Proms 2016 (BBC2, 7.30pm)

THE famous Royal Albert Hall proms are introduced by Katie Derham as the 122nd year of the world’s greatest classical music festival marks 400 years of Shakespeare with Tchaikosky’s Romeo and Juliet overture.

This is Derham’s seventh year as host, which has earned her the Twitter bio of Prom Queen, but her first time as one of the performers. Radio Times reveals that she will dance alongside Strictly favourites Janette Manrara, Giovanni Pernice and Aljaz Skorjanec – but not Anton Du Beke who partnered Derham in last year’s series – on July 21. The proms will be celebrating ballroom dancing.

“I’ve been panicking because the last time I did any dancing at all was on December 19, the night of the final. I meant to keep it up, but life got in the way. Thank heavens for muscle memory. It did come back once rehearsals began. An orchestral concert to celebrate the music of ballroom dancing makes perfect sense. It’s not crowbarring it in, you don’t argue about there being an orchestra at the ballet do you? Dance and music are a natural fit,” she says.

The 46-year-old, mother-of-two is all too aware that her figure and appeal have been openly discussed among millions of viewers now, with Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood adding that she “permanently looks as if she is at finishing school”.

Derham responds: “I don’t like the fact that people think I’m strait-laced and boring. I’m as averagely horrible as the next person. I’m lucky I met my husband John (Vincent), a restaurateur when I was 23, long before I was on telly, so didn’t have to do the dating-in-public thing. I’m grateful that’s meant I’ve been able to keep my private life private.”

There should be plenty of cha cha rhythms that night, but if you're after something more authentically Latin American, the Proms is also marking the year of the Rio Olympics with a concert featuring the Sao Paulo and Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestras. There's also a chance to get into the carnival spirit with members of the Sao Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra.

For younger music fans, the CBeebies Proms return, and there are two events devoted to BBC Music's Ten Pieces II, part of an initiative for schools designed to introduce children to classical music.

If your tastes lean more towards rock, pop or jazz, legendary composer and producer Quincy Jones will be looking back at his remarkable career, and there's a tribute to the much-missed David Bowie. This year’s proms will also be shining a light on the cello, and that's represented here by Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta, who makes her proms debut in Elgar's haunting Cello Concerto. The coverage then continues on BBC Four this evening – as well as across the BBC until early September.

Gogglesprogs (Channel 4, 8pm)

WHILE I might have reservations about some of the programmes that these youngsters are asked to view, there is always something endearing and amusing about young people passing judgment on our TV choices. The sprogs are Hertfordshire best friends Valencia and Taya, plus London youngsters Dotty and Macy, who share a love of Adele. In this edition the children offer their candid views on TV shows Dermot O'Leary game show The Getaway Car, medical documentary series 24 Hours in A&E and animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

Celebrity MasterChef (BBC1, 8.30pm)

THE last of the heats begins with a team task involving the preparation of a main course and a pudding, using turkey for the main, berries for the pudding, and a range of fruit and vegetables, herbs and spices. The contenders are then tasked to make lunch at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre in Buckinghamshire for 80 top athletes. Back at headquarters, they then have to prepare a two-course meal that will be judged by 2010 victor Lisa Faulkner, and former participants Christine Hamilton and Christopher Biggins, alongside judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode.

Viv Hardwick