BBC Four TV Guide & Listings (Canada Timezone)

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The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins

Documentary telling the story of an extraordinary 1960s experiment in which a scientist and a young woman try to teach a dolphin to speak English in a flooded house.
Runtime: 1 hr

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah visits Hampton Court Palace and Cragside, one of the first homes to have electric lighting. He also examines restoration work on a 15th-century manor house.
Runtime: 30 min

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

Mowbray and the Moors
Documentary series. After visiting Richmond, Julia Bradbury crosses the vale between the Dales and her last National Park, the North York Moors.
Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

In this mind-bending film, Jim Al-Khalili explores the universe at its largest, from our solar system up to giant networks of interconnected galaxies.
Runtime: 1 hr

This is BBC Four

This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Runtime: 2 hr 5 min

This is BBC Four

This is BBC Four
Daily from 7.00pm.
Runtime: 13 hr 28 min

This is BBC Four

This is BBC Four
Programmes start at 7.00pm.
Runtime: 2 min

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Places of Worship
Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain admiring some of its engineering marvels. This edition takes in Preston, County Durham, St Paul's Cathedral and York Minster.
Runtime: 30 min

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

The End of the Road
Julia Bradbury sets out on the final stage of her walk. Robin Hood's Bay is the goal, but first she must complete the North York Moors and walk through Eskdale.
Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

A Timewatch Guide

Stonehenge
Using archive film, Alice Roberts uncovers how the monument of Stonehenge has been interpreted, argued over and debated by some of Britain's leading historians and archaeologists.
Runtime: 1 hr

Julian Barnes: Beyond the Page

Acclaimed and award-winning writer Julian Barnes talks to Katie Razzall about his literary life, preoccupation with death, why he's written his final novel and missing his readers.
Runtime: 30 min

The Sense of an Ending

Tony Webster, semi-retired owner of a specialist photography shop, receives a mysterious legacy and finds himself contending with a past he had never thought that much about.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 min

Mark Lawson Talks To...

Julian Barnes
Prize-winning writer Julian Barnes discusses his novel Levels of Life, a memoir of bereavement, with Mark Lawson and talks candidly about love, death, memory and grief. From 2014.
Runtime: 1 hr
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is on BBC Four tonight?

Tonight (Thursday 26 March) on BBC Four, you can watch This is BBC Four, Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments, Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast, and A Timewatch Guide. Check the full schedule for more details.

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When does programming end on BBC Four today?

Today's programming on BBC Four ends at 00:15 (20:15 your time) with Mark Lawson Talks To....

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