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Where There’s a Will There’s a Wake
A playful Mel Giedroyc replaces Kathy Burke for a new series of the funeral-themed podcast, which effortlessly smuggles death into the celebrity chatshow format but never feels overly flippant. Her first guest is comic Suzi Ruffell, who reckons that her clumsiness might be what leads to her demise. Perhaps she’ll rollerskate off a pier, making her plans for a beach-side vigil – complete with fish and chips – all the more apt. Hannah J Davies
Widely available, episodes weekly
Lady Swindlers With Lucy Worsley
The TV historian steers a new series of her BBC podcast, bringing female scammers from the history books to life and viewing their misdeeds through a modern lens. Among them is “Yorkshire Witch” Mary Bateman, whose fortune-telling hen (a hoax, of course) gave way to more insalubrious business practices. HJD
BBC Sounds, episodes weekly
AI Haven’t Got a Clue
Are the robots coming for your job? Tech expert James Chandler helps “highly average human” George Butler make sense of AI in a digestible way – from speaking with a former war zone reporter about the future of media to diving into claims that tech can translate your pets’ speech. Plus, you can send in questions. Hollie Richardson
Widely available, episodes weekly
How It All Played Out: Sport’s Greatest Stories!
Mark Pougatch and Paul Hayward team up for this series about the meaty tales and curious mysteries that began on pitches, fields and courts. First up: how rugby helped to unite South Africa post-apartheid, and the significance of Nelson Mandela donning the Springbok shirt in 1995. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
Sherlock & Co: A Scandal in Bohemia
This updated Sherlock Holmes series puts a 2020s spin on things (“I’m neurodiverse … prepare to be cancelled!” declares our crack detective) while remaining pleasingly in step with the source material. For this five-part arc, Holmes and Watson must unpick a blackmail plot, featuring one of Conan Doyle’s most notable female characters, Irene Adler. HJD
Widely available, episodes weekly
