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First Night of the Proms

6.45pm, BBC Two
It’s Proms season again! Highlights this year include Claudia Winkleman presenting a night of music from The Traitors, St Vincent making her Proms debut with Jules Buckley and his orchestra, and a starry after-hours concert beneath the Royal Albert Hall’s grand dome. But first it’s the big opener, featuring a world premiere of The Elements by Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen, and Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture. Wonderful stuff. Hollie Richardson

Our Yorkshire Shop: A Victorian Restoration

8pm, Channel 4

Ian Johnson in Our Yorkshire Shop: A Victorian Restoration. Photograph: Channel 4

It’s the last visit to Masham in the heart of North Yorkshire – and is restored shop Peacock and Verity going to be ready for the grand reopening? The village is busy with hundreds of Sheep Fair visitors ready to spend, but the soggy weather might put a dampener on things. HR

Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly

8pm, Channel 5
Kerry got yorkshire terrier Teddy to help her overcome a serious injury – but Teddy has become a little terror. Elsewhere, Dave the saint bernard is also trying to rule the family home. Can canine expert Graeme Hall diffuse the power struggles and help both dogs fit in better? HR

Women of World War II: The Untold Stories

8.55pm, PBS America
More than 40 women tell their story about the second world war in this documentary recognising and celebrating them as the secret weapon that helped allies win, from code-crackers to “fly girls”. It also features Japanese American women who were put in incarceration camps and the African American battalion that faced racism throughout. HR

And Just Like That

9pm, Sky Comedy
Another round of the mesmerising hate-watch, in which despite decades of experience, the leads continue to act as if they haven’t learned a thing about love, life, or even buying a property with a decent-sized kitchen (see Einstein’s definition of insanity). Episode details are under wraps, but doubtless Charlotte will continue to be a cringey cartoon and Aidan will continue to be a jerk. Ali Catterall

St Denis Medical

10.45pm, BBC One
Another double-bill of the hospital mockumentary that delivers laughs amid the horror show of the US healthcare system thanks to a rapid-fire joke rate. Kindly nurse Alex puts a new VIP room to unexpected use and stressed administrator Joyce tries to rebrand bubonic plague as “the giggles”. Graeme Virtue

Film choice

Nicholas Hoult in Juror #2. Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy

Juror #2 (Clint Eastwood, 2024), 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Clint Eastwood is 95, and the likelihood is that Juror #2 will be his final movie. Criminally overlooked by its own studio, which attempted to dump it on to streaming without a theatrical release, this is arguably his best film for 20 years. It’s a tight legal thriller about a journalist (played by Nicholas Hoult) who is called up for jury duty only to realise he may be responsible for the victim’s death. The film quickly becomes a knotty morality play designed to keep you torn until the very end. If this is Eastwood’s last work, he’s going out on a high. Stuart Heritage

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