2026-05-26 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 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. [S] [HD] 09:30 Only Connect 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. [S] 10:00 India: Nature's Wonderland 2/2. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. [S,AD] [HD] 11:00 Art of Scandinavia 3/3. Andrew arrives in Sweden - home of Ikea and a tradition of brilliant furniture design. Deals with adult themes. [S,AD] [HD] 12:00 American Visions 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. [S] 13:00 Art That Made Us 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. [S,AD] [HD] 14:00 King Otto and Football's Greek Gods The story of how Otto Rehhagel coached Greece to become the unlikely champions of Euro 2004 and how two contrasting cultures came together to write a new chapter of Greek mythology. [S] [HD] 15:15 Only Connect 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. [S] 15:45 Art That Made Us 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. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 16:45 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-05-27 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 14/37. In the last of the first-round matches, Robert Gordon University face the University of Roehampton. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD] 09:30 Only Connect 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. [S] 10:00 Keeping Up Appearances 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. [S] 10:30 Sorry! 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? [S] 11:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama 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. [S,AD] 12:00 Reframed: Marilyn Monroe 1/4. Norma Jeane attends an audition at 20th Century Fox, where the head of casting suggests she change her name to Marilyn Monroe. [S,AD] [HD] 12:45 Reframed: Marilyn Monroe 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. [S,AD] [HD] 13:25 Reframed: Marilyn Monroe 3/4. Marilyn's forging a new identity for herself in NY, but when news breaks that she plans to create her own production company, Darryl Zanuck refuses to let her out of her contract. [S,AD] [HD]