BBC Four

BBC 4 is the BBC channel with the smallest budget, and just 1.8% of the company's audience. It is supposed to be an alternative to mainstream TV, showing a wide variety of niche programming. It has been running since 2002. The best thing about this channel is some of the programming. For example, they show Curb your Enthusiasm on this channel. It took the guts of HBO in the US to show this brilliant comedy filled with terrible language, and I think BBC 4 did a great job showing it too. It really is a hilarious comedy, and shows the risk taking nature of the channel. The worst thing about the channel is the way there are so many repeats on there. ...  Read the complete review

BBC 4 This is an excellent channel from the BBC and is the home of a more select group of programming for the discerning viewer what I like about this channel is that there are not many repeats and the programs are of an original concept....this means that on any given day you can tune in from 7pm in the evening to around 2 -3 am. I love the quiz program called connect this is a high brow quiz show where if I get one or two answer right in a single program I feel like I have achieved something usually vacated by PhD students and Cambridge/oxford grads this quiz as the name alludes is all about connections and making them between seemingly four different ...  Read the complete review

I consider BBC Four to be the 'Jewel in the Crown' of BBC TV. The subjects covered are wide ranging and extremely well researched and it is so refreshing to turn on the television and find a programme that is both entertaining and in many cases educational. Just this week we have The Story of Maths in which Professor Marcus du Sautoy guides us through the history of mathematics, Andrew Mars Britain From Above, showing how the country has been shaped over the years and a repeated classic Betjeman's Metroland where Sir John shows tells in his wonderful style how the Metropolitan line extended the suburban boundaries of London during the mid - war period. For a little ...  Read the complete review

Having aired my thoughts recently, on BBC Three, I thought I would just do the same for BBC Four. BBC Four is another of the Freeview Channels which appeared in the last few years and promised great things. In common with it's sister channel BBC Three it only has programming from 7pm until 4am each day. I guess the programmes after midnight are handy for people such as shift workers, in that most mainstream channels only have those quizzes on after midnight these days. So I will start with today's listings to give you an idea:- 7:00 pm Masterpieces of Vienna: Death and the......Maiden. Part of the Vienna season. Painted by Egon Schiele in ...  Read the complete review