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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.
Parkinson
Michael Parkinson presents the long-running talk show
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.
Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs
The Sky at Night
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.
All Creatures Great and Small
Popular drama series about a Yorkshire veterinary practice in the 1930s.
Mark Lawson Talks To...
Mark Lawson in conversation with famous personalities from all walks of life
Remembering...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.
Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Series of lectures presenting scientific subjects to a general audience
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Influencial music show of the 1970s and 80s presented by Bob Harris and others
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Timeshift
Series 11 - Of Ice And Men
Documentary which looks at why the most inhospitable place on the planet has exerted such a powerful hold on the imagination of explorers, scientists, writers and photographers.
11-01-2026
BBC 4
Shackleton's Cabin
Episode 11-01-2026
On 5 January 1922, world-famous Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton died of a heart attack in his cabin aboard The Quest during his final expedition to the South Pole. Moored i ...
11-01-2026
BBC 4