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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Wednesday

Uncharted with Ray Goggins continues with rap act Kneecap, there's Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd, David Frost v Elton John, and a documentary about Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt, and the Europa League Final . . .

Television • 20 May

Tanita Tikaram released her debut album Ancient Heart in 1988 when she was 18

Tanita Tikaram's new album is linked to her 1988 debut

Singer Tanita Tikaram has announced a sequel to her breakthrough debut album after almost four decades, with songs influenced by Brexit and the murder of George Floyd in the US.

Music • 06 May

Host Jerrod Carmichael speaks onstage at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Jerrod Carmichael addresses past controversy at Globes

Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael kicked off the 80th annual ceremony by addressing the award show's previous diversity controversy.

Golden Globes • 11 Jan 23

George Floyd's family sue Kanye West over podcast

Kanye West is set to face a $250 million lawsuit brought by the family of George Floyd, following recent remarks the rapper made about his death.

Music • 19 Oct 22

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Monday

Tonight's top watches include Michael Portillo presenting the self-explanatory documentary series Partition, the BBC's Peter Taylor: Ireland After Partition, The Nevers and the season finale of Inside No 9 . . .

Television • 14 Jun 21

Sinéad O'Connor: "A message of certainty that the human race is on a journey toward making this world paradise and that we will get there."

Sinéad O'Connor dedicates new song to BLM movement

Sinéad O'Connor has dedicated her new song, a cover of Trouble Of The World, which was made famous by gospel great Mahalia Jackson, to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Music • 02 Oct 20

Alesha Dixon said Diversity's performance on BGT was "really important"

Alesha Dixon 'in tears' during Diversity performance

Alesha Dixon has revealed she became emotional during Diversity's "really important" Black Lives Matter performance on Britain's Got Talent.

Television • 17 Sep 20

John Boyega (pictured promoting Star Wars: The Last Jedi in London in December 2017) - "Do not bring out a black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side"

John Boyega says Star Wars' Finn 'pushed to the side'

John Boyega has accused Disney of pushing his Star Wars character Finn "to the side" in the recent trilogy of films in the sci-fi franchise.

Movies • 02 Sep 20

Brian O'Donovan with wife Joanna and daughters Lucy and Erin at Great Falls Park in Maryland, USA

At home with... RTÉ's Brian O'Donovan

The COVID-19 restrictions both here in the US and in Ireland were announced during what is one of the busiest weeks of the year for an RTÉ Washington Correspondent, recalls RTÉ's Brian O'Donovan

At home with... • 01 Sep 20

Taylor Swift claims that millions of American lives are at risk

'Trump well aware we do not want him,' says Swift

Taylor Swift has claimed that US President Donald Trump's "calculated dismantling of USPS (United States Postal Service)" in advance of November's election proves that he knows that Americans do not want him as president.

Music • 16 Aug 20

Lianne La Havas: "I can hear music in my head again."

"I miss Prince every single day" - Lianne La Havas

Singer Lianne La Havas has said that she thinks about her friend and mentor Prince every single day and wonders what he would think of the recent protests in his hometown of Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd.

Music • 18 Jul 20

will.i.am describes US police force as a 'terror squad'

Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am has described the US police force as a "terror squad" which has "inflicted fear" on that country's black and brown youth.

Will.i.am • 24 Jun 20

Brooklyn Nine-Nine have rethink after Floyd death

Brooklyn Nine-Nine has scrapped episodes following the death of George Floyd in police custody.

Television • 25 Jun 20

Sky adds "outdated attitudes" warnings to some movies

Sky Cinema has added warnings about "outdated attitudes and language" to films including Gone With The Wind, Flash Gordon, Th Goonies, and the original version of Dumbo.

Movies • 22 Jun 20

George Floyd daughter thanks Kanye for covering college

George Floyd's six-year-old daughter Gianna has thanked Kanye West after he agreed to cover the cost of her future college education.

Music • 16 Jun 20

Tom Payne and Michael Sheen in Prodigal Son

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Monday

There's new US drama Prodigal Son, a documentary about the killing of George Floyd, Michael McDowell presents Rome v the Republic, and the final episode of miniseries I Know This Much is True . . .

Television • 15 Jun 20

Brad matches Jennifer's $1m for Color of Change group

Brad Pitt has followed the lead of former wife Jennifer Aniston and matched her $1m donation to the racial justice organization Color of Change.

Movies • 14 Jun 20

Quentin Tarantino targeted for use of n-word

The Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley - who led the calls for Gone With The Wind to be removed from a streaming service - has criticised Quentin Tarantino for his "painful and infuriating" use of the n-word.

Quentin Tarantino • 13 Jun 20

Harry Enfield defends the use of blackface

Comedian Harry Enfield has defended using blackface as part of his sketches over the years.

Television • 11 Jun 20

Ant and Dec apologise for blackface segment in Takeaway

Ant and Dec are the latest showbiz people to apologise for using blackface - in their case, for a segment of Saturday Night Takeaway in which they impersonated people of colour.

Ant And Dec • 10 Jun 20

Jay-Z runs newspaper ads to honour George Floyd

Jay-Z has quoted Dr Martin Luther King Jr in a series of full-page newspaper ads across the US, which the rapper has dedicated to the memory of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis police last week.

Music • 03 Jun 20

JYellowL at the Dublin protest Photo: Lorin Gannon

Rapper JYellowL urges Dublin protesters to self-isolate

Rapper and anti-racism protest organiser JYellowL has said he will be self-isolating for two weeks following concerns about social distancing at the Black Lives Matter solidarity protest in Dublin and has urged all those who were present to do the same.

Black Lives Matter • 03 Jun 20

More stars condemn Trump as protests continue in US

More American celebrities are speaking out as the protests that have swept the US in the wake of George Floyd's death show no signs of receding.

Donald Trump • 02 Jun 20

Record labels to suspend work for Black Out Tuesday

Large record labels have said that they will mark "Black Out Tuesday" by suspending business and working with communities to fight racial inequality on Tuesday.

Music • 01 Jun 20

John Boyega doesn't want to 'work in fear' in the USA

Star Wars actor John Boyega said he does not want to "work in fear" when he is in filming in the USA.

John Boyega • 01 Jun 20