BBC Sounds podcast suggestions

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I've recently starting listening to podcasts (I know, a bit late to the party) but I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions on what to listen to.
I have recently listened to:

The great post office trial
Witchhunt
Mythical creatures
The Shamima Begum story
A few of the Our Times episodes
Uncanny

It's a bit of a mish mash selection so open to any suggestions! 🙂

Life Changing with Dr Sian Williams is another good series.

Radio 4 "Life Changing" podcasts were amazing! Very engaging, a huge variety of stories with different challenges...

I listen to You’re dead to me and Lady killers
and my friend recommended Murder they wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling. I haven’t listened to any of these ones yet but she enjoyed them so I’ll give them a try.

13 Minutes to the Moon

A history of the world in 100 objects

It's a Fair Cop

Women Talking about Cars - the Claudia Winkleman episode in particular which never fails to cheer me up.

And Natalie Haynes! How could I forget her....

BBC Sounds -Someone has already mentioned Lifechanging . Also like Untold with Grace Dent .
If you like plays I really liked Edge of Darkness , on third series . I have listened to two and on the third series now .

If I have the radio on and have caught the end of something I will go into the Sounds App and go to the live part and take a screenshot on my phone of the programme otherwise I will forget the name .

I caught the end of Short works - Stew Woman on Friday and it sounded good , so think I will check others in the series out .

I also like listening to the older episodes of desert island discs as others have said .

Finally I also like Last Word which is a radio obituary of sorts and there are usually fascinating life stories .

Hope you find something you enjoy

Seconding More Or Less, The Lovecraft Investigations, It's a Fair Cop.

I'd also recommend The Rest Is History, which isn't BBC but has a large selection of episodes on BBC Sounds for some reason.

A Good Read
Great Lives
Sideways
Shedunnit
The Allusionist
Outlook
Word of Mouth
This Cultural Life
The Life Scientific
Life Changing
The Reunion
My Dream Dinner Party
Behind the Crime
Believe It!
Miss Marple (june whitfield)
The Poet Laureate has gone to his shed

@Dazzledee, completely agree with you there can't remember if I had added that to my list or not but it was such a good listen.
@Candleabra I started bad women, really enjoying it so far. Gives an entirely different perception of those women.

The Lovecraft Investigations are fantastic. Hands down best audio drama I've listened to and totally flies under the radar. Great cast, including the brilliant Nicola Walker.

If you like Uncanny and dramas with mystery and the unexplained, then they're right up your street.

(The Aldrich Kemp series are by the same writer & set in the same universe too.)

Good ones to dip into are Seriously (R4) and The Documentary (World Service), which scoop up recent one-off docs on all sorts of different subjects you might otherwise miss.

Ive added sooo many things to my subscribed list I don't think I'll be short of things any time soon, so glad I asked for suggestions!

Lady Killers
Sliced Bread (and Toast)
When it hits the fan
Paul Sinhas pub quiz
I am not a monster

Currently listening to Jackie the Ripper

Can't believe that nobody has mentioned Home Front yet! It's a drama spanning the whole of the first world war and each 15 minute episode was broadcast exactly 100 years after the events depicted.

It's the best thing I've ever listened to. I only listened to it last year and I was utterly obsessed. I recommended it to a couple of friends and they felt exactly the same. I was lost when I'd finished the whole thing.

Nicola Walker is in Aldrich Kemp too - she’s Mrs Boone.

And Phoebe Fox plays Clara Page in Aldrich Kemp and Parker in the Lovecraft Investigations.

@SabrinaThwaite I loved her as Mrs boone!

The same actors pop up in both series a lot - including barnaby kay who is nicola walkers husband

@SabrinaThwaite @Collywobblewobbles

The other plays in the Pleasant Green universe, in particular Mythos, which introduces Mary Lairre, and Bad Memories, which introduces the Blake House and is absolutely terrifying, are all on Julian Simpson's SoundCloud webpage. Enjoy.
https://www.cartoongravity.com/radio-and-podcasts/

@AsTheyPulledYouOutOfTheOxygenTent

Oh brilliant - thank you!

@Collywobblewobbles

I had no idea that Barnaby Kay and Nicola Walker are married.

@Reallybadidea I've added it to my list to listen too 🙂

The ones on my Subscribed List are:

Being Roman with Mary Beard
Putin
The Confessional
The Martin Lewis Podcast
Americast
Boris
Newscast
Ladykillers
Now You’re Asking
The Coming Storm
The Lazarus Heist
The Missing Cryptoqueen
The Unbelievable Truth
Evil Genius
Grounded With Louis Theroux
You’re Dead To Me
The Infinite Monkey Cage

Elis & John
Off The Telly
All Consuming
Robin Ince’s Reality Tunnel

plus lots of Welsh language ones which I assume you don’t want 😆

Ladykillers with Lucy Worsley is brilliant

I love BBC Sounds! It's well worth looking at the Radio 4 Extra schedules as well. They're a bit of a mixed bag with some dross but also some absolute classics there. I've subscribed to (amongst many) Yes Minister, Mark Steel's in Town, And The Academy Award Goes To... (about the making of Oscar winning films) and old radio comedy shows from my yoof (Million Pound Radio Show, And Now in Colour, The Masterson Inheritance etc). The only downside is some are only up for a limited time so you need to keep an eye on their availability.

Anyone interested in business or the media would like ‘when it hits the fan’. Is presented by two media/PR guys and is about high end PR and reputation management. It is my background too and is a fascinating insight into how today’s news stories are managed.

Can't believe there is only one other recommendation for Annika Stranded, love this one. Nicola Walker is great and each episode is self-contained.