FIVE THINGS FOR YOUR WEEK...
Run the World StarzPlay, from Sunday
Before fans of 1980s pop music get excited, this new series is nothing to do with Tears for Fears’ re-recorded, charity fundraising version of their 1985 hit Everybody Wants to Rule the World. In fact, it couldn’t be further from that if it tried. Set in Harlem, the drama follows a group of smart, funny and vibrant thirty-something women who are best friends. In each episode we’ll see them navigating career highs and lows, relationship problems and the rest of life’s big issues. Amber Stevens West stars as a perfectionist who tries to play by the rules, while Andrea Bordeaux is the romantic Ella, Bresha Webb breathes life into vivacious, newly divorced diva Renee, and Corbin Reid portrays Sondi, who begins to reevaluate her personal and career priorities.
DRAMA
The Pact BBC1, 9pm, Monday
This new drama is worth a look for its impressive cast alone – it stars Laura Fraser, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Eddie Marsan, Aneurin Barnard and Adrian Edmondson, and that’s just for starters. However, just in case that isn’t enough to convince viewers to check it out, there’s also an intriguing premise. It follows friends Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat, who all work at a local brewery, where they are thoroughly fed up with their bullying, spiteful young boss Jack. So, after a particularly drunken work function, they make the snap decision to bundle him in a car and dump him in the woods. It’s supposed to be a prank, but no one is laughing when Jack is subsequently found dead.
SPORT
MOTD Live: FA Cup Final BBC1, 4.15pm, Saturday
During these times of empty stadiums and talk of a breakaway super leagues, one thing that thankfully hasn’t changed is the magic of the FA Cup.
From Merseyside minnows Marine FC of the eighth tier hosting Jose Mourinho’s eight-time winners Tottenham Hotspur, to Crawley Town beating Leeds United, the worldfamous cup competition never disappoints. MOTD presenter and former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker will have his unashamedly biased hat on today as his beloved Foxes, left, take on Chelsea at Wembley Stadium.
DOCUMENTARY
Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry BBC Four, 9pm, Monday
As part of the BBC’s creative highlights to mark Coventry’s role as UK City of Culture 2021, this documentary looks at the rise, fall and rebirth of the motor industry in the Midlands city. Coventryborn motoring journalist Mark Evans shares the story of the classic cars made in the city, from the industry’s beginnings in 1897 through to the present day.
PODCAST F1: Beyond The Grid
Beyond The Grid, delivers great stories, fresh insight and amazing anecdotes from the world of F1. Each week Tom Clarkson brings you in-depth, personal conversations with the biggest names in the sport, from current superstar drivers and leading team bosses to legendary figures from history. This week Monisha Kaltenborn on her journey to being F1’s first female team principal.