Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Mon Oct 19
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 20:00
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Zulu history 1816-1879, Stuart monarchs 1603-1714, the Salvation Army and Rupert Brooke. [S]
Today 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Suzanne Roquette and Donny MacLeod take on Patrick Campbell, Angharad Rees and Christopher Casanove in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Today 22:00 - 23:00
A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. From 2016. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 23:00 - 00:30
Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Tue Oct 20
Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:30
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:30
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:30 - 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
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:00
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
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]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:20
Debut feature documentary from filmmaker Myrid Carten, which unfolds as a powerful exploration of family, addiction and unconditional love. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:20 - 00:20
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]
Wed Oct 21
Wednesday 00:20 - 00:50
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:15
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]
Wednesday 03:15 - 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
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's influential TV drama series The Singing Detective, once described by Stephen King as 'television's Citizen Kane'. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:20
3/6. Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Wednesday 23:20 - 00:30
4/6. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. [S]
Thu Oct 22
Thursday 00:30 - 01:00
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
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]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [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 - 21:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. [1968] [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:30 - 23:00
Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. [S] [HD]
Thursday 23:00 - 01:10
Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin. [1959] [S]
Fri Oct 23
Friday 01:10 - 02:00
1/4. In 1977, the police encounter activity in Enfield that remains hard to explain. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:00 - 02:45
2/4. When Andrea Perron moves into her new home in Rhode Island, she and her family start to experience multiple disturbances, hearing whispers and seeing visions. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:40
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
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
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:40
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. [S]
Friday 20:40 - 21:10
Gary Davies and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 October 1987 and featuring Was (Not Was), Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, The Cure and Bee Gees. [S]
Friday 21:10 - 21:45
Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:45 - 00:15
Disco classics from Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Liquid Gold, Sylvester, The Village People, The Weather Girls, Chic, George McCrae, Hi-Tension, Heatwave and more. [S]
Sat Oct 24
Saturday 00:15 - 01:15
2/3. As disco conquers the mainstream, it turns black women and gay men into icons. [S] [HD]
Saturday 01:15 - 02:15
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD]
Saturday 02:15 - 02:55
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:25
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 03:55
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. [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
8/14. Documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies, filmed in exquisite detail and celebrating their enduring appeal to the British people. [S] [HD]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:35
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. [S]
Saturday 20:35 - 21:30
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:30 - 23:05
A knight returning from the crusades makes the acquaintance of Death himself. [1957] [S] [HD]
Saturday 23:05 - 00:00
Ingmar Bergman pays one final visit to Filmstaden, where many of his films were made. Featuring numerous clips from Bergman's best work and material from his private archives. [S]
Sun Oct 25
Sunday 00:00 - 00:35
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S]
Sunday 00:35 - 01:05
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. [S]
Sunday 01:05 - 01:55
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. [S] [HD]
Sunday 01:40 - 02:30
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. [S]
Sunday 01:55 - 01:40
8/14. Documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies, filmed in exquisite detail and celebrating their enduring appeal to the British people. [S] [HD]
Sunday 02:30 - 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 - 19:30
5/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at the Black Prince. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 19:30 - 21:00
It's time for the musicians to impress the judges like never before as the competition reaches the semi-final. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. As Shakespeare achieves fame and fortune, a political scandal threatens his life and a family tragedy sees him question the cost of his success. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1967 filmed version of Franco Zeffirelli's famous National Theatre production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:15 - 00:25
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy. [S]
Mon Oct 26
Monday 00:25 - 01:40
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. [S] [HD]
Monday 01:40 - 02:40
2/3. As Shakespeare achieves fame and fortune, a political scandal threatens his life and a family tragedy sees him question the cost of his success. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:40 - 03:10
5/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at the Black Prince. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 03:10 - 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
3/3. Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Captain Bligh, King Richard III, Shakespeare's English Kings and George Stephenson. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Sue MacGregor and Derek Jacobi take on Arthur Marshall, Liza Goddard and Julian Pettifer in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:15
Film-maker Chris Terrill looks back on his seminal 1996 series Soho Stories. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:15 - 22:55
1/12. A coded bomb warning causes panic in the West End, but Danny the drag queen must practise his act. Contains some strong language. [S]
Monday 22:55 - 23:35
2/12. We follow the fortunes of history student Gwen, training to be a stripper for a summer job, and Danny, an unemployed actor who is a drag queen at night. Contains some strong language. [S]
Monday 23:35 - 00:15
3/12. Bespoke tailor Mark appears in a Saatchi & Saatchi ad, Gerard concocts erotic costumes for the Raymond Revuebar, and drag artist Danny buys a new frock. Contains some strong language. [S]