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Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture
9pm, BBC Four
Writer Ekow Eshun, artist Hew Locke, curator Elvira Dyangani Ose and other black diaspora thinkers provide a communal narrative for this fascinating film, explaining the history of the cultural movement of afrofuturism. From Turner’s battle of commerce versus humanity in The Slave Ship to Drexciya’s techno utopias, we trace how the trauma of slavery and racism translated into an imagined othering of black existence – a fertile space for new creation.
Ammar Kalia
8pm, BBC One
It’s September 1966 in the cosy-yet-crusading Sunday night drama, and a post-birth emergency leads Sister Frances (Ella Bruccoleri) to start a scheme for South Asian women wary of medical intervention. Trixie (Helen George) is also trying to help a poverty-stricken mum, but her efforts are far less welcome.
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Seven-time snooker world champion Stephen Hendry
Although snooker continues to be popular today, for a remarkable period during the 1980s, sporting superstardom was embodied by a handful of men in tight-fitting suits, chasing after multi-coloured balls on a green table.
At its peak, the World Championship final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre drew in an audience of 20 million people, and the sport became a national obsession even greater than football, loved by women and men, young and old.
Over the past three weeks, this fascinating series, executively produced by award-winning filmmaker Louis Theroux, has brought snooker’s golden age back to life.
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