Today 02:30 - 03:00
6/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the picturesque Georgian village of Charlestown on the south west coast of Cornwall and learns how it was shaped by the vision of one man. [S] [HD]
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106: BBC FOUR HD
Wed Mar 18
Today 03:00 - 03:30
1/6. Julia Bradbury walks across northern England from west to east coast, beginning her adventure in appalling weather at the western extremity, St Bees Head. [S,AD]
Today 03:30 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Today 19:00 - 19:30
5/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers how traditional boat building shaped the beautifully preserved village of Arnside on the banks of the River Kent in Cumbria. [S] [HD]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
2/6. Over three mountain ranges and across three valleys, the second stage of Julia Bradbury's journey is a traverse of Wainwright's much-loved Lake District. [S,AD]
Today 20:00 - 20:50
Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn contemplates the end of his career as he turns his lens to the dramatic dance between a million seabirds and a single hunting falcon. [S,AD] [HD]
Today 20:50 - 21:00
As the spring sunshine melts the snow and ice on a lake which is a stop-off point for 10,000 migrating cranes, the birds start to do an unforgettable dance. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
1/2. In this mind-bending film, Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its smallest, from tiny insects to living cells and viruses, before finally arriving at the atom. [S] [HD]
Today 22:00 - 22:20
Daniela Nardini looks back on cult 1990s BBC drama series This Life. Contains strong language. [S] [HD]
Today 22:20 - 23:00
1/11. Anna attends an interview at a well-to-do firm of solicitors. Contains some strong language. [S]
Today 23:00 - 23:50
2/11. Anna hopes to rekindle her romance with Miles. Contains strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Today 23:50 - 00:50
11/12. Documentary which digs into the archive to discover the unwritten rules that have governed the way we drink in Britain, from 1940s pubs and clubs to drinking at home or at work. [S]
Thu Mar 19
Tomorrow 00:50 - 01:20
5/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson discovers how traditional boat building shaped the beautifully preserved village of Arnside on the banks of the River Kent in Cumbria. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 01:20 - 01:50
2/6. Over three mountain ranges and across three valleys, the second stage of Julia Bradbury's journey is a traverse of Wainwright's much-loved Lake District. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 01:50 - 02:40
Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn contemplates the end of his career as he turns his lens to the dramatic dance between a million seabirds and a single hunting falcon. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 02:40 - 03:35
1/2. In this mind-bending film, Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its smallest, from tiny insects to living cells and viruses, before finally arriving at the atom. [S,SL] [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
3/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Alnmouth on England's north east coast and discovers the village's historical role in feeding the nation. [S] [HD]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
3/6. Julia Bradbury crosses the sparse Eden Valley and passes through the bustling outpost of Kirkby Stephen, before making a boggy climb up and over the Pennines. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 11th century. [S,AD] [HD]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 23:00
Bob Fosse's musical set in 1930s Berlin. Cabaret singer Sally Bowles is lovestruck by a naive young Englishman amid the city's louche cafe society. Deals with adult themes. [1972] [S,AD]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 01:35
An egotistical saxophonist and a lounge singer embark upon a strained and rocky romance. Contains language which some may find offensive. [1977] [S]
Fri Mar 20
Friday 01:35 - 02:05
3/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits Alnmouth on England's north east coast and discovers the village's historical role in feeding the nation. [S] [HD]
Friday 02:05 - 02:35
3/6. Julia Bradbury crosses the sparse Eden Valley and passes through the bustling outpost of Kirkby Stephen, before making a boggy climb up and over the Pennines. [S,AD] [HD]
Friday 02:35 - 03:35
3/3. Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 11th century. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 03:35 - 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
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Backstreet Boys, 21st Century Girls, Another Level, Cher, Feeder, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Baz Luhrmann. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 June 1999 and featuring The Wiseguys, Shania Twain, Cartoons, Tatyana Ali, Cher, Lauryn Hill and S Club 7. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:30
Tony Blackburn and Gary Davies present the chart show, from 17 March 1983. Featuring Bananarama, The Style Council, Ultravox, Joan Armatrading, Bonnie Tyler and Bucks Fizz. [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Janice Long and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 March 1986 and featuring Jim Diamond, Pet Shop Boys, The Real Thing, Diana Ross and Mr. Mister. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 21:45
Hugely successful singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka plays hits from his early rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age in this special one-man show from the 1980s. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Documentary profiling songwriter and performer Neil Sedaka, the man behind hits like Oh Carol, Is This the Way to Amarillo and Solitaire. [S] [HD]
Friday 22:45 - 23:15
A concert by American singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. First broadcast in 1975. Songs include Love Will Keep Us Together, Laughter in the Rain and When You Were Lovin' Me. [S]
Friday 23:15 - 00:45
A collection of piano songs from a selection of the BBC's best-loved music programmes. [S] [HD]
Sat Mar 21
Saturday 00:45 - 01:35
Hugely successful singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka plays hits from his early rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age in this special one-man show from the 1980s. [S]
Saturday 01:35 - 02:05
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, featuring Backstreet Boys, 21st Century Girls, Another Level, Cher, Feeder, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Baz Luhrmann. [S]
Saturday 02:05 - 02:35
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 18 June 1999 and featuring The Wiseguys, Shania Twain, Cartoons, Tatyana Ali, Cher, Lauryn Hill and S Club 7. [S]
Saturday 02:35 - 03:05
Tony Blackburn and Gary Davies present the chart show, from 17 March 1983. Featuring Bananarama, The Style Council, Ultravox, Joan Armatrading, Bonnie Tyler and Bucks Fizz. [S]
Saturday 03:05 - 03:35
Janice Long and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 March 1986 and featuring Jim Diamond, Pet Shop Boys, The Real Thing, Diana Ross and Mr. Mister. [S]
Saturday 03:35 - 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 - 20:30
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, first broadcast on 27 January 1977. With Mike Reid, The Beverley Sisters, Valerie Monese and Graham Clark. [S]
Saturday 20:30 - 21:20
6/6. A women's refuge is under threat, and Hetty poses as a battered wife in order to locate the security leak. [S]
Saturday 21:20 - 23:25
Archaeologist turned grave robber Arthur rejoins his old gang to raid Etruscan tombs. Contains strong language. [2023] [S] [HD]
Saturday 23:25 - 00:25
Michael Parkinson interviews Alistair Cooke, the journalist and broadcaster best known for his long-running radio programme Letter from America. First broadcast in 1980. [S]
Sun Mar 22
Sunday 00:25 - 00:55
5/6. Sitcom about a snobbish housewife. Hyacinth's social standing at a church function is jeopardised when Daisy tries to encourage Onslow to become more ardent. [S]
Sunday 00:55 - 01:25
3/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged bachelor who lives with his domineering mother and ineffectual father. Timothy tries to stop his godson being bullied at school. [S]
Sunday 01:25 - 02:15
6/6. A women's refuge is under threat, and Hetty poses as a battered wife in order to locate the security leak. [S]
Sunday 02:15 - 03:00
Leonard Sachs presents an edition of the old time music hall programme, first broadcast on 27 January 1977. With Mike Reid, The Beverley Sisters, Valerie Monese and Graham Clark. [S]
Sunday 03:00 - 03:45
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]
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 - 19:50
4/6. Lucinda Lambton explores the architecture of County Durham, with visits to Durham Cathedral, Beamish Open Air Museum and Lambton Castle. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
Seamus Heaney visits Coole Park, County Galway to read some of WB Yeats's work. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:00
A candid portrait of Oscar Wilde and his remarkable family, including revelations by his grandson Merlin Holland and Lady Alice Douglas. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
Oscar Wilde's haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption. [S] [HD]
Sunday 22:00 - 00:00
The 1972 adaption of Ibsen's epic dramatic fantasy about a man in search of his soul. [S]
Mon Mar 23
Monday 00:00 - 00:30
2/4. Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe shows what we can learn from the ways in which animals adapt to changes in the world around them. [S] [HD]
Monday 00:30 - 01:20
4/6. Lucinda Lambton explores the architecture of County Durham, with visits to Durham Cathedral, Beamish Open Air Museum and Lambton Castle. [S]
Monday 01:20 - 02:20
A candid portrait of Oscar Wilde and his remarkable family, including revelations by his grandson Merlin Holland and Lady Alice Douglas. [S]
Monday 02:20 - 03:25
Oscar Wilde's haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption. [S] [HD]
Monday 03:25 - 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
3/7. A look at South America - the most species-rich continent on earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. [S] [HD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Sinead Cusak and Ian Ogilvy take on Frank Muir, Penelope Keith and Miles Kington in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Derek Hart. The guest musician is soprano Isobel Baillie. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
A revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th century, Alistair Cooke, whose Radio 4 programme Letter from America spanned 58 years. [S,AD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:10
... Alan Yentob meets Rose Wylie and delves into her curious and colourful world. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. [S] [HD]
Tue Mar 24
Tuesday 00:10 - 01:10
3/3. James Fox uses art to explore the relationship between humans and nature across the last 100 years. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 01:10 - 01:40
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Derek Hart. The guest musician is soprano Isobel Baillie. [S]
Tuesday 01:40 - 02:40
3/7. A look at South America - the most species-rich continent on earth. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 02:40 - 03:40
1/3. Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style, Alastair Sooke treks across the Sahara and travels the Nile to find the rarely seen art of its earliest peoples. [S,SL] [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 - 19:30
1/6. Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/6. Julia Bradbury traverses Swaledale in Yorkshire. Wainwright studied this 22-mile section in detail, presenting a route of valley bottom and windswept moor top. [S,AD] [HD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Sitcom about a snobbish housewife and her long-suffering husband. Hyacinth quite enjoys a family christening - except when it is Daisy's family. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
4/6. 1980s sitcom about a middle-aged man still living with his parents. Timothy makes a determined effort to find himself a flat. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
4/7. The story of Edward I - the Hammer of the Scots - whose attempts to force English rule on Scotland and Wales strengthened the identities of all the British nations. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:20
A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war. [S] [HD]
Tuesday 23:20 - 00:20
The story of a 1960s experiment that tried to teach a dolphin to speak English. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD]
Wed Mar 25
Wednesday 00:20 - 01:20
A revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th century, Alistair Cooke, whose Radio 4 programme Letter from America spanned 58 years. [S,AD]
Wednesday 01:20 - 01:50
1/6. Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress. [S]
Wednesday 01:50 - 02:20
4/6. Julia Bradbury traverses Swaledale in Yorkshire. Wainwright studied this 22-mile section in detail, presenting a route of valley bottom and windswept moor top. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:40
A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 03:40 - 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
2/6. Fred Dibnah visits Hampton Court Palace and examines a 15th-century manor house. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
5/6. Documentary series. After visiting Richmond, Julia Bradbury crosses the vale between the Dales and her last National Park, the North York Moors. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results. [S,AD] [HD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
An introduction to John Stubbs's 18th-century masterpiece The Grosvenor Hunt. Written and narrated by John Jacob. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/2. In this mind-bending film, Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its largest, from our solar system up to giant networks of interconnected galaxies. [S] [HD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:45
3/11. Drama series. Egg takes on a medical negligence case and becomes emotionally involved with a client who has cancer. Contains some strong language. [S]
Wednesday 22:45 - 23:25
4/11. Delilah outstays her welcome, and Anna resorts to devious means to get her way. Contains very strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [S]
Wednesday 23:25 - 00:25
4/5. The growing and shifting fortunes of the British corner shop over the past 70 years. Contains language which some may find offensive. [S,AD] [HD]