Clive Myrie hosts as Elim Chan conducts the opening night of the Proms. Plus: the terror of a passenger breaking into the cockpit. Here’s what to watch this evening
7pm, BBC TwoIt’s Proms season! Clive Myrie launches eight wonderful weeks of classical music at the Royal Albert Hall, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra presenting Beethoven’s 5th Symphony for the opening night. Conductor Elim Chan makes her Proms debut, while star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason is showcased championing the piano concerto by Clara Schumann. Settle in for a magical two hours of music. Hollie Richardson
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Conductor Elim Chan makes her Proms debut, while star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason is showcased championing the piano concerto by Clara Schumann.
6pm, BBC TwoThe RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in Cheshire is the biggest horticultural event in northern England – and Adam Frost and Frances Tophill are there soaking it all in, while finding inspiration for small urban spaces and affordable gardening ideas.
9pm, ITV1This horse-racing documentary focuses on the sport’s characters, equine and human, starting at the prestigious King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, Sunbury, on Boxing Day.
9pm, Channel 4The after-hours remix returns for more unfettered letter-arranging fun, kicking off a double bill of Jimmy Carr-hosted gameshows (I Literally Just Told You follows).
Richard Ayoade and Katherine Ryan are pitted against Jon Richardson and Dan Tiernan; Rachel Riley and Susie Dent are again on hand to arbitrate.
The first airline near-disaster to be revisited is a British Airways flight from Gatwick to Kenya in 2000, during which a passenger broke into the cockpit and wrestled with the pilots to gain control of the plane.
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