BBC Radio 4 Extra

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BBC radio station digital radio station radio station

BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station from the BBC that specializes in archived comedy, drama, and entertainment programming.

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Label	Occurrences
BBC Radio 4 Extra canonical	13

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T671196 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BBC Radio 4 Extra
Context triple: [BBC Radio 4, sisterStation, BBC Radio 4 Extra]

A. BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a major British national radio station known for its spoken-word programming, including news, drama, comedy, and documentaries.
B. BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds is the BBC’s digital audio platform offering live radio, music mixes, and podcasts across web and mobile apps.
C. BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, best known for its focus on classical music, opera, jazz, and arts programming.
D. BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language television channel operated by the BBC that broadcasts a mix of news, sports, and cultural programming.
E. BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a UK national radio station known for its live news, sport, and phone-in programming.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: BBC Radio 4 Extra
Target entity description: BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station from the BBC that specializes in archived comedy, drama, and entertainment programming.

A. BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a major British national radio station known for its spoken-word programming, including news, drama, comedy, and documentaries.
B. BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds is the BBC’s digital audio platform offering live radio, music mixes, and podcasts across web and mobile apps.
C. BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, best known for its focus on classical music, opera, jazz, and arts programming.
D. BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language television channel operated by the BBC that broadcasts a mix of news, sports, and cultural programming.
E. BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a UK national radio station known for its live news, sport, and phone-in programming.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BBC radio station ⓘ digital radio station ⓘ radio station ⓘ
availableOn	online streaming ⓘ
broadcastArea	United Kingdom ⓘ worldwide via internet ⓘ
broadcastOn	BBC Sounds ⓘ DAB digital radio ⓘ Freesat ⓘ Freeview ⓘ Sky ⓘ Virgin Media ⓘ linked to: Virgin Media (UK)
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOn	archive BBC radio content ⓘ classic BBC comedy series ⓘ classic BBC drama series ⓘ
format	comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ entertainment ⓘ speech-based ⓘ
formerName	BBC 7 ⓘ BBC Radio 7 ⓘ
genre	radio comedy ⓘ radio drama ⓘ
hasProgrammingType	children’s archive programming ⓘ panel shows ⓘ serialised drama ⓘ sketch comedy ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
inception	2002-12-15 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
network	BBC Digital Radio ⓘ
operator	BBC ⓘ
owner	BBC ⓘ
parentOrganization	BBC Radio ⓘ
partOf	BBC National Radio services ⓘ linked to: BBC Radio
rebrandedAs	BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2011 ⓘ
rebrandingDate	2011-04-02 ⓘ
regulator	Ofcom ⓘ
serviceType	digital-only radio service ⓘ
sisterStation	BBC Radio 1 ⓘ BBC Radio 2 ⓘ BBC Radio 3 ⓘ BBC Radio 4 ⓘ BBC Radio 5 Live ⓘ
specializesIn	archived comedy programming ⓘ archived drama programming ⓘ archived entertainment programming ⓘ
targetAudience	adult listeners ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BBC Radio 4 → sisterStation → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio and Music → oversees → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio 2 → sisterStation → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

The Archers → broadcastOn → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio → hasPart → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC 7 → replacedBy → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC 7 → formerNameOf → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio 7 → replacedBy → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio 7 → successor → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Digital Radio → includesService → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

Luke Kempner → hasPerformedOn → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

BBC Radio Comedy → primaryNetwork → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

Gwyneth Williams → affiliation → BBC Radio 4 Extra ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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