BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It is broadcast on 92 - 95 MHz FM (95.80 MHz in central Scotland, and 103-104.5 MHz in parts of Wales) and 198 kHz longwave; and via DAB, satellite (FM is broadcast on Sky channel 854 and LW is broadcast on Sky channel 893), selected Cable television providers, Freeview channel 74 and the Internet.

Current programmes

The overwhelming majority of programmes are now available on demand from Radio 4's Listen Again page, although RealNetworks' RealPlayer is required (The BBC had negotiated to ensure this will always be freely available to UK listeners by following links from the BBC website).

Related Topics:
RealNetworks - RealPlayer

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The BBC Radio 4 website groups programmes into various genres:

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News and current affairs

• A Point of View
• Any Questions?
• Broadcasting House
• Farming Today website
• From our own Correspondent website
• PM
• Today
• The World at One website
• The World Tonight website

Arts and drama

• The Afternoon Play
• The Archers
• Front Row
• Poetry Please
• Book at Bedtime
• Book of the Week

Religion and ethics

• Bells on Sunday
• The Daily Service
• The Moral Maze

Comedy and quizzes

; Serious quizzes:

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• Brain of Britain
• Masterteam - The team form of Mastermind
• Round Britain Quiz
• X Marks the Spot

; Panel games:

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• I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - "The antidote to panel games"
• Just a Minute
• The News Quiz
• Puzzle Panel
• Quote Unquote

; Sketch shows:

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• The Consultants
• Dead Ringers
• Little Britain
• That Mitchell and Web Sound - with David Mitchell and Robert Webb
• The Museum of Everything
• The Now Show
• Radio9

; Sitcoms:

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• Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (a Travelogue)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

; Comedy dramas:

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• Nebulous

; Miscellaneous:

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• Loose Ends

Factual

• Desert Island Discs
• The Food Programme
• Gardeners' Question Time
• Home Truths
• Open Country
• Woman's Hour

Science

• Living World
• Nature

Miscellaneous

• Shipping Forecast
• Test Match Special