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Robust, old-fashioned anti-war epic tells the true story of the soldier posted to the Philippines in the second world war, who refused to surrender until 1974

Today, we explore a true Victorian scandal involving poisoning, secret lovers, and a young socialite’s fall from grace in the case of Madeleine…

BRIAN VINER: John Maddens new film, inspired by Ben Macintyres bestselling book of the same name, dramatises an astonishing sequence of events.

Two wildly mismatched travellers find themselves sharing a sleeping compartment from Moscow to Murmansk in Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s beguiling romance

Channel 4 takes us back to A Lake District Farm Shop for sheep’s milk brie and craft beers. Plus, the body count piles up in Killing Eve. Here’s what to watch this evening…

Do not miss: the best TV films this week

Oscars: Hollywood stars react to Will Smith hitting Chris Rock Valerie stars today as Estella in the timeless Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations, which airs on BBC Two at 2pm. The British drama is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, and in 1999 was named as the British Film Institute's fifth

When David Whiting, Sarah Miles’s business manager, who physically abused her, was found dead in her room during the filming of “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing” there were more questions than answers in how he died. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder?

BRIAN VINER: The twists get sillier and the dialogue cornier as The Outfit creaks towards its improbable ending without ever leaving the shop, compounding the stagey feel.