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4 unusual facts about BBC Radio 4 Extra


Annette Badland

Badland has performed in several radio dramas including BBC Radio 4's Rolling Home (2001), Smelling of Roses (2003) and an adaptation of George MacDonald's novel At the Back of the North Wind; lead role as DC Gwen Danbury in An Odd Body on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Hammond Innes

An audio adaptation of The Doomed Oasis has been repeated on the UK digital radio station BBC Radio 7 (now called BBC Radio 4 Extra).

R. Austin Freeman

Starting in 2011 the BBC aired radio adaptations of some of the Thorndyke short stories, Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Ray Coulthard

He can also be heard playing one of the main characters in the radio sitcom The Brothers, which is regularly repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra.


2013 in Scottish television

Those restored are BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Extra and BBC Asian Network, while BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio nan Gàidheal and BBC World Service remain unavailable while BBC Alba is broadcasting.


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