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Best BBC podcasts we could find (updated April 2020)
Best BBC podcasts we could find
Updated April 2020
Updated April 2020
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas
The latest from the Premier League, EFL, European football and more!
How the technology business is transforming the way we live and work.
The day’s top stories from BBC News. Delivered twice a day on weekdays, daily at weekends
Short documentaries and adventures in sound presented by Josie Long.
Greg James, Jimmy Anderson and Felix White with an alternative (and sometimes musical) look at cricket...
The Inquiry gets beyond the headlines to explore the trends, forces and ideas shaping the world.
Discover world history, culture and ideas with today’s leading experts.
Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.
Brighten your week with the latest BBC Radio 4 comedy, introduced by Darren Harriott.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4
Behind every boring subject is another layer of boringness you could have never imagined. Presenter: James Ward Updated: Weekly
What's been happening around the world and why it matters
Aleks Krotoski explores the digital world
Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
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.
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
Every week, we look at a different everyday English phrase or piece of slang in this fun three-minute programme. From BBC World Service
Build your English vocabulary in six minutes. Every Monday join two of our presenters and hear about different ways to develop your vocabulary knowledge and skills.
Tunnel 29: Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helena Merriman tells the true story of a man who dug a tunnel into the East, right under the feet of border guards.
Greg Foot and his guests look for the facts behind the fads and search for the scientific evidence behind a product’s bold claims.
BBC Radio 5 live’s award winning gaming podcast, discussing the world of video games and games culture.
Learn English grammar in six minutes. Every Tuesday join two of our presenters and learn a new key area of grammar. Our presenters include Finn, Emma, Rob, Neil, Sophie & Alice.
Science news and highlights of the week
An hour of fresh new tunes from BBC Music Introducing handpicked by Tom Robinson each week in the early hours of Monday morning.
Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.
The weekly cricket show from BBC Sport in association with ABC and All India Radio.
Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.
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.
Epic stories of Nasa’s missions to the Moon. Season 1: the first Moon landing, Apollo 11. Season 2: the near disaster of Apollo 13. Presenter: Kevin Fong. Theme music: Hans Zimmer
Provocative weekly debate on moral, religious and ethical issues. From BBC Radio Ulster
Series focusing on foreign affairs issues
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
Formula 1 interviews, reaction and reports. 5 live presents a round-up of the race weekend.
A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
Science sleuths Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Insight and analysis from the Test Match Special team - including interviews with top players and special features.
A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week
Sophie Duker, Heidi Regan and Ned Sedgwick are here to guide you through the bewildering pursuit of adulthood.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective
A live investigation: Two murders, one fugitive and a hunter tracking down the target.
Michael Berkeley's guests share their musical passions and reveal which pieces bring them joy and sustain them through hard times.
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BBC Music Introducing Mixtape
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The BBC Music Introducing Mixtape With Tom Robinson
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An hour of top tunes from AMANDA ST JOHN, HOME COUNTIES, RORO, THE BROKEN ORCHESTRA, STEPHEN EVENS, THE GREENERS, STEVE ELSTON, LADY SANITY, AL MOSES, HECTOR & GAVAN, CIARAN AUSTIN, BL BEX, GECKO, KATHLEEN FRANCES, TROPICAL BOYFRIEND CATALOGUE, JOE JAMES LEWIS, THEARTFULCLOUD and LISA MARIE GLOVER handpicked by Tom Robinson from the BBC Introducing…
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Italy begins to ease lockdown to revive economy
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Italy and Austria are beginning cautious moves to reopen their economies. Also in the programme: The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has extended the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown for nearly three weeks; and the International Monetary Fund has forecast that the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will be more severe than the gl…
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6 Minute Grammar
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Defining and non-defining relative clauses
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Callum and Catherine talk about defining and non-defining relative clausesBy BBC Radio
Everyone knows what fire is, don't they? Think again! Roy and Feifei teach a new meaning.By BBC Radio
Cliff Devries was a talented young diver hoping to make the US Olympic team when he discovered he had a life threatening tumour on his spinal cord. He was given less than a year to live. He opted to try an experimental and risky surgery, and when he woke up he was paralysed from the neck down. But he realised that his diving training had prepared h…
Following a weekend of Tailenders activity, Greg, Jimmy, Felix and Mattchin assemble to review the replay of Headingley, the ’Scorealong’ and Mattchin’s post match Instagram Quiz, which it's fair to say did not go well.Warning: This podcast contains some strong(ish) language. Go (Stay) Well.By BBC Radio 5 live
Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has said that help is out there to victims of domestic violence. Two million pounds is now available to increase support. Some victims may be able to find a safe place at a refuge, but what’s it like at the moment for women staying at refuges and those running them? We hear from the area manager of 10 refuges in Lon…
Kathy Clugston is joined by Matthew Wilson, Pippa Greenwood and James Wong from the comfort of their own homes, answering horticultural questions sent in by the audience.This week the panel tackles questions on how to grow seeds in an old grow bag if you don't have access to a garden, and ideas to get teenagers outside and involved in gardening. Th…
Coronavirus has been slow to arrive in Africa but the continent has been warned the wave is coming. South Africa has so far been the hardest hit and it’s responded with some of the harshest lockdown restrictions in the world. Faeza Meyer lives in a township in the Cape Flats on the outskirts of Cape Town and is finding social distancing and getting…
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Business Matters
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Countries differ on ending coronavirus lockdown
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Countries and governments around the world are starting to feel the strain of coronavirus lockdown, with some showing signs of easing up restrictions. But the World Health Organisation is urging serious care, saying it cannot be done in a hurry. Also in the programme, the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has advised governments to pre…
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Global News Podcast
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Pressure grows to ease coronavirus lockdowns – but the WHO urges caution
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Italy becomes the latest country to relax restrictions – but Emanuel Macron extends France’s lockdown. Also: the schoolkids helping beat the shortage of personal protective equipment – and star crossed lovers meet across a street in the city that gave us Romeo and Juliet.By BBC World Service
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspectiveBy BBC Radio 4
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Russia records largest daily increase in coronavirus cases
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Authorities in the Russian capital, Moscow, have introduced a digital permit system to control people's movements as the country reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases so far.Also in the programme: What can the world learn from Iceland's extensive testing in the community? And love in the times of the lockdown: a modern-day 'Romeo…
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Test Match Special
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Tuffers and Vaughan: The art of Wicketkeeping
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Mark Chapman, Phil Tufnell and Michael Vaughan discuss what makes a good wicketkeeper, footwork and the relationships that they have with bowlers.England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and former England wicketkeeper Jack Russell join the pod to talk about how they got into it and the technical aspect of keeping.Tuffers and Vaughan also pick their all-tim…
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Football Daily
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MNC: Spurs backtrack and Wrighty to Chelsea?
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Mark Chapman, Ian Wright, Chris Sutton and Rory Smith discuss Tottenham’s move to reverse their decision to furlough the club’s non-playing staff.Also, after Chris Sutton’s revelation last week that he almost signed for Manchester United, Wrighty chats about how he nearly made a move to Chelsea.By BBC Radio 5 live
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Six O'Clock News
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13/04/2020 Coronavirus: no UK lockdown change this week
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There's to be no change in the UK lockdown ordered three weeks ago. The Prime Minister's deputy said the current measures were working and urged people to stick with them.By BBC Radio 4
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Spain eases some lockdown restrictions
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Some factories have resumed work to end 'economic hibernation'; also China steps up controls around its north-eastern border with Russia which has emerged as its new frontline for coronavirus infections, and the bad luck that began even before the Apollo 13 spacecraft blasted off the launch pad in April 1970.…
Spanish prime minister says the country is emerging from economic hibernation enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Also in the programme: Russia has reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases so far. And fifty years on, memories of the Apollo 13 moon mission. (Photo: Spanish workers wear masks leaving the subway on April 13, 2020 in…
13 APR 20By BBC Radio 4
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Outlook
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I believe my dog’s nose saved my life
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Claire Guest always loved dogs, but she didn’t realise that a dog might save her life one day. She’s a psychologist and animal behaviourist who began researching whether dogs could smell illness in people. Claire set up a charity to train dogs to detect diseases such as cancer in humans. She had a special bond with her Labrador Daisy, who started a…
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Sian Clifford, Caring for a person with dementia during lockdown
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A new ITV drama, Quiz, explores the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? coughing scandal of 2001. Charles Ingram, a former British Army major, his wife Diana and another contestant were found guilt of conspiring to cheat the show to win the top prize. Diana is played by Sian Clifford, who is best known for playing Phoebe Waller Bridge's TV sister Claire…
Is responsibility the key to happiness at work - or can it lead to illness? We explain!By BBC Radio
Demand for fuel has collapsed amid the coronavirus lockdowns, but the world keeps on pumping more crude and is fast running out of space to store it all.Justin Rowlatt finds that even his local petrol station is struggling, with streets of London - like every other city in the world - largely empty of cars. Alan Gelder of energy consultants Wood Ma…
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Comedy of the Week
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Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme
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By Tim Key In the first of a new series of the anarchic comedy, Tim Key plans to recite poetry high above the Norwegian fjords. But his cable car has broken down and, worse, his accountant is on his trail. Key…. Tim Key Lord…. Tom Basden Megan…. Katy Wix Jiffy…. Mike Wozniak Directed by James Robinson A BBC Cymru Wales Production…
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British PM thanks hospital staff after being treated for coronavirus
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After leaving hospital, the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, said there was no question the National Health Service had saved his life. Also: Pope Francis calls for global solidarity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and Andrea Bocelli live streams a concert from empty cathedral in Milan.…
The crew are off course, 200,000 miles from home and without a guidance computer. Their lives now depend on their flying skills - and Jim Lovell’s wristwatch. #13MinutestotheMoonFor more Apollo films and photos: www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutesPresented by Kevin Fong.Archive: NasaStarring Chuck Deiterich Jim Lovell Poppy Northcutt Fred Haise Jim K…
There were 737 coronavirus-related hospital deaths today taking the total to 10,612. Could the UK become the worst-affected country in Europe? Meanwhile the Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and has thanked healthcare workers for saving his life.Also on the programme: Easter in the locked down city of Jerusalem; and in …
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12/04/2020 The total number of coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals tops 10,000.
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The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has said it's a "sombre day", as the number of coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals rises above 10,000.By BBC Radio 4
Steve Crossman is joined by Andrew Benson, Jennie Gow and Jack Nicholls to pay tribute to Sir Stirling Moss.Also hear from Sir Jackie Stewart, Damon Hill and Tony Brookes who all pay their respects and reflect on his career, his life and his legacy.By BBC Radio 5 live
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is facing another lethal storm. The city on Louisiana’s coast has become one of the worst-hit areas in the US. Some have blamed the high death toll on the decision to allow the annual Mardi Gras parade to go ahead. But musician and actor Harry Shearer, famous, among other things for voicing charact…
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Euro Leagues: Javier Aguirre and Jonjoe Kenny
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Steve Crossman and Guillem Balague are joined by Kristof Terreur to discuss the latest impact of the coronavirus across the European Leagues.They chat to Leganés manager Javier Aguirre about how he is managing his team and what he is doing to keep spirits high at home.Also, Jonjoe Kenny joins the pod to discuss what it's like to be back in training…
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The Science Hour
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The impossibility of social distancing and even handwashing in crowded refugee camps
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Massively over crowded Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has seen numbers grow from 5 to 20 thousand in a matter of months. Hundreds of people share taps and toilets, there is little chance to implement measures designed to stop the spread of covid 19. So far the camp has not been hit by the epidemic, but aid agencies fear for the mo…
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Covid-19: When will we have a vaccine?
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When will a vaccine for Covid-19 be found to help us return to life as we knew it? We hear from billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and an infectious disease expert from the World Health Organisation.Also in the programme: An Easter message from Pope Francis - in a St Peter's Square without crowds of people. And, what can we learn about self-isol…
Wildlife sound recordist and sound artist Chris Watson talks to Michael Berkeley about how his favourite music is inspired by the natural world.Chris is most famous for his sound recordings for David Attenborough’s television series – for which he’s won BAFTAs – but he’s a musician too. A member of the influential post-punk band Cabaret Voltaire in…
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Takeaway transformed: Inside the food delivery revolution
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Stepping into a 'dark kitchen', Sheila Dillon explores why takeaway apps are changing food culture and explores how delivery is offering a lifeline under lockdown and diversifying to help people in need. She hears stories from restaurants turning to delivery to stay in business and the people dropping groceries at people's doors and getting food to…
Can we find hope, courage and consolation from the Resurrection on this Easter Sunday?By BBC Radio Ulster
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US coronavirus death toll the highest in the world
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The governor of the worst affected state, New York -- said the death rate there is stabilising, but at a horrific level. Also: there are concerns in Sweden about its strategy to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.By BBC World Service
Producer Andrew Luck-Baker explains why the season finale will be delayed.By BBC World Service
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Swedish PM: country should have prepared for pandemic
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Is Sweden having second thoughts about its approach to the coronavirus pandemic? Unlike most of its European neighbours, the Scandinavian country has not gone into lockdown. Also in the programme: The UK records nearly 1000 deaths for the third consecutive day and an update on what's happening on the island nation of Palau, which has been left unto…
When Sally Bayley was 14, she hit rock bottom. She was in care, had been rejected by her family and she wasn't eating. So who did she turn to when she was at her lowest? Shakespeare. Through reading, she was taken to places she could have never imagined. (First released 9th June 2018)Image: open book on the beachCredit: Eskemar/iStock /Getty Images…
On Profile this week, we look at the man who has effectively become Britain’s acting Prime Minister.The 46-year-old Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, asked to deputise “where necessary” for Boris Johnson while he recovers from coronavirus.A staunch Brexiteer and a karate black belt, he’s perhaps not the best-known member of the Cabinet.So, who is he…
Do face masks stop you getting coronavirus? You might instinctively think that covering your mouth and nose with cloth must offer protection from Covid-19. And some health authorities around the world say people should make their own masks. But expert opinion is divided. Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander unpick the arguments.…
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11/04/2020 Home Secretary defends supply of protective gear to health workers
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The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has said she is sorry if NHS workers feel there has been a failure to provide the protection they need when treating coronavirus patients.By BBC Radio 4
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Birth during Covid-19, Mary Berry’s tips for lockdown, and Grace Davidson
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The Coronavirus pandemic has seen a high level of anxiety among pregnant women and their families. So, what can pregnant women expect when the time to give birth does come? Jo Mountfield is Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and a consultant obstetrician at University Hospital Southampton. She explains what mate…
11 APR 20By BBC Radio 4
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Coronavirus: WHO warns against lifting lockdowns
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The World Health Organisation has warned that lifting lockdowns too soon could spark a dangerous resurgence of the disease. We hear how the progress made globally could be squandered if societies reopen too soon, and about the need for global cooperation.Also on the programme: we head to the Chinese city of Wuhan where the first cases of coronaviru…
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The Goat Show - Steve Bunce, Eleanor Oldroyd, Justin Moorhouse and Greg Brady
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Colin Murray plays judge and jury as Steve Bunce, Eleanor Oldroyd, Justin Moorhouse and Greg Brady compete with their sports punditry on guestions featuring the Greatest Of All Time. Informed comments are rewarded but witless outbursts are penalised. Get the podcast from BBC Sounds.By BBC Radio 5 live
