List of BBC podcasts explained

This is a list of current and former BBC shows that have been released as podcasts. The podcasts have been arranged in tables according to genre.

Original Podcasts

True Crime

!Title!Radio Station!Release Date!Ended!

Fake Heiress	BBC Radio 4	1 February 2022		^[1]
Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle	BBC Radio 5	4 February 2020	Yes	^[2]
Bad People	BBC Sounds	23 July 2020		^[3]
Fake Psychic	BBC Radio 4	1 February 2022		^[4]
Assume Nothing	Radio Ulster	19 February 2022		^[5]
Fairy Meadow	BBC Radio 4	5 January 2022		^[6]
Bodies in the Garden: The Wycherley Murders	Radio Nottingham	7 December 2021		^[7]
The Great Post Office Trial	BBC Radio 4	24 May 2020		^[8]
Gangster	BBC Radio 5	13 April 2021		^[9]
The Lazarus Heist	BBC World Service	8 April 2021		^[10]
Death in Ice Valley	BBC World ServiceNRK	26 March 2018		^[11]
The Missing Cryptoqueen		17 September 2019		^[12]
Sport's Strangest Crimes	BBC Radio 5	1 February 2021		^[13]
Paradise	BBC Radio 5	21 February 2019		^[14]
I'm Not A Monster	BBC PanoramaFrontline PBS	13 November 2021		^[15]
Bad Cops	BBC World Service	9 August 2021		^[16]
Who Killed Emma?	BBC Radio Scotland	26 March 2021		^[17]
End of Days	BBC Radio 5	31 October 2018		^[18]
The Doorstep Murder	BBC Radio Scotland	22 May 2018		^[19]
No Body Recovered	BBC News	19 November 2019		^[20]
Where is George Gibney		13 August 2020		^[21]
Blood Lands	BBC Radio 4	14 September 2020		^[22]
Who Killed Elsie Frost?	BBC Radio 4			^[23]
Shreds: Murder in the Dock	BBC Radio Wales	21 February 2019		^[24]
The Orgasm Cult	BBC Radio 4	10 November 2020
The Assassination	BBC World Service	18 December 2017		^[25]
Girl Taken	BBC Radio 4	12 March 2020		^[26]
Body on the Moor	BBC Radio 4			^[27]
Intrigue	BBC Radio 4	3 November 2020		^[28]
Hometown: A Killing	BBC Sounds	26 May 2020		^[29]
The Hurricane Tapes	BBC World Service	28 December 2018		^[30]
The High Street Abduction	BBC Radio 4			^[31]
On The Ground	BBC Radio 5	10 August 2020		^[32]

Life Stories

!Title!Radio Station!Release Date!Ended!

Desert Island Discs	BBC Radio 4	29 January 1942		^[33]
Death by Conspiracy	BBC Radio 4	16 February 2022		^[34]
5 Minutes On	BBC News	2 August 2021		^[35]
Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	12 October 2021		^[36]
Headliners	BBC Radio 5	21 September 2017		^[37]
Grounded with Louis Theroux	BBC Radio 4	20 April 2020		^[38]
Amol Rajan Interviews...	BBC Radio 4	9 July 2021		^[39]
Tony Bellew is Angry	BBC Radio 5	6 September 2021		^[40]
Stacey Dooley: Fresh Starts	BBC Radio 5	15 September 2020	Yes	^[41]
Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point	BBC Radio 5	28 May 2019		^[42]
Midnight Meets with Colin Murray	BBC Radio 5	21 April 2017		^[43]
Life Changing	BBC Radio 4	1 April 2021		^[44]
Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	2 October 2012
The Life Scientific	BBC Radio 4	11 October 2011		^[45]
Mark Andrews: My Love Letter to Wrestling	BBC Radio Wales	13 May 2021		^[46]
Dear Daughter	BBC World Service	25 November 2021		^[47]
Aberfan: Tip Number 7	BBC Radio Wales	20 October 2021		^[48]
Hope High	BBC Radio 5	12 March 2020		^[49]
The Reveal	Radio Scotland	16 February 2022		^[50]
Walking on Jupiter	BBC Radio 4	6 December 2021		^[51]
The Flipside with Paris Lees	BBC Radio 4	6 October 2021		^[52]
Descendants	BBC Radio 4	24 May 2021		^[53]
Legends Fall in the Making	BBC Radio 1xtra	2 November 2021		^[54]
Goodbye to All This	BBC World Service	1 October 2020		^[55]
The Localist	BBC Local Radio	21 June 2021		^[56]
Pieces of Britney	BBC Radio 4	1 July 2021		^[57]
Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts	BBC Radio 5	7 October 2019		^[58]
The Punch	BBC Radio 4	20 July 2020		^[59]
The Comb	BBC World Service	19 June 2020
Hillsborough: The Full Story	BBC Local Radio	22 November 2019		^[60]
It's Not Always Black and White	BBC Local Radio	31 March 2021		^[61]
The Hayley Pearce Podcast	BBC Radio Wales	24 February 2021		^[62]
The YUNGBLUD Podcast	BBC Radio 1	29 September 2020		^[63]
Real Talk	BBC Radio Ulster	23 August 2021		^[64]
Unexpected Fluids	BBC Radio 1	8 May 2018		^[65]
Sex, Drugs & Lullabies	BBC Local Radio	7 November 2019		^[66]
The Disruptors	BBC Radio 4	5 November 2018		^[67]
1800 Seconds on Autism	BBC	25 June 2021		^[68]
The Naked Podcast	BBC Local Radio	10 April 2018		^[69]
Multi Story	BBC Local Radio	27 September 2018		^[70]
Building Queertopia	BBC	22 June 2021		^[71]
Hear Me	BBC	14 June 2019		^[72]
Pregnant Teens	BBC Local Radio	16 October 2019		^[73]
Make a Difference	BBC Local Radio	31 March 2021		^[74]
My Special Place	BBC	19 April 2021		^[75]
Life Lessons	BBC Radio 4	19 November 2018		^[76]
The Sista Collective	BBC Radio 5	25 October 2018		^[77]
We Can Change the World	BBC			^[78]
Fy Nhro Cyntaf	BBC Radio Cymru	16 November 2020		^[79]
Word UP!	BBC Radio Scotland	16 February 2021		^[80]

History

!Title!Radio Station!Release Date!Ended!

Evil Genius with Russel Kane	BBC Radio 4	5 March 2018		^[81]
In Our Time	BBC Radio 4	15 Oct 1998		^[82]
A History of the World in 100 Objects	BBC Radio 4	17 Apr 2020
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy	BBC World Service	6 Nov 2016

Investigative journalism

!Title!Radio Station!Release Date!Ended!

Nolan Investigates

BBC Radio

13 Oct 2021

Yes

^[83]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicholson . Tom . 2021-04-09 . The 38 Best BBC Podcasts To Listen To Right Now . 2022-03-21 . Esquire . en-GB.
2. Web site: BBC Sounds – Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
3. Web site: BBC Sounds – Bad People – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
4. Web site: BBC Sounds – Fake Psychic – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
5. Web site: BBC Sounds – Assume Nothing – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
6. Web site: BBC Sounds – Fairy Meadow – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
7. Web site: BBC Sounds – Bodies in the Garden: The Wycherley Murders – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
8. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Great Post Office Trial – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
9. Web site: BBC Sounds – Gangster – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
10. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Lazarus Heist – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
11. Web site: Podcasts for every mood on BBC Sounds Freesat . 2022-04-18 . www.freesat.co.uk.
12. Web site: Fernandez . Nick . 2020-01-25 . The 10 best BBC podcasts to fill your feed in 2020 . 2022-03-21 . Android Authority . en.
13. Web site: BBC Sounds – Sport's Strangest Crimes – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
14. Web site: BBC Sounds – Paradise – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
15. Web site: BBC Sounds – I'm Not A Monster – from BBC Panorama & FRONTLINE PBS – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
16. Web site: BBC Sounds – Bad Cops – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
17. Web site: BBC Sounds – Who Killed Emma? – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
18. Web site: BBC Sounds – End Of Days – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
19. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Doorstep Murder – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
20. Web site: BBC Sounds – No Body Recovered – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
21. Web site: BBC Sounds – Where Is George Gibney? – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
22. Web site: BBC Sounds – Blood Lands – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
23. Web site: BBC Sounds – Who Killed Elsie Frost? – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
24. Web site: BBC Sounds – Shreds: Murder in the dock – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
25. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Assassination – Available Episodes . 2022-02-20 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
26. Web site: BBC Sounds – Girl Taken – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
27. Web site: BBC Sounds – Body on the Moor – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
28. Web site: BBC Sounds – Intrigue – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
29. Web site: BBC Sounds – Hometown: A Killing – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
30. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Hurricane Tapes – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
31. Web site: BBC Sounds – The High Street Abduction – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
32. Web site: BBC Sounds – On The Ground – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
33. News: Harper . Leah . 2017-10-30 . From Dirty John to Mogul and the Guilty Feminist: best podcasts of 2017 part 2 . en-GB . . 2022-03-21 . 0261-3077.
34. Web site: BBC Sounds – Death by Conspiracy? – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
35. Web site: BBC Sounds – 5 Minutes On – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
36. Web site: BBC Sounds – Uncanny – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
37. Web site: BBC Sounds – Headliners – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
38. Web site: Claire Crick . 2021-02-24 . Best BBC podcasts — all the top podcasts BBC Sounds has to offer . 2022-04-18 . whattowatch.com . en.
39. Web site: BBC Sounds – Amol Rajan Interviews... – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
40. Web site: BBC Sounds – Tony Bellew Is Angry – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
41. Web site: BBC Sounds – Stacey Dooley – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
42. Web site: BBC Sounds – Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
43. Web site: BBC Sounds – Midnight Meets With Colin Murray – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
44. Web site: BBC Sounds – Life Changing – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
45. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Life Scientific – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
46. Web site: BBC Sounds – Mark Andrews: My Love Letter to Wrestling – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
47. Web site: BBC Sounds – Dear Daughter – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
48. Web site: BBC Sounds – Aberfan: Tip Number 7 – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
49. Web site: BBC Sounds – Hope High – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
50. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Reveal – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
51. Web site: BBC Sounds – Walking on Jupiter – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
52. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Flipside with Paris Lees – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
53. Web site: BBC Sounds – Descendants – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . BBC . en-GB.
54. Web site: BBC Sounds – Legends Fall in the Making – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
55. Web site: BBC Sounds – Goodbye to All This – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
56. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Localist – Suffolk – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
57. Web site: BBC Sounds – Pieces of Britney – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
58. Web site: BBC Radio 5 live – Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts . 2022-03-21 . BBC . en-GB.
59. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Punch – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
60. Web site: BBC Sounds – Hillsborough: The Full Story – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
61. Web site: BBC Sounds – It's Not Always Black and White – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
62. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Hayley Pearce Podcast – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
63. Web site: BBC Sounds – The YUNGBLUD Podcast – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
64. Web site: BBC Sounds – Real Talk – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
65. Web site: BBC Sounds – Unexpected Fluids – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
66. Web site: BBC Sounds – Sex, Drugs & Lullabies – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
67. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Disrupters – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
68. Web site: BBC Sounds – 1800 Seconds on Autism – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
69. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Naked Podcast – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
70. Web site: BBC Sounds – Multi Story – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
71. Web site: BBC Sounds – Building Queertopia – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
72. Web site: BBC Sounds – Hear Me – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
73. Web site: BBC Sounds – Pregnant Teens – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
74. Web site: BBC Sounds – Make a Difference – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
75. Web site: BBC Sounds – My Special Place – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
76. Web site: BBC Sounds – Life Lessons – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
77. Web site: BBC Sounds – The Sista Collective – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
78. Web site: BBC Sounds – We Can Change The World – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
79. Web site: BBC Sounds – Fy Nhro Cyntaf – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
80. Web site: BBC Sounds – Word Up! – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
81. Web site: BBC Sounds – Evil Genius with Russell Kane – Available Episodes . 2022-02-21 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.
82. Web site: 2022-01-31 . Mixes and podcasts help drive record quarter on BBC Sounds . 2022-04-18 . RadioToday . en-GB.
83. Web site: BBC Sounds - Nolan Investigates - Available Episodes . 2022-07-11 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.