BBC Four HD 2026-10-05 Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 2026-10-05 2/6. Fusing biography, art and fashion history, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-05 The hunt for the next classical music superstar begins. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 David Bamber looks back on the BBC adaptation of Kevin Elyot's play My Night with Reg. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 Six gay friends discuss love, friendship and infidelity over the course of three nights. Contains strong language and some scenes of a sexual nature. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 Drama that chronicles the trials of a Hackney cafe owner trying to prevent his son from getting involved in London's gun culture. Contains very strong language. [S] 2026-10-05 7/8. Playwright and artistic director of London's Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah shares some of the influences that have had a significant impact on his work. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 2/6. Fusing biography, art and fashion history, Amber Butchart explores the lives of historical figures through their clothes. She looks at van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-05 Experts from archaeologists to astrophysicists offer new insights on the Bayeux Tapestry, an artefact which, despite its fame, has remained shrouded in mystery. [S] [HD] 2026-10-05 Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 2026-10-05 2026-10-05 2026-10-05 2026-10-06 Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 2026-10-06 3/4. Andrew Scott narrates a special programme which celebrates winter and explores how animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-06 1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-06 Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Keele University. The specialist subjects are Emperor Tiberius, the Vikings, Ralph Vaughan Williams and the life and travels of David Livingstone. [S] 2026-10-06 Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Nerys Hughes and Tim Rice take on Patrick Campbell, Diane Keen and Ian Ogilvy, Nerys Hughes in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S] 2026-10-06 Anita Brookner shares her unique insights on works by the world's greatest painters. [S] 2026-10-06 ...The Disciple of Experience. 1/2. Leonardo trains as an artist and eventually paints a masterpiece, The Last Supper. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-06 3/6. Richard Miles explores the power and the paradox of the 'Greek Thing' - a blossoming in art, philosophy and science that went hand in hand with political discord. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-06 3/4. Andrew Scott narrates a special programme which celebrates winter and explores how animals and plants rise to the challenges it brings. [S,AD] [HD] 2026-10-06 1/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a stunning visual journey through French art history. He traces its development to the arrival of classicism and the Age of Enlightenment. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 2026-10-06 Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 2026-10-06 2026-10-06 2026-10-06