BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
World News Today—09/12/2015
The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
19:30
The Boats That Built Britain—The Pickle
2/6The story of HMS Pickle, the boat that delivered the news of victory at Trafalgar.(R)
20:00
A Timewatch Guide—Series 1, The Mary Rose
1/3Dan Snow charts how the Mary Rose was discovered, excavated and eventually raised.(R)
21:00
Quartet
Ensemble comedy drama directed by Dustin Hoffman. With Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay.
22:30
What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment—Music Hall
1/3The birth of 19th-century music hall and the colourful world of its entertainers.(R)
23:30
A Timewatch Guide—Series 1, The Mary Rose
1/3Dan Snow charts how the Mary Rose was discovered, excavated and eventually raised.(R)
Late
00:30
The Golden Age of Steam Railways—Small Is Beautiful
1/2How a band of visionaries rescued narrow gauge railways that once served our industries.(R)
01:30
Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
British POWs and their Japanese captors tell the story of one of WWII's worst atrocities.(R)
02:30
Botany: A Blooming History—Photosynthesis
2/3How botanists made the connection between a plant's growth and the energy from the sun.(R)
