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'''Radio 4''', also called '''Radio Four''', and '''[[BBC]] Radio 4,''' was a [[radio]] station broadcast from the [[United Kingdom]].
'''Radio 4''', also called '''Radio Four''', and '''[[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] Radio 4,''' was a [[radio]] station broadcast from the [[United Kingdom]].


== History ==
== History ==

Revision as of 13:01, 16 August 2023

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Radio 4, also called Radio Four, and BBC Radio 4, was a radio station broadcast from the United Kingdom.

History

In the 1970s, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Corporal Maisie Hawke listened to Radio Four on the car radio while driving from Smallmarshes to London. (PROSE: The Scales of Injustice)

In the 1980s, the Eighth Doctor and Miranda Dawkins listed to a news report on Radio Four on their car radio. (PROSE: Father Time)

In 1984, Amy Pond and Mrs Browning listened to The Archers on Radio Four. (PROSE: Nothing O'Clock)

In 1997, Doris Lethbridge-Stewart heard a Radio 4 newsreader state that reports of casualties amongst UNIT personnel in England had been denied. (PROSE: Battlefield)

Later that year, UNIT listened to the news broadcast on the Radio Four Breakfast Programme. (PROSE: The Dying Days)

In 2001, Fitz Kreiner listened to Radio 4 on his car radio while driving through Belgium. Being from 1963, he was not familiar with it, and judged it to be the contemporary version of the Home Service. (PROSE: Escape Velocity)

The Eighth Doctor listened to Radio 4 while staying at a seaside cottage in Cornwall. (PROSE: Rip Tide)

Mike Thomson's father had what Mike called "an unhealthy interest" in Radio Four. (PROSE: The Sleep of Reason)

During the Vore invasion of Earth in 2005, Radio 4 reported that batteries, petrol and fly spray were being rationed. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)

In 2012, Lethbridge-Stewart listened to Radio 4 on his car radio while driving from his appointment with Anthony Cronin. (PROSE: The Shadows of Avalon)

Undated events

Bishop once appeared on Radio 4, and the experience boosted his ego. (PROSE: Iris Wildthyme and the Unholy Ghost)

Alternative timelines

In an alternate reality, Panda was an highly acclaimed author, and Mariella Frostrup from BBC Radio 4 tried to get an interview from him. (PROSE: Framed)