Arena: James Joyce’s Ulysses

BBC2, 9pm

Salman Rushdie is among the contributors to this documentary celebrating the centenary of Joyce's groundbreaking masterpiece. It looks at how the novel, which is set over a single day in Dublin in 1904, was actually written in Trieste, Zurich and Paris, and celebrates the roles of women in both inspiring the controversial work and ensuring it found a readership. ★★★★☆