Today 02:20 - 02:50
Simon Bates and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme from September 1985. Featuring Red Box, Madonna, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, and David Bowie & Mick Jagger. [S] [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Sat Sep 19
Today 02:50 - 03:20
Sara Cox presents the pop chart programme, featuring Steps, Angie Stone, Sweet Female Attitude, Bloodhound Gang, Lock 'n' Load, Hanson, Lonestar and Craig David. [S]
Today 03:20 - 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 - 19:05
The touching story of a rescued giant otter cub being raised by a Brazilian naturalist. [S]
Today 19:05 - 20:05
1/3. Wildlife cameraman Simon King and his family experience the changing seasons on the Shetland Islands. The winter weather, with winds of over 100mph, makes life tough for them. [S,AD]
Today 20:05 - 21:00
13/13. David Attenborough seeks to explain how we came to dominate life on earth, tracing the African origins of humans to nearly three million years ago. [S] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 21:55
1/6. Meg Steinheil is discovered bound and gagged, with the bodies of her husband and mother. Contains some sexual content, some violence and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]
Today 21:55 - 22:50
2/6. A torn-up card provides police with a lead in the case of the Steinheil home invasion. Contains some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Today 22:50 - 23:35
1/4. Hoping for a peaceful holiday, Martin Scarsden is perplexed by a strange call. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 23:35 - 00:20
2/4. Martin and Mandy learn that her drink had been spiked at Hummingbird Beach retreat. Contains strong language and some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Sun Sep 20
Tomorrow 00:20 - 00:50
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]
Tomorrow 00:50 - 01:20
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]
Tomorrow 01:20 - 02:15
13/13. David Attenborough seeks to explain how we came to dominate life on earth, tracing the African origins of humans to nearly three million years ago. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:15 - 03:15
3/3. A look at how an international team of scientists is trying to change people's perceptions of sharks. However, their breakthroughs come at a time when many sharks face extinction. [S,AD,SL]
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 - 20:00
Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third-longest river, the Trent. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Exploring the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of wild wetlands and fertile farmland. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
1/2. Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have lived, loved and painted on France's Cote d'Azur, including Cezanne, Monet, Renoir and Matisse. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:20
Writer David Ireland looks back on his award-winning play Cyprus Avenue. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:20 - 23:55
David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Contains very strong language and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:55 - 00:55
The discovery of an ancient music score in the Louvre sets researchers on a mission to recreate the music as it was originally heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago. [S] [HD]
Mon Sep 21
Monday 00:55 - 01:55
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 01:55 - 02:55
2/3. Exploring the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of wild wetlands and fertile farmland. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:55 - 03:55
Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third-longest river, the Trent. [S,AD,SL]
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
1/4. Andrew Scott narrates a programme celebrating the glorious nature of summer on earth and the extraordinary ways animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Cardiff University. The specialist subjects are WWII in Europe, JRR Tolkien, the history of Singapore 1819-1969 and the life of Henry VI. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Prunella Scales and Paul Eddington take on Frank Muir, Gayle Hunnicutt and Russell Davies in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:10
Documentary profiling Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama whose work, including her much-visited Infinity Mirror Room installations, defies classification. [S] [HD]
Monday 23:10 - 00:10
3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tue Sep 22
Tuesday 00:10 - 01:10
1/6. Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation. Starting in Uruk, the 'mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, he travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:10 - 02:10
2/3. Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:10 - 03:05
1/4. Andrew Scott narrates a programme celebrating the glorious nature of summer on earth and the extraordinary ways animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:05 - 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
2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. In Coniston, Paul Rose enters a cycling event on a penny farthing and climbs the Old Man of Coniston. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
2/6. Stately sitcom. One of Audrey's old school friends wants to pay a visit, but she is unaware of the drop in status of the former lady of the manor. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
7/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth volunteers Richard to fix the church hall electrics. Richard gamely embarks on this feat, with interesting consequences... [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. Anne has grown into a real beauty. She is dazzling, and the king is caught in the glare. Her family play the long game to catch a king. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
2/2. A look into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 23:00 - 23:50
3/3. The Mayuyamas travel to London to examine a priceless 18th-century imperial Chinese flower vase. They hope studying the London vase can help them restore a very similar piece. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:50 - 00:50
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]
Wed Sep 23
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
2/3. Anne has grown into a real beauty. She is dazzling, and the king is caught in the glare. Her family play the long game to catch a king. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 02:50
3/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. In Coniston, Paul Rose enters a cycling event on a penny farthing and climbs the Old Man of Coniston. [S]
Wednesday 02:50 - 03:50
2/2. Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound waves carry and how they help in understanding the world around us. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:50 - 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
3/6. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Eskdale is the final destination in Paul Rose's trek through the Lake District. He has the summit of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, in his sights. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
A documentary telling the story of the extremely rare discovery of evidence of Roman crucifixion, unearthed in a routine archaeological dig in the Cambridgeshire Fens. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the latest understanding of how we all grow. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:00
3/6. Fred Vincy is anxious to know to whom Featherstone will leave his fortune. Casaubon is furious when Ladislaw visits Dorothea. Lydgate and Rosamond's wedding goes ahead. [S]
Wednesday 23:00 - 00:00
4/6. Dorothea is now a widow, but she vows never to finish Casaubon's book because of the vindictive codicil to his will. Will Ladislaw is out of a job. [S]
Thu Sep 24
Thursday 00:00 - 01:00
1/3. Military historian Saul David looks at how to keep an army fed and housed. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
3/6. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
1/3. Military historian Saul David looks at how to keep an army fed and housed. [S] [HD]
Thursday 03:30 - 04:00
4/4. Eskdale is the final destination in Paul Rose's trek through the Lake District. He has the summit of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, in his sights. [S] [HD]
Thursday 04:00 - 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
4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. [S] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:55
An orphan from the slums makes it to the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Contains some strong language. [2008] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:55 - 00:20
AR Rahman chats to Haroon Rashid about his career producing music for some of India's most iconic films, his international successes, AI and working with Hans Zimmer. [S] [HD]
Fri Sep 25
Friday 00:20 - 01:20
The story of Timbuktu and its legacy of ancient manuscripts, proof that reading and writing books have been as important to Africans as to Europeans. [S]
Friday 01:20 - 01:50
4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:50 - 02:20
Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. [S] [HD]
Friday 02:20 - 03:20
3/3. Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 03:20 - 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, featuring Sisqo, Hanson, Toni Braxton, True Steppers feat Dane Bowers, Oasis, Craig David, Cypress Hill and Fragma. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 2000 and featuring Britney Spears, Lolly, Mandy Moore, System F, Toni Braxton and Oxide & Neutrino. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 September 1980 and featuring Split Enz, Diana Ross, Ottawan, Shalamar, Linx and The Police. Plus Russ Abbot and Leo Sayer. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, featuring Amazulu, Huey Lewis and the News, Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk, Genesis, Loose Ends, The Communards and Run DMC. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:35
A collection of archive performances from Sting's solo career and The Police, including Roxanne, Fragile, Message in a Bottle, Brand New Day and Every Breath You Take. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:35 - 23:20
Sting joins Dermot O'Leary for an in-depth interview about his life and career. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:20 - 00:35
Headlining the Saturday of Radio 2 in the Park is Sting, performing his timeless hits. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]
Sat Sep 26
Saturday 00:35 - 01:05
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Sisqo, Hanson, Toni Braxton, True Steppers feat Dane Bowers, Oasis, Craig David, Cypress Hill and Fragma. [S]
Saturday 01:05 - 01:35
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 2000 and featuring Britney Spears, Lolly, Mandy Moore, System F, Toni Braxton and Oxide & Neutrino. [S]
Saturday 01:35 - 02:10
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 September 1980 and featuring Split Enz, Diana Ross, Ottawan, Shalamar, Linx and The Police. Plus Russ Abbot and Leo Sayer. [S]
Saturday 02:10 - 02:40
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, featuring Amazulu, Huey Lewis and the News, Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk, Genesis, Loose Ends, The Communards and Run DMC. [S]
Saturday 02:40 - 03:25
Sting joins Dermot O'Leary for an in-depth interview about his life and career. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Saturday 03:25 - 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
2/3. Wildlife cameraman Simon King and his family experience the changing seasons on the Shetland Islands. Spring arrives in Shetland, bringing with it an influx of wildlife. [S,AD]
Saturday 20:00 - 21:00
6/10. Meet the big birds, a feathered family who have never flown. From ostriches to kiwis, these bizarre birds appear to be nature's greatest novelty act. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 21:00 - 21:55
3/6. Labruyere teaches Hutin some golden rules about journalism. Contains some strong language, some sexual content and some upsetting... [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:55 - 22:50
4/6. After the death of Irma Barbet, both Jouin and Cochefert suspect Joseph Fiersi. Contains some strong language, prolonged violence and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]
Saturday 22:50 - 23:35
3/4. A witness claims to have seen Mandy dispose of the murder weapon. Contains strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 23:35 - 00:25
4/4. Martin follows his instincts to find the murderer. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Sun Sep 27
Sunday 00:25 - 00:55
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]
Sunday 00:55 - 01:25
7/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth volunteers Richard to fix the church hall electrics. Richard gamely embarks on this feat, with interesting consequences... [S]