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9: BBC FOUR
Fri Mar 20
Today 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 21:00 - 21:45
Neil Sedaka performs hits from his rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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. Also in HD. [S]
Today 23:15 - 00:45
A collection of piano songs from a selection of the BBC's best-loved music programmes. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Mar 21
Tomorrow 00:45 - 01:35
Neil Sedaka performs hits from his rock 'n' roll days and his later, more lyrical age. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 03:35 - 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 - 19:45
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:20 - 23:25
Archaeologist turned grave robber Arthur rejoins his old gang to raid Etruscan tombs. Contains strong language. Also in HD. [2023] [S]
Tomorrow 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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 03:00 - 03:45
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
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 - 19:50
4/6. Lucinda Lambton explores the architecture of County Durham, with visits to Durham Cathedral, Beamish Open Air Museum and Lambton Castle. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
Seamus Heaney visits Coole Park, County Galway to read some of WB Yeats's work. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
Oscar Wilde's haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:35
Donald Wolfit stars as Halvard Solness in 1958 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play, set in Solness's Norwegian home in the late 19th century. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:35 - 00:05
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. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Mar 23
Monday 00:05 - 00:55
4/6. Lucinda Lambton explores the architecture of County Durham, with visits to Durham Cathedral, Beamish Open Air Museum and Lambton Castle. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 00:55 - 01:55
A candid portrait of Oscar Wilde and his remarkable family, including revelations by his grandson Merlin Holland and Lady Alice Douglas. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:55 - 02:55
Oscar Wilde's haunting tale of beauty, vanity and moral corruption. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:55 - 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
3/7. A look at South America - the most species-rich continent on earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:40 - 02:40
3/7. A look at South America - the most species-rich continent on earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Tuesday 03:40 - 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
1/6. Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 03:40 - 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
2/6. Fred Dibnah visits Hampton Court Palace and examines a 15th-century manor house. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
An introduction to John Stubbs's 18th-century masterpiece The Grosvenor Hunt. Written and narrated by John Jacob. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
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. Also in HD. [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. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:25 - 00:25
Film following the work of archaeologists, divers and historians as they make new discoveries about a remarkably well-preserved 17th-century galleon raised from the Baltic in 1961. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Mar 26
Thursday 00:25 - 01:25
The story of a 1960s experiment that tried to teach a dolphin to speak English. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 01:25 - 01:55
2/6. Fred Dibnah visits Hampton Court Palace and examines a 15th-century manor house. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:55 - 02:25
5/6. Documentary series. After visiting Richmond, Julia Bradbury crosses the vale between the Dales and her last National Park, the North York Moors. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:25 - 03:25
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. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Thursday 03:25 - 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 - 19:30
3/6. Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels. This edition takes in Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
6/6. Julia Bradbury sets out on the final stage of her walk. Robin Hood's Bay is the goal, but first she must complete the North York Moors and walk through Eskdale. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
1/4. How Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 21:00 - 21:30
Acclaimed and award-winning writer Julian Barnes talks to Katie Razzall about his literary life, preoccupation with death, why he's written his final novel and missing his readers. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 21:30 - 23:15
Tony Webster, semi-retired owner of a photography shop, receives a mysterious legacy. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [2017] [S]
Thursday 23:15 - 00:15
Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes discusses his novel Levels of Life, a memoir of bereavement, with Mark Lawson and talks candidly about love, death, memory and grief. From 2014. Also in HD. [S]
Fri Mar 27
Friday 00:15 - 01:05
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. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 01:05 - 01:35
Places of Worship. 3/6. Fred visits Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 01:35 - 02:05
6/6. Julia Bradbury sets out on the final stage of her walk. Robin Hood's Bay is the goal, but first she must complete the North York Moors and walk through Eskdale. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 02:05 - 03:05
1/4. How Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 03:05 - 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 25 June 1999 and featuring S Club 7, Jamiroquai, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Lit, Adam Rickitt, Melanie G and Vengaboys. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 July 1999 and featuring Vengaboys, Whitney Houston, The Three Amigos, Suede, A1, Jennifer Lopez and ATB. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:30
Peter Powell introduces performances from Suzi Quatro, Dan Hill, Elvis Costello, The Vibrators, Kate Bush, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gerry Rafferty, Manhattan Transfer and Legs & Co. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:30 - 21:00
Peter Powell and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 24 March 1988 and featuring Sinitta, a-ha, Wet Wet Wet, Iron Maiden, Tiffany and Aswad. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:00 - 22:10
To mark her 80th birthday, Elkie Brooks looks back on some of her finest-ever performances at the BBC, including such hits as Pearl's a Singer, No More the Fool and Lilac Wine. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:10 - 23:10
Singer Elkie Brooks in concert at the Hippodrome, Golders Green, first broadcast simultaneously with Radio 1 in 1977. With a special introduction by Annie Nightingale. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:10 - 23:50
In a performance recorded especially for the BBC at the NEC, Birmingham, Elkie produces a subtle blend of rock numbers and gentle ballads. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:50 - 00:30
In the second part of this concert, Elkie performs new compositions and hits such as Lilac Wine, Don't Cry Out Loud and Gasoline Alley. Also in HD. [S]