BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
World News Today—21/05/2009
The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
19:40
The New Avengers—Series 2, Complex
10/13The Avengers may have discovered a clue to the identity of the USSR's most effective spy.(R)
20:30
Poetry Please: Thirty Years of the People's Poetry
A behind the scenes look at the world's longest running poetry request programme.(R)
21:00
Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard
A look at one of the most peculiar offices in the establishment, that of Poet Laureate.(R)
22:00
A Poet's Guide to Britain—George Mackay Brown
3/6Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe.(R)
22:30
Feasts—India
1/3In India, Stefan Gates experiences the festival of Onam and takes part in the tiger dance.(R)
23:30
Mark Lawson Talks To...—Ian Hislop
Private Eye editor Ian Hislop discusses his role as a satirist with Mark Lawson.(R)
Late
00:30
Ian Hislop's Changing of the Bard
A look at one of the most peculiar offices in the establishment, that of Poet Laureate.(R)
01:30
Poetry Please: Thirty Years of the People's Poetry
A behind the scenes look at the world's longest running poetry request programme.(R)
02:00
A Poet's Guide to Britain—George Mackay Brown
3/6Owen Sheers visits the Orkneys to explore George Mackay Brown's poem Hamnavoe.(R)
02:30
The New Avengers—Series 2, Complex
10/13The Avengers may have discovered a clue to the identity of the USSR's most effective spy.(R)
03:20
Feasts—India
1/3In India, Stefan Gates experiences the festival of Onam and takes part in the tiger dance.(R)
