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Phil Harrison, Jack Seale and Graeme Virtue

TV tonight: a deeply uncomfortable but vital look at racism in cricket

Adil Ray Outside Edgbaston Stadium at the 2023 Ashes series, in Channel 4’s Is Cricket Racist?
Adil Ray Outside Edgbaston Stadium at the 2023 Ashes series, in Channel 4’s Is Cricket Racist? Photograph: Patch Dolan/Channel 4 / ©patchdolan.com

Is Cricket Racist?

11.05pm, Channel 4

The recently published inquiry into cricket’s lack of inclusivity made for deeply uncomfortable reading. In this documentary, Adil Ray does a thorough audit, speaking to former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, England international Moeen Ali and Tanni Grey-Thompson, who is currently helping Yorkshire County Cricket Club navigate the aftermath of their racism scandal. Phil Harrison

Why Sharks Attack

8pm, BBC One

If the idea of being bitten in two by a shark feels distant and unreal, well, it probably once did to the people featured in this documentary’s startling footage of recent attacks off the coasts of Egypt and Florida. Rubbernecking at the gore is well balanced, though, with analysis of what’s caused an uptick in Jaws-esque horror. Jack Seale

The Long Road to War

8.20pm, PBS America

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is seen as the starting gun, but was the outbreak of the first world war inevitable? This two-parter digs into the origins of the attritional conflict, from the geo-political fallout triggered by the Ottoman empire’s decline to the rise of Germany as a wannabe colonial power. Graeme Virtue

The first episode Art of Australia, Strangers in a Strange Land, tells the story of how Europeans first saw the new land and its people.
The first episode Art of Australia, Strangers in a Strange Land, tells the story of how Europeans first saw the new land and its people. Photograph: ABC/2013 Serendipity Productions, Wall to Wall Media, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia

The Art of Australia

9pm, Sky Arts

Early in this fascinating three-part documentary, Edmund Capon describes Australia as “a land of migrants”. But, as he acknowledges, it’s more complicated than that; this is a land whose original inhabitants were treated as mere “flora and fauna” by the artists among the colonists who arrived from the UK. PH

Retro Electro Workshop

9pm, Yesterday

This gently charming new series feels like a reaction to our era of bargain gadgetry with inbuilt obsolescence. Self-styled “super-fixer” Rob Howard and his comrades in upcycling, Shamil and Matt, look for vintage items to restore, beginning with an Atari games console from the 1980s. PH

The Hajj: A Journey Through Mecca

10.45pm, ITV1

The pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia is a journey that more than 2 million Muslims make every year. In this absorbing documentary, which mixes historical context, personal experiences and the reflections of attendees, Shehab Khan ponders the origins and meaning of the journey then undertakes the ritual himself. PH

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