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106: BBC FOUR HD

Fri Feb 13
This is BBC Four

Today 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Today 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

TOTP: 1999

Today 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]

TOTP: 1999

Today 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]

TOTP: 1979

Today 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]

TOTP: 1987

Today 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]

TOTP: 1976

Today 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]

TOTP: 1976

Today 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]

Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 1

Today 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]

Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 2

Today 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]

Sat Feb 14
Heartbreakers at the BBC: Volume 3

Tomorrow 00:20 - 01:20

Some of music's biggest stars pour their hearts out in this selection of classic performances from the BBC's archives. [S] [HD]

The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill

Tomorrow 01:20 - 02:20

Exploring Kate Bush's career and music through the testimony of collaborators and fans. [S] [HD]

Kate Bush at the BBC

Tomorrow 02:20 - 03:20

Kate Bush performs songs such as Wuthering Heights, Babooshka and Running up That Hill on BBC TV shows, alongside other intriguing and lesser-known material in the BBC studios. [S]

TOTP: 1976

Tomorrow 03:20 - 03:50

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]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 03:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Meet the Ancestors

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30

4/6. Julian Richards joins a team of investigative officers and archaeologists in a field in Orkney to look at a burial chamber untouched for 5,000 years. [S]

Great British Railway Journeys

Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00

13/15. Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside. [S,AD] [HD]

The Good Old Days

Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:45

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme. Guests include Nick Moll, Bernard Cribbins, Valerie Masterson, Bill Pertwee, Terence Alexander, Des Lane and Ray C Davis. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Tomorrow 20:45 - 21:35

1/6. Whilst Hetty tries to help a stricken village, can Robert and Geoffrey conduct their own case? [S]

The Taste of Things

Tomorrow 21:35 - 23:45

French romance set in 1889, focusing on the enduring bond between gourmet chef Dodin and his cook of 20 years, Eugénie. Dodin resolves to woo Eugénie by cooking for her. [2023] [S] [HD]

Juliette Binoche: This Cultural Life

Tomorrow 23:45 - 00:15

Actor Juliette Binoche talks to John Wilson about the formative influences that shaped her career. [S] [HD]

Sun Feb 15
Parkinson: Kenneth Williams Interviews

Sunday 00:15 - 00:55

6/6. In this compilation of clips from five of his eight appearances on Parkinson, Kenneth Williams gives vent to his dislike of theatre critics. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Sunday 00:55 - 01:45

1/6. Whilst Hetty tries to help a stricken village, can Robert and Geoffrey conduct their own case? [S]

The Good Old Days

Sunday 01:45 - 02:30

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme. Guests include Nick Moll, Bernard Cribbins, Valerie Masterson, Bill Pertwee, Terence Alexander, Des Lane and Ray C Davis. [S]

Great British Railway Journeys

Sunday 02:30 - 03:00

13/15. Michael Portillo's railway journey reaches the heart of the Warwickshire countryside. [S,AD] [HD]

Meet the Ancestors

Sunday 03:00 - 03:30

4/6. Julian Richards joins a team of investigative officers and archaeologists in a field in Orkney to look at a burial chamber untouched for 5,000 years. [S]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 03:30 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Antiques Roadshow

Sunday 19:00 - 20:00

Fiona and the team visit Portchester Castle in Hampshire, where treasures include punk clothing, paintings by 20th-century Indian artists and a rare set of Battle of Britain medals. [S] [HD]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Cologne

Sunday 20:00 - 21:00

Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne, also featuring music by Lyadov, Stravinsky's teacher. [S] [HD]

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

1/3. Lucy explores British history as a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power. This episode debunks the foundation myth of the Tudors. [S,AD] [HD]

Ibsen: The Master Builder

Sunday 22:00 - 00:15

Oppressed by past tragedies and an unhappy marriage, a master builder is terrified of losing his stature to the next generation. 1988 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. [S]

Mon Feb 16
The Australian Wars

Monday 00:15 - 01:15

1/3. How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars. Contains some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Cologne

Monday 01:15 - 02:10

Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne, also featuring music by Lyadov, Stravinsky's teacher. [S] [HD]

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Monday 02:10 - 03:10

1/3. Lucy explores British history as a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power. This episode debunks the foundation myth of the Tudors. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 03:10 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Monday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Wild China

Monday 19:00 - 20:00

5/6. Documentary series. China's heartland is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization and home to the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey and the golden takin. [S,AD] [HD]

Call My Bluff

Monday 20:00 - 20:30

Robert Robinson hosts the game of word definitions and deceptions. Patrick Campbell, Nanette Newman and Patrick Mower do battle with Frank Muir, Gabrielle Drake and Russell Harty. [S]

Face the Music

Monday 20:30 - 21:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. [S]

Horizon: The End of the Solar System

Monday 21:00 - 22:00

5/17. The story of how our solar system will be transformed by the ageing sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. [S] [HD]

The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey

Monday 22:00 - 23:30

The story of Voyager, an epic of human achievement, personal drama and miraculous success. [S] [HD]

Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

Monday 23:30 - 00:30

1/3. A look at how the era's sculpture casts a new light on medieval times in Britain. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Tue Feb 17
Face the Music

Tuesday 00:30 - 01:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Polly Elwes, Richard Baker and John Julius Norwich. With guest musician Yvonne Minton. [S]

The Australian Wars

Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00

1/3. How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars. Contains some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]

Wild China

Tuesday 02:00 - 03:00

5/6. Documentary series. China's heartland is the centre of a 5,000-year-old civilization and home to the giant panda, golden snub-nosed monkey and the golden takin. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 03:00 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

City Scapes: New York

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:20

Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple. [S]

Wogan

Tuesday 19:20 - 20:00

Kenneth Williams stands in for Terry Wogan, chatting with guests Barbara Windsor and husband Steve Hollings, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin. Music by Hank Marvin & The Shadows. [S]

The Kenneth Williams Story: A Reputations Special

Tuesday 20:00 - 21:30

Documentary exploring Britain's funniest and most complex comic performer. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]

Kenneth Williams: Comic Roots

Tuesday 21:30 - 22:00

Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around London's St Pancras, where he grew up. [S]

The Darkest Web - Storyville

Tuesday 22:00 - 23:25

Documentary following undercover police as they investigate online crime against children. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]

Mr Nobody Against Putin - Storyville

Tuesday 23:25 - 00:55

A Storyville documentary that follows a Russian schoolteacher as he risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Wed Feb 18
The Kenneth Williams Story: A Reputations Special

Wednesday 00:55 - 02:25

Documentary exploring Britain's funniest and most complex comic performer. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]

Horizon: The End of the Solar System

Wednesday 02:25 - 03:25

5/17. The story of how our solar system will be transformed by the ageing sun before coming to a spectacular end in about eight billion years. [S,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 03:25 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Great British Railway Journeys

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

14/15. Michael finds out about the impact of a famous Enoch Powell speech across the nation. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00

1/5. Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen try steam trains and rallying in Machynlleth. [S] [HD]

Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00

4/4. Brian explores the enigma of time - a phenomenon that we take for granted but which, as far as physicists are concerned, is one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. [S,AD] [HD]

Tribe

Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00

4/6. Bruce Parry spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, who live on the savannah. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]

Derek Jacobi Remembers... Breaking the Code

Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15

Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1997 BBC drama about mathematician Alan Turing. [S] [HD]

Breaking the Code

Wednesday 22:15 - 23:45

Factual drama about Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who cracked the Enigma code. Deals with adult themes. [S]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Wednesday 23:45 - 00:45

2/3. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. [S,AD] [HD]

Thu Feb 19
Great British Railway Journeys

Thursday 00:45 - 01:15

14/15. Michael finds out about the impact of a famous Enoch Powell speech across the nation. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 01:15 - 01:45

1/5. Rugby legend Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen try steam trains and rallying in Machynlleth. [S] [HD]

Tribe

Thursday 01:45 - 02:45

4/6. Bruce Parry spends time with the Akie people of Tanzania, who live on the savannah. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]

Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time

Thursday 02:45 - 03:45

4/4. Brian explores one of the greatest mysteries in physics today - what is time? [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 03:45 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Great British Railway Journeys

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary and Filton, the centre of Britain's postwar aviation industry. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 19:30 - 20:00

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]

Volcano: Dangerous Earth

Thursday 20:00 - 20:30

2/6. Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. [S] [HD]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 20:30 - 21:00

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. [S] [HD]

Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 21:00 - 22:45

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America. Contains some violent scenes. [1967] [S,AD]

The Real Bonnie and Clyde: Timewatch

Thursday 22:45 - 23:45

Timewatch goes in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde, with unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and police records. [S] [HD]

The Secret World of Haute Couture

Thursday 23:45 - 00:45

Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. [S,AD]

Fri Feb 20
Great British Railway Journeys

Friday 00:45 - 01:15

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills, before heading to the Severn Estuary and Filton, the centre of Britain's postwar aviation industry. [S,AD] [HD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Friday 01:15 - 01:45

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]

City Scapes: New York

Friday 01:45 - 02:05

Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple. [S]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Friday 02:05 - 02:35

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. [S] [HD]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Friday 02:35 - 03:35

2/3. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 03:35 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

TOTP: 1999

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 April 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, TLC, The Cranberries, New Radicals and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1999

Friday 19:30 - 20:00

Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1999 and featuring Whitney Houston, Phats & Small, Electronic, Honeyz, Suede, TLC and Martine McCutcheon. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Friday 20:00 - 20:35

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Buggles, The Tourists, Fern Kinney, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Friday 20:35 - 21:05

Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastle, Diana Ross, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. [S]

Gladys Knight at the BBC

Friday 21:05 - 22:05

A look through the BBC archives for moment after moment from the 'empress of soul', Gladys Knight, including songs like Baby Don't Change Your Mind and The Way We Were. [S] [HD]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Friday 22:05 - 22:40

The first of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of the group's early hits. [S]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Friday 22:40 - 23:15

The second of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of their more recent hits. [S]

Queens of Soul

Friday 23:15 - 00:15

Performances by legendary female soul singers including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Randy Crawford, Angie Stone, Mary J Blige, Beyonce and many more. [S]