Archive on 4

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Archive on 4, previously The Archive Hour,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qmtp|title=The Archive Hour|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}} is a BBC Radio 4 programme which uses audio clips mainly sourced from the BBC Sound Archive to illustrate a different theme in each edition.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hg8dq|title=Archive on 4|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/06/archive-on-4-radio-review|title=Archive on 4 – radio review|last=Iqbal|first=Nosheen|date=2013-09-06|work=The Guardian |access-date=24 January 2014}}

A variety of guest speakers, often with a connection to the week's subject, present the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hg8dq/episodes/guide|title=Archive on 4 - Episode guide|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}}

The programme is broadcast on Saturday evenings at 8pm in the United Kingdom, and an archive of past issues is available to listen again.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qmtp/episodes/guide|title=The Archive Hour - Episode guide|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}}

The first edition of The Archive Hour, presented by Claire Rayner, was broadcast on 11 April 1998.{{cite web|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d0850000180149248c2345fcb9010158|title = BBC Genome Project|access-date = 4 March 2019|work = The Archive Hour: Frontline Females}} The programme title was changed to Archive on 4 from 3 January 2009.{{cite web|url = http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5bea2411db164270896181a59f3fdee0|title = BBC Genome Project|access-date = 4 March 2019|work = Archive on 4: The Bow Dialogues}}