Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
106: BBC FOUR HD
Sun Oct 18
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
4/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Dido Belle. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 19:30 - 21:00
It's all to play for as the competition reaches a crucial stage. Petroc Trelawny presents highlights with judges Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Julian Bliss. [S] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Today 22:00 - 22:10
Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest TV roles, playing Rosalind in the BBC's 1978 production of the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It. [S] [HD]
Today 22:10 - 00:45
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. [S]
Mon Oct 19
Tomorrow 00:45 - 01:45
2/2. Francesco da Mosto looks at Italy as the land of adventure and ambition. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:45 - 02:45
1/3. Shakespeare arrives in London, a hotbed of violence, and writes his bloodiest play. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:45 - 03:15
4/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Dido Belle. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:15 - 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
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Zulu history 1816-1879, Stuart monarchs 1603-1714, the Salvation Army and Rupert Brooke. [S]
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Suzanne Roquette and Donny MacLeod take on Patrick Campbell, Angharad Rees and Christopher Casanove in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. From 2016. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:30
Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD]
Tue Oct 20
Tuesday 00:30 - 01:30
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 01:30 - 02:30
2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:30 - 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
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/3. Documentary series. A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:20
Debut feature documentary from filmmaker Myrid Carten, which unfolds as a powerful exploration of family, addiction and unconditional love. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:20 - 00:20
1/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Galileo and Ole Roemer have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. [S] [HD]
Wed Oct 21
Wednesday 00:20 - 00:50
6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:15
1/3. Documentary series. A look at how the Normans developed from a band of marauding Vikings into the formidable warriors who conquered England in 1066. [S,AD,SL]
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
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's influential TV drama series The Singing Detective, once described by Stephen King as 'television's Citizen Kane'. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:15 - 23:20
3/6. Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Wednesday 23:20 - 00:30
4/6. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. [S]
Thu Oct 22
Thursday 00:30 - 01:00
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
1/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how mathematicians and scientists such as Euclid, Galileo and Ole Roemer have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:30 - 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 - 21:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. [1968] [S] [HD]
Thursday 21:30 - 23:00
Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. [S] [HD]
Thursday 23:00 - 01:10
Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin. [1959] [S]
Fri Oct 23
Friday 01:10 - 02:00
1/4. In 1977, the police encounter activity in Enfield that remains hard to explain. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:00 - 02:45
2/4. When Andrea Perron moves into her new home in Rhode Island, she and her family start to experience multiple disturbances, hearing whispers and seeing visions. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:40
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 03:40 - 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
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:40
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. [S]
Friday 20:40 - 21:10
Gary Davies and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 October 1987 and featuring Was (Not Was), Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, The Cure and Bee Gees. [S]
Friday 21:10 - 21:45
Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:45 - 00:15
Disco classics from Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Liquid Gold, Sylvester, The Village People, The Weather Girls, Chic, George McCrae, Hi-Tension, Heatwave and more. [S]
Sat Oct 24
Saturday 00:15 - 01:15
2/3. As disco conquers the mainstream, it turns black women and gay men into icons. [S] [HD]
Saturday 01:15 - 02:15
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD]
Saturday 02:15 - 02:55
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:25
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 03:55
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. [S]
Saturday 03:55 - 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 - 19:45
8/14. Documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies, filmed in exquisite detail and celebrating their enduring appeal to the British people. [S] [HD]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:35
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. [S]
Saturday 20:35 - 21:30
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:30 - 23:05
A knight returning from the crusades makes the acquaintance of Death himself. [1957] [S] [HD]
Saturday 23:05 - 00:00
Ingmar Bergman pays one final visit to Filmstaden, where many of his films were made. Featuring numerous clips from Bergman's best work and material from his private archives.
Sun Oct 25
Sunday 00:00 - 00:35
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S]
Sunday 00:35 - 01:05
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. [S]
Sunday 01:05 - 01:55
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. [S] [HD]
Sunday 01:40 - 02:30
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. [S]
Sunday 01:55 - 01:40
8/14. Documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's beautiful butterflies, filmed in exquisite detail and celebrating their enduring appeal to the British people. [S] [HD]
Sunday 02:30 - 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 - 19:30
5/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at the Black Prince. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 19:30 - 21:00
It's time for the musicians to impress the judges like never before as the competition reaches the semi-final. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. As Shakespeare achieves fame and fortune, a political scandal threatens his life and a family tragedy sees him question the cost of his success. Contains some strong language. [S,AD] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1967 filmed version of Franco Zeffirelli's famous National Theatre production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:15 - 00:25
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy. [S]