We’ve had the party, and now here’s the comedown as we’re told the world’s population is slowly being boiled alive by climate change (expect a counter-tweet from a certain tangerine-faced presidential candidate in five, four, three, two, one …). This is a bit of a downer, as I’d just turned up for the dressage but then again being slowly boiled alive is supposed to be depressing. We’re shown maps and diagrams of temperatures rising, ice caps melting and cities – including Rio – disappearing under floodwaters. Brazil knew it had the world’s attention tonight and it’s doing a laudable and striking job of highlighting an urgent problem.

But there’s good news! The dressage has starte… Oh, sorry. Brazil, home to (large parts) of the Amazon, highlights the importance of trees which can trap carbon and delay (but not stop) global warming. And seeing as Daniel Craig went down so well at London 2012, the Bond theme continues with Judi Dench one of the readers of Carlos Drummond de Andrade’s, A Flor e a Náusea, which announces hope for the future.