2026-04-26 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Snooker: World Championship Coverage of day 9 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. 15:00 River River takes its audience on a journey through space and time spanning six continents, showing rivers on a scale and from perspectives never seen before. 16:10 The Riviera: A History in Pictures Richard E Grant explores how modern art and the Riviera grew up together when the Cote d'Azur became both a hedonistic playground and an experimental studio. 17:10 Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World Investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition Summertime. 18:10 Socrates: Genius of the Ancient World Historian Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential maverick thinker Socrates, who was executed for his beliefs. 19:10 The Riviera: A History in Pictures Richard E Grant explores how modern art and the Riviera grew up together when the Cote d'Azur became both a hedonistic playground and an experimental studio. 20:10 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-27 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 The Yorkshire Dales Adventurer Paul Rose heads for Wensleydale in a three-part series about the Yorkshire Dales. He finds out why cycling is so popular and meets a family of Dales dormice. 12:30 Canal Boat Diaries: Ellesmere Port to Audlem Robbie battles his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal. 13:00 Lost Cities of the Ancients: The Vanished Capital of the Pharaoh The documentary series which unearths lost cities looks at the mystery surrounding the Egyptian city of Piramesse, built by Ramesses the Great. 14:00 The 1951 Festival of Britain: Brave New World Documentary telling the story of the 1951 Festival of Britain, which in a period of austerity showed how to carve out a bright new future through design and ingenuity. 15:00 British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of artist Paul Nash and how his experiences during the First World War haunted his later work. 16:00 Barcelona: An Art Lovers' Guide Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover Barcelona through its art and architecture, including the frescoes that inspired Miro and a surprising collection of vintage fans.