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106: BBC FOUR HD

Mon Feb 16
This is BBC Four

Today 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Today 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Wild China

Today 19:00 - 20:00

5/6. Documentary series. China's heartland is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization and home to the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey and the golden takin. [S,AD] [HD]

Call My Bluff

Today 20:00 - 20:30

Robert Robinson hosts the game of word definitions and deceptions. Patrick Campbell, Nanette Newman and Patrick Mower do battle with Frank Muir, Gabrielle Drake and Russell Harty. [S]

Face the Music

Today 20:30 - 21:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. [S]

Horizon: The End of the Solar System

Today 21:00 - 22:00

5/17. The story of how our solar system will be transformed by the ageing sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. [S] [HD]

The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey

Today 22:00 - 23:30

The story of Voyager, an epic of human achievement, personal drama and miraculous success. [S] [HD]

Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

Today 23:30 - 00:30

1/3. A look at how the era's sculpture casts a new light on medieval times in Britain. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Tue Feb 17
Face the Music

Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. [S]

The Australian Wars

Tomorrow 01:00 - 02:00

1/3. How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars. Contains some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]

Wild China

Tomorrow 02:00 - 03:00

5/6. Documentary series. China's heartland is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization and home to the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey and the golden takin. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 03:00 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

City Scapes: New York

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:20

Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple. [S]

Wogan

Tomorrow 19:20 - 20:00

Kenneth Williams stands in for Terry Wogan, chatting with guests Barbara Windsor and husband Steve Hollings, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin. Music by Hank Marvin & The Shadows. [S]

The Kenneth Williams Story: A Reputations Special

Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:30

Documentary exploring Britain's funniest and most complex comic performer. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]

Kenneth Williams: Comic Roots

Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:00

Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around London's St Pancras, where he grew up. [S]

The Darkest Web - Storyville

Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:25

Documentary following undercover police as they investigate online crime against children. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]

Mr Nobody Against Putin - Storyville

Tomorrow 23:25 - 00:55

A Storyville documentary that follows a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Wed Feb 18
The Kenneth Williams Story: A Reputations Special

Wednesday 00:55 - 02:25

Documentary exploring Britain's funniest and most complex comic performer. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]

Horizon: The End of the Solar System

Wednesday 02:25 - 03:25

5/17. The story of how our solar system will be transformed by the ageing sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. [S,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 03:25 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Great British Railway Journeys

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

14/15. Michael finds out about the impact of a famous Enoch Powell speech across the nation. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00

1/5. Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen try steam trains and rallying in Machynlleth. [S] [HD]

Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00

4/4. Brian explores the enigma of time - a phenomenon that we take for granted but which, as far as physicists are concerned, is one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. [S,AD] [HD]

Tribe

Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00

4/6. Bruce Parry spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, who live on the savannah. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]

Derek Jacobi Remembers... Breaking the Code

Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15

Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1997 BBC drama about mathematician Alan Turing. [S] [HD]

Breaking the Code

Wednesday 22:15 - 23:45

Factual drama about Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who cracked the Enigma code. Deals with adult themes. [S]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Wednesday 23:45 - 00:45

2/3. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. [S,AD] [HD]

Thu Feb 19
Great British Railway Journeys

Thursday 00:45 - 01:15

14/15. Michael finds out about the impact of a famous Enoch Powell speech across the nation. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 01:15 - 01:45

1/5. Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen try steam trains and rallying in Machynlleth. [S] [HD]

Tribe

Thursday 01:45 - 02:45

4/6. Bruce Parry spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, who live on the savannah. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]

Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Thursday 02:45 - 03:45

4/4. Brian explores one of the greatest mysteries in physics today - what is time? [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 03:45 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Great British Railway Journeys

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary and Filton, the centre of Britain's postwar aviation industry. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 19:30 - 20:00

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]

Volcano: Dangerous Earth

Thursday 20:00 - 20:30

2/6. Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. [S] [HD]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 20:30 - 21:00

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. [S] [HD]

Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 21:00 - 22:45

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America. Contains some violent scenes. [1967] [S,AD]

The Real Bonnie and Clyde: Timewatch

Thursday 22:45 - 23:45

Timewatch goes in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde, with unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and police records. [S] [HD]

The Secret World of Haute Couture

Thursday 23:45 - 00:45

Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. [S,AD]

Fri Feb 20
Great British Railway Journeys

Friday 00:45 - 01:15

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary and Filton, the centre of Britain's postwar aviation industry. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Friday 01:15 - 01:45

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]

City Scapes: New York

Friday 01:45 - 02:05

Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple. [S]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Friday 02:05 - 02:35

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. [S] [HD]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Friday 02:35 - 03:35

2/3. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 03:35 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

TOTP: 1999

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 April 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, TLC, The Cranberries, New Radicals and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1999

Friday 19:30 - 20:00

Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1999 and featuring Whitney Houston, Phats & Small, Electronic, Honeyz, Suede, TLC and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Friday 20:00 - 20:35

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Buggles, The Tourists, Fern Kinney, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Friday 20:35 - 21:05

Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastle, Diana Ross, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. [S]

Gladys Knight at the BBC

Friday 21:05 - 22:05

A look through the BBC archives for moment after moment from the 'empress of soul', Gladys Knight, including songs like Baby Don't Change Your Mind and The Way We Were. [S] [HD]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Friday 22:05 - 22:40

The first of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of the group's early hits. [S]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Friday 22:40 - 23:15

The second of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of their more recent hits. [S]

Queens of Soul

Friday 23:15 - 00:15

Performances by legendary female soul singers including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Randy Crawford, Angie Stone, Mary J Blige, Beyonce and many more. [S]

Sat Feb 21
TOTP: 1999

Saturday 00:15 - 00:45

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 April 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, TLC, The Cranberries, New Radicals and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1999

Saturday 00:45 - 01:15

Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1999 and featuring Whitney Houston, Phats & Small, Electronic, Honeyz, Suede, TLC and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Saturday 01:15 - 01:50

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Buggles, The Tourists, Fern Kinney, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Saturday 01:50 - 02:20

Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastle, Diana Ross, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. [S]

Gladys Knight at the BBC

Saturday 02:20 - 03:25

A look through the BBC archives for moment after moment from the 'empress of soul', Gladys Knight, including songs like Baby Don't Change Your Mind and The Way We Were. [S] [HD]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Saturday 03:25 - 03:55

The first of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of the group's early hits. [S]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 03:55 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Meet the Ancestors

Saturday 19:00 - 19:30

5/6. Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. [S]

The Good Old Days

Saturday 19:30 - 20:15

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Saturday 20:15 - 21:05

2/6. There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. [S]

The Turkish Detective

Saturday 21:05 - 22:00

1/8. British detective Mehmet Suleyman arrives in Istanbul to join the homicide unit led by eccentric inspector Çetin Ikmen just as the team investigate the murder of a student. [S,AD] [HD]

The Turkish Detective

Saturday 22:00 - 22:55

2/8. While the team close in on a suspect in Gözde's murder, Suleyman pursues his private investigation on the side and discovers a mysterious name. [S,AD] [HD]

Wogan

Saturday 22:55 - 23:30

Terry Wogan's guests are Jenny Agutter, Laurie Lee, who recites a piece from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and John Garnett. Barbara Dickson sings The Right Moment. [S]

Kenneth Williams: Comic Roots

Saturday 23:30 - 00:05

Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around London's St Pancras, where he grew up. [S]

Sun Feb 22
Wogan with Kenneth Williams

Sunday 00:05 - 00:45

Kenneth Williams stands in for Terry Wogan, chatting with guests Barbara Windsor and husband Steve Hollings, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin. Music by Hank Marvin & The Shadows. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Sunday 00:45 - 01:35

2/6. There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. [S]

The Good Old Days

Sunday 01:35 - 02:20

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. [S]

Meet the Ancestors

Sunday 02:20 - 02:50

5/6. Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. [S]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 02:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Antiques Roadshow

Sunday 19:00 - 20:00

The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. [S] [HD]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon

Sunday 20:00 - 21:00

Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, also featuring the works of Smetana and Debussy. Nicholas Collon presents. [S] [HD]

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

2/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the 'Glorious Revolution', when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. [S,AD] [HD]

Ibsen: The Wild Duck

Sunday 22:00 - 23:50

The 1971 adaption of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen. A family's fragile peace is shattered by an idealist who insists on exposing hidden truths. [S]

The Australian Wars

Sunday 23:50 - 00:50

2/3. How the growing number of European arrivals in Tasmania saw the death count grow, too. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. [S,AD] [HD]

Mon Feb 23
The Secret World of Haute Couture

Monday 00:50 - 01:45

Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. [S,AD]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon

Monday 01:45 - 02:50

Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, also featuring the works of Smetana and Debussy. Nicholas Collon presents. [S] [HD]

Antiques Roadshow

Monday 02:50 - 03:50

The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. [S] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 03:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Wild China

Monday 19:00 - 20:00

6/6. Documentary series. A look at how tea-growing cultures, bird-filled wetlands and futuristic cities jostle along China's eastern seaboard in a battle for resources. [S,AD] [HD]

Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Monday 20:00 - 21:00

1/3. A millionaire hunts for the mythical palace of the Minotaur and discovers a lost world. [S,AD] [HD]

Call My Bluff

Monday 21:00 - 21:30

Robert Robinson hosts a game of word definitions and deceptions. Captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by Tom Baker, Alan Coren, Gabrielle Drake and Miriam Stoppard. [S]

Face the Music

Monday 21:30 - 22:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Arianna Stassinopoulos, Brian Redhead and John Bird. With guest musician Walter Susskind. [S]

The Joy of AI

Monday 22:00 - 23:00

Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. [S,AD] [HD]

The Horizon Guide to AI

Monday 23:00 - 00:00

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control our lives? [S] [HD]