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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

Radio 2 In Concert

Exclusive performances, backstage gossip, gig news, interviews and session archives

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Penelope Keith Remembers... To The Manor Born

Episode 14-07-2026

Penelope Keith casts an affectionate eye back on the much-loved sitcom To the Manor Born and her role as upper-class Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, who finds herself down on her luck ...

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Our Friends In The North

Series 1: 9. 1995

1995: Nicky goes back to his roots and to Mary. Geordie has become an alcoholic, and Tosker realises his dream of a floating nightclub.

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Our Friends In The North

Series 1: 8. 1987

On the night of the 1987 hurricane, Nicky leaves Mary. Tosker and Elaine, broken by the stock market crash, find comfort in each other.

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After the fall of the Berlin Wall, President George HW Bush declared the age of a new world order, where the 'rule of law supplants the rule of the jungle'. For a new generation ...

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After the Islamic revolution and the capture of 50 American hostages, Iran became a bitter enemy of the United States. To counterbalance Iranian influence in the region, the Whi ...

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Nazis: A Warning From History

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Mysterious Origins Of Insects

Episode 15-07-2026

Insects are vital to life on our planet, yet almost 40 per cent of known species are in danger of extinction. This film explores the eye-opening realm of these creatures to bett ...

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Canal Boat Diaries

Series 3: 3. Dowley Gap To Ferrybridge

Jump on board with narrowboater Robbie Cumming as he explores the Victorian village of Saltaire in West Yorkshire on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, moors up in Leeds Dock, and g ...

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Digging For Britain

Series 10: 2. Arthur's Stone And A Georgian Mine

In the west of the UK, a spectacular monument older than Stonehenge, a 200-year-old mine trapped in time and a lost medieval friary.

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Canal Boat Diaries

Series 3: 4. Knottingley To Ripon

The real side of boating with Robbie Cumming. On the last leg of his epic journey across the north of England, Robbie tackles the fast-flowing River Ouse and is forced to make a ...

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