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Michael Parkinson talks to comic actor Michael Crawford and American entertainer Liberace, who plays a medley of Christmas songs.

Margo and Jerry are slightly perturbed when the Goods start to introduce livestock to Surbiton, but worse is to follow when Tom decides to paint the greenhouse.

After his fake suicide, Reggie tries out his new life in which he can be anyone and go anywhere. However, he realises that all he really wants is Elizabeth.

A visit to Lord Hulton's place provides James with a surprise glimpse of how the other half lives, while a routine task leads to a shattering event.

It's bad enough when a dog loses its sight, but the vets have the difficult job of breaking the news to its owner.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Jason Manford hosts a glittering musical celebration with spectacular performances and special guests, including Michael Ball and Marisha Wallace.

The great opera singer Sir Willard White recalls his experiences on the first televised production of George Gershwin's classic opera Porgy and Bess.

A television production of George Gershwin's 1935 opera, based on Trevor Nunn's acclaimed 1986 Glyndebourne staging. Featuring the standards Summertime and It Ain't Necessarily So.

Singer and actress Ute Lemper presents a selection of songs by Kurt Weill, including Mack the Knife, Youkali and My Ship. Recorded at the Theatre Royal Bath during the 1989 Bath Festival.

Jason Manford hosts a glittering musical celebration with spectacular performances and special guests, including Michael Ball and Marisha Wallace.

Siegfried, James and Tristan all cope characteristically with the final threat to the harmony of Skeldale House.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

A look at the life of ring-tailed lemurs on the African island of Madagascar, who live in female-dominated gangs and continually fight for territory with their neighbours.

At the very end of east Africa's Great Rift Valley, there's a 'land that time forgot' - the rolling grasslands of the Luangwa Valley.

Dr Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri visit Hospitalfield House in Arbroath, where a painting of an unknown man by an unknown artist turns out to be by one of the greats.

Filming in Italy, Germany, France and Britain, Alastair Sooke explores the extraordinary afterlife of Greek masterpieces that changed the course of western culture.

The team explore one of the biggest stories in space news, the 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4. How well did the planet respond to this potential natural disaster.

With David in exile, Jean-Auguste Ingres is set to take over as first painter of France. Contains some nudity.

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores how art took a dramatic turn after the French Revolution, looking at artists including Jacques-Louis David, Delacroix and Gericault. Contains some nudity.