P306 4-Tel 306 Wed 26 Nov C4 22:14:36 Channel 4 Film preview THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT 13.40-15.30 Wednesday 1957 110mins bw Tony Britton stars in this involving, low-key drama, playing a toy salesman who attempts to smuggle a watch through customs, as a birthday present for his wife (Sylvia Sims). When the salesman is arrested, word reaches his employers, and hj rapidly, and tragically, falls in the estimation of the people who matter to him. Jack Watling and Geoffrey Keen are also in the cast. Directed bz Pat Jackson 1/2 Previews Today Films tomorrow BrooksideP306 4-Tel 306 Wed 26 Nov C4 22:34:50 Channel 4 Film preview TRAINSPOTTING 22.00-23.50 Wjdnjsday 888 1996 110mins NICAM PALplus A new season of Film On Four premieres Sicks off with Danny Boyle's acclaimed, controversial adaptation of Irvine 'elsh's novel, depicting the lives of Edinburgh's young, druggy residents. Ewan McGregor is brilliant as Kenton, a heroin addict (and much more besides) whose ambiguous take on life is at the heart of a film that is by turns funny, harrowing, exciting and surreal. Ewen Bremnjr and Robert Carlyle stand out in the supjtb cast of a film that is not for the faint hjartid. 2/2 Previews Today Films tomorrow Brookside