Saturday 21:00 - 21:55
5/8. In a poverty-stricken neighbourhood of Istanbul, a serial killer appears to be targeting rubbish collectors. [S,AD] [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Sat Mar 07
Saturday 21:55 - 22:40
6/8. With his family still growing, Ikmen decides it's time to grow up a bit and seek promotion. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 22:40 - 00:15
Enigmatic teenager Yan Shuo ingratiates himself with his new friend's wealthy parents. Contains some violent scenes. [2024] [S] [HD]
Sun Mar 08
Today 00:15 - 00:45
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]
Today 00:45 - 01:15
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]
Today 01:15 - 02:00
Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme from Leeds in 1976. Guests include Les Dawson, Peggy Mount, Larry Parker, Jeannie Harris, Chantal & Dumont and Albert Aldred. [S]
Today 02:00 - 02:50
4/6. DCI Adams asks Hetty to investigate a dodgy spiritualist, but she is not prepared for what she finds. Geoffrey, meanwhile, is falling in love. [S]
Today 02:50 - 03:20
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]
Today 03:20 - 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 - 19:50
2/6. Janet Street-Porter visits some of the architectural highlights of North Yorkshire, including Castle Howard and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. [S]
Today 19:50 - 20:00
A closer look at John Constable's Salisbury Cathedral, the last of many beautiful sketches and paintings that Constable made of the building. [S]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
Humphrey Burton gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor, the BBC's first television arts magazine. First broadcast in 1991. [S]
Today 21:00 - 21:40
Glenn Gould, the celebrated Canadian pianist, talks and plays to Humphrey Burton. The theme of the programme is: The concert hall is dead; long live recordings! From 1966. [S]
Today 21:40 - 22:00
A film from 1960, directed by Humphrey Burton, that follows the Allegri String Quartet as they rehearse, prepare for concerts and record. It also looks at their personal lives. [S]
Today 22:00 - 22:30
Ronald Eyre presents the first episode of Arena, the long-running arts documentary series created by Humphrey Burton when he was head of Music and Arts at the BBC. From 1975. [S]
Today 22:30 - 23:50
The 1980 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play, set in west Scotland. Adapted for television by Maggie Allen from the stage version by Lindsay Galloway. [S]
Today 23:50 - 01:25
The 1959 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's verse tragedy about an uncompromising priest. [S]
Mon Mar 09
Tomorrow 01:25 - 02:25
Humphrey Burton gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor, the BBC's first television arts magazine. First broadcast in 1991. [S]
Tomorrow 02:25 - 03:15
2/6. Janet Street-Porter visits some of the architectural highlights of North Yorkshire, including Castle Howard and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. [S]
Tomorrow 03:15 - 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
2/7. Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. A young explorer stumbles on the buried remains of the world's oldest city. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Prunella Gee and Humphrey Burton take on Patrick Campbell, Hannah Gordon and Bryan Marshall in the panel game of definitions and deceptions. [S]
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:00
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Brian Redhead, Alvar Lidell. With guest musician David Atherton. [S]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
Algorithms. Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, how they work and what they have achieved. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:00
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]
Tue Mar 10
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
1/3. James Fox uses art to chart humankind's earliest attempts to gain control over nature. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00
2/7. Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:00 - 02:30
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Brian Redhead, Alvar Lidell. With guest musician David Atherton. [S]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. A young explorer stumbles on the buried remains of the world's oldest city. [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
1/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers how the health and fortune of the village was shaped by those in charge of Bamburgh's famous castle. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Julia Bradbury walks along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the highlight of which is a two-mile flight of 30 locks, which lowers the waterway by 220 feet. [S,AD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/6. Hyacinth is at her wits' end, what with the charity shop, Councillor Nugent and Rose's love life. Can she cope and keep the flag flying, as well as her sanity? [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
2/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged bachelor. The latest girl in Timothy's life has a jealous boyfriend who doesn't take kindly to him trying to steal her away. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/7. Simon Schama recounts the saga of blood, betrayal and ambition that led up to the pivotal Battle of Hastings and describes the profound consequences that followed. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
A Storyville documentary that explores an increasingly popular phenomenon in contemporary China. A woman hires a 'mistress dispeller' to bring her husband's affair to an end. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:30
2/2. Rory Stewart tells the story of how Britain was torn in two, into England and Scotland. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Mar 11
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:30
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:30 - 02:00
1/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers how the health and fortune of the village was shaped by those in charge of Bamburgh's famous castle. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:00 - 02:30
2/4. Julia Bradbury walks along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the highlight of which is a two-mile flight of 30 locks, which lowers the waterway by 220 feet. [S,AD]
Wednesday 02:30 - 03:30
Algorithms. The hidden world of algorithms, which run everything from search engines to satnavs. [S,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:30 - 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
4/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the village of Staithes in North Yorkshire and unearths its role in kickstarting the chemical industry in the north east of England. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a 20km stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal and tells how it was restored after being awarded a big lottery heritage grant. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Japan was hit by the greatest tsunami in 1,000 years on 11 March 2011. This film reveals how the wave and the Fukushima nuclear accident have changed children's lives forever. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:10
4/5. After his wife leaves him, Yosser Hughes struggles to hold his family together. Contains some strong language. [S]
Wednesday 23:10 - 00:15
5/5. George reminisces about his younger days, recalling his hopeful, politically active youth. Contains language which some may find offensive. [S]
Thu Mar 12
Thursday 00:15 - 01:15
2/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of how we went from thinking we were close to a complete understanding of the universe to realising we had seen almost none of it. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:15 - 01:45
4/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the village of Staithes in North Yorkshire and unearths its role in kickstarting the chemical industry in the north east of England. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:45 - 02:15
3/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a 20km stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal and tells how it was restored after being awarded a big lottery heritage grant. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:15 - 03:15
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:15 - 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
2/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers the secrets of the Edwardian village of Thorpeness in Suffolk, the first purpose-built seaside village in the UK. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a six-mile stretch of the Llangollen Canal in Wales, where Thomas Telford built a mighty aqueduct that is now a world heritage site. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Documentary series. Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:55
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]
Thursday 22:55 - 23:30
American film-maker Oliver Stone, director of Platoon and Wall Street, talks to Jeremy Isaacs about his career and politics. First broadcast in 1990. [S]
Thursday 23:30 - 01:25
The war in Europe enters its final stages as the Allies prepare to cross the Rhine. Contains language which some may find offensive. [1969] [S] [HD]
Fri Mar 13
Friday 01:25 - 01:55
2/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers the secrets of the Edwardian village of Thorpeness in Suffolk, the first purpose-built seaside village in the UK. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:55 - 02:25
4/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a six-mile stretch of the Llangollen Canal in Wales, where Thomas Telford built a mighty aqueduct that is now a world heritage site. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:25 - 03:25
2/3. Documentary series. Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 03:25 - 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 28 May 1999 and featuring Texas, Sugar Ray, Travis, Hepburn, Sixpence None the Richer and Shanks & Bigfoot. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 June 1999 and featuring The Wiseguys, Garbage, Supergrass, Shed Seven, Jamiroquai and Shanks & Bigfoot. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
Simon Bates presents performances from Bow Wow Wow, Fun Boy Three & Bananarama, Depeche Mode, Julio Iglesias, Haircut 100, The Associates, Adrian Gurvitz and Tight Fit. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Simon Mayo, Sybil Ruscoe and Rod McKenzie present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 March 1989 and featuring New Order, Chanelle, Fuzzbox, Madonna and Guns N' Roses. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:05
A collection of classic performances from the BBC archives to celebrate St Patrick's Day, including U2, Van Morrison, The Pogues, The Cranberries, Boyzone and Westlife. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:05 - 23:05
Other Voices returns to Dingle's St James' Church as Dermot Kennedy leads a stellar line-up with Amble, Miles Kane, Dry Cleaning and rising new voices in an unforgettable episode. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:05 - 23:50
Sail away into the calm with this celebration of Enya, Ireland's most successful solo artist. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:50 - 01:05
The BBC Radio theatre opens its doors to Sir Van Morrison. The Celtic soul troubadour takes to the stage for an intimate Radio 2 In Concert hosted by Jo Whiley. [S] [HD]
Sat Mar 14
Saturday 01:05 - 02:05
Pete Drummond introduces a 1984 concert by The Boomtown Rats from Goldiggers in Chippenham. Contains some strong language. [S]
Saturday 02:05 - 03:05
The story of Irish rock through the different musical traditions of Belfast and Dublin. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Saturday 03:05 - 03:35
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 May 1999 and featuring Texas, Sugar Ray, Travis, Hepburn, Sixpence None the Richer and Shanks & Bigfoot. [S]
Saturday 03:35 - 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 - 19:25
The story of an abandoned baby grey squirrel found by chance in the Oxfordshire countryside. [S]
Saturday 19:25 - 20:15
Leonard Sachs presents the silver jubilee edition of the old-time music hall programme, first broadcast on 10 January 1978. With Ken Dodd and Jan Hunt. [S]
Saturday 20:15 - 21:05
5/6. Gillian Snape's family are convinced that Lester Rose wants to marry her only for her money. Hetty has just one week to investigate whether his love for Gillian is genuine. [S]
Saturday 21:05 - 21:50
7/8. When Ayse and Suleyman are sent to investigate a house fire, all seems innocuous at first, but they soon turn up a clue that may break new ground in Suleyman's search for Kayra Khan. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 21:50 - 22:40
8/8. The team are finally close to Kayra Khan. Contains some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 22:40 - 23:35
Michael Parkinson is joined by Joanna Lumley, Sir Ian McKellen, Neil Morrissey and Marion Montgomery. [S]
Saturday 23:35 - 00:05
4/6. Hyacinth is at her wits' end, what with the charity shop, Councillor Nugent and Rose's love life. Can she cope and keep the flag flying, as well as her sanity? [S]