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Most popular BBC 4 Programmes and Series.
Top of the Pops
Long-running music chart show featuring videos and performances
Only Connect
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.
Storyville
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries
Natural World
Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.
Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.
Remembering...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.
The Sky at Night
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.
Parkinson
Michael Parkinson presents the long-running talk show
Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs
The Good Old Days
Songs and sketches of the music hall era performed by modern-day performers.
Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Influencial music show of the 1970s and 80s presented by Bob Harris and others
Omnibus
Long-running arts documentary strand.
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Canal Boat Diaries
Series 3: 2. Barrowford To Bingley
Narrowboater and film-maker Robbie Cumming crosses the Pennines on the picturesque Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and lends a hand to hire boaters in Gargrave, North Yorkshire. He a ...
09-07-2026
BBC 4
Top Of The Pops
Big Hits 1989
As the 80s come to a close, the Top of the Pops vaults open once more to offer up the movers, shakers and chart toppers of 1989. \n\nThis compilation looks back at performances ...
10-07-2026
BBC 4
Gods And Monsters: Homer's Odyssey
Episode 09-07-2026
Virginia Woolf said that Homer's epic poem the Odyssey was 'alive to every tremor and gleam of existence'. Following the magical and strange adventures of warrior king Odysseus, ...
09-07-2026
BBC 4