Most Viewed From BBC Four

Today New York is America's greatest city. But 30 years ago this summer, they couldn't even keep the lights on. A blackout plunged seven million...

A witty and stimulating look at Chance, Logic, Data and Statistics and the roles they play in our lives.

Fossil Detectives is a 2008 BBC Television documentary series in which presenter Hermione Cockburn travels across Great Britain exploring fossil...

Holidays in the Danger Zone is a series of documentaries, originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and...

A three-part series tracing the history of American rock 'n' roll music from the 1950s onwards.

This television documentary in four episodes features interviews, archival footage, and scenery to trace the history of railroads from Victorian...

Writer and woodsman Rob Penn begins a year-long project to bring part of an abandoned woodland, Strawberry Cottage Wood, back to life.

How should art depict the relationship between man and God? How can art best express eternal values? Can you, and should you, portray the face of...

Danny Baker uses archive material to look at aspects of British manufacturing.

Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe was a special one-off British, video game culture show by Charlie Brooker, aired in September 2009 during the BBC's...

Lucy Worsley explores how British history is a concoction of fibs and stories manipulated by whoever was in power at the time.

Examine how justice is served in rural areas of China so remote and isolated that the villagers have almost no contact with, and are deeply...

Living with the Future is a television documentary series first broadcast on 15 January 2007 on BBC Four. It is a follow-up series to Living with...

100 Years of Girl Guides is a BBC television documentary. It was shown on the digital television station BBC Four on Sunday 16 August 2009 at 21:00....

Take a gentle walk as familiar faces explore landscapes in the north of England in this series of immersive and intimate documentaries.

A look at kids' telly from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering the social trends and behind-the-scenes stories in each decade.

Professor Robert Bartlett, a leading authority on the Middle Ages, presents a series which examines the way we thought during Medieval times.

Sailor and writer Tom Cunliffe takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through...

Documentary series that investigates a momentous event in history, the trial and execution of King Charles I, an act that changed politics and power...

In search of World Speed Records by land, air and water