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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22

Wild Rose (Movies Premiere, Sky 030, 8.30pm). Scotland’s answer to A Star Is Born sees an ex-con (Jessie Buckley) fighting for her dream of becoming a country singer against the crushing reality of fatherless children at home. It’s predictably more gritty than the Hollywood version – and is all the better for it. (2018)

. “Show, don’t tell” is a mantra rarely heeded in Hollywood these days, which makes this Danish thriller a breath of fresh Nordic air. It revolves around police officer Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren), who’s been taken off the

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