There may be plenty of movies available on streaming platforms and being released weekly in cinemas, but nothing quite beats the feeling of finding a hidden gem while flicking through the TV.

With such a raft of options – old and new – to pick from this weekend, it can often feel like a bit of an insurmountable task to find one that really tickles your fancy. But that’s where we come in to do the hard work for you, picking out some of the most stellar options available to tune into.

This weeks selection includes everything from classic musicals like Easter Parade to recent action flicks like Tenet. There’s something for everyone and if you’re wondering where to find some of the best films on the terrestrial channels this week, we’ve got you sorted.

Read on for an expertly compiled list of the best flicks airing across the next seven days.

Friday 3 April

King of Kings – 10:25am, Film4

Biblical epic starring Jeffrey Hunter, which concentrates on three elements of the New Testament story: the life of Jesus, the tensions between Herod’s court and the Roman administration, and finally the story of Barabbas, told in counterpoint to that of Christ. Read our full review

The Sound of Music – 2:30pm, BBC One

Classic family musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. When trainee nun Maria begins to have doubts about her vocation, she leaves her convent in Salzburg to become governess to the seven children of Captain Von Trapp, a widower and retired naval officer. The spirited Maria instils a love of music in the children, but the family’s happiness is threatened by the Nazi occupation of Austria. Read our full review

Smokey and the Bandit – 8:05pm, ITV4

Comedy starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason. Bandit is a maverick driver who never refuses a challenge, and no cop – or “smokey” – is going to stop him. However, Sheriff Buford T Justice has other ideas, and the chase is on as the Bandit and his friends try to get a truckload of illicit beer from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia. Read our full review

The Wolf of Wall Street – 10pm, BBC Two

Blackly comic drama based on a true story, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. With his dreams of wealth and a gift with words, Jordan Belfort rises through the ranks of Wall Street traders during the 1980s. But his success brings notoriety, and his increasingly shady activities attract the attention of the FBI. Read our full review

Saturday 4 April

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – 2:10pm, BBC One

Animated comedy sequel featuring the voice of Antonio Banderas. With eight of his nine lives used up, it looks like the swashbuckling high life is over for Puss unless he can reach a magical land where wishes come true. An epic quest begins, but there are others with their eyes on the prize, too. Read our full review

Death on the Nile – 4:50pm, BBC Two

Murder mystery based on Agatha Christie’s novel, starring Peter Ustinov, David Niven and Bette Davis. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder during a Nile cruise of beautiful but spoilt American heiress Linnet Ridgeway. The problem is, everyone on board has a motive. Read our full review

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – 9pm, Comedy Central

Spy spoof, written by and starring Mike Myers and co-starring Elizabeth Hurley. Cryogenically preserved since the 1960s, British super-agent Austin Powers emerges from hibernation to do battle with his arch nemesis, Doctor Evil, who is threatening world domination. Read our full review

That Summer! – 9:05pm, Talking Pictures TV

A teenager competing in a swimming race is framed for robbery, but attempts to escape from police custody. Drama, starring Ray Winstone and Julie Shipley. Read our full review

Prey – 11pm, Channel 4

Sci-fi action prequel starring Amber Midthunder and Dane DiLiegro. Eighteenth-century Comanche healer Naru wishes to hunt and fight like the men in her tribe. When a mysterious entity that leaves strange tracks begins to attack the local wildlife, Naru has a chance to prove herself – but this predator is unlike anything on Earth… Read our full review

Sunday 5 April

Easter Parade – 12:35pm, BBC Two

Classic musical starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Angry after being deserted by his regular partner, dancer Don Hewes claims that he can transform anyone into a star. He decides to groom chorus girl Hannah Brown for success. Read our full review

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – 2:30pm, ITV1

Fantasy based on the classic children’s book by Roald Dahl, starring Gene Wilder. Most children, at one hungry time or another, dream of visiting a chocolate factory. For young Charlie Bucket the fantasy comes true when he finds a golden ticket in a candy bar: an invitation to tour the giant factory of eccentric sweet tycoon Willy Wonka. Read our full review

Luca – 3:20pm, Channel 4

Animated comedy adventure featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer. Luca, a young sea monster who takes human form when he is out of the water, has been warned against mingling with land folk. However, when he befriends fellow ocean-dweller Alberto, the boys decide to spend some time among the local humans. What could possibly go wrong? Read our full review

Toy Story 3 – 5:10pm, Channel 4

Animated comedy adventure sequel, with the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. The toys are put away when Andy goes to college, but Woody is set apart, and it’s up to him to rescue the others when they’re accidentally donated to a day-care centre. Read our full review

Being There – 11:50pm, BBC Two

Satirical comedy starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine. Chance is a naive illiterate gardener, who has never left the house he shares with his protector. When the old man dies, Chance has to enter a world he has never experienced, except through the perspective of his one obsession – television. Read our full review

Monday 6 April

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – 6:30pm, BBC Two

Animated Wallace & Gromit comedy featuring the voice of Ben Whitehead. The dynamic duo get into a spot of bother when old nemesis Feathers McGraw hacks into Wallace’s latest invention and sets out on a crime spree. With Wallace in the frame, it’s up to Gromit to save the day. Can he outwit the diabolical penguin once again? Read our full review

Gosford Park – 10pm, BBC Two

Ensemble murder mystery from the writer of Downton Abbey and featuring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren. In 1930s rural England, a battery of well-to-do guests and their servants attend a weekend’s shooting and socialising. But their reverie is shattered by a murder, after which everyone is a suspect. Read our full review

The Blob – 11:10pm, Talking Pictures TV

Science-fiction drama starring Steve McQueen. The inhabitants of a small Pennsylvania town refuse to believe the claim of two teenagers that they have seen a slimy creature from outer space. But soon the whole community is in danger. Read our full review

Tuesday 7 April

Ron’s Gone Wrong – 12:55pm, Film4

Animated comedy adventure featuring the voices of Jack Dylan Grazer and Zach Galifianakis. Young misfit Barney is given the must-have interactive robot toy for his birthday, and names it Ron. But Ron appears to have a social software glitch, and when news of the defect goes viral, the CEO of the company that built Ron sees it as a potential PR threat that needs eliminating. Read our full review

Misbehaviour – 10:10pm, BBC Three

Comedy drama based on a true story, starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessie Buckley. In 1970, student Sally Alexander struggles with the sexism of her professors. Meanwhile, in the lead-up to the Miss World contest, to be held in London, budding beauty queen Jennifer Hosten struggles with the event’s racism. Paths converge when Sally and her activist friend Jo Robinson plan to disrupt the pageant during its live broadcast. Read our full review

Brooklyn – 10:40pm, BBC One

Romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson. County Wexford, 1950: young Eilis Lacey is sponsored for a job in America by a visiting priest and so she leaves her mother and sister for New York. The metropolis offers the chance of a career and romance, but the big city can be a lonely place for a small-town girl. Read our full review

Wednesday 8 April

The Three Musketeers – 11:30am, 5 Action

Swashbuckling adventure starring Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen and Milla Jovovich. A trio of legendary swordsmen are joined by the reckless young D’Artagnan in a bid to stop a beautiful but devious woman plunging France into war. Read our full review

Jules – 9pm, Film4

Residents of a small Pennsylvania town are disturbed when a UFO crashes into a back garden. Director Marc Turtletaub’s comedy drama, starring Ben Kingsley, Harriet Harris and Jane Curtin. Read our full review

Sexy Beast – 10:45pm, Film4

Crime drama starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley and Ian McShane. Former crook Gary Dove has put his life of crime behind him and is enjoying an idyllic retirement at his Spanish villa. But the peace is shattered when former associate Don Logan arrives from London to persuade Gary to do one last job – and he’s not about to take no for an answer. Read our full review

Thursday 9 April

Blanche Fury – 1pm, Talking Pictures TV

Melodrama starring Valerie Hobson and Stewart Granger. Ambitious but penniless Blanche Fury is invited to meet her distant relatives at Claire Hall. On her arrival she is warned about headstrong Philip Thorn who, as the illegitimate son of the late owner, has designs on the property and soon has designs on Blanche. Read our full review

Brideshead Revisited – 8pm, BBC Four

Period drama based on Evelyn Waugh’s novel, starring Matthew Goode and Ben Whishaw. During the Second World War, Charles Ryder is reminded of his student days at Oxford, where he fell for the charms of the flamboyant and unconventional Sebastian Flyte and his aristocratic family. Read our full review

Respect – 11pm, BBC Two

Musical biopic starring Jennifer Hudson. Blessed with a remarkable voice, pastor’s daughter Aretha Franklin grows up singing at home in Detroit. Her father is determined to control her path to a career in music, but Aretha has to forge her own path, overcoming public and personal demons on a journey to find her own voice and earn her crown as the Queen of Soul. Read our full review

Friday 10 April

Deep Impact – 4:20pm, Film4

Science-fiction drama starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni and Morgan Freeman. A reporter believes that she has discovered a sex scandal in the US government. As it turns out, “Ele” isn’t a mistress, but something used to describe an event so cataclysmic that it could destroy the planet. Read our full review

No Time to Die – 9pm, BBC Two

Spy adventure starring Daniel Craig, Rami Malek and Léa Seydoux. After narrowly surviving an attempt on his life, James Bond believes his lover, Madeleine Swann, has betrayed him. Five years later, he is drawn out of retirement and back into her life when a new global threat – a deadly biological weapon – emerges. But with Bond’s nemesis, Blofeld, behind bars, who is the mysterious figure intent on using this terrifying new technology? Read our full review

The Hunger Games: the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – 10pm, BBC Three

Action adventure prequel starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler and Viola Davis, set 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games. In the run-up to the Tenth Annual Hunger Games, ambitious future president Coriolanus Snow is tasked with mentoring Lucy Gray Baird, a poor but self-confident tribute from District 12 with a determination to win. But their relationship becomes more complex than Snow had anticipated. Read our full review

Tenet – 11pm, BBC Two

Sci-fi adventure starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki and Kenneth Branagh. A former CIA operative is recruited to help save the world from a dangerous arms dealer who has access to a device that can reverse time. In order to foil this threat, our hero must master the act of chronological “inversion” – but is it already too late? Read our full review

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