One Day, Friday 23 February, 6.55pm, Film4/HD (CH 428/429) + more!

Stick Thursday 1 March in the diary, as it’s World Book Day! And it’s not just any World Book Day – it’s the 21^st year of the literary festivities.

As well as dressing up as Gandalf and doing a bit of reading, it’s the perfect opportunity to immerse yourself in your favourite page-to-screen movie adaptations. Build up to the big day with this lot from Film4...

Tune into One Day (Friday 23 February, 6.55pm) – the adaptation of David Nicholls’ romantic bestseller starring Jim Sturgess (Hard Sun) and Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables). There’s also a version of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, with Keira Knightley and Judi Dench (Sunday 25 February, 3.35pm). And, if you fancy a pretty intense Monday night, there’s the triple-Oscar-winning adaptation of freeborn African American Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, 12 Years A Slave (Monday 26 February, 11.10pm). This is followed by The Selfish Giant at 1.05am, inspired very loosely by Oscar Wilde's short story. 

Prepare to feel even more scholarly with the ultimate quiz for bookworms. Can you match these first lines to the books they come from? There’s only one way to find out…