15 Best BBC Drama Podcasts

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BBC Drama Podcasts

Here are 15 Best BBC Drama Podcasts worth listening to in 2023

1. The Archers

The Archers Contemporary drama in a rural setting. Hosted by BBC Radio 4.
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4 episodes / week Avg Length 14 min
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2. Drama of the Week

Drama of the Week Every Friday we bring you a new drama from BBC Radio 4 or Radio 3. Exercise your imagination with some of the best writers and actors on radio. Storyt...elling at its very best.more
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915.9K 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min
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3. The Limelight Podcast

The Limelight Podcast UK
The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4. New series: The House That Vanished
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916K 534.9K 1 episode / week Avg Length 26 min
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4. BBC Learning English Drama

BBC Learning English Drama Dramas for English language learners from BBC World Service. Improve your English with retellings of stories classic and new. Each episode is between ...6 and 10 minutes long.more
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4 episodes / month Avg Length 7 min
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5. The Archers Omnibus

The Archers Omnibus The week's events in Ambridge. Hosted by BBC Radio 4
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1 episode / week Avg Length 74 min
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6. Opening Lines

Opening Lines Producer and writer John Yorke unpack the themes and impact behind the books, plays, and stories that are being dramatized in Radio 4's weekend af...ternoon dramas.more
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915.9K 534.9K 1 episode / day Avg Length 14 min
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7. The Jonathan Creek Podcast

The Jonathan Creek Podcast A retrospective podcast looking back at twenty years of the popular BBC murder-mystery drama.
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400 240 1 episode / year Avg Length 62 min
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8. The Untold

The Untold London, England, UK
A series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain.
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915.9K 534.9K 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 28 min
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9. The Dark Is Rising

The Dark Is Rising A young boy's time-traveling fight against an ancient evil. This dramatization of Susan Cooper's cult novel is a magical journey into the supe...rnatural.more
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7.2M 546.6K 13 episodes / quarter Avg Length 17 min
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10. Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave

Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Welcome to Ecstasy...: The Battle Of Rave.more
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427K 676.7K 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 25 min
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11. No Place But the Water

No Place But the Water Linda Marshall Griffiths' drama series is set in a flooded future world. When there is no place but the water, where do you go?
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10 episodes / year Avg Length 14 min
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12. The Battersea Poltergeist

The Battersea Poltergeist A paranormal cold case re-investigated through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary. The true story of one of Britain's strangest hauntings,... with Dafne Keen and Toby Jones.more
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654 801 1 episode / day Avg Length 28 min
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