Salute to our heroes!

Carol Vorderman reveals why this year’s Pride of Britain is particularly emotional…

- HANNAH DAVIES

PRIDE OF BRITAIN AWARDS Sunday, 9 pm ITV Entertainment

Q Thanks to lockdown, Pride of Britain won’t be the usual red-carpet event. How will it work?

A It starts with this James Bond-esque sequence of me in a helicopter in a ballgown and I’m getting celebrities to deliver the awards to the winners. We have presentations from celebrities such as David Beckham, Ant & Dec, Prince Charles, Katherine Jenkins, and MarcusRashford – I love him, he’s such a lovely, down-to-earth lad!