What’s On BBC Four Today Monday 6 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on BBC Four today.
19:00
Great British Railway Journeys
S10E15
Michael Portillo travels from Warwick to Rye in East Sussex
Michael Portillo heads from Warwick to Rye in East Sussex. In the orchards of East Malling, Kent, Michael discovers how the Edwardians’ serious attitude towards cultivation bears fruit even now. In Folkestone, he hears how the town coped with an influx of more than 100,000 refugees fleeing the German invasion in 1914. In the High Weald, Michael heads for Tenterden Town and the light railway that opened in 1900. His final stop is the medieval Cinque Port of Rye, where he tours the home and garden of author Henry James
19:30
Spring Walks
S01E01
Businesswoman Sara Davies explores the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire
First of two programmes in which familiar faces take a crisp stroll on different routes across Yorkshire. First up is businesswoman and Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies, who explores the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire. Along the way Sara reveals the challenges she faced as a young businesswoman, the unexpected impact of participating in Strictly Come Dancing and the importance of family support
20:00
The Impressionists – Painting and Revolution
S01E02
Waldemar Januszczak visits places made famous by the movement’s painters
Waldemar Januszczak visits some of the places made famous by impressionist artists, examining the French riverside locations captured on canvas by Monet and Renoir. He also uses a Swedish snowdrift to demonstrate why the movement’s painters tended to depict brightly coloured shadows in their winter scenes, and tells the story of Cezanne, from his dark and challenging early works through to his departure from Paris and separation from the impressionist group
21:00
Britain’s Lost Masterpieces
S04E02
Dr Bendor Grosvenor finds two anonymous landscape paintings at Birmingham Art Gallery
22:00
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
S01E04
Visions of Russia’s imperial past rise up
Documentary about the collapse of communism and democracy, using only news and home movie footage to show all aspects of daily life in Russia. The nation goes through the mirror into a chaotic dream world where nothing is stable any more. Visions of its imperial past rise up, and people cannot afford food
23:00
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
S01E05
Russian society implodes
00:00
The Magical World of Moss
New discoveries about the plant
A visit to moss-covered landscapes in Japan, Iceland, France and Denmark where scientists are investigating the astonishing properties and potential of these plants. Mosses evolved from oceanic algae that emerged onto the land 450 million years ago, and have become a main source of oxygen for the evolving planet – yet science is only beginning to understand the secrets and the possibilities they hold
00:55
The Impressionists – Painting and Revolution
S01E02
Waldemar Januszczak visits places made famous by the movement’s painters
Waldemar Januszczak visits some of the places made famous by impressionist artists, examining the French riverside locations captured on canvas by Monet and Renoir. He also uses a Swedish snowdrift to demonstrate why the movement’s painters tended to depict brightly coloured shadows in their winter scenes, and tells the story of Cezanne, from his dark and challenging early works through to his departure from Paris and separation from the impressionist group
01:55
Great British Railway Journeys
S10E15
Michael Portillo travels from Warwick to Rye in East Sussex
Michael Portillo heads from Warwick to Rye in East Sussex. In the orchards of East Malling, Kent, Michael discovers how the Edwardians’ serious attitude towards cultivation bears fruit even now. In Folkestone, he hears how the town coped with an influx of more than 100,000 refugees fleeing the German invasion in 1914. In the High Weald, Michael heads for Tenterden Town and the light railway that opened in 1900. His final stop is the medieval Cinque Port of Rye, where he tours the home and garden of author Henry James
02:25
Spring Walks
S01E01
Businesswoman Sara Davies explores the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire
First of two programmes in which familiar faces take a crisp stroll on different routes across Yorkshire. First up is businesswoman and Dragons’ Den investor Sara Davies, who explores the Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire. Along the way Sara reveals the challenges she faced as a young businesswoman, the unexpected impact of participating in Strictly Come Dancing and the importance of family support
02:55
Britain’s Lost Masterpieces
S04E02
Dr Bendor Grosvenor finds two anonymous landscape paintings at Birmingham Art Gallery
03:55
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