BBC Four TV Guide & Listings (Gibraltar Timezone)

BBC Four dives into culture, history, arts and world cinema with thoughtful documentaries, acclaimed drama and curated film seasons. See what's on BBC Four today in the Gibraltar timezone with full listings and upcoming programmes.

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Tonight's highlights

      
          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.

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast Documentary series. After visiting Richmond, Julia Bradbury crosses the vale between the Dales and her last National Park, the North York Moors.

      
          My Garden of a Thousand Bees
        
      Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

      
          One Hundred Great Paintings
        
      An introduction to John Stubbs's 18th-century masterpiece The Grosvenor Hunt. Written and narrated by John Jacob.

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The Unseen Alistair Cooke

A revealing portrait of one of the most celebrated broadcasters of the 20th century, Alistair Cooke, whose Radio 4 programme Letter from America spanned 58 years.

Runtime: 1 hr

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Steeplejack Fred Dibnah tours Britain's engineering marvels. This edition visits Warwick, Edinburgh and Conwy to explore the development of the fortress.

Runtime: 30 min

Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

Swaledale Uncovered

Julia Bradbury traverses Swaledale in Yorkshire. Wainwright studied this 22-mile section in detail, presenting a route of valley bottom and windswept moor top.

Runtime: 30 min i Available on iPlayer

Storyville

A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war.

Runtime: 1 hr 20 min

This is BBC Four

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 min

This is BBC Four

Daily from 7.00pm.

Runtime: 13 hr 28 min

This is BBC Four

Programmes start at 7.00pm.

Runtime: 2 min

Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments

Houses and Palaces

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

My Garden of a Thousand Bees

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

Runtime: 50 min

One Hundred Great Paintings

Stubbs - The Grosvenor Hunt

An introduction to John Stubbs's 18th-century masterpiece The Grosvenor Hunt. Written and narrated by John Jacob.

Runtime: 10 min

Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

Going Big

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 Life

Living Dangerously

Drama series. Egg takes on a medical negligence case and becomes emotionally involved with a client who has cancer.

Runtime: 45 min

This Life

Sex, Lies and Muesli Yoghurt

Drama series about five friends sharing a house. Delilah outstays her welcome, Anna resorts to devious means to get her way, and Warren loses his cool over a muesli yoghurt.

Runtime: 40 min

Vasa: The Ghost Ship

A 17th-century time machine

Film following the work of archaeologists, divers and historians as they make new discoveries about a remarkably well-preserved 17th-century galleon raised from the Baltic in 1961.

Runtime: 1 hr i Available on iPlayer

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Coming up tomorrow

Tomorrow on BBC Four — 26 March 2026

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.
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.
Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast

Documentary series. After visiting Richmond, Julia Bradbury crosses the vale between the Dales and her last National Park, the North York Moors.
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.
This is BBC Four

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is on BBC Four tonight?

Tonight (Wednesday 25 March) on BBC Four, you can watch This is BBC Four, Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments, Wainwright Walks: Coast to Coast, and My Garden of a Thousand Bees. Check the full schedule for more details.

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Today's programming on BBC Four ends at 00:25 (01:25 your time) with Vasa: The Ghost Ship.

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