Today 02:10 - 03:40
With unique access to Nasa, Brian Cox follows Perseverance rover's search for life on Mars during a critical seven-day period as it undertakes an epic journey across the red planet. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Feb 06
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 - 19:30
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 March 1999 and featuring Steps, The Beautiful South, Roxette, Travis, REM, Manic Street Preachers and Boyzone. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 March 1999 and featuring Andy Williams, Kele Le Roc, Steps, Whitney Houston, Tina Cousins and B*Witched. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Tonight, Baccara, Brotherhood of Man, ELO, Lulu, Yellow Dog, Dusty Springfield, The Stranglers, David Castle and Legs & Co. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:00
Mike Read and Sybil Ruscoe present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 9 February 1989 and featuring Rick Astley, Texas, Michael Ball, Bobby Brown and Morrissey. [S]
Today 21:00 - 21:35
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme featuring The Glitter Band, New Edition, JJ Barrie, Our Kid, Cliff Richard, Mud, Thin Lizzy, Dolly Parton and The Rolling Stones. [S]
Today 21:35 - 22:15
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, featuring The Surprise Sisters, The Real Thing, Lee Garrett, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Flintlock, Osibisa and The Wurzels. [S]
Today 22:15 - 23:15
A vintage collection of Nana Mouskouri's performances from the BBC archive, including her entry in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest and musical collaborations. [S]
Today 23:15 - 00:00
Nana Mouskouri is joined by Demis Roussos, The King's Singers and James Galway. [S]
Sat Feb 07
Tomorrow 00:00 - 00:30
International Greek singing star Nana Mouskouri performs a selection of songs, accompanied by her backing group, The Athenians. [S]
Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:20
Nana Mouskouri and her backing group The Athenians are joined by special guests Olivia Newton-John, Calchakis and The King's Singers in a programme first broadcast in 1974. [S]
Tomorrow 01:20 - 02:05
Nana Mouskouri presents her own special kind of music and is joined by guests Morris Albert, The Spinners and Wayne Sleep. [S]
Tomorrow 02:05 - 02:35
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 March 1999 and featuring Steps, The Beautiful South, Roxette, Travis, REM, Manic Street Preachers and Boyzone. [S]
Tomorrow 02:35 - 03:05
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 March 1999 and featuring Andy Williams, Kele Le Roc, Steps, Whitney Houston, Tina Cousins and B*Witched. [S]
Tomorrow 03:05 - 03:35
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Tonight, Baccara, Brotherhood of Man, ELO, Lulu, Yellow Dog, Dusty Springfield, The Stranglers, David Castle and 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 - 19:30
3/6. Archaeologist Julian Richards follows the scientific trail of the skeletons of a woman and three young children uncovered at a Stone Age temple in Dorset. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 19:50
Tony McAuley narrates a programme celebrating the culture, history and outstanding natural beauty of the Antrim Glens. [S]
Tomorrow 19:50 - 20:30
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old-time music hall programme, first broadcast on 3 February 1977. With Barbara Windsor, Norman Collier, Valerie Masterson and Jan Hunt. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:20
6/6. An old friend gives Hetty her most baffling case yet. If she fails, a young woman will lose her baby and go to jail. [S]
Tomorrow 21:20 - 23:00
A retired Georgian teacher crosses the border into Turkey in search of her missing niece. Contains strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [2024] [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 23:40
Michael Parkinson pays tribute to one of the world's finest actors. Alec Guinness talks about actors James Dean and Grace Kelly, playwright Alan Bennett and poet TS Eliot. [S]
Tomorrow 23:40 - 00:10
6/8. Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker faces embarrassment when Sir Humphrey tells a bigwig friend in the arts that the government is planning to cut grants. [S]
Sun Feb 08
Sunday 00:10 - 00:40
7/8. Jim Hacker decides to abolish the Department of Education and Science to reduce bureaucracy and save money, giving cash directly to schools. Sir Humphrey, of course, is appalled. [S]
Sunday 00:40 - 01:30
6/6. An old friend gives Hetty her most baffling case yet. If she fails, a young woman will lose her baby and go to jail. [S]
Sunday 01:30 - 02:10
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old-time music hall programme, first broadcast on 3 February 1977. With Barbara Windsor, Norman Collier, Valerie Masterson and Jan Hunt. [S]
Sunday 02:10 - 02:40
3/6. Archaeologist Julian Richards follows the scientific trail of the skeletons of a woman and three young children uncovered at a Stone Age temple in Dorset. [S]
Sunday 02:40 - 03:00
Tony McAuley narrates a programme celebrating the culture, history and outstanding natural beauty of the Antrim Glens. [S]
Sunday 03:00 - 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 - 20:00
1/3. A look at Pembrokeshire's wild and rugged coast, where life is defined by the rhythm of the seasons and the power of the sea. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:40
In a special concert from Aviva Studios, Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic plays Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake Suite as well as works by John Adams, Vaughan Williams and Thomas Adès. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:40 - 22:00
Programme exploring how the city of Berlin has developed since the fall of the wall in 1989. First broadcast in 2001. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:30
Trevor Eve, Juliet Stevenson and David Thacker look back on the 1992 Ibsen adaptation. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:30 - 00:45
The 1992 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, directed by David Thacker. Nora, tired of being patronised and casually discounted by her husband, rebels against him. [S]
Mon Feb 09
Monday 00:45 - 01:45
Ronald Harwood looks at the founders of modern drama: Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, George Bernard Shaw and Frank Wedekind. First broadcast in 1984. [S]
Monday 01:45 - 02:45
2/2. Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound waves carry and how they help in understanding the world around us. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:45 - 03:45
1/3. A look at Pembrokeshire's wild and rugged coast, where life is defined by the rhythm of the seasons and the power of the sea. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Monday 03:45 - 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
4/6. From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on the edge. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 20:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Jilly Cooper and Quentin Bell play Patrick Campbell, Lesley-Anne Down and Anthony Valentine in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 20:30 - 21:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Valerie Pitts, Robin Ray and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Stephen Kovacevich. [S]
Monday 21:00 - 22:00
Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores people's intimate relationship with the moon, a familiar presence in the sky that most take for granted. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:00 - 23:30
Documentary telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD]
Monday 23:30 - 00:20
First transmitted in 1998, this is the story of four men who orbited Earth on board the ill-fated Mir space station. [S]
Tue Feb 10
Tuesday 00:20 - 01:20
Space scientist and lunar fanatic Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explores people's intimate relationship with the moon, a familiar presence in the sky that most take for granted. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 01:20 - 02:20
Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put dinosaur skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures and even, in some cases, the correct skin colour. [S]
Tuesday 02:20 - 02:50
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Valerie Pitts, Robin Ray and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Stephen Kovacevich. [S]
Tuesday 02:50 - 03:50
4/6. From tribes hunting with eagles to the baking deserts of central Asia, the extreme landscapes in northern China mean life is always on the edge. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:50 - 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
10/15. Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the postwar period, heading from RAF Lakenheath to the city of Cambridge. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
The recently knighted sitcom writer Roy Clarke looks back on one of his best-loved creations, Open All Hours, and shares his memories of working with two comedy legends. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
5/6. Classic sitcom about a miserly shopkeeper. Arkwright takes action when his corner shop is broken into and employs a large dog to guard his property. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
1/6. The first episode of the comedy series about fastidious housewife Hyacinth Bucket sees Hyacinth's father have a nasty accident with a milk bottle. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
George McGavin and Zoe Laughlin investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00
Documentary exploring how new evidence is challenging everything we thought we knew about Easter Island and the nearly 900 giant stone statues scattered across this remote Pacific island. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Feb 11
Wednesday 00:00 - 00:50
First transmitted in 1998, this is the story of four men who orbited Earth on board the ill-fated Mir space station. [S]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:50
George McGavin and Zoe Laughlin investigate the revolutionary science finding vital renewable resources and undiscovered life in sewage. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 01:50 - 02:20
10/15. Michael Portillo completes his railway journey through the east of England during the postwar period, heading from RAF Lakenheath to the city of Cambridge. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:20
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century. [S,AD,SL]
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
11/15. Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country, beginning in the city of Derby. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/5. Paul Rose explores the soft and rolling south Devon coastline, where he takes a snorkelling trip around Burgh Island and hitches a ride on the Dartmouth to Paignton steam train. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
3/4. Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that makes things fall to the ground. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/6. Bruce Parry sails to the island of Anuta, a remote tropical outpost in the South Pacific. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Michael Palin shares memories of his 1988 screenplay for the drama Number 27 - one of his early post-Python solo ventures and written around the same time as East of Ipswich. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:30
Ninety-year-old Miss Barwick has lived peacefully in the same house all her life, that is until a young property developer arrives at her front door. A play by Michael Palin. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 23:30 - 00:30
1/3. Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown. [S,AD] [HD]
Thu Feb 12
Thursday 00:30 - 01:00
11/15. Michael Portillo explores the postwar Britain of his youth on a railway journey from the Midlands to the West Country, beginning in the city of Derby. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
4/5. Paul Rose explores the soft and rolling south Devon coastline, where he takes a snorkelling trip around Burgh Island and hitches a ride on the Dartmouth to Paignton steam train. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
3/6. Bruce Parry sails to the island of Anuta, a remote tropical outpost in the South Pacific. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
3/4. Brian takes a fresh look at the concept of gravity, revealing it to be far more than just the force that makes things fall to the ground. [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
12/15. In Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction of the city's Gothic cathedral. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
5/5. Paul Rose walks the South West Coast Path. He explores the Jurassic Coast, taking a walk through some two hundred million years of the earth's history. [S] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
6/7. A look at the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and beyond. [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:45
A canoe trip in rural Appalachia becomes a fight for survival for four city friends. Contains some strong language, sexual violence and some upsetting scenes. [1972] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:45 - 00:50
A partly fictional biopic of writer Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [2022] [S] [HD]
Fri Feb 13
Friday 00:50 - 01:45
6/7. A look at the evolution of the weather forecast from print via radio to TV and beyond. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:45 - 02:15
12/15. In Coventry, Michael recalls the destruction of the city's Gothic cathedral. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:15 - 02:45
5/5. Paul Rose walks the South West Coast Path. He explores the Jurassic Coast, taking a walk through some two hundred million years of the earth's history. [S] [HD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:45
1/3. Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 03:45 - 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
Scott Mills presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 April 1999 and featuring Cartoons, Des'ree, New Radicals, Billie Piper, Mariah Carey, B*Witched and Flat Beat. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 April 1999 and featuring New Radicals, Another Level, Phats & Small, Reef, Catatonia, Eminem and Flat Beat. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring The Dooleys, Generation X, Alan Price, The Pretenders, Lene Lovich, The Skids and Blondie. Dance sequences by Legs & Co. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Simon Mayo and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 February 1987, featuring Level 42, Pepsi & Shirlie, and Aretha Franklin and George Michael. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 21:45
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 June 1976 and featuring Pilot, The New Seekers, Johnny Nash, Lee Garrett, Art Garfunkel, The Real Thing and The Beach Boys. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:20
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, featuring Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Billy Ocean, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, 5000 Volts and The Real Thing. [S]
Friday 22:20 - 23:20
A selection of classic heartbreaking BBC performances from some of music's biggest stars, including George Michael, Amy Winehouse, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and soul legend Dionne Warwick. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:20 - 00:20
More of the greatest sad songs ever, featuring classic tracks from the likes of Sade, The Righteous Brothers, Toni Braxton and Lewis Capaldi. [S] [HD]