BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Drama

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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.

Twitter:

@bbcradio4extra

Language:

English

Website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/

Email:

radio4extra@bbc.co.uk

Stations

Podcasts

Clerical comedy adapted from TV. Stars Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn.

All the Way from Memphis

James Walton's pop music history quiz

Beyond Our Ken

Classic BBC comedy - precursor to 'Round the Horne' - starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.

Booked

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Charlotte and Lillian

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Clare in the Community

Sony Award-winning sitcom by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Clare Barker is a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none of the practical solutions. Stars Sally Phillips.

David Attenborough's Life Stories

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world

Desert Island Discs Revisited

Selected gems from the BBC archive of Desert Island Discs.

Dilemma

Sue Perkins hosts a panel show in which guests are posed moral and ethical choices.

Shows

28 Acts in 28 Minutes

Quickfire comedy show featuring 28 acts, each doing a crazy minute of stand-up, sketches, music and a few surprises. Presented by John Humphrys

A Charles Paris Mystery

Bill Nighy stars as actor-cum-amateur sleuth Charles Paris in the stories by Simon Brett, dramatised by Jeremy Front

Ballylenon

Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the 1950s in a Donegal town

Barbara Nice

Sitcom about a couple with different ideas on how to spend the golden age of retirement.

Chain Reaction

Series in which public figures choose others to interview

Concrete Cow

Comic sketch show featuring Robert Webb, Beth Chalmers, Catherine Shepherd, Steven Kynman, Abigail Burdess and Chris Pavlo.

Drama

Drama from BBC Radio 4

Genius

Comedy series which chews over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies dreamed up by members of the public

Hancock's Half Hour

Classic BBC comedy starring Tony Hancock, written by Galton and Simpson