Othello: Royal Shakespeare Company

BBC4, 9.30pm In 2015, Lucian Msamati, recently seen in Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, became the first black actor to play the vengeful Iago in an RSC production of the tragedy at Stratford-upon-Avon. Holby City star Hugh Quarshie takes the title role, producing a searing performance as the Moorish general who discovers too late that pride becomes before a fall. ★★★★★