yo, got a podcast app recently (been getting into wolf 359, recommend it) and I vaguely remember you talking about a BBC audio programme a bit back. iirc it had Benedict cumberbatch in it?
hope you're doing good :)
ooooh hell yeahhh!
i have had that recommended to me before and i will try and get around to listening to it at some point.
so the one you’re talking about is:
Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore
it is available on the soundcloud website for free. It follows the four person crew of a small charter plane and is a comedy. it is excellent and probably my favourite radio show. there are 27 episodes.
now onto other recommendations
by the same writer is: - John Finnemores souviner programme. This is avalible on fourble (webpage) for free. it’s a comedy sketch show, and although theres some reoccurring characters theres no main plot. (except season 9 but that’s much later on lol). there is 9 seasons the last one released during lockdown.
another sketch show but this time in a museum! : - The Museum Of Everything. again on fourble. comedy with sketches usually based in/around the museum of everything. (though other places do occur and sometimes repeat (eg badger land)). probably my second favourite after cabin pressure.
if you want a crack comedy: - Bleak Expectations. again on fourble. batshit nonsense. has Anthony Head (uther) from BBC Merlin in it. (actually mr head also turns up in cabin pressure). theoretically set in dickensian victorian london. but gradually gets more outlandish and by the final season aliens are invading and anthony head is crossdressing and had married the main guy at least once lol
if you want a chuckle: - The Harpoon: A BBC Radio magazine for boys. 14 episodes are avalible on spotify (in audiobook format). an audio magazine, strong on the sound effects (compliment).
hopping over to america there is the well known Welcome to Nightvale podcast. very enjoyable with many overarching plots and The Weather (new songs every episode). a comedy but less laugh out loud than the suggestions above. on spotify.
if you wnat a much older radio show try: - The Navy Lark. whoever recruited these guys the the navy is an idiot. featuring characters such as the stock master who has many many relatives (and sticky fingers). again comedy. think it’s on fourble. they frequently crash boats and one episode somehow aquire every single chair in the navy.
and last but certainly not least: - Sherlock and Co. a modern day sherlock holmes adaptation on spotify. i would kill for these characters. seriously cannot recommend this enough to anyone and everyone. slightly less of a comedy but not without some funny moments.
if you or anyone else has questions about any of these lmk. i’ve tried to be as concise as possible but could ramble a lot more.
