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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 s_x, 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 bomb 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 bomb 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 bomb 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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