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Hollie Richardson, Ellen E Jones and Jack Seale

TV tonight: a royal coat fitting for a dog ahead of the coronation

Seamus wearing his new Irish guards mascot coat in Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King
Fit for a King – Seamus wearing his new Irish guards mascot coat. Photograph: Sergeant Donald Todd/BBC/Waddell Media Ltd/Crown Copyright

Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King

9pm, BBC Two

The Great British Sewing Bee judge and designer Patrick Grant dives into the precise and pricey world of military uniforms in preparation for the weekend’s coronation parade. Highlights include: a visit to Firmin House, where they’ve been making helmets since 1655 (and one employee has worked for 55 years); Seamus the dog’s fitting for a new Irish guards mascot coat; and crafting a drum major’s outfit that needs to “look the bee’s knees”. Hollie Richardson

Location, Location, Location

8pm, Channel 4

There’s nothing like a fantasy house hunt to take your mind off widespread economic doom, so the property programme couldn’t have returned at a better moment. Series 39 kicks off in gorgeous rural Oxfordshire, where Kirstie and Phil pause their flirty banter just long enough to needle a new set of perfectly picky buyers. Ellen E Jones

Designing The Hebrides – Banjo Beale tackles a guest room Rubha nan Gall lighthouse, Mull.
Designing The Hebrides – Banjo Beale tackles a guest room Rubha nan Gall lighthouse, Mull. Photograph: DSP/BBC Scotland/BBC Two

Designing the Hebrides

8pm, BBC Two

The owners of Glengorm Castle B&B on the Isle of Mull invite Banjo Beale into their turret this week – which is completely new territory for his interior design skills. He’s also got his work cut out in nearby Rubha nan Gall B&B – a lighthouse that needs one of its guest rooms revamping. HR

Wales’ Home of the Year

8.30pm, BBC Two

“More is more” is the theme this week, as a trio of judges pick their way through a converted nursing home with a penchant for dark grey and ostentatious neon, followed by a semi-detached house stuffed with distressed French knick-knacks. Only a bungalow near Chepstow stands up for simple good taste. Jack Seale

Race Across the World

9pm, BBC One

It’s the seventh checkpoint in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, this week, and one couple end up spending money to go backwards. Meanwhile, Monique and Ladi feel the pressure as the only team remaining not to have won a leg, and Zainib and Mobeen are relying on the Liverpudlian locals’ friendly reputation. HR

Made Up in Belfast

9.30pm, BBC Three

The makeup brand’s marketing manager Emma flies out to Ibiza to rescue sales in the satellite store, while, for pancake pro Jamie it’s a toss-up between finishing his university degree or going flat out with entrepreneurship. But what will boss Brendan say? And can their contouring withstand the pressure of the pool party? EEJ

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