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106: BBC FOUR HD
Thu Oct 30
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. [S] [HD]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Robbie Cumming navigates the tidal Trent and joins a night-time illuminated boat parade on the picturesque Chesterfield Canal. [S] [HD]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
Film following the work of archaeologists, divers and historians as they make new discoveries about a remarkably well-preserved 17th-century galleon raised from the Baltic in 1961. [S] [HD]
Today 21:00 - 22:25
Horror-suspense story about Michael Myers, a murderous lunatic who escapes incarceration. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. [1978] [S] [HD]
Today 22:25 - 00:05
Supernatural thriller. A mother awaits her husband's return from WWII with her children. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [2001] [S] [HD]
Fri Oct 31
Tomorrow 00:05 - 00:50
3/4. A man falls into an assembly of decomposing corpses - and something else was disturbed. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 00:50 - 01:35
4/4. In 1958, two young women travel together in a Ford Sedan to a nightclub in Georgia, on the other side of Lake Lanier. But they never return. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:35 - 02:05
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:05 - 02:35
2/4. Robbie Cumming navigates the tidal Trent and joins a night-time illuminated boat parade on the picturesque Chesterfield Canal. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:35 - 03:35
Film following the work of archaeologists, divers and historians as they make new discoveries about a remarkably well-preserved 17th-century galleon raised from the Baltic in 1961. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 03:35 - 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
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 September 1998 and featuring Boyzone, Steps, Mansun, Honeyz, Faithless, The Corrs and Manic Street Preachers. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 19:55
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 September 1998 and featuring Five, Jennifer Paige, Sheryl Crow, Manic Street Preachers, Hole and All Saints. [S]
Tomorrow 19:55 - 20:30
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, featuring Raw Silk, Blue Zoo, Culture Club, Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, The Beatles, Tears for Fears and Eddy Grant. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:00
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 October 1976 and featuring Alan Price, Chicago, Leo Sayer, Joan Armatrading, Simon May and Pussycat. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
A journey through the BBC archives celebrating some of Bruce Springsteen's finest songs and moments. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
Documentary examining the singer's relationship with the UK since his first visit in 1975. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 01:10
Hammersmith Odeon 1975. A key concert filmed by The Old Grey Whistle Test, which includes Born to Run, Jungleland and Backstreets. [S] [HD]
Sat Nov 01
Saturday 01:10 - 01:40
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 September 1998 and featuring Boyzone, Steps, Mansun, Honeyz, Faithless, The Corrs and Manic Street Preachers. [S]
Saturday 01:40 - 02:05
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 September 1998 and featuring Five, Jennifer Paige, Sheryl Crow, Manic Street Preachers, Hole and All Saints. [S]
Saturday 02:05 - 02:40
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, featuring Raw Silk, Blue Zoo, Culture Club, Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, The Beatles, Tears for Fears and Eddy Grant. [S]
Saturday 02:40 - 03:15
Tony Blackburn presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 October 1976 and featuring Alan Price, Chicago, Leo Sayer, Joan Armatrading, Simon May and Pussycat. [S]
Saturday 03:15 - 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 - 19:20
Chris Beardshaw travels to both Devon and Cornwall to discover how plants survive in the most exposed areas of Britain, and he transforms a local resident's balcony using miniatures and bonsai. [S]
Saturday 19:20 - 20:10
5/12. James encounters Oliver and Roland Strong - rabbit breeder and prize cabbage grower respectively - who haven't spoken to each other for half a century. [S]
Saturday 20:10 - 21:00
6/12. Alfred, the local confectioner's beloved cat, falls ill, and James cannot find the cause. Meanwhile, sheep farmer Braithwaite sells his farm to an eager but inexperienced couple. [S]
Saturday 21:00 - 21:15
Actor Ian McNeice looks back on the 1985 political thriller Edge of Darkness, which quickly established itself as a landmark series in British TV history. [S] [HD]
Saturday 21:15 - 22:10
1/6. Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death. Contains some violent scenes. [S]
Saturday 22:10 - 23:00
2/6. Craven goes to London to find out more about his daughter's murder and begins to realise the full extent of her political involvement. Contains some violent scenes. [S]
Saturday 23:00 - 00:00
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Spike Milligan, James Coburn and Professor Eric Laithwaite. [S] [HD]
Sun Nov 02
Sunday 00:00 - 00:30
6/7. Mrs Weaver has moved, and Tom wants to take the oil from her central heating tank. Jerry is trying to discredit a colleague, and Margo is asked to play the lead in a production. [S]
Sunday 00:30 - 01:00
3/8. Jim sees how he can use the health minister's desire to abolish smoking through taxation to stop Treasury opposition to his plans for tax cuts. [S]
Sunday 01:00 - 01:50
5/12. James encounters Oliver and Roland Strong - rabbit breeder and prize cabbage grower respectively - who haven't spoken to each other for half a century. [S]
Sunday 01:50 - 02:40
6/12. Alfred, the local confectioner's beloved cat, falls ill, and James cannot find the cause. Meanwhile, sheep farmer Braithwaite sells his farm to an eager but inexperienced couple. [S]
Sunday 02:40 - 03:10
1/3. An immersive journey into the world of turtles. Ride on board a Green Sea Turtle as it swims around its spectacular coral reef home of Sipidan in Malaysia. [S] [HD]
Sunday 03:10 - 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
2/6. Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power, from early colliery railways to the end of steam travel in Britain in the 1960s. [S,AD]
Sunday 19:30 - 20:00
Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth, discovering clues that point back almost 1,000 years to the Norman conquest. [S] [HD]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:30
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. [S] [HD]
Sunday 21:30 - 22:00
First transmitted in 1966, Man Alive speaks to couples who, for various reasons, have decided not to take the traditional route towards marriage. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:50
Documentary, first transmitted in 1970, that visits a typical office and films the preparations for the annual Christmas party, the event itself and the aftermath. [S]
Sunday 22:50 - 23:45
5/13. JK Galbraith examines WWI as an instrument for social change, looking especially at Lenin, who spent most of the war exiled in Switzerland urging soldiers to start a world revolution. [S]
Sunday 23:45 - 00:40
6/13. From the elegant banks of 17th-century Amsterdam to the dark days of the Great Depression, JK Galbraith traces the history of money - its uses and abuses, successes and disasters. [S]
Mon Nov 03
Monday 00:40 - 01:10
Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth, discovering clues that point back almost 1,000 years to the Norman conquest. [S] [HD]
Monday 01:10 - 01:40
2/6. Fred Dibnah traces the development of steam power, from early colliery railways to the end of steam travel in Britain in the 1960s. [S,AD]
Monday 01:40 - 03:10
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. [S] [HD]
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 - 20:00
4/4. Documentary celebrating spring on planet Earth, and the extraordinary tricks that animals and plants find to rise to the new challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. The 1994 theft of one of the world's most famous paintings, The Scream, and the hunt to get it back expose the depths to which criminals go to gain a get-out-of-jail card for murder. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts the word-based panel game. Team captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by guests Angela Rippon, Nerys Hughes, Peter Brough and Jonathan Miller. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Patricia Owen, John Julius Norwich and David Attenborough. With guest musician David Willcocks. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:55
First transmitted in 1981, this documentary looks at New York's Chelsea Hotel - a haven for some of the 20th century's greatest talents, from Mark Twain to Dylan Thomas. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Monday 22:55 - 23:55
On the occasion of his 75th birthday, Francis Bacon talks with great candour to his friend of many years, the distinguished writer and critic David Sylvester. Contains some strong language. [S]
Monday 23:55 - 00:40
8/15. Bryan Magee and his guest, Sir Geoffrey Warnock, discuss the work of German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). [S]
Tue Nov 04
Tuesday 00:40 - 01:25
9/15. Bryan Magee and Peter Singer discuss the work of German philosophers Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) and Karl Marx (1818-1883). He is joined by Peter Singer. [S]
Tuesday 01:25 - 01:55
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Patricia Owen, John Julius Norwich and David Attenborough. With guest musician David Willcocks. [S]
Tuesday 01:55 - 02:55
4/4. Documentary celebrating spring on planet Earth, and the extraordinary tricks that animals and plants find to rise to the new challenges it brings. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 02:55 - 03:55
3/3. The theft of Munch's painting The Scream exposes a criminal underworld and brutal murder. [S,AD,SL] [HD]
Tuesday 03:55 - 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
1/4. Cerys Matthews shares her passion for St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff to reveal a story of community spirit that spans millennia. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Autumnal fog and an overheating engine prove to be problems for narrowboater Robbie Cumming as he navigates a Roman waterway and a tidal river. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
7/7. Has the good life come to an end for Tom and Barbara? [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
4/8. Dorothy Wainwright, the PM's political advisor, tells Jim that he is letting Humphrey become too dominant. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/2. Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion in the Dark Ages, as missionaries brought literacy and technology to Scotland and England. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 22:50
Documentary that re-examines the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Computer graphics recreate the scene and show how close the plotters came to success. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:50 - 23:30
A look at the glamorous heyday of the international jet set from the 1950s to the 1970s, the golden age before celebrity became a dirty word. Contributors include Jackie Stewart. [S]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:30
Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero we think he is. [S,AD]
Wed Nov 05
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:30
Film about artist Leonora Carrington who worked alongside Max Ernst, Andre Breton and Pablo Picasso in Paris at the height of surrealism, yet lived out her days in Mexico City. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 01:30 - 02:20
Documentary that re-examines the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Computer graphics recreate the scene and show how close the plotters came to success. [S,AD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 02:50
3/4. Autumnal fog and an overheating engine prove to be problems for narrowboater Robbie Cumming as he navigates a Roman waterway and a tidal river. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 02:50 - 03:50
2/2. Dan Snow reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion in the Dark Ages, as missionaries brought literacy and technology to Scotland and England. [S,AD]
Wednesday 03:50 - 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
3/4. Emma Dabiri uses artworks held in the Ulster Museum in Belfast to explore a different way of seeing the world - through the eyes of artists. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Robbie Cumming has issues with ice before taking on the famous Foxton lock flight. His destination is Braunston, the spiritual home for narrowboaters. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
Algorithms. Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, how they work and what they have achieved. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Chris Packham introduces a classic documentary from the BBC's archive, which takes a look at the worst winter of the 20th century in 1963. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:20
.. The Blue Boy. Emma Thompson and Paul Murton look back on the 1995 TV drama The Blue Boy. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:20 - 23:25
A couple expecting their first baby spend time in the Highlands, hoping for a fresh start. Deals with adult themes. [S]
Wednesday 23:25 - 00:45
'I, Margie Starling, am perfectly, perfectly happy, right now!'... and why not? Deals with adult themes. [S]
Thu Nov 06
Thursday 00:45 - 01:45
Chris Packham introduces a classic documentary from the BBC's archive, which takes a look at the worst winter of the 20th century in 1963. [S,AD] [HD]
Thursday 01:45 - 02:15
4/4. Robbie Cumming has issues with ice before taking on the famous Foxton lock flight. His destination is Braunston, the spiritual home for narrowboaters. [S] [HD]
Thursday 02:15 - 03:15
Algorithms. The hidden world of algorithms, which run everything from search engines to satnavs. [S,SL] [HD]
Thursday 03:15 - 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. Lachlan Goudie relates paintings at the Scottish National Gallery to our lives today. [S] [HD]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:20
3/6. Life on the WWI front line is pieced together as archaeologists unearth a complex trench system, military hardware and personal artefacts near Ypres. [S]
Thursday 20:20 - 21:00
A look back at the life of Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, featuring interviews conducted with the BBC over the course of his career. [S]
Thursday 21:00 - 23:10
Mr Stevens, formerly the butler to the German sympathiser Lord Darlington, gets a letter from former colleague Miss Kenton. [1993] [S] [HD]
Thursday 23:10 - 00:40
Two Liverpool lasses hook up with a pair of Soviet sailors, but the night turns serious. Contains strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [1985] [S] [HD]