What’s On BBC Four Today Saturday 27 May 2023
A full run down of everything airing on BBC Four today.
02:15
Cilla at the BBC
Memorable TV appearances by Cilla Black
A compilation of memorable TV appearances by Cilla Black from the BBC archives. The much-missed performer began her presenting career in 1968 on the BBC, having already become one of Britain’s most popular singers. The programme features her appearances on Not Only, But Also, The Ken Dodd Show, Top of the Pops and The Royal Variety Performance as well as her self-titled series, plus her famous 1973 duet with Marc Bolan
03:15
Sounds of the Sixties
S01E07
With Sandie Shaw and Dusty Springfield
Archive clips featuring solo artists, including music by performers as diverse as Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Long John Baldry, Lulu, Tom Jones, Brenton Wood, Cliff Richard, Cilla Black and Peter Sarstedt
03:45
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19:00
Himalaya with Michael Palin
S01E06
Michael reaches the end of his journey
Michael’s journey takes him to Bhutan, where he enjoys a last glimpse of the Himalaya before heading to Paro to enjoy a Buddhist festival. Here he witnesses archery contests and the unfolding of a giant scroll during the night of a full moon
20:00
Michael Palin Meets Jan Morris
S04E02
The Python speaks to fellow travel writer Morris
Python and broadcaster Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview travel writer Jan Morris. Originally born as James, she shot to fame as part of the team that conquered Mount Everest in 1953. She spent the next two decades travelling the world, interviewing figures such as Che Guevara, producing reports for Panorama and writing books about other countries. Her 1972 gender reassignment was chronicled in her book Conundrum, and here she tells Michael the secret to her long and happy life
20:30
Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest
S14E04
How film-makers used the Himalayan mountains for propaganda
Documentary charting the story of how film-makers used the Himalayan mountains for propaganda, as the world’s great powers sent military-style expeditions to conquer the peaks between the 1920s and the 1960s. As a result, some of the range’s most iconic mountaineering feats have been captured on film, including the preparations for Mallory and Irvine ill-fated ascent of Mount Everest in 1924, and the final conquest of the mountain by Hillary and Tenzing in 1953
21:30
Afterglow
S01E03
Jorund develops health anxiety and Ester learns what chemotherapy involves. In Norwegian
22:10
Afterglow
S01E04
Ester begins chemotherapy. In Norwegian
Ester begins chemotherapy, as two of her closest friends tie the knot and her teenage son Lars falls in love. Jorund is still convinced there must be something wrong with him and orders a full medical examination. In Norwegian
22:55
A Little Chaos
Period drama, starring Kate Winslet
2014 – Drama, Romance
Movie cast
A female landscape designer in 17th-century France challenges boundaries of class and gender when she is chosen by King Louis XIV to create a new garden for the palace of Versailles. She becomes romantically involved with a fellow designer, whose creative philosophy is the opposite of hers. Period drama, starring Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Stanley Tucci and Alan Rickman, who also directed
00:45
As Time Goes By
S02E06
Lionel offers Jean a free holiday
01:15
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
S01E05
Terry tracks down his former girlfriends
01:45
H2O: The Molecule That Made Us
S01E03
Nasa’s Grace satellites reveal global overuse of aquifers
02:35
Michael Palin Meets Jan Morris
S04E02
The Python speaks to fellow travel writer Morris
Python and broadcaster Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview travel writer Jan Morris. Originally born as James, she shot to fame as part of the team that conquered Mount Everest in 1953. She spent the next two decades travelling the world, interviewing figures such as Che Guevara, producing reports for Panorama and writing books about other countries. Her 1972 gender reassignment was chronicled in her book Conundrum, and here she tells Michael the secret to her long and happy life
03:35
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