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Ammar Kalia, Ellen E Jones, Hannah J Davies, Phil Harrison and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Eurovision with a difference

Resident host Graham Norton ... Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light.
Resident host Graham Norton ... Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light. Photograph: Christopher Baines/BBC/So TV/Matt Burlem

Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light

8pm, BBC One

With the live ceremony of Eurovision 2020 cancelled, here is a new chance to pop some bubbly and have your own singalong party from home. Presented live from the Netherlands, where the ceremony was due to be held, and with Graham Norton providing his typically scathing commentary for us British viewers, this non-competitive special screens all 41 entries, along with a virtual singalong of 1980 Irish winner Johnny Logan’s What’s Another Year. Ammar Kalia

10 Ways the Victorians Changed Britain

7.50pm, Channel 5

The British fascination with the Victorian era continues in this doc examining the 10 innovations the 19th century industrialists produced to revolutionise our lives. Historians and talking heads assemble to debate the relative merits of the Industrial Revolution, railways and holidaying. AK

Great Asian Railway Journeys

8.15pm, BBC Two

In this episode, Michael Portillo’s proudly totes his absurdly out-of-date guidebook – 1913! – from Java’s royal city of Yogyakarta to Surabaya, where Indonesia fought for its independence. Along the way, he learns how shadow-puppetry helped spread Islam across the nation. Ellen E Jones

State of Happiness

9pm, BBC Four

State of Happiness.
State of Happiness. Photograph: Petter Skafle Henriksen/BBC/NRK Maipo Film

The penultimate double bill of this 1960s Nordic oil rigging drama continues in a typically engrossing fashion, set to the windswept vistas of Stavanger. Phillips Petroleum wants to build a gigantic oil tank on Anna’s family farm but her work at the Mayor’s office clues her in to more sinister plans afoot. AK

The A-Z of Eurovision

10pm, BBC Two

If Come Together and Shine A Light haven’t sated your appetite for all things Eurovision, then fear not: the kitsch continues with a compilation show narrated by Rylan “busiest man in Britain” Clark-Neal. From Azerbaijan to 2015 winner Måns Zelmerlöw, prepare for the campest of lists. Hannah J Davies

MOTD Top Ten Podcast

10.20pm, BBC One

Lots of us are missing football. But these list shows; helmed by Gary Lineker who is joined by buddies Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have been a thoroughly entertaining lockdown hit. The trio have natural chemistry with Lineker and Shearer playing straight men to Ian Wright’s maverick. Phil Harrison

Film choice

Ghost in the Shell.
Ghost in the Shell. Photograph: Paramount Pictures

Ghost in the Shell, 9.15pm, Channel 4

The anime classic that explored the outer limits of human-AI interactivity gets a Hollywood makeover from director Rupert Sanders. It’s set in an Asian metropolis where Scarlett Johansson’s cyborg cop, the Major, hunts mind-stealing hackers and explores her own mysterious past: Juliette Binoche and Takeshi Kitano are classy support in a spectacular slice of sci-fi. Paul Howlett

• The section in this article on 10 Ways the Victorians Changed Britain was amended on 18 May 2020 to correct a reference from “early 20th century” to “19th century” industrialists.

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