| Today 07:00pm | World News Today (News) The day's leading stories. |
| Today 07:30pm | Top of the Pops: 1977 (Music) David `Kid' Jensen presents an edition from February 3, 1977, the final week in which David Soul's Don't Give Up on Us topped the chart. The show also features performances by the Real Thing, the Rubettes, Boney |
| Today 08:00pm | Horizon (Documentary) The work and theories of researchers who have studied psychopathic killers. Professor Jim Fallon talks about how he discovered he had the profile of a psychopath, but explains how the fact he did not become a murderer holds |
| Today 09:00pm | Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War (Reality) Military historian Saul David explains the importance of efficiently moving an army during wartime, as he continues his exploration of the often-overlooked logistical |
| Today 10:00pm | The Singing Detective (Drama) Marlow clashes with Dr Gibbon, a hospital psychiatrist who has read one of his novels and thinks he can get to the root of his problems. Shaken, the writer returns to his bed, but his mood does not improve when his ex-wife |
| Today 11:10pm | Lost Kingdoms of Africa (Documentary) Gus Casely-Hayford explores the history of South Africa's Zulu kingdom. He examines its 17th-century origins, charts its expansion under notorious military leader King Shaka, and recalls the battles |
| Tomorrow 12:10am | Top of the Pops: 1977 (Music) David `Kid' Jensen presents an edition from February 3, 1977, the final week in which David Soul's Don't Give Up on Us topped the chart. The show also features performances by the Real Thing, the Rubettes, Boney |
| Tomorrow 12:45am | Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War (Reality) Military historian Saul David explains the importance of efficiently moving an army during wartime, as he continues his exploration of the often-overlooked logistical |
| Tomorrow 01:45am | Horizon (Documentary) The work and theories of researchers who have studied psychopathic killers. Professor Jim Fallon talks about how he discovered he had the profile of a psychopath, but explains how the fact he did not become a murderer holds |
| Tomorrow 02:45am | Great British Railway Journeys (Documentary) Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook to discover how the railways have affected people and find out what |
| Tomorrow 03:15am | Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War (Reality) Military historian Saul David explains the importance of efficiently moving an army during wartime, as he continues his exploration of the often-overlooked logistical |
| Tomorrow 04:15am | Close (No Genre) |
| Tomorrow 07:00pm | World News Today (News) The day's leading stories. |
| Tomorrow 07:30pm | The Prince and the Composer: A Film about Hubert Parry by HRH the Prince of Wale (Documentary) The life and work of the composer, who is best known for the choral song Jerusalem and the well-loved hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. |
| Tomorrow 09:00pm | How the Brits Rocked America: Go West (Music) The popularity of British acts in 1980s America, explaining why the Sex Pistols' US tour ended in disaster - but paved the way for others, including Squeeze, Elvis Costello, the Cure, and particularly |
| Tomorrow 10:00pm | Big in America: British Hits in the USA (Music) Compilation of US chart hits by British bands, featuring the Cure, Supertramp, Coldplay, the Dave Clark Five, Black Sabbath, A Flock of Seagulls and Bush. |
| Sat 01:00am | How the Brits Rocked America: Go West (Music) The popularity of British acts in 1980s America, explaining why the Sex Pistols' US tour ended in disaster - but paved the way for others, including Squeeze, Elvis Costello, the Cure, and particularly |
| Sat 02:00am | Big in America: British Hits in the USA (Music) Compilation of US chart hits by British bands, featuring the Cure, Supertramp, Coldplay, the Dave Clark Five, Black Sabbath, A Flock of Seagulls and Bush. |
| Sat 03:00am | The Prince and the Composer: A Film about Hubert Parry by HRH the Prince of Wale (Documentary) The life and work of the composer, who is best known for the choral song Jerusalem and the well-loved hymn Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. |
| Sat 04:30am | Close (No Genre) |
| Sat 07:00pm | Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures (Reality) Richard Fortey discusses Earth's last Ice Age, which began 2.8 million years ago when slight changes in ocean currents and the planet's orbit around the sun caused the world to cool. |
| Sat 08:00pm | Natural World (Nature) Examining how wild animals, including monkeys, wolves, bears, foxes and pheasants, cope with mountain life in the Himalayas. The programme discovers that the region's difficulties have given many creatures remarkable |
| Sat 09:00pm | Inspector Montalbano (Drama) New series. Italian detective drama, based on novels by Andrea Camilleri, starring Luca Zingaretti as curmudgeonly Sicilian police inspector Salvo Montalbano. |
| Sat 10:45pm | Top of the Pops: 1977 (Music) David `Kid' Jensen presents an edition from February 3, 1977, the final week in which David Soul's Don't Give Up on Us topped the chart. The show also features performances by the Real Thing, the Rubettes, Boney |
| Sat 11:25pm | We Were Here (Documentary) Documentary examining the impact the spread of Aids had on San Francisco's gay community in the 1980s. The film focuses on five residents of the city whose lives were affected, including those afflicted with the disease, |
| Sun 12:55am | Horizon (Documentary) The work and theories of researchers who have studied psychopathic killers. Professor Jim Fallon talks about how he discovered he had the profile of a psychopath, but explains how the fact he did not become a murderer holds |
| Sun 01:55am | Natural World (Nature) Examining how wild animals, including monkeys, wolves, bears, foxes and pheasants, cope with mountain life in the Himalayas. The programme discovers that the region's difficulties have given many creatures remarkable |
| Sun 02:55am | Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures (Reality) Richard Fortey discusses Earth's last Ice Age, which began 2.8 million years ago when slight changes in ocean currents and the planet's orbit around the sun caused the world to cool. |
| Sun 03:55am | Close (No Genre) |
| Sun 07:00pm | Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War (Reality) Military historian Saul David explains the importance of efficiently moving an army during wartime, as he continues his exploration of the often-overlooked logistical |
| Sun 09:00pm | We'll Take Manhattan (Drama) Drama, based on the story of David Bailey's 1962 photoshoot in Manhattan with model Jean Shrimpton. Against the wishes of his editor at British Vogue, Bailey disregards the conventions of contemporary fashion |
| Sun 10:30pm | Rapt (Drama) Premiere. A wealthy industrialist is kidnapped in a bid to extort money from the company he works for. As the torment of the experience takes its toll on him, the media descend on his wife with secrets they have uncovered, while the board |
| Mon 12:35am | How the Brits Rocked America: Go West (Music) British bands' attempts to find fame in the USA. |
| Mon 01:35am | Big in America: British Hits in the USA (Music) Compilation of US chart hits by British bands, featuring the Cure, Supertramp, Coldplay, the Dave Clark Five, Black Sabbath, A Flock of Seagulls and Bush. |
| Mon 02:35am | Depeche Mode 101 (Documentary) DA Pennebaker's documentary following the Basildon band as they prepare for the final date of their Music for the Masses tour at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California in 1989. The film charts how their profile increased |
| Mon 04:30am | Close (No Genre) |
| Mon 07:00pm | World News Today (News) The day's leading stories. |
| Mon 07:30pm | Great British Railway Journeys (Documentary) Michael Portillo uncovers how the nation's railways have influenced society, comparing his journey with George Bradshaw's Victorian guidebook. |
| Mon 09:00pm | Lost Kingdoms of Africa (Documentary) Gus Casely-Hayford visits Morocco to tell the story of the Berber kings, who once ruled over a domain that stretched from northern Spain to west Africa. He discovers how the rulers made their riches, explores |
| Mon 10:00pm | Storyville (Documentary) Documentary series. |
| Mon 11:20pm | Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War (Reality) Military historian Saul David explains the importance of efficiently moving an army during wartime, as he continues his exploration of the often-overlooked logistical |
| Tue 12:20am | Lost Kingdoms of Africa (Documentary) Gus Casely-Hayford visits Morocco to tell the story of the Berber kings, who once ruled over a domain that stretched from northern Spain to west Africa. He discovers how the rulers made their riches, explores |
| Tue 01:20am | Storyville (Documentary) Documentary series. |
| Tue 02:40am | Great British Railway Journeys (Documentary) Michael Portillo uncovers how the nation's railways have influenced society, comparing his journey with George Bradshaw's Victorian guidebook. |