2026-05-22 13:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 13:30 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 14:00 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 14:30 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 15:00 ...Sings Dylan 15:40 ...Sings Dylan II A feast of cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with classic tracks old and new and some surprises from the 1960s to the present. From the essential folk queen Joan Baez to punk princess Siouxsie and the Banshees, from the Hollies to Adele, taking in the likes of Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall along the way, the programme reflects Dylan's long career of 16:40 Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom 17:30 Tangled Up with Dylan: The Ballad of AJ Weberman Documentary chronicling the life, times and crimes of notorious Bob Dylan obsessive and garbology inventor AJ Weberman. It's an irreverent and witty exploration into one man's obsessions, a bohemian life lived on the New York fringes and a uniquely twisted take on the American dream. Bob Dylan once said 'I don't think I'm gonna be really understood until maybe 100 years from now'. Author of the Dy 18:45 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 19:15 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 19:45 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 20:20 Top of the Pops Travel back in time with a compilation of legendary performances of classic acts straight from the archive of one of the most popular music chart shows in history. Top of the Pops was broadcast weekly from 1964 until 2006, welcoming the greatest stars who performed their biggest hits. This special brings you unforgettable musical moments of pop and rock icons like The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, 20:50 ...Sings Dylan II A feast of cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with classic tracks old and new and some surprises from the 1960s to the present. From the essential folk queen Joan Baez to punk princess Siouxsie and the Banshees, from the Hollies to Adele, taking in the likes of Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall along the way, the programme reflects Dylan's long career of 21:50 Close
2026-05-23 13:00 The Good Old Days 13:45 Dusty Revisit some of Dusty Springfield's most memorable hits with a compilation of her performances for BBC between 1961 and 1995. Go through her extensive discography, including folk songs with which she debuted on the music scene and her synth-pop collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys. Dance along to the melodies of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, If You Go Away, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 14:10 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates As Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) reaches retirement age at 60 and faces an uncertain future financially, she decides that the life of a pensioner is not for her and opens a detective agency instead. Armed only with her no-nonsense Lancashire attitude and her notebook, she embarks on a series of criminal investigations. Aided by her teenage sidekick and reformed thief, Geoffrey, and her dev 15:00 My Favourite Cake 16:35 King Otto and Football's Greek Gods In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. The architect behind this unprecedented triumph was legendary German football coach "King" Otto Rehhagel. After accompl 17:50 Keeping Up Appearances The story revolves around Hyacinth Bucket, a housewife from a lower class whose only aim in life is to impress others with her etiquette and social skills and climb the social ladder. She is terrified that her background will be revealed one day, and goes above and beyond to hide it. She insists her inharmonious surname is pronounced Bouquet. All her attempts as a rule lead to awkward comic situat 18:20 Sorry! Timothy Lumsden is a 40-something librarian, still living with his parents and under the thumb of his domineering mother Phyllis. Although Timothy has sporadic attempts at standing up for himself and abandoning his home in order to lead an independent life, all his attempts prove futile as his mother always stands in the way. It might be that the only force strong enough to break Timothy's bond wi 18:50 The Good Old Days 19:35 Dusty Revisit some of Dusty Springfield's most memorable hits with a compilation of her performances for BBC between 1961 and 1995. Go through her extensive discography, including folk songs with which she debuted on the music scene and her synth-pop collaborations with the Pet Shop Boys. Dance along to the melodies of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, If You Go Away, What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 20:00 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates As Hetty Wainthropp (Patricia Routledge) reaches retirement age at 60 and faces an uncertain future financially, she decides that the life of a pensioner is not for her and opens a detective agency instead. Armed only with her no-nonsense Lancashire attitude and her notebook, she embarks on a series of criminal investigations. Aided by her teenage sidekick and reformed thief, Geoffrey, and her dev 20:50 Close
2026-05-24 13:00 Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village 13:30 Afoot Again in the Past 13:35 Crooks Anonymous 15:00 Being Stanley Baxter 16:00 The Magic of Dance Margot Fonteyn traces the story of the Romantic Ballet and its greatest exponents. In 1832, the most famous ballerina in the world was Marie Taglioni. One of the first ballerinas to dance on the tips of her toes, she epitomised the Romantic Age – ethereal and sylph-like. Her most famous role was La Sylphide. By mid-century, however, there were new styles, and it was left to the Russians to revive 17:00 Les Sylphides 17:35 Omnibus A series of documentaries focusing on art, including all art forms from music and film, to painting, literature and more. The documentaries, which tell interesting and inspiring stories about various important artworks and artists, are regarded as highly original and innovative ever since the first one was aired back in 1967. Some of the most acclaimed and well-known films are dedicated to artists 18:20 The Classical Collection 19:20 Talking Pictures Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes and gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's greatest sex symbols. They were the actors who made audiences' hearts beat fastest – the men and women whom the camera just seemed to love that little bit more than most. The programme hears from the stars themselves talking about what their sex symbol status meant to them, and t 20:05 Eve and Marilyn 20:35 Scene by Scene 21:20 Close
2026-05-25 13:00 University Challenge Long-running general knowledge quiz that tests the intellectual powers of the brightest undergraduates in Britain. Launched in 1962 and hosted by Bamber Gascoigne, the show achieved cult status with teams from two different rival colleges pitting their wits against each other each week. The questions are as varied and as tough as they can be, and competitors risk having hard-earned points deducted 13:30 Only Connect British quiz show, presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell, in which teams compete in a tournament of finding connections between seemingly unrelated clues. Each episode features two teams of three people competing in four rounds of gameplay. Each of the four rounds involve connections but they are not obvious or easy. The four rounds are ''What is the Connection?'', ''What Comes Fourth?'', ''Connect 14:00 India: Nature's Wonderland 15:00 Art of Scandinavia Join our host, Andrew Graham-Dixon, as he takes us on an exploratory journey through the history of Scandinavian art. Focusing on a major thme from each region, he delves into the stories behind each to reveal what they tell us about the culture and era of the times they were created in. Starting off in Norway, Andrew looks at the fascinating work of one of the country's most famous dark artistic 16:00 American Visions 17:00 Art That Made Us In the 1950s and 1960s, the generation of artists who recorded the shocks of global war gave way to an explosion of new voices from across the British Isles, reinventing the arts and creating a richer, more diverse culture. Young artists rebelled against the old establishment, kicking against the confines of class, sex, nation and race. Actress Lesley Sharp performs passages from Shelagh Delaney's 18:00 King Otto and Football's Greek Gods In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions. The architect behind this unprecedented triumph was legendary German football coach "King" Otto Rehhagel. After accompl