2026-05-19 05:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:00 University Challenge Jesus College, Cambridge and St Catherine's College, Oxford are both hoping to earn themselves a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 13:30 Only Connect Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. 14:00 Keeping Up Appearances Sitcom. Hyacinth finds herself with an ideal opportunity to impress Emmet with her singing when she discovers that he is involved in a concert at the church hall. 14:30 Sorry! Timothy is asked to be best man at his friend Frank's wedding. He ends up in trouble when trying to encourage the idea of marriage in spite of his parents. 15:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama Simon Schama traces the steps of the empire-makers, asking how a trading enterprise based on the idea of liberty became an empire built on slavery. 16:00 The Corinthians: We Were the Champions The incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football - the Corinthians. 17:30 Berlusconi: Condemned to Win Silvio Berlusconi dodges corruption charges, wins again with Milan and blurs the line between football and politics as controversy and his cult grow. 18:20 Gluck: Who Did She Think He Was? The story of Gluck - Britain's cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s - who staged 'one-man shows', had relationships with women and somehow got away with it. 19:20 An Art Lovers' Guide In the final episode of the series, our intrepid cultural explorers Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke set off on their most adventurous trip yet - to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. 20:20 India: Nature's Wonderland Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. 21:20 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 23:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-05-20 05:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:00 University Challenge Balliol College, Oxford, faces the University of Southampton in another first round match. 13:30 Only Connect Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. 14:00 From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. 15:00 The Ruth Ellis Files: A Very British Crime Story Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life. 16:00 Andrew Davies Remembers... A Very Peculiar Practice Screenwriter Andrew Davies reflects on A Very Peculiar Practice, his wickedly funny comedy drama series set in a university health centre in the late 1980s. 16:15 A Very Peculiar Practice Newly separated from his wife, Stephen Daker starts his new job as GP at the very peculiar Lowlands Medical Centre. 17:05 A Very Peculiar Practice It's the first day of term, and Stephen must give a lecture to the students, as Bob plans to tell them they are a waste of money.