Most Viewed From BBC Four

A mini-odyssey along the coast from Cornwall to Wales in the company of the actor Timothy Spall and his wife Shane on their Dutch barge.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Timothy Spall

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alastair Sooke

Detective Dirk Gently operates based on the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

Genre: Action & Adventure

Cast: Stephen Mangan

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to conflicts from Rwanda to Iraq. Faced with human suffering -...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Meryl Streep

The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ruth Jones

The three-part complementary series features eminent scientists, theologians and conservationists discussing the environmental and conservation...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Fenton

Mark Kermode reveals the film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres, from romcoms to horrors.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Kermode

Quiz show hosted by Marcus Du Sautoy who poses the trickiest puzzles to bend the minds of the team members Kathy Sykes, Irving Finkel, Jim Al-Khalili...

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Cast: Marcus du Sautoy

A series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sean Pertwee

Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was a British news review programme broadcast on BBC Four written and presented by Charlie Brooker. It is similar to...

Genre: News

Cast: Charlie Brooker

Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bendor Grosvenor

The Late Edition was a British television programme broadcast on BBC Four. It took the form of a topical chat show in the vein of The Daily Show,...

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Cast: Marcus Brigstocke

Four-part series following the making of four beautiful objects, handcrafted by companies with a royal warrant.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Zoë Wanamaker

The three-part series tells the story of British architects Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins and Terry Farrell.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rebecca Front

A stunning four-part series, charting the dramatic events which have shaped the ever-changing landscapes and wildlife of Europe.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sean Pertwee

A brand new take on the most transformative force in British popular music history.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Peter Capaldi

Rich Hall's Fishing Show was a comedy programme written by and starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was first broadcast on 11 November 2003 in the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Rich Hall

From the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south - for a hundred years these little trains have climbed through the clouds and into the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bernard Hill

Through this three part series Art Historian Dr Janina Ramirez tells the story of the Medieval monarchy as preserved through stunning illuminated...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jeremy Ashbee

Legend has it that Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh, sent ships to the land of Punt. Cheryl Ward sets out to recreate the voyage, in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Aïdan Humphrey