For the Anglophile on the budget who can’t afford Satellite radio, the internet is an invaluable resource to find British Radio content for free that you can take with you anywhere. I’ve found that filling my iPod every morning with these podcasts helps make the day a little better. Itunes does a good job of listing every British podcast you can find, but it doesn’t help you find the good ones that are updated frequently. Here’s my biased, and I hope, helpful list.
Channel 4 Radio Morning Report
This is by far the best Podcast you will find, even better than the stuff put out by the BBC. It delivers fair and balanced news from the morning it was recorded. It is usually online by the beginning of the business day in America. The music will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
Click or Copy this link into your Podcast Program.
BBC World News Bulletin
This is a short broadcast put out by the BBC World Service that gives a quick summary of the latest news headlines. It’s updated every hour.
Click or Copy this link into your Podcast Program
BBC Newspod
This is an excellent production put out by the BBC. It takes the highlights from all of the day’s news and puts them into a digestible half-hour format. It usually brings in stuff from the other BBC Podcasts so there is overlap. Generally your best bet is just to listen to the Newspod. Unfortunately, it does not come out until later in the day so you won’t have it for the commute to work.
Click or Copy this link into your Podcast Program
From Our Own Corespondent
This a twice weekly show with stories written by BBC correspondents from all over the world. They provide an interesting and insightful look into the cultures of other nations. You will not regret listening to it. It’s updated on Wednesday’s and Sunday’s.
Click or Copy this link into your Podcast Program
Wake up to Money
This show is broadcast every morning of Five Live. It provides and fun yet informative venue to discuss business news and the economy. The hosts of the show are quite often funny and break down some hard to understand concepts for their listeners. If you have an interest in international business, you must listen to this show. You won’t regret it.
Click or Copy this link into your Podcast Program
I was excited to see that the London Times has podcasts. I was very disappointed when it came time to download them, however. Barely any of them have been updated in the last fews months. It’s safe to avoid them all together.
If you have any suggestions, feel free to e-mail me your favorites and I’ll add them to the page.
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Anglotopia was founded by Jonathan and Jackie Thomas for people who love Britain - whether it's British TV, Culture, History or Travel - we cover it all. Anglotopia was started to get us back to the UK for a trip and it did that in 2009. Now, the goal is for Anglotopia to make our dreams of traveling to the UK whenever we want a reality.
Where are the links for the podcasts??
That’s a good question. It looks like the got stripped out somehow. I’m going to do a new post about this soon, anyway. Stay tuned.