BBC Four
Swiss
BBC Four is available to viewers in Switzerland, where it broadcasts a range of factual programming, including documentaries on history, science, and the arts. The channel also airs British drama series, classical music performances, and selected international films. Its schedule typically avoids commercial breaks and focuses on cultural and educational content. In Switzerland, BBC Four can be received via satellite and through some cable and IPTV providers, with English-language audio as the primary broadcast language.
Jadwal
00:40 - 01:10
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.
01:10 - 01:40
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.
01:40 - 02:40
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.
02:40 - 03:40
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.
03:40 - 07:40
This Is BBC Four
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07:40 - 11:40
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
11:40 - 15:40
This Is BBC Four
BBC FOUR is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.
15:40 - 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
Protection
Skin is the external barrier between animals and the outside world, protecting vertebrates from extremes of temperature, the harmful effect of UV and a host of living organisms that want to get in.
19:30 - 20:00
Gareth Edwards' Great Welsh Adventure
Brecon
Maureen has arranged a trip the spectacular Brecon Beacons. But it's not the usual walks amid epic mountain scenery on the agenda. In a first for both, the childhood sweethearts enlist in tank school.
20:00 - 20:50
How the Romans Conquered the Alps
Documentary that explores Emperor Augustus's Alpine campaign, revealing for the first time the route, weapons and tactics used by the Romans to successfully annex the unconquered Alps.
20:50 - 21:00
Building Sights
Trellick Tower
First transmitted in 1991, architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a Brutalist tower block in west London, designed by Ernő Goldfinger, and completed in 1972.
21:00 - 22:00
The Planets
The Godfather: Jupiter
Professor Brian Cox visits a planet that dwarfs all the others, Jupiter. Its enormous size gives it a great power that it has used to manipulate the other planets. Jupiter is not only the biggest but also the oldest planet in the solar system.
22:00 - 23:00
The Singing Detective
Pitter Patter
Forty years on, one of Marlow's fellow patients comes to the end of his Philip Marlow book as the day's visitors flood into the ward. And just as he is falling into a doze, Marlow senses the presence of his scheming ex-wife.
23:00 - 00:20
The Singing Detective
Who Done It
The young Philip Marlow returns to the country railway station following his mother's death in London. Later, Marlow the hospital patient dreams about the homecoming and a frightening figure of a scarecrow.