2026-07-02 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 In the second of the series semi-finals, two more teams of students face off for a place in the grand final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. 11:30 Only Connect Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the first semi-final, three lovers of the pastoral world of The Archers face a team of confirmed gamblers. 12:00 The Railway Children Classic period drama about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small Yorkshire cottage near a railway line. 13:45 Big Screen Britain: The Railway Children Ben Fogle travels to West Yorkshire with actress Sally Thomsett to visit the locations of key scenes from the classic 1970 film The Railway Children. 14:00 Close Encounters of the Third Kind A power repairman has an encounter with a spacecraft and is obsessed with seeing it again. Contains language which some may find offensive. 16:15 Only Connect Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the first semi-final, three lovers of the pastoral world of The Archers face a team of confirmed gamblers. 16:45 The Great American Songbook with Samara Joy Grammy-winning sensation Samara Joy sings timeless and much-loved classics. 18:55 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-07-03 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 TOTP: 2000 Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Pet Shop Boys, Donell Jones, Point Break, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Eurythmics, Scooch and Manic Street Preachers. 11:30 TOTP: 2000 Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Donell Jones, Nu Generation, Super Furry Animals, Hi-Gate, Manic Street Preachers, Scanty Sandwich and Britney Spears. 12:00 TOTP: 1986 Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 July 1986. Featuring The Housemartins, Samantha Fox, Claire & Friends, Sly Fox, Gary Numan, Bucks Fizz and Wham. 12:30 TOTP: 1989 Nicky Campbell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 July 1989 and featuring Sonia, Monie Love and The Beautiful South. 13:00 Gardeners' World As Adam Frost's brand new garden starts to take shape, it's time to get some shrubs in the ground and construct a path. 14:00 Words and Music: American Stories 2 including Jackson Browne, Nanci Griffith and Loudon Wainwright - perform one of their key songs and explain how they came to write it. 14:35 Jackson Browne: Old Grey Whistle Test 1976 Jackson Browne in a live concert from the BBC Television Theatre, London. Introduced by Bob Harris. 15:25 Rosanne Cash, Nanci Griffith and Mary Chapin Carpenter An acoustic performance by Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter.