106: BBC FOUR HD

Sun Sep 20
This is BBC Four

Today 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Today 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams

Today 19:00 - 20:00

Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third-longest river, the Trent. [S,AD] [HD]

The Fens: A Wild Year

Today 20:00 - 21:00

2/3. Exploring the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of wild wetlands and fertile farmland. [S,AD] [HD]

The Riviera: A History in Pictures

Today 21:00 - 22:00

1/2. Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have lived, loved and painted on France's Cote d'Azur, including Cezanne, Monet, Renoir and Matisse. [S] [HD]

David Ireland Remembers... Cyprus Avenue

Today 22:00 - 22:20

Writer David Ireland looks back on his award-winning play Cyprus Avenue. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Cyprus Avenue

Today 22:20 - 23:55

David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Contains very strong language and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]

Discovering the Music of Antiquity

Today 23:55 - 00:55

The discovery of an ancient music score in the Louvre sets researchers on a mission to recreate the music as it was originally heard by the Greeks 2,400 years ago. [S] [HD]

Mon Sep 21
Soundwaves: The Symphony of Physics

Tomorrow 00:55 - 01:55

2/2. Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound waves carry and how they help in understanding the world around us. [S,AD] [HD]

The Fens: A Wild Year

Tomorrow 01:55 - 02:55

2/3. Exploring the Fens of East Anglia, a landscape of wild wetlands and fertile farmland. [S,AD] [HD]

Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams

Tomorrow 02:55 - 03:55

Tom Fort embarks on a 170-mile journey down Britain's third-longest river, the Trent. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 03:55 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Summer: Earth's Seasonal Secrets

Tomorrow 19:00 - 20:00

1/4. Andrew Scott narrates a programme celebrating the glorious nature of summer on earth and the extraordinary ways animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD]

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Tatton Park

Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00

2/3. Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician. [S,AD] [HD]

Mastermind: 1977

Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:30

Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Cardiff University. The specialist subjects are WWII in Europe, JRR Tolkien, the history of Singapore 1819-1969 and the life of Henry VI. [S]

Call My Bluff

Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:00

Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Prunella Scales and Paul Eddington take on Frank Muir, Gayle Hunnicutt and Russell Davies in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]

Kusama: Infinity - Arena

Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:10

Documentary profiling Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama whose work, including her much-visited Infinity Mirror Room installations, defies classification. [S] [HD]

Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

Tomorrow 23:10 - 00:10

3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Tue Sep 22
Ancient Worlds

Tuesday 00:10 - 01:10

1/6. Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation. Starting in Uruk, the 'mother of all cities', in southern Iraq, he travels to Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece. [S,AD] [HD]

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: Tatton Park

Tuesday 01:10 - 02:10

2/3. Bendor and Emma discover a mysterious portrait of a 16th-century physician. [S,AD] [HD]

Summer: Earth's Seasonal Secrets

Tuesday 02:10 - 03:05

1/4. Andrew Scott narrates a programme celebrating the glorious nature of summer on earth and the extraordinary ways animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 03:05 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30

2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]

The Lakes with Paul Rose

Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00

3/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. In Coniston, Paul Rose enters a cycling event on a penny farthing and climbs the Old Man of Coniston. [S]

To the Manor Born

Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30

2/6. Stately sitcom. One of Audrey's old school friends wants to pay a visit, but she is unaware of the drop in status of the former lady of the manor. [S]

Keeping Up Appearances

Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00

7/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth volunteers Richard to fix the church hall electrics. Richard gamely embarks on this feat, with interesting consequences... [S]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00

2/3. Anne has grown into a real beauty. She is dazzling, and the king is caught in the glare. Her family play the long game to catch a king. [S,AD] [HD]

The Beginning and End of the Universe

Tuesday 22:00 - 23:00

2/2. A look into the distant future to try to discover how the universe will end. [S,AD] [HD]

Japan's Master of Restoration

Tuesday 23:00 - 23:50

3/3. The Mayuyamas travel to London to examine a priceless 18th-century imperial Chinese flower vase. They hope studying the London vase can help them restore a very similar piece. [S] [HD]

Dial 'B' for Britain: The Story of the Landline

Tuesday 23:50 - 00:50

3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]

Wed Sep 23
Canals: The Making of a Nation

Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20

2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. [S] [HD]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20

2/3. Anne has grown into a real beauty. She is dazzling, and the king is caught in the glare. Her family play the long game to catch a king. [S,AD] [HD]

The Lakes with Paul Rose

Wednesday 02:20 - 02:50

3/4. Four-part series about the Lake District. In Coniston, Paul Rose enters a cycling event on a penny farthing and climbs the Old Man of Coniston. [S]

Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics

Wednesday 02:50 - 03:50

2/2. Dr Helen Czerski examines the extraordinary messages sound waves carry and how they help in understanding the world around us. [S,AD,SL] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 03:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Wednesday 19:00 - 19:30

3/6. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. [S] [HD]

The Lakes with Paul Rose

Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00

4/4. Eskdale is the final destination in Paul Rose's trek through the Lake District. He has the summit of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, in his sights. [S] [HD]

The Cambridgeshire Crucifixion

Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00

A documentary telling the story of the extremely rare discovery of evidence of Roman crucifixion, unearthed in a routine archaeological dig in the Cambridgeshire Fens. [S,AD] [HD]

The Human Body: Secrets of your Life Revealed

Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00

1/3. Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the latest understanding of how we all grow. [S,AD] [HD]

Middlemarch

Wednesday 22:00 - 23:00

3/6. Fred Vincy is anxious to know to whom Featherstone will leave his fortune. Casaubon is furious when Ladislaw visits Dorothea. Lydgate and Rosamond's wedding goes ahead. [S]

Middlemarch

Wednesday 23:00 - 00:00

4/6. Dorothea is now a widow, but she vows never to finish Casaubon's book because of the vindictive codicil to his will. Will Ladislaw is out of a job. [S]

Thu Sep 24
Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War

Thursday 00:00 - 01:00

1/3. Military historian Saul David looks at how to keep an army fed and housed. [S] [HD]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Thursday 01:00 - 01:30

3/6. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. [S] [HD]

Dial 'B' for Britain: The Story of the Landline

Thursday 01:30 - 02:30

3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. [S] [HD]

Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War

Thursday 02:30 - 03:30

1/3. Military historian Saul David looks at how to keep an army fed and housed. [S] [HD]

The Lakes with Paul Rose

Thursday 03:30 - 04:00

4/4. Eskdale is the final destination in Paul Rose's trek through the Lake District. He has the summit of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain, in his sights. [S] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 04:00 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]

Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

Thursday 19:30 - 20:00

Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. [S] [HD]

Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide

Thursday 20:00 - 21:00

3/3. Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. [S,AD] [HD]

Slumdog Millionaire

Thursday 21:00 - 22:55

An orphan from the slums makes it to the final question of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Contains some strong language. [2008] [S,AD] [HD]

AR Rahman: Asian Network Interview

Thursday 22:55 - 00:20

AR Rahman chats to Haroon Rashid about his career producing music for some of India's most iconic films, his international successes, AI and working with Hans Zimmer. [S] [HD]

Fri Sep 25
The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

Friday 00:20 - 01:20

The story of Timbuktu and its legacy of ancient manuscripts, proof that reading and writing books have been as important to Africans as to Europeans. [S]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Friday 01:20 - 01:50

4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. [S] [HD]

Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village

Friday 01:50 - 02:20

Ben Robinson reveals the story of the idyllic village of Milton Abbas in Dorset. [S] [HD]

Roman Britain: A Timewatch Guide

Friday 02:20 - 03:20

3/3. Using years of BBC history archive film, Dr Alice Roberts explores how our views and understanding of Roman Britain have changed and evolved over the decades. [S,AD] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 03:20 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Friday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

TOTP: 2000

Friday 19:00 - 19:30

Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Sisqo, Hanson, Toni Braxton, True Steppers feat Dane Bowers, Oasis, Craig David, Cypress Hill and Fragma. [S]

TOTP: 2000

Friday 19:30 - 20:00

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 2000 and featuring Britney Spears, Lolly, Mandy Moore, System F, Toni Braxton and Oxide & Neutrino. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Friday 20:00 - 20:35

Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 September 1980 and featuring Split Enz, Diana Ross, Ottawan, Shalamar, Linx and The Police. Plus Russ Abbot and Leo Sayer. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Friday 20:35 - 21:05

Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, featuring Amazulu, Huey Lewis and the News, Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk, Genesis, Loose Ends, The Communards and Run DMC. [S]

Sting and The Police at the BBC

Friday 21:05 - 22:35

A collection of archive performances from Sting's solo career and The Police, including Roxanne, Fragile, Message in a Bottle, Brand New Day and Every Breath You Take. [S] [HD]

Sting: Reel Stories

Friday 22:35 - 23:20

Sting joins Dermot O'Leary for an in-depth interview about his life and career. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

Sting: Radio 2 in the Park (2024)

Friday 23:20 - 00:35

Headlining the Saturday of Radio 2 in the Park is Sting, performing his timeless hits. Contains scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD]

Sat Sep 26
TOTP: 2000

Saturday 00:35 - 01:05

Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Sisqo, Hanson, Toni Braxton, True Steppers feat Dane Bowers, Oasis, Craig David, Cypress Hill and Fragma. [S]

TOTP: 2000

Saturday 01:05 - 01:35

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 May 2000 and featuring Britney Spears, Lolly, Mandy Moore, System F, Toni Braxton and Oxide & Neutrino. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Saturday 01:35 - 02:10

Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 September 1980 and featuring Split Enz, Diana Ross, Ottawan, Shalamar, Linx and The Police. Plus Russ Abbot and Leo Sayer. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Saturday 02:10 - 02:40

Janice Long presents the pop chart programme, featuring Amazulu, Huey Lewis and the News, Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk, Genesis, Loose Ends, The Communards and Run DMC. [S]

Sting: Reel Stories

Saturday 02:40 - 03:25

Sting joins Dermot O'Leary for an in-depth interview about his life and career. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 03:25 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Saturday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

Simon King's Shetland Adventure

Saturday 19:00 - 20:00

2/3. Wildlife cameraman Simon King and his family experience the changing seasons on the Shetland Islands. Spring arrives in Shetland, bringing with it an influx of wildlife. [S,AD]

Attenborough's Big Birds

Saturday 20:00 - 21:00

6/10. Meet the big birds, a feathered family who have never flown. From ostriches to kiwis, these bizarre birds appear to be nature's greatest novelty act. [S,AD] [HD]

Paris Police 1910

Saturday 21:00 - 21:55

3/6. Labruyere teaches Hutin some golden rules about journalism. Contains some strong language, some sexual content and some upsetting... [S] [HD]

Paris Police 1910

Saturday 21:55 - 22:50

4/6. After the death of Irma Barbet, both Jouin and Cochefert suspect Joseph Fiersi. Contains some strong language, prolonged violence and disturbing scenes. [S] [HD]

Scrublands: Silver

Saturday 22:50 - 23:35

3/4. A witness claims to have seen Mandy dispose of the murder weapon. Contains strong language. [S,AD] [HD]

Scrublands: Silver

Saturday 23:35 - 00:25

4/4. Martin follows his instincts to find the murderer. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD]

Sun Sep 27
To the Manor Born

Sunday 00:25 - 00:55

1/6. Stately sitcom. Richard offers Ned's services to Audrey in Brabinger's absence but Ned thinks it is all a plot to remove him from his tied cottage. [S]

Keeping Up Appearances

Sunday 00:55 - 01:25

7/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth volunteers Richard to fix the church hall electrics. Richard gamely embarks on this feat, with interesting consequences... [S]

Simon King's Shetland Adventure

Sunday 01:25 - 02:25

2/3. Wildlife cameraman Simon King and his family experience the changing seasons on the Shetland Islands. Spring arrives in Shetland, bringing with it an influx of wildlife. [S,AD]

The Riviera: A History in Pictures

Sunday 02:25 - 03:25

1/2. Richard E Grant follows in the footsteps of artists who have lived, loved and painted on France's Cote d'Azur, including Cezanne, Monet, Renoir and Matisse. [S,SL]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 03:25 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]

A Stitch in Time

Sunday 19:00 - 19:30

1/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. Here, she looks at Charles II. [S,AD] [HD]

Lesley Garrett at the BBC

Sunday 19:30 - 21:00

A tribute to the remarkable voice and career of the great soprano Lesley Garrett, who shares memories of some of her finest performances on the BBC. [S] [HD]

The Riviera: A History in Pictures

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

2/2. Richard E Grant explores how modern art and the Riviera grew up together when the Cote d'Azur became both a hedonistic playground and an experimental studio. [S] [HD]

An Inspector Calls

Sunday 22:00 - 23:25

A mysterious inspector interrupts a wealthy family's party with shocking news. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]

An Evening with JB Priestley

Sunday 23:25 - 00:15

JB Priestley and Jill Balcon read passages from Priestley's work to a studio audience. [S]

Mon Sep 28
Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments

Monday 00:15 - 01:15

Documentary that follows the tireless efforts of a small band of pipe organ enthusiasts to save these magnificent instruments as churches and venues across Britain close. [S] [HD]