Charles Hazlewood: Beethoven & Me

Sky Arts, 9pm

What more is there to say about Ludwig van Beethoven? Conductor Charles Hazlewood (right) has a gleeful and almost manic genius that quickly dispels any cynical doubts viewers might have about another documentary on the great composer.

For Hazlewood, Beethoven is far from being a lofty, distant figure; instead he sees him as a flawed human wracked by psychological torment. He makes a persuasive case in this highly personal film as he traces the suffering through the notes of the incomparable Fifth Symphony, and even the violent crossings out of the original manuscript suggest his troubled thoughts.

Hazlewood isn’t shy about putting forward unprovable theories – many will take issue with his conclusions – but he invites us to listen again with an open mind to Beethoven’s great works.

Sky Atlantic, 9pm

After the critically acclaimed BBC2 drama Industry, here’s another tale set inside the rarefied world of high finance.

It pits two men at the top of a large international investment bank against each other: Massimo Ruggeri (Alessandro Borghi) is beginning to question what lies behind the success that has made him so wealthy, and his doubts bring him up against his boss and patron Dominic Morgan (Patrick Dempsey, right), whose exterior cool hides many dark secrets.

The story begins with a bang that sets the stakes at life or death from the outset, and to spice up the entertainment, real-world events are mixed in with fiction throughout the story. Among a strong supporting cast featuring Ken Stott and Ben Miles, Lars Mikkelsen steals every scene playing a cyber-campaigner clearly modelled on Julian Assange.