BBC Four
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BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002[1] and shows a wide variety of programmes including arts, documentaries, music, international film and drama, and current affairs.[2] It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of new factual programmes, and to premiere twenty foreign films each year.[3][4] The channel broadcasts daily from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am, timesharing with CBeebies (which starts at 6:00 am).[5]
British television channel
Television channel
Logo used since 2021 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland Channel Islands Isle of Man |
| Network | BBC Television |
| Headquarters | London, England |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i/1080p[lower-alpha 1] HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC |
| Sister channels | BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies BBC Scotland BBC Alba |
| History | |
| Launched | 2 March 2002; 21 years ago (2002-03-02) |
| Replaced | BBC Knowledge |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC Four |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 9 (SD; 24 in Scot) Channel 106 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| BBC iPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
| Virgin TV Anywhere | Watch live (Ireland only) |