Editing BBC Four (section)

==Programmes==

===Original programmes===
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*''The Art of Cornwall''
*''The Ballad of Mott the Hoople''
*''BBC Four News''
*''BBC Four Sessions''
*''[[Beyond 100 Days]]'' (simulcast on BBC Four, [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]] and [[BBC World News]]; Previously ''100 Days'' (January – April 2017), ''100 Days +'' (May – July 2017)
*''Birds Britania''
*''Britain by Bike''
*''[[Britain's Best Drives]]''
*''[[Britain's Lost Masterpieces]]''
*''Can Eating Insects Save the World''
*''[[Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe]]''
*''Children's TV on Trial''
*''Churches: How To Read Them''
*''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]''
*''[[Detectorists]]''
*''[[Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters]]''
*''[[Dirk Gently (TV series)|Dirk Gently]]''
*''Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency''
*''[[The First World War (TV series)|The First World War]]''
*''Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster''
*''Free Will and Testament: The Robert Wyatt Story''
*''Goodbye BBC Television Centre''
*''The Great War''
*''[[Hattie (film)|Hattie]]''
*''[[H. G. Wells: War with the World]]''
*''[[Hinterland (TV series)|Hinterland/Y Gwyll]]'' (Joint BBC / S4C production, English-language version)
*''[[Hive Minds]]''
*''How to Build a Dinosaur''
*''If Walls Could Talk''
*''Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City''
*''Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie''
*''[[Only Connect]]''
*''Racing at the BBC''
*''Sandhurst''
*''The Secret Life of Ice''
*''Shock and Awe: The Life of Electricity''
*''Singer-Songwriters at the BBC''
*''Sings the...''
*''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]''
*''The Story of Musicals''
*''The Story of the National Grid''
*''[[Richard Fortey|Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures]]''
*''Tales of Television Centre''
*''Talking Children''
*''Timeshift''
*''[[Twenty Twelve]]''
*''To Kill a Mockingbird at 50''
*''[[Walter Tull|Walter's War]]''
*''[[We Need Answers]]''
*''[[World News Today]]'' (simulcast on BBC Four and [[BBC World News]], previously ''World News Today with [[Zeinab Badawi]]'')
*''[[A Very British History]]''
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===Imports===
*''[[Arne Dahl (TV series)#Arne Dahl TV adaptations|Arne Dahl]]''
*''[[Borgen (TV series)|Borgen]]''
*''[[The Bridge (Danish/Swedish TV series)|The Bridge]]''
*''[[Hostages (Israeli TV series)|Hostages]]''
*''[[Inspector De Luca (TV series)|Inspector De Luca]]''
*''[[Inspector Montalbano (TV series)|Inspector Montalbano]]''
*''[[The Joy of Painting]]''
*''[[The Killing (Danish TV series)|The Killing]]''
*''[[Minuscule (TV series)|Minuscule]]''
*''The Money''
*''[[Salamander (TV series)|Salamander]]''
*''[[Spiral (TV series)|Spiral]]''
*''Trapped''
*''[[Wallander (Swedish TV series)|Wallander]]''

===Domestic repeats===
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*''Africa''
*''[[All Creatures Great and Small (1978 TV series)|All Creatures Great and Small]]''
*''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''
*''The Bear Family and Me''
*''[[Between the Lines (TV series)|Between the Lines]]''
*''[[Blackadder]]''
*''[[Blue Peter]]'' (Classics only)
*''[[The Blue Planet]]''
*''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]''
*''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]''
*''[[Casualty 1906]]''
*''[[Casualty 1907]]''
*''[[Civilisation (TV series)|Civilisation]]''
*''[[Climbing Great Buildings]]''
*''[[Cranford (TV series)|Cranford]]''
*''[[Doctor Who]]'' (1963–89)
*''[[Ever Decreasing Circles]]''
*''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
*''[[The Frozen Planet]]''
*''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]''
*''[[The Good Old Days (British TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''
*''[[Great British Railway Journeys]]''
*''[[A House Through Time]]''
*''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]''
*''[[Juliet Bravo]]''
*''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
*''[[Life (2009 TV series)|Life]]''
*''The Life and Loves of a She-Devil''
*''[[The Life of Mammals]]''
*''[[The Likely Lads]]''
*''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''
*''[[No Place Like Home (TV series)|No Place Like Home]]''
*''[[Not in Front of the Children (TV series)|Not in Front of the Children]]''
*''[[The Onedin Line]]''
*''[[One Foot in the Grave]]''
*''[[Our Friends in the North]]''
*''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]''
*''[[Peaky Blinders (TV series)|Peaky Blinders]]'' (Series 1-4, 6)
*''[[Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson]]''
*''[[Planet Earth (2006 TV series)|Planet Earth]]''
*''[[Porridge (1974 TV series)|Porridge]]''
*''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''
*''[[The Sky at Night]]''
*''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]''
*''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]''
*''[[Steptoe and Son]]''
*''[[Sykes (TV series)|Sykes]]''
*''[[Talking Pictures (TV series)|Talking Pictures]]''
*''[[This Life (1996 TV series)|This Life]]''
*''[[The Two Ronnies Sketchbook]]''
*''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' 
*''[[Walking with Beasts]]''
*''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''
*''[[War Walks]]''
*''[[Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?]]''
*''[[Yes Minister]]''
*''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]''
*''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''
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===Music concerts===
*''[[BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend]]'' (from 2016)
*''Coldplay Live''
*''[[David Gilmour]] [[Live in Gdansk]]'' (part of David Gilmour Night)
* ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'' semi-finals (2016–2021)
*''Madness Live'' (part of Goodbye Television Centre)
*''Queen 1975 Live''

===Music programming===
*''...at the BBC'' (an original hour long music compilation usually featuring performances from various BBC TV shows, with bands like ABBA, genres like disco and acts from record labels such as Motown and Island featured)<ref>{{cite web | title=Motown at the BBC | website=BBC Four | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hq4qr | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=ABBA at the BBC | website=BBC | date=27 December 2013 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lyzpr | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Island at the BBC | website=BBC Four | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvd3b | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/disco-at-the-bbc/|title=Disco at the BBC &#124; Yesterday Channel|website=yesterday.uktv.co.uk}}</ref>
*''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]''
*''The Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand''<ref>{{cite web | title=Sound of Musicals with Neil Brand, Seasons of Love | website=BBC | date=27 January 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bqfd2 | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=BBC | title=List of programmes | date=27 January 2017 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Neil+Brand | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> (documentary series)
*''The Sound of TV with Neil Brand''<ref>{{cite web | title=The Sound of TV with Neil Brand | website=BBC | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pz1d | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> (documentary series)
*''[[Top of the Pops]]'' (episodes repeated each week from BBC One, with the run continuing from 1976 to 1997 as of March 2025)
*''Top of the Pops: The Story of...'' (an original hour long year-by-year documentary on BBC Four, also shown on BBC Two/UKTV Yesterday in an edited 45 minute version)<ref>{{cite web | title=Top of the Pops, The Story of 1989 | website=BBC One | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000crqx/top-of-the-pops-the-story-of-1989 | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*''Top of the Pops: Big Hits'' (an original hour long year-by-year compilation featuring performances from the show with added on-screen facts, also shown on BBC Two)<ref>{{cite web | title=Top of the Pops, Big Hits 1989 | website=BBC One | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000crqz/top-of-the-pops-big-hits-1989 | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref>
*''Top of the Pops: Big Hits 1964 to 1975'' (a 90-minute version of the Big Hits format featuring early hits from the show, also shown on UKTV's Yesterday channel)<ref>{{cite web | title=Top of the Pops, 1964 to 1975 - Big Hits | website=BBC One | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zwrn5 | access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/big-hits-top-of-the-pops-1964-to-1975/seeall/60/|title=Yesterday Channel|website=yesterday.uktv.co.uk}}</ref>

=== Classics (shown in 2007, 2015 and 2022)===
*''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''
*''[[Blue Peter]]''
*''[[ChuckleVision]]''
*''[[The Clangers]]''
*''[[Grange Hill]]''
*''[[The Magic Roundabout]]''
*''[[Newsround]]''
*''[[Play School (British TV series)|Play School]]''
*''[[Teletubbies]]''

=== 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.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Rank !! Programme!! Number of Viewers !! Date
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|1 || ''[[Thorpe affair|The Jeremy Thorpe Scandal]]'' ||2,378,000 || 3 June 2018
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2 || ''[[Threads (1984 film)|Threads (1984)]]'' || 2,300,000 || 9 October 2024
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|3 ||  ''[[Hattie (film)|Hattie]]'' || 2,005,000 || 19 January 2009 
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4 || ''[[The Bridge (2011 TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || 1,810,000 || 21 November 2015
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5 ||  ''Snooker: 2020 World Championship'' || 1,738,500 || 14 August 2020
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|6 || ''[[Detectorists]]'' || 1,687,000 || 8 November 2017
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7 || ''[[Roots (2016 miniseries)|Roots]]'' || 1,659,000 || 8 February 2017
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8 || ''[[The Curse of Steptoe]]'' || 1,625,000|| 19 March 2008
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9 || ''[[The Bridge (2011 TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || 1,620,000 || 1 February 2014
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10 || ''[[Detectorists]]'' || 1,593,000 || 22 November 2017
|-
|}