It’s been an iffy year for movies, but the year has been bookended by some true diamonds in the rough:

Here are some things to look forward to in the week ahead.

Line of Duty has been the best cop show of recent years, and fans are eagerly anticipating the return of AC-12 on Sunday, writes Georgia Humphreys

Stephen Graham’s character continues to search for evidence in real-life murder drama Little Boy Blue at 9pm on ITV on Monday.

IDRIS ELBA has earned his first BAFTA television awards nomination. The British actor has been nominated for his performance in the title role of the hit BBC series Luther.

Idris Elba has earned his first Bafta television awards nomination.

Your daily spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Ex-Baywatch star David Hasselhoff has landed his next plum role – helping to get children to sleep by reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story.

The best way to go into 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is to think of it as the first film in a brand new franchise; a franchise in which mermaids love men, zombies won't eat you and a Fountain of Youth exists, but all laws of logic, reasoning and competent storytelling don't.

WITH Sky Atlantic debuting on Tuesday, it’s been quite a while since the launch of a new subscription channel created such a fuss.

Knights, witches, monks, a dangerous journey, a trial … and the Black Plague. You can’t say there isn’t enough going on in this period adventure.

Director: William Monaghan

Writer-director Michael Mann’s film is a biopic of American Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger and his team of men who operated on the fringes of the law.

Johnny Depp is to play guitar live with his favourite British band.

Johnny Depp drank red wine and watched ‘The Fast Show’ to relax while shooting ‘Public Enemies’.

A glorious modernisation of all those classic gangster films from Warner … honed to perfection by the period detail, the music, the atmosphere and the performances into one of the best films of the year.

Do we really need another film about football violence and mindless thugs, especially one that adds nothing to either the genre or our understanding of why a club could enlist such morons?