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Becoming Frida Kahlo

BBC iPlayer

A look into Frida Kahlo's world, revealing an artist driven by politics, power, sex and identity, with her epic love affair with Diego Rivera at the heart of it all. Biographer Martha Zamora describes Frida's rebellious schooldays, where she falls in with the boys and meets Diego Rivera, a superstar artist who will go on to change her life.

But in 1925, a tragic accident thwarts Frida's ambition of becoming a doctor. Left facing a life of pain and injury, she channels this pain and uses it as the catalyst for her artistic career.

Mr Jones

BBC iPlayer

Contains some upsetting scenes. Drama based on a true story. In 1933, suspicious of Russia’s miraculous resurgence under Stalin, Gareth Jones escapes Moscow’s decadence and discovers Ukraine’s desperatio­n. However, it is not just the Soviets who want word of the terrible reality suppressed. Starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard, Kenneth Cranham and Joseph Mawle.

Paula

All 4

The life and death of Paula Yates – TV host, writer, and one of the most famous British women of the 1980s and 90s. What does Paula's story tell us about women in the public eye?

Paula's rise to fame, her appearance­s on TV, the rockstar partners, and the public scrutiny.

Ted Lasso

Apple TV+

AFC Richmond return with their everoptimi­stic coach, Ted Lasso. But while the team seems to have finally found its footing and become united, they also face a new foe in a former friend: Nate, who has been hired to coach Rupert Manning’s new team.

The Night Agent

Netflix

While monitoring an emergency line, an idealistic young FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the

White House. This edge-of-the-seat thriller is based on the bestsellin­g novel by Matthew Quirk. Starring

Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan Hong Chau, Sarah Desjardins and Fola Evans-Akingbola.

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Becoming Frida Kahlo BBC iPlayer

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