STEPHEN LAWRENCE: HAS BRITAIN CHANGED?

ITV, 8.00pm

In 1999, the Macpherson Report stated that the police response to the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence was “institutionally racist”. Twenty years have passed since then but how much has really changed? Recent events, in particular some of the responses to the questions raised by the Black Lives Matter protests, suggest not as much as first thought. This special live debate, co-hosted by Rageh Omaar and Anushka Asthana, aims to examine just how equal the UK really is while asking what needs to change.

It’s followed at 9.00pm by The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, Paul

Greengrass’s 1999 dramatisation of Lawrence’s racially motivated killing and the subsequent battle by his parents Doreen and Neville to see his murderers bought to justice. When highquality true crime dramas are ten-a-penny it’s hard to remember what a stir Greengrass’s film caused, but it stands up as a harrowing piece of storytelling. Hugh Quarshie turns in a strong performance as Neville Lawrence, struggling with the weight of his son’s death, but the film belongs to Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Doreen, commanding every second she is on screen. Sarah Hughes

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