15 Best UK Storytelling Podcasts

1. Let's Not Meet: A True Horror Podcast

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True horror stories written by those who made it out alive. First-person accounts narrated and produced by Andy Tate in an anthology of terror and suspense. To hear your story on the show, send it to letsnotmeetstories@gmail.comMORE Host Andy Tate
Producer/Network Cryptic County
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Location Sacramento, California, United States
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 9.7KTwitter 5.2KInstagram 18.5K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 500k active Podcasts in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted podcast contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Film Stories with Simon Brew

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Film Stories with Simon Brew is a podcast that looks to dig into the stories behind popular movies.From troubled productions, to rights issues, to difficulties with release to films nearly falling apart, the podcast will be looking at the stories that don't always seem apparent when watching a movie!The podcast is hosted by Simon Brew, the founder of Den Of Geek. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/simonbrew. Thank you!MORE Host Simon Brew
Producer/Network Simon Brew
Email ****@simonbrew.com
Location United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 844Facebook 374Twitter 10.8KInstagram 3.7K Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. The Story Collider

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Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!MORE Hosts Erin Barker, Misha Gajewski
Producer/Network Story Collider, Inc.
Email ****@storycollider.org
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 973Facebook 8KTwitter 16.1KInstagram 4.3K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Story Quest  Stories for Kids

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Original stories for kids and families, suitable for all ages. New episodes every week! Story Quest episodes are perfect stories for the car, bedtime stories, or as a way to unwind. Get even more stories with Story Quest : The Full Collection when you become a Fun Kids Podcasts Plus subscriber. As well as that show and 30 others! you'll get our podcasts ad-free and be supporting the work Fun Kids does in bringing you high-quality, entertaining, and safe content for your family. Find out more at FunKidsLive.com/plusMORE Host Dan Simpson
Producer/Network Fun Kids
Email ****@dantdmteam.com
Location United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 782Facebook 8.4KTwitter 9.2KInstagram 2.1K Avg Length 11 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

5. Easy Stories in English

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Learning a language is hard, but Easy Stories in English makes it easy! Ariel Goodbody introduces each story, explaining difficult vocabulary and talking about their life. Thanks to their high energy and clear pronunciation, the stories are entertaining and simple to understand.Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced learner, there's something for everyone. The stories cover a wide range of genres, such as fairy tales, myths and legends, drama, comedy, romance, horror, science fiction and action. There is a balance of children's stories, as well as more mature themes for adults...MORE Host Ariel Goodbody
Producer/Network Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 493Facebook 1.7KTwitter 184Instagram 2.5K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

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These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you ... no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF stories delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.MORE Hosts James Barnett, Luke Kondor
Producer/Network The Other Stories+
Email ****@live.com.au
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 1.4KTwitter 1.4KInstagram 1.9K Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

7. The Worst Writer in the World

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Meet Rufus & Howard. Rufus is an English teacher with a degree in literature. Howard is an unemployed idiot. One of them spent their entire childhood writing stories and scripts. Unfortunately, it was Howard. Welcome to The Worst Writer in the World; a comedy storytelling podcast in which Rufus attempts to read everything that Howard wrote, while Howard listens and feels increasingly ashamed. Together, they'll probe the plot holes, interrogate the inconsistencies, and use their adult brains to fix the many problems with Young Howard's work...MORE Hosts Rufus, C
Producer/Network Comedy.co.uk
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Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 130Facebook 176Twitter 101 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Storynory - Audio Stories For Kids

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Beautifully read and written audio stories for kids. The original stories podcast, founded in 2005.
Hosts Natasha-Lee Lewis, Jana Elizabeth
Producer/Network Storynory
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Location Surrey Quays, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 4.7KFacebook 14.7KTwitter 2.3KInstagram 1.7K Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

9. Dragonfly Tales

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A story podcast for children of all ages. Join professional storyteller Emily Hanna-Grazebrook for stories from all around the world. Tell us your own tales and share your art. Let your imagination run wild!MORE Host Emily Hanna-Grazebrook
Producer/Network Emily Hanna-Grazebrook Dragonfly Tales
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Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 127Facebook 468Twitter 705 Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Lore and Legend : Tales From Our Mythic Past

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Welcome to Lore & Legend - telling stories the way they're meant to be told! Lore and Legend combines the magic of myth, legend and folklore with the power of Traditional Storytelling and Audio Drama in one dynamic show. Drawing on world folklore and mythology, each new podcast series explores a new anthology of stories drawn from the world's myth cycles. With regular stories from your hosts and guest tellers from the contemporary UK storytelling scene.| Keep up to date with the podcast by visiting us at www.loreandlegend.co.ukMORE Producer/Network Lore and Legend
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Location Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 24Facebook 769Twitter 4.1K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Storytelling for Impact

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What's it really like to report from a war zone? Work on an undercover investigation? Be a humanitarian photographer capturing images in the far corners of the earth to influence our hearts and minds? Here, you'll find out through captivating conversations delving into the personal stories of people who dedicate themselves to telling stories to drive impact, while at the same time exploring the ethical challenges they face.Hosted by Susannah Birkwood, international journalist and NGO storyteller.MORE Producer/Network Susannah Birkwood
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Location London, England, United Kingdom
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 31Twitter 2.6K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Willow Audiobooks

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Willow Audiobooks is an independent publisher of free audiobooks, released in the form of a podcast. The source texts are all in the public domain, and they are narrated, produced and with original music by Stephen Alexander. Original cover illustrations are by Benjamin Callery.​Willow Audiobooks began in March 2020, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK national lockdown. Stephen Alexander has been storytelling all his life, and recorded his first homemade audiobook on cassette at the age of six (Roald Dahl's Esio Trot)!MORE Producer/Network Stephen Alexander
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 24Facebook 230Twitter 246 Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. Solus Sounds

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Solus have produced a varied and strong back catalogue of programmes spanning various genres for all the main U.K broadcasters. They have always valued good storytelling. Storytelling connects us, helps us make sense of the world, and communicates our values and beliefs. A good story makes us think and feel, and speaks to us in ways that numbers, data, and presentation slides simply can't. Solus recognise the power of podcasts in facilitating the telling of a good story...MORE Producer/Network Solus Sounds
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Apple Reviews 1Instagram 2.4K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. Tales from the Cliff Edge

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Bizarre stories from a peculiar place. On the edge of the West Cliff in Bournemouth UK, balanced between sea and land and sky, the twisting paths and dark pine trees inspire strange stories of the strange folk who have inhabited that weird place. A new story every week from the pen of master storyteller Peter John Cooper. Funny, sad, murders, spirits, and the downright ordinary. Commuting to work, drifting off to sleep, making breakfast, there's a story for you here.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Location Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
Facebook 358Twitter 549Instagram 199 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact