2026-04-29 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 07:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 08:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 09:00 The Yorkshire Dales 2/3. Paul Rose heads underground in Swaledale to try and find rare industrial artefacts. [S,AD] [HD] 09:30 Canal Boat Diaries 2/4. Life on England's waterways with Robbie Cumming. Robbie gets stuck in the mud in Woodseaves Cutting and explores the charming canal-side village of Kinver in Staffordshire. [S] [HD] 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances 4/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth and Richard go to join the Major at a hotel for a golfing weekend. The Major cries off playing, but has organised a friend to play with Richard. [S] 10:30 Sorry! 2/6. Timothy is suffering from bouts of sleepwalking, which could cause trouble as the annual interview for promotion is just around the corner. [S] 11:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama 1/4. Simon Schama looks beyond the romantic stories of Cavaliers and Roundheads to the real story of the English Civil War, in which hundreds of thousands died. [S,AD] 12:00 Dogs of War - Storyville Film about a seemingly ordinary Englishman who spent more than 40 years as a mercenary. Contains strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S] [HD] 13:30 The Empire State Story - Timewatch First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world's tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. [S] 14:20 The Jet Stream and Us Documentary tracing how understanding of the powerful and changing weather phenomenon that is the jet stream - a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. [S,AD] 15:20 Barcelona: An Art Lovers' Guide 2/3. Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover Barcelona through its art and architecture, including the frescoes that inspired Miro and a surprising collection of vintage fans. [S,AD] [HD] 16:20 Lost Cities of the Ancients 1/3. The documentary series which unearths lost cities looks at the mystery surrounding the Egyptian city of Piramesse, built by Ramesses the Great. [S,SL] 17:20 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-30 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 07:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 08:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 09:00 The Yorkshire Dales 3/3. Explorer Paul Rose's Yorkshire Dales adventure concludes in Wharfedale. He meets the Calendar Girls and finds out why bats are threatened in the Dales. [S,AD] [HD] 09:30 Canal Boat Diaries: Stourport... ...Basins to Kingswood Junction. 3/4. Robbie navigates the mighty River Severn and takes an unexpected bath. [S] [HD] 10:00 The Lost Neanderthals Scientists uncover the secrets of the Mandrin Cave in France, where the remains of a Neanderthal were found in 2015. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD] 11:00 Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. [S,AD] [HD] 12:00 Edna the Inebriate Woman - Play for Today Patrica Hayes stars as Edna, an alcoholic homeless woman in search of shelter. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD] 13:30 How to Get Ahead: At Medieval Court 1/3. Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II. [S] [HD]