BBC REVEAL MOVIES AIRING OVER THE FESTIVE SEASON

The BBC have revealed the films airing on BBC One and BBC Two over the festive season.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

BBC iPlayer and BBC One

An all star cast including Emma Thompson bring to life an adaptation of Tim Minchin’s musical Matilda, based on Roald Dahl’s classic magical story of a girl who refuses to be put in her place.

Black Panther

BBC iPlayer and BBC One

When an old foe puts his homeland of Wakanda and the entire world at risk, young King T'Challa (played the late Chadwick Boseman) must release Black Panther’s full power to save them.

Minions: Rise of Gru

BBC iPlayer and BBC One

Join Gru in the 1970s, growing up in the suburbs and cultivating his evilness with some help from his loyal followers, the mayhem causing yellow peril that are The Minions.

Incredibles 2

BBC iPlayer and BBC One

Roles are reversed in this sequel when Helen is called on to lead a campaign to bring Supers back, and Bob juggles the day-to-day heroics of home life. But when a new villain emerges with a brilliant and dangerous plot, The Parrs meet the challenge together - with Frozone by their side.

King Richard

BBC iPlayer and BBC Two

Richard Williams is determined to write his daughters, Venus and Serena, into history. Training on Compton, California's neglected tennis courts - rain or shine - the girls are shaped by their father's unyielding commitment and their mother's balanced perspective and keen intuition, defying the seemingly insurmountable odds and prevailing expectations laid before them.

Broadcast details will be confirmed in due course.