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The station was initially launched as BBC 7 on 15 December 2002 by comedian Paul Merton.The first programme was broadcast at 8 p.m. and was simulcast with Radio 4. [5] The station, referred to by the codename 'Network Z' while in development, was named without the word 'Radio' to reflect the station's presence on the internet and on digital television in addition to radio.
No Commitments is a radio drama written by Simon Brett, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and now on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It ran for 13 series, from 1992 to 2007. The sitcom portrays the day-to-day lives of three very different sisters. All 13 series are now available as audiobooks.
BBC Radio 4 Extra – classic comedy, drama, books, science fiction, fantasy and children's programmes. Also broadcasts Yesterday in Parliament and the Daily Service. Originally named BBC Radio 7. Available only on digital platforms.
Ambridge Extra is an extension of the long-running radio drama The Archers. It began broadcasting sporadically on the digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra from 5 April 2011. The programme ran for five series, before it was "rested".
The 7th Dimension is the BBC's regular radio slot for science fiction, fantasy and horror.It is broadcast on the digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra at midnight (GMT in winter, BST in summer) on Saturdays and Sundays, and repeated at 4 p.m. on each weekend day.
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BBC World Service, which uses BBC Radio 4 FM & DAB frequencies between 01:00 and 05:20, is in stereo, but only on Radio 4 FM & DAB and not on its own dedicated DAB channel. BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcasts in mono on DAB, but has always been in stereo on Digital TV (Freeview / Freesat Ch 708), Sky, Virgin and online.
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.