Today 02:40 - 03:40
The extraordinary story of a strange cult which came to light in 2013. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Wed Sep 30
Today 03:40 - 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
6/6. Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London. [S] [HD]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Timothy and Shane encounter problems with buoys when trying to dock at Liverpool, but Piel Island near Barrow-in-Furness finds them in the company of royalty. [S,AD]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
An ancient grave: a woman, a child, circumstances of death unknown - researchers in Germany reopen an archaeological cold case from the Mesolithic period. [S] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. Chris and Xand van Tulleken look at what keeps the human body alive, including reflexes, damage repair mechanisms and the immune system. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 22:00 - 22:55
5/6. Ladislaw vows to quit Middlemarch for good once he learns the terms of Casaubon's will. Lydgate's financial problems worsen. Fred declares his love for Mary Garth. [S]
Today 22:55 - 23:55
6/6. The Lydgates' marriage grows increasingly bitter with the prospect of bankruptcy. The return of Raffles sets off a train of events which change the lives of everyone. [S]
Today 23:55 - 00:55
Contemporary artist Gillian Wearing celebrates the legacy of Victorian novelist George Eliot in an experimental film made up of a diverse cast of people. [S] [HD]
Thu Oct 01
Tomorrow 00:55 - 01:55
2/3. Saul David looks at how generals have met the challenge of moving armies. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:55 - 02:25
6/6. Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:25 - 02:55
2/4. Timothy and Shane encounter problems with buoys when trying to dock at Liverpool, but Piel Island near Barrow-in-Furness finds them in the company of royalty. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 02:55 - 03:55
2/3. Chris and Xand van Tulleken look at what keeps the human body alive, including reflexes, damage repair mechanisms and the immune system. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:55 - 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
5/10. Documentary. A look at Iceland through the eyes of the animals and people that have made this wild island home. The constant volcanic threat boils over in this explosive year. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:30
Classic Hitchcock suspense drama in which a couple investigate the mysterious disappearance of an elderly lady on a train. [1938] [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:10
A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock, capturing the highlights of his life and career. [S]
Tomorrow 22:10 - 00:05
War drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam. Contains very strong language, graphic violence and disturbing scenes. [1986] [S,AD] [HD]
Fri Oct 02
Friday 00:05 - 01:05
Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter. Contains scenes which some viewers may find disturbing. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 01:05 - 02:30
Director and actress Rachel Ward joins the farming revolution in Australia and begins a journey of discovery to regenerate the land on her farm, and herself. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:30 - 03:30
5/10. Documentary. A look at Iceland through the eyes of the animals and people that have made this wild island home. The constant volcanic threat boils over in this explosive year. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Friday 03:30 - 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
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Bloodhound Gang, Oxide & Neutrino, Made in London, Sisqo, Toploader, Tom Jones & Mousse T and Britney Spears.
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Heather Small, The Bluetones, Armand Van Helden, Iron Maiden, Shaft, Tom Jones & Mousse T and Madison Avenue.
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
David Jensen presents the pop chart programme, featuring XTC, Blondie, Matumbi, Buggles, Sad Cafe, Squeeze, The Jags, The Police and dance sequences by Legs & Co. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Gary Davies and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 September 1988 and featuring Sinitta, U2, Alexander O'Neal, Duran Duran, Bananarama, The Hollies and T'Pau. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:30
A look back at one of British music's most enduring and significant partnerships, Pet Shop Boys, with highlights from Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's appearances on the BBC. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:30 - 23:20
Often sublime, occasionally ridiculous, never boring; Pet Shop Boys sit down with Dermot O'Leary to watch back the twists and turns of a career like no other. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:20 - 00:50
Preston plays host to Pet Shop Boys - Sunday's headlining act at Radio 2 in the Park. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]
Sat Oct 03
Saturday 00:50 - 01:20
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Bloodhound Gang, Oxide & Neutrino, Made in London, Sisqo, Toploader, Tom Jones & Mousse T and Britney Spears.
Saturday 01:20 - 01:50
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Heather Small, The Bluetones, Armand Van Helden, Iron Maiden, Shaft, Tom Jones & Mousse T and Madison Avenue.
Saturday 01:50 - 02:25
David Jensen presents the pop chart programme, featuring XTC, Blondie, Matumbi, Buggles, Sad Cafe, Squeeze, The Jags, The Police and dance sequences by Legs & Co. [S]
Saturday 02:25 - 02:55
Gary Davies and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 September 1988 and featuring Sinitta, U2, Alexander O'Neal, Duran Duran, Bananarama, The Hollies and T'Pau. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:40
Often sublime, occasionally ridiculous, never boring; Pet Shop Boys sit down with Dermot O'Leary to watch back the twists and turns of a career like no other. [S] [HD]
Saturday 03:40 - 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 - 19:30
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores London, the ultimate 'city of villages', including a new breed of urban villages like Crouch End and Walthamstow. [S] [HD]
Saturday 19:30 - 20:20
Noel Edmonds celebrates the first 20 years of the BBC's Saturday morning children's shows with the help of past presenters and memorable archive film clips. [S]
Saturday 20:20 - 21:10
Noel Edmonds presents a review of some of the highlights from the 1981 series of Swap Shop. [S]
Saturday 21:10 - 22:05
5/6. Meg Steinheil is remanded to prison on suspicion of the murder of her mother and husband. Contains some sexual content, some violence and some upsetting scenes. [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:05 - 22:50
6/6. Eighteen months of investigation has finally led Marguerite Steinheil to trial, and all of Paris wants to be there. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:50 - 00:30
Armed criminals seize a passenger train. Hindi with English subtitles. Contains strong language and graphic violent scenes. [2023] [S] [HD]
Sun Oct 04
Sunday 00:30 - 00:55
3/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey helps Richard catalogue his antique china, only to discover one piece has been mislaid. [S]
Sunday 00:55 - 01:25
1/10. Sitcom. To the vicar's dismay, Hyacinth volunteers to befriend a group of senior citizens on a day out. But she has taken on more than she can handle. [S]
Sunday 01:25 - 02:25
A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home to learn about its intelligence. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 02:25 - 03:25
Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter. Contains scenes which some viewers may find disturbing. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Sunday 03:25 - 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
2/6. Fusing biography, art and fashion history, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 19:30 - 21:00
The hunt for the next classical music superstar begins. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
David Bamber looks back on the BBC adaptation of Kevin Elyot's play My Night with Reg. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:15 - 00:00
Adaptation of the award-winning stage comedy. Six gay friends discuss love, friendship and infidelity over the course of three evenings. [S] [HD]
Mon Oct 05
Monday 00:00 - 01:30
Drama that chronicles the trials of a Hackney cafe owner trying to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture. Contains very strong language. [S]
Monday 01:30 - 02:00
7/8. Playwright and artistic director of London's Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah shares some of the influences that have had a significant impact on his work. [S] [HD]
Monday 02:00 - 02:30
2/6. Fusing biography, art and fashion history, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:30 - 03:30
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [HD]
Monday 03:30 - 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
3/4. Andrew Scott narrates a special programme which celebrates winter and explores how animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Keele University. The specialist subjects are Emperor Tiberius, the Vikings, Ralph Vaughan Williams and the life and travels of David Livingstone. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Nerys Hughes and Tim Rice take on Patrick Campbell, Diane Keen and Ian Ogilvy, Nerys Hughes in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:55
Anita Brookner shares her unique insights on works by the world's greatest painters. [S]
Monday 22:55 - 00:45
1/2. Leonardo trains as an artist and eventually paints a masterpiece, The Last Supper. [S,AD] [HD]
Tue Oct 06
Tuesday 00:45 - 01:45
3/6. Richard Miles explores the power and the paradox of the 'Greek Thing' - a blossoming in art, philosophy and science that went hand in hand with political discord. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:45 - 02:45
3/4. Andrew Scott narrates a special programme which celebrates winter and explores how animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:45 - 03:45
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:45 - 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
1/6. Ben Garrod shows how bone can support animals that are both minuscule and massive. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
10/10. When Diana's niece Sarah goes into labour, both Tom and Diana are needed - despite Diana's protestations of of being too squeamish. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/6. Arthur arrives as usual to help out on the Grantleigh estate, but Audrey can't give him work. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
2/10. Suburban sitcom. Hyacinth suddenly has a lot on her hands - attending the mayor's fancy dress ball and getting to know an important new neighbour. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
A raw tribute celebrating the late Scottish-Kenyan singer-songwriter Beldina Odenyo. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:30
Dan Cruickshank presents a documentary revealing the story of the Dalai Lama, his secret Himalayan kingdom and his exile, using eyewitness accounts and colour archive footage. [S]
Wed Oct 07
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:00
1/6. Ben Garrod shows how bone can support animals that are both minuscule and massive. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:00 - 01:55
Anita Brookner shares her unique insights on works by the world's greatest painters. [S]
Wednesday 01:55 - 02:55
Dan Cruickshank presents a documentary revealing the story of the Dalai Lama, his secret Himalayan kingdom and his exile, using eyewitness accounts and colour archive footage. [S]
Wednesday 02:55 - 03:25
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores London, the ultimate 'city of villages', including a new breed of urban villages like Crouch End and Walthamstow. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 03:25 - 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
2/6. Ben Garrod discovers how the skeleton has adapted for vertebrates to move on land in many ways and explores the role of the spine in both cheetahs and snakes. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Timothy Spall and his wife Shane take their barge to three different countries and visit Rafe Spall on the Isle of Man. In Belfast, Tim visits one of his favourite pubs. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Documentary film that investigates the importance of caves throughout British history and heads inside the deepest shaft ever discovered in Britain - Titan. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Artist Derek Jarman returns to his former art master's house in Wimborne, Dorset, which he helped to build. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. How we develop new skills, from riding a bike to learning to walk. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:10
A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth's doorstep and makes a frightening claim, in Dennis Potter's play. Starring Tim Curry, Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. [S]
Wednesday 23:10 - 00:10
Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog. [S] [HD]
Thu Oct 08
Thursday 00:10 - 01:10
3/3. How generals have struggled to kit out their armies for battle. [S] [HD]