The Oscar-nominated 1993 film, based on the novel of the same name, will be available to watch for free on TV this weekend.

A BAFTA-winning period drama , based on one of the 1980s' most celebrated novels, will be available to watch for free on BBC2 this weekend - the perfect chance for a must-read-and-watch combination. The Remains of the Day, a 1989 novel written by Nobel Prize-winning Japanese-British writer Kazuo Ishiguro , became an instant bestseller upon its release, winning the Booker Prize for fiction that year. Four years later, it was turned into a Hollywood hit.

Directed by James Ivory, the film stars Sir Anthony Hopkins , in one of his strongest performances, alongside Emma Thompson in the two lead roles. Set across the years before and after World War Two, it tells

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