BBC Four TV Guide — Friday, 26 June 2026

Three fans of radio series The Archers compete against a trio of flatmates who met at Exeter University. Victoria Coren asks the questions in the fiendishly difficult test of general knowledge, lateral thinking and patience

Ben Macintyre brings his best-selling book to the small screen, revealing the true story of five of the double agents who helped to make D-Day such a success. As well as being a victory of arms and a tactical coup, the event was also a triumph for espionage, deceit and thinking of the most elaborate kind

A 2018 edition, in which Alan Yentob travelled to Hollywood to interview comedy actor, writer, producer and director Mel Brooks. At the time of filming, the musical theatre version of Brooks' 1974 comedy horror Young Frankenstein had just opened on London's West End and Yentob marked the occasion by profiling its creator, observing him at work and play, and revisiting archive interviews