2026-01-26 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 05:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 06:00 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at 90: Inside Classical Sir Stephen Hough plays Grieg's Piano Concerto at a concert for the orchestra's birthday. [S] [HD] 08:05 Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry 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] 09:05 Ibsen: Ghosts The 1987 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play explores the hypocrisy of middle-class Victorian society. [S] 10:50 Summer in Gossensass From 1964, a documentary about the sixty-second year in the life of the great Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. [S] 11:50 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Read with Reece Shearsmith Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson's defining gothic horror explores alter egos in this captivating narration that reimagines the 19th-century classic. [S] [HD] 12:55 Munro: Mountain Man Nicholas Crane unravels the tale of Sir Hugh Munro, whose exploration of the wild Scottish peaks little more than a century ago began a modern mountaineering obsession. [S,AD] [HD] 13:55 Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry 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] 14:55 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 16:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-01-27 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 05:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 06:00 Wild China 2/6. In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. [S,AD] [HD] 07:00 Art of Persia 2/3. Samira Ahmed reveals how Iran preserved its distinctive language and culture despite the Arab conquest of Persia. [S,AD] [HD] 08:00 Call My Bluff Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Jenny Agutter and Tim Rice take on Patrick Campbell, Sinead Cusak and Nigel Dempster in a game of word definitions and deceptions. [S] 08:30 Face the Music Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Camilla Jessel, Robin Ray and Edward Boyle. With guest musician Mitsuko Uchida. [S] 09:00 Tim Peake Special: How to Be an Astronaut - Horizon 8/17. Astronaut Tim Peake's video diary of the two years leading up to his arrival at the International Space Station in December 2015. [S,AD] [HD] 10:00 8 Days: To the Moon and Back Using dramatic reconstruction, declassified cockpit audio recorded by the astronauts themselves and film archive, this is the untold story of the first moon landing. [S,AD] [HD] 11:30 Man in Space - Horizon First transmitted in 1966, Horizon reports from the spacecraft centre in Houston, Texas. [S] 12:10 Face the Music Joseph Cooper invites viewers to test their musical wits against Camilla Jessel, Robin Ray and Edward Boyle. With guest musician Mitsuko Uchida. [S] 12:40 Tim Peake Special: How to be an Astronaut - Horizon 8/17. Astronaut Tim Peake's video diary of the two years leading up to his arrival at the International Space Station in December 2015. [S,AD] [HD] 13:40 Art of Persia 2/3. Samira Ahmed reveals how Iran preserved its distinctive language and culture despite the Arab conquest of Persia. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 14:40 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 16:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-01-28 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 05:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 06:00 Great British Railway Journeys 4/15. Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England. [S,AD] [HD] 06:30 Wainwright Walks 4/6. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb. [S,AD] 07:00 Yes, Prime Minister 4/8. Classic sitcom. When a scandal breaks in the City, Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey cannot agree on who should be the new governor of the Bank of England. [S] 07:30 Yes, Prime Minister 5/8. Classic political sitcom. Jim Hacker meets a local councillor who has radical ideas about local government. The PM likes what he hears, unlike Sir Humphrey. [S] 08:00 Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise... ...and Fall of Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain. [S,AD] [HD] 09:00 Philip Larkin and the Third Woman Sir Andrew Motion discovers an unpublished poem by Philip Larkin when he visits Hull to meet one of the poet's ex-lovers, Betty Mackereth, speaking of her love for the first time. [S] 09:30 The Great American Buffalo 1/2. Ken Burns recounts how the collision between two opposing views of the natural world saw the buffalo, which had numbered in the tens of millions, driven to the brink of extinction. [S] [HD] 11:25 Great British Railway Journeys 4/15. Starting in Wakefield, Michael visits the National Coal Mining Museum for England. [S,AD] [HD] 11:55 Wainwright Walks 4/6. Julia Bradbury explores the work of fell walker Alfred Wainwright. Here she climbs Helm Crag, defined by the rock formations at its summit nicknamed the Lion and the Lamb. [S,AD] 12:25 Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise... ...and Fall of Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell is revealed as a revolutionary who laid the foundations of modern Britain. [S,AD] [HD] 13:25 Wild China 2/6. In China's far south west, rich jungles nestle below towering peaks. Jewel-coloured birds and ancient tribes share forested valleys where wild elephants still roam. [S,AD,SL] 14:25 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 16:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-01-29 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 05:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 06:00 Great British Railway Journeys 5/15. Michael Portillo continues his postwar exploration of north west England in Bradford, Shipley and Hebden Bridge. [S,AD] [HD] 06:30 Wainwright Walks 5/6. Julia Bradbury follows in fell walker and author Alfred Wainwright's footsteps and climbs to the summit of High Street, the most well-trodden high ground in the Lakes. [S,AD] 07:00 Brian Cox's Adventures in Space and Time 1/4. Brian Cox explores the latest science and takes a new look at his old films and asks: how far can we go in our exploration of the cosmos? [S,AD] [HD] 08:00 Tribe 1/6. Explorer Bruce Parry travels to the Amazon rainforest to live with the Matis. Contains some strong language and disturbing scenes. [S,AD] 09:00 Smiley's People 3/6. Vladimir has two proofs, but Smiley has only found one. Deals with adult themes. [S] 10:00 Smiley's People 4/6. Smiley gets into trouble with his superiors, who want the investigation closed. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] 10:55 Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers:... ...Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. 2/3. How fantasy novels have big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way. [S,AD] [HD]