Dear Diary

Mondays 9pm BBC Four

Richard E Grant uncovers the power of the diary in the first of a series which asks what we get from reading, and writing, diaries.

• Dear Diary on iPlayer
• Michael Portillo and guests discuss political diaries
• Coming Soon: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Culture Show

Tuesday 10.30pm BBC Four

Andrew Graham-Dixon meets his childhood hero John Lydon, who talks about his childhood, his love of Shakespeare and Mozart.

• The Culture Show
• Culture Show music archive

Orson Welles Sketchbook

Watch on BBC Four

This series of talks by the film director - illustrated by his own sketches - forms part of BBC Four's Orson Welles season.

• Orson Welles over Europe
• Arena: The Orson Welles Story
• Watch Citizen Kane on Christmas Day

Ballet on the Beeb

Whether it's the Ballet Boyz' radical interpretation of The Rite of Spring or the Kirov performing Swan Lake, there's something for the contemporary and traditional ballet lover this Christmas.

• Ballet Boyz: The Rite of Spring
• The Kirov perform Swan Lake