TWIGGY was a better fashion model than she was an actress. Discovered by photographer David Bailey, she became the most famous face of the 60s. In 1970 she made a promising screen debut in Ken Russell's The Boyfriend, but then committed celluloid suicide with roles in the likes of Pygmalion and The Doctor And The Devil.
In 1990 she starred in Istanbul (World, 9.30pm). It was a comeback, but not a successful one. Istanbul bombed and Twiggy went down with the ship.
Timothy Bottoms, perhaps best known for his role in The Paper Chase, is a journalist who arrives in Istanbul with his daughter to seek information about the family of his wife's son. As expected, he becomes involved in intrigue and Twiggy pops up as Maud, a mystery woman.
Robert Morley tries to lend weight, both literally and figuratively, but is swimming against the tide. Istanbul is about as interesting, said one venomous critic, as watching camel spit dry.
THE melodrama Silence Like Glass (Pearl, 9.30pm) is better, but not for those prone to navel-contemplation. It is about cancer, or two women dying from it. Jami Gertz is the stricken ballet dancer who once dreamed of dancing at Covent Garden and Martha Plimpton is the hospital roommate who makes a pact with her to fight their mutual enemy.
CHEECH Marin's comedy Born In East L.A. (World, 1.30am) was inspired by the Bruce Springsteen song with a similar name. Marin once made a spoof version of the record.
A third-generation American-Hispanic gets caught in an immigration raid minus his ID and is deported to Tijuana. The film concerns his efforts to get back.