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This week’s best home entertainment: from Les Misérables to Cuckoo

Victor Hugo’s classic gets the BBC bodice-ripper treatment, while Andie MacDowell arrives in Cuckoo to torment Greg Davies

King of the bodice-ripper Andrew Davies is the man tasked with adapting Victor Hugo’s hefty historical novel and has assembled a star cast to do the heavy lifting: Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Adeel Akhtar, Olivia Colman and Derek Jacobi are just a few of the star names here. No songs, sadly, but plenty of quality drama instead.
Sunday 30 December, 9pm, BBC One

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