BBC Radio 4 is a spoken-word radio channel owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams, and the station is part of BBC Radio and the BBC Radio department. The station is broadcast from the BBC’s headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.

Radio 4 is the principal radio channel in the UK for:

• news and current affairs
• debate and discussion
• comedy
• culture, arts and drama
• science and technology
• philosophy
• history
• religion and ethics
• factual programmes

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