2026-02-22 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 02:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 03:00 Meet the Ancestors Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. 03:30 The Good Old Days Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. 04:15 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. 05:05 The Turkish Detective British detective Mehmet Suleyman arrives in Istanbul to join the homicide unit led by eccentric inspector Çetin Ikmen just as the team investigate the murder of a student. 06:00 The Turkish Detective While the team close in on a suspect in Gözde's murder, Suleyman pursues his private investigation on the side and discovers a mysterious name. 06:55 Wogan Terry Wogan's guests are Jenny Agutter, Laurie Lee, who recites a piece from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and John Garnett. Barbara Dickson sings The Right Moment. 07:30 Kenneth Williams: Comic Roots Kenneth Williams explores his roots in and around London's St Pancras, where he grew up. 08:05 Wogan with Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams stands in for Terry Wogan, chatting with guests Barbara Windsor and husband Steve Hollings, Stephen Fry and Michael Palin. Music by Hank Marvin & The Shadows. 08:45 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates There is fierce competition at the Blainthorp Music Festival, but the finalists start losing their voices. Hetty is called in to find out who is responsible. 09:35 The Good Old Days Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall show from the City Varieties Theatre. With Hylda Baker, Val Doonican, Richard Hearne and Robin Hunter. 10:20 Meet the Ancestors Julian Richards travels to the home of a couple who discovered that their bungalow was built over a 5th-century graveyard. 10:50 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-02-23 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 02:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 03:00 Antiques Roadshow The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. 04:00 Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, also featuring the works of Smetana and Debussy. Nicholas Collon presents. 05:00 British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley Lucy explores how British history is a concoction of fibs. She debunks the 'Glorious Revolution', when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. 06:00 Ibsen: The Wild Duck The 1971 adaption of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen. A family's fragile peace is shattered by an idealist who insists on exposing hidden truths. 07:50 The Australian Wars How the growing number of European arrivals in Tasmania saw the death count grow, too. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. 08:50 The Secret World of Haute Couture Margy Kinmonth meets millionaire customers and world-famous designers as she explores the anachronistic but little-explained pocket of the fashion industry known as haute couture. 09:45 Eurovision Classical Concerts: Lisbon Celebrating great music-making across Europe, a special concert from the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, also featuring the works of Smetana and Debussy. Nicholas Collon presents. 10:50 Antiques Roadshow The team return to Aston Hall in Birmingham, where treasures include Wind in the Willows figures, memorabilia from an Aston Villa footballer and items from a pioneering mountaineer. 11:50 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-02-24 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 02:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 03:00 Wild China 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. 04:00 Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez A millionaire hunts for the mythical palace of the Minotaur and discovers a lost world. 05:00 Call My Bluff Robert Robinson hosts a game of word definitions and deceptions. Captains Frank Muir and Patrick Campbell are joined by Tom Baker, Alan Coren, Gabrielle Drake and Miriam Stoppard. 05:30 Face the Music Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Arianna Stassinopoulos, Brian Redhead and John Bird. With guest musician Walter Susskind. 06:00 The Joy of AI Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us. 07:00 The Horizon Guide to AI 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. 08:00 Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture Alastair Sooke looks at the maverick sculptors working in the 18th and 19th centuries. 09:00 The Australian Wars How the growing number of European arrivals in Tasmania saw the death count grow, too. Contains some violence and some upsetting scenes. 10:00 Face the Music Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against Arianna Stassinopoulos, Brian Redhead and John Bird. With guest musician Walter Susskind. 10:30 Wild China 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. 11:30 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 19:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-02-25 01:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 02:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 03:00 Canals: The Making of a Nation Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats carrying fuel and goods around the country. 03:30 Gareth Edwards's Great Welsh Adventure It's a scorcher as Gareth Edwards and wife Maureen get to the seaside resort of Llandudno. 04:00 Keeping Up Appearances 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. 04:30 Yes, Prime Minister 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. 05:00 Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider 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. 06:00 Rebuilding Bucha - Storyville Five people in Bucha, Ukraine, attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes. 07:30 iHuman - Storyville A Storyville documentary exploring the true impact of artificial intelligence on the world. Contains some strong language and some upsetting scenes.