Discovering TV

1. The Long Song

Tuesday, BBC One, 9pm

A three-part period drama airing from Tuesday to Thursday night. Based in 19th-century Jamaica, it follows July (Tamara Lawrance), a headstrong slave trying to survive life on a sugarcane plantation. Her world changes when riots give her the chance to escape her domineering mistress, but she is then swept off her feet by new arrival Robert, who promises to change the premises for the better. ...