100 Best BBC Radio 4 Podcasts
BBC Radio 4 Podcasts
Here are 100 Best BBC Radio 4 Podcasts worth listening to in 2026.
Export Contact List1. The Archers
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Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
Ranking #1 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 10.7KFacebook 92.3KTwitter 57.4K Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google
2. Westminster Hour
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The big political stories with lively discussion and expert comment and analysis from politicians and journalists, 10pm every Sunday on BBC Radio 4.
Ranking #2 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Benjamin Wright
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 297Facebook 10.5MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.6M Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact
3. The Archers Omnibus
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The week's events in Ambridge
Ranking #3 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Charles Collingwood
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 4.4KTwitter 57.4K Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
4. The Week in Westminster
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Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster
Ranking #3 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 302Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2009 Get Email Contact
5. Any Questions? and Any Answers?
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Alex Forsyth presents topical debate in which guests from politics, business, science, arts and the media answer questions from members of the public. Anita Anand presents listeners' responses to the issues raised.MORE Ranking #6 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Alex Forsyth, Anita Anand
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 439Facebook 10.5MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.6M Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
6. Desert Island Discs
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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Ranking #7 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Lauren Laverne, Kirsty Young
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 18.1KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
7. Today in Parliament
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News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
Ranking #7 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Susan Hulme, Sean Curran, Alicia McCarthy
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 214Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
8. The Law Show
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Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.MORE Ranking #8 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Dr. Joelle Grogan
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 334Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
9. Gardeners' Question Time
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A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week
Ranking #8 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Kathy Clugston, Peter Gibbs
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@petergibbs.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 900Twitter 33.5K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
10. Moral Maze
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Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
Ranking #9 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Michael Buerk, David Aaronovitch
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 753Facebook 61.5MTwitter 41.8M Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
11. Radical with Amol Rajan
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Conversations about tomorrow, from Today. Every week Today programme presenter Amol Rajan talks to radicals, pioneers and innovators from all over the world. From populism and climate change, to economics and AI... How can their radical ideas help you win the future? As well as presenting Today on BBC Radio 4, Amol is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before that he was the BBC's media editor and editor of The Independent. Episodes of Radical with Amol Rajan are published on Thursdays on BBC Sounds. You can also watch them on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co...MORE Ranking #11 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Amol Rajan, Nick Robinson
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 418Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
12. This Cultural Life
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In-depth conversations with some of the world's leading artists and creatives across theatre, visual arts, music, dance, film and more. Hosted by John Wilson.
Ranking #14 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host John Wilson
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 321Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
13. Limelight
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The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
Ranking #14 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 849Facebook 1.9M Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
14. Sliced Bread
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While Sliced Bread takes a break we serve up Toast. A study of the spectacular failures of brands which had promised so much to consumers. In each episode, the presenter and BBC business journalist Sean Farrington examines one big idea. What did it promise? Why did people back it? Why did they get burnt? Some of the world's most successful businesses have also brought us some of the world's most remarkable failures. So, what led them to be toast? And what can we learn from their stories today? Sean unpicks all the early optimism, hype and ambition...MORE Ranking #15 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Greg Foot
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 727Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
15. Soul Music
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Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
Ranking #16 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Jan 2008 Get Email Contact
16. Screenshot
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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode guide us through the expanding universe of the moving image revealing fascinating links and hidden gems from cinema and TV to streaming and beyond.
Ranking #23 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Ellen E Jones, Mark Kermode
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 220Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
17. Drama of the Week
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Every Friday we bring you a new drama from BBC Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storytelling at its very best.
Ranking #23 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 3KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
18. Quizzes
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Intelligent and challenging quiz games on BBC Radio 4. Featuring Round Britain Quiz, Counterpoint and Brain of Britain with Quizmasters including Paul Gambaccini, Kirsty Lang and Russell Davies.MORE Ranking #27 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Paul Gambaccini, Kirsty Lang, Russell Davies
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 571Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
19. Woman's Hour
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Ranking #30 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Nuala McGovern, Emma Barnett, Jane Garvey, Anita Rani, Jennifer Susan Murray
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Instagram 428.4K Avg Length 60 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
20. Farming Today
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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
Ranking #30 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Anna Hill, Caz Graham, Charlotte Smith
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 434Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
21. Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
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Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, The Naked Week and Too Long; Didn't Read.
Ranking #30 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Angela Barnes, Andrew Hunter Murray, Andy Zaltzman
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@angelabarnescomedy.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 17.9KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
22. Open Country
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Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of the British Isles
Ranking #42 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Helen Mark, Martha Kearney
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 353Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2010 Get Email Contact
23. Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
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If time is tight, what's the one thing that you should be doing to improve your health and wellbeing? Michael Mosley reveals surprisingly simple top tips that are scientifically proven to change your life.MORE Ranking #43 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Michael Mosley
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2.3KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
24. Money Box
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The latest news from the world of personal finance plus advice for those trying to make the most of their money.
Ranking #43 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Paul Lewis, Felicity Hannah
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 853Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Nov 2016 Get Email Contact
25. Add to Playlist
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Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe take us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.MORE Ranking #54 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Jeffrey Boakye, Anna Phoebe
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 185Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
26. All in the Mind
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The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.
Ranking #66 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Claudia Hammond
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@sussex.ac.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 700Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
27. Rare Earth
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Environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski tackle major stories about our environment and wildlife, celebrate the wonder of nature and meet the people determined to keep it wonderful.MORE Ranking #70 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Helen Czerski, Tom Heap
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 61 Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
28. Life Changing
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In this series Dr Sian Williams talks to people who have lived through extraordinary events that have set their lives on an entirely different course.This podcast is all about the human experience, how people deal with obstacles that turn their lives upside down. The journeys are not always straightforward and there are often some remarkable discoveries along the way.Would you like to appear on the podcast? Do you have an extraordinary story to tell? We'd love to hear from you: ****@bbc.co.ukMORE Ranking #76 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Dr Sian Williams
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 954Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
29. Comedy of the Week
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Brighten your week with the latest BBC Radio 4 comedy.
Ranking #80 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 4.6KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
30. Inside Health
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Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
Ranking #84 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts James Gallagher, Mark Porter
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 810Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
31. Six O'Clock News
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The government has ordered an investigation into the fire that forced Heathrow airport to close.
Ranking #87 in Apple Charts (GB)
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 726Facebook 10.5MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2021 Get Email Contact
32. In Our Time: Science
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Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Ranking #53 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Melvyn Bragg
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.1K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
33. How to Invent a Country
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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
Ranking #90 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Misha Glenny
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 352Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
34. Call Jonathan Pie
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Political journalist Jonathan Pie gets a radio phone-in show and as his personal and professional worlds collide we see why he's so incredibly angry about absolutely everything.
Ranking #46 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Tom Walker, Lucy Pearmanu2028, Aqib Khanu2028, Nick Revell
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@jonathanpie.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 10.5MTwitter 575.9KInstagram 6.6M Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
35. Naturebang
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Becky Ripley and Emily Knight make sense of what it means to be human by looking to the natural world... Science meets storytelling with a philosophical twist.
Ranking #89 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Becky Ripley, Emily Knight
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 76Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
36. Rory Stewart: The Long History of...
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Rory Stewart with a radical take on the concepts that shape our lives.
Ranking #68 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Rory Stewart
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@roryforlondon.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 706 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
37. In Our Time: History
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Historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Host Melvyn Bragg
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 4.9K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
38. Arts & Ideas
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Leading thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives looking back at the news and making links between past and present. Broadcast as Free Thinking, Fridays at 9pm on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari and Anne McElvoy.MORE Hosts Matthew Sweet, Shahidha Bari, Anne McElvoy
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 777Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
39. Saturday Live
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Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
Host Nikki Bedi
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 337Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 57 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
40. Broadcasting House
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The Sunday morning magazine programme with a fresh approach to the news and discussion about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Host Paddy OConnell
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 147Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
41. Start the Week
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Weekly discussion programme, setting the cultural agenda every Monday
Hosts Tom Sutcliffe, Adam Rutherford
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 467Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
42. Bookclub
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Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Host James Naughtie
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 759Facebook 61.5MTwitter 15.1M Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
43. File on 4 Investigates
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News-making original journalism documentary series, investigating stories at home and abroad.
Host Jo Glanville
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 249Facebook 10.5MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.6M Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
44. Great Lives
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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Host Matthew Parris
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
45. Front Row
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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Hosts Nick Ahad, Tom Sutcliffe, Samira Ahmed
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 522Twitter 39.7K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
46. Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
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Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs. Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview. New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds...MORE Host Nick Robinson
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 2.5K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Since Apr 2017 Get Email Contact
47. Loose Ends
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
Host Clive Anderson
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 142Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
48. Crossing Continents
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Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 324Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
49. Last Word
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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently
Host Matthew Bannister
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 307Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
50. In Touch
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News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
Host Peter White
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 50Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
51. Sunday
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
Hosts William Crawley, Edward Stourton
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 76Twitter 8.7K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
52. Profile
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An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Hosts Stephen Smith, Mark Coles
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 512Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
53. Inheritance Tracks
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Celebrating the music that special guests cherish and would like to bestow to future generations.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 210Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 6 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
54. Mark Steel's in Town
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Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.
Host Mark Steel
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 422 Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
55. The Verb
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Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance
Host Ian McMillan
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@ian-mcmillan.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 158Facebook 61.5MTwitter 15.1M Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
56. The Reith Lectures
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Significant international thinkers deliver the BBC's flagship annual lecture series
Hosts Ben Ansell, Anita Anand
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@politics.ox.ac.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
57. The World Tonight
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective
Hosts James Coomarasamy, Jane Hill, Shaun Dominic Ley
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 250Facebook 10.5MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.6M Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
58. The Media Show
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Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
Hosts Katie Razzall, Ros Atkins
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 522Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 6.6K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
59. The Briefing Room
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David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news
Host David Aaronovitch
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 821Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
60. Word of Mouth
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Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
Host Michael Rosen
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@hotmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 462Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2011 Get Email Contact
61. AntiSocial
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Peace talks for the culture wars.In an era of polarisation, propaganda and pile-ons, AntiSocial offers an alternative: understanding, facts, and respect. Each week, Adam Fleming takes on a topic that's generating conflict on social media, blogs, talk shows and phone-ins and helps you work out what the arguments are really about.MORE Host Adam Fleming
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3/5Apple Reviews 104Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
62. The Bottom Line
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The definitive business podcast from the BBC. Each week, the BBC's Evan Davis is joined by bosses, entrepreneurs and industry experts, to lift the lid on how their businesses work, and what it's like to be in charge. They discuss a big issue, a big challenge, or a big question facing their industry. From managing AI to managing millennials, from supermarkets to supercharging a new product.And our guests will share their stories of success and failure along the way. Podcasts are published every Thursday. And as well as being a podcast, we are also available every Thursday afternoon and Tuesday evening on BBC Radio 4. You can now also listen to The Bottom Line on a smart speaker...MORE Host Evan Davis
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 752Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2010 Get Email Contact
63. Sideways
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Best-selling author Matthew Syed explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories of seeing the world differently.
Host Matthew Syed
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 643Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
64. When It Hits the Fan
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Inside the world of crisis managers and spin doctors as David Yelland and Simon Lewis watch the week's biggest PR disasters unfold. In each episode our hosts go behind the scenes of the latest news stories and find out how, where and when it all began to hit the fan. When It Hits The Fan is hosted by two of the most influential and experienced people in the game; David Yelland is the former editor of the Sun and alongside him is Simon Lewis, former trouble-shooter for the Queen and Gordon Brown, as well as for major corporations like the Nat West, Vodafone and British Gas...MORE Hosts David Yelland, Simon Lewis
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 268Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
65. Thought for the Day
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Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 232 Avg Length 4 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
66. The Covid Inquiry Podcast
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Full coverage of the Covid Inquiry as it takes evidence. With Jim Reed, Vanessa Clarke, Divya Talwar, Lorna Gordon, Hywel Griffith and Jennifer O'Leary.
Hosts Jim Reed, Lorna Gordon, Hywel Griffith, Jennifer OLeary
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 50Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
67. Understand
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NEW in Understand - The TripThe story of psychedelics. It's a unique moment. After decades of taboo and blanket illegality, policymakers and research institutions are taking these substances seriously. As a new dawn of psychedelic treatment beckons, Tim Hayward makes a personal journey into how we got here and where this is all heading. Understand from BBC Radio 4 - unravelling the complexities of the biggest stories and subjects that really matter right now.MORE Host Adam Fleming
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 264Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
68. Legend
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Joni Mitchell's songs have soundtracked our lives and her pioneering work changed music forever. Jesca Hoop explores her extraordinary story to reveal the life behind the legend.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 83Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
69. Tweet of the Day
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Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 134 Avg Length 2 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
70. Feedback
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Website Apple Spotify
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
Host Andrea Catherwood
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 90Twitter 5.7K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
71. The Skewer
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on.The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times.With contributions from brand new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears.'A kind of concept album made of music and news. There's simply nothing else like it...MORE Host Jon Holmes
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 312Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
72. The Kitchen Cabinet
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Website Apple
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits that might change the way we think about food, cooking and eating. An expert panel answers audience questions.
Host Jay Rayner
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 881Facebook 8.6KTwitter 986Instagram 198.5K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
73. The Artificial Human
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Website Apple Spotify
Every day, we read something new about Artificial Intelligence - it'll take our jobs, it'll teach our kids, it knows more about us than we do ourselves... but how much of that is hype, and how much is, or will be reality? Part of our problem with AI is that it feels impenetrable and mysterious, especially when even those building it aren't entirely sure how it works. In a new series, Aleks Krotoski (The Digital Human, Radio 4) and Kevin Fong (13 Minutes to the Moon, BBC World Service) set out to 'solve' AI...MORE Hosts Aleks Krotoski, Kevin Fong
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@guardian.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 19 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
74. Opening Lines
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Producer and writer John Yorke has worked in television and radio for 30 years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact behind the books, plays and stories that are being dramatised in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.MORE Host John Yorke
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@johnyorkestory.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 23Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
75. Yesterday in Parliament
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Website
Five-minute reports on the key events in Parliament presented with insight and humour by BBC correspondents.
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 5 min Format Bite size Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact
76. Ramblings
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Clare Balding and guests share inspiring conversations while walking in the great outdoors.Fresh air and nature, wonderful views and uplifting chat, each week Clare hikes in a different part of our glorious countryside. Walking side by side is the perfect way to cover a huge range of subjects: literature, art, wildlife, nature, taking on personal or physical challenges, dealing with grief, confronting preconceptions about the kind of people who love to ramble. The conversations are as varied as the landscapes we find ourselves in...MORE Estimated listeners
Twitter 489.6K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2002 Get Email Contact
77. This Thing of Darkness
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Award-winning drama exploring the psychological impact of murder. Inspired by a real forensic psychologist and her work in secure prisons.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 121 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
78. Take Four Books
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Presenter James Crawford looks at an author's latest work and delves further into their creative process by learning about the three other texts that have shaped their writing.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
79. Strong Message Here
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Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language. Each week he'll be joined by a guest to crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to demystify the doublespeak. Why does everything now have to be 'turbo-charged'? What's the difference between a 'pledge' and a 'mission'? Why has my local MP been 'weaponised' and should I be worried? You'll be treated to a crash course in the dark arts of political language from people on the inside who are both baffled and beguiled by it...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
80. Illuminated
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Illuminated is BBC Radio 4's home for creative and surprising one-off documentaries that shed light on hidden worlds.Welcome to a place of audio beauty and joy, with emotion and human experience at its heart. The programmes you will find in this feed explore the reality of contemporary Britain and the world, venturing into its weirdest and most wonderful aspects. This is a chance to meet voices that are not normally heard, open secret doors into concealed chambers and, above all, be transported by the art and inventiveness of the very best programme makers. Just press the switch...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 22 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
81. Just a Minute
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Panel game in which the contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 104 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
82. This Natural Life
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Martha Kearney explores the importance of the natural world in the lives of her guests. Each person she meets takes her to a location which means something to them, and describes the role nature has played in their life, explaining how it has shaped, influenced or fascinated them. In the process she gains surprising new insights from some well-known faces - from Cate Blanchett, who talks about her love of bee-keeping, to Martin Clunes, who takes Martha on a walk with his five dogs before rolling up his sleeves to scrub his horse's hooves in preparation for the village show...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
83. Shadow World
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In Shadow World: Anatomy of a Cancellation, the BBC's Culture Editor Katie Razzall revisits a story that rocked the UK's publishing industry in 2021. It led to what some saw as the unjustified cancellation of a prize-winning writer and teacher - but to others, was a long overdue reckoning for the world of publishing. It grew into a culture war about race, class, and who has the right to say what. Gripping stories from the Shadows - BBC investigations from across the UK.MORE Host Sue Mitchell
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 191 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
84. Child
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In this new look at the beginnings of life we tell the story of a child from fertilisation to first birthday through the lens of society, history, and science.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 87 Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
85. Café Hope
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Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden, where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they're doing to make the world a better place in big and small ways. We're all about trying to make change. It might be a transformational project that helps an entire community, or it might be about trying to make one life a little bit easier. Trying is the key, because this is real life, and not everything goes smoothly. In Café Hope we hear about the struggles and the triumphs in equal measure.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Reviews 4 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
86. Human Intelligence
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In Human Intelligence, Naomi Alderman dissects the minds of brilliant thinkers from the past; examining the myriad ways in which humans think and realising that great minds don't, in fact, think alike.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
87. In Our Time: Philosophy
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
Host Melvyn Bragg
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 2.1KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Since Jan 1999 Get Email Contact
88. In Our Time: Culture
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Website Apple YouTube
Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.
Host Melvyn Bragg
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 48.1KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
89. Grounded with Louis Theroux
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Stuck at home, Louis is using the lockdown to track down some high-profile people he's been longing to talk to - from all walks of life and on both sides of the Atlantic.
Host Louis Theroux
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 10.7KFacebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
90. In Our Time: Religion
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Website Apple Spotify YouTube
Discussion of religious movements and the theories and individuals behind them.
Host Melvyn Bragg
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 619Facebook 4.7KTwitter 489.6K Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Since May 2011 Get Email Contact
91. Beyond Belief
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Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Hosts Ernie Rea, Giles Fraser
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 38Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
92. Short Cuts
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Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
Host Josie Long
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.2KFacebook 10.5MTwitter 527Instagram 6.6M Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2013 Get Email Contact
93. Amol Rajan Interviews...
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Amol Rajan interviews the era-defining pioneers, leaders and maverick thinkers who are shaping our rapidly changing 21st-century world.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 42 Avg Length 64 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
94. Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics
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Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome.
Host Natalie Haynes
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@nataliehaynes.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 688 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
95. Short Story
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Website Apple Spotify
Brand new stories, from today's best writers written exclusively for Radio 4 the home of the Short StoryRadio 4 is the world's leading commissioner of new short stories. Expect excellent writing from the hottest names offering compelling snapshots of the way we live now, produced by the experts behind the BBC National Short Story Award and other in-house readings teams.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 2.5/5Apple Reviews 293Facebook 61.5MTwitter 15.1M Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
96. Life Lines
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Website Apple Spotify
Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room.
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 79 Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
97. Young Again
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Kirsty Young asks fascinating people what advice they would give their younger self. Authors, artists, actors and film-makers are among those revisiting the moments that made them.
Host Kirsty Young
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 814Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
98. The Long View
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Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.
Host Jonathan Freedland
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@guadian.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 106Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
99. The Banksy Story
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The story of Banksy's rise, the stunts, the culture and the story of how the work became so valuable.
Host James Peak
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 249Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
100. Fed with Chris van Tulleken
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Fed with Chris van Tulleken is a new food podcast, investigating the entangled web of forces that shape what ends up on our plates. In the first series, Planet Chicken, Chris digs into the story of one of the most widely eaten meats on earth - to try to get to the truth of why we eat so much of it, and what that means for the birds, for us, and for the planet.If there's one thing Chris knows, it's what he should and shouldn't be eating.He's across the dangers of ultra-processed foods: those nutritionally empty snacks that fill our supermarket shelves and entrance our kids...MORE Host Chris van Tulleken
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 121Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
BBC Radio 4 shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Wright | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006s624 | Male | @bbcbenwright | 9.1K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Charles Collingwood | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qnkc | Male | @homefarmbrian | |||
| Alex Forsyth | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrtn5 | Female | @alexforsythbbc | 16K | West Midlands, United Kingdom | |
| Anita Anand | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrtn5 | Female | @tweeter_anita | 64.8K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Lauren Laverne | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qnmr | Female | @laurenlaverne | 472.1K | ||
| Kirsty Young | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qnmr | Female | ||||
| Susan Hulme | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtqd | Female | @susanh12 | 2.6K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Sean Curran | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtqd | Male | @cripeswatson | 4.5K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Alicia McCarthy | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtqd | Female | @bbcalicia | 1.6K | United Kingdom | |
| Dr. Joelle Grogan | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006tgy1 | Male | @joellegrogan | 96.2K | London, United Kingdom | |
| BBC | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006tgy1 | |||||
| Kathy Clugston | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f/episodes/player | Female | Belfast, United Kingdom | |||
| Peter Gibbs | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f/episodes/player | Male | @petergweather | 10.6K | United Kingdom | |
| Michael Buerk | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qk11 | Male | @michaelbuerk | 4.9K | ||
| David Aaronovitch | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qk11 | Male | @daaronovitch | 172.9K | ||
| Amol Rajan | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r | Male | @amolrajan | 125.2K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Nick Robinson | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r | Male | @bbcnickrobinson | 1M | United Kingdom | |
| John Wilson | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0010fl4 | Male | @johnwilson14 | 13.8K | London, United Kingdom | |
| BBC Radio 4 | Producer | @bbcradio4 | 489.6K | United Kingdom | |||
| Greg Foot | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07012sf | Male | @gregfoot | 15.5K | Cambridge, United Kingdom | |
| BBC Radio 4 | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b008mj7p | @bbcradio4 | 489.6K | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Ellen E Jones | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00121bv | Female | ||||
| Mark Kermode | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00121bv | Male | @kermodemovie | 547.2K | NY, United States | |
| BBC Radio 4 | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrv5m | @bbcradio4 | 489.6K | United Kingdom | ||
| Paul Gambaccini | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrw21 | Male | ||||
| Kirsty Lang | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrw21 | Female | @thatkirstylang | 10.6K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Russell Davies | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02nrw21 | Male | @rrusselldavies | 2.8K | ||
| Nuala McGovern | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | Female | @bbcnuala | 27.4K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Emma Barnett | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | Female | @emmabarnett | 189.6K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Jane Garvey | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | Female | ||||
| Anita Rani | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | Female | @itsanitarani | 93.1K | ||
| Jennifer Susan Murray | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007qlvb | Female | @whjm | 53.2K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Anna Hill | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qj8q | Female | Norwich, United Kingdom | |||
| Caz Graham | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qj8q | Male | @cazgraham1 | 2.8K | Kendal, United Kingdom | |
| Charlotte Smith | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qj8q | Female | @charlottebsmith | 10.4K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Angela Barnes | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02pc9pj | Female | @angelabarnes | 60.7K | ||
| Andrew Hunter Murray | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02pc9pj | Male | @andrewhunterm | 82.4K | ||
| Andy Zaltzman | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p02pc9pj | Male | @zaltzcricket | 141.4K | ||
| Helen Mark | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qgft | Female | @helenmark01 | 939 | United Kingdom | |
| Martha Kearney | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qgft | Female | @marthakearney | 337.5K | United Kingdom | |
| Michael Mosley | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09by3yy | Male | @drmichaelmosley | 117.3K | United Kingdom | |
| Paul Lewis | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjnv/episodes/player | Male | @paullewismoney | 162.5K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Felicity Hannah | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qjnv/episodes/player | Female | @felicityhannah | 32.6K | United Kingdom | |
| Jeffrey Boakye | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00106lb | Male | @jeffreykboakye | 20.2K | United Kingdom | |
| Anna Phoebe | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00106lb | Female | @annaphoebe | 7.7K | United Kingdom | |
| Claudia Hammond | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qxx9/episodes/downloads | Female | @claudiahammond | 18.4K | United Kingdom | |
| Helen Czerski | Co Host | Female | @helenczerski | London, United Kingdom | |||
| Tom Heap | Co Host | Male | @tomheapmedia | United Kingdom | |||
| Dr Sian Williams | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v5ng/episodes/downloads | Female | @sianwilliams100 | 83.7K | London, United Kingdom | |
| James Gallagher | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b019dl1b | Male | @jamestgallagher | 47.5K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Mark Porter | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b019dl1b | Male | ||||
| BBC Raio 4 | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qjxt | @bbcradio4 | 489.6K | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Melvyn Bragg | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01gyd7j | Male | @amelvynbragg | 482 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Misha Glenny | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0683ms3 | Male | @mishaglenny | 22.1K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Tom Walker | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0frw494 | Male | ||||
| Lucy Pearmanu2028 | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0frw494 | Female | @lucypearman | 3.1K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Aqib Khanu2028 | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0frw494 | Male | @realaqibkhan | United Kingdom | ||
| Nick Revell | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0frw494 | Male | @thenickrevell | 3.2K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Becky Ripley | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00060x0 | Female | @becky_ripley | |||
| Emily Knight | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00060x0 | Female | @emilypknight | Bristol, United Kingdom | ||
| Rory Stewart | Host | Male | @rorystewartuk | 575.3K | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Melvyn Bragg | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dh5yg/episodes/downloads | Male | @amelvynbragg | 481 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Matthew Sweet | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn/episodes/player | Male | ||||
| Shahidha Bari | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn/episodes/player | Female | ||||
| Anne McElvoy | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0144txn/episodes/player | Female | ||||
| Nikki Bedi | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qgj4 | Female | ||||
| Paddy OConnell | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qnj3 | Male | @bbcpaddy | 23K | London, United Kingdom | |
| BBC Sounds | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006r9xr | @bbcsounds | 282.9K | |||
| Tom Sutcliffe | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006r9xr | Male | @tds153 | |||
| Adam Rutherford | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006r9xr | Male | @adamrutherford | |||
| James Naughtie | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006s5sf | Male | @naughtiej | 31K | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | |
| Jo Glanville | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006th08 | Female | @joglanville1 | 420 | ||
| Matthew Parris | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qxsb | Male | @mathewparris3 | |||
| Nick Ahad | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5/episodes/player | Male | @nickahad | 7.5K | United Kingdom | |
| Tom Sutcliffe | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5/episodes/player | Male | @tds153 | 16.6K | London, United Kingdom | |
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