The Coronation

8PM, BBC1 See Don’t Miss This,

In an extraordinary documentary to mark the 65th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Coronation, the Queen herself pulls up a chair and sits down for a night of reminiscing with royal commentator Alastair Bruce (above). It was 2 June 1953, on one of the coldest June days of the century, when the 27-year-old Princess Elizabeth headed to Westminster Abbey to be crowned Queen. It was an event 16 months in the planning and one that was watched by millions of people throughout the world. Here, alongside rarely seen film footage and eyewitness accounts of those who participated, the Queen reveals her own personal memories of the day to shed an entirely new perspective on this glittering event. Tomorrow, 8pm, BBC1.