2026-01-07 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 06:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 13:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 14:00 Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise Series exploring the paradise of Thailand. Northern Thailand, dominated by mountains and forests, hides ancient creatures and surprising partnerships. 15:00 Mysterious Origins of Insects A journey into the eye-opening realm of insects to explore how scientists are using traditional and cutting-edge techniques to search for a single, common insect ancestor. 16:00 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. 17:00 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy In his search for the mole sitting at the heart of the Circus, Smiley sets out for Oxford to visit an invaluable friend. 17:45 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley recalls the past and his involvement with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier and Poorman, and Karla - the legendary head of Moscow Circus. 18:30 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Smiley thinks that the time has come to call on Jim Prideaux, whose assignment to Czechoslovakia went disastrously wrong, with the mole at the heart of the Circus to blame. 19:15 Mysterious Origins of Insects A journey into the eye-opening realm of insects to explore how scientists are using traditional and cutting-edge techniques to search for a single, common insect ancestor. 20:15 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. 21:15 Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise Series exploring the paradise of Thailand. Northern Thailand, dominated by mountains and forests, hides ancient creatures and surprising partnerships. 22:15 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm.
2026-01-08 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 06:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 13:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 14:00 Yorkshire Wolds Way Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way, arguably Britain's least well-known national walking trail, starting at the Humber Estuary and ending at Filey. 14:30 Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village - Lavenham Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the rise, fall and rise of Lavenham in Suffolk, the best-preserved medieval village in the country. 15:00 The Guns of Navarone A group of crack commandos during the Second World War attempt to destroy the formidable German artillery on the Greek island of Navarone. Starring Gregory Peck and David Niven. 17:30 The Eagle Has Landed World War II action about a German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill. With Michael Caine. Contains some violent scenes.