FILM: Fair Game (Film4, 6.40pm)

(2010) This fact-based drama is all about the build-up to the Iraq War.

CIA agent Valerie Plames former diplomat husband is sent away to investigate rumours that Saddam Hussein is trying to buy radioactive materials. He discovers that no such materials exist, but his reports back are flatly ignored, leading him to publicly condemn the Bush administrations eagerness to wage war.

But when Valeries identity is leaked to the press, their lives are put in danger.

A superb cast bring to life a touchy, yet much-talked-about subject and they do it well (its arguably Naomi Watts best performance to date, while Sean Penn shines as he always does).

Many politically minded viewers may feel slightly frustrated at times, especially if they dont agree with the movies controversial claims, but that wont take away from the overall effect of the film.

Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Bruce McGill, Adam LeFevre

NATURE: Life Story (BBC1, 9pm)

No qualms about it, Sir David Attenborough is the kind of figurehead who will never need an introduction, his name now synonymous with some of the most weird and wonderful inhabitants of the animal kingdom.

And yet, amazingly, the veteran broadcaster still doesnt show any signs of slowing the pace anytime soon not bad going to say hes in his late eighties.

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