Tyson is a thrilling profile – but stops short of being a knockout

Tyson
From Tuesday, Netflix
The problem with authorised biographies is that you risk getting the authorised version of a story. In this case, that matters. Mike Tyson grew up in poverty and was relentlessly bullied until one antagonist broke the neck of Tyson’s pigeon and unlocked his capacity for violence. From that point, his ascent to boxing legend seemed inevitable and it is captured here thrillingly. However, the waters soon become muddier. Tyson speaks at length but isn’t pressed hard enough on either the allegations of domestic abuse or the rape conviction that scarred his subsequent life – though he is described as “very truthful” by Donald Trump, which doesn’t feel like the most glowing character reference. Phil Harrison

Being Muslim After 9/11
Monday, 9pm, BBC Two
“There was a time, 25 years ago, when being a British Muslim was OK,” says journalist Mobeen Azhar. “We were on the cover of magazines, getting elected to parliament and even captained the England cricket team.” Then 9/11 happened. He and his film-making partner, Masood Khan, made this documentary to explore how the terror attacks affected the Muslim community – including their own experiences – and why they still reverberate today. Hollie Richardson

VisionQuest
From Wednesday, Disney+
Paul Bettany’s kindly, bewildered and capably murderous AI android Vision faces a death-or-glory mission in the Marvel universe. This series builds on the cleverness of WandaVision, moving back and forth through generations of MCU villains while underpinned by the timeless narrative theme of the search for family. Vision has encountered a mysterious teenager who might be his son. But the forces against them are spectacular, including James Spader’s brilliantly hammy antihero Ultron and Lisa Molinari (Lauren Morais), a street artist-turned-robot criminal with four extra arms. A giddy and inventive ride. PH

Fellow Travelers
Wednesday, 10pm, Channel 4
From the makers of Homeland, this suave, weighty, Emmy-nominated period drama finally lands on UK telly. It is a romance and a thriller, following Hawk (Matt Bomer) and Tim (Jonathan Bailey), who meet in Washington DC during the height of McCarthyism and develop a sexual relationship across the next three decades. HR

The Diplomat
From Thursday, Netflix
This geopolitical thriller has become increasingly soapy and far-fetched – it’s almost as if the writers feel they have to outpace reality – but it’s still fun if you suspend your disbelief. As season four begins, the ramifications of the undersea nuclear incident are playing out. The Americans are willing to allow Russia to believe that Britain was behind the removal of the bomb, but Kate (Keri Russell) fears this could set the allies against each other. She’s also finding it harder to trust her husband, Hal (Rufus Sewell). Is he getting too cosy with the president? PH

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