BBC FOUR
Irlande
BBC FOUR is available to viewers in Ireland through various television platforms. The channel focuses on arts, documentaries, music, and cultural programming, often featuring in-depth analysis of historical events, literature, and science. Its schedule includes a mix of British and international content, with an emphasis on factual storytelling and performance. BBC FOUR does not typically carry news bulletins, sports coverage, or children's shows, instead dedicating airtime to long-form documentaries and themed seasons. The channel broadcasts in English and can be accessed via satellite and cable services, as well as through online streaming options for subscribers in the region.
Programme
00:00 - 00:50
Japan's Master of Restoration
The Four Legs
Documentary
The father and son undertake the restoration of a ceramic horse from the Edo period. A previous restoration is now showing signs of age, and a new approach is needed to give the horse back its stallion stance.
00:50 - 01:20
The Sky at Night
The UK Space Race
Documentary, Science
The team investigates the science and engineering helping the UK blast into space. While Chris visits a rocket company near Glasgow, Maggie is given a preview of Britain's National Satellite Testing Facility.
01:20 - 02:20
The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family
Ambition
Historical Drama, Docudrama
Thomas Boleyn, the patriarch of the Boleyns, is determined to elevate the family name. His ambitions for his three children will take them to the heart of the Tudor court.
02:20 - 02:50
Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain
Building the Canals
Documentary, History
Fred Dibnah takes his series on the building of Britain to his home turf, Lancashire, so he can wax lyrical over the roots of the nation's canal network. He visits Worsley to see where it all began and, in his own back garden, demonstrates the early canal-building process. Fred...
02:50 - 03:20
The Lakes with Paul Rose
Windermere
Documentary, Current Affairs
Explorer Paul Rose digs out his rucksack and heads for Windermere. The National Park attracts 18 million visitors each year, and is now a World Heritage Site. Paul joins the crowds and finds out why the early tourists thought the Lakes was one of the most dangerous spots in the...
03:20 - 04:20
Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics
Making Sound
Documentary, Science
Helen begins by exploring the simplest of ideas: what is a sound? At the Palace of Westminster, Helen teams up with scientists from the University of Leicester to investigate how Big Ben's distinctive sound is created.
04:20 - 08:20
This Is BBC Four
Event
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08:20 - 12:20
This Is BBC Four
Event
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
12:20 - 16:20
This Is BBC Four
Event
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
16:20 - 20:00
This Is BBC Four
Event
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
20:00 - 20:30
Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain
Victorian Splendour
Documentary, History
Fred Dibnah shows how steam-powered machinery helped build Herefordshire's Eastnor Castle, and has a look at the work of Augustus Welby Pugin, the architect whose buildings - such as the Palace of Westminster - were inspired by mediaeval gothic architecture.
20:30 - 21:00
The Lakes with Paul Rose
Derwentwater
Documentary, Current Affairs
Explorer Paul Rose packs his waterproofs and heads for Derwentwater and Borrowdale. Borrowdale is officially the wettest place in England, and he meets those who have battled against flooding and have learned to live with extreme weather events. Along the way, he tells the story...
21:00 - 22:00
Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow
Episode 2
Mini-Series, Adventure
Dan Snow and his team continue down the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats as they rediscover one of the Wild West's great adventures.
22:00 - 23:00
Lost Home Movies of Nazi Germany
Episode 2
Mini-Series, War
Christmas in Germany 1941 is an unsettling time. Food is scarce, the weather is freezing and news from the front line in Russia is causing Germans to realise the war is a very long way from over.
23:00 - 23:15
Remembers...
Andrew Davies Remembers... Middlemarch
Documentary
Screenwriter Andrew Davies looks back on his acclaimed 1994 adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch.
23:15 - 00:40
Middlemarch
Historical Drama
Lydgate's appointment to direct the new fever hospital stirs jealousy among his rivals; Dorothea and Casaubon honeymoon in Rome.