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This week’s best home entertainment: from Dunkirk to Taskmaster

Christopher Nolan’s pounding war epic arrives on the small screen, while Alex Horne’s gloriously offbeat gameshow returns with a new batch of contenders

As a rapper, writer, activist and graphic novelist, Akala is every inch the modern renaissance man. This performance piece showcases several of his skill sets at once as he examines the rise and fall of empires in his customarily trenchant fashion. Mala and Paul Gladstone-Reid provide the soundtrack.
Saturday 28 April, 10pm, BBC Two

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