BBC Sounds

[MiloMinderbinder925]

Any recommendations on BBC sounds? I've just listened to the P Diddy series and am currently listening to one on A history of ghosts.

I'm not interested in plays or fiction.

Cautionary Tales from Tim Harford who also does More or Less.

The Skewer. Bite sized news mashups with swearing

The invention of... Potted histories of various countries by Misha Glenny who wrote McMafia

There was a good series about the Post Office scandal
Kitchen Cabinet
Piano Room
Life Changing

The Coming Storm, which a PP has recommended. Really good.

One on Britney Spears. Very well done and interesting.

Add to Playlist
It's a Fair Cop
Lifelines
Life changing
More or Less
Toast

All added, thanks.

I'm currently listening to the Britney podcast and have also been listening to Life Changing.

@MiloMinderbinder925 thanks for starting thread it’s generated lots of great suggestions

Do you know there is a new series just out ? I love the show

Is there really? Ive almost finished David Sedaris’ latest series so I listen to this afterwards.

@BunnyRuddington yep the 1st programme is out now .
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cprh?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

This is my kind of thread and I’m watching for new ideas.

I second ‘It’s a fair cop’, I really like his delivery.

if you like gripping non-fiction I really recommend some of the excellent investigative journalism on BBC Sounds recently- I’ve really enjoyed:

World of Secrets, “Finding Mr Fox” - about a shady and still at liberty fella who allegedly masterminded a massive drug operation importing coke from Brazil, using cheap/ willing Brazilian wannabe yachtsman. Great whodunnit.

“Hunting the Whiskey Bandits” - similar in some ways. Trying to track down bad men doing bad stuff to people, about a boiler room scam but involving whiskey barrels as opposed to shares.

For fiction that seems like it could be real:

”This Thing of Darkness” - excellent dramatisation from a prison psychologist’s perspective. Very gripping. And a few seasons so something to get your teeth into. I find a lot of radio dramas horribly overacted but not this one. It was clever and really well done.

I love most of these, and would add "13 minutes to the moon."

I love a lot of these and I’d add

Rewinder
Curious Cases
What? seriously??
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Crowd Science

I LOVE BBC Sounds:

My recommendations would be (I like science / psychology / medical):-

▫️Life Changing - Dr Sian Williams is excellent.
▫️Desert Island Discs - but more the non celebs
▫️The Life Scientific
▫️Fortunately with Fi and Jane - bloody hilarious.
▫️Antisocial
▫️Curious Cases
▫️Doctor, Doctor
▫️Sweet Bobby
▫️Made of Stronger Stuff
▫️Deeply Human
▫️Outlook
▫️Fever: the hunt for Covid’s origin

Thanks @MiloMinderbinder925 for starting this thread! Loads for me to add to my list too.

Oh, also Sideways

Conversations from a long marriage with Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam.
It's a regular returning comedy with just the two Actors, now on season 6.
It's perfect 😍

Totally second Conversations from a Long Marriage. Best thing both Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have ever done, and that is saying something.

It’s a fair cop is fantastic!! New series just started. I love the ones with Zeus.

I’d also add “Now You’re Asking” with Marion Keyes and Tara Flynn. It’s kind of like an agony aunt column with listeners sending in problems. It’s very gentle anbd funny and also at times moving.

I tend to like podcasts where there is a bit of a story / mystery to unravel over the course of several episodes and these are some good ones I've listened to on BBC Sounds

Acid Dream: the Great LSD Plot
Witch
Yeti
Offstage: Inside The X Factor
The Missing Crypto Queen
Stalked
The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
Dead Man Running
Who Killed Emma?
Bible John
Believe in Magic
The Lazarus Heist
A Very British Cult
Hometown: A Killing

Well thanks to this thread I have listened to the whole of million dollar lover and started conversations of a long marriage and fair cop. Excellent suggestions thank you PPs!

My own tips:

The missing crypto queen
A very British Cult
Lifelines
This is not a pity memoir
Real Survival stories
The Untold

Shedunnit if you like detective fiction from the golden age (eg Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers)
Cover - Stakeknife about the British spy in the IRA

Bookmarking
thank you all

just started The Autism Curve

https://youtube.com/@empathybliss?si=XFlg1kHxn_D19256
I have subscribed her. She is making really good videos about autism and therapy