SATURDAY 19 APRIL 2025
SAT 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9cs)
2025
Day 1, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day one at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
SAT 22:00 When Snooker Ruled the World (p0389wrj)
A nostalgic look at the glory years of snooker in the 1970s and 80s.
During the 1980s, snooker was the number one televised sport in the UK, turning its players into genuine superstars. This programme charts the rise of snooker as the UK's most popular sport, with the heroes and villains that helped it build such a huge audience.
With contributions from, amongst others: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dennis Taylor, Cliff Thorburn, John Virgo, Jimmy White, Johnny Vegas, Julia Carling and Gary Lineker. (2002)
SAT 23:00 Parkinson (m0025gcx)
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and John Conteh
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and John Conteh.
SAT 00:00 The Good Life (b00784v0)
Series 1
The Weaker Sex?
Sitcom. Things are starting to happen in Tom's garden, but Barbara is feeling the effects of the boring and tiring work.
SAT 00:35 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (p00x9rf2)
Series 1
Episode 7
Reggie attends his own memorial service in disguise and re-enters Elizabeth's life as an old friend of Reggie, Martin Wellbourne. Elizabeth and Martin get on so well that they decide to marry.
SAT 01:05 When Snooker Ruled the World (p0389wrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
SAT 02:05 Lucy Worsley Investigates (p0bvhk4q)
Series 1
Princes in the Tower
In this series, Lucy Worsley re-investigates some of the most dramatic and brutal chapters in British history, uncovering forgotten witnesses, re-examining old evidence and following new clues.
The story of the princes in the tower is as familiar as a fairy tale – two innocent boys murdered in their beds at the behest of their evil uncle Richard so he could seize the throne for himself and be crowned King Richard III. But there is very little evidence about what happened in 1483, and no real proof that the boys were murdered. They simply disappeared from sight – and from known historical record.
The two princes, Edward and Richard, lived during the Wars of the Roses, a decades-long fight over the English throne between the house of Lancaster and the house of York. Edward IV, the boy’s father, was the first Yorkist King. His eldest son, Edward, was destined to inherit the throne – and this fact entirely shaped his young life.
Edward was just 12 when his father died and he succeeded him as King – but his age meant he wasn’t considered quite ready to rule. Edward IV had appointed his brother Richard to be the young Kings protector - but not everyone was happy with this arrangement. What followed was a tussle for control between Richard and the Queen’s family, the Woodvilles, revealing fascinating ideas about childhood, and the nature of politics and power in medieval England.
Uncle Richard had young Edward and Richard installed at the Tower of London 'for their own protection', but when a priest declared that the boys were actually illegitimate, Richard was next in line to the throne, and it was he who was crowned King Richard III.
As far as we know, the boys were not seen again. The gaps in the historical record have fuelled 500 years of speculation. Lucy speaks to historian Prof Tim Thornton, who has found evidence that may back up one account of what really happened to them, written by Thomas More a generation after the events.
In the light of all the evidence she’s had access to, Lucy makes up her own mind about Richard’s guilt. But importantly, this story has also revealed much about the lot of a royal child in medieval England. And one thing Lucy is certain about is that the story of the Princes in the Tower shows how interpretations are never fixed, there’s always the possibility that new evidence will come to light, and that this story will continue to fascinate us.
SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2025
SUN 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9d1)
2025
Day 2, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day two at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
SUN 22:00 BBC Proms (m001bmmj)
2022
Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms
Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and 60s.
Backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, she celebrates the legendary female voices that have shown her the way - artists such as Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday, Etta James, and Gladys Knight.
From showtunes to pop, from soul to French chanson, expect big iconic anthems of love, loss and transformation.
Andi Oliver presents from the Royal Albert Hall in London, and is joined by special guests Clarke Peters and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.
SUN 23:30 White Sings Robeson (m002b9d3)
In this concert from Canterbury Cathedral, Willard White takes a musical journey through the life of the noted performer Paul Robeson.
SUN 00:50 The Rolling Stones: Live at the Fonda (m0018zwr)
This programme captures a truly unique event in the long and eventful history of The Rolling Stones. On 20 May 2015, at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, the band performed the entire Sticky Fingers album live in concert for the first, and so far only time, in their career.
The show celebrated the reissue of the Sticky Fingers album and was the opening night of the band's Zip Code Tour of North America that would run over the next two months. The intimate setting of the Fonda Theatre was in contrast to the huge stadiums in which the band would perform for the rest of the tour and made this an incredibly special occasion for those fans lucky enough to get a ticket.
SUN 02:15 BBC Proms (m001bmmj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
MONDAY 21 APRIL 2025
MON 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9d5)
2025
Day 3, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day three at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
MON 22:00 Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain (m000xnyh)
While Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, his private life reveals a man of extremes and contradictions. This docudrama explores the extraordinary story of a brilliant self-made man.
MON 23:00 Artists and Models (m002b9d7)
Men and Wild Horses
By the middle of the 19th century, Ingres is the grand old man of French painting. His arch-rival Delacroix is still the guiding light of the Romantics.
But there is one genius, a contemporary of both men, who has been utterly forgotten. A writer, Charles Clement, sets out to investigate the mysterious and tragic figure of Theodore Gericault.
MON 00:25 Art of France (b08f1bw0)
Series 1
This Is the Modern World
In the final episode, Andrew begins with the impressionists. He plunges into one of the most wildly creative periods in the history of art, when France was changing at a rapid pace and angry young artists would reinvent how to paint, finding their muses in the bars, brothels and cabarets of belle epoque Paris and turning the world of art on its head. Monet, Degas and friends launched a febrile conversation about the role of painting in the modern world that would pave the way for just about every modern art movement of note, from the cubists to the Fauves, from the surrealists to the existentialists and from conceptual artists to the abstract expressionists.
MON 01:25 Turner: The Man Who Painted Britain (m000xnyh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
MON 02:25 Artists and Models (m002b9d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 today]
TUESDAY 22 APRIL 2025
TUE 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9cv)
2025
Day 4, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day four at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
TUE 22:00 American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (m00023vy)
Series 1
The American Revolution
In the first of a three-part series, Lucy Worsley explores how American history has been mythologised and manipulated by generations of politicians, writers and protesters. This episode examines the American Revolution – a David-and-Goliath battle of men with high ideals taking on the might of the British Empire. But how much of America’s founding story is based on fact?
TUE 23:00 The Great American Buffalo (m001v85d)
Series 1
Episode 1
For thousands of years, America’s national mammal numbered in the tens of millions, sustaining the Native people of the Great Plains, whose cultures became spiritually intertwined with the animal. By the 1880s, the buffalo had been driven to the brink of extinction by newcomers to the continent. Ken Burns recounts this collision.
TUE 00:55 Flying Scotsman from the Footplate (b087k5rf)
Another chance to enjoy the view from the driving seat of the world's most famous steam locomotive as Flying Scotsman travels the length of the Severn Valley Railway.
Special 'cab cameras' and microphones capture all the action from the footplate. Viewers can appreciate the evocative sound of steam transportation as this magnificent engine attracts crowds from far and wide.
Veteran driver Roger Norfolk and fireman Ryan Green guide Scotsman on the leisurely journey through the countryside of the English midlands, from Bridgnorth in Shropshire to Kidderminster in Worcestershire. Hundreds of enthusiasts also watch and wave from platforms, bridges and surrounding fields.
TUE 01:55 Art of France (b08f1bw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
00:25 on Monday]
TUE 02:55 American History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (m00023vy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]
WEDNESDAY 23 APRIL 2025
WED 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9cq)
2025
Day 5, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day five at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
WED 22:00 The Lakes (p032kk70)
Series 1
Episode 3
Danny tries to uncover the truth behind the drownings of the three schoolgirls in the face of growing resentment.
WED 22:50 The Lakes (p032kk72)
Series 1
Episode 4
As the inquest reaches its conclusion, will Danny's relationship with Emma survive the new revelations?
WED 23:40 Mark Lawson Talks To... (b00w4jcy)
Jimmy McGovern
Mark Lawson talks to the Emmy and Bafta Award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern about his life and career in television drama. In this insightful interview McGovern shares his memories of working-class Liverpool, how his own struggle with speech drove his love of words, and the lasting impact of being 'steeped in Catholicism'.
After his breakthrough role on Channel Four's Brookside, McGovern went on to pursue his passion for socially and emotionally powerful stories. His fascination with faith and the human conscience was deftly explored in ITV's Cracker and his interrogation of contemporary issues brought him acclaim for Hillsborough, Dockers and Sunday.
Despite a foray into feature films in the controversial Priest, McGovern has remained resolutely smitten with the small screen, most notably in The Lakes, The Street and his latest BBC drama, Accused.
WED 00:40 My Life as a Rolling Stone (m0018zwm)
Series 1
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger has spent 60 years as frontman for The Rolling Stones. In this documentary, he talks exclusively about his life in the band, from his first performances in local teenage parties to his creation of a stage persona that has defined the rock 'n' roll lead singer, making Jagger a global icon and musical visionary.
Featuring vivid archive footage from his astonishing career, a rich soundtrack of Stones classic tracks and interviews with a stellar cast of musicians and those close to the band.
WED 01:40 My Life as a Rolling Stone (p0cgmxk5)
Series 1
Keith Richards
Keith Richards has lived a life of legend and in this documentary he talks exclusively about his 60-year career as the lead guitar player in The Rolling Stones.
Richards’s brilliance as a songwriter and performer, along with his defiant hedonism, have made him a cultural hero to millions and helped to shape the whole idea of what rock 'n' roll means.
The film features vivid archive of Richards’s extraordinary career, a soundtrack full of his classic riffs, and interviews with a stellar cast of musical idols.
WED 02:40 Mark Lawson Talks To... (b00w4jcy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:40 today]
THURSDAY 24 APRIL 2025
THU 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9cx)
2025
Day 6, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day six at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
THU 22:00 Priscilla (m002b8kn)
Fourteen-year-old schoolgirl Priscilla Beaulieu is accustomed to the unsettled life of an army family. Invited to a party at Elvis Presley’s house as he carries out his military service in Germany, the shy teenager catches his eye and is gradually drawn into a strange and unhealthy codependent life.
Based on Priscilla Presley’s autobiography.
THU 23:45 Nine to Five (m001tv94)
Three savvy office workers, Violet, Doralee and Judy, have one thing in common - they hate their boss, Hart Jnr. He's a petty, tyrannical, womanising, idiot, and the girls have had enough. They inadvertently find a way to take revenge.
THU 01:30 The Great American Buffalo (m001v85d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Tuesday]
FRIDAY 25 APRIL 2025
FRI 19:00 Snooker: World Championship (m002b9cz)
2025
Day 7, Evening Session
Coverage of the evening session on day seven at the 2025 World Snooker Championship.
FRI 22:00 Top of the Pops (b08h9ct9)
John Peel and David Jensen present another edition of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 April 1983. Featuring Galaxy, The Creatures, Tears for Fears, Kissing the Pink and Spandau Ballet.
FRI 22:30 Top of the Pops (b07wrm58)
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 April 1982 and featuring Pigbag, Bananarama and the Fun Boy Three, Elton John, Kim Wilde, Haircut 100 and Shakin' Stevens. Also includes a dance performance from Zoo.
FRI 23:00 The Rolling Stones: Some Girls Live in Texas (p0cgmzns)
The Rolling Stones' 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year’s Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. By the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July, the album had hit the number one spot on the US charts. The tour took a 'back to basics' approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no elaborate staging.
Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Centre in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18 July 1978, this concert is typical of the tour, with the Rolling Stones delivering a raw, energetic performance in front of a crowd who are clearly loving the show. Many of the tracks from Some Girls are included in the live set, with a sprinkling of Stones classics from earlier albums.
Originally shot on 16mm film, the footage has been carefully restored and the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes. This is undeniably the Rolling Stones at the peak of their form.
FRI 00:25 My Life as a Rolling Stone (p0cgmxq2)
Series 1
Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Wood is a cultural icon, guitar hero, artist and the living embodiment of the vibrancy of British-born rock 'n' roll. In this documentary, Ronnie talks exclusively about his career in music and his life as a Rolling Stone, with its exhilarating highs and sometimes dangerous lows.
Through vivid archive footage, brilliant music and interviews with a stellar cast of musicians, the film reveals how he binds the band together through his musical virtuosity and his irresistible, positive personality.
FRI 01:25 My Life as a Rolling Stone (p0cgmxq6)
Series 1
Charlie Watts
Charlie Watts was, for 60 years, the steady heartbeat of the Rolling Stones. When he died in 2021, the band lost the man who had laid the foundation for songs loved by millions.
Here, a stellar cast of musicians describe Charlie’s brilliance as a drummer and his influence on rock music. Through vivid archive footage and a soundtrack of classic Stones tracks, the film explores the unique personality of a man who always had mixed feelings about the excess that came with his life as a Rolling Stone.
FRI 02:25 The Rolling Stones - Licked Live in NYC (p0cgmylt)
The Rolling Stones embarked on a worldwide tour in 2002 and 2003 that would cover 117 shows in a variety of theatres, arenas and stadiums.
This show captures their January 2003 performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City and features a guest appearance from Sheryl Crow on Honky Tonk Women. There are also previously unreleased performances of Start Me Up, Tumbling Dice, Gimme Shelter and Sympathy for The Devil.
FRI 03:25 Top of the Pops (b08h9ct9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 today]