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Discover Your Inner Astronaut podcast on Audible

Audible, a a provider of spoken word entertainment, has launched a new eight-part Audible Original podcast, Discover Your Inner Astronaut: An Astronaut’s Guide to a Better Life on Earth. In this new Audible Original podcast, Helen Sharman, who became the first British astronaut to enter space in 1991, is joined by Nicole Stott, a NASA […]

January 2, 2024

Buffy cast reunites for audio episode

Audible, a creator and provider of audio storytelling, has announced the first ever audio original set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe. Slayers: A Buffyverse Story is set to premiere October 12th, twenty years after the finale of seminal TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The audio original was written by original cast member […]

September 13, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Oasthouse: An Alan Partridge podcast season 3 out now

Few humans in the history of civilisation have had a third series of their podcast commissioned. Fewer still have produced one that’s actually any good. Partridge Gordon Alan, or Alan Gordon Partridge to write his name the correct way round, is one of them. Now as comfortable at the controls of a podcast as he […]

August 31, 2023

Audible unveils original dramatisation of David Copperfield

Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, has announced its new Audible Original dramatisation of David Copperfield, executive produced by Academy Award-winning film director Sam Mendes. Starring BAFTA nominated actor, Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education) in the title role, and featuring an all-star cast including Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd), Theo James (The White Lotus), Jessie Buckley (Chernobyl), […]

August 16, 2023

Audible, National Theatre release News Voices podcast

National Theatre and Audible have released a new podcast, New Voices, featuring ten plays from shortlisted and winning New Views. The New Voices series aims to celebrate and platform the next generation of writing talent from across the UK. The plays, originally written by young people for the National Theatre’s New Views programme, have been […]

August 3, 2023

Alan Partridge Season 3 on Audible this August

From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast is coming back to Audible this August. In the new episode and broadcasting from his kitchen, Alan provides unofficial live commentary on the coronation of King Charles III. This episode, which is being released to mark the pre-order of series 3 of From The Oasthouse, is available to […]

June 15, 2023

Maya Jama in new series of Sleep Sound on Audible

Maya Jama is the latest star to feature on Audible’s Sleep Sound series, following in the steps of Jamie Dornan and Sienna Miller. In the series, Love Island presenter Jama will guide listeners across the world via stunning immersive soundscapes, helping them journey into a satisfying sleep. Jama’s voice aims to put the listener in […]

June 1, 2023

UK audio producers call for more BBC competition

AudioUK, the trade body for independent audio production companies, is calling for more of BBC’s radio and audio non-news speech content to be open to competition for external producers. It has made the call in response to the publication of an internal radio and audio speech production review, the result of which is some speech […]

May 23, 2023By Colin Mann

Audible, Moonbug launching family podcasts

Audible, a provider of spoken word entertainment, and Moonbug Entertainment, the entertainment company behind popular kids’ content, have announced two original family listening podcasts, Little Baby Bum: Time to Dream and Lellobee City Farm: Grandma Mei’s Fantastic Folktales. The two series, based on Moonbug’s hit shows, will feature a unique format, blending podcasts and audiobooks […]

May 5, 2023

Audible reveals new slate of podcasts

Audible, the specialist in spoken-word entertainment, has announced slate of UK comedy podcasts, which includes the first foray in to podcasting for some of the biggest names in British comedy. Signing up to host and star in their own Audible Original series are some of the UK’s best-loved and most talented comedians, including Daisy May […]

April 26, 2023