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Whether or not there is

anything new to say about

Mozart, right, is almost moot,

so extraordinary, prolific and

rewarding is his output. This

week Donald Macleod looks

towards the final five years of

the composer’s career and

life as the changing tastes of

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years of 1786 and 1787

(when Don Giovanni followed

The Marriage of Figaro),

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The Magic Flute and racing to

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11.00am Madagascar 3:

Europe’s Most Wanted

(PG, 2012) Animated comedy

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12.50pm Over the Hedge

(U, 2006) Animated comedy

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2.30 Jason and the

Argonauts (U, 1963) Fantasy

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4.35 Kindergarten Cop (12,

1990) Comedy starring

Arnold Schwarzenegger

6.45 GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

(12, 2009) Two soldiers join a

top-secret mission to battle

terrorists who have stolen

a deadly weapon. Action

adventure with Channing

Tatum and Sienna Miller

9.00 The Spy Who Dumped

Me (15, 2018) Two friends are

thrust into an international

conspiracy. Comedy with Mila

Kunis and Kate McKinnon

11.15 Red (12, 2010) Action

thriller starring Bruce Willis

1.30am-3.55 Happy-Go-Lucky

(15, 2008) Comedy drama

starring Sally Hawkins

Talking Pictures TV

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6.00am Crackerjack

(PG, 1938) Comedy drama

starring Tom Walls

7.35 Flannelfoot (PG, 1953)

Thriller with Ronald Howard

9.00 Together

9.30 The Adventures

of William Tell

10.00 Good Time Girl (PG,

1948) Drama with Jean Kent

11.45 Cone of Silence (U,

1960) Drama starring Michael

Craig and Peter Cushing

1.35pm Below Zero (U, 1930)

Laurel and Hardy comedy

2.00 Rooms Double bill

3.00 The Bohemian Girl

(U, 1936) Comic opera

starring Laurel and Hardy

4.20 The Holly and the Ivy

(U, 1952) Drama starring

Ralph Richardson

6.00 Scotland Yard

6.35 Cup Fever (U, 1965)

Drama starring David Lodge

7.50 Look at Life:

A Year for a Day

8.00 The Main Chance

9.00 Doomwatch (12, 1972)

Sci-fi thriller with Ian Bannen

10.50 Stardust (15, 1974)

Drama sequel starring David

Essex and Adam Faith

1.05am Eyewitness (15, 1981)

Thriller starring William Hurt

3.10-5.30 King Creole (PG,

1958) Musical starring Elvis

Presley and Walter Matthau

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Fantasy with Tiffani Thiessen

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12.21 Eve’s Christmas

(PG, 2004) Festive drama

starring Elisa Donovan

1.10 Christmas in Conway

(U, 2013) Romantic drama

starring Andy Garcia

3.20 A Royal Christmas Ball

(U, 2017) Drama starring Tara

Reid and Ingo Rademacher

5.10 A Cinderella Christmas

(PG, 2016) Romantic

comedy starring Emma

Rigby and Peter Porte

7.00 Here Comes the Boom

(12, 2012) Comedy starring

Kevin James and Salma Hayek

9.00 Closer (15, 2004)

Drama starring Jude Law

11.05-1.10am Money Monster

(15, 2016) Crime thriller

starring George Clooney

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(12, 1962) Adventure

starring Marlon Brando

9.50 Arizona Bushwhackers

(12, 1968) Western

starring Howard Keel

11.45 The Hound of the

Baskervilles (PG, 1939)

Mystery with Basil Rathbone

1.30pm Sherlock Holmes and

the Spider Woman (U, 1944)

Mystery with Basil Rathbone

2.50 Doctor Zhivago (PG,

1965) Drama starring Omar

Sharif and Julie Christie

6.50 El Paso (PG, 1949)

Western starring John Payne

9.00 Fire with Fire (15, 2012)

Action thriller with Josh

Duhamel and Bruce Willis

11.05-1.55am Kill Bill: Volume

2 (18, 2004) Revenge thriller

sequel starring Uma Thurman

Sky Cinema Premiere

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Horror starring Jeffrey Dean

Morgan and Cricket Brown

4.10 Another Round (12,

2020) Comedy drama

starring Mads Mikkelsen

6.20 C.I.Ape (PG, 2021)

Agent Bondi James and a

talking chimp embark on a

dangerous mission. Family

comedy with Sophia Alongi

8.00 Last Train to Christmas

(PG, 2021) Festive drama

starring Michael Sheen

9.50-12.15am In the Heights

(PG, 2021) Musical

starring Anthony Ramos

Comedy The Spy Who

Dumped Me (Film4, 9pm)