TV tonight: #MeToo in the music industry – The Guardian

On the Record 9pm, Sky Documentaries

This documentary on the allegations of sexual harassment against the music executive Russell Simmons has had a rocky path to the screen since Oprah Winfrey dropped her support for the film in January, meaning it lost its Apple distribution deal. Yet the forceful testimony from A&R exec Drew Dixon on Simmonss alleged harassment while she was working for the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam in the 90s makes for convincing viewing, adding to the chorus of #MeToo movement voices coming from the music industry. Ammar Kalia

To help tennis fans cope with withdrawal during what would have been peak Wimbledon, Sue Barker presents this in-depth tribute to the wiry super-Scots career, from his early successes to that rollercoaster summer of 2012. Concludes tomorrow on BBC One at 2.05pm. Graeme Virtue

Airing on the most aptly named of channels, a TV premiere for this doc about how the Fab Four changed pop music, and the planet. With the help of archive footage and interviews, we see how the band transformed areas as disparate as pacifism and fashion. Hannah J Davies

Decent dramatic reconstructions and high-end academic talking heads power this three-part bio, which starts by outlining the series of bloody fiascos that defined George Washingtons early military career before a stroke of luck and his own talent for spin set him on course for immortality. Jack Seale

New York in the 1980s is displayed in all its hedonistic and grimy glory in this new doc exploring the life and work of the artist Keith Haring. Featuring some of his final interviews before his untimely death in 1990, the film charts his instrumental role in placing street art in to the confines of the gallery. AK

A schadenfreude-fuelled look at the tabloid disasters that have followed the former royal couple Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew. From early rumours of extramarital affairs to Fergies undercover stings and Andrews catastrophic defence of Jeffrey Epstein. AK

Magic Magic, 1.25am, Film4

After their peyote-fuelled Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, director Sebastin Silva and Michael Cera reunite for this creepy tale of mental breakdown. Cera plays Brink, one of a bunch of travellers at a holiday cabin in Chile who make life miserable for fragile outsider Alicia (Juno Temple). Paul Howlett

Premier League Football: Leicester City v Crystal Palace, 2.30pm, Sky Sports Main Event/Pick. Free-to-air clash.

Premier League Football: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal, 5.15pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Live from Molineux.

Premier League Football: Chelsea v Watford, 7.45pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Stamford Bridge head-to-head.

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