The best films on TV to catch over the Bank Holiday weekend

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If you're lucky enough to have a three-day weekend, then come Bank Holiday Monday you might just want to kick back on the sofa and watch a good movie.

Here's our guide to some of the best films showing on TV.

Adults

Step Up 4: Miami Heat

Channel 4, 8.20am

An aspiring dancer comes to Miami to pursue her dreams, and falls in love with the leader of a street performance crew. When she learns the group's neighbourhood is to be demolished, driving the residents from their homes, she joins forces with them to organise a protest show. Dance drama sequel, starring Kathryn McCormick and Ryan Guzman

Casablanca

ITV3, 10.25am

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The American expat owner of a Moroccan nightclub is reunited with his old flame during the Second World War. Now married to a Czech freedom fighter, she needs his help to get them safely out of the country before they are captured by the Nazis - but the former lovers also have to wrestle the temptation to rekindle their simmering romance. Drama, with Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Paul Henreid.

Lawman

ITV4, 10.30am

A determined marshal tracks down a murderous gang to a hostile town, where he encounters resistance from every quarter while trying to bring the fugitives to justice. Michael Winner's Western, starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Duvall, Lee J Cobb, Robert Ryan and Sheree North.

Tobruk

ITV4, 12.30pm

Jewish resistance fighters out to destroy Nazi fuel bunkers during the North African campaign recruit a Canadian major experienced in desert warfare. Risking life and limb, they pose as a German transport detail escorting British prisoners, but it becomes clear that someone in their group is a traitor. Second World War adventure, starring George Peppard, Rock Hudson, Nigel Green and Guy Stockwell.

Baby's Day Out

Film 4, 3pm

Three bungling kidnappers hatch a plan to pose as society reporters and snatch the baby son of a wealthy couple. However, the infant escapes on to the streets of New York, evading the crooks' every attempt to recapture him. Comedy, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Pantoliano and Brian Haley.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

ITV2, 6.55pm

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Daredevil explorers Rick and Evelyn O'Connell are called into action when their son accidentally resurrects the evil Chinese Emperor Han from his ancient tomb. The family now faces a race against time to prevent the merciless leader from awakening his vast terracotta army in a plot to take over the world. Fantasy adventure sequel, starring Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh.

For Your Eyes Only

ITV 4, 7:45pm

James Bond goes in search of a British weapons system aboard a sunken vessel before it falls into the hands of enemies who will use it to deactivate all Western submarines. Unfortunately, his mission is hindered by a crossbow-toting woman out to avenge her father's murder. Spy thriller, starring Roger Moore, Topol, Julian Glover, Carole Bouquet, Jill Bennett and Lynn-Holly Johnson.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Film 4, 6.35pm

Seven English pensioners looking for a fresh start are drawn to an advert for a hotel in the Indian city of Jaipur, and plan to spend their retirement there. They arrive to find the building dilapidated but are won over by the enthusiastic young manager, and each embarks on their own adventures in the city. Comedy drama, starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith and Dev Patel.

The Bourne Identity

ITV4, 9pm

A fishing boat crew plucks a man out of the sea with two bullet wounds in his back and a safety-deposit number sewn into his skin - but absolutely no memory of who he is or how he got there. In the search for his true identity, he is pursued by assassins - but his skill at evading them suggests his own past is far from straightforward. Thriller, starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen and Brian Cox.

Notting Hill

ITV, 10.20pm

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A recently divorced bookshop owner finds love with a glamorous Hollywood film star, but ends up the focus of unwanted media interest - which makes maintaining a relationship a tricky proposition. Romantic comedy written by Richard Curtis, starring Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus and Gina McKee.

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