BBC Four TV Guide — Thursday, 4 June 2026

The government orders a massive cut in funds at the university and Stephen tries to save his job as his colleagues rush to impress the assessment team who hold their future in their hands. Surreal drama, starring Peter Davison and Geoffrey Beevers

A look at the human stories behind mankind's biggest experiment in particle physics. In the aftermath of Hiroshima, a group of scientists vowed never to turn knowledge into weapons again, and from that promise, CERN was born. Blending poetry, music and rare archival footage of Oppenheimer with access to the Large Hadron Collider, this programme explores how science, politics and culture collide

Dan Snow tells the story of the boats that played their part in lifting thousands of Allied troops off the beaches of Dunkirk in the week straddling late May and early June, 1940. Meeting some of the owners, he finds out what happened to the 700-strong flotilla of trawlers, pleasure craft and lifeboats and follows preparations to mark the 70th anniversary of the event as 50 of the surviving vessels return to France