2026-10-20 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 05:00 New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands 2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD] [HD] 06:00 Art of France 3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD] [HD] 07:00 Mastermind: 1977 Magnus Magnusson presents the quiz programme from Bradford University. The specialist subjects are Zulu history 1816-1879, Stuart monarchs 1603-1714, the Salvation Army and Rupert Brooke. [S] 07:30 Call My Bluff Robert Robinson hosts as Frank Muir, Suzanne Roquette and Donny MacLeod take on Patrick Campbell, Angharad Rees and Christopher Casanove in the game of word definitions and deceptions. [S] 08:00 Aberfan: The Green Hollow A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster. From 2016. Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD] [HD] 09:00 Tish Moving story of photographer Tish Murtha, who used her camera to fight for social change. Deals with adult themes. [S] [HD] 10:30 Ancient Worlds 5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD] 11:30 New Zealand: Earths Mythical Islands 2/3. From hyper-intelligent parrots to sinister snails and magical constellations of glow-worms, this is the story of New Zealand's wildest places and resilient pioneers. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 12:30 Art of France 3/3. In the final episode of the series, France is changing at a helter-skelter pace and its angry young artists are reinventing how to paint. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 13:30 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 15:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-10-21 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 05:00 Secrets of Bones 6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD] 05:30 Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure 2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD] 06:00 To the Manor Born 6/6. Stately sitcom. Audrey puts her back out fetching in the firewood. [S] 06:30 Keeping Up Appearances 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. [S] 07:00 The Normans 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. [S,AD] [HD] 08:00 A Want in Her - Storyville Debut feature documentary from filmmaker Myrid Carten, which unfolds as a powerful exploration of family, addiction and unconditional love. Contains very strong language. [S] [HD] 09:20 Light and Dark 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. [S] [HD] 10:20 Secrets of Bones 6/6. Ben Garrod seeks out the big part that bones can play in reproduction. Through sexual selection, the skeleton has adapted to aid courtship, competition and even copulation. [S] [HD] 10:50 Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure 2/5. The Edwards mark their 49th wedding anniversary in the picturesque seaside town of Tenby. [S] [HD] 11:20 Ancient Worlds 5/6. Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles examines the phenomenon of the Roman Republic, from its mythical beginnings to the all too real violence of its end. [S,AD] [HD] 12:20 The Normans 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. [S,AD,SL] 13:15 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 15:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-10-22 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 05:00 Secrets of Skin 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. [S] [HD] 05:30 Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure 3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD] 06:00 Asteroids: Spark of Life? 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. [S,AD] [HD] 06:50 Building Sights Writer Alan Bennett wanders through the architecturally exotic County Arcade in Leeds, designed by Frank Matcham in 1900. [S] 07:00 The Planets 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. [S,AD] [HD] 08:00 Alison Steadman Remembers... The Singing Detective Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter's influential TV drama series The Singing Detective, once described by Stephen King as 'television's Citizen Kane'. [S] [HD] 08:15 The Singing Detective 3/6. Marlow thinks back to his childhood and remembers seeing his mother having illicit sex. Contains some scenes of a sexual nature. [S] 09:20 The Singing Detective 4/6. Dennis Potter's classic drama serial with music. Marlow as a child visits London, but is not impressed. A film option on Marlow's novel thickens the plot. Contains some strong language. [S] 10:30 Secrets of Skin 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. [S] [HD] 11:00 Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure 3/5. It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. [S] [HD] 11:30 Light and Dark 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. [S] [HD] 12:30 The Planets 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. [S,AD,SL] [HD] 13:30 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 15:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-10-23 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 05:00 Where Eagles Dare Seven paratroopers are sent on a seemingly impossible mission. [1968] [S] [HD] 07:30 Mercury Prize 2026: Album of the Year Lauren Laverne presents the Mercury Prize Album of the Year from the Newcastle Arena. Contains some strong language and scenes of flashing images. [S] [HD] 09:00 North by Northwest 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. [1959] [S] 11:10 Hauntings: The Enfield Poltergeist 1/4. In 1977, the police encounter activity in Enfield that remains hard to explain. [S,AD] [HD] 12:00 Hauntings: The Conjuring House 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. [S,AD] [HD] 12:45 Asteroids: Spark of Life? 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. [S,AD] [HD] 13:40 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 15:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 21:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-10-24 03:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 04:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD] 05:00 TOTP: 2000 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. [S] 05:30 TOTP: 2000 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. [S] 06:00 TOTP: 1982 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. [S] 06:40 TOTP: 1987 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. [S] 07:10 TOTP: 1976 Noel Edmonds presents the pop programme, first broadcast on 15 July 1976 and featuring Sunfighter, Liverpool Express, Bobby Goldsboro, Glamour Puss and Demis Roussos. [S] 07:45 Disco at the BBC: Volume 2 Another slice of disco delight with a celebration of nightclub classics taken from the very best of the BBC's archives, including Rock Your Baby, Ring My Bell and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. [S] [HD] 08:45 Boogie Fever: A TOTP2 Disco Special Disco classics from Bee Gees, Gloria Gaynor, Liquid Gold, Sylvester, The Village People, The Weather Girls, Chic, George McCrae, Hi-Tension, Heatwave and more. [S]