2026-05-18 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 09:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 11:00 University Challenge Oriel College, Oxford play Christ's College, Cambridge in another first-round match. 11:30 Only Connect Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. 12:00 India: Nature's Wonderland Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. 13:00 Art of Scandinavia Denmark becomes one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. 14:00 Gluck: Who Did She Think He Was? The story of Gluck - Britain's cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s - who staged 'one-man shows', had relationships with women and somehow got away with it. 15:00 An Art Lovers' Guide In the final episode of the series, our intrepid cultural explorers Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke set off on their most adventurous trip yet - to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. 16:00 Art That Made Us The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain. 17:00 Margot Fonteyn A tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, first broadcast shortly after her death in 1991. Featuring interviews with colleagues and friends and extracts from her ballets. 18:00 Art That Made Us The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain. 19:00 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-05-19 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 09:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 11:00 University Challenge Jesus College, Cambridge and St Catherine's College, Oxford are both hoping to earn themselves a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 11:30 Only Connect Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. 12:00 Keeping Up Appearances Sitcom. Hyacinth finds herself with an ideal opportunity to impress Emmet with her singing when she discovers that he is involved in a concert at the church hall. 12:30 Sorry! Timothy is asked to be best man at his friend Frank's wedding. He ends up in trouble when trying to encourage the idea of marriage in spite of his parents. 13:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama Simon Schama traces the steps of the empire-makers, asking how a trading enterprise based on the idea of liberty became an empire built on slavery. 14:00 The Corinthians: We Were the Champions The incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football - the Corinthians. 15:30 Berlusconi: Condemned to Win Silvio Berlusconi dodges corruption charges, wins again with Milan and blurs the line between football and politics as controversy and his cult grow.