2026-06-01 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 University Challenge The second round of the 2022/23 competition begins tonight. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 12:30 Only Connect Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three maths graduates take on a team of wordsmiths. 13:00 Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens. 14:00 Art of America Andrew Graham-Dixon begins his history of American art with portraits of Puritan settlers and the dark truth behind Benjamin West's most famous painting. 15:00 American Visions Robert Hughes on how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia. 15:50 Leonora Carrington: The Lost Surrealist Film about artist Leonora Carrington who worked alongside Max Ernst, Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso in Paris at the height of surrealism, yet lived out her days in Mexico City. 16:50 This Is Joan Collins The Dynasty star narrates her rollercoaster life story. Contains some strong language. 18:25 Only Connect Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three maths graduates take on a team of wordsmiths. 18:55 American Visions Robert Hughes on how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia. 19:45 Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens. 20:45 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-06-02 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 University Challenge The second round continues, with two more teams competing for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 12:30 Only Connect Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three history lovers square up to a trio of Welshmen. 13:00 A Tribute to Carla Lane - Artsnight This special edition of Artsnight delves into the BBC's archive and brings together rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work. 13:30 Butterflies Ria has enough to cope with: there is her husband Ben, who has his own hang-ups and her sons Adam and Russell, who are the cause of most of them. Then suddenly there's Leonard. 14:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as industrialisation and changing roles for women. 15:00 Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay rises from boastful amateur boxer to the Olympics. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 15:50 Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay sets his sights on becoming the youngest ever heavyweight champion, taking on the 'unbeatable' Sonny Liston. 16:40 Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay publicly joins the Nation of Islam and takes the name Muhammad Ali. In 1967, he becomes eligible for the Vietnam draft.