100 Best BBC Podcasts
BBC Podcasts
Here are 100 Best BBC Podcasts worth listening to in 2024
1. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Jackie Leonard
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 6MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 37 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
3. 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
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Stephen Nolan
Producer/Network BBC Radio Ulster
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 3.8 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 80 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
4. Newshour
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 48 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
5. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 1
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 3.5MTwitter Followers 3MInstagram Followers 1.8M Frequency 4 episodes/week Avg Length 44 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
6. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Audrey Brown
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube 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?
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 2
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 5 episodes/week Avg Length 15 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
8. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Alan Kasujja
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 20 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
9. Business Matters
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Ed Butler, Sasha Twining
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 8.6K Frequency 4 episodes/week Avg Length 50 min Since Dec 2015 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
10. Americast
The authoritative weekly US news and politics podcast from BBC News, Americast investigates the social and cultural issues that define America today
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.2 / 5Facebook Followers 926.6KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
11. 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
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Facebook Followers 455.4KTwitter Followers 663.8KInstagram Followers 87.8K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 53 min Since Jan 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
12. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Tom Robinson
Producer/Network BBC Radio 6 Music
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 61 min Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact
13. F1: Chequered Flag
Formula 1 interviews, reaction and reports. 5 Live presents a round-up of the race weekend.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Harry Benjamin, Jennie Gow, Andrew Benson
Producer/Network BBC Podcasts
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 5.8MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 10 episodes/month Avg Length 40 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 218.1KTwitter Followers 526.9K Frequency 4 episodes/week Avg Length 36 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
15. Sportscene Podcast
All you need to know about Derbyshire sporting matters. With Ed Dawes and Chris Coles.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio Derby
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 22 min Since Dec 2015 Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
16. Science In Action
The BBC brings you all the week's science news.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host Roland Pease
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6MInstagram Followers 448.6K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 32 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
17. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Danny Care, Chris Jones, Ugo Monye
Producer/Network BBC Podcasts
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 426.6KTwitter Followers 663.8KInstagram Followers 87.8K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 51 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
18. BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire
Listen to highlights of Dave Gilyeat and his team of new music aficionados as they deliver all the best Oxfordshire bands you've never heard before.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio Oxford
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5 Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 120 min Listen on Apple Spotify Play Get Email Contact
19. 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
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host William Crawley
Producer/Network BBC Radio Ulster
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 95.1KTwitter Followers 49KInstagram Followers 4.9K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
20. CrowdScience
We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Caroline Steel, Anand Jagatia
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 59.8MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 31 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
21. Witness History
History as told by the people who were there.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 7.2MTwitter Followers 3.3K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 10 min Listen on Apple Spotify Video Podcast YouTube
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22. HARDtalk
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Stephen Sackur, Zeinab Badawi
Producer/Network BBC Podcasts
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 7.2MTwitter Followers 562KInstagram Followers 448.6K Frequency 3 episodes/week Avg Length 23 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
23. Business Daily
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 61.2MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 28M Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 18 min Since Jul 2014 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
24. Access All
Weekly podcast about mental health, wellbeing and disabled people. Life stories and solutions with a friendly touch for listeners around the world.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Sounds
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 6.9MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 28 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
25. Podlitical
Politics chat with the latest goings on at Holyrood and Westminster through the eyes of BBC Scotland journalists.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Host BBC
Producer/Network BBC Radio Scotland
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 5.7MTwitter Followers 2.4MInstagram Followers 5.6M Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 28 min Since Sep 2018 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
26. World Business Report
The latest business and finance news from around the world from the BBC
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC World Service
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.3 / 5Facebook Followers 7.3MTwitter Followers 15.6KInstagram Followers 448.6K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 27 min Since Dec 2016 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
27. Six O'Clock News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts BBC Radio 4, BBC
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 6.9MTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 1 episode/day Avg Length 26 min Since Mar 2021 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact
28. Moral Maze
Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Moral Maze, Michael Buerk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Facebook Followers 61.1MTwitter Followers 40.6M Frequency 9 episodes/quarter Avg Length 57 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
29. 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.
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Hosts Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt
Producer/Network BBC Radio 4
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 915.9KTwitter Followers 521.8KInstagram Followers 61.2K Frequency 4 episodes/month Avg Length 29 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
30. 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
Podcast bbc.co.uk
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 446KTwitter Followers 663.8KInstagram Followers 87.8K Frequency 1 episode/week Avg Length 51 min Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact
BBC Podcasters
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Jackie Leonard | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nq0gn/episodes/player | @jackieleonard01 | 12.1K | ||
Stephen Nolan | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrvbm/episodes/downloads | 155 | |||
Audrey Brown | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrtyw/episodes/player | @bbc_audreyb | 8.4K | ||
Alan Kasujja | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0925ydp/episodes/player | @kasujja | 347.4K | ||
Ed Butler | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tl04/episodes/player | ||||
Sasha Twining | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tl04/episodes/player | @sashatwining | 2.2K | ||
Tom Robinson | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrw4q | 28 | |||
Harry Benjamin | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsjn/episodes/player | @imharrybenjamin | 8K | ||
Jennie Gow | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsjn/episodes/player | @jenniegow | 140.2K | ||
Andrew Benson | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrsjn/episodes/player | @andrewbensonf1 | 192.5K | ||
Roland Pease | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnb/episodes/player | @peaseroland | |||
Danny Care | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q5p2n/episodes/player | ||||
Chris Jones | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q5p2n/episodes/player | ||||
Ugo Monye | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q5p2n/episodes/player | ||||
William Crawley | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrv77/episodes/downloads | ||||
Caroline Steel | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d42rc/episodes/player | @carolinesteel3 | |||
Anand Jagatia | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d42rc/episodes/player | @anandjagatia | 897 | ||
Stephen Sackur | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1s0/episodes/player | @stephensackur | 110.2K | ||
Zeinab Badawi | Co Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004t1s0/episodes/player | @thezeinabbadawi | 44K | ||
BBC | Host | bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06l4482/episodes/player | 54 | @bbc | 2.3M | |
BBC Radio 4 | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qjxt | 215 | @bbcradio4 | 534K | |
BBC | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qjxt | 215 | @bbc | 2.3M | |
Moral Maze | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qk11 | ||||
Michael Buerk | Host | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qk11 | ||||
Peter Everett | Producer | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qk11 |