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Bear Hunt

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Bear Hunt

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The Haunted Library

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The Haunted Library

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The Sleepy Bookshelf

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The Archers

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Jane Austen Stories

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Jane Austen Stories

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7

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18 hr ago

16/10/2026

Sunday 11th – 16th October 2026 Writer: Sarah Hehir and Katie Hims Director: Jessica Bunch Editor: Jeremy Howe Brian Aldridge … Charles Collingwood David Archer … Timothy Bentinck Pip Archer … Daisy Badger Ruth Archer … Felicity Finch Helen Archer … Louiza Patikas Henry Archer … Blayke Darby Tom Archer … William Troughton Vince Casey … Tony Turner Usha Franks … Souad Faress Martyn Gibson … Jon Glover Keira Grundy … Mollie Kruczek Alistair Lloyd … Michael Lumsden Azra Malik … Yasmin Wilde Khalil Malik … Krish Bassi Jazzer McCreary … Ryan Kelly Elizabeth Pargetter … Alison Dowling Freddie Pargetter … Toby Laurence Stella Pryor … Lucy Speed Hannah Riley … Helen Longworth Anna Tregorran … Isobel Middleton
2 days ago

Ep7 | Operation Caligula

The plan to infiltrate Special Forces Sgt. Shaun Wade into Beijing under the cover of Charlie Higgs is executed. Agent Blackbird of British Intelligence awaits link-up on the ground. Duffy has made it to Beijing as Lead Instructor for PAP/Wujing 'The Snow Leopards'. Meanwhile in London, Miriam Brann is coming under pressure from the Opposition, led by its left-wing leader, Jamie Aarons. Her Russia deal begins to sour with the British public. Long-time ally and journalist Sarah Nicholls wants to understand what has happened with Belgrave Square and Sgt. MacDuff. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Naomi Miller as Mel Murray Jack Ayres as Jamie Aarons Freddie Trenholme as Shaun Wade Shin-Fei Chen as Blackbird Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Michael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe Trev Fleming as Master Vaner Paul Harrop as Hughesy Harry Attwell as Dan Whitworth Chen Lei Wu as Tao Jenny Mac as Sarah Nicholls Freddie Trenholme as Charlie Higgs Eoin Lynch as Father Corcoran Darcey Ferguson as Steph Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Dennis Zhao Adam Jarrell Joel Emery Shin-Fei Chen Lucy Carpenter Jenny Mac Pete Gold Hannah Baxter-Eve Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 day ago

Celtic Christie: Hidden Treasures

By Jan Carson. In 1930, Agatha Christie was commissioned to write a new mystery story. However, this story was to contain clues to a real-life treasure-hunt to take place on the Isle of Man. The story would then be serialised in a newspaper to encourage tourists to visit and find the hidden treasure. This drama imagines what could have taken place during her visit to the island. Starring Jeany Spark as Agatha Christie. Author Jan Carson is a writer based in Belfast. She has published three novels, three short story collections and two micro-fiction collections. Her novel ‘The Fire Starters’ won the EU Prize for Literature for Ireland 2019 and her subsequent novel ‘The Raptures’ was shortlisted for the An Post Irish Novel of the Year and Kerry Group Novel of the Year in 2022. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast 2025. Her latest novel ‘Few and Far Between’ was published in 2026. Cast: Agatha Christie ... Jeany Spark Arthur Binns Crookall ... David Holt Alice Crookall ... Jane Slavin Photographer ... Tom Kiteley Colonel Westerly ... Jon Glover All other parts were played by the company. Production Co-ordinators: Sylvie Conway and Caoilfhinn McFadden. Sound Design: Keith Graham Written by Jan Carson Directed by Michael Shannon A BBC Audio Northern Ireland Production for BBC Radio 4.
1 day ago

15/10/2026

Freddie’s feelings are hurt, and Khalil has some making up to do.
17 hr ago

The Ballad of the Stolwijk Rescue by Brían MacGloinn

The Ballad of the Stolwijk Rescue Another chance to hear the award-winning documentary from our colleagues in The Lyric Feature. In December 1940, eight fishermen from Arranmore Island in County Donegal rescued 18 Dutch sailors from the SS Stolwijk, a cargo ship which had been wrecked on rocks in a hurricane force storm. Singer and multi-instrumentalist, Brían Mac Gloinn, who is one half of the well known folk duo Ye Vagabonds, heard the story from the last living eye witness, Andrew Early, who knew the lifeboat crew who effected the daring rescue. Using his testimony and that of other islanders, Brían has woven a radio ballad to commemorate the events of that day. The radio ballad is a particular form of radio storytelling that was pioneered by Ewan McColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker, where eyewitness accounts are augmented by new original music and sound effects to recreate the emotional context of an event. This may be the first ever Irish radio ballad.This programme was shortlisted for the Prix Italia radio awards in 2021. Written, presented and performed by Brían Mac Gloinn, Sound mixing by Brían MacGloinn and Damian Chennells Produced by Brían Mac Gloinn and Eoin O Kelly (first broadcast 24th of December 2020) EPG: From The Lyric Feature: Ye Vagabonds Brían Mac Gloinn tells the story in word and song of the rescue of 18 Dutch sailors off Arranmore Island over 80 years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
7 Oct

Ep6 | The Second Soldier

With the operation discovered, Miriam Brann has a decision to make. The mission must be stopped. The unreachable Duffy must be reached. The act must be prevented. Meanwhile Duffy is now in China, although not in his desired location of Beijing, but rather the Changbai Mountains in North Eastern China. He finds an opportunity to get himself training the right personnel, in the right place, for the right time.Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised.Naomi Miller as Mel MurrayMichael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Chen Lei Wu as Tao Adam Jarrell as Keith Boxall Al Murray as Major Gen. Grant Garson Freddie Trenholme as Shaun Wade Jack Ayres as Jamie Aarons Dominic Sandbrook as Hugh Freddie Trenholme as Charlie Higgs Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Dan Rhun as Zach Darcey Ferguson as Steph Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Dennis Zhao Adam JarrellJoel EmeryEdited by: Joel EmeryTechnical Producer: David AllenWritten by: Joel EmeryDirected by: Adam Jarrell and Joel EmeryProducer: Neil FearnExecutive Producer: Tony PastorMusic provided by AudionetworkCopyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Sept

Ep 1 | The Great Game

A British passenger jet has crashed into the North Sea with 350 on board. GCHQ monitoring and Royal Navy vessels establish GPS interference from a hostile power brought it down. With an election just weeks away Prime Minister Alex Kernoway's options are limited, Washington is insisting on restraint in an effort to preserve peace talks in Ukraine. 15 years earlier Tom "Duffy" MacDuff was in the heat of battle in Helmand province. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Naomi Miller as Mel Murray Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Freddie Trenholme as Shaun Wade Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek Scott Tunnix as Sam Kernoway Karim Kronfli as Peter Kernoway Romy Emery as Grace Kernoway Muhammad Luqman as Mohammed "Ram" Ramdani Lance Fuller as US President Denis Michallet as President Tousart Nicolas Sayce as Anthony Harcourt Dan Rhun as Phil Joel Emery as Ben Harry Frost as Air Investigation Technician Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Adam Jarrell Darcey Ferguson Joel Emery Rahmat Dewan Lucy Carpenter Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23 Sept

Ep4 | 32 Belgrave Square

2026. Regime decapitation. Maduro captured. Khamenei dead. Miriam Brann is 100 days into her tenure as UK Prime Minister. Her overhaul in full force. Spearheaded by Chief of Staff Addie Azikiwe. He has a new task. This one set by Washington. Return Russia's seized assets. All of them. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Michael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore Trev Fleming as Master Vaner Paul Harrop as Hughesy Harry Attwell as Dan Whitworth Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Jenny Mac as Sarah Nicholls Hannah Baxter-Eve as Rebecca Harp Darcey Ferguson as Steph Isi Adeola as Vince Jeff Tullin as Albert Amir Haider as Mo Majeed Marc Rico Ludwig as US Ambassador Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Macdonald Nkemda as Patrick Sabobo Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Adam Jarrell Joel Emery Jenny Mac Lucy Carpenter Dan Rhun Dennis Li Jamaldeen H Pete Gold Jasmine Kerr Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Sept

Ep 2 | Killing Tiberius

Former Spymaster Sir Pilgrim Moore is establishing a feasibility study. He consults with the finest the British defence and intelligence communities have to offer. To fulfil his life's work. Once the linchpin between SIS and Number 10, Pilgrim now seems an insurgent against a stilted Whitehall-washed network of middle-management. A deep and covert technical plunge is required when devising his latest and final plan... to kill the President of the Russian Federation. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Luke Jasztal as Sir Pilgrim Moore Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Adam Jarrell as Keith Boxall Harry Frost as Simeon Shaw Tom Wylde as Prof. Wyn Ellis Joel Emery as Daniel Marcell Jeff Tullin as Albert Michael Ashtiany as Scott "Robbo" Robertson Nalan Burgess as Azra Simsek Lance Fuller as US President Marc Rico-Ludwig as President's Staffer Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Galen Arnett Mike Provenzano Sean B Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
30 Sept

Ep5 | Plausible Deniability

The hunt for the missing Belgravia asset is setting Downing Street ablaze. Addie Azikiwe and SIS trigger undercover agents in Grand Cayman to seek the beneficiary director of ALMA Ltd. Meanwhile in the Strait of Hormuz, Captain Vaner is tasked with moving his MV Steadfast cargo through the blockade. Strong language, violence. Listener discretion is advised. Michael Lyle as Addie Azikiwe Lauren Ingram as Miriam Brann Donald Pirie as Tom "Duffy" MacDuff Trev Fleming as Master Vaner Paul Harrop as Hughesy Thomas Mitchells as Alex Kernoway Naomi Miller as Mel Murray Christopher Tester as James Murray Oscar Pirie as Luke Murray Dominic Sandbrook as Hugh Kelly MacBride as Lylah Sean B as Wes Paul Waggott as Paul Marta da Silva as Beatrice Pete Gold as Martin Lance Fuller as US President Dimitry Rozental as Russian President Darcey Ferguson as Steph Trev Fleming as Show Voice Additional voices Galen Arnett Adam Jarrell Joel Emery Edited by: Joel Emery Technical Producer: David Allen Written by: Joel Emery Directed by: Adam Jarrell and Joel Emery Producer: Neil Fearn Executive Producer: Tony Pastor Music provided by Audionetwork Copyright 2026. Property of Goalhanger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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