Searching for Shergar, BBC2, 8pm
THE kidnapping of Shergar remains one of sport’s great unsolved mysteries. The racehorse was born in Kildare in 1978 and went on to win the Irish Derby as well as the Derby. Its owner, the Aga Khan, decided to retire it for stud and the horse returned to Ireland in a blaze of publicity. But there were to be even more headlines when Shergar was kidnapped by an armed gang in 1983. Little evidence was found at the scene and no-one has ever been convicted or admitted responsibility for the crime. Now, 35 years on, director Alison Millar is on a mission to find out what happened to the stallion. She also reminds viewers why, even before becoming the centre of a whodunit, Shergar was a truly remarkable horse.
Unforgotten, STV, 9pm
PETE, Chris, James and Tim are interviewed by Cassie and Sunny about the time they spent renting a holiday cottage near where Hayley disappeared over the turn of the millennium. James is the first to be called in and reveals that Tim and Chris both had their families with them at the time. He recalls seeing press coverage of Hayley’s disappearance, but never having seen her in person.
The Football Club: Artist in Residence, Channel 4, 10.05pm
PORTRAIT artist Tai Schierenberg’s famous sitters include the Queen and Stephen Hawking but for his latest project, he is the artist in residence at West Bromwich Albion FC. However, his stay turns out to be more inspir-ing than anyone could have imagined as it coincides with one of the club’s most turbulent seasons in living memory.
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