Today 03:00 - 04:00
3/8. The religious revolution of the 16th century creates radical and surprising works of art. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
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9: BBC FOUR
Tue Apr 21
Today 04:00 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 4 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Today 22:00 - 23:30
2/2. Part two of a film exploring the freedom of speech conversations on US campuses. Contains strong language and scenes which some viewers may find disturbing. Also in HD. [S]
Today 23:30 - 00:30
Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of the Sellafield nuclear facility. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Apr 22
Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:30
Horizon follows an international team of volcanologists in Iceland as they draw fascinating parallels between the volcanoes on Earth and those elsewhere in the solar system. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:20
Film exploring the extraordinary impact of escapologist Harry Houdini in the early 20th century. Featuring restored archive footage and interviews with historians and illusionists. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:20 - 03:20
Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of the Sellafield nuclear facility. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Tomorrow 03:20 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 5 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:40
11/11. Tensions mount as jealousy, lust and shame combine to test the five flatmates. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 22:40 - 23:40
The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives she touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 23:40 - 00:40
3/3. An international team of scientists is trying to change perceptions of sharks. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thu Apr 23
Thursday 00:40 - 01:40
Horizon follows an international team of volcanologists in Iceland as they draw fascinating parallels between the volcanoes on Earth and those elsewhere in the solar system. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:40 - 02:40
The life of the most glamorous plane ever built, as told by the people whose lives she touched. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Thursday 02:40 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 6 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 22:00 - 23:30
A puritan police officer arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl. Contains some sexual content and disturbing scenes. Also in HD. [1973] [S,AD]
Thursday 23:30 - 00:00
Documentary about cult British horror film The Wicker Man. Featuring actors Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward and Ingrid Pitt and director Robin Hardy. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [S]
Fri Apr 24
Friday 00:00 - 01:00
Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 01:00 - 02:00
Archaeologist Dr Fraser Hunter looks back on three centuries of contact and conflict with Scotland's Roman invaders, a story of a superpower pitted against tribesmen and warlords. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 02:00 - 03:00
3/3. An international team of scientists is trying to change perceptions of sharks. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 03:00 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 7 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:00 - 22:30
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1987, featuring Five Star, The Smiths, Kim Wilde & Junior, Tom Jones, Madonna and Terence Trent D'Arby. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:30 - 23:00
Jakki Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 April 1990 and featuring Sonia, Faith No More and Adamski. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:00 - 23:35
A deep dive into the BBC's archives to celebrate the great Roy Orbison. Featuring hits from his UK visits, including Only the Lonely, Crying and Oh Pretty Woman. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:35 - 00:35
Roy Orbison performs with guests such as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Apr 25
Saturday 00:35 - 01:05
Including Only the Lonely, Crying, Penny Arcade, Blue Bayou and Oh, Pretty Woman. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:05 - 01:35
Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1987, featuring Five Star, The Smiths, Kim Wilde & Junior, Tom Jones, Madonna and Terence Trent D'Arby. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:35 - 02:05
Jakki Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 19 April 1990 and featuring Sonia, Faith No More and Adamski. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:05 - 02:40
A deep dive into the BBC's archives to celebrate the great Roy Orbison. Featuring hits from his UK visits, including Only the Lonely, Crying and Oh Pretty Woman. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:40 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 8 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 22:00 - 23:00
Documentary charting the life of snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. Contributors include Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dennis Taylor and Barry Hearn. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 23:00 - 00:55
Resistance fighters smuggle gold reserves out of Norway before the Nazis invade. Also in HD. [2022] [S]
Sun Apr 26
Sunday 00:55 - 01:45
Film exploring the extraordinary impact of escapologist Harry Houdini in the early 20th century. Featuring restored archive footage and interviews with historians and illusionists. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:45 - 02:45
Professor Jeremy Black explains the unique economic, social and political factors that helped Britain transform itself almost entirely by the 19th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 02:45 - 03:45
Documentary charting the life of snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins. Contributors include Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dennis Taylor and Barry Hearn. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 03:45 - 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 - 22:00
Coverage of day 9 of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:10
River takes its audience on a journey through space and time spanning six continents, showing rivers on a scale and from perspectives never seen before. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:10 - 00:10
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. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Apr 27
Monday 00:10 - 01:10
Investigation into the extraordinary life of Gershwin's classic composition Summertime. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:10 - 02:10
2/3. Historian Bettany Hughes is in Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential maverick thinker Socrates, who was executed for his beliefs. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 02:10 - 03:10
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. Also in HD. [S,SL]
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 - 19:30
1/3. Adventurer Paul Rose heads for Wensleydale in a three-part series about the Yorkshire Dales. He finds out why cycling is so popular and meets a family of Dales dormice. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Robbie battles his way through blanket weed on the Shropshire Union Canal. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/3. The mystery surrounding the Egyptian city of Piramesse, built by Ramesses the Great. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:00 - 22:00
Story behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon tells the story of artist Paul Nash and how his experiences during the First World War haunted his later work. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
2/3. Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover Barcelona through its art and architecture, including the frescoes that inspired Miro and a surprising collection of vintage fans. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tue Apr 28
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
4/8. A splintering of politics and religion under the Stuarts leads to more questioning art. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00
Story behind the festival which showed how to carve out a bright future through design. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 02:00 - 03:00
4/8. A splintering of politics and religion under the Stuarts leads to more questioning art. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:00 - 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
2/3. Paul Rose heads underground in Swaledale to try and find rare industrial artefacts. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Life on England's waterways with Robbie Cumming. Robbie gets stuck in the mud in Woodseaves Cutting and explores the charming canal-side village of Kinver in Staffordshire. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth and Richard go to join the Major at a hotel for a golfing weekend. The Major cries off playing, but has organised a friend to play with Richard. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
2/6. Timothy is suffering from bouts of sleepwalking, which could cause trouble as the annual interview for promotion is just around the corner. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
1/4. Simon Schama looks beyond the romantic stories of Cavaliers and Roundheads to the real story of the English Civil War, in which hundreds of thousands died. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
Film about a seemingly ordinary Englishman who spent more than 40 years as a mercenary. Contains strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:20
First transmitted in 2001, this programme chronicles the construction of the Empire State Building in New York, which was the world's tallest skyscraper when opened in 1931. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Apr 29
Wednesday 00:20 - 01:20
Documentary tracing how understanding of the powerful and changing weather phenomenon that is the jet stream - a ribbon of fast-moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. Also in HD. [S,AD]