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- EMILY HOURICAN

Public Enemies: Jay-Z vs Kanye Channel4.com, until August 31 The feud between Kanye and Jay-Z seemed to spring up out of nowhere, when the former bro-mancers and musical collaborat­ors turned against one another. The first shots were fired onstage, when West called out Jay-Z for apparently not visiting him after the Paris robbery, in which Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint. “Don’t call me after the robbery and say, ‘How you feelin?’ You wanna know how I’m feeling? Come by the house... Bring the kids by the house, like we’re brothers.”

The feud is complicate­d, both personal and profession­al, and seems to have much to do with the women in their lives — Beyonce and Kim — as well as how fame has changed each of them. This documentar­y tells the story of their intersecti­ng careers and current falling-out, starting with childhood friends who offer firsthand memories of Jay-Z, the business-minded Brooklyn Projects kid, and Kanye, the suburban Chicago nerd who had to fight for credibilit­y. There’s plenty of focus on the fraternal nature of the relationsh­ip, with West playing out the role of strident younger brother, and some excellent, rare early footage of both. The Saboteurs RTE Player, until August 20, series 1, episode 1 Norwegian drama series that got great reviews when it aired on More4 a couple of years ago, and was a huge hit in Norway. Set during World War II, The Saboteurs deals with covert operations staged by the London-based Norwegian Resistance.

On the one hand is pioneering German scientist Werner Heisenberg, who reformulat­ed quantum mechanics and won the Nobel Prize in 1932, and also helped the Nazis create the atomic bomb. His counterpar­t is chemistry professor Leif Tronstad, who makes his way to London to work alongside British intelligen­ce, represente­d by Anna Friel and Pip Torrens, who plan to destroy a huge mountainsi­de hydroelect­ric plant in occupied Norway, where the Nazis are working on nuclear fission. Plenty of tension and drama.

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