The BBC Music Awards 2016 (BBC1, 8.30pm)

IT'S the third year of the event, live from London, and the nearest thing to a North-East connection is that among the performers is The 1975, with Matthew Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) having the showbiz parentage of Tim Healy and Denise Welch.

The band's second album topped the charts here and in the US and will be performing alongside the Kaiser Chiefs, Lukas Graham, Emeli Sande, John Legend, Robbie Williams and Craig David.

Claudia Winkleman appears to be a little out of squinting depth as host. "Music stopped for me when Duran Duran stopped. So you know how you have a cool person? I'm the opposite of that. The music I like is the music that I listen to on the radio all the time and I'm like 'oh I know that one'"

Luckily she's joining forces with Fearne Cotton, who she thinks is the perfect person for the job. "She's a proper friend, and we've never worked together so I'm just going to be standing there smiling at her. She's amazing and she's got musical gravitas. She knows what she's talking about and I can be the idiot, and that always suits me."

Five awards are up for grabs: BBC Music British Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, BBC Music Introducing Artist of the Year, BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance of the Year and BBC Radio 2 Album of the Year.

Cotton is looking forward to seeing Craig: "He's a really old friend of mine and I absolutely adore him and I love the fact that he's had this amazing comeback after all these years of holding his nerve and doing what he does, just privately still making great music. I think the arena is going to go absolutely wild for him. So I'm really excited about that and also The 1975 are a great little band doing so well internationally now and it's always lovely to see Robbie play as well. Literally everyone there will be fantastic."

Winkleman adds: " I can't wait to see Robbie Williams. He's such a brilliant showman and I don't think he's ever given a lacklustre performance."

Danish group Lucas Graham, who had a big hit with the nursery-rhyme style 7 Years and former Swedish child star Zara Larsson, who had three singles in the UK Top 40, are also appearing on the show tonight.

David Blaine: Beyond Magic (C4, 9pm)

THE illusionist is back in action – and about time. He seems to have given up burying himself alive, living in a Perspex box or standing on something very high – at least for now – in favour of getting back to basics, proving once and for all that less really can be more. Blaine first became famous for his street magic performances, during which he stunned members of the public with a series of bizarre tricks that defied explanation and expectations. This new, one-hour special sees him do the same again, and his targets are some of the world's most famous faces, including David Beckham, Johnny Depp, David Chappelle, John Travolta, Emma Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Patrick Stewart, who is no stranger to mind-bending stunts thanks to his performance as Charles Xavier in the X-Men movies.

When Phillip Met Prince Philip: 60 Years of the Duke of Edinburgh's Awards (ITV, 9pm)

PHILLIP Schofield learns about Prince Philip's youth programme over the course of a year marking its 60th anniversary, meeting the Duke at celebrity galas, special receptions and intimate events. The This Morning host talks to David Walliams, Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley to help understand the Duke and how he embodies the award, and also chats to Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who give a unique glimpse of life inside the royal family and the time and work the Duke still invests in the scheme he founded.

Viv Hardwick