Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Mon Jul 21
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
5/6. Angela Rippon visits Bristol's historic harbour on the day of the maritime carnival and takes a pleasure cruise through the Avon Gorge and back to the Severn Estuary. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Ben Robinson flies over Wiltshire to reveal new evidence about Stonehenge that explains the reason for its location and how long ago it was occupied. [S] [HD]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
1/2. A 70th-anniversary television event telling the story of how the fall of Singapore in 1942 shattered myths, brought an empire to its knees, and changed the destiny of millions. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. In April 1945, most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. As the Soviets near Hitler's hiding place, the Nazi regime starts to disintegrate. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 22:00 - 23:30
Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S]
Today 23:30 - 00:20
3/3. The British, French and Americans wait to enter Berlin. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] [HD]
Tue Jul 22
Tomorrow 00:20 - 01:55
Oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski and zoologist Dr George McGavin carry out an 'autopsy' on the North Sea to understand the startling changes taking place in the world's oceans. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:55 - 02:25
5/6. Angela Rippon visits Bristol's historic harbour on the day of the maritime carnival and takes a pleasure cruise through the Avon Gorge and back to the Severn Estuary. [S]
Tomorrow 02:25 - 02:55
1/4. Ben Robinson flies over Wiltshire to reveal new evidence about Stonehenge that explains the reason for its location and how long ago it was occupied. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:55 - 03:55
3/3. In April 1945, most of Germany is occupied by invading Allied forces. As the Soviets near Hitler's hiding place, the Nazi regime starts to disintegrate. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:55 - 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
6/6. Angela Rippon visits Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare, ending her journey on the lonely island of Steep Holm. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Ben Robinson flies over the Broads where photos have revealed 945 previously unknown ancient sites, many of which have historians rethinking the history of the area. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:30
1/7. After the Leadbetters reach the end of their tether with the Goods' crack-of-dawn activities, Tom and Barbara search for new ways to design their schedule. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:00
5/7. Jim Hacker is upset by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle and decides to take drastic action to keep his post. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. How Britain's new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:20
Norma Percy and Paul Mitchell look back on the documentary series The Death of Yugoslavia. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:20 - 23:10
6/6. This documentary traces the events leading up to the Dayton peace talks in Ohio. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. [S]
Tomorrow 23:10 - 00:15
... 2014 Man Booker Prize-winner Richard Flanagan journeys through his native Tasmania. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Wed Jul 23
Wednesday 00:15 - 01:15
Film-maker Roger Ross Williams examines the American prison system. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:15 - 02:15
3/3. How Britain's new ruling family fought the French, the Jacobites and each other. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:15 - 02:45
6/6. Angela Rippon visits Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare, ending her journey on the lonely island of Steep Holm. [S]
Wednesday 02:45 - 03:15
2/4. Ben Robinson flies over the Broads where photos have revealed 945 previously unknown ancient sites, many of which have historians rethinking the history of the area. [S]
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
1/4. Angela Rippon sets off from Reading to travel the Kennet and Avon Canal. She visits the Reading Abbey ruins and cycles to the listed Monkey Marsh Lock to view the restoration work. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation suggesting the area was richly populated. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
Documentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following the Second World War, with input from first-hand witnesses and historians. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Prof David Reynolds tells the story of Labour's postwar government and examines the achievements of Clement Attlee, including the introduction of the NHS in Britain. [S]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Patrick Marber looks back on his 1995 adaptation of August Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:35
An updated version of August Strindberg's play examining class and social differences. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. [S]
Wednesday 23:35 - 00:55
A family gathering, a christening and a dance. But it's 1945 and there are plans to be made, family wealth to protect and peace to be won. Contains language which some may find offensive. [S]
Thu Jul 24
Thursday 00:55 - 01:25
1/4. Angela Rippon sets off from Reading to travel the Kennet and Avon Canal. She visits the Reading Abbey ruins and cycles to the listed Monkey Marsh Lock to view the restoration work. [S]
Thursday 01:25 - 01:55
3/4. Ben Robinson flies over Hadrian's Wall to reveal a landscape of hundreds of sites of human occupation suggesting the area was richly populated. [S]
Thursday 01:55 - 02:55
Documentary covering Winston Churchill's failure to be re-elected following the Second World War, with input from first-hand witnesses and historians. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 02:55 - 03:55
Prof David Reynolds tells the story of Labour's postwar government and examines the achievements of Clement Attlee, including the introduction of the NHS in Britain. [S,SL]
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
2/4. Angela Rippon begins the next leg of her journey in Hungerford. [S]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula near the former Chattenden Barracks. [S]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
4/4. An entertaining journey through the career of one of Britain's best-loved actors, Dame Helen Mirren, who balances Hollywood commitments with her first love - the stage. [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:00 - 21:15
Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Robert Altman's acclaimed and multi-award-winning 2001 film Gosford Park, written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:15 - 23:25
A shooting party at a country mansion in the 1930s turns into a murder mystery. Contains some strong language. [2001] [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 23:25 - 01:10
Accomplished conman Roy Courtnay meets widow Betty McLeish on an online dating site. Contains very strong language, sexual violence and disturbing scenes. [2019] [S] [HD]
Fri Jul 25
Friday 01:10 - 01:40
2/4. Angela Rippon begins the next leg of her journey in Hungerford. [S]
Friday 01:40 - 02:10
4/4. Ben Robinson flies over the Thames to reveal discoveries about WWI, including a network of trenches on the Hoo peninsula near the former Chattenden Barracks. [S]
Friday 02:10 - 03:15
... 2014 Man Booker Prize-winner Richard Flanagan journeys through his native Tasmania. Contains very strong language. [S,SL]
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
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast 20 February 1998 and featuring Shola Ama, Stereophonics, All Saints, Lilys, Air, Lutricia McNeal and Celine Dion. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1998 and featuring Cleopatra, Ocean Colour Scene, Another Level, Shania Twain, Will Mellor and Cornershop. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 21:40
Summer from The Four Seasons and Bach's Air are among the highlights in a concert of Baroque delights featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte making his Proms debut. [S] [HD]
Friday 21:40 - 22:10
Janice Long and Simon Mayo present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1987 and featuring Boy George, Atlantic Starr, Los Lobos, Beastie Boys and Madonna. [S]
Friday 22:10 - 22:45
Richard Skinner presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1981 and featuring The Vapors, Tight Fit, Gidea Park, Sheena Easton, Visage and The Specials. [S]
Friday 22:45 - 23:15
Singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, in concert from 1971. Includes many of his classic hits such as Moon Shadow, Wild World and Father and Son. [S]
Friday 23:15 - 00:00
An acoustic performance by Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash and Mary-Chapin Carpenter. [S]
Sat Jul 26
Saturday 00:00 - 01:05
A classic concert by Gordon Lightfoot from 1972, featuring Summer Side of Life, Saturday Clothes, That's What You Get for Loving Me, If I Could Read Your Mind and Steel Rail Blues. [S]
Saturday 01:05 - 01:55
Jackson Browne in a live concert from the BBC Television Theatre, London. Introduced by Bob Harris. [S]
Saturday 01:55 - 02:25
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast 20 February 1998 and featuring Shola Ama, Stereophonics, All Saints, Lilys, Air, Lutricia McNeal and Celine Dion. [S]
Saturday 02:25 - 02:55
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1998 and featuring Cleopatra, Ocean Colour Scene, Another Level, Shania Twain, Will Mellor and Cornershop. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:30
Richard Skinner presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 July 1981 and featuring The Vapors, Tight Fit, Gidea Park, Sheena Easton, Visage and The Specials. [S]
Saturday 03:30 - 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. Lucy unpicks Agatha's mysterious 1926 disappearance, examining how it affected her work. [S,AD] [HD]
Saturday 20:00 - 20:50
1/2. A City financier is found dead, having been poisoned, and when Miss Marple hears the news, she is sure she knows why. [S]
Saturday 20:50 - 21:45
2/2. Following another murder, Miss Marple is certain that she knows who the next victim will be. Can she get to them in time? [S]
Saturday 21:45 - 23:00
Comedy romance set in modern-day Helsinki. A lonely metalworker and a single woman working as a shelf stacker form an instant connection after a chance meeting at a karaoke bar. [2023] [S] [HD]
Saturday 23:00 - 00:00
Michael Parkinson is joined by Helen Mirren, Cilla Black and Jo Brand. With music from Annie Lennox. [S]
Sun Jul 27
Sunday 00:00 - 00:30
1/7. After the Leadbetters reach the end of their tether with the Goods' crack-of-dawn activities, Tom and Barbara search for new ways to design their schedule. [S]
Sunday 00:30 - 01:00
5/7. Jim Hacker is upset by rumours of a cabinet reshuffle and decides to take drastic action to keep his post. [S]
Sunday 01:00 - 01:55
1/2. A City financier is found dead, having been poisoned, and when Miss Marple hears the news, she is sure she knows why. [S]
Sunday 01:55 - 02:45
2/2. Following another murder, Miss Marple is certain that she knows who the next victim will be. Can she get to them in time? [S]
Sunday 02:45 - 03:45
2/3. Lucy unpicks Agatha's mysterious 1926 disappearance, examining how it affected her work. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Sunday 03:45 - 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
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:40
Grammy-winning sensation Samara Joy sings timeless and much-loved classics. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:40 - 21:50
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles in the BBC's 1975 adaptation of JM Barrie's The Little Minister. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:50 - 23:35
Ian Ogilvy and Helen Mirren star in this adaptation of JM Barrie's play, set in rural 1840s Scotland. A local priest falls in love with a Gypsy girl who incites a Luddite riot. [S]
Sunday 23:35 - 00:30
A look at the life and career of Bernard Levin, who grew up in the poor backstreets of Camden Town and became one of the most famous journalists of the 20th century. [S] [HD]
Mon Jul 28
Monday 00:30 - 02:10
Grammy-winning sensation Samara Joy sings timeless and much-loved classics. [S] [HD]
Monday 02:10 - 03:10
Dan Cruickshank explores how London survived the travails of the 17th century. [S,AD,SL]
Monday 03:10 - 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
3/4. Angela Rippon arrives at Bradford-on-Avon, where, once a year, canal boats take part in a colourful parade.
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
1/3. Barra Best explores some of Northern Ireland's lost railways. Here, he travels through some spectacular countryside as he explores County Antrim's lost railway routes. [S] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/2. The story of the fall of Singapore in 1942. The second part shows how General Yamashita drove back Commonwealth forces and assembled his troops to take control of Singapore Island.
Monday 21:00 - 22:30
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]
Monday 22:30 - 23:30
Profile of painter Brian Clarke, one of the world's greatest stained glass artists. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 23:30 - 00:30
1/4. Art historian David Dibosa explores the BBC archives to create a television history of one of art's greatest showmen, Salvador Dali. [S] [HD]
Tue Jul 29
Tuesday 00:30 - 01:00
3/4. Angela Rippon arrives at Bradford-on-Avon, where, once a year, canal boats take part in a colourful parade.