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Halloween Countdown 2026
Case 27: The Secret on the Sideboard
Danny Robins offers another canape of creepy, as Uncanny counts down to Halloween.
27 Oct 2026,·1 min
Harlan Coben, novelist
Harlan Coben, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
25 Oct 2026,·58 mins
Melania Trump's diplomacy, Philippa Gregory’s The Royal Witch, Back to Black at 20, Iron deficiency
What influence can a first lady have on world affairs?
27 Oct 2026,·56 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
Adrian Crellin on pioneering smarter radiotherapy for treating cancer
Prof Adrian Crellin discusses his pioneering career at the cutting edge of radiotherapy.
27 Oct 2026,·28 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
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
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
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
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
Sir Mo Ibrahim: The mobile phone mogul
How reluctant entrepreneur Sir Mo Ibrahim helped connect Africa with telecoms tech
26 Oct 2026,·37 mins
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
Adoptee allies
How one woman is helping connect and support fellow adoptees.
26 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Seeing John Berger
Memories of the influential artist and writer John Berger.
Are teenagers ready for work?
A snapshot of how 15-year-olds are being prepared for work.
25 Oct 2026,·28 mins
25/10/2026
The day's main news stories, topical debate and interviews.
25 Oct 2026,·180 mins
Epilepsy and the Electric Spirit
Daniel Kraemer takes us inside an epileptic seizure.
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
A shipwrecked sailor’s return from the dead
Eleven days lost at sea, presumed drowned. How Mick Doleman made it home to his sweetheart
27 Oct 2026,·40 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
Bonn v Berlin: How Germany chose its capital
In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell and Germany had to choose its new capital
27 Oct 2026,·10 mins
James Taylor
James Taylor talks to Penny Junor about life as the son of musician Martin Taylor.
09 Aug 2007,·30 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
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
Adventurers 2
Professor Dame Jane Francis
Professor Dame Jane Francis is castaway by Kirsty Young.
25 Oct 2026,·45 mins
Lady on Trial
Ladies in Court
Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC discuss the cases.
18 Aug 2026,·28 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
Gadi Eisenkot
Leader of Israel's Yashar! party and former head of the IDF.
24 Oct 2026,·14 mins
Deep Water
6. In Good Faith
The Croatian freediver at the heart of the scandal tells his side of the story
25 Sep 2026,·38 mins
