PICK OF THE DAY

VJ DAY 75

9.30AM, 8.30PM, BBC1 ★★★★★

Today marks the 75th anniversary of victory over Japan, the day the fighting during the Second World War finally ceased – victory in Europe had been declared in May 1945, but the war had continued in the Pacific. After a morning of live coverage from the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire (right), the evening programme comes from London’s Horse Guards Parade, where the Duke of Cambridge leads the special guests paying tribute to veterans whose valour and sacrifice will not be forgotten.

CASUALTY

7.40PM, BBC1 ★★★

On an adventure expedition led by paramedic Jan, who’s enjoying a week off, a young woman falls ill and heads to the ED, where maladies of the physical and emotional kind are diagnosed. Relations between Dylan and Lev remain tense, while trouble looms for Jan as she leads her group through old railway tunnels.

HOW TO BUILD: MASERATI

8PM, CH4 ★★★

In Turin, home of one of the elite car brand’s factories, cameras follow the build of the Quattroporte supersaloon, a precision-engineered work of vehicular art. It’s all as high-tech as you’d expect, with aerospace technology and robot assembly, while in the paint shop, only emu feather dusters will do.

WE LOVE GAVIN & STACEY

9PM, CH5 ★★★

An affectionate celebration of the hit sitcom, featuring backstage gossip and onset secrets. Celebrity fans, including Ruth Langsford and Tamzin Outhwaite, relive the moments when Essex boy

Gav and his Welsh gal Stacey – plus their respective best pals, Smithy and Nessa – won our hearts. SIMONE ANDREWS