Editing BBC Four (section)

=== Most watched programmes ===
The following is a list of the ten most watched broadcasts on BBC Four since launch, based on Live +7 data supplied by [[BARB]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/ |title=Weekly Top 10 Programmes |publisher=Barb.co.uk |date=22 October 2017}}</ref> Number of viewers does not include repeats.
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! Rank !! Programme!! Number of Viewers !! Date
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| style="text-align:center;"|1 || ''[[Thorpe affair|The Jeremy Thorpe Scandal]]'' ||2,378,000 || 3 June 2018
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| style="text-align:center;"|2 || ''[[Threads (1984 film)|Threads (1984)]]'' || 2,300,000 || 9 October 2024
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| style="text-align:center;"|3 ||  ''[[Hattie (film)|Hattie]]'' || 2,005,000 || 19 January 2009 
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| style="text-align:center;"|4 || ''[[The Bridge (2011 TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || 1,810,000 || 21 November 2015
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| style="text-align:center;"|5 ||  ''Snooker: 2020 World Championship'' || 1,738,500 || 14 August 2020
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| style="text-align:center;"|6 || ''[[Detectorists]]'' || 1,687,000 || 8 November 2017
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| style="text-align:center;"|7 || ''[[Roots (2016 miniseries)|Roots]]'' || 1,659,000 || 8 February 2017
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| style="text-align:center;"|8 || ''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]'' || 1,625,000|| 19 March 2008
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| style="text-align:center;"|9 || ''[[The Bridge (2011 TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || 1,620,000 || 1 February 2014
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| style="text-align:center;"|10 || ''[[Detectorists]]'' || 1,593,000 || 22 November 2017
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|}