2025-01-29 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Canal Boat Diaries Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. There are engine issues and a leaky boat to fix before Robbie reaches Liverpool Docks. 12:30 Yorkshire Wolds Way with Paul Rose Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way. He gets a unique view of this stretch of chalk downland and gets a special invitation to a military base. 13:00 Himalaya with Michael Palin Michael Palin sets off on an epic journey through the rugged terrain of the Himalayas. First, he follows the Khyber Pass up to the mighty K2 mountain. 14:00 The Beginning and End of the Universe A look into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end. 15:00 Babs Heartwarming dramatised story of actress Dame Barbara Windsor, recounting the people and events that shaped her life and career over 50 years from 1943 to 1993. 16:30 Bouffants, Beehives and Bobs: The Hairdos that Made Britain A look back at the iconic hairdos of British men and women over the past 60 years. 17:30 Canal Boat Diaries Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. There are engine issues and a leaky boat to fix before Robbie reaches Liverpool Docks. 18:00 Yorkshire Wolds Way with Paul Rose Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way. He gets a unique view of this stretch of chalk downland and gets a special invitation to a military base. 18:30 The Beginning and End of the Universe A look into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end. 19:30 Himalaya with Michael Palin Michael Palin sets off on an epic journey through the rugged terrain of the Himalayas. First, he follows the Khyber Pass up to the mighty K2 mountain. 20:30 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2025-01-30 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Avalanche: Dangerous Earth Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche, from eyewitness footage from within one to detailed CT scans showing the microscopic changes that cause them. 12:30 Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth, discovering clues that point back almost 1,000 years to the Norman conquest. 13:00 Porridge Screen version of the classic television comedy about habitual prison inmate Norman Stanley Fletcher and his cellmate Lennie Godber. 14:30 Wonder Boys Comic drama about a troubled professor struggling with writer's block. Contains very strong language. 16:15 Wogan Terry Wogan in conversation with actor and producer Michael Douglas, country music singer Glen Campbell, dress designer Jean Muir and actor Tom Hulce. 17:00 Joan Sutherland Soprano Joan Sutherland talks to Bernard Levin and sings scenes from some of her most celebrated roles. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bonynge. 18:05 Joan Sutherland: World Singer The famous Australian opera singer Joan Sutherland, introduced and accompanied by Gerald Moore. 18:25 Avalanche: Dangerous Earth Dr Helen Czerski looks at the anatomy of an avalanche, from eyewitness footage from within one to detailed CT scans showing the microscopic changes that cause them. 18:55 Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth, discovering clues that point back almost 1,000 years to the Norman conquest. 19:25 Egypt's Lost Cities Archaeological documentary. Having used satellites to discover cities, temples and pyramids beneath the sands, Dr Sarah Parcak heads to Egypt to find out if they are really there. 20:55 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2025-01-31 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 TOTP: 1997 Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 March 1997 and featuring Erasure, Peter Andre, Beck, Babyface, Aerosmith and No Doubt. 12:30 TOTP: 1997 Ian Broudie presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 March 1997 and featuring Ant & Dec, 3 Colours Red, Sash!, No Mercy, Dodgy and Spice Girls. 13:05 TOTP: 1986 Gary Davies and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 January 1986 and featuring Billy Ocean, Talk Talk, Fine Young Cannibals and a-ha. 13:35 TOTP: 1990 Bruno Brookes presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 February 1990 and featuring Sybil, Sinead O'Connor and The House of Love. 14:10 More ABBA at the BBC As ABBA mark 50 years since winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, it's time to take another voyage into the archives for more of the Swedish supergroup's best BBC moments. 15:10 When ABBA Came to Britain With previously unheard interviews with the band and new interviews with those who met them, this is the story of ABBA's love affair with the UK since their Eurovision triumph. 16:10 ABBA in Switzerland ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.