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BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
India's Frontier Railways—The Last Train in Nepal
2/3A slice of life on a short Nepalese railway line which is now under threat of closure.(R)
20:00
Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley—Age of Extremes
2/3Lucy examines the reign of Catherine the Great and the conflict with Napoleonic France.(R)
21:00
Storyville—The Golden Age of Circus: The Show of Shows
The story of circus performers, cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions.
22:15
Timeshift—Series 13, A Day at the Zoo
4/7Documentary telling the story of how zoos captured the British public's imagination.(R)
23:15
Lost Horizons: The Big Bang
Jim Al Khalili tells the story behind the Big Bang theory of the universe's creation.(R)
Late
00:15
Alex Higgins: The People's Champion
Documentary charting the life of snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins.(R)
01:15
Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields—20th Century Battlefields, 1942 Stalingrad
3/8How the tactics of Hitler and Stalin resulted in tragedy on both sides.(R)
02:15
American Nomads
Richard Grant travels the deserts and mountains in search of the modern American nomads.(R)
