PICK OF THE DAY

Strictly Come Dancing

6.50PM, BBC1 Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly (right) are back to present a shiny new series of celebrities and sequins. The contestants are a mixed bag, and include Olympians Claudia Fragapane and Greg Rutherford, BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty, the model Daisy Lowe and the singers Anastacia, Louise Redknapp and Will Young, while former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls is sure to be this year’s Jeremy Vine. Tonight, the 15 celebrity contestants will discover which professional dancers they will be paired with as their journey towards the glitterball trophy begins.

Casualty

9.10PM, BBC1 Thankfully, there are no helicopters crashing through the roof this week, but there’s still plenty of drama at Holby as Elle (Jaye Griffiths) tries to rally the troops as the emergency cases keep on arriving. Alicia (Chelsea Halfpenny), meanwhile, discovers an uncomfortable truth, and has to make a difficult decision.

Newzoids

9.15PM, ITV Back for a new series comes the satirical puppet show, which may be no Spitting Image, but still has great fun hitting its targets. Up to 50 new faces will be getting the Newzoids treatment for series two, among them the US Presidential candidate Donald Trump, and Prince George’s baby sister, Princess Charlotte.

The Nation’s Favourite Carpenters Song

9.45PM, ITV Richard and Karen Carpenter are the biggest-selling brother-and-sister act in music history, with a string of hits including Top Of The World and We’ve Only Just Begun. Here, Richard takes to the piano to look back at their career, and to reveal Britain’s favourite.