BBC Four Wednesday

Michael Portillo crosses the south east of Australia from Canberra, the seat of government, to the multi-ethnic heart of its second largest city, Melbourne

Robbie Cumming explores the Victorian village of Saltaire on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and searches for an abandoned waterway on the Aire and Calder

How technical developments are enabling people to see the world of plants in greater detail, allowing insight into their abilities to adapt and survive

Dangers facing the wildlife of the US state, including natural disasters like wildfires, flooding and hurricanes, as well as the pressure of a growing human population

Part one of two. Desmond Hawkins explores the corner of England that featured so strongly in the life of English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy

Part two of two. Desmond Hawkins searches for local features that can be identified in Thomas Hardy's novels, as well as reminders of the author's own life

BBC drama series based on short stories written by Thomas Hardy. When Farmer Lodge brings home Gertrude, his new bride, a mysterious enemy awaits to blight their happiness

Barnet has made an unhappy marriage, Downe a happy one. The lives of the 'Fellow Townsmen' become tragically interwoven

Like a ghost from the past, the Halborough brothers' drunken father reappears to destroy their image of respectability

The documentary explores how authors have embraced the class struggle, from Dickens, Gaskell and Hardy through to working-class writers in post-war Britain

Michael Portillo crosses the south east of Australia from Canberra, the seat of government, to the multi-ethnic heart of its second largest city, Melbourne

Robbie Cumming explores the Victorian village of Saltaire on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and searches for an abandoned waterway on the Aire and Calder

The extraordinary stories behind First World War cemeteries and memorials, including those at the Somme and Gallipoli, as well as those responsible for creating them