A Jubilee Tribute to the Queen by the Prince of Wales (BBC1, 8pm)
Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother (ITV1, 9pm)
Punk Britannia (BBC Four, 9pm)

UNLESS you’ve been living on Mars for the past 12 months, you can’t fail to have noticed that the Queen is celebrating a very special anniversary. In fact, this coming weekend will be jampacked full of events to mark her diamond jubilee, from street parties to a massive musical shindig at Buckingham Palace. But getting in early (before the food and wine starts flowing) is this documentary fronted by the Queen’s eldest son and heir, Prince Charles. He, above all others, must know and understand the sacrifices she’s made in the name of duty over the years.

Here, Charles will reflect on various public events and private family moments from the 60 years of his mother’s reign, even making public for the first time many photographs and cine films from Her Majesty’s collection – some of which she shot herself. It’s a moving, personal and revealing portrait of Elizabeth II.

AS millions of us join together to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee and the momentous achievement of 60 years on the throne, this one-off documentary provides a unique insight into the Queen’s life by those who know and love her best.

Presenter Alan Titchmarsh documents the Queen’s 60 years on the throne and interviews close family and friends including The Duke of York, The Duke of Cambridge, The Princess Royal and Princess Eugenie. He explores the closeness of her relationship with her parents, her coronation at the age of 25 as the mother of a two and four-year-old, and how she has succeeded in juggling the roles of monarch, mother and devoted grandmother.

Film footage of the Royal family at home is shown for the first time, along with intimate readings taken from personal letters between Princess Elizabeth and her parents, made public for this programme.

Prince Andrew shares memories of his childhood growing up at Buckingham Palace, including cushion fights with his siblings and playing cricket in the corridors to avoid the mile walk to the garden.

During a tour of Clarence House, Prince William says of the role the Queen has held in his life: “Being a young boy growing up, I’d say probably Queen first and then grandmother. But now it’s definitely grandmother first, Queen second.”

Private footage shows a young Princess Elizabeth, or Lillibet, filmed by her father, some of which has never been broadcast before. We also hear from childhood friends.

We explore the relationship between the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh that has lasted more than 60 years, the beginnings of which are documented in deeply moving letters kept in the Royal archives at Windsor Castle.

THIS new series about the rise of punk begins by focusing on a time before the genre really took off, when the word punk was simply something Clint Eastwood snarled at criminals from behind his .44 Magnum.

But 1972 saw the rise of pub rock, and the emergence of bands including Dr Feelgood, Ducks Deluxe and Kilburn & the High Roads, which began to lay the foundations for the musical movement which would define the 1970s, and shape the decades to come.

Over three fascinating episodes, this revealing documentary provides an insight into the musical landscape of the time.

Whether you remember Punk the first time round or not, this is fascinating stuff.