FilmFour & Film Four +1 : 26.07.06
Astra 2D at 28.2E 10729 V 22000-5/6
Film Four SID8335 VPID2312 APID 2313
Film Four +1 SID8330 VPID2332 APID2333
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15.00pm 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. Stirring documentary-style drama originally intended as a training film, and full of flag-waving patriotism as a result. David Niven, Stanley Holloway, Raymond Huntley, William Hartnell, John Laurie and James Donald star. Peter Ustinov co-wrote the script, which was adapted from a tale by Eric Ambler
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17.25pm Monkey Business (U) 1931
The Marx Brothers stow away aboard an ocean-going liner, where they get caught in the crossfire between two mobs of feuding gangsters. Vintage comedy, also starring Thelma Todd and Tom Kennedy
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19.00pm 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, Rupert Everett as the scheming prince and Amanda Donohoe as the subject of the king's desires. Brilliant, intelligent stuff (888)
9.00pm Zoolander (12) 2001 Dim supermodel Ben Stiller is stunned when his career goes down the tubes thanks to the arrival of an equally vacuous rival. However, he never suspects he's merely a pouting pawn in a dangerous game of world domination and international espionage. Catty comedy taking neat potshots at the industry, with funnyman Stiller on fine form as the chiselled hunk, starring alongside regular co-star Owen Wilson, Milla Jovovich, Christine Taylor and David Duchovny (888)
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23.00pm Festival (18) 2005 Premiere.
A host of colourful characters descend on Edinburgh for the annual Fringe Festival, leading to a series of comical and uncomfortable situations, as judges use their influence for sexual gain, performers try to make their mark and the city's locals observe the goings-on with stoical confusion. Comedy, written and directed by Annie Griffin, starring Amelia Bullmore, Billy Carter, Raquel Cassidy and Megan Dodds (888)
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01.05am Calvaire (18) 2004 Premiere.
A cabaret singer takes a wrong turn and ends up in a mysterious village. When he seeks shelter in the local inn, he inadvertently arouses the disturbed landlord's penchant for transsexuals and torture, and is dragged into a nightmarish ordeal in the nearby woods. Belgian director Fabrice du Welz's horror puts a welcome European spin on a well-trodden formula, and makes for shocking entertainment. Laurent Lucas and Jackie Berroyer star
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2.35am Close
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