BBC Four TV Guide — Sunday, 28 June 2026

Browse the full BBC Four TV guide for Sunday, 28 June 2026. 8 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:05 30m

One Foot in the Grave

S2 · E2 · We Have Put Her Living in the Tomb

The Meldrews pet-sit a tortoise

Victor and Margaret agree to pet-sit a tortoise for a friend who ought to know better, and an anniversary outing to the theatre ends in disaster. Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie star

00:35 55m

Life on Earth

S1 · E2 · Building Bodies

The evolution of sea dwellers

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

01:30 1h

Voyages of Discovery

S1 · E1 · Circumnavigation

Paul Rose explores the truth behind the first circumnavigation of the world

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

02:30 1h

Cumbria's Red Squirrels

A look at those dedicated to protecting the endangered species

Following Cumbria's red squirrels throughout the seasons, revealing the work of those dedicated to protecting the endangered species. Award-winning Cumbrian film-maker Terry Abraham reveals how Lakeland charities, volunteers, businesses and scientists are pulling together to ensure these rare animals continue to thrive and survive

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19:00 1h

Dolly: The Sheep That Changed the World

The story of the first mammal to be cloned

Documentary telling the story of the first mammal to be cloned, looking at the impact this monumental scientific achievement in 1996 had on the world. The film reveals how a handful of the world's best genetic scientists worked in secret on a small Scottish farm to crack the holy grail of replicating life

20:00 2h 10m

The Great American Songbook with Samara Joy

A BBC Proms concert by the American jazz singer

Andi Oliver presents a BBC Proms concert in which American jazz singer Samara Joy and her octet join the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Miho Hazama to perform classic songs and musical standards at the Royal Albert Hall. Fresh from another double win at this year's Grammys, Joy makes her much-anticipated Proms debut, introducing audiences to her electric combination of youthful energy and old-soul musical style with classic songs and unique twists on instrumental classics from across jazz and its fringes, from bossa nova to the Great American Songbook. She salutes figures including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and Oscar Peterson. Nacio Herb Brown: You Stepped out of a Dream. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust Davis, Ramirez and Sherman: Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be). Erroll Garner: Misty. Thelonius Monk: Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday). Billie Holiday and Max Waldron: Left Alone. Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston: Day by Day. Interval: Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal joins Petroc to reflect on Samara Joy's Proms debut and to discuss the enduring fascination of the Great American Songbook. Betty Carter: Beware My Heart. Duke Ellington: I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good. Sun Ra, Samara Joy, Jae Mayo & Kendric McCallister: Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True. Samara Joy and Kendric Mccallister: Five Stages of Love (Love's Impression). Teddy Wilson and Harold Adamson: It's the Little Things that Mean So Much Monk: Ugly Beauty. Jobim: Chega de Saudade (No More Blues). Samara Joy (singer), Samara Joy Octet, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Miho Hazama

22:10 1h 5m

Music 625: Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

A 1965 performance of The Firebird Suite

Richard Baker presents a 1965 concert at the Royal Festival Hall in which Igor Stravinsky conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra in performances of his works Variations in Memory of Aldous Huxley and The Firebird Suite

23:15 1h

How to Build a Cathedral

How cathedrals were constructed

Architectural historian Jon Cannon explores how cathedrals were constructed, looking at fan vaulting at Gloucester, stained glass at York, and the Octagon at Ely for examples of medieval ingenuity, showing how they were built to realise a vision of Heaven on Earth

Early Morning

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