Most Viewed From BBC Four

Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on musical theatre evolution over the last century.

Danny Baker uses archive material to look at aspects of British manufacturing.

Dan Snow shines a light into the Dark Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain

The often-hilarious stories of the BBC's first 50 years. The corporation's pioneers describe its evolution – which was often by accident rather...

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo host a weekly guide to the best (and worst) of streaming culture in the 21st century, across film and premium television.

Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of...

Charles Hazlewood and a period instrument orchestra delve deeper into Mozart's music in programmes immediately following BBC Two's Genius of Mozart...

Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet. For a quarter of a century, Kahn supplied a team of photographers with...

Writer and environmentalist, Peter Owen-Jones spends a year in the enchanting landscapes of the New Forest, exploring its wildlife, history and...

This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian...

Historian Lucy Worsley presents a series marking the 200th anniversary of one of the most explosive and creative decades in British history, the...

Documentary series filmed inside America's biggest art museum as it prepares for its 150th anniversary, only to endure closure due to Covid, demands...

Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped.

Holidays in the Danger Zone is a series of documentaries, originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and...

Rococo art is often dismissed as frivolous. But Waldemar Januszczak disagrees and in this three-part series he tries to bring Rococo art closer to...

Series looking at aspects of British metalworking over the centuries, including the art of the silversmith, the history of armour and the work of the...

Julia Bradbury sets out on four walks that explore South Africa's claim to be 'a world in one country', going far beyond the normal tourist...

Four-man sketch show packed with surprise and invention - all delivered with a unique brand of joyful deadpan absurdity.

Beautiful Minds is a BBC documentary series shown on BBC Four, which features significant British scientists who describe their big moment or...