Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
Find out how to listen to other BBC stations
Harlan Coben, novelist
Harlan Coben, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
25 Oct 2026,·58 mins
Halloween Countdown 2026
Halloween Countdown Case Update 3, & Case 26: Terrier of Terror
Spine tingling real-life witness testimony as Danny Robins counts down to Halloween.
26 Oct 2026,·18 mins
Delia Smith, NEETS, Harpist Rachel Newton
Delia Smith discusses her new book Us: Nine Ingredients to Change Our World.
26 Oct 2026,·55 mins
7. Plausible, Intelligent and Ruthless
Sheena finally has her moment on the stand, with Albert’s fate resting in her hands.
14 Oct 2026,·40 mins
I left top-secret files on a train
A commute to work goes catastrophically wrong.
21 Oct 2026,·27 mins
25/10/2026
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
25 Oct 2026,·180 mins
The Pedlar and the Witch | Halloween Season
A pedlar is struck down by an unknown force, leading to a notorious witch trial.
23 Oct 2026,·37 mins
The missionary linguist who lost his faith
Dan Everett travelled to the Amazon to convert the Piraha people. It didn’t go to plan
26 Oct 2026,·39 mins
Do dangerous drivers have a death wish? Maria and Graham discuss
This week there's a dilemma about a friend's terrible driving: how do you tell them?
26 Oct 2026,·35 mins
Hurricane at Sea: Out of the Depths…
Micha Moeller is caught in a deadly hurricane while sailing in the Atlantic.
22 Oct 2026,·53 mins
Sir Mo Ibrahim: The mobile phone mogul
How reluctant entrepreneur Sir Mo Ibrahim helped connect Africa with telecoms tech
26 Oct 2026,·37 mins
Halloween Special: Sounds that Scare Us
Nat and special guests explore the sounds which frighten Weird in the Wade’s listeners
26 Oct 2026,·73 mins
Epilepsy and the Electric Spirit
Daniel Kraemer takes us inside an epileptic seizure.
25 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Baroness Floella Benjamin, Sir Tony Robinson, Tom Hart Dyke and the Inheritance Tracks of Robson Green
Adrian Chiles with remarkable people extraordinary stories.
24 Oct 2026,·56 mins
Adoptee allies
How one woman is helping connect and support fellow adoptees.
26 Oct 2026,·14 mins
The rise and fall of Jim Bakker: From multi-millionaire televangelist to convicted fraudster
Also poet Douglas Dunn, midwife Chloe Fisher and singer Lena Martell.
23 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Are teenagers ready for work?
A snapshot of how 15-year-olds are being prepared for work.
Celia Imrie Nearly Got ARRESTED for WHAT?!
Celia Imrie and Joe reunite to reflect on Traitors and share stories from travelling.
20 Oct 2026,·41 mins
Roleplay
Lady Bracknell
Actors on playing Oscar Wilde's lead role in The Importance of Being Earnest.
20 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Dark Island
8. The Scar and The See
India Pollock travels to Rome in search of answers, accountability and justice.
22 Oct 2026,·27 mins
Adventurers 2
Professor Dame Jane Francis
Professor Dame Jane Francis is castaway by Kirsty Young.
25 Oct 2026,·45 mins
The Siege of Paris
In 1870, the city of Paris was encircled by the Prussian army
26 Oct 2026,·10 mins
Gadi Eisenkot
Leader of Israel's Yashar! party and former head of the IDF.
24 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Life Without Memory
No new memories. We are trapped in the present, but what about the past and future?
23 Oct 2026,·15 mins
Fiat
10. Mother and son
The inheritance dispute spirals into something much bigger than a family squabble
19 Oct 2026,·29 mins
James Taylor
James Taylor talks to Penny Junor about life as the son of musician Martin Taylor.
09 Aug 2007,·30 mins
Tom Hart on Antarctic wildlife and the power of penguin poo
Ecologist Tom Hart on monitoring wildlife populations remotely to track key patterns.
Future of Film: Can AI Turn Anyone into a Movie Maker? (Jenny Krakovsky)
A filmmaker on why she made a totally AI movie, and the controversy it caused.
22 Oct 2026,·49 mins
The New Narcos
8. The Red Notebook
A red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal the killer in Almere.
01 Oct 2026,·33 mins
Charlotte Church: The Reverie Harp
Dilly unpacks Charlotte Church’s life through symbolic items of music and spirituality.
01 Sep 2026,·23 mins
