By Thomas Sutcliffe Last Night's TV A NUMBER BBC2 CELEBRATING - THE SOUTH BANK SHOW ITV3 THE RESTAURANT BBC2 Sometimes you feel that television needs to be watched a little more sacramentally. There's a lot to be said for informality, of course.

By Sophie Goodchild & Jonathan Owen For more than 40 years, Melvyn Bragg has been one of Britain's best-known figures in the arts world. Whatever he has turned his hand to, the Labour peer has achieved huge success, from creator of the arts programme The South Bank Show to award-winning novelist.