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5 British Podcasts Worth Checking Out
Each issue of our newsletter is curated by a different person.
This week’s curator is Zaq. Learn more about curating a list.
I found myself wondering why so many great British shows get overlooked by algorithm-driven platforms.
These 5 are the ones I kept coming back to when testing discovery through whichpodcast. They're varied in tone and subject but they share something: they feel genuinely made for the people listening, not for the download chart. I picked them because they represent what British podcasting does that nothing else quite does.
ONE
Athletico Mince
This show uses football as a loose excuse for Bob Mortimer's brain to go fully off the rails. What started as a football parody evolved into something no non-Brit has the cultural context to understand, which is exactly why they should listen to it.
TWO
No Such Thing As A Fish
The researchers who write QI share their weirdest facts from the week. Britain's answer to a pub quiz, but the pub is full of genuinely brilliant people.
500+ episodes and it never gets old.
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THREE
Kill List
This one was the British Podcast Awards Podcast of the Year in 2025. An investigative journalist goes down a rabbit hole that gets stranger and darker the further in she goes.
One of the best things made in British podcasting, full stop.
FOUR
Elis James and John Robins
English / Welsh comedy duo who somehow turned a radio show into one of the warmest, funniest friendships in audio.
This won Best Comedy at the British Podcast Awards in 2025.
FIVE
Betwixt the Sheets
History of sex, scandal, and society. This podcast was the winner of The British Podcast Awards Listeners' Choice Award in 2025.
Exactly as good as it sounds. Kate Lister is a historian who makes you laugh and learn in equal measure.
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Classified Notes
All That We Touch: Wikipedia asks what shapes the world's biggest encyclopedia - what it gets right, where bias creeps in, and how to research and teach with it anyway.
Lost Roman Heroes explores the overlooked lives of figures who shaped the Roman world – from generals and empresses to rebels and visionaries like Belisarius, Galla Placidia, and more.
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🚀 Congrats to Legend Lunchbox, a new family-friendly fantasy adventure podcast, on its July 15th launch! Made for tweens, teens, adults, and families listening together, with a focus on humor, friendship, teamwork, exploration, and creative problem-solving.
🥇 Congrats to Don’t Let the Old Man In on reaching 1.5 million downloads in just 8 months!
📣 In Podcast The Newsletter, Lauren Passell recommends Signal Hill. She writes:
When an “issue” of Signal Hill drops, I almost don’t know what to do with myself. It’s not your typical podcast, it’s a magazine full of audio documentaries from contributors across the print and radio landscape
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