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Hyacinth (Patricia Routledge) is lecturing the milkman when she spots a stranger in Liz's house. Convinced something's up, she ropes in her husband Richard (CliveâŻSwift) with a plan to flush the intrâŠ
Sorry! is a 1980s BBC sitcom starring Ronnie Corbett as Timothy Lumsden, a shy librarian in his forties who still lives with his domineering
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates follows 60âyearâold exâteacher turned sleuth Hetty (Patricia Routledge) as she tracks down a stalker targeting a nervous brideâtoâbe. She's backed up by her cheeky assisâŠ
The Good Old Days is a BBC lightâentertainment series that recreates a VictorianâEdwardian music hall, complete with period costumes and an audience that joins in the singing. LeonardâŻSachs hosts froâŠ
Sir David Attenborough narrates Europeâs story, tracing how humans have reshaped the continent while surprising wildlife still clings on. From busy cities to remote highlands, animals appear where yoâŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
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Lucy Worsley fronts this Secret Knowledge film. The programme visits the 17thâcentury Bolsover Castle, the flamboyant pleasure palace of the playboyâcavalier William Cavendish. She points out the casâŠ
Inside Classical puts Stravinskyâs Firebird front and centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a glittering performance at Londonâs Barbican Hall. Presented by GeorgiaâŻMann, the concert has the thriâŠ
Aled Jones walks you through the funny, warm and moving life of HarryâŻSecombe â a shy kid from Swansea who grew up in council flats, sang in the local choir and later became one of Britainâs most lovâŠ
Joanna Lumley steps in for Terry on the Wogan chat show and sits down with comedy legends Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. The Goon Show veterans deliver their trademark wit, and Lumley keeps the baâŠ
Rachel Ward swaps the red carpet for the outback and joins Australiaâs farming revolution to heal the soil and herself. The documentary follows her as she works with regeneration techniques on her owâŠ
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Lucy Worsley fronts this Secret Knowledge film. The programme visits the 17thâcentury Bolsover Castle, the flamboyant pleasure palace of the playboyâcavalier William Cavendish. She points out the casâŠ
Aled Jones walks you through the funny, warm and moving life of HarryâŻSecombe â a shy kid from Swansea who grew up in council flats, sang in the local choir and later became one of Britainâs most lovâŠ
Inside Classical puts Stravinskyâs Firebird front and centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a glittering performance at Londonâs Barbican Hall. Presented by GeorgiaâŻMann, the concert has the thriâŠ
Joanna Lumley steps in for Terry on the Wogan chat show and sits down with comedy legends Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. The Goon Show veterans deliver their trademark wit, and Lumley keeps the baâŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
David Attenborough presents the North America episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet, the BBCâs nature series that dedicates a film to each continent. It follows pioneering creatures â from roaming bisoâŠ
Alastair Sooke wraps up his threeâpart look at Egyptian art, focusing on the empireâs last boom. Even as politics faltered, the art scene found new life. He takes you through thirty standout pieces aâŠ
Robert Robinson hosts this classic panel game. Two teams compete by offering real or invented definitions of obscure words. One side has FrankâŻMuir, GayleâŻHunnicutt and RussellâŻDavies; the other has âŠ
Joseph Cooper hosts a musical quiz, pitting his wits against JoyceâŻGrenfell, BernardâŻLevin and RobinâŻRay, with operatic soprano Dame EvaâŻTurner joining as the guest musician. The round of questions lâŠ
Scottish artist Caroline Walker turns her brush to the unseen tasks that underpin womenâs daily lives, from household chores and caring duties to the act of creating art. [S,AD] [HD]
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Chauvet: Humanityâs First Great Masterpiece goes inside the hidden limestone cave in Franceâs Gorges de lâArdĂšche, where more than 1,000 prehistoric paintings have survived for over 20,000âŻyears. DirâŠ
Joseph Cooper hosts a musical quiz, pitting his wits against JoyceâŻGrenfell, BernardâŻLevin and RobinâŻRay, with operatic soprano Dame EvaâŻTurner joining as the guest musician. The round of questions lâŠ
Scottish artist Caroline Walker turns her brush to the unseen tasks that underpin womenâs daily lives, from household chores and caring duties to the act of creating art. [S,AD] [HD]
In the final instalment of *Treasures of Ancient Egypt*, Alastair Sooke shows how, even as the empireâs politics crumbled, its art enjoyed a surprising revival. He guides you through a selection of tâŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
Fred Dibnah guides you through Britainâs early wind and waterâpower sites and explains how they kickâstarted the industrial age. The former steeplejack visits the old mills and describes the machinerâŠ
Robbie Cumming takes you aboard his narrowboat for a slice of life on the Trent and Mersey Canal, where he wrestles with a stubborn propeller and negotiates tricky locks in Derbyshire. It is the firsâŠ
Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) tries to keep up appearances, even when Emmetâs piano drifts out of the garden and MrsâŻFortescue rings for a lift into town. This is another episode of the 1990â9âŠ
Sorry! follows the shy, 41âyearâold librarian Timothy
Simon Schama guides you through the Reformation, from HenryâŻVIIIâs fling with AnneâŻBoleyn to MaryâŻIâs failed push to restore Catholicism. Itâs a 59âminute episode of his BBC âA History of Britainâ seâŠ
AndrĂ© Is an Idiot is a BBCâŻStoryville documentary that follows AndrĂ© after he receives a terminal diagnosis. He chooses to face the end with humour, curiosity and defiance. The film shows his dayâtoââŠ
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David Attenborough presents the North America episode of Seven Worlds, One Planet, the BBCâs nature series that dedicates a film to each continent. It follows pioneering creatures â from roaming bisoâŠ
Fred Dibnah guides you through Britainâs early wind and waterâpower sites and explains how they kickâstarted the industrial age. The former steeplejack visits the old mills and describes the machinerâŠ
Robbie Cumming takes you aboard his narrowboat for a slice of life on the Trent and Mersey Canal, where he wrestles with a stubborn propeller and negotiates tricky locks in Derbyshire. It is the firsâŠ
Art That Made Us on BBC Two kicks off its eightâpart series with contemporary artists confronting pieces from the soâcalled Dark Ages. Narrated by Dominic Garfield, the episode lets the creators reacâŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age is a sixâpart BBC Two documentary where the steepleâjackâturnedâpresenter walks you through Britainâs industrial heritage, from the rise of the textile mills to the heydaâŠ
Robbie Cumming takes you down Englandâs backâwater routes, showing life on the canals. In this episode a low tunnel in Staffordshire blocks his progress, and he rescues a fellow boater whoâs stuck. IâŠ
"The Mystery of the Desert Kites" is a 58âminute BBC Four documentary that follows an international team of archaeologists and researchers investigating the massive kiteâshaped megastructures scatterâŠ
Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station is a BBCâŻTwo documentary that goes behind the scenes at Hinkley PointâŻC, the UKâs new ÂŁ40âŻbillion nuclear project. It follows engineers and crews as tâŠ
This Life is the 90s cult drama about a houseâshare of young London lawyers, starring DanielaâŻNardini as Anna with AndrewâŻLincoln, JackâŻDavenport and JasonâŻHughes. In this episode Anna wakes up afterâŠ
This Life follows a group of twentyâsomething lawyers who share a house in South London. They juggle demanding careers, messy relationships and plenty of excess. Milly (Amita Dhiri) is losing patiencâŠ
Surgeon Gabriel Weston takes you through the history of forensic science and shows how tiny bits of evidence have cracked some of the toughest crimes. Each episode â from âA Question of Identityâ to âŠ
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Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age is a sixâpart BBC Two documentary where the steepleâjackâturnedâpresenter walks you through Britainâs industrial heritage, from the rise of the textile mills to the heydaâŠ
Robbie Cumming takes you down Englandâs backâwater routes, showing life on the canals. In this episode a low tunnel in Staffordshire blocks his progress, and he rescues a fellow boater whoâs stuck. IâŠ
"The Mystery of the Desert Kites" is a 58âminute BBC Four documentary that follows an international team of archaeologists and researchers investigating the massive kiteâshaped megastructures scatterâŠ
Surgeon Gabriel Weston guides you through the history of forensic science and shows how tiny bits of evidence solved notorious crimes. Episodes such as âA Question of Identityâ and âTraces of Guiltâ âŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
Fred Dibnah guides you through Britainâs ironâandâsteel story, kicking off at the birthplace of the industry in Ironbridge and winding up in Sheffield, the steel capital. He points out how productionâŠ
Robbie Cumming takes his narrowboat on a trek across the Pennines. A fallen tree and a leaking lock pound keep causing problems. You see the dayâtoâday grind of life on the water as he battles the elâŠ
Brideshead Revisited follows Charles Ryder as he looks back on his fascination with the aristocratic Flyte family, from his Oxford friendship with Sebastian to the wartime years at their country housâŠ
A 26âminute interview from 1960 has JohnâŻFreeman sit down with EvelynâŻWaugh, author of *Brideshead Revisited*, while the writer is in a famously obstinate mood. The chat gives a rare glimpse of the pâŠ
Helen Mirren talks about her role in Robert Altman's 2001 murderâmystery *GosfordâŻPark*, the Julian Fellowesâwritten film that mixed servants and masters in a whodunnit. She recalls working with an aâŠ
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A fascinating documentary follows a team of scientists hunting for DNA buried in ancient Arctic soil, hoping to unlock the genetic secrets of creatures that lived millions of years before the last IcâŠ
Fred Dibnah guides you through Britainâs ironâandâsteel story, kicking off at the birthplace of the industry in Ironbridge and winding up in Sheffield, the steel capital. He points out how productionâŠ
"Building Britainâs Biggest Nuclear Power Station" follows the massive Hinkley PointâŻC build, and in this second instalment youâll see the worldâs largest landâbased crane handling its biggest lift yâŠ
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
The schedule kicks off at 7âŻpm, broadcast in HD.
Gail Porter spins through the 1999 topâ20, cueing up Texasâs âSummerâŻSonâ, Supergrassâs âMovingâ and AliceâŻDeejayâs âBetterâŻOffâŻAloneâ. Itâs a fastâpaced look back at the yearâs biggest chart hits, pâŠ
Take a trip back to 1999âs Top of the Pops. Jamie Theakston hosts a fastâpaced montage that includes Garbage, Jamiroquai, Supergrass and the Wiseguys, plus the eraâs biggest hits and overâtheâtop outâŠ
A classic Top of the Pops episode from 3âŻAprilâŻ1986, hosted by Janice Long and JohnâŻPeel. It spins the weekâs chart hits and has performances by Big Audio Dynamite, GeorgeâŻMichael, aâha, The Real ThiâŠ
Anthea Turner hosts this Top of the Pops edition, which first aired on 11âŻAprilâŻ1991. It includes live performances from The Wonder Stuff, MikeâŻ+âŻThe Mechanics and a young DanniiâŻMinogue. If you wantâŠ
Shania Twain at the BBC is a 44âminute collection of the Canadian countryâpop starâs BBC performances, from her debut hit âStill the Oneâ to âThat Donât Impress Me Muchâ and âMan! I Feel Like a WomanâŠ
Shania Twain sits down with Dermot O'Leary for a relaxed chat ahead of her Glastonbury debut. She reflects on early TV gigs in Canada, how she helped her family after a tragedy, and the comeback thatâŠ