A new Channel Five series fronted by the BBC presenter Peter Snow will track down unsung heroes behind great British technological achievements. By Leigh Holmwood

Forget Big Brother this summer. Tune into BBC2's Big Baton instead. OK, so it's not called that. It's called Maestro. But it's a slightly higher class of reality show. Hopefully. Maestro follows Katie Derham, Alex James from Blur, Peter Snow, Goldie, Bradley Walsh, David Soul, Jane Asher and comedian Sue Perkins as they battle over the summer to win the ultimate prize of conducting at the BBC Proms in the Park on the Last Night of the Proms. As part of the training the eight will attend a week-long "Baton Camp". Watch the passion and the overtures as the contestants strip off in the hot tub and tell each other to "Fugue off". Sorry, Monkey just made that last bit up.

Monkey is delighted to point you in the direction of Newsnight's new feature, Newsnight Gold. Ah yes. Classic clips from Newsnight's gone by when Paxo's pants still gave him the support he needed. Each week Adam, the Newsnight librarian for the past 28 years, will select a new clip from the archive. This week it's Peter Snow and Charles Wheeler in a show from February 1980. The best bit comes at the end with an And Finally item that would even make News at Ten blush. Golden age? You decide.

8am: The father and son duo of Peter and Dan Snow are to return with a global take on their BBC2 series Battlefield Britain. By Ben Dowell .

1.15pm: Jeremy Vine has been handed the task of trying to fill the hole left by Peter Snow's departure from the BBC's general election coverage. By Steve Busfield.

5pm: The BBC today decided that a mix of cutting-edge technology, old school cartoon drawings and an animated version of Peter Snow was the right recipe to woo viewers during the protracted month-long election campaign. By Dominic Timms.