The film holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 25 January) is Official Secrets, the 2019 biographical political thriller starring Keira Knightley.

In the film, the Black Doves actress plays real-life British woman Katharine Gun who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) before becoming an Iraq War whistleblower.

The plot synopsis for the movie reads:

“One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq.

“Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press.”

Directed by Gavin Hood (Eye in the Sky, Wolverine), the starry cast of Official Secrets also includes Conleth Hill, Indira Varma, Jeremy Northam, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, MyAnna Buring, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans and Tamsin Greig.

The film earned very positive notices upon release, with particular praise being given to Knightley for her central turn and the movie’s important story.

It garnered an 82% critics score and an 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Official Secrets is airing on TV tonight on BBC One at 11.50pm. It is also available to stream on Netflix.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Raiders of the Lost Ark – Film4 – 9pm

Harrison Ford’s first outing as archaeologist adventurer Indiana Jones.

Escape Plan Trilogy – Legend – 9pm / 11.15pm / 1.10am

All three films in the Escape Plan action franchise, which see Sylvester Stallone play a prison security tester, are on TV tonight.

Braven – Legend Xtra – 9pm

In this well-reviewed action thriller, a logger (Jason Momoa) and his father (Stephen Lang) on a trip to their hunting cabin find themselves fighting for survival when they encounter a gang of ruthless drug traffickers.

Rocky V – TG4 – 9.30pm

Widely considered the worst entry in the Rocky franchise.

Free Guy – Channel 4 – 9.30pm

The hit 2021 action comedy about an ordinary guy (Ryan Reynolds) who discovers that he is a non-player character in a massively popular multiplayer online game.

The Bourne Supremacy – Sky Showcase – 9.30pm

The second and maybe best entry in the Matt Damon-fronted action thriller franchise.

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard – RTÉ2 – 9.50pm

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek star in this action-comedy sequel.

This is Spinal Tap – Comedy Central – 10pm

The legendary rock mockumentary comedy.

Jaws 3 – ITV4 – 10pm

Dennis Quaid stars in this shark sequel that was released in 3D in theatres.

Universal Soldier: Regeneration – Legend Xtra – 10.55pm

The underseen action sci-fi movie gem we recommended recently.

Sleepy Hollow – Film4 – 11.15pm

Tim Burton directs this gorgeously atmospheric 18th-century-set slasher starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.

Angel – RTÉ2 – 11.35pm

Irish director Neil Jordan’s moody, stylish feature debut starring Stephen Rea as a saxophonist who witnesses a gangland murder.

Snatch – Channel 4 – 11.45pm

Guy Ritchie’s brilliant 2000 crime-comedy flick with an incredible cast.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe – Comedy Central – 11.45pm

This 2022 movie is the second film based on the animated comedy show Beavis and Butt-Head.

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