BBC Four Today

In the third of the academic quiz's first-round matches, four students from the London School of Economics pit their wits against a team from University College, Oxford

Victoria Coren Mitchell presents a quiz show of patience and lateral thinking, with the Travel Writers team taking on the Science Writers

Dr Michael Mosley investigates the UK's secretive military research base, learning about chemical and biological weapons and revealing the truth about animal and human testing

In July 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain for the cold-blooded murder of lover David Blakely. Gillian Pachter re-examines her case

Screenwriter Stephen Poliakoff shares his memories of the BBC's 1980 television drama Caught On A Train - his BAFTA award-winning collaboration with late producer Kenith Trodd

A businessman travelling on a night train through Germany finds himself sitting next to a beautiful American girl and an old Viennese lady. Drama, starring Peggy Ashcroft

Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici, whose fledgling court prized the finer things in life

Dr Michael Mosley investigates the UK's secretive military research base, learning about chemical and biological weapons and revealing the truth about animal and human testing

Bill Paterson narrates a documentary exploring the history and characters at the heart of the tests of strength and speed that constitute the Highland Games

In July 1955, Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain for the cold-blooded murder of lover David Blakely. Gillian Pachter re-examines her case