TV tonight: your Paris Paralympics 2024 viewing obsession starts here

Paralympics Paris 2024: Opening Ceremony

6.30pm, Channel 4
If you’re feeling wistful for the wholesome cheer of the Olympics, part two of the summer Games, the 17th of the season’s Paralympics , is here. Clare Balding presents coverage of the opening ceremony – this time, the participants will parade up the Champs-Élysées and then in the Place de la Concorde. Eleven days of competition involving more than 4,000 athletes start on Thursday. Team GB finished second in the medal table in Japan three years ago; how will they fare this time out? Phil Harrison

The Repair Shop

8pm, BBC One
Can the experts fix a broken silver ring that was a gift in recognition of help given to Jewish families imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto during the second world war? And will a beloved but fire-damaged chef figurine ever look good again? We might already know the answers, but it’s the thrill of the results that make this such delightful viewing. Alexi Duggins

Celebrity Race Across the World

9pm, BBC One

It doesn’t have the charm of the civilian version, but the celebrity branch of the adventure show still provides vicarious travel fun. In the third leg, the teams have to travel through two of Brazil’s biggest cities, which plays havoc with budgets. Will Kola and Mary Ellen catch the last bus out of town? PH

Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story

9pm, BBC Three
After a week in captivity, abducted model Chloe (Nadia Parkes) is released to the UK’s Milan consulate, where cautiously she tells authorities about her chilling ordeal. Despite being free, Chloe faces intense interrogation by police, hinting that her challenges are only just beginning. Nicole Vassell

Rob & Romesh Vs Hollywood Stunts

9pm, Sky Max
Just in case you were worried Romesh Ranganathan wasn’t on TV enough, here he is again, this time with his old buddy Rob Beckett. They begin the new series of their comedy challenge show with a trip to Los Angeles, where they infiltrate the world of Hollywood stunt performers. PH

The Last Leg in Paris

10.30pm, Channel 4
Adam Hills , Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe’s lively, laughter-packed sporting show starts a daily run for the Paralympics. They’re joined throughout by the comic Josh Pugh, with the first episode featuring the former rugby player Ed Jackson, who proved doctors wrong after being told he would never walk again. AD

Film choice

The Florida Project (Sean Baker, 2017), Wednesday, 1.40am, Film4
Sean Baker is a film-maker with an abiding interest in, and respect for, the American underclass. His moving, witty drama brings to life the residents of a low-rent motel on a nondescript Florida highway. It is also a convincing tale of childhood, seen through the eyes of Moonee (Brooklynn Prince). A mischievous six-year-old, she and her pals make the garish hotels, car parks and fast-food concessions their playground – finding fun in the simple pleasures of spitting, begging for ice-cream money and setting fire to vacant houses, while adult woes (poverty, paedophiles) linger in the background. Simon Wardell