SATURDAY 28 JUNE 2025
SAT 19:00 Glastonbury (m002fctb)
2025
John Fogerty
The legendary John Fogerty returns to the Pyramid Stage with a blast of swamp rock and blues. Founder of Creedence Clearwater Revival and a solo force in his own right, Fogerty is behind classics like Proud Mary, Rockin’ All Over the World, and Bad Moon Rising, which he has recently reclaimed ownership of. His last Glastonbury set was 2007, when he dug deep into the CCR vault. Now he returns, still full throttle.
SAT 20:00 Glastonbury (m002fctd)
2025
Gary Numan
Prepare for synths at full tilt as post-punk pioneer Gary Numan takes to the Park Stage to make his Glastonbury debut. His sound has shifted over the years, touching jazz-funk to synth-pop, so expect a set list covering all bases for this artist who helped wire electronic music into the mainstream.
SAT 21:00 Glastonbury (m002fctg)
2025
Amyl and the Sniffers and Beth Gibbons
A double bill that packs a punch, with two acts that are worlds apart but equally intense. First, Aussie punk firebrands Amyl and the Sniffers hit Glastonbury with raw, high-octane energy that will leave you breathless. Then, Portishead’s Beth Gibbons cools things down with her haunting trip-hop, mixing deep introspection and soul-soothing vibes.
SAT 22:00 The Monuments Men (m001lv8w)
In 1943, as the Allies make good progress driving back the Axis powers in Italy, Frank Stokes convinces President Roosevelt to set up an army unit to search for looted art and return it to its rightful owners.
He recruits his unit of 'Monuments Men' from European and American, who between them have zero military experience but are prepared to risk their lives to ensure that these artistic treasures are preserved.
Loosely based on a true story.
SAT 23:50 Scrublands (p0gnmm2g)
Series 1
Episode 3
At teenager Allen's wake, Martin learns that the boy was not as innocent as first portrayed, with Robbie telling him he was persuaded by Byron Swift to drop minor drug charges against him. Martin is given reason to believe that Sgt Piccini could be right in thinking that her investigation is being thwarted from above.
SAT 00:35 Scrublands (p0gnmmcc)
Series 1
Episode 4
Martin believes he has found the link between the shooting victims and asks for Robbie’s help in accessing the case files. A further clue implicates one of the victims as being behind the murder of the missing couple, and young Jamie admits he has been keeping a horrible secret from everybody.
SAT 01:30 The Good Life (p00bzc2m)
Series 2
The Day Peace Broke Out
Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom takes the law into his own hands when some of his leeks go missing.
SAT 02:00 Yes Minister (b0078366)
Series 2
The Compassionate Society
Political sitcom. Minister for administrative affairs Jim Hacker struggles to cut administrative staff in the Health Service.
SAT 02:30 Omnibus (m002f2st)
Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen
Programme exploring the reasons behind the enduring popularity of one of Britain's greatest novelists, Jane Austen.
SUNDAY 29 JUNE 2025
SUN 19:00 Glastonbury (m002fctm)
2025
Celeste
BBC Four’s final night at Glastonbury Festival opens with the soulful voice of Celeste. An award-winning British singer with a timeless sound, she has drawn comparisons to Billie Holiday and Amy Winehouse - but brings a style all of her own. Last seen at West Holts in 2022, she now
returns to Glastonbury’s biggest stage, offering silky vocals and heartfelt lyrics from the Pyramid.
SUN 20:00 Glastonbury (m002fctp)
2025
Cymande and Black Uhuru
British funk pioneers Cymande, whose rhythmic grooves have been sampled by hip-hop legends De La Soul, The Fugees and Queen Latifah, make a long-awaited Glastonbury debut after years in the shadows.
Then it's over to reggae royalty as Black Uhuru step up with a set spanning more than five decades. Expect a politically charged, roots-driven performance that will resonate with longtime fans and new ones alike.
SUN 21:00 Glastonbury (m002fctr)
2025
Snow Patrol and St Vincent
Another Glastonbury double bill, kicking off with Snow Patrol on the Other Stage. Since their last appearance at the festival, more than two decades ago, the band returns with anthems, fresh tracks and the kind of singalongs that have soundtracked a generation.
Then it’s over to the Woodsies Stage for St Vincent, a bold, genre-blending performer whose sound fuses indie, rock, pop, jazz and more. With influences ranging from Bowie to Kate Bush, she promises a set full of theatrical flair and sonic surprises.
SUN 21:45 Glastonbury (m002fctt)
2025
The Prodigy
What better way to close BBC Four’s Glastonbury coverage than with original rave pioneers The Prodigy. Their first appearance at the festival since the death of frontman Keith Flint in 2019, this performance from the Other Stage promises to be both electric and emotional.
SUN 23:15 Punk at the BBC (b01k1nhx)
An archive celebration of BBC studio performances from the British bands that broke through courtesy of punk, from its pub rock roots with Dr Feelgood to its explosive heyday with The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Buzzcocks, The Damned, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division and many more.
SUN 00:15 Being Beethoven (m000l41g)
Series 1
Episode 3
'We are not in a good state…'
Unfolding chronologically, Being Beethoven grapples with the living, breathing human being often lost behind the myth of the Romantic genius. Beethoven emerges as a man of contrasts and extremes - driven by love, anguish, fury and joy - qualities woven through both his life and his music.
By returning the composer to the context of his own time and place, telling his life story in the present tense, Being Beethoven reveals how the composer’s life frequently appears to follow an entirely different trajectory to his art. What emerges is a complex and often contradictory individual living a life marked by isolation, ill-health and deafness. A man who, despite the frequent wretchedness of his personal circumstances, manages to create musical masterpieces that have enthralled and uplifted the world for 250 years.
Episode 3 finds the composer unmoored and - personally and creatively - desperate to regain control in his every aspect of his life. In 1815, the death of his brother is the catalyst for a long and bitter legal battle for custody of Beethoven's nephew, Karl. What follows is a protracted period during which the composer’s desire for love and family tip over into obsession. Beethoven will, of course, embark on the extraordinary flowering of the late music - the Missa solemnis, the late quartets and the Ninth 'Choral' Symphony - but he doesn’t know that yet.
Musical highlights include Paul Lewis exploring the beauty and brutality of one of the greatest works of the piano repertoire, the Diabelli Variations, and the Takács Quartet playing the sublime Hymn of Thanksgiving.
As well as interviews with Beethoven biographers and scholars such as Jan Swafford and Barry Cooper, the series features contributions and performances from musicians including Iván Fischer, Marin Alsop, the Takács Quartet, Evelyn Glennie, Paul Lewis, Mark Padmore and Chi-chi Nwanoku.
SUN 01:15 Beethoven’s Fidelio: The Royal Opera (m000l9rq)
Antonio Pappano introduces a production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, a story of risk and triumph against a backdrop of revolution.
David Butt Philip plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as Fidelio), who daringly sets out to save him from certain death. Tobias Kratzer’s staging brings together the dark reality of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution and the conflicts of the modern age to illuminate Fidelio’s inspiring message of a common humanity.
MONDAY 30 JUNE 2025
MON 19:00 Secrets of Skin (m000cf0t)
Series 1
Defence
What is the most toxic animal on earth? How are porcupine quills helping us in medicine? Why is a rhino armour plated, and it is not to protect them from lions?
Professor Ben Garrod discovers the complex ways, from camouflage to deadly toxins, in which the skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds. From the barbed quills of the North American porcupine to the battering ram of a rhino’s horn, the skin has developed an impressive armoury of weapons and warnings to keep predators at bay.
With experiments and specialist factual insight, Professor Ben Garrod reveals the toughest and most resilient of animals defend themselves through their skin. One of the most iconic warnings in nature is that of the rattlesnake. Ben takes a teaching sample of a rattlesnake’s tail to the University of Bristol to test just how fast it can vibrate. He uncovers how poison-dart frogs produce their toxins, and how cuttlefish are the masters of disguise when it comes to hiding in plain sight.
MON 19:30 Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley (m000sm7s)
Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz. Using the same style as Lucy's film about the Suffragettes, the film shows their remarkable resilience, as well as the terrible suffering they endured, shining a light on the role of the front-line workers and volunteers at the heart of it all.
The six lives at the heart of the film are 17-year-old Jewish shopgirl Nina Masel, from Essex, who reported for Mass Observation; Frances Faviell, a Chelsea artist and socialite who received just a week’s training to become an auxiliary nurse and would end up treating a dying victim in a bomb crater; Ita Ekpenyon, a Nigerian teacher who moved to the UK to study law but who took on the role of an air-raid precaution warden to rally the people of his central London patch; Barbara Nixon, an out-of-work actress who worked long hours as an ARP warden, expressing her outrage at judgemental attitudes towards East Enders who had lost everything; Frank Hurd, a full-time fireman whose day job was to keep the raging fires of the bombing raids under control; and Robert Barltrop, too young to enlist, who worked as a porter in a Sainsbury's warehouse and volunteered as a firewatcher.
MON 21:00 Albert Speer (m002fcv3)
Hitler’s Architect of Lies
Leading German historian Heike Görtemaker introduces a never-before-broadcast BBC interview conducted in 1971 with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister.
Dr Görtemaker examines how the man once called ‘the Nazi who said sorry’ in truth never deserved that title, and she explains how Speer, perhaps Hitler’s closest friend, helped to create the image of the Führer that perpetuates to this day. She outlines the many ways Speer lied to interviewers over the years, twisting the truth to absolve himself in the public’s eyes, even falsely claiming that he had at the end been plotting to kill Hitler himself.
MON 21:15 Albert Speer (m002fcv1)
The Unseen Interrogation
In an interview conducted in 1971, which has never been broadcast in its entirety before, Hitler's architect and armaments minister, Albert Speer, is cross-examined by Michael Charlton, Hugh Trevor-Roper and George Ball, Speer's American interrogator at the end of the war.
MON 22:35 Albert Speer (b0074rb4)
The Nazi Who Said Sorry
Programme looking at Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, arms minister and only friend. After the war, he became the Nazi who said sorry, even for the crimes he claimed had been kept secret from him. Was his remorse genuine, or did he know more than he admitted, still proud of his meteoric career under Hitler?
MON 23:35 Colosseum (p0fwgzv6)
Series 1
The Beastmaster
Over a million animals are slaughtered on the sands of the arena by trained beastmasters, none more famous than Carpophorus. But when met with the unprecedented challenge of battling 20 wild creatures, can Carpophorus survive?
MON 00:25 Colosseum (p0fwh1bd)
Series 1
The Gladiatrix
When the Emperor Trajan stages his great games of AD107, the crowd is treated to a rare spectacle – female gladiators. A Roman named Mevia illustrates the challenges of life for women in ancient Rome. She decides to trade her status as a free citizen to fight in the arena as a gladiatrix.
MON 01:10 Colosseum (p0fwh30s)
Series 1
The Martyr
The public execution of criminals is a staple in the Colosseum, but during Trajan’s games, one of these victims is no common prisoner. Bishop Ignatius of Antioch is part of a growing underground religion threatening Roman traditions - Christianity.
MON 02:00 Secrets of Skin (m000cf0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
MON 02:30 Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley (m000sm7s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
TUESDAY 01 JULY 2025
TUE 19:00 Secrets of Skin (m000cf26)
Series 1
Sensing
Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world - and it is all only possible because of remarkable adaptations to their skin.
Whether animals live on land, in the sea, or in subterranean communities, skin is critical in allowing them to sense the world around them, be it to find food, navigate harsh environments or avoid danger. Even the toughest of animals, crocodilians, have a surprisingly sensitive side when it comes to the specialised skin sensors they use to detect the tiniest of ripples in the water. Deadly pit vipers use heat sensors to ambush the small rodents they feed on. Professor Ben Garrod puts them to the test with an experiment to see if they will strike a cold or warm ping-pong ball. He also uncovers how the less-than-attractive leaf-nosed bat puts its facial skin to good use as an acoustic lens to echolocate around its dense forest habitat.
TUE 19:30 War Walks (b0074mbn)
Series 2
Blitz
One night and one image encapsulate the London Blitz - December 29th 1940, the night of the second great fire of London when St Paul's rose in its glory above the smoke and flames. Richard Holmes traces the night's events, from the sector control room where the incoming raiders were plotted through to the efforts of the firemen to save St Paul's.
TUE 20:00 The Good Life (p00bzc88)
Series 2
Mutiny
Sitcom about a couple who try to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. It's Margo's first night in the Sound of Music, and Jerry receives some unpleasant news.
TUE 20:30 Yes Minister (b007836n)
Series 2
Doing the Honours
Sir Humphrey has to combat Jim's economies, including cuts on profitable overseas students at his old college and linking civil servants' honours with achieving cuts.
TUE 21:00 Simon Schama's Power of Art (b0079496)
Rothko
Mark Rothko believed that tradition was all used up, and that figurative art no longer had what it took to connect us, viscerally, to the human tragedy. Only a completely new visual language of strong feeling could wake us from moral stupor. So he set himself - and New York - a test.
TUE 22:00 Storyville (m002fcv7)
The Srebrenica Tape
A young woman returns to Srebrenica, the town of her birth, to find out more about her father, who was one of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslims massacred there during the Bosnian War.
Once a town with vibrant and integrated communities, Srebrenica was torn apart by racial hatred. During the Bosnian war, it was cut off by Serb forces - its mostly Muslim inhabitants surrounded by a hostile army.
Although the United Nations declared it a 'safe area', an enclave under its protection, it was far from safe when Bosnian Serb troops invaded in July 1995, murdering around 8,000 Muslim men and destroying every trace of their lives: their diaries, photos and letters.
One VHS survived the destruction. A unique document: a four-hour film describing everyday life in the enclave and shot for a single viewer, Alisa, the then nine-year-old daughter of Sejfo, an avid amateur film-maker who had been trapped in Srebrenica until he was amongst those massacred there.
Alisa returns to the town of her birth to trace the footsteps of her father, whose film sends her on a quest for clues about family and belonging, after her life was forever altered by one of modern Europe’s greatest crimes against humanity.
TUE 23:30 Storyville (m0020541)
Copa '71: The Lost Lionesses
In August 1971, football teams from England, Argentina, Mexico, France, Denmark and Italy gathered in Mexico City for a watershed tournament. With lavish sponsorship, extensive TV coverage, merchandise on every street corner and over 100,000 roaring fans at the historic Azteca stadium, media outlets treated the players like rock stars.
Despite being one of the most groundbreaking moments in footballing history, most people have never heard of it - because the players were all women.
This is the extraordinary story of an extraordinary tournament, told through the fearless voices of the women who took part and including recently uncovered and never-seen-before archive footage.
The tournament was the flame that lit the touchpaper for the explosion of women’s football around the globe and in the UK. It was one of the catalysts that led to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final, when England beat Germany 2-1.
TUE 00:50 Secrets of Skin (m000cf26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
TUE 01:20 War Walks (b0074mbn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
TUE 01:50 Albert Speer (b0074rb4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:35 on Monday]
TUE 02:50 Simon Schama's Power of Art (b0079496)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
WEDNESDAY 02 JULY 2025
WED 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fctw)
England v India 2025
Second Test, Day 1
Day one highlights from the second Test match between England and India.
WED 20:00 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (b01ghsjx)
All Roads Lead to Rome
We still live in the shadow of ancient Rome - a city at the heart of a vast empire that stretched from Scotland to Afghanistan, dominating the west for over 700 years. Professor Mary Beard puts aside the stories of emperors and armies, guts and gore, to meet the real Romans living at the heart of it all.
In this programme, Mary asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome.
She rides the Via Appia, climbs up to the top seats of the Colosseum, takes a boat to Rome's port Ostia and takes us into the bowels of Monte Testaccio. She also meets some extraordinary Romans: Eurysaces, an eccentric baker who made a fortune out of the grain trade and built his tomb in the shape of a giant bread oven; Baricha, Zabda and Achiba, three prisoners of war who became Roman citizens; and Pupius Amicus, the purple dye seller making imperial dye from shellfish imported from Tunisia. This is Rome from the bottom up.
WED 21:00 7/7: One Day in London (b01kl0yv)
The day after London won the Olympic bid, terrorists attacked the public transport network, killing 52 people and injuring over 700. Seven years later, as the eyes of the world are once again focused on the capital, this documentary gathers the testimony of over 50 people directly affected by the bombings, exploring the long-lasting effects as they reflect on their experiences and how their lives have changed.
After the conclusion of the public inquest in 2011, a multitude of previously untold stories emerged of the bravery, difficulties and horror that people experienced on that day in 2005; many of these have been included in this film as well as testimony from people who have never spoken publically before.
This is an ambitious retelling of the story of what happened that day, with contributions from commuters, emergency service workers, TFL staff and families of victims. With enormous compassion for one another, ordinary people tell extraordinary stories of the day when they were thrown together, and they speak of their struggle to cope in the wake of the blasts that shook London.
WED 22:30 Remembers... (m002fctz)
Frank McGuinness and Julie Nicholson Remember... A Song for Jenny
Julie Nicholson wrote A Song for Jenny after her daughter was killed in London’s 7 July bombings in 2005. A decade later, Julie’s book was adapted into an acclaimed BBC drama by screenwriter Frank McGuinness.
Here, Julie and Frank reunite and share their memories of how the story of Jenny’s loss, and the agony that followed, was taken on the sensitive journey from page to the screen.
WED 22:45 A Song for Jenny (b061c786)
Powerful drama that tells the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny's death in the 7 July bombing at Edgware Road tube station. A moving film that explores the impact of violence on one woman and her family.
WED 00:05 Meet the Romans with Mary Beard (b01ghsjx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
WED 01:05 Albert Speer (m002fcv1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:15 on Monday]
WED 02:20 7/7: One Day in London (b01kl0yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
THURSDAY 03 JULY 2025
THU 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fcv9)
England v India 2025
Second Test, Day 2
Day two highlights from the second Test match between England and India.
THU 20:00 Prost (m002d2hk)
Series 1
Episode 5
As the rivalry with Senna reaches its climax, Prost bows out of Formula One with a fourth world title.
THU 20:30 Prost (m002d2hn)
Series 1
Episode 6
As Prost steps away from racing, a surprising friendship with Senna takes shape, until tragedy strikes.
THU 21:00 Williams: Formula 1 in the Blood (m0002p1x)
In-depth documentary providing an insight into Sir Frank Williams, his career and family. From nothing other than an obsession with speed, Williams builds one of the world's most enduring Formula One racing teams, but a near fatal car accident in 1986 at the height of this success leaves Frank fighting for his life and the future of the team hanging in the balance.
THU 22:45 Bonnie and Clyde (m001tx9d)
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America.
THU 00:30 Timewatch (b00785y5)
2008-2009
The Real Bonnie and Clyde
Hollywood portrayed them as the most glamorous outlaws in American history, but the reality of life on the run for Bonnie and Clyde was one of violence, hardship and danger.
With unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and recently released police records, Timewatch takes an epic road trip through the heart of Depression-era America, in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde.
THU 01:30 A Song for Jenny (b061c786)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:45 on Wednesday]
FRIDAY 04 JULY 2025
FRI 19:00 Cricket: Today at the Test (m002fcvc)
England v India 2025
Second Test, Day 3
Day three highlights from the second Test match between England and India.
FRI 20:00 Top of the Pops (m0008rm2)
Janice Long and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 1988 and featuring The Communards, The Mac Band ft. The McCampbell Brothers, Everything but the Girl, INXS, Eighth Wonder, Glenn Medeiros and Transvision Vamp.
FRI 20:30 Top of the Pops (b01lllgs)
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 July 1988 and featuring Smokie, Brotherhood of Man, Barry Biggs, RAH Band, Olivia Newton-John, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Andy Gibb, Alessi, a Legs & Co dance sequence and Hot Chocolate.
FRI 21:00 Blondie at the BBC (m001sp37)
When Blondie first exploded onto the music scene with their debut UK hit Denis, they were an immediate sensation and instantly embraced by the British record-buying public. Debbie Harry’s inimitable cool and the band’s pioneering new wave, New York sound made them one of the most significant bands of the era – and gave them an impressive six number one singles.
With them every step of the way have been the BBC’s biggest music shows, and this programme takes a trip through the archives to sample the best of Blondie over the years, with appearances from the late 1970s up to recent times and performances confirming the enduring strength of songs like Call Me, Atomic, Picture This, Rapture and The Tide Is High.
FRI 22:00 When Blondie Came to Britain (m001sp39)
In 1977, a small and relatively unknown group called Blondie arrived in Bournemouth ahead of their first ever UK tour. This is the story of the key part Britain played in helping break one of the world’s most influential bands and examines a special relationship that has endured for nearly 50 years.
Featuring rare and unseen archive material – including photographs taken by guitarist Chris Stein - this documentary charts Blondie’s rise from that first student union gig in Bournemouth, supported by Squeeze (including a 19-year-old Jools Holland) through to 2023 and an unforgettable performance on Glastonbury’s iconic Pyramid Stage.
FRI 23:00 The Old Grey Whistle Test (m001nc55)
Blondie in Concert: 1979
Blondie perform live at the height of their powers in 1979 at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, with Debbie Harry wowing the audience with such hits as Dreaming, Union City Blue, Atomic, Picture This, Heart of Glass, Hanging on the Telephone and Sunday Girl.
FRI 23:45 Omnibus (m002fcvg)
Blondie: Beneath the Bleach
A profile from 1999 of American band Blondie, telling the story of their remarkable rise, rapid decline and successful reunion. Featuring candid interviews with the band.
FRI 00:35 Blondie at BBC Maida Vale (b043q2jv)
To mark the release of their 40th anniversary album, Blondie perform at the BBC's legendary Maida Vale studios. Features new tracks as well as classics such as Atomic, Heart of Glass and Call Me.
FRI 01:20 Phil Collins at the BBC (m000x2qq)
The sound of Phil Collins is in the air tonight as we take a trip through the BBC’s archives with the man who, against all odds, went from being the drummer in Genesis to one of the biggest solo performers of the 1980s and 90s. This collection features Phil’s performances on a range of BBC shows, from Top of the Pops to Parkinson and The Two Ronnies, as well as the hits that saw him top the charts multiple times here and in the US, including You Can’t Hurry Love, A Groovy Kind of Love, One More Night, I Missed Again and Two Hearts.
FRI 02:20 In Concert (b0074srl)
Crosby and Nash
1970 footage of the duo performing soon after the demise of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Featuring beautiful harmonies, they perform CSNY and solo songs such as Marrakesh Express and Guinnevere.
FRI 02:55 Top of the Pops (m0008rm2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
FRI 03:25 Top of the Pops (b01lllgs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:30 today]