Radio 4 Ringtones

A selection of iconic sounds from BBC Radio 4 to use as your ringtone, notification or alarm.

Includes:

~ The Pips
The hourly Greenwich Time Signal, also known as 'the Pips'

~ The Bongs
The chiming of Big Ben at Westminster broadcast on the hour, also known as 'the Bongs'.

~ Sailing By
The traditional end theme for Radio 4, played last thing at night before the station closes.

~ The Archers theme (Barwick Green)
The start and end theme music for long-running Radio 4 soap opera, originally a maypole dance known as 'Barwick Green'.

~ Theme from Test Match Special
Excerpt from Soul Limbo by Booker T and The MGs, used as the theme music for Radio 4's test match coverage.

~ Desert Island Discs theme
'(By the) Sleepy Lagoon' by Eric Coates has been used to introduce the programme since 1942.

~ Theme from Dr Finlay's Casebook
Trevor Duncan's lively march 'A Little Suite', performed by the Light Music Society Orchestra.

~ Housewives' Choice theme
"In A Party Mood" by Jack Strachey, used as the theme music for Housewives' Choice for many years.

~ Radio 4 UK Theme
The start-up theme used to commence broadcasts on Radio 4 every morning from between 1978 and 2006. (Added by request)

~ Shipping Forecast
Issued by the Met Office and broadcast four times daily on Radio 4. This one was a particularly stormy night!