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Radio 4 is a station for anyone interested in intelligent speech.

It is the sister station of BBC Radio 4 and the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive , and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on Radio 4, and provides a "catch-up" service for certain programmes. The station launched in December as BBC 7 , broadcasting a mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. For the first quarter of , Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1. The first programme was broadcast at 8 pm and was simulcast with Radio 4. The station also broadcast a themed section for Children's programmes.

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Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. Skip to current content Scroll carousel left. Child 1, radio 4 channel.

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Since , the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. It is available on Freeview , Sky , and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and online up to twenty-three seconds. Radio 4 broadcasts the Shipping Forecast which, in August , was years old. BBC Radio 4 is the second-most-popular British domestic radio station by total hours, [8] after Radio 2.

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James Naughtie and listeners are joined by crime writer Ann Cleeves. An online schedule page lists the running order of programmes. Skip to: On Air. A number of programmes are broadcast only on Radio 4 Long Wave and are not available on demand through iPlayer, but you can listen again using the links below where the programmes are available in Windows Media and Flash. Kent Surrey Sussex. You listen live by accessing the link in the top banner or catch up on a past programme by finding a programme in the Schedule. Stroud: Sutton. Any Answers? Companies and organisations. More episodes. This meant that it was possible for the main Radio 4 service to be transferred from LW to FM, and this took place on 16 September with opt-outs - extra shipping forecasts, The Daily Service and Yesterday in Parliament , joined in by Test Match Special.

On Air: — Next: — Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.

Radio frequencies are allocated by the Government and Radio 4 is uniquely privileged in having two frequencies - FM and Long Wave. Links to related articles. Leeds Sheffield York. A long-standing segment that remained following the change from Radio 7, it was previously fronted by Alex Riley and Phil Williams. Newsjack is a topical news sketch show which encourages contributions from listeners. He died in The station won the Sony Radio Academy Award for station sound in , [7] was nominated for the Promo Award in , and in received a silver for the Short-Form award, plus nominations in the speech and digital terrestrial station-of-the-year sections. Any Answers? Listen to this article 17 minutes. Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. A long-running segment continued from Radio 7, the block airs speculative fiction , science fiction , fantasy and horror stories presented by Nicholas Briggs. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.