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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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3/5 Lesley Garrett and yachtsman Geoff Holt on the inspiring song, The Impossible Dream.
00:30 - Home Sleuth
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01:00 - Whodunnits
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5/5 Scouring the railway station, can DS Julie Enfield nail the Lucky Charm killer?
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 4. The Interrogation
4/8 DC Tully arrests a man who claims to be innocent. Then why does he refuse to talk?
4/8 DC Tully arrests a man who claims to be innocent. Then why does he refuse to talk?
02:00 - Second Thoughts
Series 4, Faint Possibility
5/6 Liza earns cult status after baring her lovelife on Woman's Hour.
5/6 Liza earns cult status after baring her lovelife on Woman's Hour.
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Public services, future prisons and his own life story. Terry Scott pokes fun.
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Series 1, How It All Began
1/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
1/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
03:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
10. It Can Get In
10/10 “It can open doors. It can get in."
10/10 “It can open doors. It can get in."
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5/5 Are Ellen’s lies about to catch up with her?
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2/6 James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod and Carol Decker
2/6 James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod and Carol Decker
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2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
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2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
15:00 - Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
2. Crypts
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2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
16:00 - Drama
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A body found in the Welsh hills turns out to be thousands of years old.
16:45 - Summer Ghosts
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2/3 Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its 30th floor.
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The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
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2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
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2. Crypts
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2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
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2/4 Paul Sinha tests his audience on their knowledge of the world.
22:30 - The Secret World
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3/4 From Miranda Hart to Sean Connery, Jon Culshaw imagines the private lives of the famous.
23:00 - The Maltby Collection
Series 3, Episode 6
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23:30 - Hut 33
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6/6 Can the wartime codebreakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?