BBC Four TV Guide — Saturday, 27 June 2026

The work of staff at a jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, where a dedicated team nurse their exotic patients back to health and prepare them for their return to the wild

David Attenborough visits the Great Barrier Reef to investigate the evolution of the earliest sea dwellers and the first creatures to invade the land. He finds bright blue starfish, crimson feather stars, shell-less snails, shrimps of every colour and others that are transparent

Paul Rose explores the truth behind the first circumnavigation of the world. More than 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan set out to find the riches of the Spice Islands, but contrary to popular perception, he failed to reach them. A dramatic sequence of events followed, involving mutiny and murder, as his scurvy-ridden crew continued the journey without him

Grieving for her father, Evonne rebuilds her life, firing Vic, marrying Roger and overcoming injury to win the Wimbledon singles as a mother in a historic victory. Biopic, starring Lila McGuire

At teenager Allen's wake, Martin learns 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 the boy. Martin is given reason to believe that Sgt Piccini could be right in thinking that her investigation is being thwarted from above

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

Hyacinth forces Richard to participate in a trip to the countryside to look for Iron Age remains, but further cultural excursions are curtailed when Daisy and Onslow report that Rose is behaving in an outrageous fashion. Comedy, starring Patricia Routledge