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Ammar Kalia, Phil Harrison, Ali Catterall, Hannah Verdier and Paul Howlett

TV tonight: Glastonbury is back with a dose of nostalgia

In full flow ... The Glastonbury Experience Live.
In full flow ... The Glastonbury Experience Live. Photograph: Samir Hussein/Redferns

The Glastonbury Experience Live

8pm, BBC Two

With this year marking the 50th anniversary of the Somerset festival, the last weekend of June was shaping up to be a musical extravaganza – that was until the pandemic hit. In an effort to keep our spirits up, the BBC has scheduled a weekend of archive performance screenings. In tonight’s special, Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne present memorable sets including Coldplay’s 2000 gig on the Other stage, Janelle Monáe’s West Holts stage show in 2011 and Bruce Springsteen in 2009. Ammar Kalia

Greatest Escapes to the Country

3.30pm, BBC Two

The themed highlights episodes of this enduring property series continue. Today, Nicki Chapman is exploring the traditional rural properties visited by the show – mainly those with attributes such as thatched roofs and timber frames. Do they make for a good investment? Phil Harrison

Best of Crufts

7pm, Channel 4

As you’ll have noticed, pets get bored during lockdown, too. Clare Balding and her terrier Archie teach us tips to help entertain them, with help from animal behaviourist Adem Fehmi and Britain’s Got Talent’s Ashleigh Butler. Plus, Crufts vet Paul Manktelow demonstrates how to give your dog a health check. Ali Catterall

Michael McIntyre’s Big Laughs

8.20pm, BBC One

Best bits ... Michael McIntyre’s Big Laughs.
Best bits ... Michael McIntyre’s Big Laughs. Photograph: Gary Moyes/Hungry Bear/BBC

Surrender to the fun as McIntyre presents more of his best bits, including the incredibly unfair moment when he and a sidekick in a giant kangaroo suit wake a genial Peter Andre and force him to play his Midnight Gameshow. Olly Murs and Danny Dyer are also good-natured victims. Hannah Verdier

Princess Diana: In Her Own Words

9pm, Channel 5

Royal commentators’ fascination with Princess Diana only seems to grow, as this archive-rich doc proves. Comprised of interviews with Diana, as well as testimony from those who claim to have known her well, we chart the well-trodden tale of her marriage to Prince Charles. AK

Man v Food

9pm, Food Network

Intrepid eater Casey Webb is back to churn stomachs with a new series of his food-eating contests. This week he is in Wilmington, North Carolina, to sample some mouth-watering barbecue pork and artery-clogging burritos before taking on a giant pierogi dumpling in less than 30 minutes. AK

Film choice

Newsman on a mission ... Mr Jones.
Newsman on a mission ... Mr Jones. Photograph: Allstar

Mr Jones, 3.45pm, Sky Cinema Premiere

Agnieszka Holland crafts a powerful biopic-cum-thriller out of the real-life exploits of Welsh journalist Gareth Jones, who in the 1930s interviewed Hitler, then headed to Moscow and exposed the horrors of Stalin’s policy of genocide by starvation in the Soviet Ukraine. James Norton is a hefty presence as the newsman. Paul Howlett

Live sport

Premier League Football: Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers 12noon, BT Sport 1. Top-flight clash from Villa Park.

Championship Football: Leeds United v Fulham, 2.45pm, Sky Sports Main Event. Fulham travel to Elland Road.

FA Cup Football: Norwich City v Manchester United, 5.10pm, BBC One. A tough task for the home team in the quarter-final tie.

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