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Listen online to the internet radio of BBC Radio 4 Extra live, a digital-only radio station with no analog 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. Several times, it 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.

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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 >>
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Kenneth Branagh returns to Radio 4 in Stalingrad
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RAJAR Q2 2019: London and national brands round-up
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Festive Highlights for 2018 on BBC Radio
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BBC Radio 4 Extra's programmes29

00:00 - Hidden Treasures
Kingsley Amis - The Riverside Villas Murder
An adolescent boy’s coming of age is blighted by a local murder.
01:30 - Whodunnits
Julie Enfield Investigates - The Smithfield Murders, 4. A Mushroom Diet
4/5 The Smithfield community play throws the detective's meaty murder trail into confusion.
02:00 - The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
4. Food but Fast
4/5 The era of fast food.
02:15 - Life Lines
Series 3, 4. Attack
4/5 When a young woman is involved in an acid attack Carrie must talk to perpetrator too.
02:30 - What Does the K Stand For?
Series 3, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
3/4 Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new arrival.
03:00 - Dad's Army
Series 3, The Godiva Affair
3/26 The platoon hold a Spitfire fundraiser, but Jones is pining for Mrs Fox.
03:30 - Huddwinks
Series 1, Railway '86 - The Movie!
4/6 British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen.
04:00 - The Unbelievable Truth
Series 25, Episode 6
6/6 3 comedic couples try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
04:30 - A Whole 'Nother Story
Series 2, Episode 6
6/6 It is crunch time for Cassie - will Pete forgive her?
05:00 - Hidden Treasures
JM Barrie - What Every Woman Knows
"Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself".
06:30 - Whodunnits
Julie Enfield Investigates - The Smithfield Murders, 5. A Passion for Hunting Something
5/5 With big business involved, the detective finds herself trapped with hired killers.
07:00 - The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
5. Getting Spicy
5/5 The rise of Indian cuisine in the UK.
07:15 - Life Lines
Series 3, 5. Support
5/5 When Carrie takes a call she realises someone needs emotional as well as physical support.
07:30 - All Those Women
Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 Layla and Stu are having their baby christened and have asked Maggie to be the godmother.
08:00 - Marriage Lines
Series 2, Episode 13
13/13 It's christening day and George is packing for Africa.
08:30 - Big Jim and the Figaro Club
The Old Dunkirk Spirit
6/6 Perkins has no materials to rebuild post-war Britain, which well suits the workmates.
09:00 - Whispers
Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 Gyles Brandreth chairs with Anthony Holden, Lucy Moore, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty
09:30 - Bookcases
Series 1, Gone for a Burton
2/4 1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but he seems to have lost his way.
10:00 - Hidden Treasures
JM Barrie - What Every Woman Knows
"Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself".
11:30 - Whodunnits
Julie Enfield Investigates - The Smithfield Murders, 5. A Passion for Hunting Something
5/5 With big business involved, the detective finds herself trapped with hired killers.
12:00 - The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
5. Getting Spicy
5/5 The rise of Indian cuisine in the UK.
12:15 - Life Lines
Series 3, 5. Support
5/5 When Carrie takes a call she realises someone needs emotional as well as physical support.
12:30 - All Those Women
Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 Layla and Stu are having their baby christened and have asked Maggie to be the godmother.
13:00 - Marriage Lines
Series 2, Episode 13
13/13 It's christening day and George is packing for Africa.
13:30 - Big Jim and the Figaro Club
The Old Dunkirk Spirit
6/6 Perkins has no materials to rebuild post-war Britain, which well suits the workmates.
14:00 - Whispers
Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 Gyles Brandreth chairs with Anthony Holden, Lucy Moore, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty
14:30 - Bookcases
Series 1, Gone for a Burton
2/4 1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but he seems to have lost his way.
15:00 - Hidden Treasures
JM Barrie - What Every Woman Knows
"Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself".
16:30 - Whodunnits
Julie Enfield Investigates - The Smithfield Murders, 5. A Passion for Hunting Something
5/5 With big business involved, the detective finds herself trapped with hired killers.
17:00 - The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
5. Getting Spicy
5/5 The rise of Indian cuisine in the UK.
17:15 - Life Lines
Series 3, 5. Support
5/5 When Carrie takes a call she realises someone needs emotional as well as physical support.
17:30 - All Those Women
Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 Layla and Stu are having their baby christened and have asked Maggie to be the godmother.
18:00 - Marriage Lines
Series 2, Episode 13
13/13 It's christening day and George is packing for Africa.
18:30 - Big Jim and the Figaro Club
The Old Dunkirk Spirit
6/6 Perkins has no materials to rebuild post-war Britain, which well suits the workmates.
19:00 - Whispers
Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 Gyles Brandreth chairs with Anthony Holden, Lucy Moore, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty
19:30 - Bookcases
Series 1, Gone for a Burton
2/4 1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but he seems to have lost his way.
20:00 - JD Salinger: Made in England

How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York
20:30 - Soul Music
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
The story behind this uplifting anthem and the personal memories forever linked to it.
21:00 - And the Academy Award Goes To...
Series 5, Midnight Cowboy
2/3 Dustin Hoffman's 1969 post-Graduate role as a sleazy pimp stands the test of time.
21:30 - Limelight
The House That Vanished, 5. The Hand of God
5/5 A day of reckoning finally arrives for Neville, but who will the court believe?
22:00 - Jokes
Stuart Mitchell's Cost of Living, 5. Stuart Becomes an Orphan
5/6 A job playing Bible John, and Stuart loses his parents.
22:15 - Guy Browning's Small Talk
Series 1, How to Poach an Egg
1/2 Eggs are rather like people - drop them into hot water and they go to pieces.
22:30 - Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking
Series 1, Episode 4
4/6 Sketches from the award-winning comedian, including a day in the life of a lock keeper.
23:00 - Absolute Power
Series 1, Episode 6
6/6 Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe tackle a sporting victory for England.
23:30 - Weak at the Top
Series 2, Conference
1/4 Aggressive marketing director John Weak is back, with no morals and little brain.