THE DAY SPORTS STOOD STILL

Sky Documentaries/now TV, 9pm

This documentary chronicles the global shutdown of sport in 2020, as athletes and sporting stars are interviewed about the effects on their lives.

“I miss the fans,” says OKC Thunder basketball star Chris Paul, above. “I miss travelling. I miss my team-mates. I even miss the fans being against you. I miss going out onto the court. I miss that energy.”

An American documentary, this focuses on the day the National Basketball Association temporarily suspended its season after Utah Jazz player, Rudy Gobert, tested positive for Covid shortly before a big game.

The film looks at the astonishing impact on sport, while also touching on the Black Lives Matter movement and the impact of Covid on black people.