What’s On BBC Four Today Saturday 18 March 2023
A full run down of everything airing on BBC Four today.
19:00
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
The actor looks back at a century-old rail service to St Andrews
19:10
Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure
S01E01
Travel series following in the author’s footsteps
Travel series with the former Monty Python star, this time following in the footsteps of one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, retracing his journeys across Europe, Africa and America. Michael begins his odyssey in Spain, where he explores bullfighting in Valencia, before heading for Africa to see the spectacular Mount Kilimanjaro
20:00
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
S01E01
Michael Palin revisits his travel series, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days
Michael Palin revisits his travel series, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days. He draws on his personal archive of audio recordings and diary notebooks, and reflects on how he became a seasoned global traveller. The first episode revisits his visits to Venice, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, India, Hong Kong and China – a nation that was closed to most westerners at the time. Featuring contributions from fans and friends including David Attenborough, Joanna Lumley and Simon Reeve
21:00
Paris Police 1905
S01E05
Jouin asks Fiersi to help him break into the Château de Bagatelle. In French
Armed with information provided by Dr Socquet, Cochefert makes an eventful visit to Dr Verlot. Lépine asks his daughter to invite L’abbé Gardey to supper to provide moral support, and Jouin and Fiersi join forces to break into the Château de Bagatelle. In French
21:55
Paris Police 1905
S01E06
Jouin and Fiersi lure Guichard into a trap. In French
Guichard falls into a trap when he is lured to Château de Bagatelle by a phone call from Fiersi’s son, Julien. Commissioner Lépine confronts Fondari, the head of the vice squad. In French
22:50
As Time Goes By
S01E05
Jean makes a play for Alistair
23:20
Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure
S01E01
Travel series following in the author’s footsteps
Travel series with the former Monty Python star, this time following in the footsteps of one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, retracing his journeys across Europe, Africa and America. Michael begins his odyssey in Spain, where he explores bullfighting in Valencia, before heading for Africa to see the spectacular Mount Kilimanjaro
00:05
Clive James: Postcard from Miami
Clive sets out to discover the truth about the American city
Clive sets out to discover the truth about an American city that was seen as the vice capital of America, teeming with money, illegal aliens and cocaine. He investigates what is beneath the surface, meeting famous resdients in Miami Vice star Don Johnson and singer Gloria Estefan
00:55
Paris Police 1905
S01E05
Jouin asks Fiersi to help him break into the Château de Bagatelle. In French
Armed with information provided by Dr Socquet, Cochefert makes an eventful visit to Dr Verlot. Lépine asks his daughter to invite L’abbé Gardey to supper to provide moral support, and Jouin and Fiersi join forces to break into the Château de Bagatelle. In French
01:55
Paris Police 1905
S01E06
Jouin and Fiersi lure Guichard into a trap. In French
Guichard falls into a trap when he is lured to Château de Bagatelle by a phone call from Fiersi’s son, Julien. Commissioner Lépine confronts Fondari, the head of the vice squad. In French
02:55
Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty
S01E03
How corruption within the City of London’s CID grew out of control in the late 1970s
The final instalment reveals how, in the late 1970s, corruption within the City of London’s CID had grown out of control – and how Operation Countryman was launched in response
