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Last Night of the Proms

6.55pm, BBC Two
From the soundtracks of thriller films to symphonic arrangements of St Vincent’s hits and every famous piece of classical music in between, it’s been another great summer of artistry at the Proms – many of which are still available on iPlayer. It ends with Elim Chan conducting a bumper lineup including usual favourites such as Pomp and Circumstance and Jerusalem. Hollie Richardson

Win Win With People’s Postcode Lottery

7.30pm, ITV1
More from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins’s interactive gameshow that gives people at home the opportunity to win prizes too. One viewer joins Mel and Sue in the studio and must decide whether to accept a smaller prize or roll the dice and join Millionaire’s Row. HR

Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour

8pm, Channel 4

Making history more vivid … Britain’s Railway Empire in Colour. Photograph: Channel 4

From the makers of last year’s Titanic in Colour comes another window to the past made more vivid by technology. Two hundred years since the birth of public railways, newly colourised footage looks at early steam locomotives, a boom at home and the export of train travel worldwide. Jack Seale

You Bet! On Tour

8.30pm, ITV1
Oti Mabuse, Danny Jones and Greg Rutherford bet on more ludicrous challenges at the London Orbit and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. At the Orbit, a pair of basketball players attempt to drop the ball into a ground-level hoop from the 262ft-high platform; at the latter, there’s a penny farthing bicycle race round the Velodrome. Ali Catterall

The Count of Monte Cristo

9pm, U&Drama
“I hope when this is all over you find peace, Edmond.” It’s unlikely, as his vengeful masterplan continues with Caderousse locating Villefort’s illegitimate child. Things then turn nasty in the penultimate episode of the slightly ludicrous period epic, as the count goes to court and his former fiancee begs him to consider forgiveness. HR

One Night

10.30pm, ITV1
The Calleys’ pub is once again the scene of a dramatic confrontation, as the repercussions of a long-ago crime continue to reverberate through this small Australian coastal community. Hat (Yael Stone) is seeking legal redress, Tess (Jodie Whittaker) is seeking revenge and Simone (Nicole da Silva) seems most concerned with protecting her own authorial reputation. Ellen E Jones

Film choice

Hue and Cry (Charles Crichton, 1947), 11am, Film4

Thrills and spills and intrigue … Harry Fowler (centre) in Hue and Cry. Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

This early Ealing comedy must have been ideal fodder for the Saturday matinee slot in late-40s cinemas, featuring all the thrills, spills and intrigue a youngster could want. Harry Fowler plays Joe, the leader of a gang of boys (and one girl) who hang out in the bombed-out houses of postwar London. When he discovers that the plot of a story in his favourite magazine, Trump, mirrors real-life criminal events, he and his mates investigate. Alastair Sim has a nifty cameo as the writer whose work is being manipulated (“here’s a split infinitive!”) but it’s down to the kids to save the day. Simon Wardell

Live sport

Athletics World Championships, 9.30am, BBC Two Day one continues in Tokyo, with Dina Asher-Smith in first-round action in the 100m.

T20 Blast Cricket Finals Day, 10.30am, Sky Sports Cricket Northants, Hampshire, Lancashire and Somerset play in Edgbaston.

Premier League Football: Arsenal v Nottingham Forest, 11am, TNT Sports 1 West Ham v Tottenham is at 5pm on Sky Sports Main Event, with Brentford v Chelsea at 7.45pm.

Women’s Rugby World Cup: New Zealand v South Africa, 12.30pm, BBC Two The first quarter-final. Canada v Australia follows at 3.30pm.

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