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9: BBC FOUR

Thu Feb 19
This is BBC Four

Thursday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Thursday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Great British Railway Journeys

Thursday 19:00 - 19:30

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 19:30 - 20:00

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. Also in HD. [S]

Volcano: Dangerous Earth

Thursday 20:00 - 20:30

2/6. Dr Helen Czerski looks at volcanoes. New thermal imagery and ultra high-speed photography capture the complex processes crucial to understanding how and why they erupt. Also in HD. [S]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 20:30 - 21:00

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Also in HD. [S]

Bonnie and Clyde

Thursday 21:00 - 22:45

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker achieve growing notoriety as they carry out a series of robberies with their gang in 1930s America. Contains some violent scenes. Also in HD. [1967] [S,AD]

The Real Bonnie and Clyde: Timewatch

Thursday 22:45 - 23:45

Timewatch goes in search of the true story of Bonnie and Clyde, with unprecedented access to gang members' memoirs, family archives and police records. Also in HD. [S]

The Secret World of Haute Couture

Thursday 23:45 - 00:45

Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Fri Feb 20
Great British Railway Journeys

Today 00:45 - 01:15

15/15. Michael visits the fairy-tale castle of Eastnor at the foot of the Malvern Hills. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Today 01:15 - 01:45

2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. Also in HD. [S]

City Scapes: New York

Today 01:45 - 02:05

Post-war architectural innovations in the Big Apple. Also in HD. [S]

Talking Pictures: Bonnie and Clyde

Today 02:05 - 02:35

Celia Imrie tells the story behind one of the most groundbreaking and influential films of the sixties, 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Also in HD. [S]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Today 02:35 - 03:35

2/3. Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle, Edward I, as he turned it into an instrument of colonisation. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Today 03:35 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Today 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Today 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

TOTP: 1999

Today 19:00 - 19:30

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 April 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, TLC, The Cranberries, New Radicals and Martine McCutcheon. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1999

Today 19:30 - 20:00

Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1999 and featuring Whitney Houston, Phats & Small, Electronic, Honeyz, Suede, TLC and Martine McCutcheon. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Today 20:00 - 20:35

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Buggles, The Tourists, Fern Kinney, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Today 20:35 - 21:05

Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastle, Diana Ross, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. Also in HD. [S]

Gladys Knight at the BBC

Today 21:05 - 22:05

A look through the BBC archives for moment after moment from the 'empress of soul', Gladys Knight, including songs like Baby Don't Change Your Mind and The Way We Were. Also in HD. [S]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Today 22:05 - 22:40

The first of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of the group's early hits. Also in HD. [S]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Today 22:40 - 23:15

The second of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of their more recent hits. Also in HD. [S]

Queens of Soul

Today 23:15 - 00:15

Performances by legendary female soul singers including Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Gladys Knight, Randy Crawford, Angie Stone, Mary J Blige, Beyonce and many more. Also in HD. [S]

Sat Feb 21
TOTP: 1999

Tomorrow 00:15 - 00:45

Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 16 April 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, TLC, The Cranberries, New Radicals and Martine McCutcheon. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1999

Tomorrow 00:45 - 01:15

Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 April 1999 and featuring Whitney Houston, Phats & Small, Electronic, Honeyz, Suede, TLC and Martine McCutcheon. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1980

Tomorrow 01:15 - 01:50

Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shakin' Stevens, Blondie, The Beat, The Buggles, The Tourists, Fern Kinney, The Ramones, Iron Maiden and Kenny Rogers. Also in HD. [S]

TOTP: 1986

Tomorrow 01:50 - 02:20

Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 20 February 1986. Featuring Paul Hardcastle, Diana Ross, Depeche Mode and Public Image Limited. Also in HD. [S]

Gladys Knight at the BBC

Tomorrow 02:20 - 03:25

A look through the BBC archives for moment after moment from the 'empress of soul', Gladys Knight, including songs like Baby Don't Change Your Mind and The Way We Were. Also in HD. [S]

Gladys Knight & The Pips in Concert

Tomorrow 03:25 - 03:55

The first of two concerts recorded at The New London Theatre. Included in this programme are some of the group's early hits. Also in HD. [S]

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 03:55 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Tomorrow 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Meet the Ancestors

Tomorrow 19:00 - 19:30

5/6. Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. Also in HD. [S]

The Good Old Days

Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:15

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. Also in HD. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Tomorrow 20:15 - 21:05

2/6. There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. Also in HD. [S]

The Turkish Detective

Tomorrow 21:05 - 22:00

1/8. British detective Mehmet Suleyman arrives in Istanbul to join the homicide unit led by eccentric inspector Çetin Ikmen just as the team investigate the murder of a student. Also in HD. [S,AD]

The Turkish Detective

Tomorrow 22:00 - 22:55

2/8. While the team close in on a suspect in Gözde's murder, Suleyman pursues his private investigation on the side and discovers a mysterious name. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Wogan

Tomorrow 22:55 - 23:30

Terry Wogan's guests are Jenny Agutter, Laurie Lee, who recites a piece from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and John Garnett. Barbara Dickson sings The Right Moment. Also in HD. [S]

Kenneth Williams: Comic Roots

Tomorrow 23:30 - 00:05

Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around London's St Pancras, where he grew up. Also in HD. [S]

Sun Feb 22
Wogan with Kenneth Williams

Sunday 00:05 - 00:45

Kenneth Williams stands in for Terry Wogan, chatting with guests Barbara Windsor and husband Steve Hollings, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin. Music by Hank Marvin & The Shadows. Also in HD. [S]

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Sunday 00:45 - 01:35

2/6. There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. Also in HD. [S]

The Good Old Days

Sunday 01:35 - 02:20

Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. Also in HD. [S]

Meet the Ancestors

Sunday 02:20 - 02:50

5/6. Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. Also in HD. [S]

This is BBC Four

Sunday 02:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Sunday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Sunday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Antiques Roadshow

Sunday 19:00 - 20:00

The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. Also in HD. [S]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon

Sunday 20:00 - 21:00

Celebrating music from across Europe, a concert from Lisbon by the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Also in HD. [S]

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Sunday 21:00 - 22:00

2/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the 'Glorious Revolution', when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Ibsen: The Wild Duck

Sunday 22:00 - 23:50

The 1971 adaption of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen. A family's fragile peace is shattered by an idealist who insists on exposing hidden truths. Also in HD. [S]

The Australian Wars

Sunday 23:50 - 00:50

2/3. How the growing number of European arrivals in Tasmania saw the death count grow, too. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Mon Feb 23
The Secret World of Haute Couture

Monday 00:50 - 01:45

Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon

Monday 01:45 - 02:50

Celebrating music from across Europe, a concert from Lisbon by the Gulbenkian Orchestra. Also in HD. [S]

Antiques Roadshow

Monday 02:50 - 03:50

The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. Also in HD. [S]

This is BBC Four

Monday 03:50 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Monday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Monday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Wild China

Monday 19:00 - 20:00

6/6. Documentary series. A look at how tea-growing cultures, bird-filled wetlands and futuristic cities jostle along China's eastern seaboard in a battle for resources. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Monday 20:00 - 21:00

1/3. A millionaire hunts for the mythical palace of the Minotaur and discovers a lost world. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Call My Bluff

Monday 21:00 - 21:30

Robert Robinson hosts a game of word definitions and deceptions. Captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by Tom Baker, Alan Coren, Gabrielle Drake and Miriam Stoppard. Also in HD. [S]

Face the Music

Monday 21:30 - 22:00

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Arianna Stassinopoulos, Brian Redhead and John Bird. With guest musician Walter Susskind. Also in HD. [S]

The Joy of AI

Monday 22:00 - 23:00

Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. Also in HD. [S,AD]

The Horizon Guide to AI

Monday 23:00 - 00:00

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control our lives? Also in HD. [S]

Tue Feb 24
Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00

2/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the maverick sculptors working in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also in HD. [S]

The Australian Wars

Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00

2/3. How the growing number of European arrivals in Tasmania saw the death count grow, too. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Face the Music

Tuesday 02:00 - 02:30

Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Arianna Stassinopoulos, Brian Redhead and John Bird. With guest musician Walter Susskind. Also in HD. [S]

Wild China

Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30

6/6. Documentary series. A look at how tea-growing cultures, bird-filled wetlands and futuristic cities jostle along China's eastern seaboard in a battle for resources. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 03:30 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Tuesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Tuesday 19:00 - 19:30

1/6. Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats carrying fuel and goods around the country. Also in HD. [S]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Tuesday 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]

Keeping Up Appearances

Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30

2/6. Sitcom. Hyacinth has asked the new vicar to tea, and - in her usual meticulous way - she has organised the event down to the last sugar lump. Events take a sudden turn. Also in HD. [S]

Yes, Prime Minister

Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00

8/8. Classic sitcom. MPs have been complaining about their phones being tapped. Jim Hacker naturally denies this, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that it is in fact true. Also in HD. [S]

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider

Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00

Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish. Also in HD. [S]

Rebuilding Bucha - Storyville

Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30

Five people in Bucha, Ukraine, attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]

iHuman - Storyville

Tuesday 23:30 - 01:05

A Storyville documentary exploring the true impact of artificial intelligence on the world. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]

Wed Feb 25
Canals: The Making of a Nation

Wednesday 01:05 - 01:35

1/6. Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats carrying fuel and goods around the country. Also in HD. [S]

Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture

Wednesday 01:35 - 02:35

2/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the maverick sculptors working in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also in HD. [S]

British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley

Wednesday 02:35 - 03:35

2/3. Debunking the Glorious Revolution, when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 03:35 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Wednesday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Wednesday 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. Also in HD. [S]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00

4/5. Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids. Also in HD. [S]

The Secret Genius of Plants

Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50

1/2. For a long time we've known that plants can move, but recent studies reveal other secrets. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Britain's Wild Places: Robins of Eden

Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00

A seasonal tale of the robins that have set up home at the Eden Project, Cornwall. Also in HD. [S]

Tribe

Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00

5/6. Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Lowry: A Simple Man

Wednesday 22:00 - 23:00

A ballet celebrating the centenary of the birth of artist LS Lowry, inspired by his industrial landscape paintings. Starring Christopher Gable and Moira Shearer. From 1987. Also in HD. [S]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Wednesday 23:00 - 00:00

3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Thu Feb 26
Beautiful Equations

Thursday 00:00 - 01:00

Art critic Matt Collings explores the most famous equations in science and realises that concepts of beauty and elegance have been used by many scientists to advance their work. Also in HD. [S]

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Thursday 01:00 - 01:30

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. Also in HD. [S]

Tribe

Thursday 01:30 - 02:30

5/6. Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people. Also in HD. [S,AD]

Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Thursday 02:30 - 03:30

3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]

This is BBC Four

Thursday 03:30 - 05:30

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Thursday 05:30 - 18:58

Daily from 7.00pm.

This is BBC Four

Thursday 18:58 - 19:00

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Canals: The Making of a Nation

Thursday 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. Also in HD. [S]

Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure

Thursday 19:30 - 20:00

5/5. The duo enrol in tank school and return to the canal to prove they can nail narrowboating. Also in HD. [S]

The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth

Thursday 20:00 - 21:00

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great Scottish landmark, the Forth Road Bridge. Also in HD. [S,AD]

The 39 Steps: The Read with John Hannah

Thursday 21:00 - 22:00

Murder, conspiracy and espionage are the thrilling themes of Buchan's gripping adventure novel set against the backdrop of WWI. Bafta-nominated actor John Hannah reads. Also in HD. [S]

The 39 Steps

Thursday 22:00 - 23:20

A man is pursued by the police for a murder he did not commit and by an international spy ring for information he does not possess. Classic Hitchcock mystery. Also in HD. [S]

Calendar Girls

Thursday 23:20 - 01:05

Comedy drama based on the true story of 12 Yorkshire ladies who find a compelling way to raise money for charity: a nude calendar. Stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. Also in HD. [2003] [S,AD]