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THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (1988)

ITV1, 1.45pm

William Hurt stars as Macon Leary, an emotionally withdrawn travel writer struggling to deal with family tragedy and imminent divorce. After buying a dog for companionship, Leary is coaxed out of his shell by an eccentric animal trainer (Geena Davis, who won a best supporting actress Oscar for her role). Co-starring Bill Pullman and Kathleen Turner, Lawrence Kasdan’s heartwarming snapshot of small-town America is a likeably quirky shaggy-dog story. (121min)

BIG FISH (2003)

Sky Movies 2, 8pm

In between his disastrous Planet of the Apes update and the imminent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake, Tim Burton redeemed his reputation with this colourful fairytale. Albert Finney stars as Ed Bloom, an ailing Deep South patriarch squaring up for a reconciliation with his estranged son (Billy Crudup). Burton’s fantastical style is far more suited to the flashback scenes from Ed’s youth, with Ewan McGregor doing an uncanny impression of the young Finney. (125min)

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OUT OF AFRICA (1985)

ITV Three, 9.20pm

Set in Kenya after the First World War, Sydney Pollack’s multiple Oscar-winning biography of the Danish author Karen Blixen is lavish, picturesque and far too long. The listless Baroness Blixen (Meryl Streep) is unhappily married to the boorish Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer) but yearning for illicit love in the arms of a British adventurer (Robert Redford). Streep hones the accent to perfection, Redford does not even bother, and Pollack piles on the tourist-brochure scenery. (150min)

FROM HELL (2001)

Channel 4, 10pm

The story of Jack the Ripper has inspired many lurid films, but From Hell adds deluxe gloss and modern-day conspiracy theories to the usual Gothic shock tactics. Working from the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, the American directing duo of Albert and Allen Hughes conjure up a compellingly creepy vision of a mist- shrouded Victorian London. Johnny Depp stars as the opium-addicted detective tracking the Ripper, ably supported by Robbie Coltrane and Heather Graham. (122min)

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HART’S WAR (2002)

Five, 9pm

Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell play battling prisoners of war. (125min)

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BEVERLY HILLS COP 2 (1987)

BBC One, 11.05pm; N. I., 11.25pm

Glossy, brash and enjoyable no-brainer sequel. (100min)