Today 02:20 - 03:15
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]
9: BBC FOUR
Wed Oct 21
Today 03:15 - 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
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. Also in HD. [S]
Today 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]
Today 20:00 - 20:50
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 20:50 - 21:00
Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. Also in HD. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Today 22:00 - 22:15
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's TV drama series The Singing Detective. Also in HD. [S]
Today 22:15 - 23:20
3/6. Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [S]
Today 23:20 - 00:30
4/6. Marlow as a child visits London. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Thu Oct 22
Tomorrow 00:30 - 01:00
1/6. Professor Ben Garrod explores how versatile the basic skin structure truly is, revealing how slight adaptations have created birds' feathers and a rhinoceros's horn. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:00 - 01:30
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:30 - 02:30
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]
Tomorrow 02:30 - 03:30
2/5. Professor Brian Cox continues his tour of the solar system, revealing that it was once home to not one, but two blue planets. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tomorrow 03:30 - 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 - 21:30
Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. Also in HD. [1968] [S]
Tomorrow 21:30 - 23:00
Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. Contains some strong language and scenes of flashing images. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 01:10
Classic, darkly comic Hitchcock thriller in which an adman is pursued both by spies, who mistake him for a double agent, and by the police, who think he is an assassin. Also in HD. [1959] [S]
Fri Oct 23
Friday 01:10 - 02:00
1/4. In 1977, the police encounter activity in Enfield that remains hard to explain. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 02:00 - 02:45
2/4. When Andrea Perron moves into her new home in Rhode Island, she and her family start to experience multiple disturbances, hearing whispers and seeing visions. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 02:45 - 03:40
Scientists explore if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on our planet. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Friday 03:40 - 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 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:40
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:40 - 21:10
Gary Davies and Simon Bates present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 October 1987 and featuring Was (Not Was), Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, The Cure and Bee Gees. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:10 - 21:45
Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:45 - 22:45
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of classics from the BBC's archives. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:45 - 00:15
Disco classics from Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Liquid Gold, Sylvester, The Village People, The Weather Girls, Chic, George McCrae, Hi-Tension, Heatwave and more. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Oct 24
Saturday 00:15 - 01:15
2/3. As disco conquers the mainstream, it turns black women and gay men into icons. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:15 - 02:15
Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of classics from the BBC's archives. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:15 - 02:55
Peter Powell presents The Piranhas, Toyah, The Kids from Fame, Imagination, Kool and the Gang, Bauhaus, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Sharon Redd and Shakin' Stevens. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:55 - 03:25
Gail Porter presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 23 June 2000 and featuring Mary Mary, Darude, Moby, Jamelia, Idlewild, Macy Gray and Black Legend. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:25 - 03:55
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 June 2000 and featuring Black Legend, Lonestar, Girl Thing, Damage, David Gray, Oasis and Kylie Minogue. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:55 - 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
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:35
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:35 - 21:30
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:30 - 23:05
A knight returning from the crusades makes the acquaintance of Death himself. Also in HD. [1957] [S]
Saturday 23:05 - 00:00
Ingmar Bergman pays one final visit to Filmstaden, where many of his films were made. Featuring numerous clips from Bergman's best work and material from his private archives. Also in HD. [S]
Sun Oct 25
Sunday 00:00 - 00:35
6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 00:35 - 01:05
4/10. While walking by an idyllic riverbank with Richard, Hyacinth conceives one of her most ambitious plans: to hold a riverside picnic as graceful as one of her candlelight suppers. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:05 - 01:55
1/3. The ordered tranquillity of life in St Mary Mead is shattered by a mysterious discovery. Miss Marple's investigations lead her to a seaside hotel. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:40 - 02:30
2/10. In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:55 - 01:40
8/14. Wildlife documentary featuring the fascinating lives of Britain's butterflies. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:30 - 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 - 19:30
5/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at the Black Prince. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 19:30 - 21:00
It's time for the musicians to impress the judges like never before as the competition reaches the semi-final stage. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
2/3. As Shakespeare achieves fame and fortune, a political scandal threatens his life and a family tragedy sees him question the cost of his success. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 22:00 - 22:15
Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the 1967 filmed version of Franco Zeffirelli's famous National Theatre production of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 22:15 - 00:25
Dame Maggie Smith stars in the 1967 screen version of Franco Zeffirelli's exuberant National Theatre production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Oct 26
Monday 00:25 - 01:40
Join Owain Wyn Evans for a thrilling concert from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 01:40 - 02:40
2/3. As Shakespeare achieves fame and fortune, a political scandal threatens his life and a family tragedy sees him question the cost of his success. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 02:40 - 03:10
5/6. Fusing biography, art and the history of fashion, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at the Black Prince. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 03:10 - 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
3/3. Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Captain Bligh, King Richard III, Shakespeare's English Kings and George Stephenson. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Sue MacGregor and Derek Jacobi take on Arthur Marshall, Liza Goddard and Julian Pettifer in the panel game of word definitions and deceptions. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 22:15
Film-maker Chris Terrill looks back on his seminal 1996 series Soho Stories. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:15 - 22:55
1/12. A coded bomb warning causes panic in the West End, but Danny the drag queen must practise his act. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:55 - 23:35
2/12. History student Gwen trains to be a stripper for a summer job. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:35 - 00:15
3/12. Bespoke tailor Mark appears in a Saatchi & Saatchi ad, and drag artist Danny buys a frock. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Tue Oct 27
Tuesday 00:15 - 01:15
6/6. In the last of the series, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 01:15 - 02:15
How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 02:15 - 03:15
3/3. Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife since humans first arrived. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Tuesday 03:15 - 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
2/6. What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 19:30 - 20:00
4/5. Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:00 - 20:30
1/7. Stately sitcom. Audrey upbraids Richard for not sponsoring a charity event in aid of a new scout hut. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
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]
Tuesday 21:00 - 22:00
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]
Tuesday 22:00 - 23:40
The remarkable story of photographer, activist and cultural pioneer Kwame Brathwaite. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 23:40 - 00:40
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]
Wed Oct 28
Wednesday 00:40 - 01:10
2/6. What makes sharks built for speed? How do snakes move without limbs? How do sugar gliders fly without feathers? The answers all lie in their skin. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:10 - 01:40
4/5. Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 01:40 - 02:40
6/6. In the last of the series, archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 02:40 - 03:40
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,SL]
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
3/6. Professor Ben Garrod reveals how skin protects vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 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]
Wednesday 20:00 - 20:50
Documentary that explores Emperor Augustus's Alpine campaign, revealing for the first time the route, weapons and tactics used by the Romans to successfully annex the unconquered Alps. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 20:50 - 21:00
Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a brutalist tower block in west London, designed by Erno Goldfinger and completed in 1972. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 21:00 - 22:00
3/5. Brian Cox explores a planet that dwarfs all the others: Jupiter. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Wednesday 22:00 - 23:00
5/6. Marlow is getting better, and the different strands of his fiction and reality converge. Contains some strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. Also in HD. [S]
Wednesday 23:00 - 00:20
6/6. Marlow still dreams about the homecoming and the frightening figure of the scarecrow. Deals with adult themes. Also in HD. [S]