Oh how can you not love him? Stephen Fry is a national treaure, and BBC Four are saluting him for his 50th birthday.

With an evening of his favourite shows, and programmes which he presents, or has appeared in himself, it is sure to be a witty and intellectual feast for the brain. Starting with the wonderful QI at 7:30pm, to 50 Not Out at 9:00pm, a revealing documentary about the birthday boy himself, it’ll certainly be a much higher calibre of television than any crappy Big Brother eviction.