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BBC Four Schedule
Schedule
Evening
19:00
World News Today—16/12/2015
The latest news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
19:30
The Boats That Built Britain—World War Two Landing Craft
6/6Tom Cunliffe puts an LCVP through its paces and finds out how it helped win World War II.(R)
20:00
Timeshift—Series 15, How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank
How one man with ex-WWII army equipment turned a field into a key site in the space race.(R)
21:00
Horizon—Beyond the Moon
1984 edition in which James Burke looks at space exploration and exploitation.(R)
22:00
Horizon—2014-2015, Secrets of the Solar System
5/19A look at new planets being discovered and what this means for our solar system.(R)
23:00
2001: A Space Odyssey
Classic sci-fi in which an apparently intelligent monolith is discovered on the moon.
Late
01:15
Horizon—Beyond the Moon
1984 edition in which James Burke looks at space exploration and exploitation.(R)
02:15
Botany: A Blooming History—Hidden World
3/3How pioneer botanists opened the door to a new branch of science - plant genetics.(R)
