Saturday 30th June 2012
| Iron Man |
(2008) Robert Downey Jr plays a once-powerful arms dealer, now reformed and re-born as Iron Man, the scourge of warmongers everywhere but threatened by those closest to him. Violent scenes.
| The Bourne Ultimatum |
Thriller sequel. A former CIA hitman with amnesia joins forces with a London reporter to uncover the truth about his past. But when the reporter is killed, the assassin must find out who is responsible while dodging the bullets of those who wiped his memory in the first place.
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Sunday 1st July 2012
| The Boat That Rocked |
Comedy set in the 1960s. Finding a distinct lack of rock 'n' roll on the airwaves, a group of eccentric DJs start running a pirate radio station from a boat on the North Sea - but they soon find themselves targeted by stuffy government ministers.
| Lucky Number Slevin |
(2006) Paul McGuigan's thriller in which a case of mistaken identity pitches Josh Hartnett into a deadly feud between crime lords Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley. Violence/strong language.
| Great Lives: Victor Spinetti |
Former minister of culture Kim Howells profiles the life of actor, theatre director and master raconteur Victor Spinetti.
Spinetti lived an extraordinary life, working with huge names such as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor - though probably his most famous collaboration is with the Beatles. Contributors include Sir Paul McCartney, Barbara Windsor and Rob Brydon.
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Monday 2nd July 2012
| Panorama: Call Centres Undercover |
Britain is being affected by an 'epidemic' of unsolicited and unwanted calls and texts. With an estimated three billion marketing calls and messages received every year, Panorama goes undercover to expose how some firms are getting round the regulations designed to protect consumers.
| Undercover Boss (1/6) |
In the first of the new series, Fouad Haghighat goes undercover in his dad's pizza delivery company to discover shocking health and safety breaches, but also some inspirational workers.
| Coming Up (1/7) |
A new series of original dramas by up-and-coming writers and directors. New Cross explores the issues of forbidden love when 27-year-old Carl (Russell Tovey) meets the girl of his dreams.
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Tuesday 3rd July 2012
The Reith Lectures (3/4)
Radio 4, 9.00am - 9.45am
The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture at Gresham's College in the heart of legal London, addressing the relationship between the nature of law and economic success. He examines the rule of law in comparative terms, asking how far the common law's claims to superiority over other systems are credible. Are we living through a time of creeping legal degeneration in the English-speaking world?
| Imagine (2/5) Paul Simon's Graceland |
Paul Simon's Graceland album is one of his greatest achievements - a brilliant fusion of African rhythms and western pop which became a global phenomenon. It also proved hugely controversial, as Simon broke the UN backed cultural boycott of a country still under the grip of apartheid.
Joe Berlinger's film captures Simon's return to South Africa 25 years on and contrasts the value of individual artistic expression versus collective political action as instruments of change. Did Paul Simon's unique collaboration with South Africa's township musicians set back the clock of South African liberation or drive it forward?
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Wednesday 4th July 2012
| Mirrors |
(2008) Gory psychological/supernatural chiller starring Kiefer Sutherland as a failed cop who encounters an evil presence in a burnt-out department store. Strong language/violence.
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Thursday 5th July 2012
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Friday 6th July 2012
| My Summer Of Love |
Drama from acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort).
In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together. Mona, behind a spiky exterior, hides an untapped intelligence and a yearning for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life; Tamsin is well-educated, spoiled and cynical. Complete opposites, each is wary of the other's differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination, amusement and attraction. Adding volatility is Mona's older brother Phil, who has renounced his criminal past for religious fervor - which he tries to impose upon his sister. Mona, however, is experiencing her own rapture. 'We must never be parted', Tamsin intones to Mona.
