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Listen online to the internet radio of BBC Radio 4 Extra live, a digital-only radio station with no analogue frequency available. It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4, and like its parent station, all of its programmes are speech-related, but without live talks and phone-ins. It often broadcasts extended versions of programmes featured on its parent station. BBC Radio 4 Extra's schedule is curated from the BBC Sound Archive, spanning nearly 70 years and primarily featuring classic comedy, drama, and features.
BBC Radio 4 Extra slogan: "The Best in Comedy, Drama and Entertainment"
BBC Radio 4 Extra slogan: "The Best in Comedy, Drama and Entertainment"
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RAJAR Q4 2019: New record for digital radio listening
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BBC Radio 4 Extra's programmes25
00:00 - Soul Music
Series 9, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
4/5 Exploring what an American spiritual song means to different people
4/5 Exploring what an American spiritual song means to different people
00:30 - Dancing With The Devil
Rachel Johnson meets women, now in their 90s, who visited Germany in the 1930s.
01:00 - Whodunnits
Miss Marple - Nemesis, 5. Friends
5/5 The amateur sleuth's friends come to her aid, as she battles to solve the murder mystery.
5/5 The amateur sleuth's friends come to her aid, as she battles to solve the murder mystery.
01:30 - Bright Day by JB Priestley
5. The Picnic
5/6 Ackworth departs while tragedy strikes at Pikeley Scar.
5/6 Ackworth departs while tragedy strikes at Pikeley Scar.
02:00 - Harry Worth
Thirty Minutes Worth, The Problem
1/6 Will Harry be able to help when someone knocks on the door with a problem?
1/6 Will Harry be able to help when someone knocks on the door with a problem?
02:30 - Doctor in the House
To Pass or Not to Pass
13/13 It's nerves and pints all round as the St Swithin's medics take their finals.
13/13 It's nerves and pints all round as the St Swithin's medics take their finals.
03:00 - Prepper
Series 1, Bugging In
4/4 Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel explore home defence.
4/4 Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel explore home defence.
03:30 - Flush by Virginia Woolf
5. Reflections
5/5 As time passes in Florence, Flush begins to feel his age.
5/5 As time passes in Florence, Flush begins to feel his age.
03:45 - Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson
10. Searching for a Motive
10/10 Joe's body is found, but what was the reason for his senseless murder?
10/10 Joe's body is found, but what was the reason for his senseless murder?
04:00 - The Motion Show
Series 1, Episode 4
4/6 Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with John O'Farrell, Mark Maier, Maria McErlane.
4/6 Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with John O'Farrell, Mark Maier, Maria McErlane.
04:30 - 1834
Dentists and Lovers
4/6 Ned needs root canal work, but 21st-century Jason needs lessons in 19th-century courting.
4/6 Ned needs root canal work, but 21st-century Jason needs lessons in 19th-century courting.
05:00 - The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
3. The Fool
3/3 The Reverend Darcourt is close to uncovering Cornish's final, astonishing, secret.
3/3 The Reverend Darcourt is close to uncovering Cornish's final, astonishing, secret.
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A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
07:30 - One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
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08:45 - More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
3. The Mole
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
09:00 - The Men from the Ministry
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The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
09:30 - J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
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9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
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1. Mementos & Millican
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
11:00 - Tam O'Shanter
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12:15 - Ronald Frame Short Stories
Tea and Dancing
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
12:30 - One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
13:45 - More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
3. The Mole
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
14:00 - The Men from the Ministry
All Cisterns Go
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
14:30 - J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
My Stag Movie, part 1/2
9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
15:00 - Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
1. Mementos & Millican
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
16:00 - Concrete Island by JG Ballard
A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.
17:00 - Tam O'Shanter
How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
18:15 - Ronald Frame Short Stories
Tea and Dancing
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
18:30 - One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
19:45 - More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood
3. The Mole
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
3/5 Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
20:00 - The Men from the Ministry
All Cisterns Go
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
20:30 - J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook
My Stag Movie, part 1/2
9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
9/10 The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
21:00 - Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family
1. Mementos & Millican
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
1/3 Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
22:00 - The Shuttleworths
Series 4, Cough in the Loft
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1/6 When Mary sends John Shuttleworth up to the attic, it's the start of a digital quest.
22:15 - Tim Key's Poetry Programme
Series 2, Science
1/6 Tim Key takes a comic look at the thorny issue of science, through the medium of poetry.
1/6 Tim Key takes a comic look at the thorny issue of science, through the medium of poetry.
22:30 - Rob Newman
Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes, Thought Experiments
4/4 Mixing stand-up comedy and sketches, Rob Newman tackles the world of philosophy.
4/4 Mixing stand-up comedy and sketches, Rob Newman tackles the world of philosophy.
23:00 - My Teenage Diary
Series 7, Michael Rosen
4/6 Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s.
4/6 Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s.
23:30 - Chain Reaction
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1/7 The feisty comedienne interviews the deadpan funny man in the tag talk show.