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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"
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BBC Radio 4 Extra to air special series Kenny Everett at 80
To mark what would have been Kenny Everett’s 80th birthday, BBC Radio 4 Extra is to air a week of programmes on the late broadcaster.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 12.12.2024
RAJAR Q1 2020: Four percent growth in digital share
Digital listening share has increased to a new record of 58.6% up from 56.4% year on year in the latest RAJAR figures. Digital reach is also at a new record with 36.9 million adults, or 67% of the population, tuning in via a digital platform, up from 36.3m in Q1 2019. Listening via online and apps now accounts for 14% of all listening and nearly a quarter (24%) of digital listening, having grown by 25.4 million hours (or by 23%) year on year. With 32% of adults now claiming to own a smart speaker, online listening in home was for the fourth consecutive quarter the fastest growing platform and location, increasing by 21 million hours (or by 26.6%) year on year...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 14.05.2020
RAJAR Q4 2019: New record for digital radio listening
Digital listening share has increased by 11% to a new record of 58.5%, up from 52.6% in Q4 2018 in the latest figures for Q4 2019. They were boosted by the launch of new national commercial digital stations, and the growth of listening online via smart speakers in home and DAB listening in car. Overall digital listening grew by 43.4 million hours or 8% year on year. Listening via online and apps grew by 28.5 million hours (or by 30%) to now account for 12.5% of all listening and 21.5% of digital listening...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 06.02.2020
RAJAR Q4 2019: London and national brands round-up
Coverage of the general election helped 5 Live, Radio 4 and LBC each add half a million listeners across 2019. 5 Live is up from 4.9m to 5.4m in the Q4/2019 RAJAR listening figures, while Radio 4 has added a similar amount, rising from 10.4m a year ago to 10.9m now. LBC, including new digital station LBC News, posts a record high of 2.7m listeners (up more than half a million year on year), while talkRADIO is up more than 40% from 12 months ago to now have 433,000 listeners a week – another record high for the Wireless station...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 06.02.2020
Kenneth Branagh returns to Radio 4 in Stalingrad
Kenneth Branagh, Greta Scacchi, Mark Bonnar, Ann Mitchell, Doon Mackichan, Kenneth Cranham and more star in a dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad by celebrated war reporter and author, Vasily Grossman. Two part drama based on war reporter Vasily Grossman’s account also stars Greta Scacchi and Mark Bonnar. Anton Lesser reads Grossman’s private journal - translated into English for the first time - in a Book Of The Week special. Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Stalingrad is a prequel to Grossman’s novel Life And Fate which was adapted by Radio 4 in 2011 and featuring many of the same acclaimed cast.More >>www.bbc.co.uk - 12.11.2019
RAJAR Q2 2019: London and national brands round-up
Zoe Ball has lost more than three quarters of a million listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, according to the latest audience research from RAJAR. The show’s reach is down 781,000 quarter-on-quarter to 8.266m for the three months survey period up to the 23rd June 2019. In Q1/19 she had 9.047m listeners; in Q2/2018 Chris Evans reached 9.038m. Radio 2’s audience at breakfast is now the lowest its been since Q3/2010, when Evans was fairly new in the job.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 01.08.2019
RAJAR Q1 2019: Milestones reached for DAB and digital radio
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 56.4%, up from 50.9% in Q1 2018, according to RAJAR Q1 2019 data released today. The annual growth of 5.5 percentage points to 56.4% from 50.9% represents the strongest ever percentage point growth in digital listening platform share since records began. Digital reach increased by over 2 million listeners to 36.3 million and overall digital listening grew by 55.9 million hours or by 10.7% year on year.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 16.05.2019
Festive Highlights for 2018 on BBC Radio
BBC Radio has today announced its on-air highlights for the festive period.
Bob Shennan, BBC Director of Radio & Music, says: “This Christmas BBC Radio will offer an unrivalled collection of programmes featuring the finest DJs, musicians and actors. Across our stations, teams have curated brilliant schedules with world-class talent - all of which are available on BBC Sounds.”More >>www.bbc.co.uk - 22.11.2018
RAJAR Q3 2018: London and national brands update
Nick Grimshaw left the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with half a million more listeners than a year ago – handing them to Greg James who took over the show halfway through the last quarter. The show now attracts 5.75m listeners (Mon – Fri) and is up 465,000 Year on Year.
In London, Capital is back on top with almost 2,100,000 listeners according to Reach in the London commercial radio battle, as Kiss slips back under the 2m listener mark (1,958,000). Magic is in third place (1.5m) whilst Heart comes in 4th (1.4m). But BBC Radio 4 continues to lead the London Reach with 2.4m listeners.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 25.10.2018
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00:00 - A Good Read
Grace Dent and Sian Harries
Grace Dent and Sian Harries talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
Grace Dent and Sian Harries talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
00:30 - Ali: Me, My Family and Muhammad Ali
Deirdre Pascall remembers the impact of Muhammad Ali on black Britons in the 1970's.
01:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Peril at End House, Episode 2
2/5 Poirot and Hastings attend Maggie Buckley's dinner party and make a startling discovery.
2/5 Poirot and Hastings attend Maggie Buckley's dinner party and make a startling discovery.
01:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, 2. Introducing Sir Donald Murdo
2/10 Paul and Steve take a walk to a lonely clifftop cottage.
2/10 Paul and Steve take a walk to a lonely clifftop cottage.
02:00 - Girlies
Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 As tragedy strikes, can the five fighting females try to forgive and forget?
4/4 As tragedy strikes, can the five fighting females try to forgive and forget?
02:30 - The Goon Show
Series 7, The Flea
12/21 Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys and he is having trouble with a flea called Francoise.
12/21 Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys and he is having trouble with a flea called Francoise.
03:00 - Fags, Mags and Bags
Series 10, 4. Florence Flouncingtons who lives in Flouncingtons Quadrant on the Flouncingtons Estate
4/4 Sanjay is helping Grebo find himself, sending the rumour-mill into overdrive.
4/4 Sanjay is helping Grebo find himself, sending the rumour-mill into overdrive.
03:30 - Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
2. Military Leader
2/5 Toussaint develops strong skills as a military commander.
2/5 Toussaint develops strong skills as a military commander.
03:45 - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
12. Plans
12/20 Becky has plans to deal with an uncertain financial future.
12/20 Becky has plans to deal with an uncertain financial future.
04:00 - Booked
Series 3, Episode 6
6/6 Ian McMillan challenges Roger McGough, Mark Thomas, Rory Motion and Dillie Keane.
6/6 Ian McMillan challenges Roger McGough, Mark Thomas, Rory Motion and Dillie Keane.
04:30 - Hidden Treasures
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Winston Smith rebels against Big Brother.
Winston Smith rebels against Big Brother.
06:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Peril at End House, Episode 3
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
06:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, 3. The Madrid
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
07:00 - Nineteen Ninety-Four
Freedom Is Choice
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
07:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 4, The New Secretary
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
08:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 5, Back on the Chain Gang
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
08:30 - Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
3. Authority
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
08:45 - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
13. Tactics
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
09:00 - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Series 5, 4. Unsweet Charity
4/4 Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
4/4 Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
09:30 - Why Why Why?
3. Are you lonesome tonight?
3/5 Phill Jupitus talks night time loneliness with Sue Peart and Professor Louise Arseneault.
3/5 Phill Jupitus talks night time loneliness with Sue Peart and Professor Louise Arseneault.
09:45 - Daily Service
Jesus' Disciples 2 - Thomas
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Becky Silver.
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Becky Silver.
10:00 - Archive on 4
Island Dreams
Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
11:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Peril at End House, Episode 3
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
11:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, 3. The Madrid
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
12:00 - Nineteen Ninety-Four
Freedom Is Choice
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
12:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 4, The New Secretary
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
13:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 5, Back on the Chain Gang
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
13:30 - Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
3. Authority
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
13:45 - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
13. Tactics
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
14:00 - The Museum of Curiosity
Series 11, Episode 1
1/6 John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan with Cally Beaton, Sally Phillips and Suzy Lishman.
1/6 John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan with Cally Beaton, Sally Phillips and Suzy Lishman.
14:30 - Hidden Treasures
Blockbuster by Stephen Barlay
A top cop battles a blackmailer’s bombs threat to destroy East London.
A top cop battles a blackmailer’s bombs threat to destroy East London.
16:00 - Archive on 4
Island Dreams
Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island, and its appeal to the British imagination.
17:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Peril at End House, Episode 3
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
3/5 The sleuth learns the identity of the body, and turns his attention to some old letters...
17:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair, 3. The Madrid
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
3/10 Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.
18:00 - Nineteen Ninety-Four
Freedom Is Choice
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
2/6 Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in Cumbria.
18:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 4, The New Secretary
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
5/20 The Lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary Grizelda Pugh.
19:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 5, Back on the Chain Gang
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
1/4 Tom seeks medical advice while Mum fights the good fight on behalf of Sheffield's trees.
19:30 - Black Spartacus by Sudhir Hazareesingh
3. Authority
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
3/5 Toussaint and Gabriel de Hedouville fight a battle of wills over who has more authority.
19:45 - Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
13. Tactics
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
13/20 Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky finds a new companion.
20:00 - The Museum of Curiosity
Series 11, Episode 1
1/6 John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan with Cally Beaton, Sally Phillips and Suzy Lishman.
1/6 John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan with Cally Beaton, Sally Phillips and Suzy Lishman.
20:30 - Hidden Treasures
Blockbuster by Stephen Barlay
A top cop battles a blackmailer’s bombs threat to destroy East London.
A top cop battles a blackmailer’s bombs threat to destroy East London.
22:00 - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Series 5, 4. Unsweet Charity
4/4 Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
4/4 Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
22:30 - Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing
Series 1, About Moving Out
2/6 Nathan decides it's time to leave home, but will his mum let him?
2/6 Nathan decides it's time to leave home, but will his mum let him?
22:45 - Self-Storage
Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 Judy arranges a date for Dave. What could go wrong?
2/6 Judy arranges a date for Dave. What could go wrong?
23:00 - Arthur Smith's Balham Bash
Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 With Nine Below Zero, Phill Jupitus, Josh Widdecombe and Marlon Davies.
4/4 With Nine Below Zero, Phill Jupitus, Josh Widdecombe and Marlon Davies.
23:25 - The Comedy Club Interviews
Simon Blackwell 3/4
Comedian Paul Garner chats to Simon Blackwell about The Thick of It.
Comedian Paul Garner chats to Simon Blackwell about The Thick of It.
23:30 - Masala FM
Episode 5
5/6 When the Asian radio station boss gets religion, the result is far from heavenly.
5/6 When the Asian radio station boss gets religion, the result is far from heavenly.