Thursday 05:30 - 18:58
Daily from 7.00pm.
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9: BBC FOUR
Thu Mar 05
Thursday 18:58 - 19:00
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Thursday 19:00 - 19:30
6/6. Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Julia Bradbury walks alongside the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of Thomas Telford, who created this engineering marvel. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
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]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:40
A nurse's devotion towards an author injured in a car accident takes a sinister turn. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. Also in HD. [1990] [S,AD]
Thursday 22:40 - 23:40
Master of horror writing Stephen King talks to Mark Lawson about his book Lisey's Story and discusses the inspiration for his novels and how he battled with his own demons. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 23:40 - 00:40
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]
Fri Mar 06
Today 00:40 - 01:40
3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Today 01:40 - 02:10
6/6. Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London. Also in HD. [S]
Today 02:10 - 02:40
1/4. Julia Bradbury walks alongside the Caledonian Canal in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of Thomas Telford, who created this engineering marvel. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 02:40 - 03:40
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]
Today 03:40 - 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
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring 911, Bryan Adams, Whitney Houston, Fierce, Kula Shaker, Pete Heller, Stereophonics and Backstreet Boys. Also in HD. [S]
Today 19:30 - 20:00
Scott Mills presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shania Twain, Geri Halliwell, Super Furry Animals, Skunk Anansie, 1000 Clowns, Happy Mondays and Boyzone. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:00 - 20:30
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 March 1978 and featuring Darts, Kate Bush, Nick Lowe, Andy Williams, Tom Robinson Band, ABBA and Legs & Co. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:00
Jakki Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 February 1991 and featuring Massive Attack, Jesus Jones and N-Joi. Also in HD. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:30
Simon & Garfunkel's famous 1981 reunion concert to help restore New York's Central Park. Also in HD. [S]
Today 22:30 - 23:40
The story behind Simon and Garfunkel's most famous album, Bridge over Troubled Water. Also in HD. [S]
Today 23:40 - 00:10
4/10. A trawl through the BBC's archives for 60s music with an acoustic bent. Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Tim Buckley feature. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Mar 07
Tomorrow 00:10 - 00:40
A concert by well-known American folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary, recorded on location at the Southport Theatre. From 1983. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 00:40 - 01:10
Second part of a concert given by well-known American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary during a visit to the UK in 1983. Recorded on location at the Southport Theatre. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:10 - 01:40
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, featuring 911, Bryan Adams, Whitney Houston, Fierce, Kula Shaker, Pete Heller, Stereophonics and Backstreet Boys. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:40 - 02:10
Scott Mills presents the pop chart programme, featuring Shania Twain, Geri Halliwell, Super Furry Animals, Skunk Anansie, 1000 Clowns, Happy Mondays and Boyzone. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:10 - 02:40
Noel Edmonds presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 2 March 1978 and featuring Darts, Kate Bush, Nick Lowe, Andy Williams, Tom Robinson Band, ABBA and Legs & Co. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:40 - 03:10
Jakki Brambles presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 28 February 1991 and featuring Massive Attack, Jesus Jones and N-Joi. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 03:10 - 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 - 19:25
Documentary looking at one of the classic British designs - the map of London's Tube network, originally created in 1931 by Underground employee Harry Beck. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:25 - 20:10
Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme from Leeds in 1976. Guests include Les Dawson, Peggy Mount, Larry Parker, Jeannie Harris, Chantal & Dumont and Albert Aldred. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:10 - 21:00
4/6. DCI Adams asks Hetty to investigate a dodgy spiritualist, but she is not prepared for what she finds. Geoffrey, meanwhile, is falling in love. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 21:55
5/8. In a poverty-stricken neighbourhood of Istanbul, a serial killer appears to be targeting rubbish collectors. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 21:55 - 22:40
6/8. With his family still growing, Ikmen decides it's time to grow up a bit and seek promotion. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 22:40 - 00:15
Enigmatic teenager Yan Shuo ingratiates himself with his new friend's wealthy parents. Contains some violent scenes. Also in HD. [2024] [S]
Sun Mar 08
Sunday 00:15 - 00:45
3/6. Sitcom about a snobbish housewife. Hyacinth is looking forward to visiting her favourite stately home, but the trip goes wrong when her family become involved. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 00:45 - 01:15
1/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged man who lives with his parents. Timothy meets a girl at his amateur dramatics society and wants to go on a riverboat shuffle with her. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:15 - 02:00
Leonard Sachs chairs the old-time music hall programme from Leeds in 1976. Guests include Les Dawson, Peggy Mount, Larry Parker, Jeannie Harris, Chantal & Dumont and Albert Aldred. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:00 - 02:50
4/6. DCI Adams asks Hetty to investigate a dodgy spiritualist, but she is not prepared for what she finds. Geoffrey, meanwhile, is falling in love. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:50 - 03:20
6/6. Julian Richards joins archaeologists in a farmer's field in Cheshire as they excavate a long-lost chapel and the undisturbed burials of medieval landowners. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 03:20 - 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
2/6. Janet Street-Porter visits some of the architectural highlights of North Yorkshire, including Castle Howard and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
A closer look at John Constable's Salisbury Cathedral, the last of many beautiful sketches and paintings that Constable made of the building. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:00
Humphrey Burton gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor, the BBC's first television arts magazine. First broadcast in 1991. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 21:40
Celebrated Canadian pianist Glenn Gould talks and plays to Humphrey Burton. From 1966. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:40 - 22:00
Humphrey Burton directs a film story about the life and work of a string quartet. (1960). Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:30
Ronald Eyre presents the first episode of Arena, the long-running arts documentary series created by Humphrey Burton when he was head of Music and Arts at the BBC. From 1975. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:30 - 23:50
The 1980 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's play, set in west Scotland. Adapted for television by Maggie Allen from the stage version by Lindsay Galloway. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:50 - 01:25
The 1959 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's verse tragedy about an uncompromising priest. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Mar 09
Monday 01:25 - 02:25
Humphrey Burton gives a first-hand account of the achievements of Monitor, the BBC's first television arts magazine. First broadcast in 1991. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:25 - 03:15
2/6. Janet Street-Porter visits some of the architectural highlights of North Yorkshire, including Castle Howard and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 03:15 - 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
2/7. Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
3/3. A young explorer stumbles on the buried remains of the world's oldest city. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Prunella Gee and Humphrey Burton take on Patrick Campbell, Hannah Gordon and Bryan Marshall in the panel game of definitions and deceptions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Brian Redhead, Alvar Lidell. With guest musician David Atherton. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
Algorithms. The hidden world of algorithms, which run everything from search engines to satnavs. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters. Contains scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S]
Tue Mar 10
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
1/3. James Fox uses art to chart humankind's earliest attempts to gain control over nature. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:00 - 02:00
2/7. Asia - where rarely seen animals roam the hottest deserts, tallest jungles and highest mountains on Earth. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 02:00 - 02:30
Question master Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Brian Redhead, Alvar Lidell. With guest musician David Atherton. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. A young explorer stumbles on the buried remains of the world's oldest city. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:30 - 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. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers how the health and fortune of the village was shaped by those in charge of Bamburgh's famous castle. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Julia Bradbury walks along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the highlight of which is a two-mile flight of 30 locks, which lowers the waterway by 220 feet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
4/6. Hyacinth is at her wits' end, what with the charity shop, Councillor Nugent and Rose's love life. Can she cope and keep the flag flying, as well as her sanity? Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
2/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged bachelor. The latest girl in Timothy's life has a jealous boyfriend who doesn't take kindly to him trying to steal her away. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
2/7. Simon Schama recounts the saga of blood, betrayal and ambition that led up to the pivotal Battle of Hastings and describes the profound consequences that followed. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:30
A Storyville documentary that explores an increasingly popular phenomenon in contemporary China. A woman hires a 'mistress dispeller' to bring her husband's affair to an end. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:30 - 00:30
2/2. Rory Stewart tells the story of how Britain was torn in two, into England and Scotland. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wed Mar 11
Wednesday 00:30 - 01:30
A portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters. Contains scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:30 - 02:00
1/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers how the health and fortune of the village was shaped by those in charge of Bamburgh's famous castle. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 02:00 - 02:30
2/4. Julia Bradbury walks along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the highlight of which is a two-mile flight of 30 locks, which lowers the waterway by 220 feet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 02:30 - 03:30
Algorithms. The hidden world of algorithms, which run everything from search engines to satnavs. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Wednesday 03:30 - 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
4/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the village of Staithes in North Yorkshire and unearths its role in kickstarting the chemical industry in the north east of England. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
3/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a 20km stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal and tells how it was restored after being awarded a big lottery heritage grant. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Japan was hit by the greatest tsunami in 1,000 years on 11 March 2011. This film reveals how the wave and the Fukushima nuclear accident have changed children's lives forever. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:10
4/5. After his wife leaves him, Yosser Hughes struggles to hold his family together. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:10 - 00:15
5/5. George reminisces about his younger days, recalling his hopeful, politically active youth. Contains language which some may find offensive. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Mar 12
Thursday 00:15 - 01:15
2/2. Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of how we went from thinking we were close to a complete understanding of the universe to realising we had seen almost none of it. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:15 - 01:45
4/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson visits the village of Staithes in North Yorkshire and unearths its role in kickstarting the chemical industry in the north east of England. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:45 - 02:15
3/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a 20km stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal and tells how it was restored after being awarded a big lottery heritage grant. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:15 - 03:15
3/5. The story of how Britain's telephone network was built, and its impact on the public. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Thursday 03:15 - 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
2/6. Archaeologist Ben Robinson uncovers the secrets of the Edwardian village of Thorpeness in Suffolk, the first purpose-built seaside village in the UK. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
4/4. Julia Bradbury walks along a six-mile stretch of the Llangollen Canal in Wales, where Thomas Telford built a mighty aqueduct that is now a world heritage site. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Documentary series. Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman conquest of Britain and Ireland, and looks at how England adapted to its new masters. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:55
War drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam. Contains very strong language, graphic violence and disturbing scenes. Also in HD. [1986] [S,AD]
Thursday 22:55 - 23:30
American film-maker Oliver Stone, director of Platoon and Wall Street, talks to Jeremy Isaacs about his career and politics. First broadcast in 1990. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 23:30 - 01:25
The war in Europe enters its final stages as the Allies prepare to cross the Rhine. Contains language which some may find offensive. Also in HD. [1969] [S]