2025-01-13 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Masters Snooker Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London. 15:00 Gods of Snooker As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star - Steve Davis. Contains some strong language. 16:00 Building Britain's Biggest Nuclear Power Station As construction continues, specialists work to uncover unexploded World War II bombs. 17:00 Charles I: Killing a King Parliament races to build a bulletproof case of treason against King Charles I, as he prepares an unexpected defence that will decide the fate of a nation. 18:00 Cold War, Hot Jets As an 'Iron Curtain' fell across Europe, the jet bomber came to define how the Cold War was fought. Britain's V Force became the platform for delivering nuclear Armageddon. 19:00 Gods of Snooker As snooker becomes big business, Alex Higgins struggles to keep up with the professionalism of a new rising star - Steve Davis. Contains some strong language. 20:00 Charles I: Killing a King Parliament races to build a bulletproof case of treason against King Charles I, as he prepares an unexpected defence that will decide the fate of a nation. 21:00 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2025-01-14 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Masters Snooker Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London. 15:00 Gods of Snooker Jimmy White's off-the-table excess threatens to overshadow his raw talent. Contains very strong language. 16:00 Bombay Railway: Dreams Documentary following the hopes and ambitions of workers on Bombay's vast railway network, including Mumtaz Kazi, Indian Railways' first fully qualified female train driver. 17:00 Charles I: Killing a King Charles I is found guilty of treason. Parliament races to get the king to the scaffold before foreign powers intervene and hurriedly passes an act preventing future succession. 18:00 Gods of Snooker Jimmy White's off-the-table excess threatens to overshadow his raw talent. Contains very strong language. 19:00 Bombay Railway: Dreams Documentary following the hopes and ambitions of workers on Bombay's vast railway network, including Mumtaz Kazi, Indian Railways' first fully qualified female train driver. 20:00 Charles I: Killing a King Charles I is found guilty of treason. Parliament races to get the king to the scaffold before foreign powers intervene and hurriedly passes an act preventing future succession. 21:00 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2025-01-15 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Masters Snooker Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London. 15:00 Eric and Ernie Drama telling the story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise's formative years, as reluctant performer Eric Bartholomew becomes the funny man to precocious Ernie Wiseman's 'feed'. 16:30 Parkinson Michael Parkinson in conversation with Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Janet Webb, Raquel Welch and Stéphane Grappelli. 17:40 The US and the Holocaust After decades of open borders, a xenophobic backlash prompts the United States to pass laws restricting immigration. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 19:40 Winterwatch 1963: The Big Freeze Chris Packham introduces a classic documentary from the BBC's archive, which takes a look at the worst winter of the 20th century in 1963. 20:40 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 22:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2025-01-16 04:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 10:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm 11:58 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 12:00 Iceberg: Dangerous Earth The latest scientific insights into icebergs, from side-scanning sonar scrutinising the edge of glaciers to pictures that give us a unique glimpse of how they transform over time. 12:30 Through the Keyhole with Donald Trump Loyd Grossman explores Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, and Alexander George Thynn, the 7th marquess of Bath, opens the doors to his penthouse abode. 13:00 Masters Snooker Coverage of the 2025 Masters tournament from Alexandra Palace in London. 15:00 The Wooden Horse Dramatisation of one of the most ingenious escape bids of World War II, in which British soldiers use a wooden vaulting horse as cover when trying to get out of Stalag Luft III. 16:40 War Films: Talking Pictures A look back at the great British war films that boosted the nation's morale in the postwar years and launched the careers of some of our best-loved actors and directors.