Today 02:20 - 03:20
2/2. Dr Clare Jackson reveals why so many law-abiding Scots and English were prepared to support the catholic Stuarts. [S,SL] [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Jan 23
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 - 19:30
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 February 1999 and featuring Blondie, Next of Kin, Unkle ft Ian Brown, The Moffats, Blur and Lenny Kravitz. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 26 February 1999 and featuring The Corrs, NSYNC, Lauryn Hill, Lucid, Lenny Kravitz and Britney Spears. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
Peter Powell introduces the pop programme, with performances from The Look, Spandau Ballet, XTC, Adam and the Ants, Bad Manners and Blondie. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:00
Mark Franklin and Steve Anderson present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 January 1992 and featuring 2 Unlimited, Shakespears Sister, Curtis Stigers and Genesis. [S]
Today 21:00 - 21:40
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, featuring Abba, Hot Chocolate, Brotherhood of Man, Sheer Elegance, Paul Nicholas, Linda Lewis, The Four Seasons and 10CC. [S]
Today 21:40 - 22:20
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, featuring Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Harpo, Sheer Elegance, The Rubettes, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Abba and Brotherhood of Man. [S]
Today 22:20 - 23:55
A look at the songwriting partnership of legendary artists Carole King and James Taylor, with performances of some of their classic songs. [S] [HD]
Today 23:55 - 00:25
Footage of the singer-songwriter performing songs including I Feel the Earth Move, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and Up on the Roof for a BBC live studio performance in 1971. [S]
Sat Jan 24
Tomorrow 00:25 - 01:10
Music concert from 1971 featuring American singer-songwriter James Taylor, with a special guest appearance by Carole King. [S]
Tomorrow 01:10 - 02:30
Carole King's previously unseen homecoming concert in New York City's Central Park in 1973. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:30 - 03:30
A celebration of Carole King, featuring performances from her and other great artists. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:30 - 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
1/6. Archaeologist Julian Richards visits a team working on one of the most impressive Anglo-Saxon graveyards ever discovered, on a US air force base in Suffolk. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 19:50
Chris Beardshaw visits Hampshire to find out the best way to get summer colour into the garden. [S]
Tomorrow 19:50 - 20:35
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme from the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds. Featuring Beryl Reid, Roy Castle, Lorna Dallas, Gino Donati and the Valla Bertini. [S]
Tomorrow 20:35 - 21:25
4/6. A letter informs Robert that his Uncle Albert has been found dead from an apparent suicide. Hetty finds the circumstances suspicious and begins to suspect witchcraft was involved. [S]
Tomorrow 21:25 - 22:20
3/6. With the murder victim's daughter missing, Fia is in a race against time for the truth. Contains some strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:20 - 23:10
4/6. As the past and present merge, Fia uncovers the truth behind the hidden abuse in the town. Contains some strong language, some sexual content and some upsetting sc... [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:10 - 00:00
Writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Sun Jan 25
Sunday 00:00 - 01:30
Andrew O'Hagan journeys to the places in Scotland that inspired poet Robert Burns. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Sunday 01:30 - 02:00
2/8. Classic political sitcom. When Jim Hacker's predecessor decides to publish his memoirs, the PM tries to suppress a chapter in which he appears unfavourably. [S]
Sunday 02:00 - 02:30
3/8. Classic political sitcom. When Jim Hacker discovers the French are planning some dirty tricks to get political advantage, the PM turns the tables on them. [S]
Sunday 02:30 - 03:00
1/6. Archaeologist Julian Richards visits a team working on one of the most impressive Anglo-Saxon graveyards ever discovered, on a US air force base in Suffolk. [S]
Sunday 03:00 - 03:50
4/6. A letter informs Robert that his Uncle Albert has been found dead from an apparent suicide. Hetty finds the circumstances suspicious and begins to suspect witchcraft was involved. [S]
Sunday 03:50 - 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 - 21:05
Inside Classical. Sir Stephen Hough plays Grieg's Piano Concerto at a concert for the orchestra's birthday. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:05 - 22:05
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:05 - 23:50
The 1987 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play explores the hypocrisy of middle-class Victorian society. [S]
Sunday 23:50 - 00:50
From 1964, a documentary about the sixty-second year in the life of the great Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. [S]
Mon Jan 26
Monday 00:50 - 01:55
Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson's defining gothic horror explores alter egos in this captivating narration that reimagines the 19th-century classic. [S] [HD]
Monday 01:55 - 02:55
Nicholas Crane unravels the tale of Sir Hugh Munro, whose exploration of the wild Scottish peaks little more than a century ago began a modern mountaineering obsession. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 02:55 - 03:55
Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [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
2/6. In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Samira Ahmed reveals how Iran preserved its distinctive language and culture despite the Arab conquest of Persia. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Jenny Agutter and Tim Rice take on Patrick Campbell, Sinead Cusak and Nigel Dempster in a game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Camilla Jessel, Robin Ray and Edward Boyle. With guest musician Mitsuko Uchida. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
8/17. Astronaut Tim Peake's video diary of the two years leading up to his arrival at the International Space Station in December 2015. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:30
Using dramatic reconstruction, declassified cockpit audio recorded by the astronauts themselves and film archive, this is the untold story of the first moon landing. [S,AD] [HD]
Tue Jan 27
Tuesday 00:30 - 01:10
First transmitted in 1966, Horizon reports from the spacecraft centre in Houston, Texas. [S]
Tuesday 01:10 - 01:40
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Camilla Jessel, Robin Ray and Edward Boyle. With guest musician Mitsuko Uchida. [S]
Tuesday 01:40 - 02:40
8/17. Astronaut Tim Peake's video diary of the two years leading up to his arrival at the International Space Station in December 2015. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:40 - 03:40
2/3. Samira Ahmed reveals how Iran preserved its distinctive language and culture despite the Arab conquest of Persia. [S,AD,SL] [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 - 19:30
4/15. Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/6. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb. [S,AD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/8. Classic sitcom. When a scandal breaks in the City, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey cannot agree on who should be the new governor of the Bank of England. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
5/8. Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker meets a local councillor who has radical ideas about local government. The PM likes what he hears, unlike Sir Humphrey. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 22:30
Sir Andrew Motion discovers an unpublished poem by Philip Larkin when he visits Hull to meet one of the poet's ex-lovers, Betty Mackereth, speaking of her love for the first time. [S]
Tuesday 22:30 - 00:25
1/2. Ken Burns recounts how the collision between two opposing views of the natural world saw the buffalo, which had numbered in the tens of millions, driven to the brink of extinction. [S] [HD]
Wed Jan 28
Wednesday 00:25 - 00:55
4/15. Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 00:55 - 01:25
4/6. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb. [S,AD]
Wednesday 01:25 - 02:25
Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:25 - 03:25
2/6. In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Wednesday 03:25 - 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
5/15. Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
5/6. Julia Bradbury follows in fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright's footsteps and climbs to the summit of High Street, the most well-trodden high ground in the Lakes. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
1/4. Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos? [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/6. Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:00
3/6. Vladimir has two proofs, but Smiley has only found one. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Wednesday 23:00 - 23:55
4/6. Smiley gets into trouble with his superiors, who want the investigation closed. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Wednesday 23:55 - 00:55
2/3. How fantasy novels have big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way. [S,AD] [HD]
Thu Jan 29
Thursday 00:55 - 01:25
5/15. Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 01:25 - 01:55
5/6. Julia Bradbury follows in fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright's footsteps and climbs to the summit of High Street, the most well-trodden high ground in the Lakes. [S,AD]
Thursday 01:55 - 02:55
1/6. Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:55 - 03:55
1/4. Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos? [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:55 - 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
6/15. Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London's Docklands and East End to the 'city within a city', the Barbican. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
6/6. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. From Ennerdale, she ascends one of Wainwright's favourite fells, Pillar. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 22:05
Classic western. After the latest raid by bandits, the villagers in a small settlement in Mexico band together to hire a group of disparate gunfighters to protect them. [1960] [S] [HD]
Thursday 22:05 - 23:10
Michael Parkinson in conversation with stage and screen star Yul Brynner. Featuring film clips from The Ten Commandments, The King and I, The Magnificent Seven and Catlow. [S]
Thursday 23:10 - 01:15
Daniel Craig stars in this true story about Jewish partisans trying to escape Nazi forces. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [2008] [S,AD] [HD]
Fri Jan 30
Friday 01:15 - 02:15
2/3. How fantasy novels have big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:15 - 02:45
6/15. Michael Portillo travels through the Britain of his youth from London's Docklands and East End to the 'city within a city', the Barbican. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:15
6/6. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. From Ennerdale, she ascends one of Wainwright's favourite fells, Pillar. [S,AD]
Friday 03:15 - 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, first broadcast on 5 March 1999 and featuring Blur, The Corrs, The Cardigans, Whitney Houston, Stereophonics and Britney Spears. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 March 1999 and featuring Cher, Skunk Anansie, Whitney Houston, East 17, Stereophonics, Blur and Boyzone. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, featuring Nazareth, The Three Degrees, UFO, The Members, Sally Oldfield, Two Man Sound, Generation X and The Pointer Sisters. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Simon Mayo and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 February 1989 and featuring Holly Johnson, Sheena Easton, Hue and Cry, Roachford and Simply Red. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 21:45
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 May 1976 and featuring Mud, Sutherland Bros & Quiver, Cliff Richard, Frankie Valli, The Rolling Stones and Abba. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:25
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 May 1976 and featuring Showaddywaddy, Marmalade, Tina Charles, Robin Sarstedt, Mud, Cliff Richard and The Four Seasons. [S]
Friday 22:25 - 23:15
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey in a session recorded at the Roundhouse in north London. Contains some strong language. [S]
Friday 23:15 - 23:45
Pete Townshend, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of The Who, talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences. [S] [HD]
Friday 23:45 - 00:45
Mark Radcliffe looks back at the headlining performance from The Who. Contains some strong language. [S]