FAMILY Toy Story 3 (U)

Christmas Day, 3.20pm, BBC1

BBC1’s premiere of Toy Story 3 is not to be missed.

Pixar’s animated sequel reunited Woody and Buzz Lightyear after more than a decade but the time away only made our hearts grow fonder for them.

The plot sees things brought up to date with Andy leaving for college while his forgotten toys find their way into a day care centre run by a sinister pink bear...

Thanks to the series’ signature humour and lovable characters, this is one of those rare films that appeals to adults as much as it does children.

Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are also on BBC1 on Monday at 3.15pm and Christmas Eve at 3.40pm.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (12A)

Part I, Boxing Day, 7.15pm, ITV

Part II, New Year’s Day, 8pm, ITV

Another chance to see the finale of J.K. Rowling’s magical series.

The producers of the Harry Potter films were among the first to start the annoying trend of splitting a book into two features.

This created pacing problems with the first part of the Deathly Hallows oddly revolving around camping, bickering and hurt feelings.

But see it through because it leads to the climatic thrills of the final confrontation between Daniel Radcliffe’s boy wizard and Ralph Fiennes’ Lord Voldemort.

A rewarding end to one of Britain’s most successful exports.

DRAMA

Never Let Me Go (12A) Sunday, December 22, 10.25pm, Channel 4

This chilling drama will leave you thinking about the value of life, the sanctity of identity and the inevitability of death.

It is certainly not for all the family but Mark Romanek’s film, based on the acclaimed Kazuo Ishiguro novel, is a rewarding if harrowing watch.

Never Let Me Go sees teens Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Ruth (Keira Knightley) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield) grow up in a boarding school in a future England.

But their dreams, ambitions and emotions are stifled when they discover their grim purpose as clones for organ harvesting.

THRILLER

Drive (18) Friday, January 3, 10pm, BBC2

Ryan Gosling is a household name these days. But this is one of the films that helped put him there.

His starring role in Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s surprise hit bridged the gap between indie and mainstream in 2011.

Drive’s strange mix of Hollywood action and an arthouse aesthetic of glittering tower blocks and electro pop somehow worked.

Gosling’s nameless character lives a double life.

He drifts through the day as a mechanic but by night he is a getaway driver with a professional attitude as exact as precision engineering.

But when he breaks his own rules and falls for his neighbour, he finds himself in the crosshairs of the mob.

NOSTALGIA

Harvey (U) Monday, December 23, 1pm, Channel 5

James Stewart’s quirky, comical performance as a middle-aged man whose companion is an invisible 6ft rabbit will remind you why the late actor was so well loved.

Stewart plays the charming Elwood P. Dowd in this classic comedy of errors from 1950.

Has tippler Dowd lost his mind or is he wiser than he is ever given credit for?

That is what you are left to ponder as his sister attempts to institutionalise him.

A timeless film with a Christmassy feel good factor.