BBC Four HD

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb.

Classic sitcom. When a scandal breaks in the City, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey cannot agree on who should be the new governor of the Bank of England.

Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker meets a local councillor who has radical ideas about local government. The PM likes what he hears, unlike Sir Humphrey.

Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain.

Sir Andrew Motion discovers an unpublished poem by Philip Larkin when he visits Hull to meet one of the poet's ex-lovers, Betty Mackereth, speaking of her love for the first time.

1/2. Ken Burns recounts how the collision between two opposing views of the natural world saw the buffalo, which had numbered in the tens of millions, driven to the brink of extinction.

Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England.

Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb.

Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain.

In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge.

Julia Bradbury follows in fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright's footsteps and climbs to the summit of High Street, the most well-trodden high ground in the Lakes.

Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos.

Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes.

Vladimir has two proofs, but Smiley has only found one. Deals with adult themes.

Smiley gets into trouble with his superiors, who want the investigation closed. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

How fantasy novels have big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way.