Most Viewed From BBC Four

Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.

Historian Benjamin Woolley unravels the cultural and social significance of popular games in Britain from the Iron Age to the Information Age.

James May follows a year inside Hornby Hobbies – an iconic British toymaker on the brink of collapse.

Art historian James Fox tells the story of our ever-changing relationship with nature through the lens of some of the world’s most...

Dr Jago Cooper explores the rise and fall of the forgotten civilisations of Central America.

Rich Hall's Cattle Drive is a television sitcom starring Rich Hall and Mike Wilmot. It was broadcast in 2006 in the United Kingdom on BBC Four, and...

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer provide songs, sketches and silliness in buckets.

A landmark, three-part series that tells the human story through our relationship to water. We find out how our success is intimately connected to...

Racism: A History is a three-part British documentary series originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2007. It was part of the season of programmes...

Trainspotting Live will bring three nights of spotting, joy and excitement to BBC Four as Peter Snow, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry and engineer Dick...

The story of quantum entanglement, perhaps the strangest concept in science. Mind-bending concepts and brilliant experiments lead us to a profound...

The Hundred Years’ war between England and France gave us the victories of Crecy and Agincourt, and made the reputations of Edward III and...

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of...

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing? Professor Jim Al-Khalili...

It's Only a Theory is a British television panel game show, first aired on BBC Four in 2009. It was conceived by and starred Andy Hamilton and...

Classic books are considered with a fresh eye. Returning to the authors' original manuscripts and letters, expert writers and performers bring their...

Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK's unique and fascinating museums.

Series showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.