World Cup Live (ITV1 7pm)

THEY think it's all over (the wait for the World Cup to start with Brazil v Croatia)… and in the case of the poor football-phobes, they wish it was all over. I may be alone in saying this, but I really don’t think we require two hours of hot air before the yellow-shirted Samba Kings try to crush the Croats at 9pm.

Mild-mannered and ever-polite Roy Keane obviously wasn’t suited to filling such mind-numbing moments and, last week, quit the ITV’s team to focus on his coaching career. I actually liked Keane’s no-nonsense approach and I’m not sure that players-turned pundits Patrick Vieira, Lee Dixon, Fabio Cannavaro and Andy Townsend are in the same league. Adding Sunderland manager Gus Poyet to the ITV experts was probably the best signing of the tournament.

So, we are left to quote Adrian Chiles, anchorman of ITV's coverage of the event, on what he’s looking forward to the most? "It's almost a ludicrous question," he exclaims (sorry Adrian). "It's like asking what are you most looking forward to about collecting your lottery winnings. A World Cup. In Brazil. What's not to die for? The greatest tournament in the world staged in the greatest footballing nation in the world. What an absolute privilege to be there."

Chiles certainly has an odd view that someone ranked alongside England or lower will win the tournament. "I just wonder if someone could do what Denmark and, more recently, Greece did in the Euros. I know there's an extra knockout round to get through, but this does seem to be the era of slightly inferior teams finding ways to win without having much of the ball."

Lee Dixon has a different opinion: "I think Argentina will have a great tournament, so it will be close with Brazil. Big pressure on the host – can they handle that? I think Chile will surprise a few."

And he did say Chile

Springwatch 2014 (BBC2, 8pm)

CHRIS Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games draw the current series to a close tonight with more updates from RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk.

"The RSPB has been giving nature a very special home on the Suffolk Coast since 1947, and we are delighted to be able to share it with BBC viewers," says reserve manager Adam Rowlands.

And they've been very pleased to see it, too.

The final programme looks ahead to what's in store for nature-lovers during the summer months, and there's also a report from Iolo Williams, who's back from his adventures on the west coast of Scotland.

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces (C 8pm)

FOR a big guy, Wearsider George Clarke does like trying to fit his frame into other people's imaginings of perfectly-designed small spaces. This week he looks at Charlotte and Mark's decision to buy a classic silver 1954 American Airstream caravan, which they plan to convert into a family home for the dauntingly low price of £5,000 (they may go a tad over budget I suspect).

Down in Cornwall, John and Sally have even bigger ideas for a shipping container... in the shape of a B&B. And we'll also catch up with Clarke's own idea of turning his back garden into a family fun-house.