SATURDAY 19 JULY 2025
SAT 19:00 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (p0d9cbp9)
Series 1
Cat Among the Pigeons
Agatha Christie revolutionised the world of detective fiction, poisoning sandwiches, putting the knife into kidnappers and generally bumping off dozens of people in ingenious and macabre ways. In this first episode of the series, historian Lucy Worsley investigates the complex factors that shaped the dark imagination of a refined Devonshire lady, discovering family secrets and a childhood haunted by a sinister figure.
Focusing on the first third of Christie’s life, this episode is a portrait of the artist as a young woman. It unearths the surprising roots of her most compelling themes, the inspiration for some of her greatest creations and the secrets that the enigmatic Christie herself kept carefully hidden from public view. Worsley’s investigation follows the trail of pivotal moments in Christie’s – and the nation’s – life to weave a picture of a woman who was both of her time and thoroughly ahead of it. And it explores how – far from being cosy whodunnits – Christie’s early books actually tap into- and capture the social upheavals of one of the most tumultuous periods of the 20th century.
Like the best Christie stories, Worsley’s exploration is laced with charm, suspense, a sprinkling of humour and a compelling cast of characters. Interviewees include family members, screenwriters and poison experts, who share their insights into Christie’s life and creative drive. And Worsley brings fresh evidence to the table – a lost mortgage deed, concealed papers, a folded photograph – to reveal the hidden story behind a unique, groundbreaking artist.
SAT 20:00 Miss Marple (p03rdrjg)
A Murder Is Announced
Part 1
When a party game goes horribly wrong, the attendees start to turn on each other. The only way to unravel this mystery, it seems, is to call in Miss Marple.
SAT 20:55 Miss Marple (p03rdrjm)
A Murder Is Announced
Part 2
Inspector Craddock is stumped, but Miss Marple has her instincts to turn to, as she delves further into the victim's past.
SAT 21:50 Miss Marple (p03rdrjs)
A Murder Is Announced
Part 3
Inspector Craddock is alarmed to find that Miss Marple has gone missing - has she become another victim of the murderer?
SAT 22:45 The Gone (m001wryp)
Series 1
Episode 5
The police focus moves to a former colleague of Sinead’s, Aileen is convinced Frank Pastors knows more about the original murders than he’s letting on, and Diana and Richter are left blindsided by a devastating decision.
SAT 23:35 The Gone (m001wryr)
Series 1
Episode 6
Tāmati learns the devastating truth about the pollution danger posed by Houkura, and Aileen decides to follow an anonymous tip that could hold the key to solving the original mountain murders.
Mayor Ken welcomes cyclists from across the country to the grand opening of his new cycle trail, but Richter and Diana are suddenly forced into a deadly confrontation in the hunt for the killer.
SAT 00:30 The Good Life (p00bzcm5)
Series 2
Going to Pot
Sitcom about a couple trying to live self-sufficiently in Surbiton. Tom and Barbara's evening class becomes unusually productive.
SAT 01:00 Yes Minister (b007845r)
Series 2
The Greasy Pole
Jim Hacker finds himself in the middle of a row over the British Chemical Corporation.
SAT 01:30 Plague Fiction (m000mmjf)
Professor Laura Ashe takes a look back at the Black Death of the 14th century, the deadliest pandemic in human history.
Going from one of the earliest accounts of plague in 1347 through to Samuel Pepys's record of the Great Plague of London in the 1660s, Professor Ashe explores how literature helped us cope with fear and tragedy, the importance of bravery and personal sacrifice, and whether the words of the past can offer us the comfort and healing that we need now.
SAT 02:30 Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen (p0d9cbp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
SUNDAY 20 JULY 2025
SUN 19:00 Britain's Most Fragile Treasure (b0161dgq)
Historian Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass. At 78 feet in height, the famous Great East Window at York Minster is the largest medieval stained-glass window in the country and the creative vision of a single artist, a mysterious master craftsman called John Thornton, one of the earliest named English artists.
The Great East Window has been called England's Sistine Chapel. Within its 311 stained-glass panels is the entire history of the world, from the first day to the Last Judgment, and yet it was made 100 years before Michelangelo's own masterpiece. The scale of Thornton's achievement is revealed as Dr Ramirez follows the work of a highly skilled conservation team at York Glaziers Trust. They dismantled the entire window as part of a five-year project to repair centuries of damage and restore it to its original glory.
It is a unique opportunity for Dr Ramirez to examine Thornton's greatest work at close quarters, to discover details that would normally be impossible to see and to reveal exactly how medieval artists made images of such delicacy and complexity using the simplest of tools.
The Great East Window of York Minster is far more than a work of artistic genius, it is a window into the medieval world and mind, telling us who we once were and who we still are, all preserved in the most fragile medium of all.
SUN 20:00 BBC Proms (m002g81p)
2025
Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
The world’s only professional one-handed concert pianist, Nicholas McCarthy, makes his Proms debut playing Ravel’s jazz-infused virtuosic piece alongside the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and their new chief conductor, Mark Wigglesworth. Walton’s landmark First Symphony and Shostakovich’s jovial Suite for Variety Orchestra, packed with tunes from the composer’s music for ballet, theatre and cinema, also feature on this programme of 20th-century classics.
SUN 21:50 A Voice for the World: Stuart Burrows (m002g81r)
A profile from 1977 of Welsh tenor Stuart Burrows, who achieved international acclaim in the opera houses and concert halls of the world.
Burrows is seen at home in Wales and at work in London, Paris and New York. He is shown in rehearsal and in performance, and the programme includes arias from Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni and Manon, together with a few well-loved ballads and a favourite Welsh folk song. There are also tributes from Sir Georg Solti and Beverly Sills.
SUN 22:40 Stuart Burrows Sings (m002g81t)
In a programme that was first broadcast in 1986, celebrated Welsh tenor Stuart Burrows is joined at St David's Hall, Cardiff, by soprano Karita Mattila, a young Aled Jones, The Pendyrus Male Choir and soprano Beverley Humphreys. John Constable provides piano accompaniment, and Robin Stapleton conducts the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra.
SUN 23:40 BBC Proms (m0014j2q)
1992
A Concerto for Evelyn
From the 1992 BBC Proms, the premiere of James MacMillan's concerto for percussion and orchestra, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, composed for Evelyn Glennie. Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
SUN 00:15 This Cultural Life (m0014j2s)
Series 1
Evelyn Glennie
The world's leading classical solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and some of the key influences on her artistic path.
From growing up in rural Aberdeenshire and becoming profoundly deaf at a young age, Glennie traces her route to fulfilling the ambition of becoming the first full-time solo percussionist. She demonstrates the first drum she ever owned, discusses the profound impact of the renowned percussionist James Blades, her teacher at the Royal Academy of Music, and her electrifying 1992 BBC Proms performance of James MacMillan's specially composed percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.
This Cultural Life is a BBC Radio 4 podcast.
SUN 00:45 Maurice Ravel (m002g81x)
Documentary about French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), narrated by John Abineri and featuring performances of his work by Jill Gomez, Osian Ellis, Edward Beckett and others.
SUN 01:55 Britain's Most Fragile Treasure (b0161dgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
SUN 02:55 A Voice for the World: Stuart Burrows (m002g81r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:50 today]
MONDAY 21 JULY 2025
MON 19:00 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g81h)
The Severn
From Docks to Rocks
Angela Rippon visits Bristol's historic harbour on the day of the maritime carnival and takes a pleasure cruise through the Avon Gorge and back to the Severn Estuary.
MON 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1ll4)
Stonehenge
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over Wiltshire to uncover new discoveries in the Stone Age landscape. Sites found from the air have led to exciting new evidence about Stonehenge. The discoveries help to explain why the monument is where it is, and reveal how long ago it was occupied by people.
MON 20:00 Singapore 1942: End of Empire (b01bzxtc)
Episode 1
A 70th-anniversary television event telling the story of how the fall of Singapore in 1942 shattered myths, brought an empire to its knees, and changed the destiny of millions of people.
Part one looks at how Japan's lightning invasion of Malaya threatened the key British port of Singapore, igniting ethnic and political tensions, and tells how Scottish soldiers were at the heart of the city's defence.
MON 21:00 Rise of the Nazis (p0d3fx8v)
The Downfall
Episode 3
In April 1945, the Nazis organise one of the final acts of the Third Reich – a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic, including the last scene of the opera Gotterdammerung, which features a suicide at its centre. It’s a clear sign that Hitler and many of his supporters are going to end it all.
Most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. A two million-strong Soviet army is now just a mile from Hitler’s hiding place.
With the Nazi regime disintegrating, most of Hitler’s deputies are busy making plans to try to survive the end of the war. Only his most die-hard loyalists stay by his side.
MON 22:00 Hiroshima (m000lj4b)
A fully dramatised reconstruction of the story of the first atomic bomb deployed in an act of war.
Interviews with both the aircrew who dropped the bomb and the survivors, special visual effects and archive all bring to life the fateful mission of the Enola Gay and the devastating impact of the bomb on the people of Hiroshima.
MON 23:30 Berlin 1945 (m000p9tw)
Series 1
Episode 3
The British, French and Americans are waiting to enter Berlin. In the meantime, the Soviets appoint mayors, organise the food supply and go on the hunt for war criminals. The Jewish community, among whom there are few survivors, regroup.
The fate of the city is determined at the Potsdam Conference. Life returns to the ruins, theatres reopen and orchestras play in the open air. By the end of 1945, the bond that held the Allies together is torn apart - and the Cold War begins.
MON 00:20 Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas (m000jy2l)
Two-thirds of our planet is covered in water, split into five distinct oceans, but in reality Earth's seas are part of one huge global water system - a system that has been instrumental in shaping our destiny for millions of years. Now, however, in the 21st century, it is mankind that is shaping the destiny of our oceans. In unprecedented ways, humans are changing our seas and the life within. The ocean bed, the currents, marine life, even the water itself is transformed by what we are putting into our oceans.
In this revelatory BBC Four documentary special, oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski and zoologist Dr George McGavin carry out an ‘autopsy’ on the ocean itself and reveal the startling changes it's undergoing. Moving the story beyond the well-known impact of discarded plastic on our seas, the autopsy will investigate the effects of high levels of life-threatening toxins on marine ecosystems and the invisible plague of micro- and nano-plastics saturating the water. The destiny of our oceans is on a knife edge and the window of opportunity to save them is rapidly closing.
But all is not lost. Along the way, George and Helen follow some surprising stories of hope as scientists uncover biodiverse ecosystems at the bottom of wind turbines that act as artificial reefs. George also visits the team at the Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project, a coastal wetland restoration initiative on the Essex coast twice the size of the City of London, that has been transformed into a nature reserve for rare and threatened birds and other wildlife using excavated soil from Crossrail.
Our precinct is the North Sea. Industry has polluted these waters for longer than any other sea on the planet and, in the past 50 years, the North Sea has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the world’s oceans. The unique levels of human impact provide oceanographers with a crystal ball for the future of ocean change. If it is happening in the North Sea now, scientists can predict where they will see it globally in the future.
Embedded with a team of leading researchers on board the Pelagia, a Dutch Oceanographic research vessel, Helen is on a mission to perform a comprehensive health check on the North Sea, using gas-sampling techniques to investigate a mysterious methane leak that may be caused by sea temperature rise. Understanding its origins could be critical to uncovering the human effects of global warming. The team will have to work for 48 hours straight on this ‘floating laboratory’ in the ocean.
They also carry out a survey of the North Sea to generate a comprehensive map of micro-plastic movement in our oceans. Ninety-nine percent of the plastic we dump in the oceans is missing, so the team wants to find out where it is all going. Starting off on the coastline, the team samples plastic on the surface, documenting where they find each piece and what it is. They also sample the depths of the sea for micro-plastics and discover marine fungi that could provide a possible solution - they might be ‘eating’ micro plastics.
Intercut with this survey, Dr George McGavin visits Utrecht University. Here, leading animal pathologist Lonneke IJsseldijk performs a necropsy (an animal autopsy) on a harbour porpoise to try to find out how and why it died. Lonneke believes the best way to understand what is in our oceans is to look inside the animals that live there. She looks for chemical fingerprints of human toxic pollutants hidden inside, like PCBs that were used in the building industry in the 1980s but which never break down.
Throughout this ocean autopsy, Helen and George find terrifyingly high levels of micro- and nano-plastics, rising sea temperatures changing the ocean ecosystems, and marine mammal life whose very existence is threatened by human toxic pollutants saturating the oceans at every level - the ocean floor, the life in the oceans and even the water itself. But they also find stories of hope, where nature may be able to repair itself if given a chance. What they discover is that it is not too late, but the window to action the change we need is closing quickly. If we can understand what is happening to our waters now, can we act to save them?
MON 01:55 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g81h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
MON 02:25 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1ll4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
MON 02:55 Rise of the Nazis (p0d3fx8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
TUESDAY 22 JULY 2025
TUE 19:00 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g82n)
The Severn
Resorts and Islands
Angela Rippon visits Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare, ending her journey on the lonely island of Steep Holm.
TUE 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1czf)
Norfolk Broads
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over the Broads where aerial photos have discovered a staggering 945 previously unknown ancient sites. Many are making historians rethink the history of the area.
The fate of the Roman town of Caistor St Edmund has puzzled archaeologists for decades. It's long been a mystery why the centre never became a modern town. Now archaeologists have discovered a key piece of evidence. And near Ormseby, the first proof of Bronze Age settlement in the east of England has been revealed.
TUE 20:00 The Good Life (p02qydvr)
Series 3
The Early Birds
After the Leadbetters reach the end of their tether with the Goods' crack-of-dawn activities, Tom and Barbara search for new ways to design their schedule.
TUE 20:30 Yes Minister (b00784dk)
Series 2
The Devil You Know
Jim Hacker is upset by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle and decides to take drastic action to keep his post.
TUE 21:00 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (p01xtmv7)
Episode 3
Dr Lucy Worsley's story of the first Georgian kings reaches the final years of George II's reign. With extensive access to artworks in the Royal Collection, she shows how Britain's new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other, all at the same time. But while George very publicly bickered with his troublesome son Frederick, Prince of Wales, he also led from the front on the battlefield - the last British king to do so - and helped turn his adopted nation into a global superpower.
What would have seemed an unlikely outcome when the Georges first arrived from Hanover was achieved on the back of a strong navy, a dubious slave trade and a powerful new entrepreneurial spirit that owed much to the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment.
TUE 22:00 The Death of Yugoslavia (m002fy5f)
Eyewitness to History: The Death of Yugoslavia - Part 2
Acclaimed documentary maker Norma Percy is joined by producer and director Paul Mitchell to assess the conclusion of their award-winning series The Death of Yugoslavia. Made in the wake of the US bombing campaign against Serbian forces and the following peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, the series’ final episode was an intense experience made as events were unfolding, and here Norma and Paul outline the challenges they faced and the political figures they encountered on the way.
TUE 22:20 The Death of Yugoslavia (p00gj4tg)
Series 1
Pax Americana
This documentary traces the events leading up to the Dayton peace talks in Ohio. For the first time, the main participants in the peace negotiations tell the inside story on how a resolution was met.
TUE 23:10 imagine... (b063lywk)
Summer 2015
Richard Flanagan: Life after Death
A film chronicling the life and work of 2014's Man Booker Prize-winner Richard Flanagan. The grandson of illiterates, a school drop-out, a river guide, builder's labourer and a passionate campaigner for conservation, Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels, and on to Thailand, to see first-hand the site of the Death Railway - the brutal setting of his award-winning novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
TUE 00:15 Storyville (b0bn6tr3)
Jailed in America
For director Roger Ross Williams, prison was not a distant possibility when he was growing up, but a daily threat. 'As a young black man in a chaotic environment, I always felt there was a chance that, whether or not I committed a crime, I could end up behind bars.' Determined to avoid this fate, Roger left his hometown of Easton, Pennsylvania as a teenager to pursue his dreams of being a film-maker. Overcoming the odds, he became the first black director to win an Academy Award. As his success grew, he thought about Easton less and less, until the day he heard about the suicide of his old friend Tommy Alvin.
Now, after 30 years, Roger returns home to pay his respects and reconnect with close childhood friends. He is shocked and distressed to learn virtually all of the men in the Alvin family are, have been, or currently are, in prison. Haunted by how easily this could have happened to him, Roger embarks on a deeply personal journey into the heart of the American prison system to try and understand how this is possible. He starts in his own hometown but soon finds himself navigating a Byzantine maze of powerful institutions: police precincts, courtrooms, local jails, maximum security prisons and corporate empires. As he begins to explore a massive and dysfunctional system, he encounters complicit politicians and prison profiteers, each with their own self-serving motivations to maintain the status quo.
Roger discovers prison administrators who recognise that most of their inmates should be free, yet are helpless to release them. He seeks counsel and knowledge from frustrated community leaders and activists, including the tireless Adam Foss. Foss's mission is to personally reeducate America's 31,000 prosecutors to 'cut off the supply' of people flowing into the system, and also try and save lives in his own neighbourhood, one young man at a time.
Roger comes face to face with the endless hoard of Americans trapped behind the walls of the prison industrial complex and the families struggling to survive on the outside. He searches for solutions within the tangled web of political, social, and economic forces that drive the biased system, which has ensnared so many of his friends.
The film is a reckoning with America's conscience and a rebuke, not just of power and greed, but of silence - the stain of comfort, wilful ignorance of real costs. Roger's pursuit of an answer propels the film to examine all strata of the American society - from the free market ideals that America is founded upon to the savage ways in which the country has manifested those ideals. In Roger's view, there is no single villain and no obvious solution. Real change requires a new philosophy across a spectrum of industries. Not just the reining in of corporate influence but reform in political, financial, legal, educational and mental health care spheres as well. What can Roger offer? To return home and take a long hard look at the human toll. Will viewers look away as he once did? At what price?
TUE 01:15 The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (p01xtmv7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
TUE 02:15 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g82n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
TUE 02:45 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1czf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2025
WED 19:00 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g80s)
The Kennet and Avon Canal
The River Kennet
Angela Rippon sets off from Reading to travel the length of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Along the way, she stops off at the Reading Abbey ruins, cycles to the listed Monkey Marsh Lock to view the restoration work taking place there and visits the Littlecote Roman villa.
WED 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1llz)
Hadrian's Wall: Life on the Frontier
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a new view of its history. The first full aerial survey of Hadrian's Wall has helped uncover new evidence about the people who once lived there. Carried out over the last few years by English Heritage, it is allowing archaeologists to reinterpret the wall. Across the whole landscape, hundreds of sites of human occupation have been discovered, showing that people were living here in considerable numbers. Their discoveries are suggesting that far from being a barren military landscape, the whole area was richly populated before during and after the wall was built. There is also exciting new evidence that the Romans were here earlier than previously thought.
WED 20:00 Churchill: When Britain Said No (b05x31b6)
Just weeks after VE day, Britain's great war leader Winston Churchill found himself in another battle - to be elected prime minister. He was confident of victory - a just reward for his leadership of the country through the dark days of World War II - but what happened next many still can't understand.
In one of the greatest election defeats of all time, Churchill was humiliated at the polls, his Conservative party almost annihilated. Why did his countrymen turn so vehemently on their great British bulldog? Was the rejection of Churchill a disgraceful mark of ingratitude or the most mature electoral decision ever made by a democracy?
With surprising revelations from first-hand witnesses, as well as historians including Sir Max Hastings, Juliet Gardiner, Anthony Beevor and writer Dave Douglass, this programme looks at his controversial legacy, and debates the weaknesses as well as the strengths of the man.
WED 21:00 The Improbable Mr Attlee (m002g80v)
Prof David Reynolds tells the story of Labour's postwar government and examines the achievements of Clement Attlee, including the introduction of the NHS in Britain.
WED 22:00 Remembers... (m002g80x)
Patrick Marber Remembers... After Miss Julie
After years of success in comedy, writing for programmes like The Day Today and various Alan Partridge projects, Patrick Marber took many by surprise when he revealed in 1995 that his next project was After Miss Julie, an adaptation of an 1888 play, Miss Julie, by Swedish writer August Strinberg.
Patrick’s version saw events transported to capture the Labour Party’s postwar triumph at the 1945 general election. Here, he looks back on the BBC’s production of his piece and recalls the experience of working with a cast that featured Kathy Burke, Phil Daniels and Geraldine Somerville.
WED 22:15 Performance (p032kj36)
After Miss Julie
An updated version of Strindberg’s play examining class and social differences. Julie, the daughter of an MP, seduces her father's chauffeur, despite his being engaged to the maid.
WED 23:35 Play for Today (m000ngby)
Series 12
Country
A family gathering, a christening and a dance. But it's 1945 and there are plans to be made, family wealth to protect and peace to be won.
WED 00:55 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g80s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
WED 01:25 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1llz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
WED 01:55 Churchill: When Britain Said No (b05x31b6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
20:00 today]
WED 02:55 The Improbable Mr Attlee (m002g80v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 today]
THURSDAY 24 JULY 2025
THU 19:00 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g7zx)
The Kennet and Avon Canal
Into Wiltshire
Angela Rippon continues her journey along the Kennet and Avon canal, starting from Hungerford, on the border between Berkshire and Wiltshire, where she finds out how people have come to terms with the 1987 massacre. She continues west to Crofton, where she visits the historic pumping station, and then travels through the Vale of Pewsey before arriving at one of the wonders of the canal world, the Caen Hill Locks in Devizes.
THU 19:30 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1hnr)
The Thames: Secret War
Archaeologist Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to uncover new discoveries about World War I. A whole network of trenches has been discovered on The Hoo peninsula. Invisible from the ground, they were recently found from aerial images of the area next to the former Chattenden Barracks. The trenches were used for experimentation and training of soldiers and can be directly linked to trenches used in Belgium in WWI. The trenches are just one feature revealed by the first full aerial survey of the area by English Heritage. Much of the history of this area is being recorded from the air before it is destroyed by coastal erosion and development.
THU 20:00 The Many Faces of... (b036bnft)
Series 2
Dame Helen Mirren
The Many Faces of Dame Helen Mirren is an entertaining and revealing journey through the career of one of Britain's best-loved actors. She is a performer who frequently courted controversy in her younger years and who has retained a sensual aura in later life. Her portrayal of Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect revolutionised British crime drama and made her a household name, but it was her Oscar-winning performance in The Queen that propelled her to international stardom. In recent years, she has balanced Hollywood commitments with a return to her first love - the stage.
THU 21:00 Remembers... (m002g801)
Helen Mirren Remembers... Gosford Park
Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Robert Altman’s acclaimed and multi-award-winning 2001 film Gosford Park, written by Downton Abbey
creator Julian Fellowes. The critically acclaimed murder-mystery tapped into that same world of servants and masters and saw Helen joining an
all-star, ensemble cast that featured fellow acting greats, including Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Alan Bates, Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi and Kristin Scott-Thomas.
THU 21:15 Gosford Park (b01nhbcx)
Period piece set in the early 1930s with an all-star cast. A weekend shooting party at a country mansion turns into a murder mystery when the host is found dead. It seems that everyone has a motive, from the guests upstairs to the staff downstairs. Among the gathering are cash-strapped relatives of the victim, a Hollywood movie mogul and songwriter Ivor Novello.
THU 23:25 The Good Liar (m001gd2q)
Accomplished conman Roy Courtnay meets widow Betty McLeish on an online dating site and is soon making himself at home in her suburban home. As Betty seems to be falling for his charms, the fly in the ointment is her overly protective grandson, Stephen.
THU 01:10 A Summer Journey with Angela Rippon (m002g7zx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
THU 01:40 The Flying Archaeologist (b01s1hnr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
THU 02:10 imagine... (b063lywk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:10 on Tuesday]
FRIDAY 25 JULY 2025
FRI 19:00 Top of the Pops (m002g805)
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast 20 February 1998 and featuring Shola Ama, Stereophonics, All Saints, Hurricane #1, Lilys, Air, The Bluetones, Lutricia McNeal and Celine Dion.
FRI 19:30 Top of the Pops (m002g807)
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1998 and featuring Cleopatra, Ocean Colour Scene, Another Level, Shania Twain, N-Tyce, Rest Assured, Will Mellor and Cornershop.
FRI 20:00 BBC Proms (m002g809)
2025
Vivaldi and Bach at the Proms
A dazzling showcase of baroque music played by virtuosic young violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte, who makes his proms debut, leading his early music ensemble Le Consort. Together, they present music that includes Summer from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Bach’s famous Air from Orchestral Suite No 3 and other compositions that stretched the possibilities for violin music of the era. Presented by Katie Derham.
FRI 21:40 Top of the Pops (m0003lx6)
Janice Long and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1987 and featuring Boy George, Atlantic Starr, Judy Boucher, Los Lobos, Errol Brown, Samantha Fox, Marillion, Beastie Boys, Luther Vandross, Shakin' Stevens, Madonna and Boogie Box High.
FRI 22:10 Top of the Pops (b075f6my)
Richard Skinner presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1981 and featuring The Vapors, Tight Fit, Gidea Park, Sheena Easton, Visage and The Specials, and a dance performance from Legs & Co.
FRI 22:45 In Concert (b0074sdn)
Cat Stevens
Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, in concert from 1971. Includes many of his classic hits such as Moon Shadow, Wild World and Father and Son.
FRI 23:15 The Late Show (m002g80d)
Rosanne Cash, Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter
A Late Show special from 1992, featuring US singer-songwriters Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter in an acoustic performance at New York's The Bottom Line club.
FRI 00:00 In Concert (b00z2nc2)
Gordon Lightfoot
A classic concert by Gordon Lightfoot from 1972, accompanied by Red Shea and Richard Haynes. They perform songs including Summer Side of Life, Saturday Clothes, That's What You Get for Loving Me, Affair on 8th Avenue, If I Could Read Your Mind, Steel Rail Blues, Ten Degrees and Getting Colder, Early Morning Rain, Me and Bobby McGee, Minstrel of the Dawn and Canadian Pacific Trilogy.
FRI 01:05 The Old Grey Whistle Test (m001qgbp)
Jackson Browne: 1976
Jackson Browne in a live concert from the BBC Television Theatre, London. Introduced by Bob Harris.
FRI 01:55 Top of the Pops (m002g805)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 today]
FRI 02:25 Top of the Pops (m002g807)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:30 today]
FRI 02:55 Top of the Pops (b075f6my)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:10 today]