What's On TV NowBBC Four TV guide
What's on BBC Four today, Saturday 14 November: on now, coming up next, tonight's line-up and tomorrow's full schedule. BBC Four is also known as BBC 4.
On BBC Four now and next
BBC FourMiss Marple: The Moving Finger
22mNext20:50Around the World in 80 Treasures
- 20:50Around the World in 80 Treasures
- 21:00Ran
BBC Four schedule today
Saturday 14 November
This morning on BBC Four
Fanny: The Right to Rock
The untold story of one of the earliest all-female rock bands. Contains some strong language. [S] [HD]
Girls in Bands at the BBC
Patti Smith, The Go-Go's, Tina Weymouth, Kim Gordon, Au Pairs, Lush, Elastica and Garbage. Contains some strong language. [S]
TOTP: 1988
Bruno Brookes and Sybil Ruscoe present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 10 November 1988 and featuring Brother Beyond, Bryan Ferry, Salt-N-Pepa, INXS, Deacon Blue and Prince. [S]
TOTP: 1982
David Jensen presents the pop chart programme. Featuring Blue Zoo, A Flock of Seagulls, Clannad, Dionne Warwick, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, Eddy Grant and Zoo. [S]
TOTP: 1976
Tony Blackburn introduces Smokie, Kiki Dee, The Drifters, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Wurzels, Bay City Rollers, Rod Stewart, ABBA. Dance sequence: Ruby Flipper. [S]
TOTP: 2000
Richard Blackwood presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 4 August 2000 and featuring Macy Gray, Bomfunk MCs, Santana, Moloko, Janet Jackson and Craig David. [S]
TOTP: 2000
Jayne Middlemiss presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 August 2000 and featuring Craig David, Reef, Mansun, Storm, MJ Cole, Ronan Keating and Robbie Williams. [S]
This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
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This afternoon on BBC Four
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Tonight on BBC Four
This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
Britain's Wild Places: Water Voles
An intimate portrait of one of Britain's most charming wild animals, following a family of water voles living on a canal in Derbyshire though a typical year. [S]
Full Circle with Michael Palin
5/10. From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java, where he climbs a volcano. [S]
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1/2. When everyone in a small town receives malicious letters detailing a future murder, it is Miss Marple who is called upon to help reveal the clues. [S]
Around the World in 80 Treasures
1/3. Dan is captivated by the sword of a Samurai warrior and the artistry employed to make this beautiful instrument of death. [S]
Ran
Reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear set in medieval Japan. Contains prolonged violent scenes. [1985] [S] [HD]
Kurosawa - Arena
Documentary profile of celebrated Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa. Contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. [S,AD]
BBC Four schedule tomorrow
Sunday 15 November
To the Manor Born
3/7. Stately sitcom. A repair bill for Audrey's Rolls-Royce finally convinces her to revert to four-legged horsepower. [S]
Keeping Up Appearances
7/10. Sitcom. When Hyacinth hears that Emmet is rehearsing a musical, she is beside herself. Unfortunately sorting out Daddy's antics has to take priority. [S]
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1/2. When everyone in a small town receives malicious letters detailing a future murder, it is Miss Marple who is called upon to help reveal the clues. [S]
This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
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This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm. [HD]
People's Palaces: The Golden...
...Age of Civic Architecture. 1/2. Jonathan Foyle explores northern Georgian and Victorian neo-classical civic buildings. [S,AD]
The Medici: Makers of Modern Art
Andrew Graham-Dixon reveals how the Medici family transformed Florence through sculpture, painting and architecture, and became the financial engine behind the Italian Renaissance. [S,AD] [HD]
Britain's Most Fragile Treasure
Dr Janina Ramirez unlocks the secrets of a centuries-old masterpiece in glass, the Great East Window at York Minster, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the UK. [S] [HD]
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers
Scottish Opera's sparkling staging of Gilbert and Sullivan's witty satire set in Venice. [S] [HD]
On now on other BBC channels
BBC One
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel until 21:00
21:00 Honey
BBC Two
International Football:... until 22:00
22:00 40 Hits of 1975 at the BBC
BBC Three
Doctor Who until 20:50
20:50 Miranda
BBC Alba
Dàna | Scotland's Wild Side until 20:30
20:30 Rathad Ramsay
BBC News
BBC News until 20:30
20:30 Newscast
BBC Parliament
Health and Social Care... until 22:25
22:25 EFRA and Environmental Audit...
CBBC
.programmes start at 7.00am until 00:58
00:58 .programmes start at 7.00am
CBeebies
..programmes start at 6.00am until 00:58
00:58 ..programmes start at 6.00am