BBC Four HD

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived.

How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians.

Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Captain Bligh, King Richard III, Shakespeare's English Kings and George Stephenson.

Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Sue MacGregor and Derek Jacobi take on Arthur Marshall, Liza Goddard and Julian Pettifer in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions.

Film-maker Chris Terrill looks back on his seminal 1996 series Soho Stories.

A coded bomb warning causes panic in the West End, but Danny the drag queen must practise his act. Contains some strong language.

We follow the fortunes of history student Gwen, training to be a stripper for a summer job, and Danny, an unemployed actor who is a drag queen at night. Contains some strong language.

Bespoke tailor Mark appears in a Saatchi & Saatchi ad, Gerard concocts erotic costumes for the Raymond Revuebar, and drag artist Danny buys a new frock. Contains some strong language.

In the last of the series, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians.

Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin.

Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids.

Stately sitcom. Audrey upbraids Richard for not sponsoring a charity event in aid of a new scout hut.

Sitcom. Hyacinth has decided that, instead of her usual gift to Richard of slippers, he should receive skis instead. Richard, however, has no intention of taking up the sport.

Documentary series. Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.

The remarkable story of the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer Kwame Brathwaite, whose work helped define the Black Is Beautiful movement.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of how we went from thinking we were close to a complete understanding of the universe to realising we had seen almost none of it.

What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin.

Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids.

In the last of the series, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

Documentary series. Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in.

Gareth and Maureen enlist in tank school and gear up for a drive like no other. In the Brecon Beacons, they discover if they've finally cracked the art of narrowboating.

Documentary that explores Emperor Augustus's Alpine campaign, revealing for the first time the route, weapons and tactics used by the Romans to successfully annex the unconquered Alps.

Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a brutalist tower block in west London, designed by Erno Goldfinger and completed in 1972.

Brian Cox explores a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter.

Marlow is getting better, and the different strands of his fiction and reality begin to occupy the same time and place. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature.

Marlow still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow. Deals with adult themes.