Today 20:00 - 20:30
3/7. Sitcom about an etiquette-obsessed snob. When Hyacinth and Richard go to stay in a country cottage, events take several unexpected turns. [S]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Tue Jun 30
Today 20:30 - 21:00
3/6. Margaret joins the local amateur dramatic society and takes Victor to a Bergerac party. Meanwhile, Margaret's mother manages to get stuck in the bath with wallpaper paste. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
An anthology of Dave Allen's finest, funniest and most irreverent material, compiled from his time at the BBC from 1971 to 1986. [S]
Today 22:00 - 23:00
Reflecting on the career of the man once described as Britain's most controversial comic. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Today 23:00 - 23:30
Irish stand-up comedian Dave Allen entertains a studio audience with his unique wit, humour and satirical observations. First broadcast in 1990. [S]
Today 23:30 - 00:30
5/6. After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the war moves to other theatres. Armies advance in Indian country and the south. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Jul 01
Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:30
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:30
6/8. Robert Hughes considers America during the 1920s and 30s, including the skyscraper as the image of modernism, the Depression, regionalist art and black art. [S]
Tomorrow 02:30 - 03:00
11/15. Quiz show in which connections must be made between seemingly random subjects. Three PhD students challenge a team that plays strategy board games. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:00 - 04:00
5/6. After Valley Forge and Monmouth, the war moves to other theatres. Armies advance in Indian country and the south. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 04:00 - 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
35/37. The semi-finals of the tournament begin. The first of the four remaining teams do battle for a place in the series final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
12/15. Quiz show in which connections must be made between seemingly random subjects. Three gamblers take on a team unified by their love of ten-pin bowling. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
4/5. Professor Brian Cox journeys into a supermassive black hole - a monster that can destroy worlds and stop time, and which is forcing us to reassess our understanding of reality. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:50
4/6. An insight into the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Tomorrow 21:50 - 22:00
Lucinda Lambton visits Europe's last ornamental farm, at Larchill, west of Dublin. It features rustic follies, great lakes and a glorious collection of animals. [S]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:10
.. Our Friends in the North. Christopher Eccleston reflects on the making of Peter Flannery's acclaimed 1996 drama. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:10 - 23:30
4/9. The friends' reunion is a disaster. Contains some strong language. [S]
Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:40
5/9. The world has turned sour for the gang. Geordie is in jail, and Tosker works in a factory. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Thu Jul 02
Thursday 00:40 - 01:10
12/15. Quiz show in which connections must be made between seemingly random subjects. Three gamblers take on a team unified by their love of ten-pin bowling. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:10 - 02:00
4/6. An insight into the Nazis' reign of terror in Poland. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Thursday 02:00 - 03:00
4/5. Professor Brian Cox journeys into a supermassive black hole - a monster that can destroy worlds and stop time, and which is forcing us to reassess our understanding of reality. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:00 - 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
36/37. In the second of the series semi-finals, two more teams of students face off for a place in the grand final. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
13/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the first semi-final, three lovers of the pastoral world of The Archers face a team of confirmed gamblers. [S] [HD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:45
Classic period drama about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small Yorkshire cottage near a railway line. [1970] [S,AD]
Thursday 21:45 - 22:00
Ben Fogle travels to West Yorkshire with actress Sally Thomsett to visit the locations of key scenes from the classic 1970 film The Railway Children. [S]
Thursday 22:00 - 00:15
A power repairman has an encounter with a spacecraft and is obsessed with seeing it again. Contains language which some may find offensive. [1980] [S,AD] [HD]
Fri Jul 03
Friday 00:15 - 00:45
13/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the first semi-final, three lovers of the pastoral world of The Archers face a team of confirmed gamblers. [S] [HD]
Friday 00:45 - 02:55
Grammy-winning sensation Samara Joy sings timeless and much-loved classics. [S] [HD]
Friday 02:55 - 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 Pet Shop Boys, Donell Jones, Point Break, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Eurythmics, Scooch and Manic Street Preachers. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Donell Jones, Nu Generation, Super Furry Animals, Hi-Gate, Manic Street Preachers, Scanty Sandwich and Britney Spears. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:30
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 July 1986. Featuring The Housemartins, Samantha Fox, Claire & Friends, Sly Fox, Gary Numan, Bucks Fizz and Wham! [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Nicky Campbell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 July 1989 and featuring Sonia, Monie Love and The Beautiful South. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 22:00
As Adam Frost's brand new garden starts to take shape, it's time to get some shrubs in the ground and construct a path. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:00 - 22:35
Legendary and newer US singer-songwriters - including Jackson Browne, Nanci Griffith and Loudon Wainwright - perform one of their key songs and explain how they came to write it. [S]
Friday 22:35 - 23:25
Jackson Browne in a live concert from the BBC Television Theatre, London. Introduced by Bob Harris. [S]
Friday 23:25 - 00:10
Bottom Line. An acoustic performance by Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter. [S]
Sat Jul 04
Saturday 00:10 - 01:10
Loudon Wainwright III plays tracks from his album Here Come the Choppers alongside such classics as One Man Guy and Hard Day on the Planet. From 2005. [S]
Saturday 01:10 - 01:50
Bob Harris introduces clips from 1975. Including performances by Little Feat, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Richard & Linda Thompson, John Lennon, Billy Joel and Jackson Browne. [S]
Saturday 01:50 - 02:20
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Pet Shop Boys, Donell Jones, Point Break, Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Eurythmics, Scooch and Manic Street Preachers. [S]
Saturday 02:20 - 02:50
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Donell Jones, Nu Generation, Super Furry Animals, Hi-Gate, Manic Street Preachers, Scanty Sandwich and Britney Spears. [S]
Saturday 02:50 - 03:20
Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 3 July 1986. Featuring The Housemartins, Samantha Fox, Claire & Friends, Sly Fox, Gary Numan, Bucks Fizz and Wham! [S]
Saturday 03:20 - 03:50
Nicky Campbell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 July 1989 and featuring Sonia, Monie Love and The Beautiful South. [S]
Saturday 03:50 - 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 - 19:05
A pride of lions has rewritten the rules - they have learnt to take down elephants. [S] [HD]
Saturday 19:05 - 20:00
3/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals of today. In this programme, David Attenborough looks at the first land flora. [S]
Saturday 20:00 - 21:00
Paul Rose tells the true story of an eventful voyage as he explores how Captain James Cook's discoveries changed the world. [S,AD]
Saturday 21:00 - 22:30
Comedy starring James McAvoy as a 1980s working-class boy stumbling through university. He tries to achieve his ambition to appear on University Challenge. Deals with adult themes. [2006] [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 22:30 - 23:00
3/7. Sitcom about an etiquette-obsessed snob. When Hyacinth and Richard go to stay in a country cottage, events take several unexpected turns. [S]
Saturday 23:00 - 23:30
3/6. Margaret joins the local amateur dramatic society and takes Victor to a Bergerac party. Meanwhile, Margaret's mother manages to get stuck in the bath with wallpaper paste. [S]
Saturday 23:30 - 00:30
Professor Alice Roberts reveals the natural history of the woolly mammoth. [S,AD] [HD]
Sun Jul 05
Sunday 00:30 - 01:25
3/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals of today. In this programme, David Attenborough looks at the first land flora. [S]
Sunday 01:25 - 02:25
Paul Rose tells the true story of an eventful voyage as he explores how Captain James Cook's discoveries changed the world. [S,AD]
Sunday 02:25 - 02:50
In a programme first published in 2025, ahead of the opening of his biggest-ever show, David Hockney talks to Katie Razzall about why painting still makes him happy at 87. [S] [HD]
Sunday 02:50 - 03:30
In an interview first broadcast in 1996, artist David Hockney talks to Jeremy Isaacs about painting, designing for the opera and his growing deafness. [S]
Sunday 03:30 - 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
2/13. Looking at the secret lives of the wildlife in one of Britain's favourite gardens, from a family of foxes that play after hours to toads in the Italian garden. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 20:50
Stravinsky's revolutionary ballet score is the highlight in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's celebration of spring from Manchester's Aviva Studios. Presented by Ben Gernon. [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:50 - 22:00
First transmitted in 2017. Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass's 1989 album Passages is performed live and in full for the first time. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:35
Concert featuring Indian musician Ravi Shankar, first shown in 1974. He performs just one song, entitled Rag Behag. [S]
Sunday 22:35 - 01:05
Asian Network DJ Bobby Friction shares his love and knowledge of South Asian music. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]
Mon Jul 06
Monday 01:05 - 02:05
2/13. Looking at the secret lives of the wildlife in one of Britain's favourite gardens, from a family of foxes that play after hours to toads in the Italian garden. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:05 - 03:00
Stravinsky's revolutionary ballet score is the highlight in the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra's celebration of spring from Manchester's Aviva Studios. Presented by Ben Gernon. [S] [HD]
Monday 03:00 - 03:35
Concert featuring Indian musician Ravi Shankar, first shown in 1974. He performs just one song, entitled Rag Behag. [S]
Monday 03:35 - 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 - 19:30
37/37. It's the grand final of the series. Of the 28 teams that started the tournament, only two remain - but which will lift the trophy? Jeremy Paxman asks the questions. [S] [HD]
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
14/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the second semi-final, three fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy play a team who love strategy board games. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. Charting Andy Warhol's response to major events in the 1960s and how he faced his own nightmare when he was shot by an associate. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
7/8. Robert Hughes examines America's development into the art capital of the west between 1945 and the late 1960s, with the advent of abstract expressionism and pop art. [S]
Monday 23:00 - 00:10
... Alan Yentob meets virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger Jacob Collier. [S] [HD]
Tue Jul 07
Tuesday 00:10 - 01:10
1/3. The theft of two Turners on loan from the Tate in 1994 starts a high-stakes game of cat and mouse across Europe from London to Belgrade, deep into the world of Serbian war lords. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:10 - 02:10
2/3. Charting Andy Warhol's response to major events in the 1960s and how he faced his own nightmare when he was shot by an associate. Deals with adult themes. [S,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 02:10 - 03:25
... Alan Yentob meets virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger Jacob Collier. [S,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:25 - 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
1/15. Michael Portillo embarks on a postwar exploration of Britain's southern counties. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
15/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the final, the Gamblers try not to take too many risks and the Strategists fight the impulse to err on the side of caution. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/7. Hyacinth makes some very expensive holiday plans before dashing off to fulfil her voluntary church cleaning duties with the Ladies' Guild. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
4/6. Unexpected visitors drop in and mistakenly suspect Victor of killing an elderly blind man. A concert gives Victor the chance to use his ventriloquist's dummy. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
Marine archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland, visiting archaeological sites across Scotland and Norway. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00
6/6. Supported by the French, Washington wins the decisive victory at Yorktown. In peacetime, Americans aspire for a more perfect union. [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 Jul 08
Wednesday 00:00 - 00:30
14/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the second semi-final, three fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy play a team who love strategy board games. [S]
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:00
15/15. Quiz show with Victoria Coren. In the final, the Gamblers try not to take too many risks and the Strategists fight the impulse to err on the side of caution. [S]