2026-04-27 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 01:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 02:00 Snooker: World Championship Coverage of day 9 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. 05:00 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. 06:10 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. 07:10 Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World Investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition Summertime. 08:10 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. 09:10 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. 10:10 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 18:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-28 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 01:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 02:00 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. 02:30 Canal Boat Diaries: Ellesmere Port to Audlem Robbie battles his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal. 03:00 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. 04:00 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. 05:00 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. 06:00 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. 07:00 Art That Made Us A splintering of politics and religion under the Stuarts leads to more questioning art. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 08:00 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. 09:00 Art That Made Us A splintering of politics and religion under the Stuarts leads to more questioning art. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 10:00 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 18:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-29 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 01:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 02:00 The Yorkshire Dales Paul Rose heads underground in Swaledale to try and find rare industrial artefacts. 02:30 Canal Boat Diaries Life on England's waterways with Robbie Cumming. Robbie gets stuck in the mud in Woodseaves Cutting and explores the charming canal-side village of Kinver in Staffordshire. 03:00 Keeping Up Appearances Sitcom. Hyacinth and Richard go to join the Major at a hotel for a golfing weekend. The Major cries off playing, but has organised a friend to play with Richard. 03:30 Sorry! Timothy is suffering from bouts of sleepwalking, which could cause trouble as the annual interview for promotion is just around the corner. 04:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama Simon Schama looks beyond the romantic stories of Cavaliers and Roundheads to the real story of the English Civil War, in which hundreds of thousands died. 05:00 Dogs of War - Storyville Film about a seemingly ordinary Englishman who spent more than 40 years as a mercenary. Contains strong language and some upsetting scenes. 06:30 The Empire State Story - Timewatch First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world's tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. 07:20 The Jet Stream and Us Documentary tracing how understanding of the powerful and changing weather phenomenon that is the jet stream - a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. 08:20 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. 09:20 Lost Cities of the Ancients The documentary series which unearths lost cities looks at the mystery surrounding the Egyptian city of Piramesse, built by Ramesses the Great. 10:20 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 18:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-30 00:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 01:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 02:00 The Yorkshire Dales Explorer Paul Rose's Yorkshire Dales adventure concludes in Wharfedale. He meets the Calendar Girls and finds out why bats are threatened in the Dales. 02:30 Canal Boat Diaries: Stourport Basins to Kingswood Junction Robbie navigates the mighty River Severn and takes an unexpected bath. 03:00 The Lost Neanderthals Scientists uncover the secrets of the Mandrin Cave in France, where the remains of a Neanderthal were found in 2015. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 04:00 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. 05:00 Edna the Inebriate Woman - Play for Today Patrica Hayes stars as Edna, an alcoholic homeless woman in search of shelter. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 06:30 How to Get Ahead: At Medieval Court Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II.