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Netflix covers almost all bases in its hybrid series on knee-taking quarterback Colin Kaepernick; the stars collide for Stephen Merchant and Brian Cox; and move over Vera?Colin in Black and White (Netflix) | netflix.comThe Outlaws (BBC One) | iPlayerThe Long Call (ITV) | itv.comUniverse (BBC Two) | iPlayerYou only have to watch footage of then-president Donald Trump slating Colin Kaepernick (“HE’S FIRED!”) to realise how much the former San Francisco 49er quarterback shook up sectors of white America. Four years before the killing of George Floyd, Kaepernick started sitting and kneeling at NFL games during the US national anthem, in protest at racial injustice and police brutality. Polarising public opinion, he found himself unsigned at the end of the 2016 season and further immersed himself in civil rights activism. Continue reading...