TV Guide BBC Four Wednesday

Lemn Sissay walks along ancient drovers' roads in Cumbria's Dentdale, meeting locals, including a farmer who collects vintage tractors and a lone bagpiper, and making a challenging climb to England's highest mainline train station

Teams of distinguished graduates from University College, Oxford and the University of Glasgow compete as this festive edition of the academic quiz continues. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions as Paul Gambaccini captains the University College team, while author Christopher Brookmyre leads Glasgow

As new £19million museum Aerospace Bristol prepares to open, this documentary takes a look at the life of the most glamorous plane ever built. Rare footage tells the forgotten row between the French and British governments over the name of Concorde, which threatened to derail the whole project. Engineers, flight technicians and frequent fliers tell the supersonic story, aided by politician Michael Heseltine and actress Joan Collins, while a former passenger recalls sharing an intimate moment with the Rolling Stones. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo

Martha Kearney is joined by author Helen Oyeyemi and journalist Lucy Mangan to immerse themselves in the lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë to discover the inspiration behind their classic novels Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey. Travelling to the Haworth Parsonage in West Yorkshire, the trio discover how just two years before their most famous novels were published in 1847, the sisters' prospects were bleak. Charlotte was in love with a married man, their clergyman father Patrick was going blind, and their brother, Branwell, was battling alcoholism. However, by 1848, Charlotte, Emily and Anne were literary sensations, and Martha, Helen and Lucy immerse themselves in the personal lives of the sisters to find out how this happened

Actor, producer and writer Kay Adshead reflects on her portrayal of Cathy Earnshaw in the BBC's 1978 adaptation of Wuthering Heights. She recalls filming on the Yorkshire moors, working alongside Ken Hutchison as Heathcliff, and bringing Emily Brontë's storm-swept heroine to life. Kay also talks about the preparation behind the role - the research she undertook, combining the inspiration from earlier portrayals of Cathy with her own individual interpretation

Five-part dramatisation of the Emily Bronte classic from 1978. Mr Lockwood , the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, crosses the moors to visit his landlord Heathcliff. What begins as an innocent social visit becomes a night of terror for Lockwood and a journey into the past for Heathcliff

Five-part dramatisation of the Emily Bronte classic from 1978. Heathcliff is determined on revenge for the ill-treatment he receives from Hindley. He is sustained only by his love for Cathy, a love which is returned