BBC Four TV Guide

Browse the full BBC Four TV guide for today. 8 programmes listed , including 4 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

1. 00:35 30m

   Secrets of Bones

   S1 · E4 · Sensing the World

   How skeletons have evolved to help animals sense the world around them

   Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores how skeletons have evolved to help animals sense the world around them, revealing why predators like wolves have their eye sockets at the front of their skulls, whereas many prey creatures have a wider fields of vision. The presenter also looks at the hearing abilities of the grey owl, and another animal's flexible nose

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2. 01:05 30m

   Timothy Spall Back at Sea

   S2 · E4 · Scotch Mist

   The actor sails into misty waters in the west of Scotland

   Tim and Shane navigate their way through ports and islands on the west coast of Scotland, but the misty weather affords them little time for sight-seeing. They then sail the Princess Matilda along the Caledonian Canal to the east coast, where they search for a place to moor their barge for the winter

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3. 01:35 1h

   Of Ice and Men - Timeshift

   S11 · E7 · Of Ice and Men

   Mankind's fascination with the frozen continent of Antarctica

   Mankind's fascination with the frozen continent of Antarctica, from the early 20th-century race to be the first to reach the South Pole to modern scientific research into the region's geological properties. The programme reveals the story behind the photographs taken by Herbert Ponting on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1912 polar expedition, explores the South Pole's role in famous literature by HP Lovecraft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and examines the continent's complicated political history. With contributions by Ranulph Fiennes, Sara Wheeler and Francis Spufford

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4. 02:35 1h

   The Planets

   S1 · E1 · A Moment in the Sun: The Terrestrial Planets

   Professor Brian Cox tells the life story of the solar system

   Professor Brian Cox tells the life story of the solar system, beginning with the development of the four rocky worlds closest to the Sun - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. They were born at the same time from the same material - yet have lived radically different lives. What immense forces are at play?

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Tonight's Highlights

1. 19:00 30m

   Secrets of Bones

   S1 · E5 · Food for Thought

   Exploring how vertebrates capture and devour their food

   Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores how vertebrates capture and devour their food, looking at adaptations in their skeletons that help them eat. The presenter examines the jaws of a sperm whale, finds out which animal has teeth that weigh 5kg each, and reveals which creature uses its skull as a suction pump

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2. 19:30 30m

   Gareth Edwards' Great Welsh Adventure

   S2 · E1 · Machynlleth

   The former rugby player and his wife Maureen explore the country

   The former rugby player and his wife Maureen set out on a new adventure to explore some of Wales's most beautiful places. They begin in Machynlleth, where Gareth fulfils a boyhood dream of driving a steam train. Maureen's keen too and takes charge as they wind through the stunning Dyfi Valley. However, she's less eager as they visit a centre for endangered birds of prey and has to tackle her phobia when they meet some magnificent new feathered friends

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3. 20:00 2h 45m

   The Great Escape

   Adventure, Drama, War Film ★ 7.9

   Second World War drama, starring Steve McQueen

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4. 22:45 1h 45m

   Don't Look Now

   Thriller, Drama, Horror Film ★ 7.0

   Supernatural thriller, with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie

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