TODAY'S TV WITH SARA WALLIS: BBC The Repair Shop's emotional VE Day special

From thrilling new dramas and gritty documentaries through to glossy entertainment shows, reality binge-watches, returning series and all the best soaps, there's always something to keep us glued to the small screen. If you're wondering what to watch tonight, I've handpicked the best of the box, selected from all the traditional networks like BBC and ITV, as well as streamers like Prime, Disney+ and Apple TV.

Tonight, emotions run high in the latest instalment of , questions are confronted about a aircraft tragedy that killed 150 people and experts fix wartime treasures in .

See below for my top telly picks.

Pick Of The Day... THE REPAIR SHOP: VE DAY SPECIAL, BBC1, 8pm

Royal Navy veteran John Holloway is 101 years old and he has a wartime treasure with romantic connections that he would love to see restored to full glory. War hero John meets horologist Steve to bring him a very special timepiece. As an engineer on board the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, John was responsible for servicing the planes and installing the cockpit clocks that the US pilots relied upon.

Left in possession of one of these clocks at the end of the war, John gifted it to his beloved wife Connie, who died over a decade ago. John says: “We were married for 66 years. I gave it to her as a Christmas present in 1947. She always kept it on our bedside table.” But now, with the intricate mechanism no longer working, Steve and his watchmaker son Fred have a delicate and very tricky job on their hands to get it ticking again.

In another heartrending story, ‘Teddy Bear Ladies’ Julie and Amanda are given 86-year-old Haisi, a small broken plastic doll who accompanied her then two-year old owner Ruth on an extraordinary journey from wartime Austria to the safety of the UK. As a Jewish orphan with no passport or papers, Ruth’s future in Nazi-occupied Vienna was bleak, until she - and Haisi - were smuggled out of the country courtesy of a remarkable feat of subterfuge at Dover customs. Also restored are an RAF cap worn in combat by a young man from Sierra Leone and a little autograph book written to a wartime nurse by her patients.

Best Of The Rest... RACE ACROSS THE WORLD, BBC1, 9pm

Five intrepid duos are in a race across the world, trying to be first to journey over 14,000km across Asia, taking in China, Nepal and India. And they have to do it with the lowest budget in the show’s history - just over £1,000 per person, with no credit cards, smart phones or luxuries to help. In the third leg, the five pairs, including teenage couple Fin and Sioned, former couple Gaz and Yin, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia and brothers Brian and Melvyn, have to race from the island checkpoint of Sanya to the mysterious Shangri-La, towards the foothills of the Himalayas.

Heading west allows teams to travel via major transport hubs but with more crowds, whereas north sees teams travel through some of China’s less visited provinces. Both routes eventually meet at the transport hub of Kunming before starting an ascent of over 4,000 feet into the mountains to reach Shangri-La. Expect emotions to run high - the team in last place faces elimination.

GERMANWINGS: WHAT HAPPENED ON FLIGHT 9525? SKY DOCUMENTARIES, 9pm

On March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps enroute from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. After leaving Barcelona that morning, the plane was at its highest cruising altitude of 38,000ft, when suddenly it started to descend, smashing into the mountains at 6,000ft. All 150 passengers and crew members were killed. In the immediate aftermath, the French public prosecutor's office determined that the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane. A report concluded that he had crashed the aircraft as a murder-suicide. But was that the full story?

Ten years after the disaster, questions still remain about this dark chapter in aviation history. This emotional and harrowing documentary analyses the tragic event, digging into unanswered questions, institutional failings and the human cost of what really went wrong. It features poignant insights from survivors, experts and journalists, who give their view on what really happened on Flight 9525.

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EMMERDALE, ITV1, 7.30pm

After some persuading, Ruby comes clean and reveals that it was Joe who spiked Noah on the night of the limo crash. As Ruby explains everything, Charity manages to put two and two together and realises it was Joe who has taken Caleb’s kidney. She vows to make sure Joe gets what he deserves, as Ruby wonders whether she’s just signed Joe’s death warrant. Ryan is desperate as he begs Gail not to leave him, giving her a tough decision.

EASTENDERS, BBC1, 7.30pm

Cindy takes matters into her own hands to get Lauren to hospital after the ambulance is delayed. At Harry’s Barn, everyone waits for news on Lauren’s baby. Warmed by the community spirit, Linda and George announce that The Vic is reopening tomorrow for VE Day, but their news falls flat when the majority say they can’t face it so soon after Martin’s death. Ross reveals the truth to Vicki about their debt and the real reason they had to leave Australia.

CORONATION STREET, ITV1, 8pm

As a devastated Eileen mulls over Julie’s death, George worries about Julie’s final message to Eileen and the future of their relationship. Lisa tells Kit that they’ve hauled in Mick on suspicion of an assault and she’d like him to conduct the interview. When Theo’s daughter, Millie, calls at the undertakers demanding answers from her Dad, Todd looks uneasy. Dee-Dee tells Michael that she’s planning to return to work as she’s feeling much better, but then has an emotional encounter with Roy.

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