Latest Great britain Podcast Episodes
Royals Caribbean + Special Guest Afua Hagan
Royally Obsessed - January 25, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThis week, we’re thrilled to be joined by royal commentator and award-winning journalist Afua Hagan to discuss the U.K.’s reaction to the Charles and Kate health news, Fergie’s diagnosis, the next time we might see the Prince of Wales and so much more. In other news this week, Prince Ha...
The Fake Sheikh | From Robes to Riches | 1
British Scandal - January 24, 2024 00:01 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsActress, comedian and podcaster Emily Lloyd-Saini joins Alice Levine on a journey to London’s Fleet Street. It's the 1980s and young Mazher Mahmood manages to bag a job at one of the UK's biggest newspapers. He has a talent for breaking stories, but he soon realises it’ll take more than...
#65 Great British Bosses - David Clarke
Anything but Footy - January 22, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesEarlier this month, Paralympics GB wrote to the Prime Minister about its 'deep concern' following the removal of a dedicated minister for disabled people. Have they had a response? In this episode of Great British Bosses, the behind the scenes conversation of British sport, comes to the forefront...
Please Look After These Bears: Pooh, Paddington, and More Bears of London
Yesterday's London Times - January 19, 2024 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBears. Cute. Cuddly. But when we looked at them through the long lens of London history, it got complicated pretty quickly. Join us as we take the ursine plunge, and think about…. the bears that roamed Britain 7000 years ago the Tower menagerie, blood sports such a bearbaiting, especially...
Major Health Concerns for the King and Princess of Wales
Royally Obsessed - January 18, 2024 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsA double royal whammy this week with the announcement of two of the most senior royals’ medical procedures: Kate is in hospital for up to two weeks after undergoing planned abdominal surgery, while King Charles is to receive treatment for a benign enlarged prostate next week. The ladies...
The Krays | Interview - The Krays' barrister, Nemone Lethbridge | 4
British Scandal - January 17, 2024 00:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsAlice Levine heads to the Krays' heartland of North-East London to meet Nemone Lethbridge, who defended the twins in court. Nemone tells us why she never considered turning the job down, takes listeners inside the working relationship that progressed into an unlikely friendship and weig...
#64 Great British Bosses - Eve Muirhead
Anything but Footy - January 15, 2024 00:00 - 27 minutesIt's two years since Eve Muirhead finally got her hands on Olympic gold. The Curling skip and her team was victorious on the final weekend of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022. After 4 Olympics and years of training and practicing, Eve decided to retire from elite sport after those Games - b...
#100 Paris 2024 A winning start to Olympic year!
Anything but Footy - January 12, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesIt maybe be only the first few weeks of January but the first major event building up to Paris 2024 Olympics is very much underway! And British Cycling has got off to a medal winning start at the European Track Championships in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands...we've the latest news from there and h...
The Krays | We've Not Been Angels | 3
British Scandal - January 10, 2024 00:01 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsThe Kray twins have run riot in London’s criminal underworld for over a decade. So far they’ve felt untouchable. But with a new detective on their case, that’s about to change. Enter crime-busting maverick, Nipper Read. He’s gaining on the Krays: all he needs now is a witness to testify...
#63 Great British Bosses - Hannah Mills
Anything but Footy - January 08, 2024 00:00 - 27 minutesThis is Great British Bosses from Anything but Footy - the behind the scenes conversation of sport in the UK. And who better to speak to then someone who's been there and done it all! In this episode, Michael catches up with Hannah Mills OBE, the double Olympic sailing champion, London 2012 silve...
Bonus Episode: ‘The Crown’ Season 6, Part 2 + Special Guest Sam Sanders
Royally Obsessed - January 05, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsSpoiler Alert: This bonus episode is all about the last six episodes of The Crown season 6! Ladies Rachel and Roberta are joined by the delightful Sam Sanders, host of Stitcher’s Vibe Check podcast, to discuss The Crown’s grand finale, from the Princess Margaret bathtub scene to whether...
Louis’s Tartan Trousers. That’s It. That’s the Title.
Royally Obsessed - January 04, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsHappy New Year, RoRos! We’re back and re-energized to tackle all the royal news in 2024. But first, we need to flash back to a few key events from the holiday break. First up, the Royals on TV: Princess Kate’s Christmas concert and King Charles’s Coronation documentary. Also, Charles’s ...
The Krays | The Firm Unlimited | 2
British Scandal - January 03, 2024 00:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsThe Krays are gaining influence in the London gang scene and getting rich in the process. Working together, their bond feels unbreakable. Until one day they meet a woman who proves it's not. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19....
The Best Royal Moments of 2023
Royally Obsessed - December 28, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsHappy New Year, RoRos! And a very heartfelt thank you for your continuing support, we couldn’t do this without you and the wonderful community you’ve all built! We’re bringing you a special end-of-year episode full of YOUR favorite moments, plus Ladies Rachel and Roberta share their own...
The Krays | The Boys of Bethnal Green | 1
British Scandal - December 27, 2023 00:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsJoining Alice Levine on a trip to the East End of London is comedian Phil Wang. It's the 1950s and the unruly Kray twins are tired of spending their days boxing and street fighting. They want more power, more influence. So they start building an empire in the criminal underworld. And th...
Boxing Day 2023
Yesterday's London Times - December 26, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIt's a Yesterday's London Times tradition - the Boxing Day episode! Relax along with us as we look back at some of the people and places we met on the podcast this year. Half of our episodes sent us time traveling throughout the Sixties in different centuries of British history, and the other ep...
Royal Christmas Traditions + Special Guest Tracy Borman of Historic Royal Palaces
Royally Obsessed - December 21, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsA very merry royal Christmas to you all, dear listeners! We’re bringing you a very festive episode thanks to our lovely and über- knowledgeable guest, historian, author and Joint Chief Curator of HRP, Tracy Borman, who discusses royal Christmas traditions past and present (plus the best...
The Aitken Affair | Interview - Journalist David Leigh on uncovering Aitken | 4
British Scandal - December 20, 2023 00:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsRob Delaney and Alice Levine sit down with the reporter at the heart of our story, David Leigh. Leigh takes us inside the explosive investigation that led to Jonathan Aitken's imprisonment, from the moment he knew he was about to bring down the former Cabinet minister, to the vitriol he...
#62 Great British Bosses - Chemmy Alcott
Anything but Footy - December 18, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutesAs someone always says this time every year - "It's Christmas!" And what better way to spend the festive period, than to grab a cup of something, and have listen to one of Britain's greatest ever snow athletes. Alpine ski racer Chemmy Alcott went to four Winter Olympics for Team GB, and in both T...
Frumenty, Mummers, Malmsey, and More: A Tudor Christmas
Yesterday's London Times - December 15, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWELCOME TO OUR 50th EPISODE! In the final stop of our ‘60s YLT Time Machine, we touch down in the 1560’s just in time for a Tudor Christmas. In a deeply divided nation in which religion is politicized, we’ll see how the young Queen Elizabeth finds her own path. The Tudor Christmas was a respit...
A Wale of a Week
Royally Obsessed - December 14, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThe Royals’ Christmas cards are here…and it’s giving the GAP. Also, the Waleses are out in full force: the “Together at Christmas” concert, Kate & the kids at their local Baby Bank and William serving food at a holiday party. There’s also a flashback to the abdication of 1936, King Char...
The Aitken Affair | Face the Music | 3
British Scandal - December 13, 2023 00:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsJonathan Aitken has created an intricate web of lies, and now he’s placed his own family at the centre of it. If the truth is uncovered, he risks losing his relationships, career and freedom. But journalist David Leigh is onto him and he’s moving fast. He’s just one piece of the puzzle ...
#99 Neutrals in Paris & British Swimming success
Anything but Footy - December 11, 2023 11:44 - 50 minutesIt was the decision we all expected, but maybe the timing wasn't. The International Olympic Committee have approved that so called neutral individuals from Russia and Belarus will be able to compete at the Olympics next summer, as long as they haven't supported the war with Ukraine. We've all the...
What a Warboel (That’s Dutch for Mess) + Special Guest Tom Quinn
Royally Obsessed - December 07, 2023 11:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsOur one week countdown to the very last episode of The Crown is here! In this episode, we discuss the Endgame Dutch translation debacle and “royal racists” fallout, but also back to business as usual with a Diplomatic Reception at Buckingham Palace (and lots of glitz and glam). Also, Ka...
The Aitken Affair | Lies Under Oath | 2
British Scandal - December 06, 2023 05:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsThe editor of The Guardian has had a tip-off which, if true, is huge: that the cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is accepting money from senior Saudis. He’s been trying to nail down the story for a month but with no luck. Then one day, he has an idea: call David Leigh, an investigative j...
#61 Great British Bosses - Justine Baynes
Anything but Footy - December 04, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutesWe like to think all our podcasts are good and everyone listens all the way through. Make sure you do with this one. Justine's answer to the last question will leave you speechless. It made us want to rewrite the whole podcast intro where we'd said 'a short trip across the channel.' Justine Bayne...
Book of Bombshells + Special Guest Omid Scobie
Royally Obsessed - November 30, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 2.6K ratingsThis week, we’re joined by author of ‘Finding Freedom’ Omid Scobie to talk about his new book ‘Endgame,’ out this week, and all the royal revelations within. Plus, Princess Eugenie joins a podcast and shares her thoughts on King Charles and Prince William, how food delivery works at Ken...
An Incomparable Life: Revisiting Lee Miller
Yesterday's London Times - November 29, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn our 2021 episode, “Here is Vogue, In Spite of it All!”, we explored how the British edition of the iconic fashion magazine evolved into an outlet for groundbreakingVogue wartime journalism. As we studied the reasons behind that seemingly unlikely transformation, we met some strong, creative,...
The Aitken Affair | A Self-Made Man | 1
British Scandal - November 29, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsWith Matt Forde taking some time away from the microphone, comedian and actor Rob Delaney joins Alice Levine to take listeners inside a story of politics, pride and perjury. Young MP Jonathan Aitken has big ambitions. He wants to make his mark on politics - and on the world. After he c...
#60 Great British Bosses - Paul Blanchard
Anything but Footy - November 28, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutesWe loved our times in Glasgow, Birmingham and has Michael mentioned he went to the Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games? But the multi sporting event's future remains highly uncertain, with no host in 2026 or beyond. So we want to know what's next - and there's no better person to talk than the ...
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