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Documentary
Country Music by Ken Burns
1/9 Music that made America
The acclaimed director presents the definitive story of a uniquely American art form.
50 mins
Available for 14 days
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BBC Four Collections
Delve into the archives
From game shows to the space race and Gothic literature, enjoy some BBC classics from across the decades.
Comedy
Vic & Bob's Big Night Out
2/4 Novelty Island rides again
Vic and Bob perform amazing magic and there’s a strange appearance from Michael Portillo.
29 mins
Available for over a year
History
Digging for Britain
3/4 In the South, Elizabethan secrets are discovered
How a lobster helped archaeologists discover an 8000-year-old underwater settlement.
59 mins
Available for 26 days
Music
From Elton John to Gary Barlow: Celebrating 100 Concerts Live at Eden
59 mins
Available for 29 days
Documentary
Greg Davies: Looking for Kes
Why it means so much
Greg explores the enduring appeal of Barry Hines’ classic coming-of-age novel.
58 mins
Available for 11 days
Drama
Spiral: Series 7
The team investigate a crime against one of their own
Police Chief Herville is dead – and Gilou takes on the case with a new recruit.
62 mins
Available for 8 days
Nature
Takaya: Lone Wolf
The remarkable behaviour of a majestic hunter
Wildlife photographer Cheryl Alexander takes a closer look at the enigmatic animal.
59 mins
Available for 2 months
Documentary
Storyville
Facing Franco's Crimes: The Silence of Others
The struggle to obtain official recognition of the crimes suffered in Franco's Spain.
89 mins
Available for 11 months
Crime Drama
The Sinner
6/8 Vera reveals Julian is being medicated
Harry discovers that Carmen has been placed in isolation.
42 mins
Available for 29 days
Documentary
The Trouble with Naipaul
Can you ever separate the art from the artist?
Shahidha Bari asks if VS Naipaul’s legacy has been overshadowed by his outspoken views.
59 mins
Available for 18 days
Documentary
Gauguin - A Dangerous Life
Reflections on art’s wild man
He was a titan of art - but does his habit of 'marrying' teenage girls change things?
59 mins
Available for 23 days
Documentary
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video
Art
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Beautiful and bewildering
Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, explores how generations hacked the tools of TV to create art.
59 mins
Available for 11 months
Documentary
Storyville
Murder in the Bush: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
50 years on, the truth of a fatal plane crash is revealed to be stranger than fiction.
117 mins
Available for 17 days
Arts
Kes - Reimagined
The story of boy and bird, retold through dance
Barnsley-born Jonathan Watkins choreographs a new interpretation of the classic.
66 mins
Available for 11 days
Arts
Screengrabbed: BBC Introducing Arts
Drama, music and mayhem
Janina Ramirez presents compelling stories from emerging and established film-makers.
58 mins
Available for 11 months
Crime Drama
The Disappearance: Series 1
Lives change forever
Teenager Lea Morel doesn’t return home – and the search uncovers incredible secrets.
52 mins
Available for over a year
Documentary
Arena
Paris Is Burning
A vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s drag ball scene.
70 mins
Available for 16 days
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Documentary
Country Music by Ken Burns
1/9 Music that made America
The acclaimed director presents the definitive story of a uniquely American art form.
50 mins
Available for 14 days
Music
Elton John at the BBC
Elton John's career tracked in archive from performances, interviews and news clips.
57 mins
Available for 20 days
Music
From Elton John to Gary Barlow: Celebrating 100 Concerts Live at Eden
59 mins
Available for 29 days
Music
Jeff Lynne's ELO - Wembley or Bust
Thrilling concert film showing ELO playing for a massive audience at Wembley Stadium.
74 mins
Available for 22 days
Entertainment
David Bowie: Finding Fame
The story of how David Jones became David Bowie and how Bowie became Ziggy Stardust.
90 mins
Available for 7 days
Documentary
Proclaimers: This Is the Story
With super-fan David Tennant
David Tennant talks to Craig and Charlie Reid about 30 years in the business.
59 mins
Available for 8 days
Music
Tom Jones at the BBC
An archive celebration of Tom Jones's performances at the BBC from the 60s to the present.
57 mins
Expires tonight 12:50am
Music
... Sings Stevie Wonder
With Cilla Black, Jimmy Helms, Dionne Warwick, The Osmonds, India Arie and James Morrison.
58 mins
Available for 28 days
History on BBC Four
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History
Digging for Britain
1/4 Professor Alice Roberts unveils more unusual finds
In the west of Britain, archaeologists uncover a host of precious and fragile artefacts.
59 mins
Available for 12 days
History
Arena
A British Guide to the End of the World
Archive footage creates a haunting film about Britain and the nuclear age.
73 mins
Available for 10 months
Documentary
Storyville
Murder in the Bush: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
50 years on, the truth of a fatal plane crash is revealed to be stranger than fiction.
117 mins
Available for 17 days
History
Charles I: Downfall of a King
Series 1: 1. Two Worlds
Collide
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While Charles I is in Edinburgh, Parliament passes a vote of no confidence in his rule.
59 mins
Available for 23 days
History
PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster
Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the Arctic convoys of WWII and their greatest disaster.
59 mins
Available until Wed 11:30pm
Film
Letters from Baghdad
The story of Gertrude Bell, who shaped the modern Middle East after World War I.
87 mins
Available for 27 days
History
A Timewatch Guide
Series 2: 1. Stonehenge
How Stonehenge has been interpreted by leading historians and archaeologists.
59 mins
Available for 24 days
History
Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream
Episode 1
Vienna marked Europe's front line in the defence of Christendom and the Catholic Church.
59 mins
Available for 17 days
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Arts
Turner Prize
Margate hosts contemporary art’s biggest night
The list of winners is a who’s who of the world’s biggest artists. Who will join them?
28 mins
Available for 25 days
Documentary
Gauguin - A Dangerous Life
Reflections on art’s wild man
He was a titan of art - but does his habit of 'marrying' teenage girls change things?
59 mins
Available for 23 days
Documentary
Kill Your TV: Jim Moir's Weird World of Video
Art
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Beautiful and bewildering
Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, explores how generations hacked the tools of TV to create art.
59 mins
Available for 11 months
Documentary
Bauhaus 100
The story of architect Walter Gropius, the founder of the German art school, the Bauhaus.
59 mins
Available for 8 months
Documentary
Bauhaus Rules with Vic Reeves
Six graduates are challenged to create a work of art following the rules of the Bauhaus.
59 mins
Available for 8 months
Documentary
The High Art of the Low Countries
1. Dream of Plenty
How the art of Renaissance Flanders evolved from tapestries into a painting school.
59 mins
Available for 26 days
Documentary
The Art of Japanese Life
Series 1: 1. Nature
James Fox explores the connections between Japanese culture and the natural environment.
59 mins
Available for 17 days
Arts
Looking for Rembrandt
Series 1: Episode 1
350 years after his death, Rembrandt's story told from an unusual perspective – his own.
60 mins
Available for 25 days
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