Today 02:10 - 03:10
3/5. Brian Cox explores a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
9: BBC FOUR
Thu Oct 29
Today 03:10 - 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 - 20:00
Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle of World War II. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 20:00 - 22:30
A group of crack commandos during the Second World War attempt to destroy the formidable German artillery on the Greek island of Navarone. Starring Gregory Peck and David Niven. Also in HD. [1961] [S]
Today 22:30 - 00:00
Horror-suspense story about Michael Myers, a murderous lunatic who escapes incarceration. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. Also in HD. [1978] [S,AD]
Fri Oct 30
Tomorrow 00:00 - 00:45
3/4. A man falls into an assembly of decomposing corpses - and something else is disturbed. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 00:45 - 01:30
4/4. In 1958, two women travel together to a nightclub in Georgia - but they never return. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:45
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:45 - 03:45
Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle of World War II. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 03:45 - 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
With Kylie Minogue, Lonyo, Samantha Mumba, Coldplay, Vengaboys, Five & Queen and Eminem. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 14 July 2000 and featuring Jessica Simpson, Steps, Atomic Kitten, Oasis, Alice Deejay and The Corrs. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:30
With Reef, Livin' Joy, Alisha's Attic, Space, Toni Braxton, Jimmy Nail and Spice Girls. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:30 - 21:10
Simon Bates presents the pop chart programme, featuring Altered Images, Trevor Walters, Haircut 100, Squeeze, Olivia Newton John, OMD and Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:10 - 21:40
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, featuring Thin Lizzy, Chanter Sisters, Liverpool Express, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and dance sequences from Ruby Flipper. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:40 - 22:40
Another selection of dance floor disco classics from the BBC's archives. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 22:40 - 00:20
Ian Schrager, one of the two people behind the infamous Studio 54, tells the in-depth story of how one of the world's greatest nightclubs was created. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Oct 31
Saturday 00:20 - 01:20
3/3. By the end of the 1970s, disco seemed untouchable. But it was about to face a violent backlash that almost destroyed it. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:20 - 01:50
7/10. Featuring classic performances from the disco era, including The Jacksons, Sylvester, George McCrae, Sister Sledge, and McFadden and Whitehead. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:50 - 02:25
With Reef, Livin' Joy, Alisha's Attic, Space, Toni Braxton, Jimmy Nail and Spice Girls. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:25 - 02:55
David Hamilton presents the pop chart programme, featuring Thin Lizzy, Chanter Sisters, Liverpool Express, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds and dance sequences from Ruby Flipper. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:25
With Kylie Minogue, Lonyo, Samantha Mumba, Coldplay, Vengaboys, Five & Queen and Eminem. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 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 - 19:40
Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake travels the globe, exploring the world of fungi and unravelling the many secrets of these essential organisms. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 19:40 - 20:30
3/10. Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:30 - 21:20
2/3. While the investigation centres on the Jefferson family and their entourage, Miss Marple's hunch about a second killing proves all too tragically justified. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:20 - 00:20
Ingmar Bergman's dreamlike chronicle of an extended family in early 20th-century Sweden. Contains very strong language, some sexual content and some upsetting... Also in HD. [1982] [S]
Sun Nov 01
Sunday 00:20 - 01:20
Film-maker Ingmar Bergman shows us his world on the desolate and mysterious Baltic island of Faro. He talks about his childhood and how the art of film was often a comfort to him. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:20 - 01:50
1/7. Stately sitcom. Audrey upbraids Richard for not sponsoring a charity event in aid of a new scout hut. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:50 - 02:20
5/10. Sitcom. Hyacinth has decided that, instead of her usual gift to Richard of slippers, he should receive skis instead. Richard, however, has no intention of taking up the sport. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:20 - 03:00
Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake travels the globe, exploring the world of fungi and unravelling the many secrets of these essential organisms. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 03:00 - 03:50
3/10. Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 03:50 - 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
2/26. The team are at Minehead station, where a bracelet made from jewels once owned by the last of the Romanovs is brought along for valuation. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 20:30
6/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Marie Antoinette. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 20:30 - 21:00
Ben Robinson unlocks the ancient roots of the Northumberland village of Warkworth, discovering clues that point back almost 1,000 years to the Norman conquest. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Shakespeare's Catholic past comes back to haunt him, inspiring his most tragic work yet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 22:00 - 00:30
Classic tragedy by William Shakespeare about how ambition can corrupt. Three witches foresee a great future for Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Nov 02
Monday 00:30 - 01:05
Three soldiers recall the famous occasion during the First World War when British and German troops abandoned their trenches on the Western Front on Christmas Day 1914. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:05 - 01:35
6/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at Marie Antoinette. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 01:35 - 02:35
3/3. Shakespeare's Catholic past comes back to haunt him, inspiring his most tragic work yet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 02:35 - 03:30
2/26. The team are at Minehead station, where a bracelet made from jewels once owned by the last of the Romanovs is brought along for valuation. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Monday 03:30 - 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
1/3. Three-part series examining the harsh elements and rich rewards of the Alaskan wilderness. A mother sea otter nurses her baby through the chilly days of early spring. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
1/4. Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art. The first episode goes from the sites of the Neolithic era to the period of destruction initiated by the Reformation. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Surrey University. The specialist subjects are the novels of Anthony Powell, the Byzantine Empire, Giuseppe Verdi and Gladstone. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Gabrielle Drake and David Hunt take on Patrick Campbell, Pauline Collins and Arthur Marshall in the game of word definitions and deceptions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:55
Documentary exploring the life and work of the late writer and art critic John Berger. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:55 - 23:55
1/3. Dan Cruickshank visits Britain's finest country houses, museums and factories as he uncovers the 18th- and 19th-century fascination with silver. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:55 - 00:55
1/3. Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover the art and design of Amsterdam - a city that pioneered much of modern life, from multinational trade to how we design our homes. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tue Nov 03
Tuesday 00:55 - 01:55
1/4. Lachlan Goudie traces the development of Scottish art. The first episode goes from the sites of the Neolithic era to the period of destruction initiated by the Reformation. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:55 - 02:55
1/3. Three-part series examining the harsh elements and rich rewards of the Alaskan wilderness. A mother sea otter nurses her baby through the chilly days of early spring. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 02:55 - 03:55
1/3. Janina Ramirez and Alastair Sooke discover the art and design of Amsterdam - a city that pioneered much of modern life, from multinational trade to how we design our homes. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:55 - 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. Why are male mandrill faces red and blue? How are birds' feathers so colourful? Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
1/2. Derek Brockway walks in Dylan Thomas's footsteps around Swansea before heading to the Llansteffan Peninsula and the Three Rivers estuary. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
2/7. British Rail decides to close down the local station, and Audrey goes into battle. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
6/10. Sitcom. Richard is worried that Hyacinth's attendance at an exclusive auction is going to cost him a lot of money. However, he ends up with a very different problem. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 11th century. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:00 - 22:40
A Storyville documentary that follows Syrian film-makers and friends Hasan Kattan and Fadi Al-Halabi through the brutal war in Syria to the uncertainty of the UK asylum system. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 22:40 - 23:20
A Storyville documentary that follows Evgenia Kara-Murza during the imprisonment of her husband, Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza, as she campaigns to bring him home. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:20 - 00:20
1/2. Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its smallest, from tiny insects to atoms. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Nov 04
Wednesday 00:20 - 00:50
4/6. Why are male mandrill faces red and blue? How are birds' feathers so colourful? Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 00:50 - 01:20
1/2. Derek Brockway walks in Dylan Thomas's footsteps around Swansea before heading to the Llansteffan Peninsula and the Three Rivers estuary. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:20 - 02:20
3/3. Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Normans on southern Europe and the Middle East, as they spread south in the 11th century. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Wednesday 02:20 - 03:20
1/2. Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its smallest, from tiny insects to atoms. Also in HD. [S,SL]
Wednesday 03:20 - 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. The complex ways in which skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 19:30 - 20:00
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
After years in the shadows, UFOs are being studied seriously. Follow scientists as they try to unravel the mystery of the strangest objects in our skies. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Architect Sir Norman Foster looks at the jumbo jet, a unique 'building' that flies. First broadcast in 1991. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:30
An attempt to restage the first official broadcast on British television 80 years later. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:30 - 23:45
Dramatisation of the events of 1936, as the BBC prepares for the world's first high-definition TV service. However, behind the scenes at Alexandra Palace complications arise. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:45 - 00:05
A short film from 1936 that gives viewers an insight into how television came to Alexandra Palace. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Nov 05
Thursday 00:05 - 01:20
Profile of John Logie Baird, the man who invented television, presented by his son Malcolm. Contains scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 01:20 - 02:50
Leslie Mitchell traces the origins of television. Contains scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 02:50 - 03:20
5/6. The complex ways in which skin helps defend animals against threats of all kinds. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 03:20 - 03:50
2/2. Derek Brockway learns how New Quay on Cardigan Bay inspired some of Thomas's greatest work, before touring Laugharne with Dylan Thomas's granddaughter. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 03:50 - 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. Professor Ben Garrod explores how some snakes can see using heat, how crocodiles feel through their jaws, and how some animals use electricity to navigate their world. 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 - 22:10
As Britain lives in fear of invasion, squadrons of fighter pilots fend off attacks by air. Also in HD. [1969] [S,AD]
Thursday 22:10 - 23:45
A repressed and bullied teenager discovers that she has special powers. Horror. Contains some strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [1976] [S,AD]
Thursday 23:45 - 00:45
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]