Golf: BMW PGA Championship, BBC2, 6pm
EILIDH Barbour introduces highlights of the third round on the West Course at Wentworth in Surrey. At the end of play on day three last year, Alex Noren was seven shots off the lead, but the Swede put in his best ever professional performance on the Sunday to eventually win the tournament ahead of runner-up Francesco Molinari.
Ed Sheeran at The Biggest Weekend, BBC1, 6.45pm
GRAHAM Norton introduces the singer-songwriter’s performance on the main stage at Singleton Park in Swansea. The pop superstar returned from a year-long break in 2017, embarking on a world tour that included some of the largest arenas on the planet, including a show at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium this evening. Sheeran will play at both venues, opening proceedings in Swansea before heading to Manchester. More Biggest Weekend coverage can be seen on BBC2 and BBC4.
Queen Victoria and her Tragic Family, C5, 9.15pm
AS fans of Netflix drama The Crown will know, balancing personal feelings with royal duties can be a difficult act, and there was a period in the 1860s when it seemed that Queen Victoria hadn’t got it right. Devastated by the loss of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, she shut herself away for much of the subsequent decade, struggling to perform her responsibilities not just as a queen but as a mother. This documentary looks at how Victoria complained about her eldest son’s frivolous lifestyle, without acknowledging that his public appearances were in reality helping to distract her subjects from noticing her own absence.
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