20:00

The World

BBC Four

Tue 4^th Jan 2005, 20:00 on BBC Four

international news.
Then Weather

Source: Radio Times

20:30

Light Fantastic

BBC Four

Tue 4^th Jan 2005, 20:30 on BBC Four

2/4. From
Galileo to Darwin, how has light changed our understanding of the universe? With Simon Schaffer. Continues on Thursday at 8.30pm. BBCi: explore light through the night sky by pressing the red button on the handset

Contributors

Unknown:: Simon Schaffer.

Source: Radio Times

21:30

The Mark Steel Lectures

BBC Four

Tue 4^th Jan 2005, 21:30 on BBC Four

An irreverent look at the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci. What does The Last Supper have in common with EastEnders, and why could the Mona Lisa never have starred in Renaissance Men Only magazine? Another episode on Thursday at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:: Mona Lisa

Source: Radio Times

22:00

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Red, White & Blues

BBC Four

Tue 4^th Jan 2005, 22:00 on BBC Four

*** Mike Figgis recalls the evolution of 1940s British jazz into
1950s skiffle and 1960s electric blues as perfected by the Rolling Stones and the Animals. With performances by Jeff Beck , Lulu, Eric Clapton ,
Lonnie Donegan , Tom Jones ,
John Mayall and Van Morrison. The Soul of a Man is on Thursday at 10pm

Contributors

Unknown:: Mike Figgis
Unknown:: Jeff Beck
Unknown:: Eric Clapton
Unknown:: Lonnie Donegan
Unknown:: Tom Jones
Unknown:: John Mayall
Unknown:: Van Morrison.

Source: Radio Times

23:35

As 8.30pm.

BBC Four

Tue 4^th Jan 2005, 23:35 on BBC Four

Source: Radio Times

00:35

as 9.30pm

BBC Four

Wed 5^th Jan 2005, 00:35 on BBC Four

Source: Radio Times

01:05

Proms on Four

BBC Four

Wed 5^th Jan 2005, 01:05 on BBC Four

Dvorak and Strauss:
Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of two 20th-century masterpieces - Dvorak's lyrical Eighth Symphony and Richard Strauss's autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben