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5:30am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
6:30am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
10:30am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
2:30pm
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
6:30pm
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
6:58pm
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
The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
Series 4 Episode 13: Mountain Challenge
American painter Bob Ross offers soothing words of encouragement to viewers and painting hobbyists in an enormously popular series that has captivated audiences worldwide.
7:30pm
Coastal Path
Series 1 Episode 5: Episode 5
Paul Rose explores the Jurassic Coast, taking a walk through some two hundred million years of the earth's history. He uncovers prehistoric treasures in Charmouth and greets hatching signets at Abbotsbury Swannery.
8:00pm
Yes, Minister
Series 3 Episode 5: Bed of Nails
Jim encounters problems when he is given responsibility for developing and implementing an integrated national transport policy.
8:30pm
The Good Life
Series 1 Episode 5: The Thing in the Cellar
When Tom, determined to make use of every available resource, builds a generator fuelled by pig dung, Margo and Jerry are not amused.
9:00pm
Hemingway
Series 1
Reeling from his split with Martha, Hemingway attaches himself to the US Army as it moves through Normandy and liberates Paris. After the war, he tries to start a new life with Mary Welsh, but is beset by personal tragedies.
9:50pm
Hemingway
Series 1
Ernest Hemingway wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, but eventually is overcome by addiction, physical trauma and depression.
10:40pm
A Farewell to Arms
Romance (1932)
During the First World War, US lieutenant Frederic falls in love with English nurse Catherine as she treats his battle injuries. When he returns to the war to fight in Italy, will their love survive?
11:55pm
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 1
Julia moves out of her comfort zone when she reluctantly invites the entire class to her kids' birthday party. With her mum still refusing to help out she relies on Liz's party hacks and Kevin's entertaining skills.
12:25am
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 2
A school fundraiser is not Julia's idea of an evening out but somehow she finds herself heavily involved in order to impress a former colleague and new mum crush. Kevin has a battle with the cloakroom and Liz takes care of the bar.
12:55am
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 3
A pool party ruins Julia's plans before an important event at work. While Liz is at the newsagents the nice looking guy in the queue leaves his wallet behind. She takes it and hopes to return it and hopefully turn it into a date. A new Dad on the scene, who goes way back with Amanda, puts Kevin's nose out of joint.
1:25am
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 4
Paul's has the perfect solution to help Julia out while he's away: he sends his parents over. Luckily, Kevin has a huge fondness for the elderly and assists Julia with her in-law wrangling. Meanwhile, Amanda is having a clear-out and reluctantly gives Liz her old coat, which seems to have a strange effect on Liz.
1:50am
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 5
Anne's new car propels her into the limelight as the mums try to get in on her carpool, and Kevin finds himself in the role of confidant to Amanda. Liz and Julia's friendship is under fire as Liz realises she is just a `mum' friend.
2:20am
Motherland
Series 1 Episode 6
Julia's childcare problems are solved after she finds the perfect nanny, but her friendship with Liz is strained. Amanda is keeping a low profile after Kevin blurted out her secret, and Liz visits Lee's new partner to give her some advice. The school caretaker is in hospital but the mums have lost their ringleader, and so there's nobody to organise a card.
2:50am
Hemingway
Series 1
Reeling from his split with Martha, Hemingway attaches himself to the US Army as it moves through Normandy and liberates Paris. After the war, he tries to start a new life with Mary Welsh, but is beset by personal tragedies.
3:40am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
5:30am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.