2026-08-17 02:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 03:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 04:00 Bill Oddie Goes Wild Bill Oddie presents a compilation of the best clips from the three series of Bill Oddie Goes Wild. [S] [HD] 04:30 Birding with Bill Oddie 4/6. Bill Oddie revisits his childhood birding haunts to discover how they have changed over 50 years. [S] 05:00 Bill Oddie's Top Ten Birds Bill Oddie counts down the UK's ten most beloved and most villainous birds in a poll based on the thousands of letters he has received over the years from members of the public. [S,AD] 06:00 Debuts at the Proms A celebration of moments that make Proms history: landmark premieres and remarkable debuts, including first appearances of artists, orchestras and even instruments. [S] [HD] 07:00 Black Watch Hard-hitting play that gives a frank account of a Scottish regiment serving in Iraq. Contains very strong language, some sexual content and some upsetting... [S] 08:35 Black Watch: A Soldier's Story An insight into the National Theatre of Scotland's Black Watch, a play about the Iraq War. Contains very strong language. [S] 09:35 Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait? Martha Kearney follows Dr Paula Byrne, who believes she has come across a portrait of Jane Austen lost to the world for nearly two centuries. Can the picture stand up to scrutiny? [S,AD] [HD] 10:35 Debuts at the Proms A celebration of moments that make Proms history: landmark premieres and remarkable debuts, including first appearances of artists, orchestras and even instruments. [S] [HD] 11:35 Bill Oddie Goes Wild Bill Oddie presents a compilation of the best clips from the three series of Bill Oddie Goes Wild. [S] [HD] 12:05 Birding with Bill Oddie 4/6. Bill Oddie revisits his childhood birding haunts to discover how they have changed over 50 years. [S] 12:35 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 14:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 20:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-08-18 02:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 03:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 04:00 The Architecture the Railways Built 3/10. Tim Dunn goes behind the scenes at London's Kings Cross station and finds out about the disused funicular railway hidden in the Avon Gorge in Bristol. [S,AD] [HD] 04:40 The Flying Gardener Chris Beardshaw visits Britain's largest protected wetland to see some rare plants and takes a look at ponds filled with exotics. [S,AD] 04:55 The Art of Spain 3/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling art of the modern age. [S,AD] 06:00 Mastermind: 1977 Magnus Magnusson hosts from Reading University. Specialist subjects include PG Wodehouse, Vincent van Gogh, science fiction and John Buchan. [S] 06:30 Call My Bluff Robert Robinson chairs as team captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by André Previn, Tom Conti, Barbara Kellerman and Tina Brown. [S] 07:00 Art on the BBC: Michelangelo -... ...The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 3/4. Art historian Sona Datta creates a television history of Michelangelo. [S] [HD] 08:00 Art and Design: The Journey Writer George Melly talks about the influence of surrealism on his early life. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] 08:25 Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes Documentary recalling the life of Alfred Wainwright, the eccentric Lancastrian who created a series of iconic fell-walking books in the 1950s, and his love for the Lake District. [S] 09:25 The Flying Gardener Chris Beardshaw visits Britain's largest protected wetland to see some rare plants and takes a look at ponds filled with exotics. [S,AD] 09:40 The Art of Spain 3/3. Andrew Graham-Dixon explores Spain's art history. He reveals how the north of the country has produced some of the most dazzling art of the modern age. [S,AD] 10:40 Art and Design: The Journey Writer George Melly talks about the influence of surrealism on his early life. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S] 11:05 Art on the BBC: Michelangelo -... ...The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. 3/4. Art historian Sona Datta creates a television history of Michelangelo. [S,SL] [HD] 12:05 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 14:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 20:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-08-19 02:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 03:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 04:00 The Architecture the Railways Built 4/10. Tim Dunn visits the Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales and tours the breathtaking stations of the Hungerbergbahn in Innsbruck. [S,AD] [HD] 04:45 The Flying Gardener Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. In Sussex, the most wooded area of the UK, Chris visits Leonardslee Garden and Sheffield Park Garden. [S] 05:00 To the Manor Born 3/8. Class-based sitcom. Audrey takes DeVere to task for failing to turn up in church on Sunday, but then fails to practise what she preaches. [S] 05:30 Keeping Up Appearances 2/7. Sitcom. Hyacinth's plans to buy a small weekend retreat in the country take an unexpected turn, and Richard has an unexpected fall. [S] 06:00 On Camera: Photographers at the BBC Drawing on the BBC's rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years. [S] [HD] 07:00 Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 1/3. Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form. [S,AD] [HD] 08:00 The Secret Genius of Plants 1/2. For a long time we've known that plants can move, but recent studies reveal other secrets. [S,AD] [HD] 08:55 Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil Documentary in which gardening expert Chris Beardshaw delves into the micro-world of soil to reveal what it is, how it works and why we couldn't survive without it. [S] [HD] 09:50 Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 1/3. Eamonn McCabe explores how science and technology allowed pioneering photographers like Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron to create a new art form. [S,AD] [HD] 10:50 The Flying Gardener Chris Beardshaw visits inspirational gardens by helicopter. In Sussex, the most wooded area of the UK, Chris visits Leonardslee Garden and Sheffield Park Garden. [S] 11:05 On Camera: Photographers at the BBC Drawing on the BBC's rich archive, this documentary reveals the working practices, lives and opinions of some of the greatest photographers of the last 60 years. [S] [HD] 12:05 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 14:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 20:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-08-20 02:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 03:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 04:00 Villages by the Sea 3/10. Ben Robinson travels to Cushendall in Northern Ireland to explore the Curfew Tower and schoolhouse, built by its forward-thinking 19th-century merchant landlord. [S] [HD] 04:30 Canal Boat Diaries 1/4. Robbie begins his 300-mile adventure across the north of England and the Midlands. He is forced to make a running repair while on the Tinsley lock flight. [S] [HD] 05:00 Simon Sebag Montefiore Remembers .. Rome: History of the Eternal City. Simon Sebag Montefiore talks about his joy at telling audiences the stories of Rome. [S] [HD] 05:15 Rome: A History of the Eternal City 1/3. Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the central role played by religion in the power of the city of Rome. Every event in ancient Rome revolved around religion. [S,AD] 06:15 Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 3/4. Mary Beard takes an in-depth look at identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. [S,AD] 07:15 I, Claudius 7/12. Drama series chronicling the reigns of Roman emperors. With Tiberius retired to Capri, Sejanus plans to tighten his grip on Rome and divorces his wife for Livilla. Deals with adult themes. [S] 08:05 I, Claudius 8/12. Drama chronicling the reigns of four Roman emperors. Claudius has hopes of a return to a republic when Caligula insanely proclaims himself and his sister as gods. Deals with adult themes. [S] 09:00 The Australian Wars 1/3. How modern-day Sydney was the first battleground of the frontier wars. Contains some violent scenes. [S,AD] [HD] 09:55 Canal Boat Diaries 1/4. Robbie begins his 300-mile adventure across the north of England and the Midlands. He is forced to make a running repair while on the Tinsley lock flight. [S] [HD] 10:25 Rome: A History of the Eternal City 1/3. Simon Sebag Montefiore uncovers the central role played by religion in the power of the city of Rome. Every event in ancient Rome revolved around religion. [S,AD,SL] 11:25 Villages by the Sea 3/10. Ben Robinson travels to Cushendall in Northern Ireland to explore the Curfew Tower and schoolhouse, built by its forward-thinking 19th-century merchant landlord. [S,SL] [HD] 11:55 Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit 3/4. Mary Beard takes an in-depth look at identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 12:55 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 14:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 20:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-08-21 02:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 03:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 04:00 Villages by the Sea 4/10. Ben Robinson makes an amazing discovery at Norfolk's Holkham estate - its lost medieval village, seen for the first time since its disappearance 200 years ago. [S] [HD] 04:30 Canal Boat Diaries 2/4. Robbie Cumming navigates the tidal Trent and joins a night-time illuminated boat parade on the picturesque Chesterfield Canal. [S] [HD] 05:00 The Bridge: Fifty Years Across the Forth Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great Scottish landmark, the Forth Road Bridge. [S,AD] [HD] 06:00 The French Connection Thriller. A maverick cop uses unconventional methods to smash a drug ring in New York. Contains very strong language. [1971] [S,AD] 07:40 The Poughkeepsie Shuffle:... ...Tracing The French Connection. Mark Kermode examines the making of classic thriller The French Connection. Contains some strong language and upsetting scenes. [S] 08:35 The Graduate An aimless college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. Deals with adult themes. [1968] [S,AD]