RADIO-LISTS: BBC FOUR
Unofficial Weekly Listings for BBC 4 — supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/
SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2024
SAT 19:00 Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez (m000slq3)
Series 2
The Viking Ship
Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost thousand-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.
SAT 20:00 Wild Arabia (p013mrl8)
Sand, Wind and Stars
Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia. This series enters the forbidding wilderness and reveals a magical cast of characters, from the snow-white oryx that inspired the myth of the unicorn to the long-legged jerboa leaping ten times its own body length through the star-filled Arabian nights. Horned vipers hunt glow-in-the-dark scorpions, while Bedouin nomads race their camels across the largest sand desert in the world.
SAT 21:00 India: Nature's Wonderland (p02z83jc)
Episode 1
Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. This is a land where the tea comes with added elephants, gibbons sing to greet the morning, tigers dance and lions roam.
SAT 22:00 Parallel Mothers (m001v60b)
Two mothers bond in an unexpected way after giving birth on the same day. In Spanish with English subtitles.
SAT 23:55 Pain and Glory (m0015f5m)
Salvador Mallo is a 60-something film director with a track record of successful cult titles behind him. As his health deteriorates, and amid recurring flashbacks from his childhood in rural Spain, Mallo takes stock of his life, forms a surprising new habit, and reconnects with former friends and lovers.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
SAT 01:45 Porridge (b00789j3)
Series 1
The Hustler
Classic prison sitcom. Fletcher gets a permanent job with the pigs on the prison farm and dreams up a novel way to relieve the boredom of prison life. But when the stakes run high, honour among thieves is sorely tried.
SAT 02:15 Yes, Prime Minister (b0074s30)
Series 2
The Patron of the Arts
Jim is the guest of honour at the British Theatre Awards, but the Arts Council grant is going to be cut. Jim wants to avoid bad publicity and Sir Humphrey, National Theatre board member, wants to avoid cuts - who will win?
SAT 02:45 Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez (m000slq3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2024
SUN 19:00 The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week (m00239nw)
Series 1
Episode 2
The brilliant Danish entertainer Victor Borge performs some of his most famous routines and plays his favourite music. Featuring a comedy duet with opera singer Marylyn Mulvey. From 1974.
SUN 19:30 BBC Young Musician (m00236mw)
2024
Auditions 2
The search for the UK’s next classical superstar continues as more amazing musicians audition for a place in the quarter-finals. With the best players from Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and all English regions competing, the talent is phenomenal.
Presenter and saxophonist Jess Gillam, who herself reached the Young Musician final in 2016, gets to know the competitors and hears some insights from the competition’s judges: multi-award winning trumpet player Alison Balsom, pianist Alexis Ffrench, who is one of classical music’s most streamed global classical artists, and multi-instrumentalist Hannah Catherine Jones. They need to choose just 12 from all of the auditionees to take through to the quarter-finals. Will they all agree?
With the standard of playing so incredibly high, they have some tough decisions to make. At the end of the programme, the judges reveal the names of the musicians they want to hear again in the next round.
In this, the second of two programmes from this stage of the competition, we hear performances from pianists, violinists, trumpeters, bassoonists, percussionists, harpists and cellists.
SUN 21:00 Mozart's Requiem (m001qwpn)
Witness an epic, heart-rending journey of the soul, as Opera North, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Jazzart Dance Theatre and Cape Town Opera combine for a powerful performance.
Filmed at Leeds Grand Theatre, this unforgettable contemporary dance staging of Mozart’s great choral lament is choreographed by Dane Hurst and conducted by Garry Walker.
Featuring soloists Ellie Laugharne, Ann Taylor, Mongezi Mosoaka and Simon Shibambu alongside the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North.
SUN 21:50 BBC Proms (m001q7r6)
2023
Mozart’s Great Mass at the Proms
A musical mystery awaits at the Royal Albert Hall as Scotland’s premier baroque ensemble, the Dunedin Consort, led by John Butt, unveil the musical inspiration behind Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, a colossus of the choral repertoire.
The revered work comprises the entire second half of the concert, while audiences are first treated to a series of shorter pieces by JS Bach and CPE Bach, two men who inspired Mozart in the creation of his mighty Mass. The Dunedin Consort is joined on stage by an all-star roster of vocal soloists comprising of Nardus Williams, Lucy Crowe, Jess Dandy, Benjamin Hulett and Robert Davies. Katie Derham presents with special guest Anna Lapwood.
SUN 23:40 Winter Journey: Schubert's Winterreise (m0012twd)
Franz Schubert's masterpiece, his song cycle Winterreise, bewildered his friends when he first played it to them. Two centuries on, it still challenges musicians of every generation.
In this beautiful film, baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu make their own winter journey, reimagining Schubert's songs at the top of a mountain pass in Switzerland in a setting that emphasises the timelessness of the composer's music.
SUN 01:10 Going for a Song (m002336s)
Hugh Scully and Arthur Negus welcome guest connoisseur Richard Came and customers Clare Francis and Terry Wogan to explore the world of antiques at Stratfield Saye in Hampshire.
SUN 01:40 The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week (m00239nw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
SUN 02:10 Mozart's Requiem (m001qwpn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2024
MON 19:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl5b)
Series 11
Canterbury to Alexandra Palace
Steered by his 1930s Bradshaw’s guidebook, this week Michael Portillo explores the east of England in the interwar period.
Beginning in Canterbury in Kent, Michael treads the boards as he uncovers the political message behind a play, published in 1936, inspired by the 12th-century murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket.
In Maidstone, Michael learns of the international origins of the most British symbol of remembrance, before paying his respects at a war memorial based on London’s Cenotaph.
Outside Sevenoaks, Michael visits the country home of one of his political heroes, Sir Winston Churchill, and discovers how the 1930s were wilderness years at Chartwell, as Churchill warned against Nazi German appeasement.
As Michael enters the capital, there is a visit to the brand new London Bridge station before he heads to Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television.
MON 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1ll4)
Stonehenge
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over Wiltshire to uncover new discoveries in the Stone Age landscape. Sites found from the air have led to exciting new evidence about Stonehenge. The discoveries help to explain why the monument is where it is, and reveal how long ago it was occupied by people.
MON 20:00 Meet the Ancestors (b0074jb8)
Series 1
Bones in the Barnyard
Archaeologist Julian Richards visits the village of Bleadon near Weston-Super-Mare, where a property developer purchased a piece of land from a local farmer, but an archaeological survey turned up more than he bargained for. Several crouch burials were revealed which have to be excavated before building can begin. Julian joins a team examining the remains and their modern DNA testing reveals a picture of the arduous life of Iron Age farmers.
MON 20:30 Meet the Ancestors (b0074lbw)
Series 2
Warrior
Archaeologist Julian Richards visits a team working on one of the most impressive Anglo-Saxon graveyards ever discovered, on a US air force base in Suffolk. A warrior is discovered buried beside his horse, encircled by graves holding children, some buried with full-size weapons. As the bones and grave goods are removed and analysed, Julian takes a journey back 1,400 years to find out about the warrior's life.
MON 21:00 Call My Bluff (m00239nj)
Robert Robinson referees a duel of words and wit between team captains Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir, who are joined by Francesca Annis, Michael Jayston, Lady Harlech and Robin Knox-Johnston.
MON 21:25 Face the Music (m00239nl)
Joseph Cooper hosts the game show that invites viewers to match their musical wits against a celebrity panel. With Joyce Grenfell, Richard Baker and Robin Ray. Featuring guest musician Tamás Vásáry.
MON 22:00 Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey (b07hk1qx)
Lucy Worsley traces the forgotten and fascinating story of the young Mozart's adventures in Georgian London. Arriving in 1764 as an eight-year-old boy, London held the promise of unrivalled musical opportunity. But in telling the tale of Mozart's strange and unexpected encounters, Lucy reveals how life wasn't easy for the little boy in a big bustling city.
With the demands of a royal performance, the humiliation of playing keyboard tricks in a London pub, a near fatal illness and finding himself heckled on the streets, it was a lot for a child to take. But London would prove pivotal, for it was here that the young Mozart made his musical breakthrough, blossoming from a precocious performer into a powerful new composer.
Lucy reveals that it was on British soil that Mozart composed his first ever symphony and, with the help of a bespoke performance, she explores how Mozart's experiences in London inspired his colossal achievement. But what should have earned him rapturous applause and the highest acclaim ended in suspicion, intrigue and accusations of fraud.
MON 23:00 Genius of the Ancient World (b066d0v5)
Confucius
In the final episode, Bettany travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundamentally shaped the country of his birth for around 2,500 years.
MON 00:00 Wild Arabia (p013mrl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 on Saturday]
MON 01:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
MON 01:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1ll4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
MON 02:00 Meet the Ancestors (b0074jb8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
MON 02:30 Meet the Ancestors (b0074lbw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:30 today]
MON 03:00 Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey (b07hk1qx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2024
TUE 19:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl64)
Series 11
Limehouse to Rochford
Following his 1936 Bradshaw’s guidebook, Michael Portillo explores the east of England, in London and Essex, en route to Lincolnshire.
On this leg, Michael alights at Limehouse in east London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain’s fight against fascism in the 1930s.
Heading east, he arrives in Dagenham, the location of one of Henry Ford’s first car factories in the UK. Michael discovers the story of the first £100 family vehicle and gets behind the wheel of a pioneering pick-up truck.
Leaving London, Michael crosses into Essex and in Southend gets the scoop on a seaside favourite, and heads to the world-famous pier with his ‘gelato’ cart.
In Rochford in Essex, Michael learns how an unusual alliance between London’s Crossrail railway project and conservation is helping thousands of birds.
TUE 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1czf)
Norfolk Broads
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over the Broads where aerial photos have discovered a staggering 945 previously unknown ancient sites. Many are making historians rethink the history of the area.
The fate of the Roman town of Caistor St Edmund has puzzled archaeologists for decades. It's long been a mystery why the centre never became a modern town. Now archaeologists have discovered a key piece of evidence. And near Ormseby, the first proof of Bronze Age settlement in the east of England has been revealed.
TUE 20:00 Porridge (b00828g8)
Series 1
A Night In
Classic comedy series. Fletch and Godber reconcile themselves to a quiet evening in at Slade prison.
TUE 20:30 Yes, Prime Minister (b0074s32)
Series 2
The National Education Service
Jim Hacker decides to abolish the Department of Education and Science to reduce bureaucracy and save money, giving cash directly to schools. Sir Humphrey, of course, is appalled.
TUE 21:00 The High Life (b00gsj9b)
Feart
It's Steve's thirtieth birthday, and he feels stuck in a rut. Sebastian suggests they apply to be stewards on Air Scotia's glamours long-haul flights. But first they have to contend with Capitain Duff, who thinks he is Leonard Nimoy, and a plane full of Gaga Tours OAPs, including an incognito Air Scotia Inspector. Meanwhile, Shona meets someone from her past.
TUE 21:30 The High Life (b00gvhjj)
Birl
Comedy set among the cabin crew of a passenger jet on a budget airline. As standards fall, the company orders its employees to attend a weekend of intensive retraining. Steve finds love, Shona finds herself and Sebastian finds out a secret.
TUE 22:00 Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? (m0020xxd)
Series 1
Syria – A Loop of Imperfection
America’s unwillingness to act after the chemical attack caused Syrian rebels to despair; no-one would come and save the day, leaving a vacuum that would be filled by the forces of Isis, turning Syria into hell on earth. Obama’s conclusion was that there was no scenario where intervention in Syria would give a desired outcome. With over half a million killed and millions of refugees fleeing Syria’s borders, Obama's vision of a Middle East where the youth would create a democratic and free world for itself had collapsed.
TUE 23:00 Secrets of Silicon Valley (b0916ghz)
Series 1
The Disruptors
Jamie Bartlett uncovers the reality behind Silicon Valley's glittering promise to build a better world. The tech gods believe progress is powered by technology tearing up the world as it is - a process they call disruption. He visits Uber's lavish offices in San Francisco and hears how the company believes it is improving our cities. But in Hyderabad in India, Jamie sees for himself the human consequences of Uber's utopian vision - drivers driven to suicide over falling earnings. Riding shotgun in a truck as it drives itself for more than a hundred miles on a highway, Jamie asks what the next wave of Silicon Valley's global disruption - the automation of millions of jobs - will mean for all of us. In search of answers, he gets a warning from an artificial intelligence pioneer who is replacing doctors with software - an economic shock is coming, faster than any of us have realised. Jamie's journey ends in the remote island hideout of a former Facebook executive who has armed himself with a gun because he fears this new industrial revolution could lead to social breakdown and the collapse of capitalism.
TUE 00:00 India: Nature's Wonderland (p02z83jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Saturday]
TUE 01:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl64)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
TUE 01:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1czf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
TUE 02:00 Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World? (m0020xxd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
TUE 03:00 Secrets of Silicon Valley (b0916ghz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 today]
WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2024
WED 19:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl77)
Series 11
Witham to Felixstowe
Michael Portillo's railway journey through 1930s Britain from Canterbury to Skegness reaches Witham in Essex. Here he visits the factory of the world's oldest supplier of metal-framed windows, which became popular in the 1930s.
Crossing into Suffolk, Michael alights at Ipswich and discovers the story of a group of child refugees whose history is intertwined with that of Michael's family.
In the village of Newbourne, over a pint with the locals, Michael hears the story of the rural resettlement scheme that helped over a thousand unemployed industrial workers from the north.
Last stop on this leg is Felixstowe, where Michael boards a boat to reach an isolated country house, where secret research was underway in the 1930s. When war came, the experiments performed here saved Britain from defeat.
WED 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1llz)
Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a new view of its history. The first full aerial survey of Hadrian's Wall has helped uncover new evidence about the people who once lived there. Carried out over the last few years by English Heritage, it is allowing archaeologists to reinterpret the wall. Across the whole landscape hundreds of sites of human occupation have been discovered, showing that people were living here in considerable numbers. Their discoveries are suggesting that far from being a barren military landscape, the whole area was richly populated before during and after the wall was built. There is also exciting new evidence that the Romans were here earlier than previously thought.
WED 20:00 Wild Weather with Richard Hammond (b04vr2p4)
Original Series
Temperature: The Driving Force
Richard Hammond investigates the crucial role temperature plays in all weather. Without heat, there would be no weather - no clouds, no rain, no snow, no dust storms, no thunder and lightning.
Richard sets off to find out about hot air and with the help of a quarry and a massive hot plate discovers just why it is so hard to pull a sword out of snow. He discovers, by building his own massive dust storm with the help of a few friends and dust specialist Dr Nigel Tapper, just how sand from the Sahara bounces its way to the UK.
In Canada he creates his own ice storm. He also drops in on Dan Morgan, who creates lightning bolts in his lab, where Richard is able to see thunder and hear lightning with the aid of some special cameras, light bulbs and a few candles.
WED 21:00 The Magic of Mushrooms (b041m6fh)
Professor Richard Fortey delves into the fascinating and normally hidden kingdom of fungi. From their spectacular birth, through their secretive underground life to their final explosive death, Richard reveals a remarkable world that few of us understand or even realise exists - yet all life on earth depends on it.
In a specially built mushroom lab, with the help of mycologist Dr Patrick Hickey and some state-of-the-art technology, Richard brings to life the secret world of mushrooms as never seen before and reveals the spectacular abilities of fungi to break down waste and sustain new plant life, keeping our planet alive.
Beyond the lab, Richard travels across Britain and beyond to show us the biggest, fastest and most deadly organisms on the planet - all of them fungi. He reveals their almost magical powers that have world-changing potential - opening up new frontiers in science, medicine and technology.
WED 22:00 Luther (b00sbjbv)
Series 1
Episode 1
Crime drama series. Luther, back from suspension, must solve a seemingly perfect double murder and work out how, and by whom, it was committed.
WED 23:00 Storyville (b03x3yfk)
The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras
Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera following the birth of his fourth son. At the same time in his village of Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision.
Over several years Burnat films this non-violent struggle against the Israeli army - which is led by two of his best friends - literally from his own point of view. Soon, these events begin to impact his own life. Bulldozers knocking down olive trees, the loss of life and night raids scare his family. His friends, brothers and even himself are either shot or arrested. One camera after another used to document these events is shot or smashed.
Burnat collaborates with Israeli director Guy Davidi to produce this powerful and moving documentary of resistance life on a frontline.
First shown in 2014.
WED 00:30 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl77)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
WED 01:00 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1llz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
WED 01:30 Wild Weather with Richard Hammond (b04vr2p4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
WED 02:30 India: Nature's Wonderland (p02z83jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Saturday]
THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2024
THU 19:00 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl8j)
Series 11
Saxmundham to Norwich
Michael Portillo continues his railway journey through eastern England from Canterbury to Skegness steered by his 1930s Bradshaw’s guidebook.
Stopping at Saxmundham in Suffolk, Michael heads for Snape Maltings, a concert and arts venue, and learns how the music and life of one of Britain’s greatest composers was shaped by the sea and his Suffolk surroundings.
Striking north, Michael’s next stop is the Norfolk seaside resort of Great Yarmouth, where he visits a recently restored 1930s water garden which evokes the city of the Rialto and the gondolier.
Heading inland, Michael arrives in the historic city of Norwich, which in the 1930s was the shoe making capital of Britain. He hears how a particular style of ladies shoe put Norwich on the front foot and he puts his heart and soul into slipper making at one of city’s oldest cordwainers.
Michael completes his tour of Norwich with a visit to the magnificent Scandinavian inspired art-deco City Hall, unveiled at the time of his guidebook.
THU 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1hnr)
The Thames: Secret War
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to uncover new discoveries about World War 1. A whole network of trenches has been discovered on The Hoo peninsula. Invisible from the ground, they were recently found from aerial images of the area next to the former Chattenden Barracks. The trenches were used for experimentation and training of soldiers and can be directly linked to trenches used in Belgium in WW1. The trenches are just one feature revealed by the first full aerial survey of the area by English Heritage. Much of the history of this area is being recorded from the air before its destroyed by coastal erosion and development.
THU 20:00 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (b0bkz5wv)
Series 1
Castaway
The second film in this intimate portrait finds Princess Margaret and her husband Anthony Armstrong-Jones at the start of their married life in the early 1960s. At home with celebrities and artists, they are riding the wave of a cultural and sexual revolution that is transforming Britain.
In 1965, they set off on an official royal tour of the United States. From California to small-town Arizona, the royal couple promote Britain by day and party by night. They attend a dinner with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in a world where Hollywood royalty increasingly competes with the real thing. In Britain, the press starts to ask if the extravagant royal tour is a good way to spend public money. The mystique of monarchy is being increasingly undermined by the emergence of a more open and egalitarian society.
In the years that follow, Anthony Armstrong-Jones begins to withdraw from royal duties and the couple lead increasingly separate lives. Press speculation about the state of their marriage intensifies. In the 1970s Margaret retreats more and more to the Caribbean island of Mustique in an attempt to secure a private life. In an era of celebrity gossip and the telephoto lens, her relationship with a younger man and beach parties with rock stars like Mick Jagger lead to ever more press interest. As Britain lurches from one economic crisis to the next, Margaret's Caribbean lifestyle becomes the lightning rod for republican attacks on the monarchy.
In 1978, Margaret reflects changing attitudes sweeping the country and gets a divorce. The rebel royal is now increasingly eclipsed by a new generation of princesses. But in her own way, Princess Margaret helped pave the way for them and for the monarchy of the 21st century.
Contributors include Lady Anne Glenconner, a childhood friend who became her lady-in-waiting, Jane Stevens, one of her closest friends, Basil Charles, the owner of a bar on the Caribbean island of Mustique, David Griffin, Princess Margaret's chauffeur, and Craig Brown, her unofficial biographer.
THU 21:00 The Big Sleep (m001tvn4)
Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe is called to the mansion of General Sternwood, where he is hired to deal with a series of debts which his wayward daughter Carmen owes to bookseller Arthur Geiger. But as Marlowe gets himself deeper and deeper into this complex case, he finds himself at the centre of a story of murder and blackmail.
THU 22:50 Omnibus (m00239nt)
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley.
The film portrays Chandler's life and creative attitudes in his own words. Dramatised excerpts from his letters and novels reveal conflicting aspects: the sensitive, diffident writer - and the tough, cool private eye hero. With JB Priestley.
THU 23:45 Talking Pictures (b06mzk6m)
Hollywood Actresses
Sylvia Syms looks back on the legendary leading ladies of Hollywood - the glamorous and often powerful stars who helped define what it was to be a woman in cinema's golden age. Featuring Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Doris Day, the programme uses rarely seen archive and interviews to examine the relationships these great stars had with audiences, studio bosses - and sometimes with each other.
THU 00:35 Great British Railway Journeys (m000dl8j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
THU 01:05 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1hnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
THU 01:35 Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal (b0bkz5wv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
THU 02:35 Omnibus (m00239nt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:50 today]
FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2024
FRI 19:00 Top of the Pops (m00239nb)
Keith Allen presents the pop chart show, first broadcast on 19 July 1996 and featuring Umboza, Terrorvision, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, Livin' Joy, Rock Therapy, Spice Girls, Los Del Rio, Neneh Cherry, Gary Barlow and Apollo 440.
FRI 19:30 Top of the Pops (p00fsvcm)
Lisa I'Anson presents the pop chart show, first broadcast on 26 July 1996 and featuring Pato Banton & The Reggae Revolution, Mark Morrison, Wink, Suede, Tina Turner, New Edition, Joyrider, Robbie Williams, Spice Girls and Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx.
FRI 20:00 Top of the Pops (b0b3lnml)
Janice Long and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 September 1985. Featuring Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, The Style Council, Bonnie Tyler and David Bowie & Mick Jagger.
FRI 20:30 Top of the Pops (m000jqyf)
Sybil Ruscoe and Jenny Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 September 1989 and featuring Wet Wet Wet, The Beautiful South and Gloria Estefan.
FRI 21:00 Transatlantic Sessions (b03bgnv2)
Series 6
Episode 1
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular new location overlooking the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
This programme features not only established favourites Karen Matheson, Cara Dillon and Andy Irvine but also exciting newcomers such as Boston's Aoife O'Donovan, Teddy Thompson, son of the legendary Richard and, from Scotland, Ewan McLennan.
FRI 21:30 Transatlantic Sessions (b03bv1bv)
Series 6
Episode 2
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular new location overlooking the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
This programme features Virginian Mary Chapin Carpenter, Maura O'Connell from County Clare in Ireland and Hebridean Julie Fowlis. Tim O'Brien adds some Appalachian bitter-sweet.
FRI 22:00 Transatlantic Sessions (b03c7lcq)
Series 6
Episode 3
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular new location overlooking the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
In this episode look out for the deftly delicate guitar of Russ Barenberg, one of the Sessions' 'founding fathers', and John McCusker's rollicking fiddle.
FRI 22:30 Transatlantic Sessions (b03cvpmx)
Series 6
Episode 4
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house-band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular location overlooking the banks of Loch Lomond. Phil Cunningham joins the fun, and Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain are also to the fore, along with Mike McGoldrick on pipes and whistles.
FRI 23:00 Transatlantic Sessions (b03dz8q1)
Series 6
Episode 5
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular location overlooking the banks of Loch Lomond.
John Doyle leads off this fifth programme of the series with 'Liberty's Sweet Shore', an emigrant song that mirrors his own journey from Ireland to South Carolina. Allan MacDonald closes proceedings with one of his inimitable pipe sets.
FRI 23:30 Transatlantic Sessions (b03fgzny)
Series 6
Episode 6
Music co-directors, Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain, dobro ace Jerry Douglas and their all-star house band, host a gathering of the cream of Nashville, Irish and Scottish talent in a spectacular location overlooking the banks of Loch Lomond.
The final programme in the series features Karen Matheson, Maura O'Connell, Aoife O'Donovan, Tim O'Brien and Andy Irvine backed by Aly, Jerry and house-band stalwarts Mike McGoldrick, Donald Shaw, Danny Thompson and James Mackintosh.
FRI 00:00 6 Music Festival (m000th94)
2021
Michael Kiwanuka and Laura Marling
Cerys Matthews presents highlights from the BBC 6 Music Festival at Alexandra Palace of the sets performed by Michael Kiwanuka, Laura Marling and Bicep. Songs include You Ain’t the Problem by Michael Kiwanuka, Song for Our Daughter by Laura Marling and a special track from Bicep.
Cerys also talks to Michael and Laura about being able to finally perform in a live venue after a year of restrictions, albeit with no audience just yet.
FRI 01:00 Top of the Pops (m00239nb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
FRI 01:30 Top of the Pops (p00fsvcm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
FRI 02:00 Top of the Pops (b0b3lnml)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
FRI 02:30 Top of the Pops (m000jqyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:30 today]
FRI 03:00 Transatlantic Sessions (b03bgnv2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
6 Music Festival
00:00 FRI (m000th94)
BBC Proms
21:50 SUN (m001q7r6)
BBC Young Musician
19:30 SUN (m00236mw)
Call My Bluff
21:00 MON (m00239nj)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
22:00 TUE (m0020xxd)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
02:00 TUE (m0020xxd)
Face the Music
21:25 MON (m00239nl)
Genius of the Ancient World
23:00 MON (b066d0v5)
Going for a Song
01:10 SUN (m002336s)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:30 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 THU (m000dl8j)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:35 THU (m000dl8j)
India: Nature's Wonderland
21:00 SAT (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
00:00 TUE (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
02:30 WED (p02z83jc)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
22:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
03:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Luther
22:00 WED (b00sbjbv)
Meet the Ancestors
20:00 MON (b0074jb8)
Meet the Ancestors
20:30 MON (b0074lbw)
Meet the Ancestors
02:00 MON (b0074jb8)
Meet the Ancestors
02:30 MON (b0074lbw)
Mozart's Requiem
21:00 SUN (m001qwpn)
Mozart's Requiem
02:10 SUN (m001qwpn)
Omnibus
22:50 THU (m00239nt)
Omnibus
02:35 THU (m00239nt)
Pain and Glory
23:55 SAT (m0015f5m)
Parallel Mothers
22:00 SAT (m001v60b)
Porridge
01:45 SAT (b00789j3)
Porridge
20:00 TUE (b00828g8)
Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
20:00 THU (b0bkz5wv)
Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
01:35 THU (b0bkz5wv)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
19:00 SAT (m000slq3)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
02:45 SAT (m000slq3)
Secrets of Silicon Valley
23:00 TUE (b0916ghz)
Secrets of Silicon Valley
03:00 TUE (b0916ghz)
Storyville
23:00 WED (b03x3yfk)
Talking Pictures
23:45 THU (b06mzk6m)
The Big Sleep
21:00 THU (m001tvn4)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
19:00 SUN (m00239nw)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
01:40 SUN (m00239nw)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:00 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 THU (b01s1hnr)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:05 THU (b01s1hnr)
The High Life
21:00 TUE (b00gsj9b)
The High Life
21:30 TUE (b00gvhjj)
The Magic of Mushrooms
21:00 WED (b041m6fh)
Top of the Pops
19:00 FRI (m00239nb)
Top of the Pops
19:30 FRI (p00fsvcm)
Top of the Pops
20:00 FRI (b0b3lnml)
Top of the Pops
20:30 FRI (m000jqyf)
Top of the Pops
01:00 FRI (m00239nb)
Top of the Pops
01:30 FRI (p00fsvcm)
Top of the Pops
02:00 FRI (b0b3lnml)
Top of the Pops
02:30 FRI (m000jqyf)
Transatlantic Sessions
21:00 FRI (b03bgnv2)
Transatlantic Sessions
21:30 FRI (b03bv1bv)
Transatlantic Sessions
22:00 FRI (b03c7lcq)
Transatlantic Sessions
22:30 FRI (b03cvpmx)
Transatlantic Sessions
23:00 FRI (b03dz8q1)
Transatlantic Sessions
23:30 FRI (b03fgzny)
Transatlantic Sessions
03:00 FRI (b03bgnv2)
Wild Arabia
20:00 SAT (p013mrl8)
Wild Arabia
00:00 MON (p013mrl8)
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
20:00 WED (b04vr2p4)
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
01:30 WED (b04vr2p4)
Winter Journey: Schubert's Winterreise
23:40 SUN (m0012twd)
Yes, Prime Minister
02:15 SAT (b0074s30)
Yes, Prime Minister
20:30 TUE (b0074s32)
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
Comedy: Satire
Yes, Prime Minister
02:15 SAT (b0074s30)
Yes, Prime Minister
20:30 TUE (b0074s32)
Comedy: Sitcoms
Porridge
01:45 SAT (b00789j3)
Porridge
20:00 TUE (b00828g8)
The High Life
21:00 TUE (b00gsj9b)
The High Life
21:30 TUE (b00gvhjj)
Yes, Prime Minister
02:15 SAT (b0074s30)
Yes, Prime Minister
20:30 TUE (b0074s32)
Drama
Pain and Glory
23:55 SAT (m0015f5m)
Parallel Mothers
22:00 SAT (m001v60b)
The Big Sleep
21:00 THU (m001tvn4)
Drama: Classic & Period
The Big Sleep
21:00 THU (m001tvn4)
Drama: Crime
Luther
22:00 WED (b00sbjbv)
The Big Sleep
21:00 THU (m001tvn4)
Drama: Thriller
Luther
22:00 WED (b00sbjbv)
Entertainment
Call My Bluff
21:00 MON (m00239nj)
Going for a Song
01:10 SUN (m002336s)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
19:00 SUN (m00239nw)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
01:40 SUN (m00239nw)
Factual
India: Nature's Wonderland
21:00 SAT (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
00:00 TUE (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
02:30 WED (p02z83jc)
Factual: Antiques
Going for a Song
01:10 SUN (m002336s)
Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts
Genius of the Ancient World
23:00 MON (b066d0v5)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
22:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
03:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Omnibus
22:50 THU (m00239nt)
Omnibus
02:35 THU (m00239nt)
Talking Pictures
23:45 THU (b06mzk6m)
Factual: History
Genius of the Ancient World
23:00 MON (b066d0v5)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:30 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 THU (m000dl8j)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:35 THU (m000dl8j)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
22:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
03:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Meet the Ancestors
20:00 MON (b0074jb8)
Meet the Ancestors
20:30 MON (b0074lbw)
Meet the Ancestors
02:00 MON (b0074jb8)
Meet the Ancestors
02:30 MON (b0074lbw)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
19:00 SAT (m000slq3)
Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
02:45 SAT (m000slq3)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:00 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 THU (b01s1hnr)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:05 THU (b01s1hnr)
Factual: Life Stories
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
22:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey
03:00 MON (b07hk1qx)
Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
20:00 THU (b0bkz5wv)
Princess Margaret: The Rebel Royal
01:35 THU (b0bkz5wv)
Talking Pictures
23:45 THU (b06mzk6m)
Factual: Politics
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
22:00 TUE (m0020xxd)
Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
02:00 TUE (m0020xxd)
Storyville
23:00 WED (b03x3yfk)
Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment
India: Nature's Wonderland
21:00 SAT (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
00:00 TUE (p02z83jc)
India: Nature's Wonderland
02:30 WED (p02z83jc)
The Magic of Mushrooms
21:00 WED (b041m6fh)
Wild Arabia
20:00 SAT (p013mrl8)
Wild Arabia
00:00 MON (p013mrl8)
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
20:00 WED (b04vr2p4)
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
01:30 WED (b04vr2p4)
Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology
Secrets of Silicon Valley
23:00 TUE (b0916ghz)
Secrets of Silicon Valley
03:00 TUE (b0916ghz)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 MON (b01s1ll4)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:30 TUE (b01s1czf)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:00 WED (b01s1llz)
The Flying Archaeologist
19:30 THU (b01s1hnr)
The Flying Archaeologist
01:05 THU (b01s1hnr)
Factual: Travel
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 MON (m000dl5b)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
01:00 TUE (m000dl64)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:30 WED (m000dl77)
Great British Railway Journeys
19:00 THU (m000dl8j)
Great British Railway Journeys
00:35 THU (m000dl8j)
Wild Arabia
20:00 SAT (p013mrl8)
Wild Arabia
00:00 MON (p013mrl8)
Music
Face the Music
21:25 MON (m00239nl)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
19:00 SUN (m00239nw)
The Complete Victor Borge - Show of the Week
01:40 SUN (m00239nw)
Winter Journey: Schubert's Winterreise
23:40 SUN (m0012twd)
Music: Classic Pop & Rock
Top of the Pops
19:00 FRI (m00239nb)
Top of the Pops
19:30 FRI (p00fsvcm)
Top of the Pops
20:00 FRI (b0b3lnml)
Top of the Pops
20:30 FRI (m000jqyf)
Top of the Pops
01:00 FRI (m00239nb)
Top of the Pops
01:30 FRI (p00fsvcm)
Top of the Pops
02:00 FRI (b0b3lnml)
Top of the Pops
02:30 FRI (m000jqyf)
Music: Classical
BBC Proms
21:50 SUN (m001q7r6)
BBC Young Musician
19:30 SUN (m00236mw)
Mozart's Requiem
21:00 SUN (m001qwpn)
Mozart's Requiem
02:10 SUN (m001qwpn)
Winter Journey: Schubert's Winterreise
23:40 SUN (m0012twd)
Music: Classical: Opera
Winter Journey: Schubert's Winterreise
23:40 SUN (m0012twd)
Music: Folk
Transatlantic Sessions
21:00 FRI (b03bgnv2)
Transatlantic Sessions
21:30 FRI (b03bv1bv)
Transatlantic Sessions
22:00 FRI (b03c7lcq)
Transatlantic Sessions
22:30 FRI (b03cvpmx)
Transatlantic Sessions
23:00 FRI (b03dz8q1)
Transatlantic Sessions
23:30 FRI (b03fgzny)
Transatlantic Sessions
03:00 FRI (b03bgnv2)
Music: Rock & Indie
6 Music Festival
00:00 FRI (m000th94)