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Most popular BBC 4 Programmes and Series.

Top of the Pops

Long-running music chart show featuring videos and performances

Storyville

Series showcasing the best in international documentaries

Natural World

Wildlife series. In-depth stories of incredible animals with award-winning photography.

Inspector Montalbano

Drama series based on the books featuring the Sicilian detective, Salvo Montalbano.

imagine...

The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.

Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.

Timewatch

History documentary series

Cardinal

Cardinal is brought back to the homicide unit when the body of a young girl is discovered.

Sounds of the Sixties

Series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.

Secret Knowledge

Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a personal journey through artist MC Escher

A Timewatch Guide

Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.

Legends

A look at some true legends from the world of music.

Cardinal

Canadian crime drama series about two detectives investigating the murder of a young girl.

Guitar Heroes at the BBC

Compilation of archive BBC performances featuring some of the world

A History of Ancient Britain

Neil Oliver's epic story of how Britain and its people came to be

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Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

Episode 16-06-2019

Documentary which follows the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster ...

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Whisky Galore!

Episode 16-06-2019

Classic Ealing comedy about a whisky-laden ship that runs aground off the coast of the Outer Hebrides during the Second World War. \n\nThe local islanders have depleted their su ...

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Forest, Field & Sky: Art Out Of Nature

Episode 16-06-2019

Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the natural world. From Andy Goldsworthy� ...

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Anjelica Huston On James Joyce: A Shout In The Street

Episode 16-06-2019

James Joyce led an eventful and turbulent life. From the beginning, he was something of an outsider. His childhood was impoverished and chaotic. Nonetheless, his alcoholic fathe ...

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