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Live coverage from day two of the 2024 UK Snooker Championship.

Celebrating the competition's tenth anniversary, four talented young performers compete for the title BBC Young Jazz Musician 2024. Presented by YolanDa Brown and Huw Stevens from the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, the competition is firmly established as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival and promises once again to showcase the British jazz stars of the future. Hoping to take the cove

Puccini's operatic masterpiece, La Bohème, performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ever since its premiere in Turin in 1896, La bohème has been a huge hit with audiences across the world. Within two years, it had been seen in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Prague, Berlin, Manchester and beyond. With over 500 performances chalked up at Covent Garden alone, this opera is one of the most popul

Magic and mischief at the Proms as Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra bring Dukas's much-loved The Sorcerer's Apprentice, to kick-start an evening of highly visual music. Drama is the main event, with Puccini's opera Il Tabarro, a tale of lust, adultery and murder set on the Seine in Paris. Amidst the mayhem, Respighi's stunning aural portrait Fountains of Rome provides a moment of calm. Join

We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome – a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all. In this programme, Mary descends into the city streets to discover the dirt, crime, sex and sl

Live coverage from day three of the 2024 UK Snooker Championship.

In the third episode Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule? In the beautifully preserved cities of Algeria, incomers and locals mixed to create flourishing communities with a distinct "more Roman than Rome" frontier identity.

Two thousand years ago, one of history's most notorious individuals was born. Professor Mary Beard embarks on an investigative journey to explore the life and times of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus – better known to us as Caligula. Caligula has now become known as Rome's most capricious tyrant, and the stories told about him are some of the most extraordinary of any Roman emperor. He was

The public execution of criminals is a staple in the Colosseum, but during Trajan's games, one of these victims is no common prisoner. Bishop Ignatius of Antioch is part of a growing underground religion threatening Roman traditions – Christianity.

One of the most famous scientists of the ancient world, Galen of Pergamon, makes a name for himself as a doctor for gladiators in the arena. Just as the empire reaches the height of its power, a devastating plague sweeps through the city. Only then does Galen catch the attention of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome – a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the West for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all. In this final episode, Mary delves even deeper into ordinary Roman life by going behind the cl

In the third episode Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule? In the beautifully preserved cities of Algeria, incomers and locals mixed to create flourishing communities with a distinct "more Roman than Rome" frontier identity.

Live coverage from day four of the 2024 UK Snooker Championship.

Five-year-old Veeru has to endure relentless bullying and discrimination. Born to an Indian mother and a Nepalese father, in the Indian Himalayan village where he lives, he is taunted for being mixed race. This Storyville documentary follows the little boy over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of racism, never retaliating, finally triumphing when he discovers a ta

Thomas Cromwell has gone down in history as one of the most corrupt and manipulative ruffians ever to hold power in England. A chief minister who used his position to smash the Roman Catholic church in England and loot the monasteries for his own gain. A man who used torture to bring about the execution of the woman who had once been his friend and supporter – Anne Boleyn. Diarmaid MacCulloch, pro

Stephen Smith explores the flamboyant Baroque court of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Louis created the Palace of Versailles so he could surround himself with aristocrats, artists, interior designers, gardeners, wigmakers, chefs and musicians. Hordes of ambitious courtiers scrambled to get close to the king, but unseemly goings-on in the royal bedchamber reflected the quickest path to power.

Celebrity chef Monica Galetti walks through the open landscapes of the North York Moors. Along the way she meets residents and samples local produce. Starting off with a glorious view over the frost-covered valley, Monica drops down into the historic village of Rosedale Abbey. Following the course of a stream up Rosedale, she climbs towards the heather, passing a fell runner on the way. On top of

Five-year-old Veeru has to endure relentless bullying and discrimination. Born to an Indian mother and a Nepalese father, in the Indian Himalayan village where he lives, he is taunted for being mixed race. This Storyville documentary follows the little boy over five transformative years as he grapples with the profound effects of racism, never retaliating, finally triumphing when he discovers a ta

Live coverage from day five of the 2024 UK Snooker Championship.

18 years ago, Michael Henchard sold his family whilst drunk at a fair. Now he is the mayor of Casterbridge, and his wife has returned.

Eminent, rich, respected and feared, the mayor of Casterbridge is also ashamed of his past. He decides to remarry Susan.

Jealousy poisons Henchard against his manager, Donald Farfrae. The mayor's troubles are only just beginning.