Today 01:50 - 02:50
Exploring the landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome to write Swallows and Amazons. [S,AD] [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Jan 09
Today 02:50 - 03:20
1/2. Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way, arguably Britain's least well-known national walking trail, starting at the Humber Estuary and ending at Filey. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 03:20 - 03:50
Archaeologist Ben Robinson explores the rise, fall and rise of Lavenham in Suffolk, the best-preserved medieval village in the country. [S] [HD]
Today 03:50 - 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
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring Blockster, The All Seeing I ft Tony Christie, Juliet Roberts, 3 Colours Red, Bryan Adams and Melanie C, and 911. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 January 1999 and featuring Steps, The All Seeing I ft Jarvis Cocker, TQ, Sebadoh, 911 and The Offspring. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Alton Edwards, Mobiles, Shakatak, The Human League, Jon and Vangelis, Meat Loaf and Zoo. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:05
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, featuring Swing Out Sister, Lionel Richie, The Gap Band, The Pretenders, Paul Simon, Jackie Wilson and Genesis. [S]
Today 21:05 - 21:35
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 March 1976 and featuring Marmalade, Billy Ocean, The Miracles, Hot Chocolate and Brotherhood of Man. [S]
Today 21:35 - 22:05
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 April 1976 and featuring Abba, Fox, Tarney & Spencer, John Miles, Diana Ross, Sailor and Brotherhood of Man. [S]
Today 22:05 - 23:05
Rod Stewart performs live for Radio 2 In Concert at the BBC Radio Theatre. [S] [HD]
Today 23:05 - 00:05
Compilation of Rod Stewart's performances at the BBC. Includes The Faces performing Stay with Me, plus solo hits such as Sailing, You're in My Heart and Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? [S]
Sat Jan 10
Tomorrow 00:05 - 01:05
Another dive into the TV archives for some of Rod Stewart's more recent appearances and some rarely seen BBC performances of his biggest hits from over the years. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:05 - 02:05
A selection of hits from Rod's back catalogue, including Gasoline Alley, Angel, In a Broken Dream, The Killing of Georgie, Ooh La La, I Was Only Joking, and Rollin' and Tumblin'. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:05 - 02:35
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring Blockster, The All Seeing I ft Tony Christie, Juliet Roberts, 3 Colours Red, Bryan Adams and Melanie C, and 911. [S]
Tomorrow 02:35 - 03:05
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 29 January 1999 and featuring Steps, The All Seeing I ft Jarvis Cocker, TQ, Sebadoh, 911 and The Offspring. [S]
Tomorrow 03:05 - 03:40
Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Alton Edwards, Mobiles, Shakatak, The Human League, Jon and Vangelis, Meat Loaf and Zoo. [S]
Tomorrow 03:40 - 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
1/3. Documentary exploring Yellowstone, one of the most remarkable places on the planet. Kate Humble gets to grips with the science behind winter at Yellowstone. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:45
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme, from the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. With Ronnie Corbett, Kenneth McKeller, Rosemary Squires and the Looneys. [S]
Tomorrow 20:45 - 21:35
2/6. Hetty is called on by a pair of worried parents, whose deaf son, Malcolm, has disappeared while out birdwatching. Is foul play at hand? [S]
Tomorrow 21:35 - 21:50
Mike Leigh, icon of British TV and film, looks back on one of his most popular and influential television plays, 1976's classic camping comedy Nuts in May. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:50 - 23:10
A couple's exhausting battle to enjoy an idyllic camping holiday in Dorset. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 23:10 - 00:30
Dramatist Mike Leigh talks to Arena about his work and demonstrates his unique processes of building the characters of his dramas. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Sun Jan 11
Sunday 00:30 - 01:30
2/5. Documentary in which actress Alison Steadman talks about her career, from her earliest appearances on screen. Featuring archive footage and testimony from friends and colleagues. [S]
Sunday 01:30 - 02:00
8/8. The papers of a recently deceased head of MI5 show that he was, at one stage, spying for Russia. Worse still, he was investigated and cleared by a committee headed by Sir Humphrey. [S]
Sunday 02:00 - 02:35
1/8. Sir Humphrey must stop Jim supporting a plan to move armed service jobs from the south to the north east to ease unemployment. [S]
Sunday 02:35 - 03:25
2/6. Hetty is called on by a pair of worried parents, whose deaf son, Malcolm, has disappeared while out birdwatching. Is foul play at hand? [S]
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 - 22:00
Coverage from the first day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:50
Given the unique privilege to preserve a relic belonging to his hero Ernest Shackleton, conservation expert Sven Habermann uncovers the history of the renowned Antarctic explorer. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:50 - 23:50
7/12. Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers. [S]
Sunday 23:50 - 00:50
Documentary which follows the everyday people battling in the most extreme environment on earth to move Halley VI, a vital polar research station. [S] [HD]
Mon Jan 12
Monday 00:50 - 01:50
1/3. Documentary exploring Yellowstone, one of the most remarkable places on the planet. Kate Humble gets to grips with the science behind winter at Yellowstone. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 01:50 - 02:40
Given the unique privilege to preserve a relic belonging to his hero Ernest Shackleton, conservation expert Sven Habermann uncovers the history of the renowned Antarctic explorer. [S] [HD]
Monday 02:40 - 03:40
7/12. Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers. [S]
Monday 03:40 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage from the second day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
Celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter. Contains scenes which some viewers may find disturbing. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
Julian of Norwich. The story of Revelations of Divine Love, the first book written in English by a woman. [S,AD] [HD]
Tue Jan 13
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
The beloved illustrator and famous fans on Roald Dahl and other artistic adventures. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:20
A couple's exhausting battle to enjoy an idyllic camping holiday in Dorset. Contains some strong language. [S,AD]
Tuesday 02:20 - 03:40
Dramatist Mike Leigh talks to Arena about his work and demonstrates his unique processes of building the characters of his dramas. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 03:40 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage from the third day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
Marine archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland, visiting archaeological sites across Scotland and Norway. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:00 - 00:00
What happened to a British ship and German U-boat that reportedly sank each other in 1917? [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Jan 14
Wednesday 00:00 - 00:40
The pub has been a cornerstone of British society since medieval times. But in the past 50 years the pub has undergone massive change. Narrated by Arthur Smith. [S]
Wednesday 00:40 - 01:30
Film that tells how recently uncovered Soviet whaling reports have allowed us to understand the magnitude of historical whale populations and the shocking impact of commercial whaling. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:30 - 02:30
Marine archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland, visiting archaeological sites across Scotland and Norway. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:30 - 03:30
Julian of Norwich. The story of Revelations of Divine Love, the first book written in English by a woman. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:30 - 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 - 20:00
Will Millard explores some of Wales's hidden historic buildings, meeting the passionate individuals who are trying to save these vulnerable structures before it is too late. [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
Coverage from the fourth day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:40
6/7. Smiley's investigation to snare the traitor at the heart of the Circus leads him to Jerry Westerby, a Fleet Street journalist. [S]
Wednesday 22:40 - 23:25
7/7. In the final part of John le Carre's classic story, George Smiley's search for the mole at the heart of the Circus finally comes to an end. [S]
Wednesday 23:25 - 00:25
A remarkable journey into the secret world of bats. Cutting-edge night-vision cameras follow the hidden life of a greater horseshoe bat roost for four months. [S,AD] [HD]
Thu Jan 15
Thursday 00:25 - 01:25
Documentary in which gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and why we couldn't survive without it. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:25 - 02:25
Will Millard explores some of Wales's hidden historic buildings, meeting the passionate individuals who are trying to save these vulnerable structures before it is too late. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:25 - 03:25
A remarkable journey into the secret world of bats. Cutting-edge night-vision cameras follow the hidden life of a greater horseshoe bat roost for four months. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:25 - 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
2/2. Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way. He gets a unique view of this stretch of chalk downland and gets a special invitation to a military base. [S,AD] [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
1/2. First of a two-part documentary in which Dr Clare Jackson tells the story of the exiled Stuarts and of the threat the Jacobites posed to the embryonic British state. [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:00
Coverage from the fifth day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Thursday 22:00 - 00:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. [1968] [S] [HD]
Fri Jan 16
Friday 00:30 - 01:25
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]
Friday 01:25 - 01:55
Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. [S] [HD]
Friday 01:55 - 02:25
2/2. Paul Rose explores the 79 miles of the Yorkshire Wolds Way. He gets a unique view of this stretch of chalk downland and gets a special invitation to a military base. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Friday 02:25 - 03:25
1/2. First of a two-part documentary in which Dr Clare Jackson tells the story of the exiled Stuarts and of the threat the Jacobites posed to the embryonic British state. [S,SL] [HD]
Friday 03:25 - 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 Garbage, Inner City, The Divine Comedy, Leilani, Dru Hill, The Offspring and Armand Van Helden ft Duane Harden. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 12 February 1999 and featuring M People, A+, Mansun, Mirrorball, Soulsearcher, Tayana Ali and Blondie. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 22:00
Coverage from the sixth day of the 2026 Masters snooker tournament. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:00 - 22:30
Mike Read and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 January 1986 and featuring Fine Young Cannibals, Dire Straits, a-ha, Mr Mister and Pet Shop Boys. [S]
Friday 22:30 - 23:00
Nicky Campbell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 January 1997 and featuring Kenickie, Kavana, Runrig, Terrorvision, Blur and Spice Girls. [S]
Friday 23:00 - 00:00
Clips from the BBC archive giving an overview of David Bowie's career from 1964 to 2016, blending interviews and performances from music programmes, documentaries and chat shows. [S] [HD]