The Queen (2006), New Year's Eve, 12:45pm, ITV
Such a shame that, just for laughs, this movie isn't being screened on TV just before or just after the real Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas speech.
Helen Mirren curtseyed her way to a Best Actress Oscar for her genial portrayal of 'Her Maj', effortlessly making the monarch sympathetic and less remote, helped by Peter Morgan's incisive yet slightly intrusive script.
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