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106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Feb 27
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 April 1999 and featuring Martine McCutcheon, Texas, Busta Rhymes, Faithless and Westlife. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 May 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, The Offspring, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cast, Geri Halliwell and Westlife. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 March 1979 and featuring The Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic and David Essex. With dance sequences by Legs & Co. [S]
Today 20:35 - 21:05
Peter Powell and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 February 1988 and featuring The Primitives, Morrissey, Vanessa Paradis and The Mission. [S]
Today 21:05 - 22:05
Celebrate St David's Day with classic performances drawn from the BBC's music archives. Includes Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, Feeder, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom Jones. [S] [HD]
Today 22:05 - 23:05
Trevor Nelson and Edith Bowman present highlights of Dame Shirley Bassey's special performance for the BBC Electric Proms from London's Roundhouse. [S] [HD]
Today 23:05 - 00:05
Stereophonics perform some of their biggest hits, plus tracks from their 2019 UK number one album Kind, in a special Radio 2 In Concert presented by Fearne Cotton. [S] [HD]
Sat Feb 28
Tomorrow 00:05 - 01:05
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the start of his pop career in the mid-60s to Later... with Jools Holland in 2010 and all points in between. [S]
Tomorrow 01:05 - 02:00
The Manics return to St David's Hall Cardiff, scene of their earliest busking gigs, this time playing from a 35-year back catalogue. Part of Radio 2 Live 2021 across UK music venues. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:00 - 02:30
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 April 1999 and featuring Martine McCutcheon, Texas, Busta Rhymes, Faithless and Westlife. [S]
Tomorrow 02:30 - 03:00
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 May 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, The Offspring, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cast, Geri Halliwell and Westlife. [S]
Tomorrow 03:00 - 03:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 March 1979 and featuring The Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic and David Essex. With dance sequences by Legs & Co. [S]
Tomorrow 03:35 - 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 - 19:15
David Attenborough looks at how ostriches have developed bizarre survival strategies, from flamboyant sex to kidnapping. [S]
Tomorrow 19:15 - 19:45
6/6. Julian Richards joins archaeologists in a farmer's field in Cheshire as they excavate a long-lost chapel and the undisturbed burials of medieval landowners. [S]
Tomorrow 19:45 - 20:30
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Music Hall. With Ken Dodd, Lyn Kennington, the Jan Hunt Panto and performers from the Players' Theatre. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:20
3/6. The mayor of Titterslow wants Hetty to find his daughter, but there must be no publicity and no police. [S]
Tomorrow 21:20 - 22:10
3/8. The murder of a rap music manager leads Ikmen and team to investigate intrigue and scandal in one of Istanbul's richest families. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:10 - 23:00
4/8. The Demir investigation feels like a wild goose chase until Ikmen decides to look much deeper into the past. Leyla begins to remember things from before her accident. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:05
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Kenneth Allsop, Lauren Bacall and Tom Paxton. First transmitted in 1972. [S]
Sun Mar 01
Sunday 00:05 - 00:35
8/8. Classic sitcom. MPs have been complaining about their phones being tapped. Jim Hacker naturally denies this, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that it is in fact true. [S]
Sunday 00:35 - 01:05
2/6. Sitcom. Hyacinth has asked the new vicar to tea, and - in her usual meticulous way - she has organised the event down to the last sugar lump. Events take a sudden turn. [S]
Sunday 01:05 - 01:35
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:20
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Music Hall. With Ken Dodd, Lyn Kennington, the Jan Hunt Panto and performers from the Players' Theatre. [S]
Sunday 02:20 - 03:10
3/6. The mayor of Titterslow wants Hetty to find his daughter, but there must be no publicity and no police. [S]
Sunday 03:10 - 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 - 19:50
1/6. Dan Cruickshank looks at the architecture of Norfolk with the help of Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
How thousands of strange nocturnal birds make their home on the island of Bardsey in north Wales, and an exploration of the history of the island itself. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:00
Celebrating great music making across Europe, a special concert marking Finnish Independence Day from Helsinki, also featuring music by Saariaho and Klami. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surround the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire - India. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
Monsoon weather, remote locations and raw performances feed this hypnotic adaptation. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 23:00 - 00:40
A lighthouse-keeper's daughter is trapped in her marriage and longs for the sea. From 1953. [S]
Mon Mar 02
Monday 00:40 - 01:40
3/3. Northern Australia becomes the final frontier as settler expansion accelerates. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 01:40 - 02:30
1/6. Dan Cruickshank looks at the architecture of Norfolk with the help of Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide. [S]
Monday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surround the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire - India. [S,AD,SL] [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
1/7. Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with that comes an uncertain future. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. A lost thousand-year-old ship transforms the fierce reputation of the Vikings. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Panel game of word definitions and deceptions hosted by Robert Robinson with team captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell and guests Diana Quick, Robert Powell, Anouska Hempel and Nigel Havers. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against guests Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker. With guest musician Alfredo Campoli. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
Dr Hannah Fry and a virtual host present a new way of making television. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S] [HD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers and explores the implications of a driverless world. First broadcast in 2017. [S] [HD]
Tue Mar 03
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 01:30
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against guests Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker. With guest musician Alfredo Campoli. [S]
Tuesday 01:30 - 02:30
1/7. Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with that comes an uncertain future. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
2/3. A lost thousand-year-old ship transforms the fierce reputation of the Vikings. [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
4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/2. Derek Brockway walks in Dylan Thomas's footsteps around Swansea before heading to the Llansteffan Peninsula and the Three Rivers estuary. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
3/6. Sitcom about a snobbish housewife. Hyacinth is looking forward to visiting her favourite stately home, but the trip goes wrong when her family become involved. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
1/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged man who lives with his parents. Timothy meets a girl at his amateur dramatics society and wants to go on a riverboat shuffle with her. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 21:20
Simon Schama looks back on his ambitious series A History of Britain, a journey through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 21:20 - 22:20
1/7. Simon Schama begins his history of Britain at the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney and then moves on to the world of Anglo-Saxon England. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:20 - 00:00
A group of sex workers in Kolkata reclaim their narrative through film-making. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Wed Mar 04
Wednesday 00:00 - 01:00
1/2. Rory Stewart reveals how the Kingdom of Northumbria was born in Britain's lost Middleland. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 01:00 - 02:00
Dr Hannah Fry and a virtual host present a new way of making television. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:00 - 02:30
4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:30 - 03:00
1/2. Derek Brockway walks in Dylan Thomas's footsteps around Swansea before heading to the Llansteffan Peninsula and the Three Rivers estuary. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 03:00 - 04:00
Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers and explores the implications of a driverless world. First broadcast in 2017. [S,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 04:00 - 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
5/6. Liz McIvor charts the struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:55
2/2. Technical developments are enabling us to see the world of plants in ever greater detail, giving us insights into their remarkable abilities to adapt and survive. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:55 - 21:00
Wildlife documentary. The touching story of a giant otter cub called Sancho who was rescued and is being raised by Brazilian naturalist Carolina Vargas. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
6/6. Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak in search of the last nomadic Penan. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:10
Actor Bernard Hill, who famously played the character of Yosser Hughes, reflects on the iconic drama series Boys from the Blackstuff. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:10 - 23:05
1/5. Chrissie, Dixie, Yosser, Loggo and George sign on before heading off to work for Malloy. Contains language which some may find offensive. [S]
Wednesday 23:05 - 00:05
2/5. Drama set in recession-hit Britain in the Thatcher era. Dixie Dean, working at night in the port as a security guard, is strongarmed into accepting bribes. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Thu Mar 05
Thursday 00:05 - 01:05
3/5. Drama series set in 1980s recession-hit Britain. Chrissie and Angie are driven to despair by money problems and the Department of Employment investigators. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Thursday 01:05 - 02:05
6/6. Bruce Parry treks into the jungles of Sarawak in search of the last nomadic Penan. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:05 - 02:35
5/6. Liz McIvor charts the struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:35 - 03:05
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. [S] [HD]
Thursday 03:05 - 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
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]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Julia Bradbury walks alongside the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of Thomas Telford, who created this engineering marvel. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
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]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:40
A nurse's devotion towards an author injured in a car accident takes a sinister turn. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [1990] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:40 - 23:40
Master of horror writing Stephen King talks to Mark Lawson about his book Lisey's Story and discusses the inspiration for his novels and how he battled with his own demons. [S]
Thursday 23:40 - 00:40
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]
Fri Mar 06
Friday 00:40 - 01:40
3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:40 - 02:10
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]
Friday 02:10 - 02:40
1/4. Julia Bradbury walks alongside the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of Thomas Telford, who created this engineering marvel. [S,AD]
Friday 02:40 - 03:40
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]
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
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring 911, Bryan Adams, Whitney Houston, Fierce, Kula Shaker, Pete Heller, Stereophonics and Backstreet Boys. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Scott Mills presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shania Twain, Geri Halliwell, Super Furry Animals, Skunk Anansie, 1000 Clowns, Happy Mondays and Boyzone. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:30
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 March 1978 and featuring Darts, Kate Bush, Nick Lowe, Andy Williams, Tom Robinson Band, ABBA and Legs & Co. [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Jakki Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 February 1991 and featuring Massive Attack, Jesus Jones and N-Joi. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 22:30
Simon & Garfunkel's famous 1981 reunion concert to help restore New York's Central Park. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:30 - 23:40
The story behind Simon and Garfunkel's most famous album, Bridge over Troubled Water. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:40 - 00:10
4/10. A trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature. [S]