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Most popular BBC 4 Programmes and Series.

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops
Long-running music chart show featuring videos and performances

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Only Connect

Only Connect
Quiz show in which connections must be made between apparently unconnected things.

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Storyville

Storyville
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries

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Natural World

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

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Arena

Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand

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imagine...

imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.

BBC 4

The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night
Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy.

BBC 4

Remembering...

Remembering...
Famous names reflect on making some of TV's most popular and influential programmes.

BBC 4

The Good Old Days

The Good Old Days
Songs and sketches of the music hall era performed by modern-day performers.

BBC 4

Timeshift

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

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Digging for Britain

Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs

BBC 4

Omnibus

Omnibus
Long-running arts documentary strand.

BBC 4

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
A drama series based on characters from a novel by David Cook

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This Cultural Life

This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.

BBC 4

Canal Boat Diaries

Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys 300 miles across the Midlands and northern England in a narrowboat

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Remembering...

Remembering... - Alison Steadman Remembers Girl

Alison Steadman Remembers Girl

National treasure Alison Steadman tells the story of one of the most groundbreaking and yet also most overlooked moments in British television. \n\nDespite the popular perceptio ...

17-06-2026

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Parkinson

Parkinson - Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Michael Parkinson in conversation with stage and screen star Yul Brynner. Featuring film clips from The Ten Commandments, The King and I, The Magnificent Seven and Catlow.

18-06-2026

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Natural World

Natural World - Short Versions: 7. Planet Earth: A Monkey's Tale

Short Versions: 7. Planet Earth: A Monkey's Tale

The ruined temples of Sri Lanka are home to Gremlin, a baby toque macaque. With predators nearby and a rivalry with other monkeys brewing, she must quickly learn how to survive. ...

17-06-2026

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Nazis: A Warning From History

Nazis: A Warning From History - 2. Chaos And Consent

2. Chaos And Consent

A look at the extraordinary popularity of both Hitler and the Nazis, as well as the astonishing degree of voluntary support ordinary Germans gave the infamous Gestapo.

17-06-2026

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Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts - Girl

Girl

1970s drama. Just as she is about to leave the army, Jackie has an encounter with an old lover. Stars Alison Steadman in an early TV role.

17-06-2026

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Remembering...

Remembering... - W Stephen Gilbert Remembers Only Connect

W Stephen Gilbert Remembers Only Connect

As part of Pride Month, W Stephen Gilbert looks back on the BBC drama Only Connect that he commissioned and produced in 1979. Today, it is considered a landmark but overlooked p ...

17-06-2026

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Only Connect

Only Connect - Series 3: 4. Philosophers V Hitchhikers

Series 3: 4. Philosophers V Hitchhikers

Quiz show presented by Victoria Coren in which knowledge will only take you so far, as patience and lateral thinking are also vital. \n\nThree philosophy students pit their wisd ...

17-06-2026

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One Foot In Arthur's Seat

One Foot In Arthur's Seat - Episode 17-06-2026

Episode 17-06-2026

Actor Ian Richardson walks up the hill to Arthur's Seat, which overlooks the city of Edinburgh, as he did during lunch hours as a bored office clerk 50 years ago.

17-06-2026

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The Other Side

The Other Side - Only Connect

Only Connect

Young academic Graham visits the elderly John Bury to learn more about pioneering socialist and gay rights campaigner Edward Carpenter for his thesis on the early UK Labour move ...

17-06-2026

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