60 Best BBC World Service Podcasts
BBC World Service Podcasts
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The breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Hear the most important global stories from the BBC, the most trusted name in international news. With reporters on the ground in every country, we're always where the story is. We bring you unparalleled access and exclusive updates that you won't get anywhere else. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. From Trump's White House to Putin's Kremlin, from the Ukraine War to the Israel-Gaza conflict. From Damascus to Delhi, from Silicon Valley to Singapore, from Washington DC to Wuhan. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health we cover it all with expert analysis and insight...MORE Producer/Network BBC
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 13.6KFacebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 28 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. Newshour
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Hosts James Menendez, James Coomarasamy, Julian Marshall
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 47 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
3. Focus on Africa
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Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.MORE Host Audrey Brown
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 775Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
4. Science In Action
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The BBC brings you all the week's science news.
Host Roland Pease
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 61.3MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 544K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
5. Business Daily
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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Hosts Devina Gupta, Hannah Mullane
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.1KFacebook 61.3MTwitter 15.6KInstagram 29.8M Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Jul 2014 Get Email Contact
6. CrowdScience
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We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8Facebook 61.3MTwitter 41.3M Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
7. The Interview
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Conversations with people shaping our world, from all around the globe. The best interviews from the BBC.The HARDtalk podcast has become The Interview. Listen to The Interview for the best conversations from the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider. We hear from titans of business, politics, finance, sport and culture. Global leaders, decision-makers and cultural icons. Politicians, activists and CEOs. Each interview is around 20-minutes, packed full of insight and analysis, covering some of the biggest issues of our time. How does it work? Well, at the BBC, our journalists interview amazing people every single day. And on The Interview, we bring them to you...MORE Host Stephen Sackur
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@gspeakers.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
8. Business Matters
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Global business and finance news and discussion from the BBC.
Host Amanda D. Lotz
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 203Facebook 9MTwitter 15.6KInstagram 8.5K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Since Dec 2015 Get Email Contact
9. Discovery
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Explorations in the world of science.
Hosts James Gallagher, Prof Adam Hart
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 2.9KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
10. Health Check
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Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
Host Claudia Hammond
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@janklow.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 384Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
11. World Business Report
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 977Facebook 9MTwitter 15.6KInstagram 544K Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Since Dec 2016 Get Email Contact
12. World Book Club
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The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Host Harriett Gilbert
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 53 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
13. Lives Less Ordinary
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Have you ever locked eyes with a stranger and wondered, 'What's their story?' Step into someone else's life and expect the unexpected. Extraordinary stories from around the world.
Hosts Andrea Kennedy, Jo Fidgen, Asya Fouks, Tommy Dixon, Shahidha Bari
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
14. The Documentary Podcast
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A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling from the BBC. Investigating, reporting and uncovering true stories from everywhere. Award-winning journalism, unheard voices, amazing culture and global issues. From Syria after Assad to rebuilding Ukraine, to how AI changed our lives, The Documentary investigates major global stories.We delve into social media, take you into the minds of the world's most creative people and explore personal approaches to spirituality. Every week, we also bring together people from around the globe to discuss how news stories are affecting their lives...MORE Hosts Aleks Krotoski, Carly Sygrove, Caroline Feraday
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 6.5KFacebook 61.3MTwitter 41.3M Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
15. People Fixing the World
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Brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
Host Myra Anubi
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 614Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
16. World Questions
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The public's questions about issues affecting their country, recorded in a different global location each month
Host Jonny Dymond
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 33Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
17. Tech Life
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Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.MORE Hosts Imran Rahman-Jones, Alasdair Keane, Graham Fraser, Chris Vallance, Shiona McCallum, Zoe Kleinman
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 406Facebook 799KTwitter 15.9KInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact
18. Africa Daily
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Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.MORE Host Alan Kasujja
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 310Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
19. World Football
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Original football stories and interviews from around the globe.
Host Mani Djazmi
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 277Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
20. The History Hour
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A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
Host Max Pearson
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@me.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 58 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
21. Sporting Witness
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Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive and testimony. Sporting Witness is for those fascinated by sporting history. We take you to the events that have shaped the sports world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes, you become a fan in the stands as we take you back in time to examine memorable victories and agonising defeats from all over the world. You'll hear from people who have achieved sporting immortality, or those who were there as incredible sporting moments unfolded...MORE Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 139Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
22. Witness History: World War Two history
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D Day, traitors and evacuees
Host Jill Kersley
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 423Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
23. Unexpected Elements
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The news you know, the science you don't. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.MORE Host Marnie Chesterton
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 50 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
24. The Lazarus Heist
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Hackers, North Korea and billions of dollars. Lazarus returns in fact, the criminals never went away. Season 2 begins at an ATM, possibly near you. With Jean Lee and Geoff White. Investigators claim a secretive, elite North Korean hacking ring, nicknamed the Lazarus Group, is responsible for the theft of billions of dollars around the globe. Pyongyang denies having anything to do with cybercrimes, saying the United States is making these allegations to try to tarnish its image...MORE Hosts Jean H. Lee, Geoff White
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@eastwestcenter.org
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.9KFacebook 61.3MTwitter 41.3MInstagram 744.7K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
25. Not by the Playbook
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Inspirational stories from around the world. Interviews with people defying the odds. Discover Not by the Playbook - the podcast which seeks out the most incredible stories from sportspeople and athletes. We bring you interviews with the sporting heroes who have achieved success in the face of seemingly impossible challenges.Formerly known as Sportshour, Not by the Playbook is brought to you by the BBC, the world's most trusted international news provider.Tune in to hear from some of the most famous names in sport on subjects you've never heard them discuss before...MORE Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 1/5Apple Reviews 20Facebook 1.1M Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
26. Over to You
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Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
Host Rajan Datar
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 18Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
27. The Explanation
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Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.MORE Hosts John Simpson, Katie Razzall, Ros Atkins
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 112Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
28. The Forum
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The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.
Host Iszi Lawrence
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 714Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
29. The Climate Question
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Why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.
Hosts Jordan Dunbar, Graihagh Jackson
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 434Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
30. The Global Jigsaw
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Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from BBC Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages.We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America. We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda. But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit...MORE Host Krassi Twigg
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 76Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
31. What in the World
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Helping you make sense of what's happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.
Hosts Adam Chowdhury, Hannah Gelbart, Megan Lawton, William Lee Adams
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 132Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
32. Stumped
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The weekly cricket show from BBC Sport in association with ABC and Akashvani.
Hosts Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 321Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
33. The Inquiry
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The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
Hosts Tanya Beckett, David Baker, Charmaine Cozier
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 3.5KFacebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
34. The Conversation
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Two women from different parts of the world, united by a common passion, experience or expertise, share the stories of their lives.
Hosts Datshiane Navanayagam, Ella Al-Shamahi
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 355Facebook 170.4KTwitter 561.5K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
35. The Food Chain
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The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Host Ruth Alexander
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 937Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
36. Sportsworld
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Live sport from around the world, with news, interviews and analysis.
Hosts Mani Djazmi, Lee James, Ed Harry, Ade Adedoyin
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 17Facebook 1.1MTwitter 12.8K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
37. Digital Planet
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Technological and digital news from around the world.
Hosts Gareth Mitchell, Bill Thompson
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 648Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Since Oct 2018 Get Email Contact
38. Heart and Soul
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Heart and Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world. Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.MORE Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 144Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2016 Get Email Contact
39. On the Podium
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The stories behind the medals. As the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics approach, comedian Eliza Skinner and athletics commentator Ed Harry interview remarkable athletes about the journeys they took to the Games. Basketball champion Breanna Stewart and shot-putter Raven Saunders explain why they use the platform sport gives them to act as advocates...MORE Hosts Scout Bassett, Eliza Skinner, Ed Harry
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
40. Music Life
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Where music stars discuss how they make their music.
Hosts Adrian Younge, Jean Carne
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 58Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
41. Witness History: Black history
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Listen to and download our programmes
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 278Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 10 min Format Bite size Get Email Contact
42. Trending
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In-depth reporting on the world of social media.
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 183Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 19 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
43. Kalki Presents: My Indian Life
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Life for young Indian adults in the 21st Century explored by Bollywood actor Kalki Koechlin. Real stories from India - sometimes raw, often uplifting.
Host Kalki Koechlin
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.4K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
44. Dramas
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Immersive storytelling from the BBC World Service. The home of original drama.The latest season is Purple Heart Warriors, a time-travelling drama about the Japanese American soldiers who became legends of US military history. Inspired by real events, it's the little-known story of the 442nd Regiment, decorated for their bravery fighting the Nazi German army in World War Two. Narrated by Will Sharpe and written by Oscar nominee Iris Yamashita, it is told in six-parts.Also listen to our previous season: Fukushima. This seven-part nuclear drama tells the story of the tsunami which hit in 2011...MORE Hosts Will Sharpe, Iris Yamashita
Producer/Network BBC
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 517Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 21 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
45. The Real Story
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Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
Producer/Network BBC World Service
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Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 741Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 45 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
46. Fifth Floor
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Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.
Host Faranak Amidi
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 86Facebook 10MTwitter 2.4MInstagram 6.5M Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact
47. The Compass
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Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.
Hosts BBC World Service, Misha Glenny
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 390Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
48. The Comb
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Combing Africa for stories about the unseen forces that bind us together and tear us apart. A single story, every week. Hosted by Kim Chakanetsa. #thecomb
Host Kim Chakanetsa
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 277Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
49. Match of the Day Africa: Top 10
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Yaya Touré, Efan Ekoku and Gabriel Zakuani draw up their top 10s and debate all things African football, from the best goalscorers to the biggest moments.
Hosts Yaya Touru00e9, Efan Ekoku, Gabriel Zakuani
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 40Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
50. Dear Daughter
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Extraordinary letters written from parents to their children with Namulanta Kombo. Sharing parenting advice, family stories and life lessons. Dear Daughter is an award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service about love, life, family, and raising children. It is the brainchild of Namulanta Kombo, a mother on a quest to create a 'handbook to life' for her daughter, through the advice of parents from all over the world...MORE Host Namulanta Kombo
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 775Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
51. The Cultural Frontline
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The Cultural Frontline: where arts and news collide.
Host Nick Rankin
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 27Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
52. The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
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Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they're led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out.In this six-part true crime series, Sarah Treleaven untangles a complex web of lies and deception to ask who Kaitlyn really is and why she did the things that she did. Cases like these puzzle legal experts and raise intricate moral and ethical questions...MORE Host Sarah Treleaven
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 2.8KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 28.3K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
53. The Dark Is Rising
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A young boy's time-travelling fight against ancient evil. When the Dark comes rising, who will hold it back? This dramatisation of Susan Cooper's cult novel is a magical journey into the supernatural.MORE Hosts Simon McBurney, Robert Macfarlane
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 894Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact
54. Amazing Sport Stories
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Sport but not as you know it.Forget the champions. Amazing Sport Stories is about courage, underdogs, drama and myths and legends. These are global stories you'll wish you'd known about and now probably won't forget. There are other podcasts about gold medals and millionaire superstars. Expect the unexpected. Tales from around the world, all told in mini-seasons and one-off episodes. #AmazingSportStoriesMORE Host BA Parker
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@vervetla.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 123Facebook 9MTwitter 561.5KInstagram 544K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact
BBC World Service shows hosts and producers
| Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Gender | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Menendez | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk/episodes/player | Male | @bbcjamesm | 5.8K | London, United Kingdom | |
| James Coomarasamy | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk/episodes/player | Male | @bbcjamiecoo | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Julian Marshall | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk/episodes/player | Male | @julianmarshall8 | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Audrey Brown | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrtyw/episodes/player | Female | @bbc_audreyb | 8.4K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Roland Pease | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnb/episodes/player | Male | @peaseroland | 3.5K | Swindon, United Kingdom | |
| Devina Gupta | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsxs/episodes/player | Female | @devinaguptanews | 2.4K | DL, India | |
| Hannah Mullane | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsxs/episodes/player | Female | @hannahmullane_ | 701 | Manchester, United Kingdom | |
| Stephen Sackur | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1s0/episodes/player | Male | @stephensackur | 110.2K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Amanda D. Lotz | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tl04/episodes/player | Female | @drtvlotz | 2.3K | Brisbane, QLD, Australia | |
| James Gallagher | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w557/episodes/player | Male | @jamestgallagher | 47.5K | London, United Kingdom | |
| Prof Adam Hart | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w557/episodes/player | Male | @adamhartscience | 13.5K | ||
| Claudia Hammond | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsyw/episodes/player | Female | @claudiahammond | 18.4K | United Kingdom | |
| Harriett Gilbert | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p003jhsk | Female | @harriettsg | 5.3K | ||
| Andrea Kennedy | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02s5rx7/episodes/player | Female | @dreakay7 | 336 | ||
| Jo Fidgen | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02s5rx7/episodes/player | Female | @wirelessjo | 1.8K | United Kingdom | |
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