BBC Four HD Wednesday

Jonathan Foyle and Lucy Creamer scale the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, discovering how the structure was designed to reflect the chaos of war itself

Nashville-based country singer Reba McEntire delves into her ancestry. She makes a stop in North Carolina and is distressed to discover a family connection to the slave trade

David Malone investigates the importance of ocean waves and discovers they are not made of water, can travel sideways and their sound is created by bubbles

Film-maker Karl Taylor and his team investigate what happened to the German submarine UC18 and Royal Navy Q-Ship the Lady Olive

Gillian Pachter focuses on lead up to Ruth Ellis's execution, including attempts to save her and her last-minute admission of an accomplice

Sian Phillips looks back on Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and her own experiences with various adaptations that have brought the poet's 'play for voices' to audiences

Star-studded performance of Dylan Thomas's famous 'play for voices', featuring Michael Sheen, Tom Jones, Matthew Rhys, Ioan Gruffudd, Sian Phillips and Jonathan Pryce

Profile of Under Milk Wood author Dylan Thomas, exploring the reality behind the rumours about his life and how much of the poet's legend was created after his untimely death

Drama, starring Benjamin Zephaniah. While travelling on a train, the poet meets a group of iconic writers from history, who are transported through time and into his carriage

Jonathan Foyle and Lucy Creamer scale the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, discovering how the structure was designed to reflect the chaos of war itself

Nashville-based country singer Reba McEntire delves into her ancestry. She makes a stop in North Carolina and is distressed to discover a family connection to the slave trade

Gillian Pachter focuses on lead up to Ruth Ellis's execution, including attempts to save her and her last-minute admission of an accomplice