Drive Time 2

Louis Theroux is using the lockdown to track down some high-profile people he’s been longing to talk to – a fascinating mix of the celebrated, the controversial and the mysterious.

In this episode : he speaks to actor Helena Bonham Carter, who is in lockdown in London. They discuss going to the same school, handling criticism and working with your significant other.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage with a science/comedy chat. They are joined on stage, by comedian Frank Skinner, as they look at the science of what makes us laugh, why we laugh at all, and whether humour and laughter are uniquely human traits. Joining the panel are experts in what makes us chuckle, Prof Sophie Scott and Professor Richard Wiseman.

Susie and Peter are married Masters of Wine. In this upbeat show, they bring wine to life with a smile via interviews, chat, travel, food, gentle bickering, tips, competitive wine-offs, a quirky wine A-Z and your questions.

A man in California is haunted by the memory of a pop song from his youth. He can remember the lyrics and the melody. But the song itself has vanished, completely scrubbed from the internet. PJ takes on the Super Tech Support case.

Based loosely on his recent book Perfect, Sound, Whatever, in which Acaster argued that 2016 was the best year for new music ever, Perfect Sounds sees him introduce fellow comedians to the albums which convinced him this was an incontrovertible fact. First up is Romesh Ranganathan and Beyoncé’s Lemonade.

One of the world’s top food critics lunches big names in a restaurant of his choosing. Crackling anecdotes and blistering chat, lubricated by killer cooking.

In this episode : Stanley Tucci and Jay are out to eat at Giorgio Locatelli’s Michelin Starred Locanda Locatelli in Marylebone, London. They talk about cooking with Meryl Streep, turning down The Usual Suspects, and living after losing a spouse.

Casefile ia a true crime podcast where fact is scarier than fiction. In this single episode, accidents are to be expected in skydiving, it is, after all, an extreme sport. Over 99% of people who jump out of an aeroplane will do it just once, attached to an instructor…