BBC Four Thursday, 7 December Find out what's on TV.
Click here to open BBC iPlayer Not in the UK? Click here to read our guide on how to watch BBC iPlayer from abroad.- 4:20am
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.
- 7:58pm
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
- 8:00pm
Great British Railway Journeys
Series 11 Episode 12: Limehouse to RochfordFollowing his 1936 Bradshaw's guidebook, Michael Portillo explores the east of England, in London and Essex, en route to Lincolnshire.On this leg, he alights at Limehouse in East London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain's fight against fascism in the 1930s. Heading east, he arrives in Dagenham, the location of one of Henry Ford's first car factories in the UK.
- 8:30pm
Walking With..
Walking with Shappi KhorsandiComedian Shappi Khorsandi walks the Derbyshire Dales and marvels at the beauty she finds. With her unique wit and charm, she talks candidly about her outlook on life and love.
- 9:00pm
Crime drama (1957)
Witness for the ProsecutionA top-flight barrister attempts to defend murder suspect Leonard Vole, who stands accused of murdering a wealthy widow for the fortune she left behind. To make matters worse, his alibi, provided by his wife Christine, falls down when it is revealed their marriage is not fully legal and she can be used as a witness for the prosecution.
8.4IMDb - 10:55pm
Arena
Billy, How Did You Do It? - Part 2Second of three in-depth conversations with film director and writer Billy Wilder. He recalls his memories of the great Hollywood stars - 'Mae West walked out of the door all white gold and feathers. She looked like a locomotive.' He also talks about working with silent film star Gloria Swanson on Sunset Boulevard, the tensions of working with Humphrey Bogart and the consummate artistry of Gary Cooper.
- 11:50pm
Arena
Louise BrooksAmerican film actress Louise Brooks has become one of the most celebrated icons of early cinema. Her performance as unrepentant pleasure-seeker Lulu in GW Pabst's Pandora's Box made her a legend, and Brooks's own life had more than a touch of Lulu's reckless abandon about it. In this episode of Arena, first transmitted not long after her death in 1985, Brooks talks candidly about her greatest days in Paris and Berlin and the harsh retribution that was exacted by Hollywood.
- 12:50am
Arena
Screen GoddessesA look at the early female movie stars Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe; immortal goddesses made by Hollywood to reign over the silver screen. From the power of Joan Crawford to the seductiveness of Rita Hayworth, Hollywood studios produced their own brand of beautiful, sassy and confident women. The era drew to a close with the supreme fame of Elizabeth Taylor and the tragic death of Marilyn Monroe.
- 1:50am
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Documentary about cult film The Wicker Man.
- 2:20am
Great British Railway Journeys
Series 11 Episode 12: Limehouse to RochfordFollowing his 1936 Bradshaw's guidebook, Michael Portillo explores the east of England, in London and Essex, en route to Lincolnshire.On this leg, he alights at Limehouse in East London for Cable Street, which became the focus of Britain's fight against fascism in the 1930s. Heading east, he arrives in Dagenham, the location of one of Henry Ford's first car factories in the UK.
- 2:50am
Walking With..
Walking with Shappi KhorsandiComedian Shappi Khorsandi walks the Derbyshire Dales and marvels at the beauty she finds. With her unique wit and charm, she talks candidly about her outlook on life and love.
- 3:20am
How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery
An international team of astronomers embark on a unique mission to unlock the deepest secrets of black holes.
- 4:20am
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.