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BBC Four HD Schedule
HD Schedule
Evening
19:00
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
How American painter Bob Ross became a pop culture icon.(R)
20:00
University Challenge—Christmas 2019, Leeds University v Clare College, Cambridge
1/10The Leeds team includes the Rev Richard Coles and Tim Allen.(R)
20:30
The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak—Series 1, Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
1/4Why did Van Gogh cut off his own ear?(R)
21:00
Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude—Series 1, Episode 2
2/2Mary Beard explores unusual bodies in western art that challenge conventions of beauty.(R)
22:00
Storyville—Red Penguins: Murder, Money and Ice Hockey
Opportunism runs amok when two hockey teams, one American, the other Russian, join forces.
23:15
Timeshift—Series 7, Watching the Russians
Stella Rimington explores our love-hate relationship with Russia over the past 150 years.(R)
Late
00:15
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
The story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin and the 245 days that brought them to supreme power(R)
01:15
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
How American painter Bob Ross became a pop culture icon.(R)
02:20
Mary Beard’s Shock of the Nude—Series 1, Episode 2
2/2Mary Beard explores unusual bodies in western art that challenge conventions of beauty.(R)
