1 MULTI award-winning drama, The Madness of George III, will be broadcast live to Vue screens at Barrow on Tuesday, November 20 in the National Theatre’s first ever live broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse. Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett, the epic play about the increasingly erratic behaviour of King George III was also adapted into a BAFTA-winning film following its 1991 premiere. The much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I will be broadcast to Vue from the London Palladium on Thursday, November 29.

2 THE International Reel Rock Film Tour is returning to the UK, bringing a fresh collection of climbing and adventure films to venues around the country. The tour - which calls in at Rheged Centre, Penrith, on Thursday, November 15, will premier four new films starring climbing icons as they attempt to achieve their lifelong ambitions in far-flung locations, from icy Antarctica to the Bedouin canyonlands of the Middle East. And with climbing announced as a new sport for the 2020 Olympics, the film Up to Speed delves into the exhilarating discipline of speed climbing.

3 THE Roxy is showing The Thing (1982) this Saturday (November 10) at 10.30pm as part of the Ulverston cinema's late night After Hours at the Roxy shows. The film remains something of a cult classic, with its special effects being well ahead of their time, justifying its 18 cert. Directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, the movie is based around a US research station, Antarctica, in early winter 1982. The base is suddenly buzzed by a helicopter from the nearby Norwegian research station. They are trying to kill a dog that has escaped from their base. After the destruction of the Norwegian chopper the members of the US team fly to the Norwegian base, only to discover them all dead or missing. They do find the remains of a strange creature the Norwegians burned. The Americans take it to their base and deduce that it is an alien life form. Box office 01229-582340.

4 AFTER a full house for Peter Jackson’s They Shall Not Grow Old last month, the Alhambra Cinema at Keswick is screening a repeat of the wonderful restoration of First World War archival footage on Remembrance Sunday (8pm). Remembering the Second World War will feature later in the month on Saturday, November 24, when the producer, director and cinematographer of The Last Witness will all be at the Alhambra in person to present their film based on the harrowing true events of the Katyn Massacre in Spring 1940, featuring the often overlooked fate of the Poles during and after the war. Telephone 017687-72195.

5 LOOKING ahead to some magic next week, on Friday, November 16, Ulverston's Roxy screens the next instalment of J K Rowling's Fantastic Beast, The Crimes of Grindelwald with a special late showing on its release. Starring Eddie Redmayne and Kathryn Waterston, doors open at 11.30pm with the main film on the screen at one minute past midnight. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans of raising pure-blood wizards, Albus Dumbledore enlists Newt Scamander.