2026-06-09 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 University Challenge 21/37. With half the quarter-final places filled, two more teams of students return for a second-round match. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD] 09:30 Only Connect 6/8. Quiz in which connections must be made between seemingly random elements. How does Carmilla link to Neo via Lord Voldemort and Sir Leigh Teabing? [S] 10:00 Art on the BBC: Constable: The Rural Rebel 4/4. Art historian Rose Balston creates a television history of John Constable. [S] [HD] 11:00 Art of America 2/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon discovers how the ambitions of visionary artists and architects helped America remove itself from the shadow of Europe in the 20th century. [S,AD] [HD] 12:00 The Sky at Night The team uncover a danger that humanity is only just waking up to - space weather. They meet the dedicated people working to keep us safe from the very worst that the sun can throw at us. [S] [HD] 12:30 American Visions 3/8. Art critic Robert Hughes looks at America's majestic landscapes, exploring how artists have contributed to the religious and patriotic connotations of nature. [S] 13:30 Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream 1/3. Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the Habsburgs' rise to power and how Vienna marked Europe's front line in the struggle to defend both Christendom and the Catholic church. [S,AD] [HD] 14:30 Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world. [S,AD] [HD] 15:30 Only Connect 6/8. Quiz in which connections must be made between seemingly random elements. How does Carmilla link to Neo via Lord Voldemort and Sir Leigh Teabing? [S] 16:00 Art of America 2/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon discovers how the ambitions of visionary artists and architects helped America remove itself from the shadow of Europe in the 20th century. [S,AD,SL] 17:00 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-06-10 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 University Challenge 22/37. Two more teams of students return for a second-round match, with three places in the quarter-finals still up for grabs. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD] 09:30 Only Connect 7/8. Quiz in which connections must be made between seemingly random elements sees the battle for third place in the series. [S] 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances 9/10. Comedy of social manners. Hyacinth wants her neighbours to see the arrival of her new suite, boasting that it's an exact replica of one at Sandringham House. [S] 10:30 Keeping Up Appearances 10/10. Sitcom about an irrepressible snob. Hyacinth's plan to take Daddy on a picnic backfires when he takes the car, leaving the rest of the family stranded. [S] 11:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama 3/4. How the liberal politics and free-market economics of the British Empire unravelled, leading to the potato famine in Ireland and mutiny in India. [S,AD] 12:00 Muhammad Ali 5/8. Muhammad Ali returns from exile to face his greatest rival, Joe Frazier. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD] 12:50 Muhammad Ali 6/8. Ali battles to complete his comeback after his conviction is overturned. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD] 13:40 Muhammad Ali 7/8. Muhammad Ali shocks the world by defeating George Foreman, winning back the heavyweight title and becoming the most famous man on earth. [S,AD] [HD]