BBC Four HD | English Entertainment Shows (Page: 2)

Programme exploring the reasons behind the enduring popularity of one of Britain's greatest novelists, Jane Austen. [S]

Award-winning British singer Celeste, last seen on West Holts in 2022, returns to Glastonbury's biggest stage, offering silky vocals and heartfelt lyrics from the Pyramid. [S] [HD]

British funk pioneers Cymande make their long-awaited Glastonbury debut, then reggae royalty Black Uhuru step up with a set spanning more than five decades. [S] [HD]

A Glastonbury double bill featuring performances by Snow Patrol and St Vincent. [S] [HD]

BBC Four's Glastonbury coverage closes with original rave pioneers The Prodigy, in their first appearance at the festival since the death of frontman Keith Flint in 2019. [S] [HD]

An archive celebration of studio performances from the British bands that broke through courtesy of punk between 1975 and 1982. Starting with Dr Feelgood and Eddie and the Hot Rods and culminating in Gang of Four, with performances from Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Something Else and other shows by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Buzzcocks, The Damned, Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many more. Hey ho, let's go!

1/3. Groomed for greatness by an often abusive father, Beethoven emerges as a great but difficult talent, an unstoppable force, until the onset of deafness tears his world apart. [S,AD] [HD]

Antonio Pappano introduces a production of Beethoven's only opera, a story of risk and triumph against a backdrop of revolution, starring Lise Davidsen and David Butt Philip. [S] [HD]

Professor Ben Garrod will come face to face with some of the animal kingdom's apex predators revealing how their skin has evolved to harness extraordinary abilities, with specialist factual insights. He'll discover how sharks are built for speed, demonstrate how deadly pit vipers use heat sensors embedded in their skin to ambush their prey and show that crocodile skin is covered in thousands of tiny sensors.

Lucy Worsley explores the lives of six real people who lived, worked and volunteered during the Blitz, highlighting the government’s reliance on ordinary people.

Leading German historian Heike Görtemaker introduces a never-before-broadcast interview conducted in 1971 with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and armaments minister. [S] [HD]