The Mail on Sunday

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In 2014, brothers Joel and Kieran HolmesDarb­y founded Excel Esports, a gaming team based in London. In a five-part series, cameras follow their attempts to establish themselves in the potentiall­y lucrative League of Legends, the sport’s equivalent of the Premier League. Cillian Murphy, a self-confessed games enthusiast, narrates. BBC3/iPlayer, from Sunday

There’s an awards buzz building around One Night In Miami, which sees playwright Kemp Powers adapting his own play about a night in Miami that actually never took place. Yes, the then Cassius Clay really did beat Sonny Liston in February 1964, but he didn’t meet up afterwards with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke (played by Leslie Odom Jr, above) and American football legend Jim Brown to discuss racism, civil rights and black American politics. You’re left admiring the performanc­es from a cast that includes London-born actor Kingsley BenAdir (he plays Malcolm X) but wondering how much the wordy subject matter will mean to British audiences. MB From Friday

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