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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.
imagine...
The arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.
Arena
Arena is the BBC's multi award-winning arts strand
Timeshift
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history.
Digging for Britain
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs
Parkinson
Michael Parkinson presents the long-running talk show
Wisting
Crime drama set in Norway, featuring widowed detective William Wisting.
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Influencial music show of the 1970s and 80s presented by Bob Harris and others
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Series of lectures presenting scientific subjects to a general audience
Radio 2 In Concert
Exclusive performances, backstage gossip, gig news, interviews and session archives
All Creatures Great and Small
Popular drama series about a Yorkshire veterinary practice in the 1930s.
Timewatch
History documentary series
This Cultural Life
Figures from the worlds of art and culture talk about their influences and inspirations.
Detectorists
Comedy series about two metal-detecting enthusiasts.
In Concert
Recordings of the cream of the music world.
Omnibus
Long-running arts documentary strand.
Sounds of the Sixties
Series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.
The Flying Gardener
Chris Beardshaw takes to the skies for a bird's-eye perspective on inspirational gardens
Canal Boat Diaries
Robbie Cumming journeys 300 miles across the Midlands and northern England in a narrowboat
As Time Goes By
Classic sitcom. Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a misunderstanding.
BBC Four Sessions
Leading musical artists perform live for the cameras
Inside Classical
BBC orchestras and guests perform in some of the UK's most prestigious concert halls.
A Timewatch Guide
Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted great moments in our history.
The Wonder of Animals
Chris Packham discovers the unique features that make certain animal groups successful.
Tutankhamun's Egypt
Series exploring the mysterious and remote culture during the time of Egypt's boy king.
The Read
A series of four creative performance readings of iconic British novels.
The Architecture the Railways Built
Tim Dunn explores the railway's stunning structures and incredible engineering.
Screen Two
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Electric Proms
A festival of music featuring a series of concerts with rock
Rock Goes to College
Series featuring leading bands from the past performing live at various universities
Ulster in Focus
An educational television show exploring different aspects of life in Northern Ireland.
An t-Eilean/The Island
A family's world is shattered in a tense story of lies, loss and long-buried secrets.
Parkinson: The Interviews
Michael Parkinson presents highlights from his archive of interviews
Grey Granite
The third part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Scots Quair trilogy.
Wild China
Documentary exposing the wonderful creatures that live in China
Pride and Prejudice
The Bennet daughters react in very different ways to the arrival of their new neighbour.
What’s Your Thing?
Journalist Adam Clarkson explores the normal, the unusual and everything in between.
Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank
Dan discovers the truth about those responsible for the collapse of the civilisation.
Going Straight
Sitcom sequel to Porridge. Fletch is finally released from Slade Prison.
Soprano Sundays
BBC Four celebrates some of the most well-known sopranos.
Wogan
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan.
Cloud Howe
The second part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's Scots Quair trilogy.
Steptoe and Son
Classic British sitcom about a father and son in the rag and bone trade in London.
Disclosure
Current affairs series examining the issues affecting the lives of people around Scotland
The Classical Collection
A selection of memorable performances of classical music from the BBC's archives.
Five to Eleven
Noted actors read poetry and prose.
Sykes
Classic 70s sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques