100 Best BBC Podcasts

1. Football Daily

Mark Chapman, Kelly Cates, Steve Crossman, Darren Fletcher and the rest of the BBC Radio 5 Live Football Daily team bring you the latest news, insight, analysis and big name guests from the Premier League, WSL and the Football League, plus Scottish, International and European football.Get in touch with us @5liveSport on social media and remember to leave us your ratings and reviews.
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Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 6 episodes / week Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

2. Newscast

The UK's flagship daily news podcast from the BBC, Newscast dives into the day's big stories so you're never out of your depth. Newscast picks the brains of BBC News experts so you're ready if someone picks yours, covering the latest developments in politics in Westminster and beyond, what the cost of living means for the money in your pocket, and the impact of climate change.
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Facebook Followers 7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 35 min Play Get Email Contact

3. Newshour

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 2 episodes / day Avg Length 47 min Play Get Email Contact

4. Science In Action

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.
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Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 179.2K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 30 min Play Get Email Contact

5. Global News Podcast

The latest from Israel and Gaza and all the top stories from BBC News. Twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends and special episodes. Reports and analysis from around the world.
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Facebook Followers 6MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 11 episodes / week Avg Length 32 min Play Get Email Contact

6. Best of Nolan

Stephen Nolan's no nonsense approach to confronting the biggest issues of the day: an unmissable mixture of news, phone ins and entertainment. From BBC Radio Ulster
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 80 min Play Get Email Contact

7. Ten To The Top

Can you make it all the way to the top in Radio 2's mid-morning music quiz with Vernon Kay?
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 15 min Play Get Email Contact

8. Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James

This is the place to catch daily chat, extra fun, and highlights from Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James.
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Facebook Followers 3.5MTwitter Followers 3MInstagram Followers 1.7M Frequency 5 episodes / week Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

9. Focus on Africa

Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Facebook Followers 6MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 31 min Play Get Email Contact

10. CrowdScience

We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
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Facebook Followers 59.8MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact

11. Rugby Union Weekly

Rugby Union Weekly is presented by Ugo Monye, Chris Jones and Danny Care. Between the bickering and tangents they'll bring you special guests and cover the biggest stories in the game.
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Facebook Followers 426.6KTwitter Followers 674.6KInstagram Followers 75.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 44 min Play Get Email Contact

12. Africa Daily

One question to wake up to every weekday morning. One story from Africa, for Africa. Alan Kasujja takes a deep dive into the news shaping the continent. Ready by early morning, five days a week, Monday to Friday.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 19 min Play Get Email Contact

13. BBC Music Introducing Mixtape

An hour of fresh new tunes from BBC Music Introducing handpicked by Tom Robinson each week in the early hours of Monday morning.
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14. Test Match Special

The TMS team bring you daily insight & reaction throughout the Cricket World Cup PLUS Mark Wood & Chris Woakes take you inside the England camp with our 'Good Pace for Radio' episodes, AND Alex Hartley Kate Cross swing by with 'No Balls' during the competition as well.
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Facebook Followers 218.1KTwitter Followers 526.9K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 36 min Play Get Email Contact

15. Sportscene Podcast

All you need to know about Derbyshire sporting matters. With Ed Dawes and Chris Coles.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 5 episodes / week Avg Length 28 min Since Dec 2015 Play Get Email Contact

16. F1: Chequered Flag

Formula 1 interviews, reaction and reports. 5 Live presents a round-up of the race weekend.
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Facebook Followers 5.8MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 13 episodes / quarter Avg Length 40 min Play Get Email Contact

17. Radio 1's Screen Time

Join Radio 1's resident film buff Ali Plumb for movie news, reviews and extra behind-the-screens fun.
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Facebook Followers 3.5MTwitter Followers 3MInstagram Followers 1.7M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min Play Get Email Contact

18. Business Matters

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 8.6K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 50 min Since Dec 2015 Play Get Email Contact

19. Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people. Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch for listeners around the world.
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Facebook Followers 6.9MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 2 episodes / week Avg Length 31 min Play Get Email Contact

20. HARDtalk

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
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Facebook Followers 7.2MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 24 min Play Get Email Contact

21. Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

If time is tight, what's the one thing that you should be doing to improve your health and wellbeing? Michael Mosley reveals surprisingly simple top tips that are scientifically proven to change your life.
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Facebook Followers 915.8KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 15.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 20 min Play Get Email Contact

22. Wake Up to Money

News and views on business and the world of personal finance. Plus the very latest from the financial markets around the globe
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Facebook Followers 455.4KTwitter Followers 674.6KInstagram Followers 75.9K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 53 min Since Jan 2018 Play Get Email Contact

23. The World Tonight

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective
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Facebook Followers 6.5MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 38 min Play Get Email Contact

24. Business Daily

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Facebook Followers 61.2MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 27.1M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 18 min Since Jul 2014 Play Get Email Contact

25. Talkback

Highlights from Talkback. William Crawley and guests discuss the news headlines, chat to the people making them and ask you, the audience, what you think? From BBC Radio Ulster
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Facebook Followers 95.1KTwitter Followers 49KInstagram Followers 4.6K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 39 min Play Get Email Contact

26. Witness History

History as told by the people who were there.
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Facebook Followers 7.2MTwitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 4 episodes / week Avg Length 10 min Play Get Email Contact

27. Today in Parliament

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Facebook Followers 915.9KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 28 min Play Get Email Contact

28. 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.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 7 min Play Get Email Contact

29. Health Check

Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 27 min Play Get Email Contact

30. Limelight

The Limelight podcast - for fiction and drama serials you won't want to miss from Radio 4.
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Facebook Followers 916KTwitter Followers 532.5K Frequency 6 episodes / month Avg Length 25 min Play Get Email Contact

31. The Archers

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here. Essential drama from the heart of the country from the world's longest running soap opera.
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Facebook Followers 93.3KTwitter Followers 63.2K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 14 min Play Get Email Contact

32. Evil Genius with Russell Kane

It's good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
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Facebook Followers 922.2KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min Play Get Email Contact

33. The Real Story

Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
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Facebook Followers 6.6MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 45 min Play Get Email Contact

34. BBC Inside Science

A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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35. The Inquiry

The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
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36. Fighting Talk

A hilarious look at the volatile world of sport where guests compete for points with their sporting punditry. Informed comments are rewarded but witless outbursts are penalised.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 2 episodes / month Avg Length 61 min Play Get Email Contact

37. The History Hour

A compilation of the latest Witness History programmes.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min Play Get Email Contact

38. In Touch

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
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Facebook Followers 915.9KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 15.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 19 min Play Get Email Contact

39. World Business Report

The latest business and finance news from around the world from the BBC
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 27 min Since Dec 2016 Play Get Email Contact

40. Moral Maze

Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 57 min Play Get Email Contact

41. Americast

The authoritative weekly US news and politics podcast from BBC News, Americast investigates the social and cultural issues that define America today
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Facebook Followers 926.6KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Play Get Email Contact

42. The Skewer

A twisted comedy treat. Jon Holmes brings you the week's biggest stories like you've never heard them before. The news is remixed. Welcome to The Skewer. Headphones on. The multi-award winning, 'dizzying, dazzling, haunting and moving' satirical comedy returns to twist itself into these turbulent times. With contributions from brand-new and diverse audio talent, The Skewer is the sound the abyss makes as it stares back at you through your ears.
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Facebook Followers 926.6KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 5 episodes / quarter Avg Length 15 min Play Get Email Contact

43. The Coming Storm

A year on from the Capitol Insurrection in Washington DC on 6 January 2021, Gabriel Gatehouse journeys into the dark undergrowth of modern America. He's looking for the origins of the story that drove the crowds to storm the heart of US democracy. From conspiracy-soaked barrooms in 1990s Arkansas, via spies in hotel rooms in the shadow of the Kremlin, to anarchic chatrooms on the early internet, this is a search for the answer to one big question: did this just happen, or is somebody trying to break reality?
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Facebook Followers 925.6KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 26 min Play Get Email Contact

44. 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce

Discussion, analysis and the latest news from big fight nights and the world of boxing, featuring special guests.New episodes every Monday, get in touch with the pod via 5 Live Sport on social media and remember to share your ratings and reviews.
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Twitter Followers 149.3K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 47 min Since Feb 2019 Play Get Email Contact

45. Add to Playlist

Add to Playlist takes us on a musical journey of discovery, exploring the web of connections between tracks across the breadth of all musical styles, from pop, rock, reggae and hip-hop to classical, jazz, folk and country.
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Facebook Followers 921.9KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 6 episodes / quarter Avg Length 42 min Play Get Email Contact

46. Podlitical

Politics chat with the latest goings on at Holyrood and Westminster through the eyes of BBC Scotland journalists.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 29 min Since Sep 2018 Play Get Email Contact

47. Six O'Clock News

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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Facebook Followers 6.9MTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 27 min Since Mar 2021 Play Get Email Contact

48. Inside Health

Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
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Facebook Followers 921.6KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 15.5K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact

49. People Fixing the World

Brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 8 episodes / quarter Avg Length 24 min Play Get Email Contact

50. Private Passions

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical loves and hates, and talk about the influence music has had on their lives
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Facebook Followers 96.2KTwitter Followers 129.7K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 40 min Play Get Email Contact

51. Any Questions? and Any Answers?

Alex Forsyth presents topical debate in which guests from politics, business, science, arts and the media answer questions from members of the public. Anita Anand presents listeners' responses to the issues raised.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 44 min Play Get Email Contact

52. 5 Live's World Football Phone-in

Expert answers to your questions in World Football: The Phone-in from BBC Radio 5 Live's Up All Night programme.
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Facebook Followers 450.8KTwitter Followers 674.6KInstagram Followers 75.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 153 min Play Get Email Contact

53. Unexpected Elements

The news you know, the science you don't. Unexpected Elements looks beyond everyday narratives to discover a goldmine of scientific stories and connections from around the globe. From Afronauts, to why we argue, to a deep dive on animal lifespans: see the world in a new way.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 51 min Play Get Email Contact

54. Tech Life

Tech Life discovers and explains the ways technology is changing our lives, wherever we are in the world. We meet the people with bright ideas for rethinking the way we work, learn and play, and get hands-on with the products they dream up. We hold tech giants to account for their huge power to affect our lives, and ask who wins, and who loses, in the technology transformation. Tech Life is your guide to a future being made, and remade, at lightning speed in front of our eyes.
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Facebook Followers 824.1KTwitter Followers 15.9KInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 28 min Since Oct 2018 Play Get Email Contact

55. Tailenders

Greg James, Jimmy Anderson and Felix White take an alternative (and sometimes musical) look at cricket...Tailenders is now on Discord! If you've not used Discord before, it's like our own member's enclosure - a community space where fans of the show can hang out together online. Mattchin's a regular, propping up the bar. Come and join in the conversation here: https://discord.gg/NnzE3vdnnq
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Facebook Followers 446KTwitter Followers 674.6KInstagram Followers 75.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 52 min Play Get Email Contact

56. Sliced Bread

The series investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier, and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread'? Science presenter Greg Foot finds out. Greg speaks to experts on a bunk-busting mission to test the latest consumer trends chosen by listeners. Do they live up to the hype? Or are they just marketing BS? Greg chats to the experts, dives into the data, performs tests, and crunches the numbers before putting his findings back to the listener so they can decide if it's worth spending their hard-earned money on.
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Facebook Followers 926.6KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 4 episodes / month Avg Length 26 min Play Get Email Contact

57. The Unmissable Podcast

A one-stop shop where you can sample BBC Radio Lancashire's best bits. Joe Wilson selects his favorite parts of BBC Radio Lancashire's broadcasts from the previous week.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 9 episodes / quarter Avg Length 73 min Play Get Email Contact

58. Sporting Witness

The inside and personal story of the key moments from sporting history
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 11 min Play Get Email Contact

59. Soul Music

Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional impact
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Facebook Followers 916KTwitter Followers 532.5K Frequency 4 episodes / quarter Avg Length 29 min Since Jan 2008 Play Get Email Contact

60. World Football

Original football stories and interviews from around the globe.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 6 episodes / week Avg Length 16 min Play Get Email Contact

61. From Our Own Correspondent Podcast

Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact

62. Trending

In-depth reporting on the world of social media.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 21 min Play Get Email Contact

63. Westminster Hour

The big political stories with lively discussion and expert comment and analysis from politicians and journalists, 10pm every Sunday on BBC Radio 4.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 50 min Since Dec 2020 Play Get Email Contact

64. Best of Today

Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 3 episodes / week Avg Length 15 min Play Get Email Contact

65. The Archers Omnibus

The week's events in Ambridge
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Twitter Followers 63.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 76 min Play Get Email Contact

66. The Bottom Line

Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters
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Facebook Followers 925.2KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 29K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 34 min Since Sep 2010 Play Get Email Contact

67. Stumped

The weekly cricket show from BBC Sport in association with ABC and Akashvani.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 34 min Play Get Email Contact

68. File on 4

Award-winning current affairs documentary series investigating major issues at home and abroad
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 38 min Play Get Email Contact

69. Learning English News Review

News Review shows you how to use the language from the latest news stories in your everyday English. Published every Tuesday by BBC Learning English.
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Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 559.5KInstagram Followers 399.2K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 7 min Since Oct 2017 Play Get Email Contact

70. Record Review Podcast

Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Facebook Followers 95KTwitter Followers 129.7K Frequency 3 episodes / month Avg Length 47 min Play Get Email Contact

71. Fifth Floor

Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.
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Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.3MInstagram Followers 5.4M Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 41 min Play Get Email Contact

72. In Our Time: History

From the venerable BBC4 Radio, In Our Time skews more toward the Greats (e.g., Seneca; Alexander; Catherine; Frederick; Great Wall of China, the). Which is to say, it goes much further back than many of the others on this list, although there are more recent subjects, too.
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Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 53 min Play Get Email Contact

73. Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

Download the best satirical comedy from Radio 4, every Friday. Features The News Quiz, The Now Show and Dead Ringers.
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Facebook Followers 915.9KTwitter Followers 532.5KInstagram Followers 13.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 29 min Play Get Email Contact

74. Sport's Strangest Crimes

When sport collides with true crime.
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Facebook Followers 446.9KTwitter Followers 674.6KInstagram Followers 67.9K Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 30 min Play Get Email Contact

75. The Early Music Show

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.
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Facebook Followers 96.2KTwitter Followers 129.7K Frequency 5 episodes / quarter Avg Length 33 min Play Get Email Contact

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