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Radio 4 Extra is BBC Radio's archive entertainment network broadcasting classic comedy, drama and features. Bringing you well loved BBC Radio 4 programmes, and introducing new gems for radio lovers to enjoy.

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English

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A Charles Paris Mystery - A Reconstructed Corpse
A Charles Paris Mystery - A Reconstructed Corpse
1. Murder - Charles plays a missing businessman in a crime reconstruction show, then uncovers a grisly murder. Stars Bill Nighy.
A Good Read
A Good Read
Miriam Margolyes and Mark Haddon - Miriam Margolyes, Mark Haddon and Harriett Gilbert on books by Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Truman Capote. From 2015.
A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics - Series 2
A Trespasser's Guide to the Classics - Series 2
The Neck - In Whitby, a magician sees strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met. Stars comedy trio Peepolykus. From 2017.
Act Your Age - Series 3
Act Your Age - Series 3
Episode 2 - Simon Mayo's battle of the comedy generations. With Ted Robins, Rufus Hound, Jon Richardson and Roger De Courcey. From March 2011.
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar - Series 1
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar - Series 1
Careerism - Alexei on the surprising reason he vanished from our TV screens in the 90s, capitalism and all-you-can-eat buffets. From 2016.
Alice's Wunderland - Series 2
Alice's Wunderland - Series 2
Wunderwoods Widderday - Welcome to a kingdom much like our own and nothing like it in the slightest! Sketch show with Alice Lowe. From December 2013.
And Now in Colour - Series 1
And Now in Colour - Series 1
Fairground - The sketch show team take their audience to the fair for Will's birthday. With Tim Firth and William Vandyck. From April 1990.
Archive on 4
Archive on 4
Tears of a Clown - Robin Ince explores the cliché of the Sad Clown. What’s the relationship between stand-up comedy and mental health? From 2014.
Benny Hill - Benny Hill Time
Benny Hill - Benny Hill Time
From 10/05/1964 - Impresario Fred Scuttle describes the swinging pop scene and movie news from Pinetree Studios. With Peter Vernon. From May 1964.
Bleak Expectations - Series 4
Bleak Expectations - Series 4
A Painful Life Further Re-Miserabled - Pip and Harry travel to a mysterious evil island. Mark Evans' Victorian comic epic stars Richard Johnson. From December 2010.
Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll
Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll
Kajaboohoo - The Brummie musicologist reveals what he didn't do on the 1980s music scene. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 2001.
Clare in the Community - Series 6
Clare in the Community - Series 6
Some Others Do 'Ave 'Em - Clare Barker's back on the social work frontline as a vomiting bug hits her colleagues. Stars Sally Phillips. From June 2010.
David Attenborough's Life Stories - Series 2
David Attenborough's Life Stories - Series 2
Waterton - David Attenborough explores the life of Squire Waterton, a 19th-century taxidermist with a passion for wildlife. From June 2011.
Desert Island Discs Revisited - By Royal Appointment
Desert Island Discs Revisited - By Royal Appointment
Dame Judi Dench - From Billie Holliday to Frank Sinatra. Actress Dame Judi Dench shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2015.
DMs Are Open - Series 2
DMs Are Open - Series 2
DMs Are Open - LOVE - Hosts Ali Official and Athena Kugblenu return for a brand new series of the sketch show written by public submissions.
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
Dr Phil visits the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh. - Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at a new children's hospital. How does humour help us cope? From 2021.
Fear on 4 - Series 5
Fear on 4 - Series 5
Net Suicide - Mike is the 'King', a successful dealer in futures. But what is his secret and why will it destroy him? Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman.
Flying the Flag - Series 4
Flying the Flag - Series 4
No Special Treatment - After the Health Care service is privatised, the embassy staff spot some advantages. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From July 1992.
Frank Cottrell Boyce - The Believers
Frank Cottrell Boyce - The Believers
4 Extra Debut. A Christian Merseybeat band grapple with life and love as they seek to spread the Word in the early 1960s. Starring Ray Quinn.
Great Lives
Great Lives
Jake Arnott on John Gay - Novelist Jake Arnott nominates John Gay, the eighteenth century satirist and writer of The Beggar's Opera. With Ian Hislop and Dr Rebecca Bullard of Trinity College, Oxford.
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