a run-down gym is forced to take drastic action to prevent an arrogant fitness guru buying the business out from under him - and enlists his customers to form a dodgeball team in the hope of triumphing in the US championships. Sporting comedy, starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Christine TaylorFilm/Comedy

  22:50Secrets and Lies
  <sub>A successful black optician learns she is adopted and goes in search of her birth mother, who turns out to be a working class white woman, estranged from her brother and struggling to connect with her teenage daughter. The reunited mother and child soon become close friends, but tensions rise at a family gathering. Mike Leigh's drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Timothy SpallFilm/General Movie/Drama

  01:40Tokyo Sonata[HD]
  Manager Ryuhei loses his job, and because he is too ashamed to tell his family he pretends to go to work each day while desperately searching for work and eating in soup kitchens. A friend in the same predicament helps him to keep up the deception - but Ryuhei's family realises the truth and begins to disintegrate under the weight of his lies. Japanese drama, with Teruyaki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi and Koji YakushoFilm/General Movie/Drama

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11:00The Only Son[BW]
A poor widow working in a silk factory wants to provide a brighter future for her son, so sends him away to a school in Tokyo. Years later, she is reunited with her now NSFW child, but finds the opportunity she gave him has not brought him happiness. Japanese drama, with Choko Iida and Shinichi HimoriFilm/General Movie/Drama

12:40The Big Trees
<sub>An unscrupulous timber baron is determined to get his hands on some land heavily forested with redwoods and owned by a small Quaker community. However, he has a change of heart when he falls in love with one of the Quaker women, and has to contend with other less principled rivals who are also after the land. Romantic drama, starring Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Edgar Buchanan and Patrice WymoreFilm/General Movie/Drama

14:30Guns at Batasi[SUB BW HD]
Rebels besiege the headquarters of a British battalion garrisoned in Africa, enraged by the officers' refusal to give up a prisoner. Meanwhile, the sergeant major struggles to maintain order in his increasingly tense surroundings. Drama, starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson and Mia FarrowFilm/General Movie/Drama

16:30Say Anything[SUB HD]
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 is not so enthusiastic about the relationship. Romantic comedy drama, starring John Cusack, Ione Skye and John Mahoney, and featuring a cameo from Cusack's real-life sibling Joan. Written and directed by Cameron CroweFilm/Comedy

18:30The Poseidon Adventure[SUB HD]
A priest takes charge of terrified survivors trapped in a capsized luxury liner, and tries to help them find an escape route before it sinks. Disaster movie, starring Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen and Roddy McDowallFilm/Adventure

20:45Mike Leigh Special[REP]
The director and actress Lesley Manville discuss working together on Another YearFilm/Cinema

21:00Cloverfield[SUB AD HD]
A gigantic monster of unknown origin rises from the sea and attacks New York. The ensuing carnage is filmed entirely from the perspective of a single hand-held video camera, carried by one of five survivors on a dangerous journey across the city to rescue a friend. Thriller, starring Michael Stahl-David, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas and TJ MillerFilm/Detective/Thriller

22:35Happy-Go-Lucky[SUB AD HD]
An eternally optimistic schoolteacher is determined to maintain an upbeat attitude whatever life throws at her and help others to do the same. However, she meets her total opposite when she takes lessons with an embittered driving instructor perpetually raging at the world. Mike Leigh's comedy drama, starring Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and Alexis ZegermanFilm/General Movie/Drama/Comedy

00:50Happy-Go-Lucky Special[REP]
An extract from Mike Leigh's film Happy-Go-Lucky, introduced by both the director and its star Sally HawkinsFilm/Cinema

01:00The Death of Mr Lazarescu
An elderly man is convinced he is seriously ill - but his heavy drinking gives doctors reason to think that he is only hungover. Eventually he meets a sympathetic paramedic, who realises he is telling the truth, but the old man's problems continue as the pair embark on a tedious journey through run-down city hospitals, encountering indifference and bureaucracy along the way. Romanian comedy drama, starring Iaon Fiscuteanu and Luminita GheorghiuFilm/Comedy/General Movie/Drama

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