Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Sun Aug 02
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 20:00
Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. [S] [HD]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. A portrait of the harsh beauty and surprising wildlife of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, home to some of the UK's rarest and most spectacular animals. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
Rising star Sueye Park makes her Proms debut with the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Plus archive gems from Liya Petrova and Nicola Benedetti. [S] [HD]
Today 22:00 - 22:20
Actor Bill Paterson looks back on one of the earliest roles of his career. [S] [HD]
Today 22:20 - 23:50
John McGrath's play about the exploitation of the Scottish people throughout history. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. [S]
Today 23:50 - 00:20
Robert Dawson Scott presents an in-depth look at the fortunes of the 7:84 Theatre Company, founded by John McGrath in the late 1960s. [S]
Mon Aug 03
Tomorrow 00:20 - 01:20
Nicholas Crane unravels the tale of Sir Hugh Munro, whose exploration of the wild Scottish peaks little more than a century ago began a modern mountaineering obsession. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:20 - 02:20
Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:20 - 03:20
3/3. A portrait of the harsh beauty and surprising wildlife of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, home to some of the UK's rarest and most spectacular animals. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:20 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Tomorrow 19:00 - 20:00
3/3. Nature documentary series. All manner of creatures thrive in the Caribbean's warm waters. But extreme heat in Africa unleashes terrifying hurricanes. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He travels from Cordoba to Granada via Seville, examining the influence of Moorish culture. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:15
Sally Magnusson shares memories of her father Magnus's time as the host of Mastermind. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:15 - 21:45
Magnus Magnusson presents the 1972 final of the classic quiz. [S]
Tomorrow 21:45 - 22:15
Robert Robinson chairs as Arthur Marshall, Sally Magnusson and Peter Egan take on Frank Muir, Anna Massey and Godfrey Smith in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Tomorrow 22:15 - 23:15
3/3. Dangerous politics and turbulent love shock Frida's world. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:15 - 00:15
Docudrama that explores the life and work of JMW Turner, considered by many to be Britain's greatest landscape painter, but whose private life was full of extremes and contradictions. [S]
Tue Aug 04
Tuesday 00:15 - 01:15
3/3. Nature documentary series. All manner of creatures thrive in the Caribbean's warm waters. But extreme heat in Africa unleashes terrifying hurricanes. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:15 - 02:15
3/3. Dangerous politics and turbulent love shock Frida's world. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:15 - 03:15
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He travels from Cordoba to Granada via Seville, examining the influence of Moorish culture. [S,AD]
Tuesday 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
13/15. Michael Portillo's postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside resumes at Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where England's oldest canal, the Fossdyke, meets the city of Lincoln. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's well-known fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She is in the Western Lakes to walk to the summit of the Haystacks fell. [S,AD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
1/8. Sitcom. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, an upper-class widow, is forced into an alliance with a self-made man in a bid to keep her stately home. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
7/7. Sitcom about an obsessive snob. When Hyacinth plans a nautical supper, events take an unexpected turn - and so does the boat! [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00
. 7/8. Obama warns the Syrian regime against considering using chemical weapons. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Aug 05
Wednesday 00:00 - 01:00
. 8/8. America's unwillingness to act after a chemical attack causes Syrian rebels to despair. Contains graphic violence and disturbing scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 01:00 - 02:00
3/3. Helen Castor explores the lives of the Tudor queens Jane, Mary and Elizabeth, and how each struggled with wearing a crown that was made for a male head. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:00 - 03:00
3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 03:00 - 03:30
13/15. Michael Portillo's postwar journey from Merseyside to Teesside resumes at Brayford Pool in Lincoln, where England's oldest canal, the Fossdyke, meets the city of Lincoln. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:30 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30
14/15. Michael Portillo is in York, a paradise for rail enthusiasts. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's greatest fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Julia climbs her first mountain, Blencathra, and tackles Sharp Edge. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:55
2/3. A look at the artistic legacy of Rome's mad, bad and dangerous emperors, including Claudius's pleasure palace and the cave where Tiberius held wild parties. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:55 - 21:10
Empire Without Limit. Mary Beard looks back on her 2016 series on the ancient world. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 21:10 - 22:10
1/4. Mary Beard takes in the mythology, history and archaeology of Rome. In the first episode, Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:10 - 23:05
3/12. Livia engineers the downfall of Julia, who is banished. Tiberius is recalled to Rome. Claudius finds a friend in Herod, king of the Jews. [S]
Wednesday 23:05 - 23:55
4/12. Drama series chronicling the reigns of the Roman emperors. The Imperial Army on the Rhine has been wiped out, and Tiberius is sent to avenge the defeat. [S]
Wednesday 23:55 - 00:55
2/3. A look at the artistic legacy of Rome's mad, bad and dangerous emperors, including Claudius's pleasure palace and the cave where Tiberius held wild parties. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Thu Aug 06
Thursday 00:55 - 01:25
1/4. Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's well-known fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. She is in the Western Lakes to walk to the summit of the Haystacks fell. [S,AD]
Thursday 01:25 - 01:55
2/4. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of Britain's greatest fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Julia climbs her first mountain, Blencathra, and tackles Sharp Edge. [S,AD]
Thursday 01:55 - 02:55
1/4. Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 02:55 - 03:25
14/15. Michael Portillo is in York, a paradise for rail enthusiasts. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:25 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Thursday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Thursday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
15/15. Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker that is key to making plastic. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of the village of Cromford in Derbyshire. [S] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 22:15
Raised by kindly farmers, a young Clark Kent moves to Metropolis to fight evil. [1978] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:15 - 23:15
Film following Christopher Reeve's fight to regain his ability to breathe on his own. [S]
Thursday 23:15 - 00:15
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Mel Smith, Kenneth Griffith and Christopher Reeve. [S]
Fri Aug 07
Friday 00:15 - 01:10
Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from the Inspector Rebus books, the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture. Deals with adult themes. [S,AD]
Friday 01:10 - 01:40
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the history of the village of Cromford in Derbyshire. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:40 - 02:40
Crime writer Ian Rankin revisits the key locations from the Inspector Rebus books, the hidden Edinburgh into which tourists never venture. Deals with adult themes. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 02:40 - 03:10
15/15. Michael Portillo confronts a detachment of Gurkhas, produces a fine heritage cheese and discovers a monster cracker that is key to making plastic. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Friday 03:10 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Friday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Friday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Friday 19:00 - 20:05
This specially curated programme looks to the skies with Strauss's filmic masterpiece, teamed with Judith Weir's Moon and Star and Ravel's Alborada del gracioso. [S] [HD]
Friday 20:05 - 20:20
The unmistakable, hypnotic masterpiece from the Spanish National Orchestra's Proms debut. [S] [HD]
Friday 20:20 - 20:45
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 March 2000 and featuring All Saints, Vengaboys, Mariah Carey feat Joe, Honeyz, Kelis, *NSYNC and Madonna. [S]
Friday 20:45 - 21:15
Richard Skinner and John Peel present the pop chart programme. Featuring Tracey Ullman, Windjammer, Jeffrey Osborne, Blancmange, Laura Branigan and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. [S]
Friday 21:15 - 21:45
Janice Long and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 August 1988. Featuring Kim Wilde, The Funky Worm and Fairground Attraction. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
BBC Sessions. The legendary crooner performs from a repertoire spanning 60 years. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:45 - 23:15
1/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. In this edition he sings tunes from the movies. [S]
Friday 23:15 - 23:50
2/6. Tony features his own personal hit songbook, including Fly Me to the Moon. [S]
Friday 23:50 - 00:20
3/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. In this edition, the theme is Songs of Broadway. [S]
Sat Aug 08
Saturday 00:20 - 00:55
4/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. This edition's theme: Saloon Songs. [S]
Saturday 00:55 - 01:25
5/6. Tony Bennett presents music by the world's best songwriters, featuring the compositions of Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. [S]
Saturday 01:25 - 01:55
6/6. International song-stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. This programme's theme: Tin Pan Alley. [S]
Saturday 01:55 - 03:20
Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look at the man behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New Yorker - takes a tour around his native city. [S]
Saturday 03:20 - 03:45
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 March 2000 and featuring All Saints, Vengaboys, Mariah Carey feat Joe, Honeyz, Kelis, *NSYNC and Madonna. [S]
Saturday 03:45 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Saturday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Saturday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Saturday 19:00 - 19:05
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade. [S] [HD]
Saturday 19:05 - 20:00
8/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us. David Attenborough looks at the advantages of birds' feathers. [S]
Saturday 20:00 - 21:00
Gloria Hunniford looks back at her extraordinary career and reveals what it has been like to be woman, mother and grandmother on television and radio for more than half a century. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:00 - 21:15
Gloria Hunniford looks back at her 1995 interview with one of cinema's great female idols, Doris Day, and shares her memories of how the encounter came together. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:15 - 21:55
Gloria Hunniford travels to Carmel, USA for an exclusive interview with Hollywood star Doris Day. First broadcast in January 1995. [S]
Saturday 21:55 - 22:25
Gloria Hunniford is joined by Salman Rushdie, Aidan Quinn and Ann Hampton Callaway. From February 1992. [S]
Saturday 22:25 - 23:10
Val Doonican is joined by guests Gloria Hunniford and the Cambridge Buskers. From June 1983. [S]
Saturday 23:10 - 01:05
Two mothers bond in an unexpected way after giving birth on the same day. In Spanish with English subtitles. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [2021] [S] [HD]
Sun Aug 09
Sunday 01:05 - 01:35
7/7. Sitcom about an obsessive snob. When Hyacinth plans a nautical supper, events take an unexpected turn - and so does the boat! [S]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:05
1/8. Sitcom. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, an upper-class widow, is forced into an alliance with a self-made man in a bid to keep her stately home. [S]
Sunday 02:05 - 02:55
8/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us. David Attenborough looks at the advantages of birds' feathers. [S]
Sunday 02:55 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Sunday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Sunday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Sunday 19:00 - 20:00
Celebrating 850 years since Wales's first recorded cultural festival, the National Eisteddfod returns to its historic roots in west Wales. [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:40
More than 150 of the country's best young musicians bring to life the dazzling world of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:40 - 22:00
Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors, home of the famous literary family the Brontës and the setting for Emily's Wuthering Heights. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:10
.. The Birthday Party. Lady Antonia Fraser looks back fondly on the BBC's 1987 acclaimed adaptation of her husband Harold Pinter's play The Birthday Party. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:10 - 23:55
It's Stanley's birthday, but the party that is thrown for him is not quite what he was expecting. Written by Harold Pinter. Deals with adult themes.
Sunday 23:55 - 00:55
Film biography looking at the famous playwright. Pinter's key theme, the room, is explored through the rooms in which he wrote his first series of plays. [S]
Mon Aug 10
Monday 00:55 - 01:55
Film biography which explores the relationship between the public and private dimensions of the playwright and actor, following him at work over two years. [S]