BBC Four schedule

1/6. Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation. Starting in Uruk, the 'mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, he travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece. [S,AD] [HD]

2/3. Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician. [S,AD] [HD]

1/4. Andrew Scott narrates a programme celebrating the glorious nature of summer on earth and the extraordinary ways animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]

3/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. In Coniston, Paul Rose enters a cycling event on a penny farthing and climbs the Old Man of Coniston. [S]

2/6. Stately sitcom. One of Audrey's old school friends wants to pay a visit, but she is unaware of the drop in status of the former lady of the manor. [S]

7/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth volunteers Richard to fix the church hall electrics. Richard gamely embarks on this feat, with interesting consequences... [S]

2/3. Anne has grown into a real beauty. She is dazzling, and the king is caught in the glare. Her family play the long game to catch a king. [S,AD] [HD]

2/2. A look into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end. [S,AD] [HD]

3/3. The Mayuyamas travel to London to examine a priceless 18th-century imperial Chinese flower vase. They hope studying the London vase can help them restore a very similar piece. [S] [HD]

3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]

2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]