The Best TV Shows on More4

Every More4 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1966 to 2026, More4 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. For top-tier entertainment, More4 delivered Royal Institution Christmas Lectures and Time Team in 1966 and 1994. Our curated list, current as of October 2026, showcases over 20 of More4’s highest-rated series.

  • Ancient Autopsy
    Ancient Autopsy (2025)10.0

    Professor Suzannah Lipscomb deep dives into some of the greatest death mysteries of the ancient world, as she turns forensic detective and re-examines the final moments of four of ancient history's most iconic figures. Blending science, history, and compelling detective work, Suzannah is joined by world-renowned forensic pathologist, Dr Richard Shepherd, who deploys cutting-edge digital autopsy technology to reveal trauma, disease, and possible foul play.

  • Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith
    Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith (2026)10.0

    From cafes to craft fairs, glamping to ghosts, join Dame Penelope Keith as she meets the owners of Britain’s historic country houses struggling to keep their homes intact. Featured properties include Ashby Manor in Northamptonshire, Chillingham Castle in Northumberland, and Mapperton House in Dorset. As these estates turn to innovative ventures to stay afloat, Keith offers insight into the challenges of maintaining these grand homes in 2025. Will their creative solutions be enough to save their history?

  • Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain
    Kevin McCloud's Listed Britain (2026)9.0

    Kevin will travel the length and breadth of the country to uncover the stories behind some of Britain’s most remarkable buildings and structures, exploring why places as diverse as Coventry Cathedral and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo have been judged worthy of the highest level of protection. This is heritage with the doors thrown open, as Kevin is invited into parts of these structures the public never normally sees, as he meets the people who care for them and gets hands-on himself.

  • PopMaster TV
    PopMaster TV (2023)8.0

    Ken Bruce brings the formidable quiz to our tellies, as he challenges music fans to recall chart-topping facts and stats in a battle to become PopMaster TV champion

  • True Stories
    True Stories (N/A)8.0

    Showcasing the best of international feature documentaries.

  • Inside the Spitfire Factory
    Inside the Spitfire Factory (2020)8.0

    A team of dedicated engineers and enthusiasts turn the 1943 Mark IX Spitfire from rusty remains into flying legend.

  • Time Team
    Time Team (1994)7.4

    Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

  • Shrink Rap
    Shrink Rap (2007)7.0

    Actress and writer Pamela Stephenson is now a successful therapist – Dr Pamela Connolly – with a private practice in Los Angeles. She draws upon her professional training when interviewing A-list celebrities.

  • Perfect Pub Walks
    Perfect Pub Walks (2024)7.0

    Comedian, musician and nature lover Bill Bailey takes some famous faces for an amble and a ramble on some of the UK's most spectacular pub walks.

  • 999: On the Front Line
    999: On the Front Line (2017)6.8

    Filmed simultaneously with ambulance crews across the West Midlands and the South West, this series shows in real time the range of cases paramedics attend to.

  • Hitler: The Rise and Fall
    Hitler: The Rise and Fall (2016)6.2

    Using the latest research across the course of Hitler’s life, world-renowned experts investigate the man behind the monster and pinpoint the key moments in his meteoric rise and ultimate downfall.

  • The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge
    The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge (2022)5.5

    Sandi Toksvig presents a brand-new competition series that puts the miniature making skills of 10 amateur crafters from across Britain to the test. Over eight episodes, the crafters must transform a derelict mini mansion into the ultimate fantasy house.

  • Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
    Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966)5.1

    The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. Michael Faraday initiated the first Christmas Lecture series in 1825. This came at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. Faraday presented a total of nineteen series in all.

  • Sex Change Hospital
    Sex Change Hospital (2007)4.0

    Sex Change Hospital is an American six-part documentary series following trans men and women having genital reassignment surgeries. Dr. Marci Bowers performs the surgeries and calls upon her own experiences as a transgender woman to guide her patients as they go through the ultimate life changing procedure.

  • World's Most Extreme
    World's Most Extreme (2014)4.0

    World's Most Extreme takes you to the most jaw-dropping and extreme places anywhere in the world.

  • Crufts
    Crufts (2010)N/A

    Clare Balding and Sophie Morgan host coverage of Crufts, featuring live judging and highlights and a look at the serious side of dog breeding and ownership, with an emphasis on health and welfare.

  • The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden
    The Great British Dig: History In Your Garden (2021)N/A

    Hugh Dennis and a team of expert archaeologists excavate back gardens around Britain, in an attempt to uncover the lost history buried beneath our lawns and flower beds

  • Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids
    Our Farm Next Door: Amanda, Clive and Kids (2024)N/A

    Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen and her family realise their ambitious vision of renovating a derelict farmhouse in the picturesque Yorkshire Dales

  • Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
    Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two (2024)N/A

    Actors Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston are celebrating four decades on screen together in an all-new More4 series visiting landmark places from their lives and the special destinations the pair have always wanted to see together.

  • Scotland's Golden Coast
    Scotland's Golden Coast (2026)N/A

    Filmed during Scotland’s busy summer season in August 2026, the series follows people who live and work along this remarkable coastline as they welcome visitors from near and far, balancing thriving local businesses with the responsibility of preserving the history, character and natural beauty of the places they are proud to call home. From the ancient woodlands and shifting dune forests of Tentsmuir, where the North Sea continues to add to the shoreline, to the puffin colonies of the Isle of May National Nature Reserve and the dolphin-rich waters of the Moray Firth, cameras will capture the landscapes and wildlife that make this golden coast such a treasure.