I need a gripping new radio show!

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I can run for a long time with something interesting in my headphones, but I need something new! I prefer radio drama or comedy to music.

I have listened to every episode of Cabin Pressure about 10 times! I've recently listened to Michelle Obama's autobiography, Rob Delaney's book about his son that died and binge-listened to every season of "Lifelines" over a week. Loved, loved, loved Lifelines.

I'm training for a 10K - I need more radio to download from BBC sounds - any recommendations? A good Book of the Week? A fascinating Dessert Island Discs?

Home front

Old Harry's Game is free to listen on BBC Sounds. It gets better from series 2 when scumspawn joins as a character. For thrillers, I highly recommend The Lovecraft Investigations on BBC Sounds. Start with The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Incredible thriller with supernatural elements.

Series 9 of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. It's story of a family told backwards. Genuinely funny, such a good listen

Did you ever get into Mark Evan's "Bleak Expectations"? That is still on BBC sounds.

I was going to recommend Hut 33, but you might have to pay for it.

I'd love to download stuff from BBCSounds, but whatever I choose doesn't have an option to download?

Can anyone help with this - got a looong flight coming up soon!

YouTube instructions always show a download button, but I only ever see "subscribe" and "share".

I'm not in the UK but as far as I am aware radio downloads aren't restricted in any way.

Sorry for derailing....

This is where I sound a bit pathetic because downloading BBC stuff and shoving it on our hard drive/for the car is DH's chore.

Does this help:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/downloading/transfer-podcasts#:~:text=Yes%2C%20if%20you%20download%20the,copy%20and%20paste%20it%20elsewhere.

Thanks @Madcats

I'll only have my phone as an option so transferring it to another device isn't going to work :-(

Any recommendations for a nice (R4 - type) drama that isn't via Sounds?

I loved Paradise and Finding Kevin Parle.

Falco

Another vote for Bleak Expectations- I can only find two episodes on BBC sounds but the whole lot is on YouTube

hut 33 it’s a bbc play but I bought it on Amazon. The Break is excellent as well. I’ve Charles Paris mysteries are good and I recently discovered DCI Alma Blair also on BBC,

BBC Radio programs cannot be downloaded to listen to later if you are out of the country. I found this out when living abroad. Sure you can listen to BBC Sounds but no downloads.

Nothing will ever better Cabin Pressure, but I also really liked Deep Trouble (with Ben Wilbond of Horrible Histories and Ghosts). Set onboard a submarine.

Oh, and second Old Harry’s Game too !

Thanks to all for these suggestions

Home Front is a long series covering the First World War, concentrating on a few families and their experiences.

The Archers!

Conversations From A Long Marriage - Oh god, I absolutely loathe and detest that thing, with a passion!

A second vote from me for Disaster Trolls, and for everything made by the wonderful Danny Robbins - The Battersea Poltergeist, The Witch Farm, and Uncanny.

I've just finished The Crossbow Killer, which is a fascinating and haunting true-crime podcast about a horrible murder in Wales.

Some (far fetched but entertaining) fiction options: the ads annoy me!
aftershock
alice isn’t dead
homecoming
blackout
ear hustle
passenger list

Absolutely love Cabin Pressure too.

Have you tried Sideways? Not funny but usually interesting. Try Episode 37, My Last 5p. It's such an incredible story.