BBC Four Wednesday

Michael Portillo is in Greater Manchester, hearing about the birth of the NHS, the first episode of Coronation Street and the Baby, the first electronic stored-program computer

Julia Bradbury travels by boat and foot as she learns about the history of Catbells fell, situated on the shore of Derwentwater near the Lakeland town of Keswick

Bruce Denardo explores the legend of the region where many planes and ships have disappeared in mysterious circumstances

Documentary exploring the monarch's love story by examining artefacts from a collection at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Presented by Fiona Bruce

Ex-intelligence officer George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of a British agent. Spy thriller, starring Alec Guinness

George tries to retrace the last movements of Vladimir and talks to several Russian exiles living in London, before finding the negative of a compromising photograph

The broadcaster explores the genres of fiction that are the most popular with the general public, beginning with detective novels

Michael Portillo is in Greater Manchester, hearing about the birth of the NHS, the first episode of Coronation Street and the Baby, the first electronic stored-program computer

Julia Bradbury travels by boat and foot as she learns about the history of Catbells fell, situated on the shore of Derwentwater near the Lakeland town of Keswick

Profile of writer and artist Alfred Wainwright, an enthusiastic fell-walker who became renowned for his pictorial guides to the English Lake District

Bruce Denardo explores the legend of the region where many planes and ships have disappeared in mysterious circumstances