What’s On BBC Four Today Saturday 25 February 2023
A full run down of everything airing on BBC Four today.
19:00
Britain’s Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country
The British landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons
Presenters Dick Strawbridge and Professor Alice Roberts explore the British landscapes that inspired children’s author Arthur Ransome to write his famous series Swallows and Amazons. Strawbridge uses vintage boats to investigate three iconic waterlands – the Lake District, the Norfolk broads, and the Suffolk coastline – while Roberts takes a look at the shore lines
20:00
Hidden Wales: Last Chance to Save
Will Millard explores some of Wales’s forgotten historic buildings
The writer and adventurer Will Millard travels the length and breadth of Wales to find some of the country’s most vulnerable old buildings, from extravagant mansions to a 500-year-old farmhouse, crumbling chapels to a massive military fort. He also meets the passionate individuals who are trying to save these structures before it is too late
21:00
The Macaluso Sisters
Italian drama, starring Alissa Maria Orlando
2020 – Drama
Five sisters live together in an apartment in Palermo, only for their relationships to be shattered when one of them accidentally dies. Drama, starring Alissa Maria Orlando, Susanna Piraino and Anita Pomario. In Italian
22:25
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
S01E02
Comedy sketches
22:55
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
S01E03
Stephen steals Hugh’s brain
23:25
As Time Goes By
S01E02
Lionel invites Jean to his publisher’s party
Lionel invites Jean to his publisher’s party, where they are both made to feel their age, but realise they still have a lot in common. Comedy about late-blossoming love, with Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer
23:55
The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker
S02E01
A profile of the comedy actor and writer
The story of a quiet, dedicated man who might have been a bank manager, but went on to become one of the nation’s most popular comedy stars. Ben Elton, Michael Grade, David Renwick and Josephine Tewson are among friends and colleagues who remember his partnership with Ronnie Corbett in sketch show The Two Ronnies, as skinflint grocer Arkwright in Open All Hours and crafty prisoner Fletch in Porridge. There is also a look at his prolific writing career and his work as an actor in serious roles
00:55
Clive James: Postcard from Rome
Clive spends time in the Italian capital
Clive spends time in the Italian capital as he goes in search of the dolce vita in the eternal cityand tries to acquire some Roman sophistication. During his stay, he meets a socialite prince and Mussolini’s son and learns a lesson from a sexologist
01:45
Britain’s Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country
The British landscapes that inspired Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons
Presenters Dick Strawbridge and Professor Alice Roberts explore the British landscapes that inspired children’s author Arthur Ransome to write his famous series Swallows and Amazons. Strawbridge uses vintage boats to investigate three iconic waterlands – the Lake District, the Norfolk broads, and the Suffolk coastline – while Roberts takes a look at the shore lines
02:45
The Story of Welsh Art
S01E02
How the dramatic landscape of Wales captivated Richard Wilson and JMW Turner
Huw Stephens explores how, from the 18th-century, the dramatic landscape of Wales captivated artists like Richard Wilson and JMW Turner, who painted it in ways that changed the course of art history. Huw also discovers the work of Penry Williams, a Merthyr Tydfil artist who was commissioned to paint his home town’s vast Cyfarthfa ironworks
03:45
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