Today 02:30 - 03:30
2/2. Jonathan Foyle looks for clues in Henry VIII's art to glimpse what was going on inside the king's head as he faced his darkest days following his divorce and break with Rome. Also in HD. [S,SL]
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9: BBC FOUR
Wed Oct 15
Today 03:30 - 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 - 19:30
5/6. In his exploration of the engineering skills that went into the building of Britain, Fred Dibnah looks at the construction of the canal network. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. The 25th anniversary is under way, and a mural is being painted at each end of the tunnel. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. Richard Miles goes back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth, a quest that soon got archaeologists into dangerous waters. Also in HD. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
3/5. Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies and leads the country to war. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 22:00 - 23:30
Ian Curteis's once-controversial dramatisation of how the Thatcher government went to war against Argentina to regain the Falkland Islands. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 23:30 - 00:00
The team delve into the world of astronaut training, discovering what it takes to become a European Space Agency astronaut. With special guest Helen Sharman. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Oct 16
Tomorrow 00:00 - 01:00
2/3. Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:00 - 01:30
5/6. In his exploration of the engineering skills that went into the building of Britain, Fred Dibnah looks at the construction of the canal network. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:00
3/4. The 25th anniversary is under way, and a mural is being painted at each end of the tunnel. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:00 - 03:00
1/3. Richard Miles goes back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth, a quest that soon got archaeologists into dangerous waters. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 03:00 - 04:00
3/5. Mrs Thatcher confronts her enemies and leads the country to war. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 04:00 - 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 - 19:05
Nature documentary looking at a post office in Antarctica that is surrounded by 3,000 gentoo penguins. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:05 - 20:45
The quiet English village of St Mary Mead is disrupted when a Hollywood film crew introduce inflated egos and cold-blooded murder. Miss Marple, of course, investigates. Also in HD. [1981] [S]
Tomorrow 20:45 - 21:30
Actress Angela Lansbury talks to Rex Reed and audience members at London's NFT. From 1973. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:30 - 22:45
Lauren Laverne hosts the Mercury Prize 2025 from Newcastle's Utilita Arena. Contains some strong language and scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 22:45 - 00:50
Jake Blues and his brother Elwood have just days to save the home where they were raised. Contains very strong language. Also in HD. [1980] [S]
Fri Oct 17
Friday 00:50 - 01:50
2/3. Stephen Smith explores Renaissance Florence under the reign of Grand Duke Cosimo Medici. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 01:50 - 02:30
Actress Angela Lansbury talks to Rex Reed and audience members at London's NFT. From 1973. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 02:30 - 03:30
2/3. Simon uncovers the truth about El Cid and investigates the Spanish Inquisition. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Friday 03:30 - 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 - 19:20
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 August 1998 and featuring Ace of Base, Lucid, Baby Bumps, Apollo 440 and Spice Girls. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 19:20 - 19:50
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 August 1998 and featuring Apollo 440, Hinda Hicks, Placebo, Will Smith, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Boyzone. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 19:50 - 20:30
Andy Peebles presents pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 October 1979 and featuring The Dooleys, Chic, Dr Hook, Viola Wills, Cats UK, Dave Edmunds, Dana and the Police. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Simon Bates and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme. First broadcast on 16 October 1986, this edition features Pet Shop Boys, Marti Webb, Paul Hardcastle and Status Quo. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 22:00
Featuring Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Billie Jo Spears, Crystal Gayle, Taylor Swift, Lucinda Williams with Mary Chapin Carpenter and more. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:00 - 22:45
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge host an evening of song. With Billy Swan and Barbara Carroll. First broadcast in 1978. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:45 - 23:10
Tammy is joined on stage at the Maltings Concert Hall by guests Richard Harding, Johnny McEvoy, The Tennessee Gentlemen and The Bill Clarke Five. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:10 - 00:10
How the three country singers ended up uniting as close harmony singers on the Trio album. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Oct 18
Saturday 00:10 - 01:10
Featuring Bobbie Gentry, Anne Murray, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Billie Jo Spears, Crystal Gayle, Taylor Swift, Lucinda Williams with Mary Chapin Carpenter and more. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:10 - 01:55
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge host an evening of song. With Billy Swan and Barbara Carroll. First broadcast in 1978. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:55 - 02:20
Jo Whiley presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 August 1998 and featuring Ace of Base, Lucid, Baby Bumps, Apollo 440 and Spice Girls. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:20 - 02:50
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 August 1998 and featuring Apollo 440, Hinda Hicks, Placebo, Will Smith, Fun Lovin' Criminals and Boyzone. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:50 - 03:25
Andy Peebles presents pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 October 1979 and featuring The Dooleys, Chic, Dr Hook, Viola Wills, Cats UK, Dave Edmunds, Dana and the Police. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 03:55
Simon Bates and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme. First broadcast on 16 October 1986, this edition features Pet Shop Boys, Marti Webb, Paul Hardcastle and Status Quo. 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 - 20:00
A celebration of the classic children's series. Created in Paris in the early 1960s, The Magic Roundabout was brought to the British screen by actor Eric Thompson. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 20:00 - 20:05
Classic trippy animation from the Swinging Sixties. Florence and Brian help Dougal search for a four-leaf clover. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 20:05 - 20:55
1/12. Siegfried and James are left to Calum's cooking while their wives visit London. James meets Basil Courtenay, a rather upper-class cowhand. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:55 - 21:45
2/12. James renews his acquaintance with an old farmer called Mr Potts, whose unfortunate demise coincides with that of King George VI. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:45 - 22:35
3/4. Paula is arrested on suspicion of murder. Having apprehended some long-held secrets, Jerome decides he wants a divorce, as Tess continues to weave her web in the family home. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 22:35 - 23:25
4/4. Paula is on Tess's trail, locating the places where she grew up. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 23:25 - 00:20
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Patricia Routledge, Morgan Freeman and Gary Lineker. Also in HD. [S]
Sun Oct 19
Sunday 00:20 - 00:50
5/7. The Goods find new ways to put their loom to good use, while Margo and Jerry are preparing for an important dinner party at which Jerry's boss will announce his retirement. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 00:50 - 01:20
2/8. Hacker prepares to make his first broadcast as prime minister, announcing his grand new defence policy, but he finds it is not so easy to speak on camera. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:20 - 02:10
1/12. Siegfried and James are left to Calum's cooking while their wives visit London. James meets Basil Courtenay, a rather upper-class cowhand. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:10 - 03:00
2/12. James renews his acquaintance with an old farmer called Mr Potts, whose unfortunate demise coincides with that of King George VI. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 03:00 - 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 - 19:15
Documentary following pioneering young penguins as they invade a busy South African beach resort in an attempt to establish a new colony. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:15 - 20:15
Film about Jane Goodall, whose work with chimps transformed our understanding of them. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 20:15 - 20:45
Terry Wogan talks to Jane Goodall and Adrian Edmondson, with music by Eurythmics. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:45 - 22:00
Luminous choral music on the theme of peace, performed by one of the world's finest choirs in the glorious Peterborough Cathedral. Presented by Hannah French. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
Former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King looks back on the BBC's 1977 series on the history of economic thinking, The Age of Uncertainty. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:15 - 23:10
1/13. John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:10 - 00:05
2/13. Professor Galbraith looks at the ideas that sustained the rich in the 19th century and how they still affect our attitudes today. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Oct 20
Monday 00:05 - 01:10
... Delve into the world of Philip Pullman and explore the author's own dark materials. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:10 - 02:30
Luminous choral music on the theme of peace, performed by one of the world's finest choirs in the glorious Peterborough Cathedral. Presented by Hannah French. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:30 - 03:30
Film about Jane Goodall, whose work with chimps transformed our understanding of them. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Monday 03:30 - 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 - 19:30
6/6. Fred Dibnah indulges his personal passion for the achievements of the builders of the 19th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. The next batch of wannabe shuttle drivers has just arrived for the first round of testing. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. A cat and mouse hunt across Europe to find two stolen Turners on loan from London. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson presides as Frank Muir, Jilly Cooper and Prof Quentin Bell compete with Patrick Campbell, Lesley-Anne Down and Anthony Valentine in a duel of words and wit. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Patricia Owen, John Julius Norwich and David Attenborough. With guest musician Imogen Cooper. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:45
Documentary about Bette Davis, including an interview with the Hollywood star herself. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:45 - 23:10
Writer George Melly talks about the influence of surrealism on his early life. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:10 - 23:55
4/15. Bryan Magee and Bernard Williams discuss the work of French philosopher René Descartes. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:55 - 00:45
5/15. Bryan Magee discusses the work of Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the German philosopher, with his guest, Anthony Quinton. Also in HD. [S]
Tue Oct 21
Tuesday 00:45 - 01:15
6/6. Fred Dibnah indulges his personal passion for the achievements of the builders of the 19th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 01:15 - 01:45
4/4. The next batch of wannabe shuttle drivers has just arrived for the first round of testing. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:45 - 02:15
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Patricia Owen, John Julius Norwich and David Attenborough. With guest musician Imogen Cooper. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 02:15 - 03:15
1/3. A cat and mouse hunt across Europe to find two stolen Turners on loan from London. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:15 - 05:30
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30
1/5. The story of a year in the life of Bodnant Garden in north Wales, and how it is being revamped with the aim of making it one of the top ten gardens in the world. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 19:45
.. Keeping Up Appearances. Dame Patricia recalls how the character of Hyacinth Bucket first entered her life. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:45 - 20:15
3/10. Hyacinth is in a sunny disposition, which mystifies Richard. The real horror of his situation dawns on him when he realises that he has forgotten their anniversary. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:15 - 20:20
.. Miss Pym's Day Out. Dame Patricia recalls Miss Pym's Day Out, in which she portrayed author Barbara Pym. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:20 - 21:05
Dramatised documentary about the writer Barbara Pym, depicting one day in her life - 23 November 1977 - when she travelled to London to attend the Booker Prize ceremony. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:05 - 21:15
.. Talking Heads. Dame Patricia discusses her roles in Alan Bennett's acclaimed series of tele-plays. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:15 - 21:50
2/6. Drama monologue by Alan Bennett. Irene Ruddock lives alone. Her habit of writing letters to the appropriate authorities gets ridiculously out of hand. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:50 - 22:00
How thousands of strange nocturnal birds make their home on the island of Bardsey in north Wales, and an exploration of the history of the island itself. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:25
Storyville documentary. A bittersweet and surreal summer unfolds inside a crumbling Soviet-era wellness resort in Odesa, where guests seek healing, love and distraction. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:25 - 00:25
3/3. Spain's golden age under Philip II through to the Civil War and Franco's dictatorship. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Oct 22
Wednesday 00:25 - 00:55
1/5. The story of a year in the life of Bodnant Garden in north Wales, and how it is being revamped with the aim of making it one of the top ten gardens in the world. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 00:55 - 01:25
3/10. Hyacinth is in a sunny disposition, which mystifies Richard. The real horror of his situation dawns on him when he realises that he has forgotten their anniversary. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:25 - 02:15
Dramatised documentary about the writer Barbara Pym, depicting one day in her life - 23 November 1977 - when she travelled to London to attend the Booker Prize ceremony. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 02:15 - 03:20
... Delve into the world of Philip Pullman and explore the author's own dark materials. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Wednesday 03:20 - 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
2/5. A year in the life of the spectacular Bodnant Garden in north Wales. Head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team give Bodnant a facelift. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Narrowboater Robbie Cumming begins a 170-mile journey across the north of England and soon runs into difficulty with a problem with his craft's propeller in Wigan. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Richard Miles shows how 18th- and 19th-century discoveries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began as empires competed to own the past. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
4/5. As Mrs Thatcher's government transforms the British economy, tensions erupt within her inner circle, and personal relationships in her own family are exposed. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:55
Drama about Margaret Thatcher's fall from power. As Thatcher prepares for the Lord Mayor's banquet, Geoffrey Howe pens the resignation speech that will seal her fate. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 23:55 - 00:55
3/3. Stephen Smith explores the Baroque court of Louis XIV, who created the Palace of Versailles to surround himself with artists, designers, gardeners, chefs and musicians. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Oct 23
Thursday 00:55 - 01:25
2/5. A year in the life of the spectacular Bodnant Garden in north Wales. Head gardener Troy Scott Smith and his team give Bodnant a facelift. Also in HD. [S,AD]