Today 21:00 - 23:00
Comic masterpiece from Billy Wilder. Musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness the St Valentine's Day massacre and attempt to make a getaway by joining an all-girl jazz band. [1959] [S,AD] [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Thu May 28
Today 23:00 - 23:50
Revealing documentary about the creation and shooting of the acclaimed comedy movie. [S] [HD]
Today 23:50 - 01:20
The tale of a young film studio assistant's brief relationship with Marilyn Monroe. Contains some strong language. [2011] [S,AD] [HD]
Fri May 29
Tomorrow 01:20 - 02:20
Documentary. Sir Laurence Olivier's personal assistant Colin Cark reveals the trials that beset The Prince and the Showgirl film with Marilyn Monroe. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 02:20 - 02:50
1/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which links must be made between apparently unconnected things. Teams from Cambridge and Oxford compete. [S]
Tomorrow 02:50 - 03:50
3/3. Andrew arrives in Sweden - home of Ikea and a tradition of brilliant furniture design. Deals with adult themes. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:50 - 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 - 19:30
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 November 1999 and featuring Geri Halliwell, Travis, Ricky Martin, A1, Stereophonics, Prince and Robbie Williams. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 19:55
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 November 1999 and featuring Robbie Williams, Whitney Houston, Blur, Cliff Richard, Texas and Wamdue Project. [S]
Tomorrow 19:55 - 20:35
Simon Bates introduces the pop programme, featuring The Polecats, UB40, Hazel O'Connor, Coast to Coast, Adam & the Ants and Kim Carnes, plus a dance performance from Legs & Co. [S]
Tomorrow 20:35 - 21:05
John Peel and Janice Long present this programme featuring Doctor and the Medics, Robert Palmer, The Real Thing, Tears for Fears, Pete Wylie, Spitting Image and Peter Gabriel. [S]
Tomorrow 21:05 - 23:00
The story of a truly singular talent, unpacking the myth of the man behind the horn. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 23:05
Alan Yentob shares the fascinating story of how the 1974 broadcast of the great Ella Fitzgerald singing in Ronnie Scott's nightclub came about. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:05 - 23:45
Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1974. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:45 - 00:45
A special celebration of Dame Cleo Laine's finest moments on the BBC to coincide with Britain's First Lady of Jazz's 95th birthday. [S] [HD]
Sat May 30
Saturday 00:45 - 01:50
Classic 1960s performances from Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie, The Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley Sextet, Wes Montgomery, Marian McPartland and many more. [S] [HD]
Saturday 01:50 - 02:20
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 November 1999 and featuring Geri Halliwell, Travis, Ricky Martin, A1, Stereophonics, Prince and Robbie Williams. [S]
Saturday 02:20 - 02:45
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 November 1999 and featuring Robbie Williams, Whitney Houston, Blur, Cliff Richard, Texas and Wamdue Project. [S]
Saturday 02:45 - 03:25
Simon Bates introduces the pop programme, featuring The Polecats, UB40, Hazel O'Connor, Coast to Coast, Adam & the Ants and Kim Carnes, plus a dance performance from Legs & Co. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 03:55
John Peel and Janice Long present this programme featuring Doctor and the Medics, Robert Palmer, The Real Thing, Tears for Fears, Pete Wylie, Spitting Image and Peter Gabriel. [S]
Saturday 03:55 - 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 - 19:45
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. With Frankie Vaughan, Mike and Bernie Winters, Maryetta Midgley and Zena Millar. [S]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:15
Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 15 August 1967. Her special guests are Alf Garnett aka actor Warren Mitchell and actor and writer Ken Campbell. [S]
Saturday 20:15 - 21:05
8/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. A resident of a retirement home calls on Hetty's help. [S]
Saturday 21:05 - 22:45
A group of Syrian refugees secretly track down their persecutors. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [2024] [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:45 - 00:25
The Dynasty star narrates her rollercoaster life story. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Sun May 31
Sunday 00:25 - 00:55
8/10. Sitcom about an irrepressible snob. Daddy overspends in a toy department, dresses up as a spaceman and proceeds to go on the rampage. [S]
Sunday 00:55 - 01:25
6/6. Sitcom. With Frank's wedding impending, Timothy sets his cap at bridesmaid Liz. Will our hero get his head out of the railings in time? Will he forget the ring? [S]
Sunday 01:25 - 02:10
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. With Frankie Vaughan, Mike and Bernie Winters, Maryetta Midgley and Zena Millar. [S]
Sunday 02:10 - 02:40
Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 15 August 1967. Her special guests are Alf Garnett aka actor Warren Mitchell and actor and writer Ken Campbell. [S]
Sunday 02:40 - 03:30
8/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. A resident of a retirement home calls on Hetty's help. [S]
Sunday 03:30 - 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 - 19:15
Documentary following pioneering young penguins as they invade a busy South African beach resort in an attempt to establish a new colony. [S]
Sunday 19:15 - 20:50
Classic Astaire and Rogers musical. An American in London falls for a girl who flees to Venice because she thinks he is already married. Songs include Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat. [1935] [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:50 - 21:00
Dr Robert Gittings explores the relationship between poems and the places they were written. He visits Sturminster Newton, where Thomas Hardy enjoyed two very happy years. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
Michael Palin travels Europe to discover more about Vilhelm Hammershoi, an enigmatic Danish artist that has fascinated him for years. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
5/6. From King Louis XIV of France's great palace at Versailles, Margot Fonteyn tells the story of Louis's own love of dancing. [S]
Sunday 23:00 - 00:30
The mavericks whose radical ideas created modern dance in the 20th century. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Mon Jun 01
Monday 00:30 - 01:30
Michael Palin travels Europe to discover more about Vilhelm Hammershoi, an enigmatic Danish artist that has fascinated him for years. [S]
Monday 01:30 - 02:20
Revealing documentary about the creation and shooting of the acclaimed comedy movie. [S] [HD]
Monday 02:20 - 03:20
To mark 100 years of romance publishers Mills and Boon, literary novelist Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them, a task that ends up being harder than it looks. [S]
Monday 03:20 - 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 - 19:30
17/37. The second round of the 2022/23 competition begins tonight. Two teams of students go head-to-head for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
2/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three maths graduates take on a team of wordsmiths. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon begins his history of American art with portraits of Puritan settlers and the dark truth behind Benjamin West's most famous painting. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 22:00 - 22:50
2/8. Robert Hughes on how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia. [S]
Monday 22:50 - 23:50
Film about artist Leonora Carrington who worked alongside Max Ernst, Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso in Paris at the height of surrealism, yet lived out her days in Mexico City. [S] [HD]
Monday 23:50 - 01:25
The Dynasty star narrates her rollercoaster life story. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tue Jun 02
Tuesday 01:25 - 01:55
2/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three maths graduates take on a team of wordsmiths. [S]
Tuesday 01:55 - 02:45
2/8. Robert Hughes on how America was shaped by Europeans - Spaniards in the south west, Pilgrims in the north east and struggling Cavaliers in Virginia. [S]
Tuesday 02:45 - 03:45
Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Fens. [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
18/37. The second round continues, with two more teams competing for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three history lovers square up to a trio of Welshmen. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
This special edition of Artsnight delves into the BBC's archive and brings together rarely seen interviews in which writer Carla Lane discusses her life and work. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
1/6. Ria has enough to cope with: there is her husband Ben, who has his own hang-ups and her sons Adam and Russell, who are the cause of most of them. Then suddenly there's Leonard. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/4. A look at the social and economic changes which took place during Queen Victoria's reign, such as industrialisation and changing roles for women. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 22:50
1/8. Cassius Clay rises from boastful amateur boxer to the Olympics. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:50 - 23:40
2/8. Cassius Clay sets his sights on becoming the youngest ever heavyweight champion, taking on the 'unbeatable' Sonny Liston. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:40 - 00:30
3/8. Cassius Clay publicly joins the Nation of Islam and takes the name Muhammad Ali. In 1967, he becomes eligible for the Vietnam draft. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Jun 03
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:20
4/8. Muhammad Ali is banished from boxing for refusing induction into the army. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 01:50
3/8. Quiz show with Victoria Coren in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three history lovers square up to a trio of Welshmen. [S]
Wednesday 01:50 - 02:50
Film about artist Leonora Carrington who worked alongside Max Ernst, Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso in Paris at the height of surrealism, yet lived out her days in Mexico City. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:50 - 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
19/37. The second round continues, with two more teams of students eager to snatch a second win and the place in the quarter-finals that goes with it. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/8. Quiz show in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. Three chess players take on a team who write puzzles for charity. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' that took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Film exploring the human stories behind mankind's biggest experiment in particle physics. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:50
Documentary exploring the race to build the first thermonuclear weapon. From 1966. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Wednesday 22:50 - 23:45
5/7. The whole university seems to have succumbed to a sexually transmitted disease. Jock decides they must trace the source of the outbreak. Contains adult humour. [S]
Wednesday 23:45 - 00:35
6/7. The vice-chancellor is determined to weed out costly and unproductive staff, and Jock is on his list. Meanwhile, Stephen starts having strange dreams about nuns. [S]
Thu Jun 04
Thursday 00:35 - 01:30
7/7. The axe is about to fall at Lowlands University as 25 per cent cutbacks are announced, turning Stephen's life upside down. [S]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
Film exploring the human stories behind mankind's biggest experiment in particle physics. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' that took part in the Dunkirk evacuation. [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 - 19:30
20/37. The second round continues, with two more teams of students locking horns for a place in the quarter-finals. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
5/8. Quiz show in which connections must be made between seemingly random elements. How does Lord Kelvin of Largs connect with Ebola? [S]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:55
Believing the Comanche have abducted his niece, embittered Ethan sets out to save her. [1956] [S]
Thursday 21:55 - 22:55
A profile of actor John Wayne, exploring his enduring appeal and examining the contradictions behind his brand of heroism. [S]
Thursday 22:55 - 01:00
Jake Blues and his brother Elwood have just days to save the home where they were raised. Contains very strong language. [1980] [S]