BBC Four HD

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes.

Timothy Spall and his wife Shane take their barge to three different countries and visit Rafe Spall on the Isle of Man. In Belfast, Tim visits one of his favourite pubs.

Documentary film that investigates the importance of caves throughout British history and heads inside the deepest shaft ever discovered in Britain - Titan.

Artist Derek Jarman returns to his former art master's house in Wimborne, Dorset, which he helped to build.

How we develop new skills, from riding a bike to learning to walk.

A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth's doorstep and makes a frightening claim. Dennis Potter's play starring Tim Curry, Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins.

Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog.

How generals have struggled to kit out their armies for battle.

Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes.

Timothy Spall and his wife Shane take their barge to three different countries and visit Rafe Spall on the Isle of Man. In Belfast, Tim visits one of his favourite pubs.

A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home to learn about its intelligence.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Saul David uses the BBC archive to examine the most important stories related to World War II, and how our understanding of them has been redefined since the war ended.

War drama about the battle for a crucial Rhine bridge in the final days of WWII. Contains language which some may find offensive.

A puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed. Contains some sexual content and disturbing scenes.

Documentary about cult British horror film The Wicker Man. Featuring actors Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and Ingrid Pitt, and director Robin Hardy. Deals with adult themes.

Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.

Richard Miles explores the power and the paradox of the 'Greek Thing' - a blossoming in art, philosophy and science that went hand in hand with political discord.

Documentary about cult British horror film The Wicker Man. Featuring actors Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and Ingrid Pitt, and director Robin Hardy. Deals with adult themes.

Saul David uses the BBC archive to examine the most important stories related to World War II, and how our understanding of them has been redefined since the war ended.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring Madison Avenue, Lonestar, The Charlatans, DJ Luck & MC Neat, Southside Spinners, Bentley Rhythm Ace and Billie Piper.

Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 June 2000 and featuring Billie Piper, Bon Jovi, Sia, Belle & Sebastian, Chrissie Hynde, Travis and Sonique.

Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, featuring Smokie, Danny Mirror, Deniece Williams, Steve Gibbons Band, The Emotions, The Stranglers, Baccara, Yes and David Soul.

Mike Read and Tommy Vance present the pop chart programme. Featuring Kim Wilde, Sade, Wham!, Stephanie Mills, Paul Young, Alison Moyet, The Style Council and Stevie Wonder.

Selection of some of funk's best artists from the BBC archives and beyond, beginning in the 1970s. With Earth, Wind & Fire, Kool & the Gang, Average White Band and Herbie Hancock.

British funk pioneers Cymande make their long-awaited Glastonbury debut, then reggae royalty Black Uhuru step up with a set spanning more than five decades.

The incredible story of a band you may never have heard of but whose sound has influenced generations with their irresistible rhythms and message of peace.