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This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 7:25am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 11:25am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 3:25pm
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 7:00pm
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Driving the Wheels of IndustryA look at the extraordinary expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th century, and at the continued use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steel works until the 20th century.
- 7:30pm
Pubs, Ponds, and Power: The Story of the Village
Series 1 : LondonBen Robinson explores London, the ultimate `city of villages'. Despite many rural settlements like Hornsey and Dagenham being swallowed up by the expanding capital, Hampstead residents successfully fought to preserve their village heritage.
- 8:00pm
Dance Passion
Dance Passion BradfordIn a dynamic fusion of movement, colour and energy, dancers of all kinds take over the streets, theatres and surrounding countryside to showcase the city and celebrate the joy of dance, during Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
- 9:00pm
Matthew Bourne Remembers... Swan Lake
Highly acclaimed choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne discusses his groundbreaking reinterpretation of Swan Lake, the 1995 production that shocked the ballet world and revolutionised modern ballet by replacing the traditional female swans with a male ensemble. Thirty years and over thirty international accolades on, Bourne reflects on the challenges of reimagining a classic and the reaction at the time.
- 9:20pm
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Olivier Award-winning interpretation of the classic production, retaining all the iconic elements of Tchaikovsky's beloved tale with a spellbinding originality.
- 11:20pm
The Age of Uncertainty
Series 1 Episode 7: The Mandarin RevolutionJK Galbraith looks at the influence of John Maynard Keynes, who drew the blueprint for the postwar economic boom, and recalls his own involvement in those momentous years.
- 12:15am
The Age of Uncertainty
Series 1 Episode 8: The Fatal CompetitionJK Galbraith visits the ruins of postwar Berlin, the corridors of power in the Pentagon and 'the world's largest used plane lot' in his assessment of the contemporary roots of war.
- 1:10am
Dance Passion
Dance Passion BradfordIn a dynamic fusion of movement, colour and energy, dancers of all kinds take over the streets, theatres and surrounding countryside to showcase the city and celebrate the joy of dance, during Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.
- 2:15am
Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam
Driving the Wheels of IndustryA look at the extraordinary expansion of industrial Britain in the 18th century, and at the continued use of huge stationary steam engines in mills, collieries and steel works until the 20th century.
- 2:45am
Pubs, Ponds, and Power: The Story of the Village
Series 1 : LondonBen Robinson explores London, the ultimate `city of villages'. Despite many rural settlements like Hornsey and Dagenham being swallowed up by the expanding capital, Hampstead residents successfully fought to preserve their village heritage.
- 3:15am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.