SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER

O NE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER Once upon ...

AFTER LAST YEAR'S TRIUMPHANT CONCLAVE , EDWARD BERGER IS BETTING BIG WITH GAMBLING SAGA BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER . EMPIRE SPEAKS TO THE DIRECTOR AND HIS CAST ABOUT CAUSING CHAOS IN THE CASINOS OF MACAU

On the other side of the world with PHANTOM BLADE ZERO , a ‘kungfupunk’ action epic in the making

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Saturday 9.25pm BBC One

HE’S FRANK, HE’S NO-NONSENSE, AND HE’S ON A ROLL. WITH A TRIO OF BUZZY MOVIES OUT THIS YEAR, THE ACTOR TELLS US WHY HE STARES FEAR IN THE FACE