Grand Final. Highlights from the final. Five outstanding pianists perform for a life-changing prize.
Starting: 27-10-2024 19:00:00
Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the English master of the supernatural tale, attempting to uncover the inspiration behind stories that chill readers a century on.
Starting: 27-10-2024 21:00:00
A family move into a remote country house on the edge of a stone circle. When they decide to have a stone in their garden moved, they unwittingly unleash an ancient curse.
Starting: 27-10-2024 22:00:00
Classic chilling tale. In an attempt to come to terms with his recent divorce, a man seeks solace in a countryside retreat, but does not find the comfort he was looking for.
Starting: 27-10-2024 22:35:00
Alex Kingston breathes life into Mary Shelley's timeless gothic horror story.
Starting: 27-10-2024 23:10:00
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscripts, Alice Roberts finds someone concerned with the act of creation itself and evidence of husband Percy's collaborative role.
Starting: 28-10-2024 00:15:00
Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the English master of the supernatural tale, attempting to uncover the inspiration behind stories that chill readers a century on.
Starting: 28-10-2024 00:45:00
A family move into a remote country house on the edge of a stone circle. When they decide to have a stone in their garden moved, they unwittingly unleash an ancient curse. Contains horror.
Starting: 28-10-2024 01:45:00
Classic chilling tale. In an attempt to come to terms with his recent divorce, a man seeks solace in a countryside retreat, but does not find the comfort he was looking for.
Starting: 28-10-2024 02:20:00
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manuscripts, Alice Roberts finds someone concerned with the act of creation itself and evidence of husband Percy's collaborative role.
Starting: 28-10-2024 02:55:00
During winter, most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet's harshest winters.
Starting: 28-10-2024 19:00:00
Historian Simon Schama takes a look at the way in which the sea has fired the imagination of writers, painters and explorers.
Starting: 28-10-2024 20:00:00
Series about the development of cities around the world. This programme celebrates the architectural history of Las Vegas and its diverse influences.
Starting: 28-10-2024 20:40:00
Frank Muir, Hilary Tindall and Robert Powell play against Patrick Campbell, Dawn Addams and Lord Kearton in a duel of words and wit, refereed by Robert Robinson.
Starting: 28-10-2024 21:00:00
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Brian Redhead. With guest musician Kenneth McKellar.
Starting: 28-10-2024 21:30:00
How Pluto has gone from an unremarkable ball of ice to a world of unimaginable complexity.
Starting: 28-10-2024 22:00:00
From space, Earth is a kaleidoscope. Turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.
Starting: 28-10-2024 23:00:00
James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last hundred years.
Starting: 29-10-2024 00:00:00
During winter, most animals abandon the polar regions, but a few extreme survivors remain. This is the story of their battles to endure the planet's harshest winters.
Starting: 29-10-2024 01:00:00
From space, Earth is a kaleidoscope. Turquoise plankton blooms trigger a feeding frenzy, China turns yellow with rapeseed flowers, and mysterious green lights appear in the ocean.
Starting: 29-10-2024 02:00:00
How Pluto has gone from an unremarkable ball of ice to a world of unimaginable complexity.
Starting: 29-10-2024 02:55:00
Documentary series revealing the riches and wonders of polar regions. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science.
Starting: 29-10-2024 19:00:00
A spell in the prison hospital is not as restful as Fletcher hoped, after he finds himself sharing a ward with Blanco.
Starting: 29-10-2024 20:00:00
Hancock is a lawyer and defends Sid, who is accused of theft from a jewellery shop - and a further 57 charges to boot.
Starting: 29-10-2024 20:30:00
How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of murder and Margaret of Anjou of destructive ambition.
Starting: 29-10-2024 21:00:00
Documentary following people who use artificial intelligence to 'connect with the dead'. Contains strong language.
Starting: 29-10-2024 22:00:00
A Storyville documentary exploring the digital afterlife business, in which companies are using AI to create avatars of deceased people that the bereaved can interact with.
Starting: 29-10-2024 22:00:00
Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinating rogues' gallery of charmers, fraudsters and villains.
Starting: 29-10-2024 23:30:00
Documentary series revealing the riches and wonders of polar regions. Today, their survival relies on a combination of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge science.
Starting: 30-10-2024 00:30:00
How two French girls, a century apart, became queens of England. Isabella of France would be accused of murder and Margaret of Anjou of destructive ambition.
Starting: 30-10-2024 01:30:00
Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinating rogues' gallery of charmers, fraudsters and villains.
Starting: 30-10-2024 02:30:00
David Attenborough journeys to the poles to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there, and for the rest of the planet.
Starting: 30-10-2024 19:00:00
Incredible Science of Temperature. Dr Helen Czerski explores the science of heat and how it has shaped the modern world.
Starting: 30-10-2024 20:00:00
Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the death of his first wife, Emma.
Starting: 30-10-2024 21:00:00
Actor Richard Pasco reads some of Thomas Hardy's poems.
Starting: 30-10-2024 21:55:00
Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Gemma Arterton looks back at the 2008 BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles.
Starting: 30-10-2024 22:00:00
Hardship forces Tess Durbeyfield to seek support from her 'relatives', the D'Urbervilles. Contains scenes of sexual violence.
Starting: 30-10-2024 22:15:00
Series based on the novel by Thomas Hardy. Tess returns home in confusion and shame, but finds work on a dairy farm where she meets the handsome Angel Clare again.
Starting: 30-10-2024 23:15:00
How women writers, women readers and women's lives have been central to the novel. Contains some strong language.
Starting: 31-10-2024 00:15:00
David Attenborough journeys to the poles to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there, and for the rest of the planet.
Starting: 31-10-2024 01:15:00
Incredible Science of Temperature. Dr Helen Czerski explores the science of heat and how it has shaped the modern world.
Starting: 31-10-2024 02:15:00
A look at the lives of residents and visitors to Blencathra in the Lake District.
Starting: 31-10-2024 19:00:00
Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion in the Dark Ages. He examines the demise of civilisation in Britain after the Romans left.
Starting: 31-10-2024 20:00:00
Jude. Christopher Eccleston looks back on the 1996 film Jude, directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Starting: 31-10-2024 21:00:00
A stonemason's aspirations are thwarted by unyielding social convention. Contains some sexual content and disturbing scenes.
Starting: 31-10-2024 21:20:00
Griff Rhys Jones goes to Dorset to find out why Thomas Hardy's wife tried to ban his last novel, Jude the Obscure.
Starting: 31-10-2024 23:15:00
How women writers, women readers and women's lives have been central to the novel. Contains some strong language.
Starting: 31-10-2024 23:45:00
Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the poems of love and remorse that he wrote after the death of his first wife, Emma.
Starting: 01-11-2024 00:45:00
Documentary exploring the paradise of Thailand. In central Thailand's forests, plains and city streets, nature finds a way of living alongside people.
Starting: 01-11-2024 01:40:00
A look at the lives of residents and visitors to Blencathra in the Lake District.
Starting: 01-11-2024 02:40:00
With Skunk Anansie, The Bluetones, The Communards, Ocean Colour Scene and Fugees. Contains scenes of flashing images.
Starting: 01-11-2024 19:00:00
Tony Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 October 1996 and featuring Sleeper, Everything but the Girl, Gabrielle, Rod Stewart, Longpigs, Boyzone and Deep Blue Something.
Starting: 01-11-2024 19:35:00
Peter Powell the presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 November 1977 and featuring The Jam, The Barron Knights, David Bowie, Showaddywaddy and Abba.
Starting: 01-11-2024 20:10:00
Anthea Turner and Andy Crane present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 November 1989 and featuring Deborah Harry, Phil Collins and Martika.
Starting: 01-11-2024 20:40:00
Twenty years after the release of the Rumours album, Fleetwood Mac reunite to perform hits such as Rhiannon and Don't Stop. First broadcast in 1998.
Starting: 01-11-2024 21:10:00
Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana leads his band in highlights from a concert recorded in 1976, featuring the classics Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va and Soul Sacrifice.
Starting: 01-11-2024 22:55:00
Pete Drummond introduces The Motels in concert at Bradford University.
Starting: 01-11-2024 23:25:00
Bob Harris introduces the Average White Band in concert, recorded on the last night of their 1975 US Tour in Miami.
Starting: 02-11-2024 00:05:00
With Skunk Anansie, The Bluetones, The Communards, Ocean Colour Scene and Fugees. Contains scenes of flashing images.
Starting: 02-11-2024 00:50:00
Tony Wright presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 October 1996 and featuring Sleeper, Everything but the Girl, Gabrielle, Rod Stewart, Longpigs, Boyzone and Deep Blue Something.
Starting: 02-11-2024 01:25:00
Peter Powell the presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 November 1977 and featuring The Jam, The Barron Knights, David Bowie, Showaddywaddy and Abba.
Starting: 02-11-2024 02:00:00
Anthea Turner and Andy Crane present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 November 1989 and featuring Deborah Harry, Phil Collins and Martika.
Starting: 02-11-2024 02:30:00
Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana leads his band in highlights from a concert recorded in 1976, featuring the classics Black Magic Woman, Oye Como Va and Soul Sacrifice.
Starting: 02-11-2024 03:00:00
Chris Beardshaw heads for west Scotland to help an oyster fisherman deal with an overgrown garden and finds out why Scots design the best shady gardens.
Starting: 02-11-2024 19:00:00
The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.
Starting: 02-11-2024 19:20:00
James makes a date with Helen, without Tristan's help. The practice loses a customer, with Tristan's help. Siegfried stops smoking, which doesn't help anyone.
Starting: 02-11-2024 20:10:00
Louise and Frederik visit Kim's mother in the search for Kim, and a clue leads them to Sweden, where the manhunt extends. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes.
Starting: 02-11-2024 21:00:00
Louise and Frederik interrogate Kim. Contains some strong language.
Starting: 02-11-2024 21:45:00
Kate Adie and Ricky Gervais. Michael Parkinson with guests Michael Palin, Kate Adie and Ricky Gervais.
Starting: 02-11-2024 22:30:00
A spell in the prison hospital is not as restful as Fletcher hoped, after he finds himself sharing a ward with Blanco.
Starting: 02-11-2024 23:30:00
Hancock is a lawyer and defends Sid, who is accused of theft from a jewellery shop - and a further 57 charges to boot.
Starting: 03-11-2024 00:00:00
The practice in Darrowby goes from strength to strength - unlike James's private life. Tristan decides to remedy matters and arranges a double blind date.
Starting: 03-11-2024 00:30:00
James makes a date with Helen, without Tristan's help. The practice loses a customer, with Tristan's help. Siegfried stops smoking, which doesn't help anyone.
Starting: 03-11-2024 01:20:00
Chris Beardshaw heads for west Scotland to help an oyster fisherman deal with an overgrown garden and finds out why Scots design the best shady gardens.
Starting: 03-11-2024 02:10:00
James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last hundred years.
Starting: 03-11-2024 02:30:00
Dan Cruickshank explores the secrets of the bridges that have made London what it is.
Starting: 03-11-2024 19:00:00
Dancers take over Swansea to showcase the city, explore what home means and celebrate the joy of dance. There's ballet, Latin, ballroom, breaking, contemporary and Welsh clog dance.
Starting: 03-11-2024 20:00:00
Is there still a stigma for boys who want to enter ballet? Film-maker Richard Macer investigates the reality of being a male dancer today at the Royal Ballet.
Starting: 03-11-2024 21:00:00
Peter Kosminsky looks back on the making of Wolf Hall.
Starting: 03-11-2024 22:00:00
Lacking a male heir, the king is desperate to annul his marriage to Katherine of Aragon. Contains some strong language.
Starting: 03-11-2024 22:15:00
Hugh Grant tells the story behind his success, after being honoured with the Best Actor award at the Baftas for his performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Starting: 03-11-2024 23:20:00
Dan Cruickshank explores the secrets of the bridges that have made London what it is.
Starting: 04-11-2024 00:20:00
Is there still a stigma for boys who want to enter ballet? Film-maker Richard Macer investigates the reality of being a male dancer today at the Royal Ballet.
Starting: 04-11-2024 01:20:00
Hugh Grant tells the story behind his success, after being honoured with the Best Actor award at the Baftas for his performance in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
Starting: 04-11-2024 02:20:00
Michael Portillo ventures down under to ride one of the world's greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway. Along the way, Michael uncovers the history of the ambitious project.
Starting: 04-11-2024 19:00:00
Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. Robbie battles his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal and discovers industrial secrets in Audlem, Cheshire.
Starting: 04-11-2024 19:30:00
Historian Simon Schama looks at paintings by Poussin and the writings of Horace, Virgil, Rousseau and Thoreau as he investigates the theme of Arcadia.
Starting: 04-11-2024 20:00:00
Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple.
Starting: 04-11-2024 20:40:00
Robert Robinson referees as Frank Muir, Hannah Gordon and Barry Norman face Patrick Campbell, Glenys Roberts and Paul Daneman in a duel of words and wit.
Starting: 04-11-2024 21:00:00
Joseph Cooper invites listeners to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and David Attenborough. Guest musician Andreej Panufnik.
Starting: 04-11-2024 21:30:00
The remarkable story of how Hubble revealed the awe and wonder of our universe and how a team of daring astronauts risked their lives to keep it working.
Starting: 04-11-2024 22:00:00
Cameras in space show that Earth is changing rapidly. Cities sprawl while forests and glaciers shrink. But in Tanzania locals have regenerated the landscape to save chimpanzees.
Starting: 04-11-2024 23:00:00
Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world.
Starting: 05-11-2024 00:00:00
Michael Portillo ventures down under to ride one of the world's greatest rail journeys aboard the legendary Ghan Railway. Along the way, Michael uncovers the history of the ambitious project.
Starting: 05-11-2024 01:00:00
Life on board a narrowboat with Robbie Cumming. Robbie battles his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal and discovers industrial secrets in Audlem, Cheshire.
Starting: 05-11-2024 01:30:00
Cameras in space show that Earth is changing rapidly. Cities sprawl while forests and glaciers shrink. But in Tanzania locals have regenerated the landscape to save chimpanzees.
Starting: 05-11-2024 02:00:00
The remarkable story of how Hubble revealed the awe and wonder of our universe and how a team of daring astronauts risked their lives to keep it working.
Starting: 05-11-2024 03:00:00
Michael Portillo continues to trace the route of the Ghan Railway. Before boarding the luxurious transcontinental, Michael meets orphaned joeys Tilly and Max at Brolga's Kangaroo Sanctuary.
Starting: 05-11-2024 19:00:00
Life on England's waterways with Robbie Cumming. Robbie gets stuck in the mud in Woodseaves Cutting and explores the charming canal-side village of Kinver in Staffordshire.
Starting: 05-11-2024 19:30:00
Classic prison-set sitcom. Godber takes up boxing and enters the prison championships, but someone wants him to come a cropper.
Starting: 05-11-2024 20:00:00
Jean is baffled when her daughter goes out with one of her clients. When the two meet, they realise they were once lovers, separated during the Korean War.
Starting: 05-11-2024 20:30:00
Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head.
Starting: 05-11-2024 21:00:00
A Storyville documentary that follows, with unprecedented access to one of the most secretive cabals in the world, a group of Talib leaders in their first year back in power in Afghanistan.
Starting: 05-11-2024 22:00:00