30 Best BBC Radio Wales Podcasts

1. Walescast

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A look at what's going on in Welsh politics and current affairs from our podcast studio. Felicity Evans and James Williams talk about the big issues with exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis.MORE Ranking #17 in Apple Charts (GB)
Hosts Felicity Evans, James Williams
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 37Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8KInstagram 106.3K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium 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. Sunday Supplement

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Political news, discussions and analysis, plus a round-up of the Sunday papers with our guest reviewers.
Ranking #77 in Apple Charts (GB)
Host Vaughan Roderick
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@treyarch.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 1.9MTwitter 489.6KInstagram 491.9K Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Since Dec 2020 Get Email Contact

3. All Things Considered

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Religious affairs programme, tackling the thornier issues of the day in a thought-provoking manner
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 134Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8KInstagram 106.3K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Scrum V

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The latest news, views and interviews from the world of Welsh rugby.
Hosts Lauren Jenkins, Alex Cuthbert, Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins, Alex Cuthbert and Gareth Rhys Owen
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 566Twitter 137.5KInstagram 84.9K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Feast of Football

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Carl Roberts, Iwan Roberts and Sam Vokes chat through the big stories in Welsh football
Hosts Danny Gabbidon, Iwan Roberts, Carl Roberts
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 592Facebook 367.8KTwitter 114.8K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Golden Boy: Finding Gavin Henson

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Rugby star Gavin Henson was everywhere. Then he wasn't. Gareth Rhys Owen wants to speak to him. But what if he doesn't want to be found?
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

7. Mark Andrews: My Love Letter to Wrestling

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Mark Andrews speaks to some of the biggest names in the wrestling business about why they love it. Featuring: Becky Lynch, Edge, Triple H, Rhea Ripley, Bayley, Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks and more.MORE Host Mark Andrews
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 44Twitter 54.3KInstagram 74.1K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since May 2021 Get Email Contact

8. Shreds: Murder in the dock

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A young woman is murdered in a frenzied knife attack. Outside, a man is crying and covered in blood. What happens next almost defies belief. Yes, this really did happen…
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 842 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Aberfan: Tip Number 7

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The Aberfan disaster shook the world - 116 children and 28 adults died on 21 October 1966 when a coal tip engulfed a junior school and surrounding homes. How could this happen? It's a tale of unheeded warnings, broken promises, and a shattered community's fight for justice.Nine part podcast series from the same stable as 'Shreds'.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 64 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Mabinogi: Lost Legends and Dark Magic

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From the Red Book of Hergest, these are the tales of the Mabinogi. Fantasy audio drama, based on the ancient myths of WalesAimee Ffion Edwards and Darragh Mortell star in a series of lost legends and dark magic. The tales of the Mabinogi are tales of romance, tragedy, comedy and fantasy and together they form the earliest prose stories of Britain. Award-winning writer Lucy Catherine (Being Human, Vanity Fair) gives these stories a modern flavour while remaining true to the vivid magic of Celtic mythology.A joint BBC Wales and BBC Radio 3 commission.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 69 Avg Length 15 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

11. A Positive Life: HIV from Terrence Higgins to Today

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Sam Smith presents stories of HIV in the UK over the last 40 years; beginning with the life of Terrence Higgins, one of the first British people to die of an AIDS-related illness.
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 39Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. The Crossbow Killer

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One of Britain's most callous and brutal killings. No motive. No explanation. Tim Hinman and Meic Parry investigate the case of a Welsh murder stranger than fiction.
Hosts Tim Hinman, Meic Parry
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 317Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. Death of a Codebreaker

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Dr Sian Williams investigates the story of the Welsh codebreaker whose naked body was found inside a bag in his bath. Mystery still surrounds how and why Gareth Williams died.
Host Dr Sian Williams
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 251Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Driving Home for Christmas

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Join the festive fun as a dysfunctional family battle their way home, towards the festivities and each other. Comedy Drama by Dafydd James, Rachel Tresize, Philip Ralph, Kevin Dyer & Niall Griffiths.MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

15. Acid Dream: The Great LSD Plot

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In the 1970s it's estimated that about 60% of the world's LSD came from one place: Wales. This is the story of an attempt to start a revolution of the mind, from a Welsh farmhouse.
Host Rhys Ifans
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 95Facebook 140.6KTwitter 78.8K Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. Transfer: The Emiliano Sala Story

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This nine part podcast series will look at the intriguing story behind the headlines and ask why was Emiliano Sala on that plane?
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 72 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Operation Seal Bay

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The story of how in 1983 a Welsh fishing village and its local police force foil a daring international drug smuggling plot worth millions.
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.7/5 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Strike

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The miners' strike of 1984-5 had a profound impact on Britain's politics, economy and society. For those on strike, and their families, it felt like an existential struggle to save not only their jobs, but their communities, and the life they knew.Jonny Owen was just 13 and growing up in Merthyr Tydfil when it began. As it was kicking off, his parents told the family that they were going to give a substantial share of their wages to the striking miners for the duration of the dispute. His father and grandfather had worked underground...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Reviews 12 Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. Wrongly Accused: The Annette Hewins Story

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A deadly fire leads to the conviction of Annette Hewins for arson, but after 3 years in prison her sentence is quashed. Her daughter Nicole uncovers the miscarriage of justice
Host Nicole Jacob
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 225 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

20. Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man

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Somali seaman Mahmood Mattan was hanged for a crime he didn't commit.On March 6th, 1952, Lily Volpert was murdered in the shop she ran in Cardiff's Tiger Bay.What followed was a flawed police investigation and prejudiced trial that ultimately led to Mahmood being hanged for a crime he was not responsible for.After 46 years, his innocence was finally proved in a court of law. But the impact of Lily's murder and Mahmood's execution are still being felt by two families today.For the first time, we hear from the family of murder victim Lily...MORE Host Danielle Fahiya
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 20 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. June: Voice of a Silent Twin

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June Gibbons tells the tragic story of her and her sister Jennifer, twins cut off from the world. After a brief crime spree, they become the youngest women in Broadmoor.
Host Linda Mitchell
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 255 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. I Was 30, I'm Now 15

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Danielle Fahiya, aged 30, is now aged 15. Lockdown has reduced this gregarious, fashion conscious, woman about town to being treated like a teenager. Back to her old bedroom, meals with Mum, lights out at 10. She's trapped in lockdown time-travel: Mum's house, Mum's rules.Contains adults themes and languageMORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Unmasked: Extreme Far Right

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My name is Dan Jones.Except that's not my real name.You can't know my real name, because some of the people I am going to tell you about could be dangerous.I will walk you through how I managed to infiltrate and became a trusted member of a far right group called 'Patriotic Alternative'.Month after month I wear a 'mask', use an alias, to find out what's really going on.I spend a weekend at PA's summer camp, and even manage to get into their secretive annual conference.What I discover is that it's not all swastikas and football hooligans...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

24. Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream

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Michael Sheen introduces new writers from under-represented backgrounds on a journey to reveal truths from the margins of society.
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 32 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

25. Wynne Evans The Bestest Bits

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A little bit more of what you like! The absolute BESTEST BITS from Wynne's show on BBC Radio Wales, Monday Friday, 1100 1400. What a treat!
Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 4 Get Email Contact

26. Drowned The Flooding of a Village

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February 2023 marks sixty years since activists bombed arguably the most controversial construction project in modern Welsh history the Llyn Celyn reservoir in North Wales.Residents in the Meirionnydd village of Capel Celyn were forced to leave their homes; and in 1965, Capel Celyn disappeared beneath the new lake - built to provide drinking water for Liverpool.We will take you back to the beginning, in February 1963, when three young men travelled through blizzard conditions to plant a bomb at an electricity transformer on the Tryweryn construction site...MORE Producer/Network BBC Radio Wales
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14 Get Email Contact