Tap America: How a Nation Found Its Feet
BBC FOUR, 8.00PM
Clarke Peters, aka Lester Freamon from The Wire and, more pertinently, the creator and star of West End musical Five Guys Named Moe, fronts this excellent documentary on the history of tap dancing and its deep connections to African-american culture in the United States. To be a professional tap dancer, you need to be a historian,” says modern tap icon Michelle Dorrance, and Peters here demonstrates this in absorbing, passionate style.