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, broadcasting archived repeats of
comedy
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,
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and
documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the sister station of
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
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 2002 as BBC 7, broadcasting a mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. The station was renamed BBC Radio 7 in 2008, then relaunched as Radio 4 Extra in April 2011. For the first quarter of 2013, Radio 4 Extra had a weekly audience of 1.642 million people and had a market share of 0.95%; in the last quarter of 2016 the numbers were 2.184 million listeners and 1.2% of market share.
According to
RAJAR
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, the station broadcasts to a weekly audience of 1.7 million with a listening share of 1.4% as of September 2022.
History
BBC 7
The station was initially launched as BBC 7 on 15 December 2002 by comedian
Paul Merton
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Known for his improvisation skill, Merton's humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and someti ...
. The first programme was broadcast at 8pm and was simulcast with Radio 4.
The station, referred to by the codename 'Network Z' while in development, was so named to reflect the station's presence on the internet and on digital television in addition to radio.
The station broadcast mostly archived comedy and drama, in that the programme was either three or more years old or had been broadcast twice on their original station.
The station also broadcast a themed section for Children's programmes. This section carried a variety of programmes, including ''The Little Toe Radio Show'' (later renamed '' CBeebies Radio''), aimed at younger children and consisting of short serials, stories and rhymes, and ''The Big Toe Radio Show
''The Big Toe Radio Show'' was a daily show (seven days a week) for children on the DAB radio station BBC 7 at breakfast time and from 4 to 6pm. It was aimed at children aged nine to eleven. It featured music, games, stories read from well-known ...
'' and ''Arthur Storey and the Department of Historical Correction
''Arthur Storey and the Department of Historical Correction'' is believed to be BBC radio's first truly interactive radio drama, broadcast live during BBC7’s Big Toe Radio Show between 14 November and 18 November 2005. The series incorporated ...
'' with phone-ins, quizzes and stories for the 8+ age group. The segment also hosted the only news programme on the network presented by the ''Newsround
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'' team.
The station won the Sony Radio Academy Award
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for station sound in 2003, was nominated for the Promo Award in 2004, and in 2005 received a silver for the Short-Form award, plus nominations in the speech and digital terrestrial station-of-the-year sections. Because of the station's archive nature the station was scheduled, produced and researched by 17 people, excluding presenters.[
The station was renamed on 4 October 2008 as BBC Radio 7 in an effort to bring it in line with other BBC Radio brands.] It also coincided with the introduction of a new network logo for the station.
During this later period, Radio 7 saw growth in its audience, with a growth rate of 9.5% annually in 2010, going from 931,000 listeners in the first quarter of that year to 949,000 a quarter later, making it the second most listened to BBC digital radio station at the time. However, despite this growth, the audience of children between 4 and 14 was reported to be only at 25,000 and in February 2011 the BBC Trust
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approved a reduction in hours dedicated to children from 1,400 to 350.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
The BBC announced their intention to relaunch the station on 2 March 2010 and following a public consultation, the proposal was approved by the corporation's governing body the BBC Trust
The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017. It was operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim was to make decisions in the best interests of ...
in February 2011. As a result, the station relaunched as BBC Radio 4 Extra on Saturday 2 April 2011. The relaunched station contained much of the same mix of programming with some new additions that reflected the new alignment with Radio 4, many of which were extended, archive or spin offs of flagship Radio 4 programmes.
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
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.
Broadcast
BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcast from Broadcasting House in central London, although due to the nature of the channel very little of the channel's content is broadcast live from there with even the continuity announcements being pre-recorded. The channel uses ten continuity announcers to link between programmes. Notable announcers include Wes Butters
Wesley Paul Butters (born 4 May 1979, in Salford), is a radio broadcaster, formerly of BBC Radio 1, and writer.
Early life
Butters attended Buile Hill High School in Pendleton, Salford, and studied at the University of Salford between 1995 an ...
, Kathy Clugston, Jim Lee
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, David Miles
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, Susan Rae
Susan Scott Rae (born 2 June 1956)Jonathan Rhys-Evan"The Accent's on Success" ''Glasgow Herald'', 18 April 1984 is a Scottish newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Rae was born and raised in Dund ...
, Alex Riley
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, Alan Smith, Chris Berrow and Steve Urquhart. Previous presenters, including those presenting Radio 7, include Zeb Soanes
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, Penny Haslam, Helen Aitken, Rory Morrison and Michaela Saunders.
The station is broadcast nationally on digital radio
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via the BBC National DAB
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multiplexand online via BBC Sounds
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and other services such as Radioplayer
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. It is also available on a number of digital television platforms; Freeview Freeview may refer to:
* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
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, Virgin Media
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, Freesat
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and Sky
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.
The controller of the station is Gwyneth Williams
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Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as r ...
who is answerable to the Radio board in the BBC. BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcast in stereo
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on television and online, although many of the older archive programmes were only recorded in mono
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. On DAB, all programmes are broadcast in mono, as the maximum bit rate is only 80kbps.
Programming
Although the current station is a rebranding of Radio 7 and contains a similar mix of archived programming, content has been brought further in line with BBC Radio 4
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with new additions based upon their schedule. These include extended versions of programmes such as ''The News Quiz
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History
''The News Quiz'' was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Barry Took from 1979 to 1981, Simon Hoggart from ...
'' and ''Desert Island Discs
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'', the broadcast of archived editions of the latter as ''Desert Island Discs Revisited''. It has also previously included the addition of the programme ''Ambridge Extra
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'', a more youth-orientated version of long-running radio soap ''The Archers
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'', and an extended version of ''The Now Show
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''.
Some programming is organised into programme blocks of similar programmes. The late night ''Comedy Club'' segment broadcasts "two hours of contemporary comedy" most nights of the week and is primarily hosted by Arthur Smith. A long-standing segment that remained following the change from Radio 7, it was previously fronted by Alex Riley
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and Phil Williams. Comedy previously available as CDs on the ''Laughing Stock'' label is also broadcast.
Drama is also broadcast, notably in The 7th Dimension
''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 Sundays and repeated at 4 p.m.. The origi ...
segment. A long-running segment continued from Radio 7, the block airs speculative fiction
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, science fiction
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, fantasy
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and horror stories presented by Nicholas Briggs
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. The segment contains programmes including Doctor Who
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audio dramas starring Paul McGann
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as the Eighth Doctor
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, as well as programmes imported from overseas including American broadcasts ''The Twilight Zone
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'' and '' Garrison Keillor's Radio Show'' as well as Stuart McLean
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'' from Canada. The 7th Dimension was originally broadcast daily, but has now been reduced to weekends-only. With increasing repeats of old Radio 4 documentaries, interviews and "educational/cultural" programmes, some listeners are concerned that the station's original mandate to provide comedy, drama and entertainment is being increasingly sidelined.
Archive
Much of the channels schedule is formed of repeats from classic comedy and drama. The schedule spans ''The Goon Show
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'' (1950s) and ''Round the Horne
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'' (1960s), through Radio 2 favourites like ''The News Huddlines
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'', '' Castle's On The Air'' and ''Listen to Les
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Dawson performed various deadpan monologues and played in a number of recurring character sketches including'' "At Home with the Desponds"'', ''"The ...
'' to recent Radio 4 shows such as ''Little Britain Little Britain may refer to:
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* ''Little Britain'' (sketch show), a British radio and then TV show
** ''Little Britain USA'', an American spin-off
* "Little Britain", a song by Dreadzone from the 1995 album '' Second Light''
...
'' and '' Dead Ringers''. Some of this content is newly discovered, such as copies of the version of '' Dick Barton Special Agent'' that were made for international distribution and early episodes of ''The Goon Show''.
Original programmes
The station has broadcast original programmes. ''Newsjack
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'' is a topical news sketch show which encourages contributions from listeners. ''Spanking New on Seven'' was stand-up comedy, and the ''BBC New Comedy Competition'' a competition for new comedians. Those who went on to have their own series on Radio 7 include John-Luke Roberts with '' Spats'' and Miriam Elia with ''A Series of Psychotic Episodes
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''.
''The Mitch Benn
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Music Show'' featured comedy songs introduced by Mitch Benn. The ''Colin and Fergus' Digi Radio'' comedy sketch show ran for two series in 20052006. ''Serious About Comedy
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'' was a weekly show presented by Robin Ince
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After ...
in which comedians and comedy critics discussed comedy television, radio, DVDs, and films. ''Tilt
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Music
* Tilt (American band), a punk rock group, formed in 1992
* Tilt (British band), an electronic music group, formed in 1993
* Tilt (Polish band), a rock band, formed in 1979
Albums
* ''Tilt'' (Cozy Powell album), 1981
* ...
'' was a satirical look at the week's news of views other than the norm. '' Knocker'' was a sitcom about a market researcher, written by and starring Neil Edmond
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.
Original Radio 7 programmes
While most shows on Radio 7 were repeats, original programmes included:
*'' Big Toe Books'' (Children's show)
*''Serious About Comedy
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'' (Comedy review show)
*''Tilt
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Music
* Tilt (American band), a punk rock group, formed in 1992
* Tilt (British band), an electronic music group, formed in 1993
* Tilt (Polish band), a rock band, formed in 1979
Albums
* ''Tilt'' (Cozy Powell album), 1981
* ...
'' (Satirical sketch comedy)
*''Newsjack
''Newsjack'' was a British satirical sketch show which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra between 2009 and 2021. It was hosted by Miles Jupp (2009-Mar 2011), Justin Edwards (Sep 2011-2013), Romesh Ranganathan (2014), Nish Kumar (2015-2016), ...
'' (Satirical sketch comedy)
*'' Spats'' (Sketch comedy)
*'' Knocker'' (Sitcom)
*'' The Penny Dreadfuls Present…'' (Comedy)
*'' Undone'' (Sci-fi comedy)
*'' The Spaceship'' (Sci-fi comedy)
*''Oneira
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'' (Sci-fi comedy)
*''The Laxian Key'' (Sci-fi comedy)
*''Cold Blood'' (Sci-fi drama)
*''The Voice of God'' (Sci-fi drama)
*''Slipstream'' (Sci-fi drama)
*''A Series of Psychotic Episodes
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'' (Sketch comedy)
*''CBeebies Radio'' (Children's show)
*''Colin and Fergus' Digi Radio'' (Sketch comedy)
*''No Tomatoes'' (Sketch comedy)
*''The Mitch Benn Music Show'' (Musical comedy)
*''Spanking New on Seven'' (Stand-up)
*''Play and Record'' (Sketch comedy)
*''Pleased to Meet You'' (Comedy)
*''Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows'' (Comedy)
*''Planet B
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'' (Sci-fi drama)
*''Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor
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The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film ''Doctor Who'', a back-door pilo ...
Adventures'' (Sci-fi Drama)
*''The Man in Black'' (Horror)
*''The Scarifyers
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'' (Horror comedy)
*''This is Pulp Fiction'' (Crime fiction)
Original Radio 4 Extra programmes
Original programmes made for Radio 4 Extra.
*''Ambridge Extra
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'' (Soap opera, spin-off from ''The Archers
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'')
*'' Arthur Smith's Balham Bash'' (Variety show, debuted on Radio 4 Extra before being aired on Radio 4)
*''The 4 O'Clock Show'' (Chat show, including children's entertainment)
*''Let's Get Quizzical'' (Documentary)
*''Lord of the Flies'' (dramatisation of William Golding
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's novel)
*''Meet David Sedaris'' (Comedy, debuted on Radio 4 Extra before being aired on Radio 4)
*''The Nine Billion Names of God'' (readings from Arthur C. Clarke's short story collection of the same name)
*''Sarah Millican's Support Group'' (Sketch show, debuted on Radio 4 Extra before being aired on Radio 4)
*''What's So Funny?'' (Comedy review show)
*''Neverwhere
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'' (Neil Gaiman
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's fantasy, first episode aired on Radio 4 with subsequent episodes on Radio 4 Extra)
See also
*List of BBC radio stations
This is a list of national, regional and local radio stations owned by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
List of national radio stations FM, AM, DAB, TV and online platforms only
List of regional radio stations Scotland
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References
External links
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