2026-09-08 05:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:00 The Architecture the Railways Built Tim Dunn sees Swindon's railway village and explores the past of Milan's monumental station. 13:45 The Flying Gardener Peripatetic gardener Chris Beardshaw flies to the south west in search of hedges. He visits the gardens of RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Antony House in Cornwall. 14:00 To the Manor Born Stately sitcom. Audrey waits for DeVere to go away before she herself goes on holiday. 14:30 Keeping Up Appearances Sitcom. Hyacinth decides to have a second attempt at finding a small weekend home in the country, but she and Richard have different views on the word 'small'. 15:00 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Popular 1970s sitcom about a middle-class, middle-aged rebel. Why is Reggie referring to his mother-in-law as a hippopotamus. 15:30 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Reggie Perrin needs a month's holiday, but all he gets is an afternoon in a safari park with his wife, daughter, son-in-law and their two 'tiny adults'. 16:00 The Killer Wave of 1607: Timewatch Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced that the wave was actually a tsunami. 16:50 Japan's Master of Restoration A museum in Osaka asks the Mayuyamas for help with artefacts currently hidden away in their archive: an exquisite 800-year-old celadon vase from China and a 16th-century tea bowl. 17:40 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. 18:40 The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms, revealing where these 2,000-year-old problem-solvers came from, how they work and what they have achieved. 19:40 The Flying Gardener Peripatetic gardener Chris Beardshaw flies to the south west in search of hedges. He visits the gardens of RHS Rosemoor in Devon and Antony House in Cornwall. 19:55 The Killer Wave of 1607: Timewatch Documentary detailing the killer wave which struck the coast of the Bristol Channel in 1607. Two scientists are increasingly convinced that the wave was actually a tsunami. 20:45 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. 21:45 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 23:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-09-09 05:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 12:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 13:00 Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain Fred Dibnah looks at how carpenters have used their talents to transform buildings such as Stokesey Castle, Little Moreton Hall and Harvington Hall. 13:30 Villages by the Sea Ben Robinson unearths the past of Greyabbey, a village on Northern Ireland's beautiful Strangford Lough, and discovers the history of its moneymaking kelp industry. 14:00 Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow Dan Snow and team take on the rapids of the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats to rediscover one of the wild west's great adventures of discovery. 15:00 Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany Amateur footage offers new insights into life in prewar Germany and during World War II. Contains some violence and disturbing scenes. 16:00 Spencer Banks Remembers... Penda's Fen Actor Spencer Banks reflects on his leading role in the 1974 Play for Today Penda's Fen. 16:15 Penda's Fen An awakened force in the landscape challenges a boy's clear and intense view of the world. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 17:40 Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow Dan Snow and team take on the rapids of the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats to rediscover one of the wild west's great adventures of discovery.