Sleepy Hollow
Pearl, 9.30pm
Tim Burton's stylish, creepy re-telling of the classic Washington Irving story stars Johnny Depp as Inspector Ichabod Crane, a squeamish 18th-century New York City investigator. Crane's outspoken views on scientific progress bring him into disfavour with his superiors and he is dispatched to a small rural village to investigate three mysterious decapitations. The superstitious townsfolk believe the deaths to be the work of the headless ghost of a murdered Hessian soldier returned from his grave looking for vengeance. Crane, believing in logic, begins his investigations, only to find his faith shattered when he encounters the horseman. A gripping and visually stunning tale of sense versus myth. Also starring Christina Ricci (above), Christopher Lee, Christopher Walken, Miranda Richardson, Michael Gough and Michael Gambon. (1999)
National Geographic: Oklahoma Twister; Into The Volcano
World, 10pm
On May 3, 1999, up to 70 tornadoes whipped through Oklahoma City and its surrounding towns, killing 44 people and leaving millions of dollars worth of damage in their wake. Oklahoma Twister travels through the heartland capturing the dramatic tales of tragedy and survival. In Into The Volcano, photographer Carsten Peter braves toxic gases, treacherous rock falls and giant pools of molten lava as he abseils inside the active volcanoes of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu to photograph one of nature's most violent forces at work.
