Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Julia is in the Borrowdale Valley to climb to the summit of Castle Crag.

Film based on the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice that reimagines the last six days of the life of Jesus Christ, as seen by Judas, in contemporary Israel.

Screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan talks to John Wilson about her creative influences.

At the peak of his career, Charles Dickens meets a young actress. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature.

Jason Manford hosts a glittering musical celebration, with spectacular performances and special guests, including Beverley Knight and Alfie Boe.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Julia is in the Borrowdale Valley to climb to the summit of Castle Crag.

Story of the Village - Milton Abbas. Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset.

The story of the top-heavy Mary Rose, the wrecking of the Spanish Armada and the real-life sea disasters that inspired The Tempest and Robinson Crusoe.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 November 1997 and featuring Natalie Imbruglia, Gary Barlow, Moby, PF Project, Jon Bon Jovi, Texas and Aqua.

Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 November 1997 and featuring Errol Brown, Ocean Colour Scene, Hanson, Pulp, Metallica, All Saints and Aqua.

Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 8 May 1986 and featuring Patti La Belle and Michael McDonald, Spitting Image, Billy Ocean, Falco and Whitney Houston.

Richard Skinner and Gary Davies present the pop chart programme. With King, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Kirsty MacColl, Howard Jones, Billy Ocean and Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson.

Performances by Wham!, The Smiths, Kate Bush, a-ha, Eurythmics, The Cure, Dead or Alive, Bonnie Tyler, Tears for Fears, Sister Sledge, Jennifer Rush, Doug E Fresh and many more.

A-ha, King and Dead or Alive compete for attention with politicos Billy Bragg and The Style Council, Live Aid brings pop generations together, and Shaky lands a Christmas number one.

A selection of Stock Aitken Waterman's most memorable hits, featuring such artists as Rick Astley, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, Bananarama, Mel & Kim and, of course, Kylie and Jason.

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 November 1997 and featuring Natalie Imbruglia, Gary Barlow, Moby, PF Project, Jon Bon Jovi, Texas and Aqua.

Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 November 1997 and featuring Errol Brown, Ocean Colour Scene, Hanson, Pulp, Metallica, All Saints and Aqua.

Janice Long and John Peel present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 8 May 1986 and featuring Patti La Belle and Michael McDonald, Spitting Image, Billy Ocean, Falco and Whitney Houston.

Richard Skinner and Gary Davies present the pop chart programme. With King, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Kirsty MacColl, Howard Jones, Billy Ocean and Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson.

Performances by Wham!, The Smiths, Kate Bush, a-ha, Eurythmics, The Cure, Dead or Alive, Bonnie Tyler, Tears for Fears, Sister Sledge, Jennifer Rush, Doug E Fresh and many more.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

An intimate portrait of one of Britain's most charming wild animals, following a family of water voles living on a canal in Derbyshire though a typical year.

While James is concerned about possible professional incompetence, Tristan tries to convince Mr Hartley of the virtues of artificial insemination.

Smallholder Lionel Brough has a motley collection of stock, but when an inheritance allows him to go in for pig keeping in a big way, James diagnoses a case of swine fever.

Danes hold a farewell service. Laura is devastated her mother is not joining her in Paris. Contains very strong language and some violent scenes.

Fanny and Laura do their best to put on a brave face as Fanny departs for Romania. Contains some strong language.

Woodhouse, Diana Rigg and Dirk Bogarde. Michael Parkinson is joined by Barbara Woodhouse, Diana Rigg and Dirk Bogarde.

Screenwriter and playwright Abi Morgan talks to John Wilson about her creative influences.

Seventies sitcom about a couple who decide to become self-sufficient. Margo is horrified when she hears of Tom and Barbara's decision to keep pigs in the garden.

First episode of the acclaimed sitcom about an apparently clueless British government minister and the advisers who surround him.

While James is concerned about possible professional incompetence, Tristan tries to convince Mr Hartley of the virtues of artificial insemination.

Smallholder Lionel Brough has a motley collection of stock, but when an inheritance allows him to go in for pig keeping in a big way, James diagnoses a case of swine fever.

Novels that Shaped a Continent. David Olusoga looks at how African novelists became the conscience of their continent.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Gary Wilmot hosts as Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Paige, Courtney Pine and Nigel Planer appear in a special programme featuring songs from West End and Broadway shows. From 1995.

A celebration of Elaine Paige's 60-year career in show business.

Elaine Paige looks back on A Night on the Town - a musical extravaganza from the early 1980s, filmed with a mostly American cast of singers and dancers.

Musical spectacular, first broadcast in 1983, showcasing the work of Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Ann Reinking and Lewis Collins are transported back in time.

A selection of some of Elaine Paige's best-loved songs and finest performances at the BBC, including huge hits like Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Memory and I Know Him So Well.

A special concert filmed at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall, featuring 'the first lady of British musical theatre' with the 60-piece BBC Concert Orchestra.

Gary Wilmot hosts as Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Paige, Courtney Pine and Nigel Planer appear in a special programme featuring songs from West End and Broadway shows. From 1995.

A celebration of Elaine Paige's 60-year career in show business.

A selection of some of Elaine Paige's best-loved songs and finest performances at the BBC, including huge hits like Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Memory and I Know Him So Well.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Michael Portillo strikes out on another series of railway journeys, starting with a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford.

Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. She faces Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and must reach the 978m summit before darkness falls.

Alastair Sooke explores the often overlooked history of Britain's wartime renaissance. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Saul David uses the BBC archive to examine the most important stories related to World War II, and how our understanding of them has been redefined since the war ended.

The Sky at Night team explore what the latest research is revealing about Mars. Could life once have thrived there? And will a return trip to our neighbouring planet ever be possible.

Historian Andrew Roberts looks back AJP Taylor's 1976 series The War Lords, in which he examines the lives and motives of the key leaders in the Second World War.

AJP Taylor describes the careers of the 'war lords' who dominated the Second World War. This episode looks at Mussolini.

AJP Taylor describes the careers of the 'war lords' who dominated the Second World War. This episode looks at Hitler.

A good drawing consists of the right mark in the right place according to Maggi Hambling, who compares her life-drawing sessions to a musician practising scales.

Michael Portillo strikes out on another series of railway journeys, starting with a tour of the Home Counties and beyond in the city of dreaming spires, Oxford.

Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. She faces Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and must reach the 978m summit before darkness falls.

Alastair Sooke explores the often overlooked history of Britain's wartime renaissance. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Saul David uses the BBC archive to examine the most important stories related to World War II, and how our understanding of them has been redefined since the war ended.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Michael Portillo continues his travels at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She sets off to climb Helvellyn via the fearsome ridge of Striding Edge.

Sitcom. To practice self-sufficiency successfully, every resource must be utilised - even animal dung - so Tom decides to build a generator.

Political sitcom. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as a school friend, he does his best to offload some oil rigging gear on him. Contains adult humour.

Simon Schama looks back on his 2006 series examining the works of eight artists.

Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.

Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.

Ken Dornstein sets out to find the men responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Ken Dornstein sets out to find the men responsible for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Glenn Campbell marks the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing by exploring its impact on victims' relatives, witnesses, emergency teams and investigators.

Glenn Campbell marks the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing by exploring its impact on victims' relatives, witnesses, emergency teams and investigators.

Michael Portillo continues his travels at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire.

Michael Portillo continues his travels at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She sets off to climb Helvellyn via the fearsome ridge of Striding Edge.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She sets off to climb Helvellyn via the fearsome ridge of Striding Edge.

A good drawing consists of the right mark in the right place according to Maggi Hambling, who compares her life-drawing sessions to a musician practising scales.

A good drawing consists of the right mark in the right place according to Maggi Hambling, who compares her life-drawing sessions to a musician practising scales. . Contains some nudity.

Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.

Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight masterpieces. How Caravaggio changed the way artists portrayed religious icons.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She visits Derwent Water and Keswick to tackle the climb of Catbells.

Documentary on the Atlantic Ocean. In the South Atlantic, chains of extraordinary islands are packed with huge pods of dolphins and massive penguin colonies.

Dr Sam Willis takes the story of shipwrecks into the Georgian age when Britain began to rule the waves and disasters at sea imperilled its trading power.

Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's influential TV drama series The Singing Detective, once described by Stephen King as 'television's Citizen Kane'.

A patient struggles to keep his sanity while his alter ego, a private eye, keeps singing. Deals with adult themes.

Marlow faces his personal misery of the talking cure with the psychologist. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature.

Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature.

Michael Portillo heads for leafy Hatch End, where he investigates an illustrator whose work was so popular in the 1920s and 30s that his name entered the English dictionary.

Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She visits Derwent Water and Keswick to tackle the climb of Catbells.

Documentary on the Atlantic Ocean. In the South Atlantic, chains of extraordinary islands are packed with huge pods of dolphins and massive penguin colonies.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Michael Portillo resumes his tour of the Home Counties in the picturesque and historic county town of Guildford.

Drama set in the 1950s about an Irish immigrant who lands in Brooklyn and finds romance, before her past catches up with her, and she must choose between two countries and two men.

Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in person, Toibin writes sombre stories of grief and quiet heartbreak.

A New York neighbourhood's residents face challenges in the midst of a heatwave. Contains language which some may find offensive.

The team explore what the latest research is revealing about Mars. Could life have once thrived there? And will a return trip to our neighbouring planet ever be possible.

Michael Portillo resumes his tour of the Home Counties in the picturesque and historic county town of Guildford.

Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in person, Toibin writes sombre stories of grief and quiet heartbreak.

Dr Sam Willis takes the story of shipwrecks into the Georgian age when Britain began to rule the waves and disasters at sea imperilled its trading power.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Mark Lamarr presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 November 1997 and featuring Louise, Robert Miles feat. Kathy Sledge, Mary J Blige, All Saints and Errol Brown.

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 1997 and featuring M-People, Kylie Minogue, Todd Terry, Paul Weller, Gala and Boyzone.

Anthea Turner and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 May 1989 and featuring Shakin' Stevens, Deacon Blue and Neneh Cherry.

Simon Bates and Peter Powell present appearances from Break Machine, Deniece Williams, Marillion, Hazell Dean, Womack & Womack, Ultravox, Duran Duran and Kenny Loggins.

Janice Long and Paul Jordan present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 November 1985 and featuring Madness, Dee C Lee, Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew and Feargal Sharkey.

Steve Wright and Gary Davies present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 August 1985. Featuring The Cars, Baltimora, Kate Bush, Princess and Madonna.

Kate Bush performs songs such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka and Running up That Hill on BBC TV shows, alongside other intriguing and lesser-known material in the BBC studios.

Pet Shop Boys' headline performance at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park 2019. Contains scenes of flashing images.

Music writer Dylan Jones puts the case that the 1980s were the most radical, innovative and creative decade in the history of pop.

Series examining the music and musical icons of the 80s. Siobhan Fahey, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward recall their time as members of hit female vocal trio Bananarama.

Mark Lamarr presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 November 1997 and featuring Louise, Robert Miles feat. Kathy Sledge, Mary J Blige, All Saints and Errol Brown.

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 1997 and featuring M-People, Kylie Minogue, Todd Terry, Paul Weller, Gala and Boyzone.

Anthea Turner and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 May 1989 and featuring Shakin' Stevens, Deacon Blue and Neneh Cherry.

Simon Bates and Peter Powell present appearances from Break Machine, Deniece Williams, Marillion, Hazell Dean, Womack & Womack, Ultravox, Duran Duran and Kenny Loggins.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

A charming portrait of two otters, a mother and daughter who are inseparable.

The Herriots go in for highland dancing, and Siegfried catches fleas. The disappearance of a dead stag could be poaching, and Tricki Woo goes 'crackerdog'.

A sheepdog that cannot bark and a wild cat receive expert veterinary care, while attractive Mrs Derrick invites Tristan to lunch - to see her Toggenburg goat.

Most people have left Denmark. Jacob risks his entire family's welfare in order to find Laura, who makes long-awaited contact with Elias. Contains strong language.

The situation is bleak for Elias as he tries to travel through Poland. Laura is reunited with Fanny but fears she will never see Elias again. Contains strong language.

It's Christmas Eve, and somehow life goes on.

Remembering Les Dawson with favourite TV clips and some rare gems from the archives, plus interviews with friends, relatives and colleagues who assess the comedian's legacy.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Irish author Colm Toibin. The recurring themes in his work might suggest a dark, brooding presence - but how close is that to the real Colm Toibin.

Sitcom. To practise self-sufficiency successfully, every resource must be utilised - even animal dung - so Tom decides to build a generator.

Political sitcom. When Hacker recognises a visiting head of an African nation as a school friend, he does his best to offload some oil rigging gear on him. Contains adult humour.

The Herriots go in for highland dancing, and Siegfried catches fleas. The disappearance of a dead stag could be poaching, and Tricki Woo goes 'crackerdog'.

A sheepdog that cannot bark and a wild cat receive expert veterinary care, while attractive Mrs Derrick invites Tristan to lunch - to see her Toggenburg goat.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Gary Wilmot hosts as guests David Essex, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Twiggy Lawson and Nigel Planer perform songs from musicals. With the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Gary Wilmot presents songs from musicals. He is joined by guests Robson and Jerome, Bob Monkhouse, Paul Nicholas and Kim Wilde. With the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Filmed concert performance of the one-woman musical show written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black that stars Marti Webb as an English girl who travels to America in search of love.

To mark his 75th birthday, Andrew Lloyd Webber takes a nostalgic journey through the BBC archives, looking back on some of his biggest and best-loved songs.