What’s On BBC Four Today Friday 20 January 2023
A full run down of everything airing on BBC Four today.
19:00
Top of the Pops
Performances by Inspiral Carpets, Def Leppard, Tori Amos and Haddaway
Tony Dortie and Joe Elliott introduce the edition first shown on January 20 1994. Featuring performances by Inspiral Carpets, Def Leppard, Tori Amos, Haddaway, Toni Braxton, Phil Collins and D:Ream
19:30
Top of the Pops
Performances by Depeche Mode, Joe, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks and Richard Marx
Mark Franklin introduces the edition first shown on January 27 1994. Featuring performances by Therapy?, Depeche Mode, Joe, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Richard Marx, ZZ Top and D:Ream
20:00
Top of the Pops
With music by Fine Young Cannibals, Dire Straits and A-ha
20:30
Top of the Pops
Performances by Halo James, the Quireboys and Martika
Nicky Campbell presents the edition first broadcast on January 18 1990, featuring performances by Halo James, the Quireboys, 49ers, New Kids on the Block, Megadeth, Kylie Minogue and Martika
21:00
Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham
S01E02
Musical connections between Scotland, Ulster and America
Phil Cunningham’s journey takes him down the old wagon road from Philadelphia, through Appalachia to the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music’s hall of fame in Nashville. With music by Ricky Skaggs, Tim O’ Brien and folk singer Sheila Kay Adams
22:00
Transatlantic Sessions
S01E03
With Karen Matheson and Emmylou Harris
Folk musicians from Nashville, Ireland and Scotland come together at Strathgarry House in the Perthshire Highlands, introduced by Aly Bain and Jay Ungar. Featuring Karen Matheson, Mary Black, Emmylou Harris, Donald Shaw, Dougie McLean, Kathy Mattea, Iris DeMent, Dick Gaughan, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright and Davy Spillane
22:30
Transatlantic Sessions
S01E04
With Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris and Mary Black
Aly Bain from Shetland and Jay Ungar from New York present folk, country and traditional music from Ireland, America and Scotland. Performances include Sweet Is the Melody by Iris DeMent, Dublin Blues by Guy Clark with Karen Matheson, Don’t Want to Know by John Martyn with Danny Thompson and For No One by Emmylou Harris with Davy Spillane
23:00
Reginald D Hunter’s Songs of the Border
The comedian takes a 2,000-mile musical road trip along the US-Mexico border
Against the backdrop of President Trump’s planned construction of a wall between the two countries, the comedian takes a 2,000-mile musical road trip along the US-Mexico border. He explores how romance and reality play out musically, where third-world Mexico meets first-world USA on `the broken road to the American Dream”
00:15
Southern Rock at the BBC
Featuring the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Archive performances by classic Southern rock acts on shows including The Old Grey Whistle Test, In Concert and Wogan. Featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Delaney & Bonnie with Eric Clapton, Dickey Betts, formerly of the Allman Brothers Band, the Marshall Tucker Band, Black Oak Arkansas, Greg Allman with Cher, and Edgar Winter
01:15
Wayfaring Stranger with Phil Cunningham
S01E02
Musical connections between Scotland, Ulster and America
Phil Cunningham’s journey takes him down the old wagon road from Philadelphia, through Appalachia to the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music’s hall of fame in Nashville. With music by Ricky Skaggs, Tim O’ Brien and folk singer Sheila Kay Adams
02:15
Top of the Pops
Performances by Inspiral Carpets, Def Leppard, Tori Amos and Haddaway
Tony Dortie and Joe Elliott introduce the edition first shown on January 20 1994. Featuring performances by Inspiral Carpets, Def Leppard, Tori Amos, Haddaway, Toni Braxton, Phil Collins and D:Ream
02:45
Top of the Pops
Performances by Depeche Mode, Joe, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks and Richard Marx
Mark Franklin introduces the edition first shown on January 27 1994. Featuring performances by Therapy?, Depeche Mode, Joe, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks, Richard Marx, ZZ Top and D:Ream
03:15
Top of the Pops
With music by Fine Young Cannibals, Dire Straits and A-ha
