Today 02:40 - 03:40
Ian Hislop takes a look at the notorious Beeching Report of 1963, which led to the closure of a third of the nation's railway lines and forced thousands of people onto the road. [S,SL]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Sun May 17
Today 03:40 - 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 - 19:15
6/6. The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers, and this programme takes us on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses. [S] [HD]
Today 19:15 - 20:15
3/3. In the north east of England lies a wild and remote moorland. This ancient landscape of heather-clad uplands and sheltered dales is home to red grouse and tough moorland sheep. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 20:15 - 22:15
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev star in the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet. From 1977. [S]
Today 22:15 - 23:15
3/6. Margot Fonteyn looks at the work of some of the greatest of the pioneers, from the Commedia dell'Arte in 17th-century Italy to Martha Graham in 20th-century America. [S]
Today 23:15 - 00:15
A tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, first broadcast shortly after her death in 1991. Featuring interviews with colleagues and friends and extracts from her ballets. [S]
Mon May 18
Tomorrow 00:15 - 01:15
A profile of Rudolf Nureyev, whose electrifying performances and enigmatic personality made him ballet's first major star. First broadcast in 2003. [S]
Tomorrow 01:15 - 02:15
3/6. A celebration of the newly recognised glories of classical music, including a wealth of works written by largely forgotten or neglected composers. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:15 - 03:15
3/3. In the north east of England lies a wild and remote moorland. This ancient landscape of heather-clad uplands and sheltered dales is home to red grouse and tough moorland sheep. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
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 - 19:30
9/37. Oriel College, Oxford play Christ's College, Cambridge in another first-round match. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
9/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
1/2. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. Denmark becomes one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
The story of Gluck - Britain's cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s - who staged 'one-man shows', had relationships with women and somehow got away with it. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:00
3/3. In the final episode of the series, our intrepid cultural explorers Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke set off on their most adventurous trip yet - to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. [S,AD] [HD]
Tue May 19
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
7/8. The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00
A tribute to Dame Margot Fonteyn, first broadcast shortly after her death in 1991. Featuring interviews with colleagues and friends and extracts from her ballets. [S]
Tuesday 02:00 - 03:00
7/8. The world wars force artists to grapple with destruction and savagery, challenging conventions and the old imperial order, while those fleeing war bring new ideas to Britain. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:00 - 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
10/37. Jesus College, Cambridge and St Catherine's College, Oxford are both hoping to earn themselves a place in the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
10/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
7/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth finds herself with an ideal opportunity to impress Emmet with her singing when she discovers that he is involved in a concert at the church hall. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
5/6. Timothy is asked to be best man at his friend Frank's wedding. He ends up in trouble when trying to encourage the idea of marriage in spite of his parents. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
4/4. Simon Schama traces the steps of the empire-makers, asking how a trading enterprise based on the idea of liberty became an empire built on slavery. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
The incredible real-life story of the original rebel girls of football - the Corinthians. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:20
3/3. Silvio Berlusconi dodges corruption charges, wins again with Milan and blurs the line between football and politics as controversy and his cult grow. [S] [HD]
Wed May 20
Wednesday 00:20 - 01:20
The story of Gluck - Britain's cross-dressing high society painter of the 1930s - who staged 'one-man shows', had relationships with women and somehow got away with it. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
3/3. In the final episode of the series, our intrepid cultural explorers Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke set off on their most adventurous trip yet - to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:20
1/2. Wildlife expert Liz Bonnin, actor Freida Pinto and mountaineer Jon Gupta reveal the hidden wonders of India's surprising natural world. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:20 - 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
11/37. Balliol College, Oxford, faces the University of Southampton in another first round match. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
11/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Screenwriter Andrew Davies reflects on A Very Peculiar Practice, his wickedly funny comedy drama series set in a university health centre in the late 1980s. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:05
1/7. Newly separated from his wife, Stephen Daker starts his new job as GP at the very peculiar Lowlands Medical Centre. [S]
Wednesday 23:05 - 00:00
2/7. It's the first day of term, and Stephen must give a lecture to the students, as Bob plans to tell them they are a waste of money. [S]
Thu May 21
Thursday 00:00 - 01:00
A profile of Britain's best-known screenwriter as he embarks on Les Misérables. From 2018. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 02:00
2/3. Dr Helen Czerski explores the narrow band of temperature that has led to life on Earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 02:00 - 03:00
3/3. Gillian Pachter looks at Ruth's execution and the last-minute attempts to save her life. [S,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:00 - 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
12/37. The universities of Bangor and Nottingham put fingers on buzzers for the first time. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
12/15. Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which patience and lateral thinking are as vital as knowledge, and connections need to be made between apparently unconnected things. [S]
Thursday 20:00 - 20:30
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and 60s and became the star's trusted confidante. She talks about Monroe and how their friendship developed. [S]
Thursday 20:30 - 22:00
Classic comedy musical. A transatlantic trip brings romantic problems for showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy, seeking different things from men. [1953] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:00 - 22:45
Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell talks about her difficult childhood as the eldest and only girl of six siblings, her film career and working with Marilyn Monroe. [S]
Thursday 22:45 - 00:15
Three New York models, looking for rich husbands, rent a luxurious apartment together to impress affluent bachelors, but things do not go to plan. [1953] [S] [HD]
Fri May 22
Friday 00:15 - 00:55
Sylvia Syms looks at the handsome heroes, gorgeous heroines, pin-ups and bombshells who came to be known as cinema's greatest sex symbols, hearing from the stars themselves. [S]
Friday 00:55 - 01:30
Eve Arnold photographed Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and 60s and became the star's trusted confidante. She talks about Monroe and how their friendship developed. [S]
Friday 01:30 - 02:15
Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell talks about her difficult childhood as the eldest and only girl of six siblings, her film career and working with Marilyn Monroe. [S]
Friday 02:15 - 03:15
2/3. Denmark becomes one of the greatest powers and arbiters of taste in northern Europe. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Friday 03:15 - 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
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 November 1999 and featuring Macy Gray, Phil Collins, Diana Ross, Ian Brown, Mariah Carey, Semisonic and Five. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 November 1999. Featuring Savage Garden, Beck, Another Level, Jennifer Lopez, Mr Vegas and Geri Halliwell. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:30
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. Featuring Jaki Graham, Billy Ocean, Simply Red and Spitting Image. [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1991 and featuring T'Pau, Simple Minds and Deacon Blue. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 21:40
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs by Peter, Paul and Mary, Lulu, The Byrds, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, Madeleine Peyroux, Bryan Ferry, UB40, Julie Felix and many more. [S]
Friday 21:40 - 22:40
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with Joan Baez, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Hollies, Adele, Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall. [S]
Friday 22:40 - 23:30
A showcase of Bob Dylan with his band in an intimate setting as he performs songs from his extensive body of work. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:30 - 00:45
Documentary chronicling the life, times and crimes of Bob Dylan obsessive AJ Weberman. Contains strong language. [S]
Sat May 23
Saturday 00:45 - 01:15
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 November 1999 and featuring Macy Gray, Phil Collins, Diana Ross, Ian Brown, Mariah Carey, Semisonic and Five. [S]
Saturday 01:15 - 01:45
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 November 1999. Featuring Savage Garden, Beck, Another Level, Jennifer Lopez, Mr Vegas and Geri Halliwell. [S]
Saturday 01:45 - 02:20
Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986. Featuring Jaki Graham, Billy Ocean, Simply Red and Spitting Image. [S]
Saturday 02:20 - 02:50
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 May 1991 and featuring T'Pau, Simple Minds and Deacon Blue. [S]
Saturday 02:50 - 03:50
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with Joan Baez, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Hollies, Adele, Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall. [S]
Saturday 03:50 - 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 an edition of the old time music hall programme, from 24 February 1977. With Larry Grayson, Fenella Fielding, Hinge and Bracket, and Anna Sharkey. [S]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:10
An edition of Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 22 September 1966. Her special guest is ventriloquist Señor Wences. [S]
Saturday 20:10 - 21:00
7/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty is in hospital - an unlikely place to find her most urgent case yet. [S]
Saturday 21:00 - 22:35
Mahin, a 70-year-old widow living alone in Tehran, decides to revitalise her love life. [2024] [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:35 - 23:50
The story of how Otto Rehhagel coached Greece to become the unlikely champions of Euro 2004 and how two contrasting cultures came together to write a new chapter of Greek mythology. [S] [HD]
Saturday 23:50 - 00:20
7/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth finds herself with an ideal opportunity to impress Emmet with her singing when she discovers that he is involved in a concert at the church hall. [S]
Sun May 24
Sunday 00:20 - 00:50
5/6. Timothy is asked to be best man at his friend Frank's wedding. He ends up in trouble when trying to encourage the idea of marriage in spite of his parents. [S]
Sunday 00:50 - 01:35
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, from 24 February 1977. With Larry Grayson, Fenella Fielding, Hinge and Bracket, and Anna Sharkey. [S]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:00
An edition of Dusty Springfield's 1960s variety show, first broadcast on 22 September 1966. Her special guest is ventriloquist Señor Wences. [S]
Sunday 02:00 - 02:50
7/9. Drama series about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty is in hospital - an unlikely place to find her most urgent case yet. [S]
Sunday 02:50 - 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
Ben Robinson explores the Cornish fishing village of Port Isaac, behind whose quaint facade lies something far more gritty. [S] [HD]
Sunday 19:30 - 19:35
Kirsty Wark visits the island of Inchmahome in Scotland, haven to Mary Queen of Scots, and ruminates on what it means to be Scottish. [S]
Sunday 19:35 - 21:00
A habitual thief wanting to go straight enters a reform programme, but temptations abound. [1962] [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
TV and panto star Stanley Baxter had big success but an even bigger secret. With access to close family and friends, personal archive and recordings, we reveal his true story. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
4/6. Margot Fonteyn traces the story of the Romantic ballet and its greatest exponents. [S]
Sunday 23:00 - 23:35
A studio performance of the ballet Les Sylphides by Michel Fokine, first broadcast on 3 April 1953 and starring Alicia Markova, John Field, Violetta Elvin and Svetlana Beriosova. [S]
Sunday 23:35 - 00:20
Theatre and film director Lindsay Anderson in conversation with ballet superstar Rudolf Nureyev. First broadcast in 1974. [S]
Mon May 25
Monday 00:20 - 01:20
6/6. The natural world has always been a powerful inspiration to composers, and this programme takes us on an evocative journey through some of the best-loved musical responses. [S] [HD]