Today 02:30 - 03:30
6/6. Documentary series. A look at how tea-growing cultures, bird-filled wetlands and futuristic cities jostle along China's eastern seaboard in a battle for resources. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
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9: BBC FOUR
Tue Feb 24
Today 03:30 - 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. Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats carrying fuel and goods around the country. 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 - 20:30
2/6. Sitcom. Hyacinth has asked the new vicar to tea, and - in her usual meticulous way - she has organised the event down to the last sugar lump. Events take a sudden turn. Also in HD. [S]
Today 20:30 - 21:00
8/8. Classic sitcom. MPs have been complaining about their phones being tapped. Jim Hacker naturally denies this, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that it is in fact true. Also in HD. [S]
Today 21:00 - 22:00
Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish. Also in HD. [S]
Today 22:00 - 23:30
Five people in Bucha, Ukraine, attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]
Today 23:30 - 01:05
A Storyville documentary exploring the true impact of artificial intelligence on the world. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]
Wed Feb 25
Tomorrow 01:05 - 01:35
1/6. Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats carrying fuel and goods around the country. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 01:35 - 02:35
2/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the maverick sculptors working in the 18th and 19th centuries. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 02:35 - 03:35
2/3. Debunking the Glorious Revolution, when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
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 - 19:30
2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 19:30 - 20:00
4/5. Rugby legend Gareth and wife Maureen visit their top family holiday spot, St Davids. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 20:00 - 20:50
1/2. For a long time we've known that plants can move, but recent studies reveal other secrets. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 20:50 - 21:00
A seasonal tale of the robins that have set up home at the Eden Project, Cornwall. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 21:00 - 22:00
5/6. Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tomorrow 22:00 - 23:00
A ballet celebrating the centenary of the birth of artist LS Lowry, inspired by his industrial landscape paintings. Starring Christopher Gable and Moira Shearer. From 1987. Also in HD. [S]
Tomorrow 23:00 - 00:00
3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thu Feb 26
Thursday 00:00 - 01:00
Art critic Matt Collings explores the most famous equations in science and realises that concepts of beauty and elegance have been used by many scientists to advance their work. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:00 - 01:30
2/6. Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 01:30 - 02:30
5/6. Documentary series with explorer Bruce Parry, who this week treks into the high mountains in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to live with the isolated Layap people. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. Sam Willis looks at how castles survived into the Tudor era. But these strategic seats of power had to become palaces to impress monarchs such as Elizabeth I. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Thursday 03:30 - 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. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 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]
Thursday 20:00 - 21:00
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great Scottish landmark, the Forth Road Bridge. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Thursday 21:00 - 22:00
Murder, conspiracy and espionage are the thrilling themes of Buchan's gripping adventure novel set against the backdrop of WWI. BAFTA-nominated actor John Hannah reads. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 22:00 - 23:20
A man is pursued by the police for a murder he did not commit and by an international spy ring for information he does not possess. Classic Hitchcock mystery. Also in HD. [S]
Thursday 23:20 - 01:05
Comedy drama based on the true story of 12 Yorkshire ladies who find a compelling way to raise money for charity: a nude calendar. Stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. Also in HD. [2003] [S,AD]
Fri Feb 27
Friday 01:05 - 02:05
Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day. Can we be optimistic about all that AI can deliver - or fearful of its ability to control our lives? Also in HD. [S]
Friday 02:05 - 02:35
3/6. Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 02:35 - 03:35
1/3. A millionaire hunts for the mythical palace of the Minotaur and discovers a lost world. Also in HD. [S,AD,SL]
Friday 03:35 - 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
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 April 1999 and featuring Martine McCutcheon, Texas, Busta Rhymes, Faithless and Westlife. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 19:30 - 20:00
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 May 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, The Offspring, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cast, Geri Halliwell and Westlife. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:00 - 20:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 March 1979 and featuring The Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic and David Essex. With dance sequences by Legs & Co. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 20:35 - 21:05
Peter Powell and Mark Goodier present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 25 February 1988 and featuring The Primitives, Morrissey, Vanessa Paradis and The Mission. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 21:05 - 22:05
Celebrate St David's Day with classic performances drawn from the BBC's music archives. Includes Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, Feeder, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom Jones. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 22:05 - 23:05
Trevor Nelson and Edith Bowman present highlights of Dame Shirley Bassey's special performance for the BBC Electric Proms from London's Roundhouse. Also in HD. [S]
Friday 23:05 - 00:05
Stereophonics perform some of their biggest hits, plus tracks from their 2019 UK number one album Kind, in a special Radio 2 In Concert presented by Fearne Cotton. Also in HD. [S]
Sat Feb 28
Saturday 00:05 - 01:05
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the start of his pop career in the mid-60s to Later... with Jools Holland in 2010 and all points in between. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 01:05 - 02:00
The Manics return to St David's Hall Cardiff, scene of their earliest busking gigs. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:00 - 02:30
Jamie Theakston presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 30 April 1999 and featuring Martine McCutcheon, Texas, Busta Rhymes, Faithless and Westlife. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 02:30 - 03:00
Kate Thornton presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 7 May 1999 and featuring Phats & Small, The Offspring, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Cast, Geri Halliwell and Westlife. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:00 - 03:35
Mike Read presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 March 1979 and featuring The Skids, Thin Lizzy, Chic and David Essex. With dance sequences by Legs & Co. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 03:35 - 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 - 19:15
David Attenborough looks at how ostriches have developed bizarre survival strategies, from flamboyant sex to kidnapping. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 19:15 - 19:45
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]
Saturday 19:45 - 20:30
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Ken Dodd, Lyn Kennington, the Jan Hunt Panto, and performers from the Players Theatre. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 20:30 - 21:20
3/6. The mayor of Titterslow wants Hetty to find his daughter, but there must be no publicity and no police. Also in HD. [S]
Saturday 21:20 - 22:10
3/8. The murder of a rap music manager leads Ikmen and team to investigate intrigue and scandal in one of Istanbul's richest families. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 22:10 - 23:00
4/8. The Demir investigation feels like a wild goose chase until Ikmen decides to look much deeper into the past. Leyla begins to remember things from before her accident. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Saturday 23:00 - 00:05
Michael Parkinson in conversation with Kenneth Allsop, Lauren Bacall and Tom Paxton. First transmitted in 1972. Also in HD. [S]
Sun Mar 01
Sunday 00:05 - 00:35
8/8. Classic sitcom. MPs have been complaining about their phones being tapped. Jim Hacker naturally denies this, only to be told by Sir Humphrey that it is in fact true. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 00:35 - 01:05
2/6. Sitcom. Hyacinth has asked the new vicar to tea, and - in her usual meticulous way - she has organised the event down to the last sugar lump. Events take a sudden turn. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:05 - 01:35
3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 01:35 - 02:20
Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Ken Dodd, Lyn Kennington, the Jan Hunt Panto, and performers from the Players Theatre. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 02:20 - 03:10
3/6. The mayor of Titterslow wants Hetty to find his daughter, but there must be no publicity and no police. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 03:10 - 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
1/6. Dan Cruickshank looks at the architecture of Norfolk with the help of Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 19:50 - 20:00
How thousands of strange nocturnal birds make their home on the island of Bardsey in north Wales, and an exploration of the history of the island itself. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 20:00 - 21:00
Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert marking Finnish Independence Day from Helsinki, also featuring music by Saariaho and Kalmi. Also in HD. [S]
Sunday 21:00 - 22:00
3/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surround the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire - India. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 22:00 - 23:00
Filmed on remote Malaysian islands, the crew battle torrential rain and scary insects to create this hallucinatory adaptation, with mesmerising performances by the newbie cast. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Sunday 23:00 - 00:40
A lighthouse-keeper's daughter is trapped in her marriage and longs for the sea. From 1953. Also in HD. [S]
Mon Mar 02
Monday 00:40 - 01:40
3/3. Northern Australia becomes the final frontier as settler expansion accelerates. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 01:40 - 02:30
1/6. Dan Cruickshank looks at the architecture of Norfolk with the help of Nikolaus Pevsner's architectural guide. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 02:30 - 03:30
3/3. Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the fibs that surround the 'jewel in the crown' of the British Empire - India. Also in HD. [S,AD,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
1/7. Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with that comes an uncertain future. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 20:00 - 21:00
2/3. A lost thousand-year-old ship transforms the fierce reputation of the Vikings. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Monday 21:00 - 21:30
With guests Diana Quick, Robert Powell, Anouska Hempel and Nigel Havers. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 21:30 - 22:00
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against guests Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker. With guest musician Alfredo Campoli. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 22:00 - 23:00
Documentary. Dr Hannah Fry and a virtual host present a new way of making television. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. Also in HD. [S]
Monday 23:00 - 00:00
Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers and explores the implications of a driverless world. First broadcast in 2017. Also in HD. [S]
Tue Mar 03
Tuesday 00:00 - 01:00
3/3. Alastair Sooke looks at the 20th century's mixture of innovation, scandal and creativity. Contains some strong language. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:00 - 01:30
Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against guests Joyce Grenfell, Robin Ray and Richard Baker. With guest musician Alfredo Campoli. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 01:30 - 02:30
1/7. Antarctica - the coldest, windiest, most hostile continent. Only the toughest can survive here. But the ocean here is warming and with that comes an uncertain future. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 02:30 - 03:30
2/3. A lost thousand-year-old ship transforms the fierce reputation of the Vikings. 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
4/6. How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales. 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
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]
Tuesday 20:30 - 21:00
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]
Tuesday 21:00 - 21:20
Simon Schama looks back on his ambitious series A History of Britain, a journey through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles. Also in HD. [S]
Tuesday 21:20 - 22:20
1/7. Simon Schama visits the miraculously preserved Stone Age cottages of Skara Brae in Orkney. Also in HD. [S,AD]
Tuesday 22:20 - 00:00
A group of sex workers in Kolkata reclaim their narrative through film-making. Also in HD. [S]