BBC 4 Listings for 26 May – 1 June 2018 Page 1 of 4 SATURDAY 26 MAY 2018 the Pops, Crackerjack, Blue Peter and Cheggers Plays Pop. team of divers as they explore and film the depths of the world's greatest river system. SAT 19:00 Biggest Weekend (b0b4ky12) Noddy both introduces the compilation and reflects on Slade's Neneh Cherry and First Aid Kit glory daze at the BBC. It is the first time an expedition has ever attempted anything so ambitious, and they discover an alien world, full of beautiful Lauren Laverne and Joe Lindsay go Scandi with two Swedish- and bizarre creatures. Stingray, freshwater dolphins, talking fish born outfits to restart coverage of the Biggest Weekend, SAT 01:55 How to Get Ahead (b03xsgwk) and the mysterious Jau are all to be found in the river's depths. including a performance from Neneh Cherry, who brought pop At Medieval Court to hip-hop in the late 80s with a string of hook-laden global hits, Mike deGruy and Kate Humble lead the international team of such as Buffalo Stance and Man Child, but has lately turned to Writer, broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen scientists and divers as they search for species new to science more experimental and jazz sounds. Smith looks back at the Medieval Age to find out what it took and come face to face with the monsters of the deep. to get ahead at the court of Richard II. Richard presided over Also featuring songs from First Aid Kit. Sisters Klara and the first truly sophisticated and artistic court in England. Johanna, originally from outside of Stockholm, have four highly Painters, sculptors, poets, tailors, weavers and builders flocked SUN 00:30 Civilisations Stories (b0b19xlc) acclaimed records under their belt. Their latest album Ruins, to court to make their fortunes. But these were dangerous times. Series 1 made with legendary producer Tucker Martine, has helped to Being close to Richard brought many a courtier to a sticky end. solidify them as a major force in alt-folk music. Featuring David Tennant and Clarissa Dickson Wright. Innovation and Inspiration in Birmingham Join presenter Mark Williams on the trail of three remarkable SAT 20:00 Biggest Weekend (b0b4ky14) men from the 18th century. He uncovers tales of flamboyant Simple Minds and Chvrches SUNDAY 27 MAY 2018 dandies and dealmakers, inventors and innovators - and shares the secrets of what amputations were like in the days before Lauren Laverne and Joe Lindsay host coverage of this 6 Music- SUN 19:00 Biggest Weekend (b0b541c8) anaesthetics. If you had thought Georgian England was just rich curated festival with an epic set from Scottish post-punk, art- Billy Ocean, The Selecter and More men in posh houses taking snuff, think again. Mark shows that rock veterans Simple Minds. Stadium-fillers in their 80s the West Midlands was a hotbed of creativity and discovery, heyday, they sold 60 million records globally. 2018 saw the Jo Whiley and Trevor Nelson introduce highlights from the and the evidence can be seen in paintings and other art forms release of their eighteenth studio album Walk Between Worlds, Radio 2-curated event in War Memorial Park in Coventry as still with us today. a return to vintage electropop mixed with their trademark part of the Biggest Weekend. Featuring performances from posturing grandiose rock. Trinidad-born singer and favourite of the charts in the early to mid-1980s Billy Ocean, local Coventry and two-tone ska revival SUN 01:00 How to Build... (b00t0yx9) Also featuring a set from fellow Scots Chvrches - formed in outfit The Selecter, the anthem-laden outfits of Stereophonics [Repeat of broadcast at 20:30 today] 2011 and arguably one of Glasgow's best electropop exports. and Snow Patrol, and much more! Their synthscape incorporates indietronica, indie pop and electronic dance. Their third and latest album Love Is Dead is SUN 02:00 Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways released in May. SUN 20:30 How to Build... (b00t0yx9) (b01pz9m7) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 21:30 today] SAT 21:00 Biggest Weekend (b0b4ky16) A Jumbo Jet Engine Franz Ferdinand and Wolf Alice SUN 03:00 Jonathan Meades on Jargon (b09xzsbp) As Boeing's 787 Dreamliner makes its inaugural flight, Rolls- [Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 today] Lauren Laverne and Joe Lindsay host coverage of this 6 Music- Royce engineers celebrate the performance of its revolutionary curated festival from Titanic Slipway, Belfast, with a fantastic Trent 1000 jet engines. They're the latest in a family of set from rejuvenated veteran Scottish indie rockers Franz sophisticated aero engines that have driven Rolls-Royce to Ferdinand. Formed in 2002, the award-winning original line-up become world leaders in the market for jumbo jet engines. MONDAY 28 MAY 2018 has evolved as they return with a fifth studio album Always Ascending - another slice of their clever, distinctive, syncopated This is the story of the thousands of people who design, build MON 19:00 Beyond 100 Days (b0b4kwxd) disco-rock. and test engines at Rolls-Royce's manufacturing plants in Derby Series 1 and across the UK, making Rolls-Royce a central part of life for Also featuring are alternative British rockers Wolf Alice. the people who work there. 28/05/2018 Originally an acoustic duo, the London-based four-piece bend the indie rulebook combining hypnotic-sweet melodies with Exploring some of the astonishing technology behind the Katty Kay in Washington and Christian Fraser in London return sophisticated bare-teethed, feral grunge. They released their engines' advanced components, the programme meets the to report on the events that are shaping the world. second studio album Visions of a Life in 2017. skilled engineers who design and build them, and experience the ups and downs of life on the assembly line. MON 19:30 Natural World (b01rl4xr) SAT 22:00 Biggest Weekend (b0b4ky18) 2006-2007 Underworld SUN 21:30 Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways (b01pz9m7) Wye - Voices from the Valley Lauren Laverne and Joe Lindsay bring Born Slippy to the Episode 1 Slipway at Titanic to bring Saturday night's Biggest Weekend The River Wye runs through some of Britain's most beautiful coverage to a pulsating close. Underworld ruled the airwaves From their beginnings as a primitive system of track-ways for and varied countryside, from the mountain tops of mid Wales to and dance floors at the height of the dance music boom of the coal carts in the early 18th century, railways quickly developed the wide open spaces of the Severn Estuary. This film is a mid-90s, providing the soundtrack moment of the iconic youth into the driving force behind the industrial revolution and the lyrical portrait of the valley through the eyes of four characters culture film Trainspotting. Credited with being among the first pivotal technology for modern Britain, and a connected world. who make their living from the land: a cider maker, a salmon techno acts to fill stadiums, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith's live fisherman, a sheep farmer and a beekeeper. It might seem sets are legendary for their energy and connection with festival Rapid industrial growth during the early 19th century, coupled idyllic, but when you live this close to nature a change in the crowds. with the prospect of vast profits, drove inventors and weather can make all the difference between success and entrepreneurs to develop steam locomotives, metal tracks and failure. an array of daring tunnels, cuttings and bridges that created a SAT 23:20 Top of the Pops (b0b3lnml) nationwide system of railways in just 30 years. Janice Long and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, MON 20:30 Biggest Weekend (b0b5422b) first broadcast on 26 September 1985. Featuring Depeche George Stephenson's Liverpool and Manchester Railway Nigel Kennedy Mode, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, The Style Council, Bonnie became the model for future inter-city travel for the next Tyler and David Bowie & Mick Jagger. century and his fast, reliable locomotive, the Rocket, began a Suzy Klein and Lloyd Coleman present Nigel Kennedy's quest for speed that has defined our modern world. headlining set from the Radio 3-curated day in Coventry for the Biggest Weekend. Kennedy performs with the BBC Concert SAT 23:50 Ultimate Number Ones (b01nwfxv) Orchestra and his own group, with extracts of Kennedy's To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UK chart, from the SUN 22:30 Jonathan Meades on Jargon (b09xzsbp) updated take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons and his breathtaking vaults of the BBC archive comes a selection of hits that attained In this provocative television essay, writer and broadcaster arrangements of the songs of Jimi Hendrix. the toppermost of the poppermost prize and made it to number Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern one in the hit parade. From across the decades, we applaud the phenomenon that drives us all up the wall - jargon. In a wide- most coveted of all chart positions with smash hits and classics ranging programme he dissects politics, the law, football MON 22:05 Castles: Britain's Fortified History (b04tt2f9) from The Bee Gees, T. Rex, Donna Summer, John Lennon, commentary, business, the arts, tabloid-speak and management Kingdom of Conquest Culture Club, The Spice Girls, James Blunt, Rihanna, Adele and consultancy to show how jargon is used to cover up, confuse many more. and generally keep us in the dark. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle - the great Plantagenet king, He contrasts this with the world of slang, which unlike jargon Edward I, who turned it into an instrument of colonisation.