AI TV on BBC 4.1

BBC Four steps into the not-so-distant future to explore the latest breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence. Join the channel as it discovers the history of AI, experiments with new ways of making television and uses AI technology to scan the 250,000 programmes in the BBC Archive to help select three very BBC Four programmes.

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AI TV on BBC 4.1 — The Joy of AI

BBC Four is giving an AI control of your TV for two nights.
The Joy of AI

Jim Al-Khalili explores the AI revolution, arguing we should see it as friend not foe.

Release date:
04 Sep 2018
Alana: the chit-chat bot — The Joy of AI

Jim Al Khalil learns how even the best conversational AI can't take a hint...
The Horizon Guide to AI

Documentary looking at the perception of AI from 1964 to the present day.

Release date:
04 Sep 2018
Made by Machine: When AI Met the Archive

Documentary. Dr Hannah Fry and a virtual host present a new way of making television.

Release date:
05 Sep 2018
Planet Ping Pong — Timeshift, Series 6

The story of table tennis and how it became the most popular sport in Asia.

Release date:
22 Feb 2007
The Age of Excess: When Britain Went Too Far

Documentary which looks at Britain during the 18th century, a time of sexual excess.

Release date:
24 Oct 2007
Rebel Physician: Nicholas Culpeper's Fight for Medical Freedom

Benjamin Woolley presents the story of 17th-century radical pharmacist Nicholas Culpeper.

Release date:
17 Oct 2016