BBC Radio 4 Extra live (2024)

FAQs

What has happened to BBC Radio 4 Extra? ›

On 26 May 2022, as part of planned cuts and streamlining with a greater focus on digital, the BBC announced plans to discontinue Radio 4 Extra as a broadcast station. It will be supplanted by BBC Sounds.

Call: 03700 100 444.

Listen on Freeview and Freesat channel 708, Sky channel 0131 or Virgin Media channel 910. Some Freeview and Freesat viewers may need to perform a retune of their TV or set top box to update the channel name.

Download the app from your app store (e.g. iTunes, Google Play) and open it. Choose Radio 4 on the dial. To get the iPlayer Radio app is easy but you will need to do it via an Apple or Android tablet or mobile.

From April 2024, Radio 4 Arts programmes will be grouped on BBC Sounds under an Umbrella Arts brand, ensuring that commissioned documentaries are more readily discoverable online.

The BBC will close their Internet Streaming IP services, known as Shoutcast, from mid-2023, the final date is not known yet. This will mean that radios that rely on this technology will no longer be able to receive BBC radio stations via Internet radio. How will this affect me?

Anita Anand presents Radio 4's Any Answers - the live political phone-in on Saturdays. She has also guest presented Beyond Westminster, the Westminster Hour, Woman's Hour and Saturday Live.

You can text woman's hour on 84844 - Texts will not be included in your inclusive text bundles, and the exact cost of each message depends on your service provider - it is typically between 10 and 15 pence per message. MMS (Picture) messages may cost more - you should check with your service provider for exact details.

BBC Radio 1Xtra had 829k listeners, BBC Radio 4 Extra had 1.4m, BBC 5 Sports Extra had 1.1m, BBC Radio 6 Music had 2.7m, and BBC Asian Network had 644k. The BBC World Service was listened to by 1.2m people, and BBC Nations radio and Local BBC Radio in England had a combined audience of 7m.

Can I get Radio 4 Extra on my phone? ›

How to Listen. In the UK you can listen to Radio 4 Extra in many ways: on a digital (DAB); on digital television; online through a computer; on a mobile phone; on an MP3 player. For information on listening on these platforms - BBC Sounds help.

Can I listen from outside the UK? You can listen to Radio 4 online anywhere in the world. However, there are some types of content that we are restricted from distributing overseas, usually due to sports rights.

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The BBC has announced that it plans to stop airing CBBC and BBC Four as traditional broadcast channels. Director-general Tim Davie announced the content of these networks will continue to be produced and made available for online platforms.

In May 2020, the BBC submitted its annual general plan for 2020–21, which included a proposal for BBC Two to supplant BBC Four as its main outlet for specialist programmes. Under the plan, BBC Four would cease originating new programmes, and become a service showcasing the BBC's "rich archive".

Mohit Bakaya, Director of Speech and Controller of BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra says: “We've refreshed the schedule to take into account changing listener habits and priorities, with the aim of giving our audience more of what they want, when they want it.

BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.