Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
9: BBC FOUR
Wed May 20
Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
11/37. Balliol College, Oxford, faces the University of Southampton in another first round match. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
11/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:20
Screenwriter Andrew Davies reflects on A Very Peculiar Practice, his wickedly funny comedy drama series set in a university health centre in the late 1980s. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 22:20 - 23:10
1/7. Newly separated from his wife, Stephen Daker starts his new job as GP at the very peculiar Lowlands Medical Centre. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:10 - 00:05
2/7. It's the first day of term, and Stephen must give a lecture to the students, as Bob plans to tell them they are a waste of money. Also in HD. [S]
Thu May 21
Today 00:05 - 01:05
A profile of Britain's best-known screenwriter as he embarks on Les Misérables. From 2018. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [S]
Today 01:05 - 02:05
2/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 02:05 - 03:05
3/3. Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Today 03:05 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Today 19:00 - 19:30
12/37. The universities of Bangor and Nottingham put fingers on buzzers for the first time. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Also in HD. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
12/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and 60s and became the star's trusted confidante. She talks about Monroe and how their friendship developed. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:30 - 22:00
Classic comedy musical. A transatlantic trip brings romantic problems for showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy, seeking different things from men. Also in HD. [1953] [S,AD]
Today 22:00 - 22:45
Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell talks about her difficult childhood as the eldest and only girl of six siblings, her film career and working with Marilyn Monroe. Also in HD. [S]
Today 22:45 - 00:15
Three New York models, looking for rich husbands, rent a luxurious apartment together to impress affluent bachelors, but things do not go to plan. Also in HD. [1953] [S]
Fri May 22
Tomorrow 00:15 - 00:55
Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes, gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's greatest sex symbols, hearing from the stars themselves. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 00:55 - 01:30
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and 60s and became the star's trusted confidante. She talks about Monroe and how their friendship developed. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:15
Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell talks about her difficult childhood as the eldest and only girl of six siblings, her film career and working with Marilyn Monroe. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:15 - 03:15
2/3. Denmark becomes one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 November 1999 and featuring Macy Gray, Phil Collins, Diana Ross, Ian Brown, Mariah Carey, Semisonic and Five. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 November 1999. Featuring Savage Garden, Beck, Another Level, Jennifer Lopez, Mr Vegas and Geri Halliwell. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:30
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. Featuring Jaki Graham, Billy Ocean, Simply Red and Spitting Image. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:00
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1991 and featuring T'Pau, Simple Minds and Deacon Blue. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:40
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs by Peter, Paul and Mary, Lulu, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, Madeleine Peyroux, Bryan Ferry, UB40, Julie Felix and many more. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:40 - 22:40
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with Joan Baez, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Hollies, Adele, Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 22:40 - 23:30
A showcase of Bob Dylan with his band in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:45
Documentary chronicling the life, times and crimes of Bob Dylan obsessive AJ Weberman. Contains strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Sat May 23
Saturday 00:45 - 01:15
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 November 1999 and featuring Macy Gray, Phil Collins, Diana Ross, Ian Brown, Mariah Carey, Semisonic and Five. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:15 - 01:45
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 November 1999. Featuring Savage Garden, Beck, Another Level, Jennifer Lopez, Mr Vegas and Geri Halliwell. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:45 - 02:20
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. Featuring Jaki Graham, Billy Ocean, Simply Red and Spitting Image. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:20 - 02:50
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1991 and featuring T'Pau, Simple Minds and Deacon Blue. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:50 - 03:50
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with Joan Baez, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Hollies, Adele, Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:50 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Saturday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Saturday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Saturday 19:00 - 19:45
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, from 24 February 1977. With Larry Grayson, Fenella Fielding, Hinge and Bracket, and Anna Sharkey. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:10
An edition of Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 22 September 1966. Her special guest is ventriloquist Señor Wences. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:10 - 21:00
7/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty is in hospital - an unlikely place to find her most urgent case yet. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:00 - 22:35
Mahin, a 70-year-old widow living alone in Tehran, decides to revitalise her love life. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [2024] [S]
Saturday 22:35 - 23:50
How Otto Rehhagel coached Greece to become the unlikely champions of Euro 2004. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 23:50 - 00:20
7/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth finds herself with an ideal opportunity to impress Emmet with her singing when she discovers that he is involved in a concert at the church hall. Also in HD. [S]
Sun May 24
Sunday 00:20 - 00:50
5/6. Timothy is asked to be best man at his friend Frank's wedding. He ends up in trouble when trying to encourage the idea of marriage in spite of his parents. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 00:50 - 01:35
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, from 24 February 1977. With Larry Grayson, Fenella Fielding, Hinge and Bracket, and Anna Sharkey. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:00
An edition of Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 22 September 1966. Her special guest is ventriloquist Señor Wences. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:00 - 02:50
7/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty is in hospital - an unlikely place to find her most urgent case yet. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:50 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Sunday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Sunday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Sunday 19:00 - 19:30
Ben Robinson explores the Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac, behind whose quaint facade lies something far more gritty. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:30 - 19:35
Kirsty Wark visits the island of Inchmahome in Scotland, haven to Mary Queen of Scots, and ruminates on what it means to be Scottish. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:35 - 21:00
A habitual thief wanting to go straight enters a reform programme, but temptations abound. Also in HD. [1962] [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
TV and panto star Stanley Baxter had big success but an even bigger secret. With access to close family and friends, personal archive and recordings, we reveal his true story. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
4/6. Margot Fonteyn traces the story of the Romantic ballet and its greatest exponents. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:00 - 23:35
A studio performance of the ballet Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine, first broadcast on 3 April 1953 and starring Alicia Markova, John Field, Violetta Elvin and Svetlana Beriosova. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:35 - 00:20
Theatre and film director Lindsay Anderson in conversation with ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev. First broadcast in 1974. Also in HD. [S]
Mon May 25
Monday 00:20 - 01:20
6/6. The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers, and this programme takes us on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:20 - 02:05
Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes, gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's greatest sex symbols, hearing from the stars themselves. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:05 - 02:35
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and 60s and became the star's trusted confidante. She talks about Monroe and how their friendship developed. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:35 - 03:20
Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell talks about her difficult childhood as the eldest and only girl of six siblings, her film career and working with Marilyn Monroe. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 03:20 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Monday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Monday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Monday 19:00 - 19:30
13/37. It's the penultimate match of the first round. Newnham College, Cambridge, face the Courtauld Institute of Art for a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
13/15. Semi-final of the quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/2. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. In the final instalment we arrive in Sweden - home of Ikea and a tradition of brilliant furniture design stretching back to the early years of the 20th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
1/8. Robert Hughes charts the foundation of a national identity that sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome. He also looks at America's earliest major painters. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
8/8. An explosion of new voices from across the British Isles reinvents the arts, creating a richer, more diverse culture. Contains very strong language. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tue May 26
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:15
How Otto Rehhagel coached Greece to become the unlikely champions of Euro 2004. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:15 - 01:45
13/15. Semi-final of the quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:45 - 02:45
8/8. An explosion of new voices from across the British Isles reinvents the arts, creating a richer, more diverse culture. Contains very strong language. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 02:45 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
14/37. In the last of the first-round matches, Robert Gordon University face the University of Roehampton. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
14/15. Semi-final of the quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
8/10. Sitcom about an irrepressible snob. Daddy overspends in a toy department, dresses up as a spaceman and proceeds to go on the rampage. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
6/6. Sitcom. With Frank's wedding impending, Timothy sets his cap at bridesmaid Liz. Will our hero get his head out of the railings in time? Will he forget the ring? Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/4. In a programme focusing on the French Revolution, Simon Schama explores why the British proved immune to the siren call of liberty, equality and fraternity. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 22:45
1/4. Norma Jeane attends an audition at 20th Century Fox, where the head of casting suggests she change her name to Marilyn Monroe. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:45 - 23:25
2/4. Marilyn's rise is nearly ruined when news breaks that she posed nude for a calendar earlier in her career. She uses this to her advantage to showcase her body confidence. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 23:25 - 00:10
3/4. Marilyn is forging a new identity for herself in New York. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wed May 27
Wednesday 00:10 - 00:55
4/4. Marilyn triumphs in her most celebrated comedy yet, Some Like It Hot. In the weeks before her death, Marilyn is on the cusp of a new and exciting future. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 00:55 - 01:55
TV and panto star Stanley Baxter had big success but an even bigger secret. With access to close family and friends, personal archive and recordings, we reveal his true story. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:55 - 02:25
14/15. Semi-final of the quiz show in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 02:25 - 03:25
2/2. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Wednesday 03:25 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
15/37. Two of the four highest-scoring losing teams from the first round play for one of the two spots remaining in round two. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
15/15. Quiz show in which connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the science of heat and how it has shaped the modern world. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Documentary looking at the first murder on Britain's railways. On a Hackney bound train in 1864, a guard discovers blood in a first-class carriage and a body on the embankment. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:50
3/7. Stephen finds an enemy and then a friend when he tries to help the appropriately named Professor Furie overcome his tiredness. Contains adult humour. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 22:50 - 23:45
4/7. Bob wants to trial a new tranquiliser drug on the students. Contains adult humour. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:45 - 00:45
Literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for Mills and Boon. Also in HD. [S]
Thu May 28
Thursday 00:45 - 01:45
3/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the science of heat and how it has shaped the modern world. Also in HD. [S,AD]