Back to the wireless days of 1922 and Children's Hour's Uncle Rex needs money. Stars Graham Crowden and Jimmy Perry. From 1994. Show more
Gaby Roslin hosts the film quiz with impressions by Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. Joining team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor are Stephen Tompkinson and Sally Lindsay. Show more
The Pleasure Principle
Alfie Elkins and His Little Life / Better Than Sex
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Dane Baptiste introduces the 1962 drama 'Alfie Elkins and His Little Life', and playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker recalls a sensual pleasure in 'Better Than Sex'. Show more
Michael Bentine recalls the start of The Goon Show, and characters who inspired his friend Peter Sellers. From November 1994. Show more
BBC correspondent Stephen Evans tells the story of Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's 1943 report recorded aboard a Lancaster Bomber during a raid on Berlin. From September 2013. Show more
Legendary June Whitfield talks to Enyd Williams about her 60 years in radio. With: Take It From Here, Crowther's Crowd, The Frankie Howerd Show, The News Huddlines and Miss Marple. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Dane Baptiste introduces the extraordinary story of 'The Pleasure Telephone', and writer Jeannette Winterson recalls a sensual pleasure in 'Better Than Sex'. Show more
Max returns from travelling to find most of his expected inheritance has gone. Is it crime or incompetence? Stars Tom Forrister.
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Actor Stephen McGann chooses (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller and Within You and Without You by The Beatles.
BBC correspondent Stephen Evans tells the story of Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's 1943 report recorded aboard a Lancaster Bomber during a raid on Berlin. From September 2013. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Documentary. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's journey to Berlin aboard an RAF Lancaster Bomber. Recorded on 3 September 1943. Show more
"It's got all the makings of a Tripe War!" Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers. Stars Philip Lowrie. From 1983. Show more
The Pleasure Principle
Alfie Elkins and His Little Life / Better Than Sex
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra4 Extra Debut. Dane Baptiste introduces the 1962 drama 'Alfie Elkins and His Little Life', and playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker recalls a sensual pleasure in 'Better Than Sex'. Show more
Michael Bentine recalls the start of The Goon Show, and characters who inspired his friend Peter Sellers. From November 1994. Show more
Building the world's tallest tower, a civil engineer questions his existence. A vision of the near future. Stars David Calder. Show more
Legendary June Whitfield talks to Enyd Williams about her 60 years in radio. With: Take It From Here, Crowther's Crowd, The Frankie Howerd Show, The News Huddlines and Miss Marple. Show more
Hell's latest arrival is a health & safety officer who moans to Satan about the lighting. Stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001. Show more
An exclusive performance by cult comedy troupe The Firesign Theatre in their first British appearance for many years. From 2005. Show more
Dane Baptiste introduces Professor Joy Klamp's miserable tour of people and places. Stars Dawn French. From November 2005. Show more
Get all the gossip on the Beckhams and Daffy Duck. The satirist pokes fun with Barry Norman and Rory Bremner. From March 2004. Show more
Back where it premiered, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit - without the cameras. From March 2001. Show more
Building the world's tallest tower, a civil engineer questions his existence. A vision of the near future. Stars David Calder. Show more
Max returns from travelling to find most of his expected inheritance has gone. Is it crime or incompetence? Stars Tom Forrister.
Show more
Actor Stephen McGann chooses (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo by Glenn Miller and Within You and Without You by The Beatles.
BBC correspondent Stephen Evans tells the story of Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's 1943 report recorded aboard a Lancaster Bomber during a raid on Berlin. From September 2013. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Documentary. Wynford Vaughan-Thomas's journey to Berlin aboard an RAF Lancaster Bomber. Recorded on 3 September 1943. Show more
"It's got all the makings of a Tripe War!" Roger Ditchley provokes a mob of tripe producers. Stars Philip Lowrie. From 1983. Show more
The Pleasure Principle
Alfie Elkins and His Little Life / Better Than Sex
1 hour, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 Extra4 Extra Debut. Dane Baptiste introduces the 1962 drama 'Alfie Elkins and His Little Life', and playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker recalls a sensual pleasure in 'Better Than Sex'. Show more
