Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Tue Sep 08
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:45
10/10. Tim Dunn sees Swindon's railway village and explores the past of Milan's monumental station. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 19:45 - 20:00
Peripatetic gardener Chris Beardshaw flies to the south west in search of hedges. He visits the gardens of RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Antony House in Cornwall. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
6/8. Stately sitcom. Audrey waits for DeVere to go away before she herself goes on holiday. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:00
5/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth decides to have a second attempt at finding a small weekend home in the country, but she and Richard have different views on the word 'small'. [S]
Today 21:00 - 21:30
1/7. Popular 1970s sitcom about a middle-class, middle-aged rebel. Why is Reggie referring to his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus? [S]
Today 21:30 - 22:00
2/7. Reggie Perrin needs a month's holiday, but all he gets is an afternoon in a safari park with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and their two 'tiny adults'. [S]
Today 22:00 - 22:50
Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced that the wave was actually a tsunami. [S,AD]
Today 22:50 - 23:40
1/3. A museum in Osaka asks the Mayuyamas for help with artefacts currently hidden away in their archive: an exquisite 800-year-old celadon vase from China and a 16th-century tea bowl. [S] [HD]
Today 23:40 - 00:40
Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Sep 09
Tomorrow 00:40 - 01:40
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 01:40 - 01:55
Peripatetic gardener Chris Beardshaw flies to the south west in search of hedges. He visits the gardens of RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Antony House in Cornwall. [S]
Tomorrow 01:55 - 02:45
Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced that the wave was actually a tsunami. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 02:45 - 03:45
Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:45 - 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. Fred Dibnah looks at how carpenters have used their talents to transform buildings such as Stokesey Castle, Little Moreton Hall and Harvington Hall. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
9/10. Ben Robinson unearths the past of Greyabbey, a village on Northern Ireland's beautiful Strangford Lough, and discovers the history of its moneymaking kelp industry. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
1/2. Dan Snow and team take on the rapids of the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats to rediscover one of the wild west's great adventures of discovery. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
1/2. Amateur footage offers new insights into life in prewar Germany and during World War II. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:15
Actor Spencer Banks reflects on his leading role in the 1974 Play for Today Penda's Fen. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:15 - 23:40
An awakened force in the landscape challenges a boy's clear and intense view of the world. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Tomorrow 23:40 - 00:40
1/2. Dan Snow and team take on the rapids of the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats to rediscover one of the wild west's great adventures of discovery. [S,AD] [HD]
Thu Sep 10
Thursday 00:40 - 01:40
1/2. Amateur footage offers new insights into life in prewar Germany and during World War II. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:40 - 02:10
3/6. Fred Dibnah looks at how carpenters have used their talents to transform buildings such as Stokesey Castle, Little Moreton Hall and Harvington Hall. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:10 - 02:40
9/10. Ben Robinson unearths the past of Greyabbey, a village on Northern Ireland's beautiful Strangford Lough, and discovers the history of its moneymaking kelp industry. [S,SL] [HD]
Thursday 02:40 - 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
4/6. Fred Dibnah travels to Scotland to demonstrate the engineering and design skills that shaped Scottish baronial style. [S,AD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
10/10. Ben Robinson discovers how the Scottish village of Johnshaven found wealth in cloth. [S] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
What happened to a British ship and German U-boat that reportedly sank each other in 1917? [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:45
Classic western adventure, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as legendary outlaws Butch and Kid. [1969] [S,AD]
Thursday 22:45 - 23:25
The career of Robert Redford is examined in this exploration of the BBC archives, which includes rarely seen interviews. Narrated by Sylvia Syms. [S]
Thursday 23:25 - 01:10
The quiet English village of St Mary Mead is disrupted when a Hollywood film crew introduce inflated egos and cold-blooded murder. Miss Marple, of course, investigates. [1981] [S]
Fri Sep 11
Friday 01:10 - 02:10
Friends, family and co-stars share their memories of the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. With Liza Minnelli, Joan Collins, Angela Lansbury and Sir David Frost. [S] [HD]
Friday 02:10 - 03:10
What happened to a British ship and German U-boat that reportedly sank each other in 1917? [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 03:10 - 03:40
10/10. Ben Robinson discovers how the Scottish village of Johnshaven found wealth in cloth. [S,SL] [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 - 20:00
Day 3 highlights from the third Test match between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston. [S] [HD]
Friday 20:00 - 22:00
Dvorak's epic, Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and a new triple concerto for BBC Young Musician star alumni Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Jess Gillam and Ben Goldscheider. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:00 - 22:30
Peter Powell and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 August 1987 and featuring Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Rick Astley and The Jesus and Mary Chain. [S]
Friday 22:30 - 23:00
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 September 1990 and featuring Sonia, Maria McKee and INXS. [S]
Friday 23:00 - 00:05
Documentary looking at the short but brilliant career of legendary rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly. Features interviews with contemporaries and fans including Paul McCartney. [S]
Sat Sep 12
Saturday 00:05 - 00:35
The inspiration behind Buddy Holly's famous song provides fresh insights into his career. [S]
Saturday 00:35 - 01:35
A celebration of rock 'n' roll in the shape of a compilation of classic artists and songs, featuring Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion, Dick Dale, Tom Petty, Joan Jett and Oasis. [S]
Saturday 01:35 - 02:05
Peter Powell and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 August 1987 and featuring Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Rick Astley and The Jesus and Mary Chain. [S]
Saturday 02:05 - 02:35
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 13 September 1990 and featuring Sonia, Maria McKee and INXS. [S]
Saturday 02:35 - 03:40
Documentary looking at the short but brilliant career of legendary rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly. Features interviews with contemporaries and fans including Paul McCartney. [S]
Saturday 03:40 - 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 - 20:00
Day 4 highlights from the third Test match between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston. [S] [HD]
Saturday 20:00 - 21:00
Highlights from the second day of the 2026 Solheim Cup as Europe take on the United States, with the event being played in the Netherlands for the first time. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:00 - 22:30
A fatal gang shooting leads police to a mysterious figure with unknown motives. Contains strong language and prolonged violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:30 - 22:55
6/8. Stately sitcom. Audrey waits for DeVere to go away before she herself goes on holiday. [S]
Saturday 22:55 - 23:25
5/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth decides to have a second attempt at finding a small weekend home in the country, but she and Richard have different views on the word 'small'. [S]
Saturday 23:25 - 23:55
1/7. Popular 1970s sitcom about a middle-class, middle-aged rebel. Why is Reggie referring to his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus? [S]
Saturday 23:55 - 00:25
2/7. Reggie Perrin needs a month's holiday, but all he gets is an afternoon in a safari park with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and their two 'tiny adults'. [S]
Sun Sep 13
Sunday 00:25 - 01:25
2/2. Nature documentary. Joining up with a team of elite Italian cavers, Steve ventures deep within a tepui, inside a newly discovered cave. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 01:25 - 02:25
Friends, family and co-stars share their memories of the legendary Elizabeth Taylor. With Liza Minnelli, Joan Collins, Angela Lansbury and Sir David Frost. [S] [HD]
Sunday 02:25 - 03:25
Algorithms. The hidden world of algorithms, which run everything from search engines to satnavs. [S,SL] [HD]
Sunday 03:25 - 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
Coverage of the 2026 Test series between England and Pakistan. [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 22:00
A selection of musical treats from a summer of extraordinary music at the world's biggest classical music festival. From Berlioz to Beethoven, Miles Davis to Marvin Gaye. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
Performance artist Selina Thompson looks back on the 2021 TV adaptation of her award-winning one-woman show Salt. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:15 - 23:00
Artist Selina Thompson recalls her journey by sea to retrace a route of the slave trade. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD]
Sunday 23:00 - 23:15
Stephen Tompkinson looks back on the 1994 TV adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play. [S] [HD]
Sunday 23:15 - 00:55
A Terence Rattigan play. Hester is rescued by a neighbour after attempting suicide in the flat she shares with her younger lover, ex-RAF pilot Freddie Page. [S]
Mon Sep 14
Monday 00:55 - 01:55
1/2. Dr Helen Czerski investigates the science behind the sounds we're familiar with and the sounds that we normally can't hear, from Big Ben to the Stromboli volcano. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 01:55 - 02:55
The view from the driving seat as Flying Scotsman travels the Severn Valley Railway. Cab cameras and microphones capture all the action. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:55 - 03:55
2/2. Nature documentary. Joining up with a team of elite Italian cavers, Steve ventures deep within a tepui, inside a newly discovered cave. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Monday 03:55 - 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
4/4. Documentary celebrating spring on planet Earth, and the extraordinary tricks that animals and plants find to rise to the new challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri investigate two paintings of characters from the Gospels. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Strathclyde University. The specialist subjects are George Orwell, the history of costume from 1600, Rome and the Common Market. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Anouska Hempel and Nigel Havers take on Frank Muir, Diana Quick and Robert Powell in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:30
Chris Lintott and the team explore the extraordinary engineering, both on Earth and millions of kilometres above it in space, that is transforming modern astronomy. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:30 - 23:00
Artist Lubaina Himid talks to John Wilson about her creative influences. [S] [HD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
2/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the maverick sculptors working in the 18th and 19th centuries. [S] [HD]
Tue Sep 15
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
3/3. James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last 100 years. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00
1/3. Bendor Grosvenor and Emma Dabiri investigate two paintings of characters from the Gospels. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:00 - 03:00
4/4. Documentary celebrating spring on planet Earth, and the extraordinary tricks that animals and plants find to rise to the new challenges it brings. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:00 - 03:55
3/3. James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last 100 years. [S,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:55 - 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
5/6. In his exploration of the engineering skills that went into the building of Britain, Fred Dibnah looks at the construction of the canal network. [S,AD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. Paul Rose heads to Windermere to find out why early tourists thought the Lakes were so dangerous. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
1/6. Stately sitcom. Richard offers Ned's services to Audrey in Brabinger's absence but Ned thinks it is all a plot to remove him from his tied cottage. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
6/7. Domestic sitcom. Hyacinth and Richard have finally moved into their 'country retreat'. Although Hyacinth views the flat as 'old world bijou', Richard finds it anything but. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Thomas Boleyn, the patriarch of the Boleyns, is determined to elevate the family name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor court. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
1/2. Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science - how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science's creation story. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:00 - 23:50
2/3. The father and son undertake the restoration of a ceramic horse from the Edo period. A previous restoration is now showing signs of age, and a new approach is needed. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:50 - 00:20
Chris Lintott and the team explore the extraordinary engineering, both on Earth and millions of kilometres above it in space, that is transforming modern astronomy. [S] [HD]
Wed Sep 16
Wednesday 00:20 - 01:20
1/3. Thomas Boleyn, the patriarch of the Boleyns, is determined to elevate the family name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor court. [S,AD] [HD]