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SATURDAY MARCH 20

SHERLOCK GNOMES (Three, 7.00pm). Daft sequel to the 2011 animated adventure Gnomeo & Juliet in which the couple call in detective Sherlock Gnomes when their own gnomes start disappearing from the garden. Like the original, it features rather a lot of Elton John songs, while among the voices are Johnny Depp, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt and Mary J Blige. (2018)

Busy, often frenetic, adaptation of the book

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