SPORTING SCANDAL

Kicking Off: The Rise And Fall Of The Super League, 9.30pm, BBC2

FANS, the media, players and even politicians were united in their fury at the announcement last year of a football Super League for Europe’s biggest clubs. Many saw it as a cynical plan to line the pockets of its already super-rich members. This is the story of that grand folly and the explosive fallout that sank soon the Super League.