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BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
World News Today—22/08/2013
The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
19:30
BBC Proms—2013, Proms on Four: Orchestras of the World - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Wagner's Wesendonck Leider and Prokofiev's 5th Symphony.
21:15
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe—A British Love Affair
2/4Francesco learns how to be a courtier in Urbino and goes grape harvesting in Chianti.(R)
22:15
King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons—Aethelstan: The First King of England
3/3How Aethelstan fulfilled the family plan to create a kingdom of all England.(R)
23:15
Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields—20th Century Battlefields, 1968 Vietnam
5/8Peter and Dan Snow trace the Tet Offensive of 1968, the turning point of the Vietnam War.(R)
Late
00:15
ArtWorks Scotland—The Man Who Collected the World: William Burrell
Kirsty Wark tells the story of the self-effacing art collector William Burrell.(R)
01:15
Turner's Thames
Matthew Collings explores how Turner found inspiration in the waters of the Thames.(R)
02:15
Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe—A British Love Affair
2/4Francesco learns how to be a courtier in Urbino and goes grape harvesting in Chianti.(R)
