SATURDAY 05 JULY 2025

SAT 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fpb6)
England v India 2025

Second Test, Day 4

Day four highlights from the second Test match between England and India.


SAT 20:00 Remembers... (m002fpbs)
George Gallaccio Remembers... Miss Marple

Joan Hickson’s portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple in the BBC’s 1980s classic adaptations is still considered by fans to be the definitive version of the elderly crime-cracker. Here, we join acclaimed producer George Gallaccio, the mastermind who controlled things behind the scenes throughout the series, for the inside story on how Christie’s tales of death and deception were brought to life for the small screen, and he gives his personal perspective on the pleasures of working with one of television’s best-loved actresses.


SAT 20:10 Miss Marple (b01lc9s2)
The Body in the Library

Part One

The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel where some rather unusual people are staying.


SAT 21:00 Miss Marple (b01lc9s4)
The Body in the Library

Part Two

While the investigation centres on the Jefferson family and their entourage, Miss Marple's hunch about a second killing proves all too tragically justified.


SAT 21:55 Miss Marple (b03cch46)
The Body in the Library

Part Three

Miss Marple is convinced that the death of the schoolgirl Pamela Reeve holds the key to the mystery of the double murder. There are a number of suspects, but the police finally arrest Basil Blake. Miss Marple, however, draws an entirely different conclusion. After a train journey to London, she comes back with evidence that allows the police to stage a trap for the real killer.


SAT 22:50 The Gone (m001wrtw)
Series 1

Episode 1

A young Irish couple, Sinead and Ronan, go missing from the small rural town in which they had been living and working, on New Zealand's North Island. Theo Richter, a detective from Ireland, travels to New Zealand to liaise with the local police and explore a possible Irish gang connection. He teams up with Diana Huia, a young Māori detective sergeant.

The couple’s disappearance means Diana must reluctantly return to her hometown and the painful memories that forced her to leave family behind. Theo has his own demons and is reluctant to share the personal reasons behind his sudden decision to leave the police force once this investigation is complete.

Together, the detectives try to figure out who Sinead and Ronan were and what happened to them. The empty house initially seems undisturbed, but evidence suggests either Sinead or Ronan may have been injured before going missing. Then Sinead’s company car is found at the base of the mountain, and a huge search and rescue effort gets under way.


SAT 23:40 The Gone (m001wrv1)
Series 1

Episode 2

Diana and Theo learn that Ronan was dealing drugs and that Irish gangster Derry Fallon is already in New Zealand, but Aileen’s news reporting may have put her in his crosshairs. The mountain search continues, and a visit to Diana’s Uncle Buster leads to an arrest.


SAT 00:35 The Good Life (p00bzc88)
Series 2

Mutiny

Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. It's Margo's first night in the Sound of Music, and Jerry receives some unpleasant news.


SAT 01:05 Yes Minister (b007836n)
Series 2

Doing the Honours

Sir Humphrey has to combat Jim's economies, including cuts on profitable overseas students at his old college and linking civil servants' honours with achieving cuts.


SAT 01:35 Miss Marple (b01lc9s2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:10 today]


SAT 02:25 Miss Marple (b01lc9s4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]

SUNDAY 06 JULY 2025

SUN 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fp40)
England v India 2025

Second Test, Day 5

Day five highlights from the second Test match between England and India.


SUN 20:00 Andy Pandy (p047yh6h)
1952

Introducing Andy Pandy

Meet Andy Pandy in his house, where he counts all the things he owns and loves, and plays with his friends Teddy and Looby Loo.


SUN 20:15 Andy Pandy (p047yph2)
1952

Hobby Horse and Bells

Andy Pandy invites you to join him in songs and games. Narrated by Maria Bird.


SUN 20:30 Andy Pandy (p047z0fj)
1970

Trampoline

Children’s animation following the adventures of Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo, who have fun in a candy-coloured world.


SUN 20:45 Andy Pandy (p0481tqm)
1970

Jack in the Box

Children’s animation following the adventures of Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo, who have fun in a candy-coloured world.


SUN 21:00 From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television (b06t3mhm)
Nigel Planer narrates the story of the struggle to make programmes for children in the days before everything went digital.


SUN 22:00 The Lost World of Tibet (b0093677)
Dan Cruickshank presents a documentary revealing the story of the Dalai Lama, his secret Himalayan kingdom and the story of his exile, using eyewitness accounts from Tibetans including the Dalai Lama himself and colour archive footage of Tibet from the 1930s to 50s.


SUN 23:00 The Dalai Lama at 80 (b061yf3v)
Emily Maitlis interviews the Dalai Lama to discuss politics, Buddhism and ageing.


SUN 23:30 Mission: Joy – with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama (m0014rhk)
Deeply moving and laugh-out-loud funny, Mission: Joy gives unprecedented access to the friendship between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the late Archbishop Tutu. The self-described ‘mischievous brothers’ were filmed over five days by an award-winning team who captured a relationship built on truth, honesty and, most importantly, joy.

The film goes behind the scenes at the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, where Archbishop Tutu and the Dalai Lama recount stories from their lives, both having lived through periods of incredible difficulty.

With genuine affection, mutual respect and a healthy dose of teasing, the two friends impart lessons gleaned from experience, ancient traditions and cutting-edge science to show that it is possible to live with joy in the face of all of life’s challenges, from the extraordinary to the mundane. Mission: Joy is an antidote for our times.


SUN 00:55 Timewatch (b00785y5)
2008-2009

The Real Bonnie and Clyde

Hollywood portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but the reality of life on the run for Bonnie and Clyde was one of violence, hardship and danger.

With unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heart of Depression-era America, in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde.


SUN 01:50 When Blondie Came to Britain (m001sp39)
In 1977, a small and relatively unknown group called Blondie arrived in Bournemouth ahead of their first ever UK tour. This is the story of the key part Britain played in helping break one of the world’s most influential bands and examines a special relationship that has endured for nearly 50 years.

Featuring rare and unseen archive material – including photographs taken by guitarist Chris Stein - this documentary charts Blondie’s rise from that first student union gig in Bournemouth, supported by Squeeze (including a 19-year-old Jools Holland) through to 2023 and an unforgettable performance on Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage.


SUN 02:50 From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: The Golden Age of Children's Television (b06t3mhm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]

MONDAY 07 JULY 2025

MON 19:00 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs03)
Series 1

Madagascar

Journey across the tropical island of Madagascar and explore the unique and incredible wildlife it has to offer - from its famed lemurs to chameleons.

As the oldest island on earth, life has had time to evolve, and there are now more unique plants and animals on Madagascar than any other island.

It was formed nearly 90 million years ago when a giant landmass split apart, and Madagascar was cast adrift from east Africa. Braving the 400-mile ocean crossing from Africa, the first castaways arrived on the arid west of the island, and were met with vast deserts.

Ring-tailed lemurs are the direct descendants of one of the very first mammals to arrive, and they are thriving despite the arid conditions. They spend up to eight hours a day foraging in the Spiny Forest. Their plant-based diet includes plants with caustic sap that would burn human skin.

When humans arrived on the west coast, they too faced the hostile desert, high temperatures and droughts that can last a year. In the village of Ampotaka, the people have learnt to use baobab trees to help them survive. The trees grow up to 30 metres high and store vast quantities of water in their trunks. By hollowing out the inside of the trunk, the people create huge water tanks storing thousands of litres of water, which they can use when times are tough.

Tiny labord’s chameleons are unique to Madagascar and have the shortest lifespan of any land vertebrate – living for just four months. They time their hatching with the start of the rainy season when the going is good, and then the race is on for them to grow, mate and lay eggs before the dry season comes round once again.

One of the most dramatic places in Madagascar is known as the Grand Tsingy – 500 square miles of sharp limestone pinnacles sheltering small pockets of forest. To survive here, Decken’s sifakas must climb these shards of rock, sharp enough to shred human skin, and leap 30 feet between them.

A series of even higher peaks forms a mountainous spine running down the middle of Madagascar. Just a few thousand years ago, human settlers from Asia brought the skills to turn the steep mountainsides into rice paddies. By digging terraces into the slopes, even the steepest gradients can be farmed, producing more than a million tonnes of rice every year. But only if they can keep their crop safe from the devastating plagues of locusts in their billions.

Madagascar’s mountain range defines the islands’ climate. It blocks warm, wet air blown in off the Indian Ocean to the east, creating the arid deserts of the west. But keeping all this moisture to the eastern side of the island makes rainfall high there, and this creates bountiful rainforests.

Most of the island’s incredible wildlife can be found within these tropical rainforests, including tenrecs, Madagascar’s own unique version of a hedgehog. They give birth to more babies than any mammals – as many as 32 in a litter. The streaked tenrec rubs together modified spines on her back to make a squeaking noise to warn all her babies of danger.

The extraordinary pelican spider twangs the threads of an orb web spider to lure it into its giant jaws. The aye-aye is one of Madagascar’s weirdest creatures, found hunting for insect larvae at night. It uses it bizarre 9cm-long middle finger to tap tree branches for hollow bits, before scraping away the bark and deploying its super-sized finger to fish out the grubs.

Madagascar’s unique wildlife has slowly been evolving for millions of years, but since humans arrived, the pace of change has been faster than many animals can cope with. As little as 20 per cent of the island’s original forest remains, and 95 per cent of lemurs are now threatened with extinction.

The greater bamboo lemur is a story of how efforts to protect Madagascar’s wildlife can save a species from being wiped out entirely. These lemurs were thought to have gone extinct, thanks to the clearance of the bamboo forests they rely on for food. The bamboo lemurs are now protected and in the last year, a record number of babies were born. Madagascar is at a critical point, but with the right efforts, there is some hope for its wildlife in the future.


MON 20:00 Rise of the Nazis (m001d1nk)
The Downfall

Episode 1

In the winter of 1944, Germany is losing the war on all fronts, but Hitler refuses to contemplate surrender. Instead, he calls leading military generals to a secret location and orders them to start preparing a massive surprise attack against the Western Allies as part of his policy of total war. It's an attack he believes will finally break them.


MON 21:00 Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany (m000crdf)
Series 1

Episode 1

Recently discovered home movie footage from 1936 offers a unique and novel insight into what people in Germany were thinking and experiencing. In these prewar days, Germany was on a high and the Hitler Youth seemed like fun and games, but Nazi control was soon to become an all-pervading force, militarising the nation. The rise of anti-Semitism is explicit and grotesque, shocking even though we now have the knowledge of what happens next.

The film follows an infantry division during the invasion of France, fighting their way to Dunkirk, and reveals a new perspective on what the evacuation meant for the average German soldier. On the Eastern Front, a far darker and more visceral journey across the endless Russian steppe and the almost unimaginable horrors unleashed during Operation Barbarossa is captured by a soldier.

As well as amateur movie footage, the film charts the progress of the war through the diaries of ordinary Germans, some dizzy with excitement at what Hitler had achieved, others horrified by the effect it was having on their friends and families.


MON 22:00 Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor Stories (b01m1l9w)
The dark heart of the Nazi holocaust, Treblinka was an extermination camp where over 800,000 Polish Jews perished from 1942. Only two men can bear final witness to its terrible crimes. Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman were slave labourers who escaped in a dramatic revolt in August 1943. One would seek vengeance in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, while the other would appear in the sensational trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. This film documents their amazing survivor stories and the tragic fate of their families, and offers new insights into a forgotten death camp.


MON 23:00 Berlin 1945 (m000p9t9)
Series 1

Episode 1

At the beginning of 1945, Berlin remains under the spell of the Nazi promise of salvation, an illusion at odds with the city’s daily reality. Every day there are bombing attacks, fires to be extinguished and corpses to be buried. Life goes on as the front lines of the war close in each day. Death comes for men, women, the old, the young, the National Socialists and the forced labourers.

In April, the Red Army stands ready outside the city. In a time of uncertainty on the front lines, nobody has a clear view of what will happen. Civilians hiding, SS soldiers shooting deserters, and Red Army soldiers hoping to survive the final days of the war. As the war comes closer and closer to the metropolis, it returns everything to its roots, showing no mercy.


MON 23:50 Colosseum (p0fwh55p)
Series 1

The Scientist

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.


MON 00:40 Colosseum (p0fwh669)
Series 1

Commodus

All Roman rulers put great value on spectacles and games, but only one, the son of Marcus Aurelius, steps out of the imperial box and onto the sands of the arena. As Emperor Commodus makes enemies amongst the ruling Senate, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.


MON 01:25 Colosseum (p0fwh7bj)
Series 1

The Pagan

By the 4th century AD, a divided Roman Empire is rocked by devastating earthquakes, fires, barbarian invasions and deep religious divides. As Rome declines, the Colosseum, which once stood as a proud symbol of the Empire’s glory, lies empty. To restore Rome, one man, a devout worshipper of the Rome’s old gods, turns to the arena.


MON 02:15 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs03)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]

TUESDAY 08 JULY 2025

TUE 19:00 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs0p)
Series 1

Borneo

In the heart of south east Asia lies the tropical island of Borneo. Twice the size of the British Isles, it is the third largest island on earth and home to possibly the greatest diversity of life of any island - from flying lizards sun bears to orangutans. Its huge variety of habitats, from bustling coral reefs and ancient jungles to towering mountains, has given rise to over 60,000 species of plants and animals - many found nowhere else on earth.

Borneo’s shoreline is fringed by a tangle of mangroves and flooded forests, home to an extraordinary creature – the proboscis monkey. Their unique pot bellies allow them to survive on the nutrient-poor leaves, but even so, they must continually search for the freshest shoots. This means the whole family must cross one of many rivers that cut through the forest – patrolled by giant crocodiles. It is a drama rarely seen.

The island of Borneo is surrounded by some of the richest coral reefs in the world – a single reef can support more species of coral than the entire Caribbean Sea! This remarkable abundance attracted seafaring nomads, the Bajau Laut, ‘people of the sea’. Over generations their bodies have transformed, making them the ultimate human divers – but they are having to adapt to the modern world – using ingenuity to turn plastic waste that washes up on the beach to their advantage.

Heading inland are ancient forests, home to giants – the dipterocarps. Towering up to 100 metres high, they are the tallest rainforest trees in the world. A single tree can hold a thousand different species, and this intense competition has driven many animals to evolve in wondrous ways – on this island reptiles can fly.

At night, this competition in the jungle intensifies as many of Borneo’s 180 species of frog call for a mate. The bigger the frog, the louder the call: a problem for one of the smallest frogs on the island. In this never-before-filmed sequence, a male tree-hole frog, barely larger than a thumbnail, has come up with an ingenious solution to being heard above the noise.

Compared to the abundance of life in the treetops, the forest floor is an impoverished world. With little to eat, many of Borneo’s terrestrial mammals are smaller than on the mainland – including the exceedingly rare Bornean sun bear. At just over 1m long, it is the smallest bear in the world. To survive, they have developed a surprising skill - they are expert climbers, able to climb higher than any other bear, to feed on honey and fruits high up in the canopy.

For those confined to the forest floor, more ingenious methods are required. The Penan are indigenous hunters that have lived in Borneo’s forests for over 4,000 years. They use a remarkable sign language, known as Oroo’, to communicate through the jungle. A long stick is adorned with intricately folded vegetation and shaped bark, to tell a complex story.

In the heart of the island, looming above the rainforest, lies another of Borneo’s diverse habitats – mountains. Their range runs over 500 miles through the centre of the island. At over 4,000 metres, Mount Kinabalu is one of the highest peaks in south east Asia. It rains here almost every day, the water washing away any goodness in the soil. To get the nutrients they need to survive, one group of plants have gone to extreme lengths, becoming carnivores. The modified leaves of pitcher plants form pitfall traps. Insects are lured to the trap’s edge with sweet nectar, before slipping into a lethal pool of digestive enzymes. Borneo holds the greatest collection of pitcher plants in the world, including one that is after something much bigger than insects. Nepenthes hemsleyana is a pitcher plant that has evolved to attract woolly bats. Its traps are perfectly adapted to provide a sheltered roost for the bat. In return, the plant gains nutrition from the bats droppings, a remarkable relationship, only recently discovered.

Borneo’s intense rain has carved out vast cave systems through the island. Deer cave is so large you could fly a jumbo jet through it. They are home to millions of bats whose guano forms the basis of an entire ecosystem – sustaining some of the largest concentrations of cockroaches in the world, as well a wealth of other cave critters.
Thanks to the bats, even in this most extreme habitat, Borneo harbours an extraordinary array of life.

For 10,000 years, Borneo’s staggering diversity has been protected by its isolation, but with the arrival of industrial logging, all that has changed. Only half of its ancient forests are left, and much of its unique wildlife is under threat, including the iconic orangutan. Scientists are only just discovering the true scale of their intelligence – recently capturing footage of a mother orangutan using forest leaves to create an anti-inflammatory treatment for her aching joints. But with their forest home being destroyed, how much longer can these remarkable animals survive?


TUE 20:00 The Good Life (p00bzcff)
Series 2

Home Sweet Home

Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. After a visit from a boar walker, Tom and Barbara consider selling up and moving to a small farm.


TUE 20:30 Yes Minister (b0074qg2)
Series 2

The Death List

Jim Hacker is shocked to discover that his department is responsible for supplying all of the government's electronic surveillance equipment.


TUE 21:00 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (p01wq65t)
Episode 1

In 1714, to prevent the crown falling into the hands of a Catholic, Britain shipped in a ready-made royal family from the small German state of Hanover. To understand this risky experiment, presenter Dr Lucy Worsley has been given access to treasures from the Royal Collection as they are prepared for a new exhibition at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace - providing a rare and personal insight into George I and his feuding dynasty.

The Hanoverians arrived at a moment when Britain was changing fast. Satirists were free to mock the powerful, including the new royals. The Hanoverians themselves were busy early adopters of Neo-Palladian architecture, defining the whole look of the Georgian era. When the French philosopher Voltaire visited, he found a 'land of liberty' unlike anything in Europe - Britain was embracing freedom of speech and modern cabinet government.


TUE 22:00 The Death of Yugoslavia (m002fpc6)
Eyewitness to History: Norma Percy and Angus Macqueen on The Death of Yugoslavia

Acclaimed documentary-maker Norma Percy is joined by producer Angus Macqueen to tell the extraordinary story of how they made the award-winning series The Death of Yugoslavia.

As war unfolded around them throughout the region, the pair managed to secure interviews with all the conflict’s key players through a combination of luck, persistence and persuasion that culminated in an encounter with the man at the heart of it all, Slobodan Milosevic.


TUE 22:20 The Death of Yugoslavia (m002fp8f)
Series 1

Enter Nationalism

The violent collapse of Yugoslavia began in April 1987 when Serbia's then-president, Ivan Stambolic, sent his deputy, Slobodan Milosevic, to Kosovo, a poor region in Serbia, to calm an ethnic conflict that was threatening.

In this programme, President Milosevic of Serbia and his inner circle describe how he betrayed his political patron, seized absolute power in Serbia and unleashed the nationalism that shook the foundations upon which Yugoslavia had been built.


TUE 23:05 The Death of Yugoslavia (m002fp8m)
Series 1

The Road to War

President Tudjman of Croatia swept 150,000 Serbs out of the Krajina region of former Yugoslavia. He and the Serb leaders he fought against describe how the Serb rebellion that began in Croatia in 1990 led to war in Yugoslavia.


TUE 23:55 Bernard Haitink: The Enigmatic Maestro (m000n1jp)
After conducting for 65 years, Bernard Haitink retired in 2019 at the age of 90. The musicians he worked with are puzzled by the secrets of his technique. He himself says his job is to embrace the orchestra without suffocating them.


TUE 01:25 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (p01wq65t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 today]


TUE 02:25 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]

WEDNESDAY 09 JULY 2025

WED 19:00 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs1p)
Series 1

Hawaii

This is a journey across Hawaii’s varied islands, discovering how they were made and the incredible wildlife that thrives there.

Hawaii is the most remote island chain on earth, and its tropical shores are hard to reach. But for the hardy creatures that can make it here, like the waterfall-climbing fish, carnivorous caterpillar and Laysan albatross, a land of opportunity awaits. From newly formed lava fields to lush jungles and vibrant coral reefs, these diverse and beautiful islands have it all.

Packed with surprising stories, the hidden gems of this tropical paradise are uncovered using stunning photography. Dramatic footage of the humpback whale heat run – the biggest courtship battle in the world – and intimate views of the world’s oldest known bird feeding its chick are just some of the highlights of what Hawaii has to offer.

The islands are so isolated that it used to be that one new species arrived every 100,000 years, but the arrival of people has radically changed the face of Hawaii. Now it gains around 20 new species every year. The remarkable Jackson’s chameleon is one of the animals recently introduced. Showing off its voracious appetite, the programme reveals how it is eating its way through the native animals and contributing to wiping them out entirely.

But this is a place where people are looking to the future and attempting to bring wildlife back from the brink of extinction. White terns, once extinct on the main islands of Hawaii, have gone from a single pair to over 2,000 birds in the last 60 years. It is a huge challenge, but people are seeking progressive new ways to live alongside nature to allow Hawaii’s wildlife to continue to thrive.


WED 20:00 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (b01gxqgg)
Streetlife

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 slum conditions in the world's first high-rise city. This Rome is not the marble Rome we know, but a vast, messy metropolis with little urban planning, where most Romans lived in high-rise apartment blocks with little space, light, or even sanitation. Forced outdoors into the city streets, she reveals where they went to hang out, get drunk, have sex and get clean. She looks at the Forum as a place of gamblers, dentists and thieves, and she explores the lustiness of Roman bar life and jokes.

Finally, exploring law and order from the bottom up, Mary examines how this city really worked. She meets Ancarenus Nothus, an apartment dweller who lived in fear of the rent collector; 'Notorious' Primus, who wrote about his three great pleasures in life - 'baths, wine and sex'; and 'Unlucky' Doris, a seven-year-old girl killed in one of Rome's many fires.


WED 21:00 Mysterious Origins of Insects (m001zhxz)
Insects are vital to life on our planet, yet almost 40 per cent of known species are in danger of extinction. This film explores the eye-opening realm of these creatures to better understand how they evolved.

Travelling from the rain forests of French Guiana to the Arctic Ocean, scientists are using traditional and cutting-edge techniques to examine both modern insects and the fossil record in their search for a single, common insect ancestor.


WED 22:00 Remembers... (m002fpc8)
Debbie Horsfield Remembers... Poldark

In 2015, Aidan Turner's charismatic portrayal of Ross Poldark set the nation’s viewers’ hearts racing, thanks in no small part to the work of screenwriter and executive producer Debbie Horsfield, whose update of the BBC’s classic 1970s series became a much-praised ratings success. Here, Debbie shares the story of how the series came about, outlining the challenges involved in bringing Winston Graham’s much-loved Cornish saga up to date for a modern audience.


WED 22:15 Poldark (p02jslsh)
Series 1

Episode 1

Cornwall, 1783. Ross Poldark returns from the battlefield to find his father dead, the estate in ruins and his sweetheart Elizabeth engaged to his cousin. On impulse, Ross rescues young urchin Demelza and resolves to forge a new life in the face of hostile forces.


WED 23:15 Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (m0009v35)
Dame Vivienne Westwood is punk rock’s grande dame. This one-time agent provocateur became the doyenne of British fashion, an eco-conscious Boudicca and one of the most influential originators in recent history.

This film reflects on her extraordinary career from her early uphill struggle to success, and looks closely at her artistry, her activism and her cultural significance. Blending iconic archive and newly shot observational footage, this era-defining yet intimate origins story is told in Vivienne’s own words, and through touching interviews with her inner circle of family, friends and collaborators.

This is the first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand’s integrity, her principles - and her legacy.


WED 00:35 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (b01gxqgg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


WED 01:35 The Lost World of Tibet (b0093677)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]


WED 02:35 Earth’s Tropical Islands (m000cs1p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 today]

THURSDAY 10 JULY 2025

THU 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fp9x)
England v India 2025

Third Test, Day One

Day one highlights from the third Test match between England and India.


THU 20:00 Horizon (b08tj2zr)
2017

Antarctica - Ice Station Rescue

Britain's state-of-the-art Antarctic research base Halley VI is in trouble. Built on the Brunt Ice Shelf, it sits atop a massive slab of ice that extends far beyond the Antarctic shoreline. But the ice is breaking apart and just 6km from the station is an enormous crevasse, which threatens to separate Halley from the rest of the continent, setting the £28 million base adrift on a massive iceberg.

So Halley needs to move. But this is probably the toughest moving job on earth, and the team of 90 who have been tasked with the mission aren't just architectural or engineering experts. They are plumbers, mechanics and farmers from across the UK and beyond - ordinary men and women on an extraordinary adventure. Their practical skills will be what makes or breaks this move. The rescue mission has one thing in its favour: Halley was built on giant skis that mean it can be moved - in theory. But no-one has actually done it before. Embedded with the team, BBC film-maker Natalie Hewit spent three months living on the ice, following these everyday heroes as they battle in the most extreme environment on earth to move this vital polar research station.


THU 21:00 Moviedrome (m002fx4c)
The Wicker Man

An introduction to 1973's cult folk horror film The Wicker Man.


THU 21:05 The Wicker Man (m001t443)
A puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.


THU 22:35 Moviedrome (m002fv47)
Don't Look Now

Mark Cousins introduces Nicolas Roeg's haunting 1973 thriller Don't Look Now, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.


THU 22:40 Don't Look Now (m0010zjr)
Grieving the loss of their young daughter in a tragic accident, Laura and John Baxter visit Venice, where John is helping to restore a dilapidated church. As John works, Laura is befriended by two sisters, one of whom warns them to leave the city, claiming she has seen their dead daughter.

Classic mystery thriller from Nicolas Roeg.


THU 00:25 Scene by Scene (m001rb0g)
Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland, star of some of the outstanding films of the 1970s, including MASH, Klute and Don't Look Now, talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.


THU 01:10 Ex-S: The Wicker Man (m001t449)
Documentary about cult film The Wicker Man.


THU 01:40 Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist (m0009v35)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:15 on Wednesday]


THU 03:00 Rise of the Nazis (m001d1nk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Monday]

FRIDAY 11 JULY 2025

FRI 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fpbm)
England v India 2025

Third Test, Day Two

Day two highlights from the third Test match between England and India.


FRI 20:00 Top of the Pops (b09wgttc)
John Peel and Janice Long present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 July 1985, and featuring The Conway Brothers, Eurythmics, Opus, Bruce Springsteen, Mai Tai, Steve Arrington and Sister Sledge.


FRI 20:30 Top of the Pops (b047pf91)
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 July 1979 and featuring Siouxsie and the Banshees, Thom Pace, The Police, Rickie Lee Jones, Chantal Curtis, Public Image Ltd, Supertramp, Judie Tzuke, Tubeway Army and a dance sequence from Legs & Co.


FRI 21:10 Queen at the BBC (m00123q7)
A trip through the archives that serves up an hour of killer Queen material, featuring some of the band's greatest musical moments ever delivered to our screens.

The legendary band’s huge international status and punishing touring schedules meant that over the years they made surprisingly few appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops, and tragically for their fans, several of those performances were either lost or never recorded.

This collection brings together the very best of what’s survived from one of the most enduring and best-loved acts in British rock, featuring perhaps the most charismatic and popular frontman of all time. Amongst the gems are moments from the band’s celebrated 1975 concert at London’s Hammersmith Odeon and highlights from their trips to the prestigious Montreux Pop Festival in the 1980s – an event that attracted the cream of the world’s music acts every year.

Songs featured take us from the band’s first-ever UK hit, Seven Seas of Rhye, through to These Are The Days of Our Lives, Queen’s last hit before Freddie’s untimely death, as well as all the biggest hits, including the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody.


FRI 22:10 Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert (b00p4hgm)
On Christmas Eve 1975, Queen crowned a glorious year with a special concert at London's Hammersmith Odeon. The show on the final night of their triumphant UK tour was broadcast live on BBC TV and radio, and it has become a legendary event in Queen's history.

Featuring stunning renditions of early hits Keep Yourself Alive, Liar and Now I'm Here alongside Brian May's epic guitar showcase Brighton Rock, a rip-roaring version of the then new Bohemian Rhapsody and the crowd-pleasing Rock 'n' Roll Medley, this hour-long concert shows Queen at an early peak and poised to conquer the world.


FRI 23:15 Freddie Mercury: The Final Act (m00123q9)
The story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury’s life and how, after his death from Aids, Queen staged one of the biggest concerts in history, the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, to celebrate his life and challenge the prejudices around HIV/Aids.

The film hears from those who performed at the epic gig, including Gary Cherone (Extreme), Roger Daltrey (The Who), Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Lisa Stansfield and Paul Young, as well as the concert’s promoter, Harvey Goldsmith.

For the first time, Freddie's story is told alongside the experiences of those who tested positive for HIV and lost loved ones during the same period. Medical practitioners, survivors and human rights campaigners, including Peter Tatchell, recount the intensity of living through the Aids pandemic and the moral panic it brought about.


FRI 00:45 A Life in Ten Pictures (m000tzf0)
Series 1

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury’s image is known around the world. He was one of the most photographed men in history. But could just a handful of photos uncover new truths about someone we think we all know? This documentary throws a unique lens onto an extraordinary life, focusing on ten defining pictures – from iconic shots to private snaps – with their secrets revealed by those who were there and those who knew Freddie Mercury best.


FRI 01:45 Top of the Pops (b09wgttc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 today]


FRI 02:15 Top of the Pops (b047pf91)
[Repeat of broadcast at 20:30 today]


FRI 02:55 Queen at the BBC (m00123q7)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:10 today]