Today 02:15 - 03:15
4/6. Richard Miles examines the legacy of Alexander the Great. In Pakistan he discovers traces of a city where west and east were united in an intriguing new way. [S,AD] [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Oct 16
Today 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, featuring S Club 7, Stephen Gately, Pink, York feat Chris Rea, Dr Dre & Eminem, Trevor & Simon, Mary Mary and Sonique. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:15
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, featuring York feat Chris Rea, Daphne & Celeste, Travis, Gabrielle, Angelic, Fat Les 2000, Kelis, Muse, B-15 Project, Richard Blackwood and Sonique. [S]
Today 20:15 - 20:45
Tommy Vance introduces the pop chart programme, featuring performances from Showaddywaddy, Adam and the Ants, Matchbox, The Police, Madness and George Benson. [S]
Today 20:45 - 21:15
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 October 1989 and featuring Sinitta, Cliff Richard and Living in a Box. [S]
Today 21:15 - 22:15
Disco classics from the BBC vaults of Top of the Pops, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Later with Jools, including Chic, Labelle, Rose Royce, and The Village People. [S] [HD]
Today 22:15 - 22:45
Mark Radcliffe introduces this archive tribute to the Queen of Disco. Featuring footage from Summer's early hits to her last studio performance. [S]
Today 22:45 - 23:45
1/3. A global music craze is born in the loft apartments and basement bars of 1970s New York. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Today 23:45 - 02:15
DJ Spoony selects a playlist of 40 great tracks that bring together some of the most inspiring names from the worlds of pop, soul, ska, reggae, rap and garage. [S] [HD]
Sat Oct 17
Tomorrow 02:15 - 02:45
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 October 1989 and featuring Sinitta, Cliff Richard and Living in a Box. [S]
Tomorrow 02:45 - 03:15
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, featuring S Club 7, Stephen Gately, Pink, York feat Chris Rea, Dr Dre & Eminem, Trevor & Simon, Mary Mary and Sonique. [S]
Tomorrow 03:15 - 04:00
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, featuring York feat Chris Rea, Daphne & Celeste, Travis, Gabrielle, Angelic, Fat Les 2000, Kelis, Muse, B-15 Project, Richard Blackwood and Sonique. [S]
Tomorrow 04:00 - 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 - 19:10
Ted Green talks about a 600-year-old oak tree in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, which is older than the castle and weighs 50 tons. [S]
Tomorrow 19:10 - 20:10
A portrait of London's secret wildlife, from local badgers and foxes to more exotic species like pelicans and seals. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:10 - 21:00
1/10. Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers of Kamchatka. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:45
Celia Imrie shares interviews and key moments from the BBC's rich archives in this celebration of international films. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:45 - 23:15
French New Wave classic from Agnès Varda that follows young Parisian pop singer Cléo Victoire during the 90 minutes she spends waiting for a cancer test result. [1962] [S]
Tomorrow 23:15 - 23:45
5/6. Stately sitcom. Fearing that DeVere's plans to enlarge the fields will destroy the surrounding countryside, Audrey leads the local community's campaign to stop him. [S]
Tomorrow 23:45 - 00:15
3/10. Hyacinth is in a sunny disposition, which mystifies Richard. The real horror of his situation dawns on him when he realises that he has forgotten their anniversary. [S]
Sun Oct 18
Sunday 00:15 - 00:45
1/6. Bank clerk Willie Melvin is convinced he could be a best-selling author. [S,AD]
Sunday 00:45 - 01:45
Natural World. A portrait of London's secret wildlife, from local badgers and foxes to more exotic species like pelicans and seals. [S] [HD]
Sunday 01:45 - 02:35
1/10. Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers of Kamchatka. [S]
Sunday 02:35 - 03:20
Celia Imrie shares interviews and key moments from the BBC's rich archives in this celebration of international films. [S] [HD]
Sunday 03:20 - 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 - 19:30
4/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Dido Belle. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 19:30 - 21:00
It's all to play for as the competition reaches a crucial stage. Petroc Trelawny presents highlights with judges Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Julian Bliss. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:10
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest TV roles, playing Rosalind in the BBC's 1978 production of the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:10 - 00:45
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. [S]
Mon Oct 19
Monday 00:45 - 01:45
2/2. Francesco da Mosto looks at Italy as the land of adventure and ambition. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 01:45 - 02:45
1/3. Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Monday 02:45 - 03:15
4/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Dido Belle. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Monday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Monday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Monday 19:00 - 20:00
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Zulu history 1816-1879, Stuart monarchs 1603-1714, the Salvation Army and Rupert Brooke. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Suzanne Roquette and Donny MacLeod take on Patrick Campbell, Angharad Rees and Christopher Casanove in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. From 2016. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:30
Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Tue Oct 20
Tuesday 00:30 - 01:30
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:30 - 02:30
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:30 - 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
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Documentary series. A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:20
Debut feature documentary from filmmaker Myrid Carten, which unfolds as a powerful exploration of family, addiction and unconditional love. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:20 - 00:20
1/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Galileo and Ole Roemer have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. [S] [HD]
Wed Oct 21
Wednesday 00:20 - 00:50
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:15
1/3. Documentary series. A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. [S,AD,SL]
Wednesday 03:15 - 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
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's influential TV drama series The Singing Detective, once described by Stephen King as 'television's Citizen Kane'. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:20
3/6. Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Wednesday 23:20 - 00:30
4/6. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. [S]
Thu Oct 22
Thursday 00:30 - 01:00
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
1/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Galileo and Ole Roemer have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:30 - 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 - 21:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. [1968] [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:30 - 23:00
Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. [S] [HD]
Thursday 23:00 - 01:10
Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin. [1959] [S]
Fri Oct 23
Friday 01:10 - 02:00
1/4. In 1977, the police encounter activity in Enfield that remains hard to explain. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:00 - 02:45
2/4. When Andrea Perron moves into her new home in Rhode Island, she and her family start to experience multiple disturbances, hearing whispers and seeing visions. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:40
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 03:40 - 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 - 19:30
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:40
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. [S]
Friday 20:40 - 21:10
Gary Davies and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 October 1987 and featuring Was (Not Was), Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, The Cure and Bee Gees. [S]
Friday 21:10 - 21:45
Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:45 - 00:15
Disco classics from Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Liquid Gold, Sylvester, The Village People, The Weather Girls, Chic, George McCrae, Hi-Tension, Heatwave and more. [S]
Sat Oct 24
Saturday 00:15 - 01:15
2/3. As disco conquers the mainstream, it turns black women and gay men into icons. [S] [HD]