BBC Four
Schweiz
BBC Four ist in der Schweiz empfangbar und sendet ein breites Spektrum an faktualen Programmen, darunter Dokumentationen zu Geschichte, Wissenschaft und Kunst. Der Kanal zeigt zudem britische Dramaserien, klassische Musikaufführungen sowie ausgewählte internationale Filme. Das Programm verzichtet in der Regel auf Werbeunterbrechungen und konzentriert sich auf kulturelle und bildende Inhalte. In der Schweiz ist BBC Four über Satellit sowie über einige Kabel- und IPTV-Anbieter zu empfangen, wobei Englisch die primäre Sendesprache ist.
Programm
00:15 - 01:15
Ancient Worlds
City of Man, City of God
The material benefits of the 'good order' delivered by Roman rule provided its citizens and subjects with the security to ask profound questions about the meaning of life, questions that the Roman belief system was ill-equipped to answer.
01:15 - 02:15
The Latest Secrets of the Hieroglyphs
In 1822, Jean-François Champollion became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs in over a thousand years. Now, a new generation of Egyptologists is learning more about the people who wrote them.
02:15 - 03:15
New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands
New Arrivals
New Zealand was one of the last land-masses to be found and settled by people. Told through the experiences of its native species, this is the moving story of the changing fortunes of New Zealand's wildlife, since humans first arrived.
03:15 - 07:15
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
07:15 - 11:15
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
11:15 - 15:15
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
15:15 - 19:00
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
19:00 - 19:30
Secrets of Skin
Moving
Skin has evolved to enable animals to move through a range of habitats. Professor Ben Garrod explores how adaptations on and in the skin allow birds to fly, sharks to be built for speed and sugar gliders to take to the air.
19:30 - 20:00
Gareth Edwards' Great Welsh Adventure
St Davids
Shire horses, lifeboat heroes and a rugby team who train on the beach are among friends old and new that Gareth and Maureen Edwards meet on a trip away to St Davids, Pembrokeshire.
20:00 - 20:30
To the Manor Born
The New Scout Hut
As country commissioner for the Girl Guides, Audrey upbraids Richard for not sponsoring a charity event in aid of a new scout hut.
20:30 - 21:00
Keeping Up Appearances
Skis
Richard is not exactly over the moon with his birthday present, but that is only the start of a series of problems.
21:00 - 22:00
The Normans
Conquest
Professor Robert Bartlett explores the impact of the Norman Conquest of Britain and Ireland. Bartlett shows how William the Conqueror imposed a new aristocracy, cut down opposition and built scores of castles and cathedrals to intimidate and control.
22:00 - 23:40
Storyville
Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Braithwaite Story
The remarkable story of the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer Kwame Braithwaite, whose work helped define the Black Is Beautiful movement.
23:40 - 00:40
Light and Dark
Dark
Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the 99 per cent of the cosmos that is hidden in the dark, invisible to our telescopes and beyond our comprehension.