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BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
A Poet's Guide to Britain—Matthew Arnold
4/6Owen Sheers visits Oxford to explore Matthew Arnold's bleak poem Dover Beach.(R)
19:30
BBC Proms—2013, Proms on Four: 20th Century Classics - New Music at the Proms
Including the world premieres of John McCabe's Joybox and Mark-Anthony Turnage's Frieze.
21:00
The Review Show—18/08/2013
Reviewing Grid Iron's Leaving Planet Earth and Margaret Atwood's new novel MaddAddam.
22:00
The Fairy-Tale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank
Examining the extravagant castles and palaces created by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.(R)
23:00
Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime—The Americas
Alan tracks down a Hollywood plastic surgeon and his favourite patient - his wife.(R)
Late
00:00
The Lighthouse Stevensons
The story of the remarkable family who tamed the wild Scottish coastline.(R)
01:00
Punk Britannia—Pre-Punk 1972-1976
1/3How London's early 1970s pub rock scene paved the way for the emergence of punk.(R)
02:00
Punk Britannia—Punk 1976-1978
2/3How the Sex Pistols swearing on TV brought punk into the national consciousness.(R)
03:00
Punk Britannia—Post-Punk 1978-1981
3/3Punk had shown what it was against - now what was it for?(R)
