Jude

00:00 on Monday 5th December on BBC 2 North East.

Stark adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tragic novel about a 19th-century stonemason whose aspirations are thwarted by unyielding social convention. When his marriage ends, the craftsman finds his dreams of self-improvement rekindled when he settles in a university town. He falls in love with his independent-minded cousin, but, failing to gain a place at university, finds his options diminishing to a point of remorseless despair.

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths, June Whitfield

(Widescreen, Subtitles, Black and White, 1996, 15, 3 Star)



Carry On Sergeant

13:55 on Monday 5th December on Channel 4.

The first of the Carry On movies was inspired by R.F. Delderfield's novel The Bull Boys. William Hartnell plays Sergeant Grimshawe, the retiring army training sergeant who is faced with possibly the worst group of national service recruits ever to have been called up, including Charlie Sage, Horace Strong, Peter Golightly and James Bailey.

Director: Gerald Thomas

Starring: Bob Monkhouse, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams

(Black and White, Subtitles, 1958, PG, 3 Star)



The Count of Monte Cristo

16:00 on Monday 5th December on more4.

Richard Chamberlain stars as Edmond Dantes in David Green's superior, star-studded TV movie of Alexandre Dumas's famous novel. Dantes innocently carries a message for the exiled Napoleon back to France, which allows his supposed best friend to denounce him in order to marry Kate Nelligan, Chamberlain's betrothed. Incarcerated for life by corrupt magistrate Louis Jourdan, he meets fellow prisoner Trevor Howard, who not only has an escape plan but knowledge of a hidden treasure. Howard dies before the escape but Chamberlain succeeds and, now empowered through wealth, seeks revenge on those who ended his freedom and stole his beloved...

Director: David Greene

Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Kate Nelligan, Tony Curtis, Louis Jourdan, Angelo Infanti, Donald Pleasence

(Widescreen, Subtitles, Made For TV, 1975, U, 3 Star)



Small Faces

23:35 on Monday 5th December on BBC 1 South West.

Critically acclaimed drama about three brothers, set against the backdrop of working-class Glasgow in the late 60s. Torn between his two older brothers - one a gang member and would-be hard man and the other an artist - 13-year-old Lex must find his own redemption, and try to save one of his brothers from a senseless fate. Director Gillies MacKinnon's film is largely autobiographical.

Director: Gillies MacKinnon

Starring: Clare Higgins, Iain Robertson, Joe McFadden, Ian McElhinney, J.S. Duffy, Laura Fraser

(Followed by Weatherview, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1995, 3 Star)



Carry On Nurse

13:50 on Tuesday 6th December on Channel 4.

Entertaining Carry On that tells of the high jinks on a men's surgical ward at Haven Hospital where no entendre is left undoubled.

Director: Gerald Thomas

Starring: Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Terence Longdon, Bill Owen

(Black and White, Subtitles, 1959, U, 3 Star)



When Eight Bells Toll

16:10 on Tuesday 6th December on more4.

Anthony Hopkins stars in Etienne Perier's thriller as a tough navy secret service agent called in to track down gold bullion smugglers. With Corin Redgrave, he follows the trail to Greek tycoon Jack Hawkins' yacht off the Scottish coast, but are his suspicions right? All-action, with double-crosses galore and Robert Morley providing light relief as Hopkins' controller, this is as much fun as any Bond film and slightly tougher.

Director: Étienne Périer

Starring: Corin Redgrave, Robert Morley, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Ferdy Mayne, Nathalie Delon

(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1971, 2 Star)



Carry On Constable

13:55 on Wednesday 7th December on Channel 4.

A flu epidemic decimates the ranks of a local police force. With no other options, the powers-that-be bring in raw green recruits - including Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Connor and Kenneth Williams - to tackle crime. Sid James takes the role of the doughty sergeant attempting to whip the incompetents into shape.

Director: Gerald Thomas

Starring: Sid James, Eric Barker, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips

(Black and White, Subtitles, 1960, PG, 3 Star)



Carry On England

00:10 on Thursday 8th December on Channel 4.

Not the finest of the Carry On films but still possessing enough of the requisite humour, visual jokes and, of course, double entendres to make it an enjoyable romp. Kenneth Connor plays Captain S. Melly in charge of a mixed anti-aircraft unit in the middle of nowhere whose authority is undermined by the arrival of a new major. Attempting to keep his unruly charges in line with the help of formidable Sergeant-Major Bloomer, and himself out of trouble, provides the plot but with, of course, many amusing diversions along the way.

Director: Gerald Thomas

Starring: Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies, Patrick Mower, Judy Geeson, Jack Douglas, Peter Jones

(Subtitles, 1976, PG, 2 Star)



Carry On Regardless

13:50 on Thursday 8th December on Channel 4.

Classic Carry On comedy charting the wild adventures of Sidney James and the staff of his Helping Hands agency.

Director: Gerald Thomas

Starring: Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Bill Owen

(Black and White, Subtitles, Audio Described, 1961, PG, 2 Star)



The Lady Vanishes

16:00 on Thursday 8th December on more4.

Re-make of Hitchock's 1938 classic, this version finds Elliott Gould and Cybill Shepherd thrown together on a train travelling from pre-war Germany and finding themselves embroiled in a political conspiracy.

Director: Anthony Page

Starring: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael

(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1979, PG, 2 Star)



The Man in the Iron Mask

15:55 on Friday 9th December on more4.

Richard Chamberlain stars in the dual role as the wicked Louis XIV of France and his twin brother Philippe, imprisoned and with his identity hidden behind an iron mask in Mike Newell's film, based on Alexandre Dumas's novel. However, the ageing D'Artagnan learns of the deception and, getting back together with his old musketeer comrades, concocts a plan to restore the rightful King to the throne.

Director: Mike Newell

Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson

(Widescreen, Subtitles, Made For TV, 1976, PG, 3 Star)



Summer Holiday

21:05 on Saturday 10th December on BBC 4 (Freeview).

Pop musical with Cliff Richard and the Shadows about four London Transport mechanics trying to run a European travel service with a double-decker bus. Along the way they pick up an American girl who is on the run from stardom, her press agent and her overbearing mother.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Starring: Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Marilyn Maxwell

(1948, PG, 3 Star)



The Statement

21:40 on Saturday 10th December on BBC 2 London.

Thriller about a French Nazi collaborator who was involved in the Holocaust and is now living a quiet life in southern France when a new investigation is launched. He finds himself the target of a famous Nazi hunter, a judge and army colonel who are trying to bring him to justice and those who formerly hid him seek to execute him.

Director: Norman Jewison

Starring: Michael Caine, Jeremy Northam, Tilda Swinton

(Subtitles, 2003, 2 Star)



Mona Lisa

22:10 on Sunday 11th December on more4.

Bob Hoskins stars as George, a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. And that's when George's troubles just start... Also starring Michael Caine and Robbie Coltrane.

Director: Neil Jordan

Starring: Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Cathy Tyson

(Widescreen, Subtitles, 1986, 4 Star)