Today 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
9: BBC FOUR
Mon Oct 19
Today 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Today 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Today 19:00 - 20:00
2/3. The story of New Zealand's wildest places and its most resilient pioneers. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 21:00 - 21:30
With specialist subjects Zulu history, Stuart monarchs, Salvation Army and Rupert Brooke. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 23:00 - 00:30
Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [S]
Tue Oct 20
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:30
2/3. The story of New Zealand's wildest places and its most resilient pioneers. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 03:30 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Wednesday 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
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. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:15
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's TV drama series The Singing Detective. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:20 - 00:30
4/6. Marlow as a child visits London. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Thursday 03:30 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Thursday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Thursday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Thursday 19:00 - 21:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. Also in HD. [1968] [S]
Thursday 21:30 - 23:00
Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 03:40 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Friday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Friday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of classics from the BBC's archives. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:15 - 02:15
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of classics from the BBC's archives. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:55 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Saturday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Saturday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Saturday 19:00 - 19:45
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:30 - 23:05
A knight returning from the crusades makes the acquaintance of Death himself. Also in HD. [1957] [S]
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. Also in HD.
Sun Oct 25
Sunday 00:00 - 00:35
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:55 - 01:40
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:30 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Sunday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Sunday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Oct 26
Monday 00:25 - 01:40
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:40 - 02:40
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 02:40 - 03:10
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 03:10 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Monday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Monday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Monday 19:00 - 20:00
3/3. Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Captain Bligh, King Richard III, Shakespeare's English Kings and George Stephenson. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Sue MacGregor and Derek Jacobi take on Arthur Marshall, Liza Goddard and Julian Pettifer in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:15
Film-maker Chris Terrill looks back on his seminal 1996 series Soho Stories. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:15 - 22:55
1/12. A coded bomb warning causes panic in the West End, but Danny the drag queen must practise his act. Contains some strong language. Also in HD.
Monday 22:55 - 23:35
2/12. History student Gwen trains to be a stripper for a summer job. Contains some strong language. Also in HD.
Monday 23:35 - 00:15
3/12. Bespoke tailor Mark appears in a Saatchi & Saatchi ad, and drag artist Danny buys a frock. Contains some strong language. Also in HD.