BBC Four TV Guide — Sunday, 7 June 2026

Browse the full BBC Four TV guide for Sunday, 7 June 2026. 8 programmes listed , including 5 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:15 45m

The Good Old Days

With Ken Dodd, Sheila Steafel, Valerie Masterson and Johnny Hart

Leonard Sachs host an edition of the music hall programme first broadcast in March 1976, with Ken Dodd, Sheila Steafal, Valerie Masterson, Johnny Hart and members of the Players' Theatre, London entertaining an audience at the Leeds City Varieties

01:00 50m

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

S3 · E9 · How Time Flies

A clock-mender becomes the target of a couple of crooks

A forgetful clock-mender contacts the sleuth when he becomes the target of a couple of small-time crooks. Armed with advice from DCI Adams, Hetty starts her investigation at a video store and soon discovers that there is more to the case than meets the eye

01:50 45m

Expedition Rhino: The Search for the Last Northern White

A team of experts searches for evidence of the northern white rhinoceros

With the death of the last captive male, Sudan, the Northern White Rhinoceros was officially declared extinct in 2018. But in recent years, possible sightings from a remote region in the heart of Africa have given conservationists hope. This film follows an international team of experts on an expedition to war-torn South Sudan in search of the northern white rhinoceros. An animal native to this unexplored and dangerous region in Africa, the team is taking a huge risk to realise the dream that a lost population of these incredible beasts still exists

Tonight's Highlights

19:00 15m

Reel History of Britain

S1 · E6 · Britain's Home Guard

Melvyn Bragg looks back at the Second World War

Melvyn Bragg looks back at the Second World War by visiting Osterley Park in Middlesex, site of the first Home Guard training school. Robert Brown, from North Yorkshire, encounters his father as a company commander, and Dad's Army co-writer Jimmy Perry explains how his experience in the Home Guard inspired him to create the hit comedy

19:15 1h

The Golden Age of Coach Travel

S10 · E6 · The Golden Age of Coach Travel

The history of coach transport

The history of the coach, which offered a cheaper alternative to rail travel upon its arrival in the 1950s and gave greater freedom to people previously restricted to their own villages and towns due to limited funds. The documentary looks at the distinctive liveries employed by different transport companies and the activities of passengers, including singing and pub visits, as they travelled to destinations such as Blackpool, Margate and Torquay. Narrated by June Whitfield

20:15 2h 20m

John Wilson's American Greats at the Proms

Music includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Barber's Adagio for Strings

The Sinfonia of London perform a selection of US favourites at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert is conducted by John Wilson and comprises Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Barber's Adagio for Strings, Copland's ballet Billy the Kid suite and John Adams' Harmonielehre. Presented by Georgia Mann

22:35 1h

The Magic of Dance with Margot Fonteyn

S1 · E6 · Out in the Limelight, Home in the Rain

The former ballerina explores the life of a dancer

The former ballerina explores the life of a dancer, from the rigours of ballet classes, rehearsals and preparation to the moment of judgement that comes with the performance. Some of Fonteyn's greatest moments on stage are relived in Salut d'Amour, which Frederick Ashton created for a gala birthday tribute. Plus, a performance of Ashton's ballet Marguerite and Armand

23:35 1h 45m

Peaky Blinders: Rambert's The Redemption of Thomas Shelby

The Rambert Dance Company perform their adaptation of the TV show

The Rambert Dance Company perform their version of the TV show at Birmingham Hippodrome, choreographed and directed by the company's artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer, and adapted by the writer of the drama Steven Knight. In post-war industrial Birmingham, the Shelby family navigate decisions that determine their fate, as Tommy becomes intoxicated by mysterious newcomer Grace - unaware she is an undercover agent on a mission to get close to the heart of his gang. Benjamin Zephaniah, who died last month, and played Jeremiah Jesus in the TV show, provides narration, while the on-stage band performs popular music heard on screen, including songs by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Radiohead, Anna Calvi, the Last Shadow Puppets

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