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ITV Premiere
It’s a Mad, Mad, ★★★
Mad, Mad World
1.00pm-3.30pm BBC2
There are laughs galore in this
marathon slapstick comedy.
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle,
Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas
and Mickey Rooney are
among those hunting
a stash of $1000 bills.
It’s far too long, but
the stars are on zesty
form. (1963; Cert U).Fast & Furious 8 ★★★
9.00pm-11. 3 0 p m IT V
Vrooming into its eighth
instalment, the plot’s as silly
as ever, involving Charlize
Theron’s cyber terrorist
blackmailing hero Vin Diesel.
Dwayne Johnson and Jason
Statham help work
things out and
director F Gary Gray
keeps his foot on the
pedal. (2017; Cert 12).RED ★★★★
9.00pm-11.15pm Film 4
Targeted by a hit squad,
ex-CIA agent Bruce Willis
goes on the run with pensions
officer Mary-Louise Parker
and gathers old pals Helen
Mirren, John Malkovich and
Morgan Freeman to
find out who’s after
him. The stars have
a blast in this stylish
romp. (2010; Cert 12).Song for Marion ★★★★
5.30pm-7.00pm BBC2
A warm-hearted tearjerker
about love, grief and finding
your voice, this comedy drama
stars Vanessa Redgrave as
terminally ill, outgoing Marion
and Terence St amp as her
grumpy husband.
Her enthusiastic
involvement in
a choir drives the
story. (2012; Cert PG).We Bought a Zoo ★★★
2.25pm-4.50pm C4
Matt Damon is a widower
with two kids who buys a
house with a dilapidated
zoo attached. Scarlett
Johansson is his head
keeper who hopes he can
save the place. There
are setbacks and
crises aplenty in
this uplifting family
film. (2011; Cert PG).{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{●{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex●{{{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{●●{{{{LanguageViolenceSex●{{Captain America: ★★★★
The Winter Soldier
7.1 0 p m-9.20pm BBC1
In his second solo outing,
Captain America (Chris
Evans) is up to his neck in a
conspiracy as the mysterious
Winter Soldier wreaks havoc.
Scarlett Johansson
and Anthony
Mackie also star in
a sizzling, quip-filled
caper. (2014; Cert 12).Quartet ★★★★
11.00pm-12.35am BBC2
In a retirement home for
opera singers, Billy Connolly,
Tom Cou r tenay and Pauline
Collins are long-term
residents who must win over
a newly arrived diva (Maggie
Smith) to put on a
crucial fund-raising
concert. A delightful
and amusing little
gem. (2012; Cert 12).The Chronicles ★★★★
of Narnia
2.40pm-4.55pm Channel 5
The fabulous first Narnia film,
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe, gets lively turns
from Georgie Henley,
William Moseley, Skandar
Keynes and Anna
Popplewell as the
siblings who find
a magical fantasy
land. (2005; Cert PG).Kick-Ass ★★★★
9.00pm-11. 2 0 p m 5S t a r
Comic-book-obsessed teen
Aaron Johnson calls himself
superhero Kick-Ass and gets
mixed up with vigilante Hit
Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz)
and her dad (Nicolas Cage).
Moretz’s violent
antics are hard to
stomach, but this is
inventive, clever and
edgy. (2010; Cert 15).Muppets ★★★
Most Wanted
2.00pm-3.40pm BBC1
In a funny, madcap outing, the
Muppets are aided by a host
of game-for-a-laugh stars,
including Ricky Gervais, who
cons the gang into going on
a global tour that
leaves Kermit in a
Serbian jail and a
lookalike thief in his
place. (2014; Cert U).●●●●{{LanguageViolenceSex●●●{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex●●{●{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{{{{{{{LanguageViolenceSex{{{Bruce Almighty ★★★★
3.05pm-5.00pm Channel 5
TV reporter Jim Carrey has
a run of bad luck, including
losing his job and arguing
with girlfriend Jennifer
Aniston. He blames it all on
God (Morgan Freeman),
who decides to loan
Carrey his powers...
It’s a great idea and
results in a lot of
laughs. (2003; Cert 12).Minions ★★★★
7.1 5 p m-9.00pm ITV
Despicable Me’s sidekicks
get their own animated film
and prove as irresistibly funny
as ever. It turns out they’ve
aided bad guys for millennia
and now, in the 1960s, Scarlet
Overkill (voiced by
Sandra Bullock)
uses three Minions
to steal the Queen’s
crown. (2015; Cert U).You Again ★★★
12.25am-2.10am BBC1
Kristen Bell’s brother is to
marry Odette Yustman, her
enemy from high
school, so she sets
out to get revenge in
a corny but amusing
romcom. (2010; Cert U).Oz the Great ★★★
and Powerful
5.00pm-7.00pm BBC2
Director Sam Raimi brings
dash and dazzle to
his colourful prequel
to 1939’s The Wizard
of Oz. James Franco
stars. (2013; Cert PG).Ultraviolet ★★★
11.10pm-1.00am Sony Movies
In a rattling action yarn, Milla
Jovovich is a kick-ass heroine
turned into a vampire
by a virus. She has
to save a boy whose
blood may hold the
cure. (2006; Cert 15).
TOP PICK C4 PREMIERE
Miss Peregrine’s Home ★★★
for Peculiar Children^ 9.00pm-
11.25pm C4 See p30 for review.TOP PICK
Big Eyes ★★★★
4.40pm-6.55pm Film 4
See page 30 for review.TOP PICK C5 PREMIERE
Bridget Jones’s Baby ★★★★
9.00pm-11.25pm Channel 5
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