The Black Italian Renaissance
Sky Arts, 8pm
Following Fab 5 Freddy’s excellent gallop across similar turf for BBC Two in 2019 comes this more leisurely amble through the 15th and 16th centuries, bringing to the foreground the Africans who would act as the focal points of a number of famous artworks, their names and stories seemingly lost to – or concealed from – the historical record. It’s a fascinating recollection of a period (and continent) of art history not often covered in Britain.