WHAT TO WATCH: YOUR NEW YEAR'S EVE TELEVISION CHOICE

Sure, you might be heading out to see in the New Year and share the countdown to 2015 with new city revellers, but that still leaves you an afternoon free.

Spend it watching Kirk Douglas on the small screen, advises Jason Day.

The Vikings (1958)

New Year's Eve, Channel 5, 1pm

5stars-Excellent-genius-a-classic

Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis view for ridiculously over-bosomed Welsh Princess Janet Leigh in this lusty and rambunctious 'Norse Opera'.

Muscular, manly fun, in particular the scenes in the impressively designed Viking home, filmed on location in Norway.

For full review: http://cinematic4thepeople.co.uk/2014/12/22/the-vikings-1958/#more-4711