2026-06-01 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 African Penguin: Cool Bird in a Hot Spot Documentary following pioneering young penguins as they invade a busy South African beach resort in an attempt to establish a new colony. [S] 09:15 Top Hat Classic Astaire and Rogers musical. An American in London falls for a girl who flees to Venice because she thinks he is already married. Songs include Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat. [1935] [S] [HD] 10:50 Poems in Their Place: Thomas Hardy Dr Robert Gittings explores the relationship between poems and the places they were written. He visits Sturminster Newton, where Thomas Hardy enjoyed two very happy years. [S] 11:00 Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi Michael Palin travels Europe to discover more about Vilhelm Hammershoi, an enigmatic Danish artist that has fascinated him for years. [S] 12:00 The Magic of Dance with Margot Fonteyn 5/6. From King Louis XIV of France's great palace at Versailles, Margot Fonteyn tells the story of Louis's own love of dancing. [S] 13:00 Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD] 14:30 Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi Michael Palin travels Europe to discover more about Vilhelm Hammershoi, an enigmatic Danish artist that has fascinated him for years. [S] 15:30 Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot Revealing documentary about the creation and shooting of the acclaimed comedy movie. [S] [HD] 16:20 How to Write a Mills and Boon: Timeshift To mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks. [S] 17:20 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-06-02 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 17/37. The second round of the 2022/23 competition begins tonight. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD] 09:30 Only Connect 2/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three maths graduates take on a team of wordsmiths. [S] 10:00 Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens. [S,AD] [HD] 11:00 Art of America 1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon begins his history of American art with portraits of Puritan settlers and the dark truth behind Benjamin West's most famous painting. [S,AD] [HD] 12:00 American Visions 2/8. Robert Hughes on how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia. [S] 12:50 Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist Film about artist Leonora Carrington who worked alongside Max Ernst, Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso in Paris at the height of surrealism, yet lived out her days in Mexico City. [S] [HD] 13:50 This Is Joan Collins The Dynasty star narrates her rollercoaster life story. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]