Today 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]
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9: BBC FOUR
Thu Mar 26
Today 03:25 - 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
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]
Today 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]
Today 20:00 - 21:00
1/4. How Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 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]
Today 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]
Today 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
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 02:05 - 03:05
1/4. How Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 03:05 - 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 - 19:30
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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Tomorrow 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]
Sat Mar 28
Saturday 00:30 - 01:00
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]
Saturday 01:00 - 01:30
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]
Saturday 01:30 - 02:00
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]
Saturday 02:00 - 02:30
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]
Saturday 02:30 - 03:30
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]
Saturday 03:30 - 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 - 19:45
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme. With Roy Castle, Eartha Kitt, Barry Kent, Hinge and Bracket, The Halfwits and members of the Players' Theatre, London. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:35
1/9. Hetty joins a quilt-making circle in order to find out who is terrorising a housing estate. Classic crime drama starring Patricia Routledge. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:35 - 21:00
Angela Rippon has her portrait painted by artist Paul Wyeth. From 1979. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:00 - 21:50
1/6. A tragic raid in Dublin links to murders in Spain, setting CAB on the trail of a ruthless criminal. Contains some strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 21:50 - 22:40
2/6. A violent turn of events complicates the case, and a search of the property yields no sign of the missing ¬27 million. Contains some violent scenes. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 22:40 - 23:35
Michael Parkinson's guests are Gillian Anderson, Paul O'Grady and Paul Whitehouse. With music from Madness, who perform a couple of their classic hits. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 23:35 - 00:05
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]
Sun Mar 29
Sunday 00:05 - 00:40
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]
Sunday 00:40 - 02:30
1/9. Hetty joins a quilt-making circle in order to find out who is terrorising a housing estate. Classic crime drama starring Patricia Routledge. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:30 - 02:55
Angela Rippon has her portrait painted by artist Paul Wyeth. From 1979. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:55 - 04:00
... 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,SL]
Sunday 04:00 - 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 - 20:00
A celebration of Elaine Paige's 60-year career in show business. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 20:15
Elaine Paige looks back on A Night on the Town - a musical extravaganza from the early 1980s, filmed with a mostly American cast of singers and dancers. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:15 - 22:00
Musical spectacular starring Lewis Collins and a stellar cast of Broadway's finest. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:10
Charles Dance looks back on the 1982 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:10 - 23:45
The 1982 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's psychological study of grief and guilt, starring Diana Rigg and Anthony Hopkins. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 23:45 - 00:15
3/4. Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe explains how watching scenes from nature can help bring feelings of positivity, happiness and wellbeing to the viewer. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Mar 30
Monday 00:15 - 01:15
A celebration of Elaine Paige's 60-year career in show business. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:15 - 03:00
Musical spectacular starring Lewis Collins and a stellar cast of Broadway's finest. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 03:00 - 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
4/7. A look at Australia, a land full of weird and wonderful wildlife. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Lesley-Anne Down and Anthony Valentine take on Frank Muir, Jilly Cooper and Quentin Bell in the game of word definitions and deceptions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Chairman Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Paul Jennings and Robin Ray. With guest musician Gerald Moore. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 23:00 - 23:30
Brenda Emmanus meets abstract artist Frank Bowling, who became the first black Royal Academician in 2005, to discuss a major retrospective of his work at Tate Britain. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:30 - 00:30
4/7. A look at Australia, a land full of weird and wonderful wildlife. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tue Mar 31
Tuesday 00:30 - 01:00
3/4. Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe explains how watching scenes from nature can help bring feelings of positivity, happiness and wellbeing to the viewer. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:00 - 01:30
Chairman Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Joyce Grenfell, Paul Jennings and Robin Ray. With guest musician Gerald Moore. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:30 - 02:30
2/3. Alastair Sooke picks treasures from Ancient Egyptian art's most opulent and glittering moment and explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Tuesday 02:30 - 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
4/6. Fred Dibnah tours Britain's great building feats. In Chatham he visits one of the UK's oldest dockyards, while in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/4. Dragons' Den entrepreneur Sara Davies talks about life, wellbeing and business, and absorbs the serenity of the Yorkshire countryside while walking with a 360-degree camera. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
1/10. Sitcom. Whilst Hyacinth lectures the milkman, she spies a man in Liz's house. She misunderstands the situation and devises a plan involving Richard to flush him out. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
5/6. Sitcom about a middle-aged man living with his parents. Timothy wants to go to the cinema, but his mother wants him to spend his evenings painting. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
5/7. Simon Schama continues his look at British history with the greatest horror of medieval Britain - the Black Death. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:15
A Storyville documentary. This intimate and pioneering film explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:15 - 00:15
Uninterrupted and unspoiled by voiceover or music, the birdsong of sunrise in all its glory. Three different habitats, Britain's woodland, heathland and parkland, burst into song. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Apr 01
Wednesday 00:15 - 00:45
4/6. Fred Dibnah tours Britain's great building feats. In Chatham he visits one of the UK's oldest dockyards, while in Leeds he discovers an early form of fireproofing. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 00:45 - 01:15
1/4. Dragons' Den entrepreneur Sara Davies talks about life, wellbeing and business, and absorbs the serenity of the Yorkshire countryside while walking with a 360-degree camera. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:15 - 02:30
A Storyville documentary. This intimate and pioneering film explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 02:30 - 03:30
Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments. Also in HD. [S,AD,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
5/6. Fred Dibnah looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/4. Comedian and actor Nina Wadia enjoys an invigorating spring walk in the Yorkshire Dales. A 360-degree camera captures her thoughts and emotions along the way. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 21:00
A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home to learn about its intelligence. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
Documentary following the work of scientists at archaeological marvel the Chauvet cave. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 22:00 - 22:40
5/11. Egg takes his work worries to a therapist but finds that football is the only way forward. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 22:40 - 23:20
6/11. Warren fears that Kira might 'out' him to the rest of the family. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:20 - 00:20
1/3. Gabriel Weston looks at the difficulty of identifying the body in a murder case. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thu Apr 02
Thursday 00:20 - 00:50
5/6. Fred Dibnah looks at some of the great achievements in civil engineering, from the earliest wrought iron suspension bridge to the Channel Tunnel. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 00:50 - 01:20
2/4. Comedian and actor Nina Wadia enjoys an invigorating spring walk in the Yorkshire Dales. A 360-degree camera captures her thoughts and emotions along the way. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:20 - 02:20
A professor develops an extraordinary relationship with an octopus when he invites it to live in his home to learn about its intelligence. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:20 - 03:20
1/3. Gabriel Weston looks at the difficulty of identifying the body in a murder case. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Thursday 03:20 - 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
6/6. Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels. This edition focuses on structures that have been built for entertainment purposes. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 19:30 - 20:00
Poet John Wedgwood Clarke explores the Red River in Cornwall. Despite being heavily polluted by centuries of tin mining, it is also home to some rare, beautiful and resilient wildlife. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 20:00 - 22:15
Classic Oscar-winning drama. An ageing star is duped into helping an aspiring actress, who turns out to be ruthlessly ambitious. Also in HD. [1950] [S]
Thursday 22:15 - 22:50
Classic interview from 1987 in which Terry Wogan talks to Hollywood legend Bette Davis. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 22:50 - 00:35
Spy thriller about an investigation into a brain drain among scientists. A secret agent finds himself in a world where nobody can be trusted. Also in HD. [1965] [S,AD]
Fri Apr 03
Friday 00:35 - 01:35
Profile of best-selling author Len Deighton, whose output ranges from the Harry Palmer espionage thrillers to books on military history and cookery. First shown in 2006. Also in HD. [S]