Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Fri Aug 07
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 20:05
This specially curated programme looks to the skies with Strauss's filmic masterpiece, teamed with Judith Weir's Moon and Star and Ravel's Alborada del gracioso. [S] [HD]
Today 20:05 - 20:20
The unmistakable, hypnotic masterpiece from the Spanish National Orchestra's Proms debut. [S] [HD]
Today 20:20 - 20:45
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 March 2000 and featuring All Saints, Vengaboys, Mariah Carey feat Joe, Honeyz, Kelis, *NSYNC and Madonna. [S]
Today 20:45 - 21:15
Richard Skinner and John Peel present the pop chart programme. Featuring Tracey Ullman, Windjammer, Jeffrey Osborne, Blancmange, Laura Branigan and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. [S]
Today 21:15 - 21:45
Janice Long and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 August 1988. Featuring Kim Wilde, The Funky Worm and Fairground Attraction. [S]
Today 21:45 - 22:45
BBC Sessions. The legendary crooner performs from a repertoire spanning 60 years. [S] [HD]
Today 22:45 - 23:15
1/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. In this edition he sings tunes from the movies. [S]
Today 23:15 - 23:50
2/6. Tony features his own personal hit songbook, including Fly Me to the Moon. [S]
Today 23:50 - 00:20
3/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. In this edition, the theme is Songs of Broadway. [S]
Sat Aug 08
Tomorrow 00:20 - 00:55
4/6. International song stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. This edition's theme: Saloon Songs. [S]
Tomorrow 00:55 - 01:25
5/6. Tony Bennett presents music by the world's best songwriters, featuring the compositions of Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. [S]
Tomorrow 01:25 - 01:55
6/6. International song-stylist Tony Bennett presents, in an intimate setting, music by the world's best songwriters. This programme's theme: Tin Pan Alley. [S]
Tomorrow 01:55 - 03:20
Once dubbed the 'king of cool', a look at the man behind the silky voice as Tony Bennett - civil rights activist, jazz enthusiast, painter and New Yorker - takes a tour around his native city. [S]
Tomorrow 03:20 - 03:45
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 March 2000 and featuring All Saints, Vengaboys, Mariah Carey feat Joe, Honeyz, Kelis, *NSYNC and Madonna. [S]
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 - 19:05
At the jungle animal hospital in Guatemala, the wards are full of exotic patients, many of them orphans rescued from the illegal pet trade. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 19:05 - 20:00
8/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us. David Attenborough looks at the advantages of birds' feathers. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
Gloria Hunniford looks back at her extraordinary career and reveals what it has been like to be woman, mother and grandmother on television and radio for more than half a century. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:15
Gloria Hunniford looks back at her 1995 interview with one of cinema's great female idols, Doris Day, and shares her memories of how the encounter came together. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:15 - 21:55
Gloria Hunniford travels to Carmel, USA for an exclusive interview with Hollywood star Doris Day. First broadcast in January 1995. [S]
Tomorrow 21:55 - 22:25
Gloria Hunniford is joined by Salman Rushdie, Aidan Quinn and Ann Hampton Callaway. From February 1992. [S]
Tomorrow 22:25 - 23:10
Val Doonican is joined by guests Gloria Hunniford and the Cambridge Buskers. From June 1983. [S]
Tomorrow 23:10 - 01:05
Two mothers bond in an unexpected way after giving birth on the same day. In Spanish with English subtitles. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [2021] [S] [HD]
Sun Aug 09
Sunday 01:05 - 01:35
7/7. Sitcom about an obsessive snob. When Hyacinth plans a nautical supper, events take an unexpected turn - and so does the boat! [S]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:05
1/8. Sitcom. Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, an upper-class widow, is forced into an alliance with a self-made man in a bid to keep her stately home. [S]
Sunday 02:05 - 02:55
8/13. The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us. David Attenborough looks at the advantages of birds' feathers. [S]
Sunday 02:55 - 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
Celebrating 850 years since Wales's first recorded cultural festival, the National Eisteddfod returns to its historic roots in west Wales. [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:40
More than 150 of the country's best young musicians bring to life the dazzling world of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:40 - 22:00
Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors, home of the famous literary family the Brontës and the setting for Emily's Wuthering Heights. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:10
.. The Birthday Party. Lady Antonia Fraser looks back fondly on the BBC's 1987 acclaimed adaptation of her husband Harold Pinter's play The Birthday Party. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:10 - 00:00
It's Stanley's birthday, but the party that is thrown for him is not quite what he was expecting. Written by Harold Pinter. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Mon Aug 10
Monday 00:00 - 00:55
A look at Pinter's key theme, the room, through the rooms in which he wrote his plays. Contains some strong language. [S]
Monday 00:55 - 01:55
Exploring the relationship between the public and private dimensions of Pinter's life. Contains some strong language. [S]
Monday 01:55 - 03:35
More than 150 of the country's best young musicians bring to life the dazzling world of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. [S] [HD]
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 - 19:40
1/10. Tim Dunn explores disused tube station Down Street in Mayfair, which played a crucial tactical role during WWII, and tours Rotterdam Centraal station with its designer. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 19:40 - 20:00
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. A look at fine examples of vertical gardening found in the castles and villages of the Cotswolds. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He discovers how a brutal empire brought a Golden Age of art of the 16th and 17th centuries. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson hosts from Reading University. Specialist subjects include the Alps, symphony orchestra instruments, children's literature and the Old Testament. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson chairs as team captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by Nanette Newman, Bryan Forbes, Joanna Lumley and Russell Harty. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:30
Professor Brian Cox joins the team to explore the mind-bending mysteries of black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope's most exciting new observations. [S] [HD]
Monday 22:30 - 23:20
Omnibus. Humphrey Burton examines the golden age of Spanish painting, originally broadcast in 1976 to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. [S]
Monday 23:20 - 23:35
Zurbaran. Edwin Mullins looks at Francisco de Zurbaran's Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose. [S]
Monday 23:35 - 00:35
Exploring the landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome to write Swallows and Amazons. [S,AD] [HD]
Tue Aug 11
Tuesday 00:35 - 00:50
Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. A look at fine examples of vertical gardening found in the castles and villages of the Cotswolds. [S]
Tuesday 00:50 - 01:50
2/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He discovers how a brutal empire brought a Golden Age of art of the 16th and 17th centuries. [S,AD]
Tuesday 01:50 - 02:40
Omnibus. Humphrey Burton examines the golden age of Spanish painting, originally broadcast in 1976 to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. [S]
Tuesday 02:40 - 03:40
Exploring the landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome to write Swallows and Amazons. [S,AD] [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 - 19:40
2/10. Tim Dunn visits the Ffestiniog in Wales, originally built to transport slate from mountain to coast, and learns about Amsterdam Centraal. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 19:40 - 19:55
Chris Beardshaw follows in the footsteps of the Scottish adventurers who travelled the globe and risked their lives to bring back plants that are now taken for granted. [S,AD]
Tuesday 19:55 - 20:30
2/8. Audrey moves out of Grantleigh Manor. Her hopes of seeing the estate run along old lines are dashed when she discovers the new owner's background. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
1/7. Richard is far from happy when Hyacinth concocts an elaborate plan to turn him into a Frosticle executive with the help of a chukka of golf! [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
Japanese and US veterans reflect on the 'kamikaze' attacks of World War II, which killed thousands of Japanese airmen and Allied military personnel. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:00
Professor Brian Cox joins the team to explore the mind-bending mysteries of black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope's most exciting new observations. [S] [HD]
Wed Aug 12
Wednesday 00:00 - 01:00
10/17. A look at the fledgling field of extraterrestrial meteorology. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:00 - 02:00
Art critic Matt Collings explores the most famous equations in science and realises that concepts of beauty and elegance have been used by many scientists to advance their work. [S]
Wednesday 02:00 - 02:15
Chris Beardshaw follows in the footsteps of the Scottish adventurers who travelled the globe and risked their lives to bring back plants that are now taken for granted. [S,AD]
Wednesday 02:15 - 03:15
Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 03:15 - 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
1/10. Ben Robinson visits Culross, a stunning 17th-century village that was a major centre for Scottish coal mining and the first underwater sea coal shaft in the world. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Julia is in the Borrowdale Valley to climb to the summit of Castle Crag. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. Alastair Sooke charts the fall of the Roman Empire through some of its artistic treasures, including one of the best preserved Roman cities in Libya. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/4. Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:50
5/12. The situation in the east now threatens Tiberius's position as emperor. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Wednesday 22:50 - 23:45
6/12. Series chronicling the reigns of four Roman emperors. Germanicus has been murdered in Antioch, and his wife Agrippina is convinced Tiberius ordered the killing. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Wednesday 23:45 - 00:45
3/3. Alastair Sooke charts the fall of the Roman Empire through some of its artistic treasures, including one of the best preserved Roman cities in Libya. [S] [HD]
Thu Aug 13
Thursday 00:45 - 01:45
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]
Thursday 01:45 - 02:15
3/4. Series in which Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright. Julia is in the Borrowdale Valley to climb to the summit of Castle Crag. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:15 - 02:45
1/10. Ben Robinson visits Culross, a stunning 17th-century village that was a major centre for Scottish coal mining and the first underwater sea coal shaft in the world. [S,SL] [HD]
Thursday 02:45 - 03:45
2/4. Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:45 - 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
2/10. Ben Robinson explores the remains of a lost harbour in Port Carlisle, a once-thriving port that hoped to rival Liverpool. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. She faces Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and must reach the 978m summit before darkness falls. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
Using original witnesses, Ben Macintyre recreates the remarkable story of how one brilliant team, and one dead tramp, pulled off a deception which changed the course of WWII. [S,AD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:00
Actors and collaborators look back at the Coen brothers' remarkable career. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 22:00 - 23:40
A week in the life of Llewyn Davis, a struggling folk singer in 1961 New York. Contains strong language and some violent scenes. [2013] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 23:40 - 01:15
Detective John Shaft is hired by a Harlem gangster to rescue his kidnapped daughter. Contains very strong language, some sexual content and some violence. [1971] [S] [HD]
Fri Aug 14
Friday 01:15 - 01:45
4/4. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. She faces Scafell Pike, England's highest peak, and must reach the 978m summit before darkness falls. [S,AD]
Friday 01:45 - 02:45
Using original witnesses, Ben Macintyre recreates the remarkable story of how one brilliant team, and one dead tramp, pulled off a deception which changed the course of WWII. [S,AD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:15
2/10. Ben Robinson explores the remains of a lost harbour in Port Carlisle, a once-thriving port that hoped to rival Liverpool. [S,SL] [HD]
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 - 20:35
Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in its first Proms appearance for more than two decades, pairing Beethoven with Gabriela Ortiz's urgent Revolucion diamantina. [S] [HD]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 17 March 2000 and featuring Geri Halliwell, Tom Jones and Stereophonics, Five, Lene Marlin, Barbara Tucker, Moby and Lulu. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 21:35
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 March 2000 and featuring Chicane feat Bryan Adams, Macy Gray, Dr Dre feat Snoop Dogg, Will Smith, No Doubt and Geri Halliwell. [S]
Friday 21:35 - 22:05
Peter Powell and Dixie Peach present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 15 August 1985. Featuring UB40 with Chrissie Hynde, Madonna, The Cars, Kate Bush and Billy Idol. [S]
Friday 22:05 - 22:35
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 August 1986. Featuring It Bites, Lionel Richie, Anita Dobson, Phil Fearon and Chris De Burgh. [S]
Friday 22:35 - 23:35
Smash hits from 60 years of great cover versions in performance from the BBC TV archive, featuring Alexandra Burke, The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Mariah Carey, UB40 and many more. [S]
Friday 23:35 - 01:35
It's time for a return trip through the best of the BBC's music archives, celebrating more of the songs that are so good, other artists haven't be able to resist recording their own versions. [S] [HD]