2026-04-11 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 Spring: The Great British Year Documentary showing Britain's changing look over the course of a year. Spring arrives, and with it comes the start of an epic race for life where timing is everything. 14:00 The Good Old Days Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme from the City Varieties Theatre. Guests include Georgia Brown, Barry Cryer, Katinka Seiner, John Inman and Barry Howard. 14:45 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Drama series, based on characters from the novel by David Cook, about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty faces danger when she tries to track down a gang. 15:35 Hidden Assets CAB intensify their probe and raid haulage company KYV. The operation deepens suspicions about KYV's role. Contains some strong language. 16:25 Hidden Assets Personal stakes rise for Claire, while Niamh faces devastating consequences as the case reaches its climax. Contains some strong language and some violent scenes. 17:15 Parkinson Michael Parkinson in conversation with Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Julian Lloyd Webber and more. 18:20 Keeping Up Appearances After listening to Emmet's piano playing from her garden, Hyacinth receives a phone call from Mrs Fortescue asking for a lift into town. 18:50 Sorry! Sitcom about a middle-aged bachelor living with his parents. Timothy's sister Muriel comes to stay and tries to persuade him to go home with her. 19:15 The Great British Year Documentary showing Britain's changing look over the course of a year. Spring arrives, and with it comes the start of an epic race for life where timing is everything. 20:15 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Drama series, based on characters from the novel by David Cook, about a 60-year-old private detective. Hetty faces danger when she tries to track down a gang. 21:05 The Good Old Days Leonard Sachs presents the old-time music hall programme from the City Varieties Theatre. Guests include Georgia Brown, Barry Cryer, Katinka Seiner, John Inman and Barry Howard. 21:50 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 23:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-12 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 Travels with Pevsner Germaine Greer explores the architecture of Warwickshire with Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England as her guide. Visits include Baddesley Clinton Hall and Warwick Castle. 13:50 One Hundred Great Paintings: Gainsborough - Mr and Mrs Andrews Edwin Mullins presents a closer look at Thomas Gainsborough's painting Mr and Mrs Andrews. 14:00 Rebuilding Notre-Dame Five years after the fire, Lucy Worsley revisits the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris as the historic church enters the final stages of its restoration, ahead of its reopening. 15:00 Krapp's Last Tape Harold Pinter stars in Samuel Beckett's acclaimed study of mortality and memory. Contains some strong language. 15:55 Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett Adrian Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot. 16:55 Julian Lloyd Webber with the London Philharmonic Orchestra A performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor played by Julian Lloyd Webber. 17:45 Cynthia Erivo: Legendary Voices at the Proms Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and 60s. 19:15 Travels with Pevsner Germaine Greer explores the architecture of Warwickshire with Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England as her guide. Visits include Baddesley Clinton Hall and Warwick Castle. 20:05 Rebuilding Notre Dame: The Final Chapter Five years after the fire, Lucy Worsley revisits Notre-Dame ahead of its reopening. 21:05 This is BBC Four Programmes start at 7.00pm. 23:30 ..programmes start at 7.00pm
2026-04-13 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 Seven Worlds, One Planet Africa - home to the greatest wildlife gatherings on earth. But even in this land of plenty, wildlife faces huge challenges. 14:00 The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs How experts are learning more about those who wrote the texts of the ancient Egyptians. 15:00 Call My Bluff Robert Robinson hosts as Patrick Campbell, Joanna Lumley and Lord Kearton take on Frank Muir, Pauline Yates and Donald Churchill in the game of word definitions and deceptions. 15:30 Face the Music Joseph Cooper invites viewers to match their musical wits against guests Annette Page, Richard Baker and Robin Ray. With guest musician Murray Perahia. 16:00 The Sky at Night The team explore Nasa's Artemis II mission, the first crewed journey towards the moon since 1972. They also look into robotic landers and new scientific clues from lunar samples. 16:30 Pluto: Back from the Dead How Pluto has gone from an unremarkable ball of ice to a world of unimaginable complexity. 17:30 Art That Made Us Literature, music and art find creative renewal in the aftermath of the Black Death. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.