Uefa Euro 2020 Live (ITV, 7pm-10.30pm)
IN what is arguably the most anticipated match of the tournament so far, England welcome Scotland to Wembley Stadium (kick-off 8pm). This game will bring back memories of their famous meeting at the old Wembley 25 years ago during Euro 96. More recently, Harry Kane broke Scottish hearts during a 2018 World Cup qualifier at Hampden Park.
Gardeners’ World (BBC2, 8pm)
THOSE of us with a bit of outside space have spent more time in it than ever before over the past year, so Gardeners’ World is yet again on hand to offer inspiration and advice. Monty Don is busy planting out cucumber, dahlias and tender annuals at Longmeadow for midsummer, but he also takes time to look at plants that can soften the edges of paths. Carol Klein finds some early-summer glamour in the borders of Cornwall’s Trebah Garden, while Nick Bailey heads to RHS Wisley, in Surrey, to explore options to box hedging.
A Pandemic Poem: Where Did the World Go? (BBC2, 9pm)
IN May 2019, Simon Armitage was appointed the UK’s Poet Laureate, with one of his main duties writing poems to mark significant occasions. Well, you don’t get much more significant than a global pandemic and national lockdowns. Armitage’s words form the central narrative in this artistic response to the devastating effects of Covid-19 on our lives. Directed by Brian Hill, the programme features stories of people from all areas of society brought to life through mixing archive footage, musical sequences, and contemporary dance sequences choreographed by Nat Zangi.
Great Paintings of the World with Andrew Marr (C5, 9pm)
JOURNALIST Andrew Marr is known for his political and history programmes, but in this episode of the second series of Great Paintings of the World he tackles a slightly gentler topic: the story behind John Constable’s 1821 painting The Hay Wain. It is one of the most famous paintings of the English countryside ever created, but Marr explains that the bucolic scene of an empty wagon in a river is really about one man’s refusal to conform and see what rural life was really like for people living in early 19th-century England.
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