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BBC FOUR is available to view on Freeview, cable and satellite. It was launched on March 2, 2002 and replaced BBC Knowledge. The channel broadcasts between the hours of 7PM and 4AM.

The channel shows a mix of arts and science programmes alongside foreign language productions. The channel also shows many old drama programmes first shown on BBC One. Current offerings include Doctor Who from the 1970's and the 1980's series The Day Of The Triffids.

Each weekday evening the channel shows a news programme called The World which takes a look at the news headlines from all over the planet.

As of September, 2006 the channel was attracting an average 0.4% audience share.

Also Known As
BBC Knowledge (1999-2002)
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• BBC one Wales (United Kingdom)
• BBC PARLIAMENT (United Kingdom)
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• BBC three (United Kingdom)
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BBC FOUR


Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour
Country: United Kingdom
First Broadcast: June 01, 1999
Parent Company: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
• AC/DC and the Story of Aussie Rock
• Addicted to Sheep
• The Art of Scandinavia
• The Beginning and End of the Universe
• Billy Fury: The Sound Of Fury
• Bob Geldof on WB Yeats: A Fanatic Heart
• Botticelli's Venus: The Making Of An Icon
• The Brain with David Eagleman
• Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll
• Britain's Treasure Islands
• Chef vs Science: The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge
• Daft Punk Unchained
• A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13
• The Docklands Bomb: Executing Peace
• Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley
• Eurovision: You Decide
• The Everlys: Harmonies From Heaven
• Flying Scotsman: The Locomotive Legend
• Goya Exposed with Jake Chapman
• Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered
• James May: The Reassembler
• Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
• John Williams at the BBC
• The Last Seabird Summer?
• Montalbano and Me: Andrea Camilleri
• The Most Dangerous Band in the World: The Story of Guns N’ Roses
• Music Moguls: Masters of Pop
• Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution
• Northern Ballet: 1984
• The Passion (UK)
• People's History Of Pop
• Perfect Pianists at the BBC
• Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick
• The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment
• The Renaissance Unchained
• Rock n Roll Britannia
• Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Master and Maverick
• The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio
• Virtuoso Violinists at the BBC
• All Aboard! The Canal Trip
• Andrew Marr on Churchill: Blood, Sweat and Oil Paint
• The Art of Fly Fishing: Kiss the Water
• BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2015
• BBC Four Game Shows Collection
• BBC: The Secret Files
• BBC Young Dancer 2015
• Being James Galway
• Biggest Band Breakups and Makeups
• Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
• The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour
• Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema
• Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity
• Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield
• Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing
• Canals - The Making of a Nation
• Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story
• Chris Packham’s Natural Selection
• Cilla at the BBC
• The Clash: New Year's Day '77
• Climate Change: A Horizon Guide
• Climate Change by Numbers
• Coldplay in Concert 2014
• The Comet's Tale
• Connie Fisher: I'll Sing Once More
• Dalai Lama at 80
• Dan Cruickshank’s Civilisation Under Attack
• Daniil Trifonov: The Magics of Music
• Dawn Chorus: The Sounds of Spring
• A Day In The Life Of Andy Warhol
• Dexys: Nowhere Is Home
• Drills, Dentures And Dentistry : An Oral History
• The Epic of Everest
• Eurovision at 60
• A Fair Cop
• Fighting for King and Empire: Britain’s Caribbean Heroes
• Fred Wiseman: National Gallery
• Genesis: Three Sides Live
• Genius of the Ancient World
• Handmade
• Hermitage Revealed
• Hive Minds
• How To Be Bohemian With Victoria Coren Mitchell
• How to Make a Number One Record
• The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
• India’s Frontier Railways
• In and Out of the Kitchen
• Irish Rock at the BBC
• The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities
• It's Only Rock 'N' Roll: Rock 'N' Roll at the BBC
• Je t’aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark
• Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra live in Blackpool
• Joy Division
• The Joy of Mozart
• Judi Dench in Conversation with Richard Eyre
• Juliette Binoche: Antigone at The Barbican
• Julie Walters In Conversation With Richard E Grant
• Ken Loach in Conversation with Cillian Murphy
• Kings of Soul
• The King Who Invented Ballet
• Kraftwerk: Pop Art
• The Lady Who Flew Africa: The Aviatrix
• Life of a Mountain
• Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing
• Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
• Mumbai High: The Musical
• New Year's Day From Vienna
• Nina Conti Clowning Around
• Nina Simone and Me with Laura Mvula
• One-Hit Wonders at the BBC
• Pappano's Classic Voices
• Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
• Picasso: Love, Sex annd Art
• Placido Domingo at the BBC
• Poet on the Frontline
• Queens of Soul
• The Quizeum
• The Race For The World’s First Atomic Bomb: A Thousand Days Of Fe
• Regina: The First Woman Rabbi
• Rock 'n' Roll America
• Saints and Sinners: Britain’s Millennium of Monasteries
• Sappho: Love & Life on Lesbos with Margaret Mountford
• Scotland's War at Sea
• Sex, Lies And Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story
• Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic, London 2015
• Simon Rattle: The Making Of A Maestro
• Soup Cans And Superstars : How Pop Art Changed The World
• Spicing Up Britain: How Eating Out Went Exoic
• Status Quo: Live and Acousti
• The Strypes
• Tales from the Tour Bus: Rock ‘n’ Roll on the Road
• Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet
• The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain’s Lost Railway Journeys
• Treasures of Ancient Greece
• Treasures of the Indus
• Twin Sisters: A World Apart
• Van Morrison - Up on Cyprus Avenue
• A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story
• Visions of the Valleys
• West Meets East
• What Ever Happened to Rock 'N' Roll?
• When Lucy Met Roy: Sir Roy Strong at 80
• When Pop Ruled My Life: The Fans’ Story
• The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley
• Wondrous Obsessions: The Cabinet of Curiosities
• World War Two: 1945 & the Wheelchair President
• Written By Mrs Bach
• Wynton Marsalis Plays Blue Note: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
• 100 Seconds to Beat the World: The David Rudisha Story
• Abstract Artists In Their Own Words
• Alan Bennett at 80: Bennett Meets Hytner
• Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
• Al Murray's Great British War Movies
• Arrows
• BBC Music John Peel Lecture 2014 with Iggy Pop
• BBC Young Musician
• Billy Joel Live in Leningrad
• Bob Harris: My Nashville
• Brad Paisley And Friends
• Brian Cox: Space, Time and Videotape
• Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale Of Three Cities
• Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
• British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash
• Carlos Acosta's Cuban Night
• Chocolate Perfection with Michel Roux Jr
• Choir of the Year 2014
• Christmas with Val Doonican
• Commonwealth on Film
• Congo Calling: An African Orchestra in Britain
• Constable: A Country Rebel
• Constable: The Making of a Master
• Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History Of Dance
• Danny Baker Rocks the ... (a Bit)
• Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades
• The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
• Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil
• Deep Purple: Made in Japan
• Detectorists
• Dissected: The Incredible Human...
• Don Giovanni
• The Duchess Of Malfi: BBC Arts At The Globe
• Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide
• Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure
• Eisteddfod 2014 with Ifor Ap Glyn
• Every Breath We Take: Understanding Our Atmosphere
• Everyday Eden: A Potted History of the Suburban Garden
• Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners
• The Fight for Saturday Night
• Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures
• The French Revolution: Tearing Up History
• Friday Night at the Proms
• The Genius of Bert Jansch: Folk, Blues and Beyond
• The Genius of Funk
• The Girl Who Talked To Dolphins
• Glyndebourne: The Untold History
• Great Poets in Their Own Words
• Happy Holidays with Bing and Frank
• The Heart Of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
• Hidden Histories: Britain's Oldest Family Businesses
• How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears
• How to Get Ahead:
• In Their Own Words: Poets
• Jazz Legends In Their Own Words
• Jeff Lynne's ELO at Hyde Park
• The John Moore's Painting Prize
• Johnny Cash - The Man, His World, His Music
• John Ogdon: A Musical Tribute
• John Ogdon - Living With Genius
• The Joy of the Bee Gees
• The Joy of the Guitar Riff
• Karajan's Magic and Myth
• The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill
• Kenny Rogers - Cards On The Table
• Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
• Kusama’s 'Self-Obliteration'
• Late Night Live with Paloma Faith and Guy Barker
• Len Goodman's Big Band Bonanza
• The Life Of Rock With Brian Pern
• Lost Kingdoms of Central America
• The Magic of Mushrooms
• Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces
• Martin Amis' England
• More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on
• Nat King Cole: Afraid Of The Dark
• Nigel Slater's Icing on the Cake
• Northern Soul
• n Their Own Words: 20th Century Composers
• Oh Do Shut Up Dear!
• Oh You Pretty Things
• Our Planet From the Air
• Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic
• Photographing Africa
• Play it Loud
• Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World Of Yayoi Kusama
• Proms Chamber Music
• Puppy Love
• Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled
• The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar
• Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry and Bob
• Return to Betjemanland
• Rich Hall's California Stars
• Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness
• Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief And Morals In The 18th Century
• The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings
• Sammy Davis Jnr: The Kid in the Middle
• Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction
• Scotland's Art Revolution: The Maverick Generation
• The Secret Life of Books
• Secrets of Bones
• Secrets of the Universe
• The Spaceman of Afghanistan
• Spike Milligan: Assorted Q
• Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
• The Story of a Child Prodigy: I Am Not a Rock Star
• The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
• The Sunday Prom: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
• Tales from the Royal Wardrobe with Lucy Worsley
• The Town That Loves Books: BBC Arts at Hay
• Ultimate Irish Music at the Royal Hall
• The Winter's Tale from the Royal Ballet
• The Wonder of Animals
• The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney
• You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story
• BBC Four’s World Music Season
• Blues America
• Brushing Up On...
• Can Eating Insects Save the World?
• Churchill's First World War
• Disowned and Disabled
• Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain
• Endeavour (2013)
• The Flying Archaeologist: The Norfolk Broads
• Hidden Killers
• Insect Worlds
• John Denver
• King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons
• Kings of the Ring
• Lost Kingdoms of South America
• Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death
• Metamorphosis
• Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places
• Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony
• Precision: The Measure of All Things
• The RTS Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture 2013
• Secret Knowledge
• Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
• Some ... with Jokes
• What Do Artists Do All Day?
• ... at the BBC
• How It Works
• Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval Kings
• James Bond 50th Anniversary Gala Concert
• The King And The Playwright: A Jacobean History
• Love and Marriage: A 20th Century Romance
• Love Me Do - 1962
• Metals: How They Work
• Nature's Microworlds
• Placido Domingo's Gala Concert
• Punk Britannia
• Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau
• She Wolves: England's Early Queens
• ... Sings...
• The Story of Musicals
• The Strange Case Of The Law
• Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures
• Tales From the Wild Wood
• Tales of Television Centre
• Timothy Spall: All at Sea
• Treasures of Ancient Rome
• The Trouble With Aid
• Venice 24/7
• Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet
• Apples – British To The Core
• BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World 2011
• The Beauty of Books
• Botany – A Blooming History
• Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury
• Guilty Pleasures
• Hand Made in Britain
• If Walls Could Talk
• Jerusalem - The Making of A Holy City
• Julia Bradbury's Icelandic Walk
• Justice (BBC Four)
• Perfume
• Petworth House - The Big Spring Clean
• Regimental Stories
• Sandhurst
• The Secret World of Whitehall
• The Story of British Pathé
• The Story of Variety with Michael Grade
• Symphony
• Timothy Spall: Back at Sea
• Unnatural Histories
• The Art Of Germany
• Beautiful Minds
• The Beauty of Diagrams
• Dan Snow's Norman Walks
• Digging For Britain
• The Great Outdoors (UK)
• Indian Hill Railways
• Johnny Kingdom's Year with the Birds
• Latin Music USA
• Maps
• On Hannibal's Trail
• The Secret Life of the National Grid
• South Africa Walks
• Timeshift
• Culture Fix
• Feasts
• The Grandparent Diaries
• A History Of Christianity
• It's Only A Theory
• Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• Mud, Sweat and Tractors: The Story of Agriculture
• Newswipe With Charlie Brooker
• Syntax Era
• Wainwright Walks: Coast To Coast
• We Need Answers
• Clash Of The Worlds
• The Department Store
• Hidden Histories
• POP! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
• The Book Quiz
• Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe
• Hollywood UK
• The Late Edition
• BBC Four World Cinema Award
• Mark Lawson talks to...
• Storyville
• Arena (UK)
• Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
• The Sky At Night
• BBC Proms