BBC Four Popular Movie

William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mark Rylance

Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michael Sheen

On October 5th 1962, the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. It was a moment that changed music history and popular culture forever. It...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: John Lennon

Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Wonder is one of the dominant figures in American...

Genre: Music

Cast: Emma Dabiri

Short documentary of the making of Antoine Fuqua's King Arthur (2004).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Keira Knightley

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Dawn French

"Laughing with Hitler" is a journey into a supposedly humorless time. In the Third Reich, however, the Führer and his Nazi bigwigs were laughed...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hubertus Bengsch

Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Al-Khalili

Janina Ramirez explores the BBC archives to create a TV history of Leonardo Da Vinci, discovering what lies beneath the Mona Lisa and even how he...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Janina Ramirez

Professor Hans Rosling shares his excitement with statistics, and shows how researchers are handling the modern data deluge.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hans Rosling

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michael Sheen

A young squire accused of murdering a young girl that did not return his feelings of love reveals a supernatural secret at his trial.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Peter Capaldi

Documentary exploring the music of rock band Roxy Music, who have a good claim to be one of the UK's most influential bands. Led by charismatic front...

Genre: Music

Cast: Bryan Ferry

Built around the earliest, until now unseen, footage of the Clash in concert, filmed by Julien Temple as they opened the infamous Roxy club in a...

Genre: Music

Cast: Joe Strummer

Brit Award-winner Sam Fender goes in search of a musical hero from another era - the late, great, Alan Hull of Lindisfarne, in this one-off BBC Four...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alan Hull

Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100...

Genre: Music

Cast: Ian Gillan

Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ken Stott

A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Hannah Fry

Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love...

Genre: Music

Cast: Stevie Nicks

Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan...

Genre: Music

Cast: John Simm